Twenty years of posts on geopolitics, philosophy, media, investing and whatever else has my attention.
Scott McClellan, Former White House Press Secretary, has written a scathing memoir about his time as the spokesperson for the Bush White House (from July 2003 to April…
I just finished reading Tim Weiner’s book “Legacy Of Ashes: The History Of the CIA” and thought I should talk more about it. I think this is one…
This is the longer audio piece from my chat with Jonathan Oxer. Jonathan has an RFID chip embedded in his arm which he can use to operate electronic…
Jonathan has an RFID chip embedded in his arm. Why? Watch and find out. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8juq2Xk6L8&hl=en] Keep up to date with Jon’s experimentation on his blog. As a…
Australia slipped two places to be ranked only the 27th most peaceful out of 140 countries on the Global Peace Index 2008, compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit,…
You’ve heard me say I don’t believe in free will. Well tonight I’ve got world famous author, speaker, psychologist and memeticist Dr Susan Blackmore on the show to…
In #323 I welcome back a previous G’Day World guest, one of my favourite scientists, Dr Aubrey de Grey. Aubrey is the founder of The Methuselah Foundation, a…
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I’ve been reading more from Tim Weiner’s book “Legacy Of Ashes: The History of the CIA” and have finished the story about how the CIA staged a covert…
I like the look of Vidnik: It’s a simple program for using the built-in camera on your Mac to create movies and upload them to YouTube. I’ve played…