Writing

Twenty years of posts on geopolitics, philosophy, media, investing and whatever else has my attention.

The Earth Is Flaticular Feb 2007

Scott Sherman sent me this cartoon this morning.

15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense Feb 2007

Back in 2002, Scientific American ran this hold-no-punches piece “15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense” to provide a concise rebuttal against the arguments of the people who continue to…

GDAY WORLD #206 – Private Equity 101 with Andew Pegler Feb 2007

Private equity is a broad term that refers to any type of equity investment in an asset in which the equity is not freely tradable on a public…

David Caruso – Badass. Feb 2007

I don’t watch CSI: Miami (really, Molly, I don’t) but I do love David Caruso. I thought he was a badass in NYPD Blue and then up against…

James Cameron Reveals Jesus’ Coffin Feb 2007

From Time’s site: Let’s go back 27 years, when Israeli construction workers were gouging out the foundations for a new building in the industrial park in the Talpiyot,…

So Much For That Idea – Van Halen Tour Off Already Feb 2007

Well that lasted… what? All of 3 weeks? After I spent the last week calling all my old mates from high school (okay, two of them) cajoling them…

Google For The Enterprise! Feb 2007

Want to increase your Gmail storage to 10Gb? Want to get rid of text ads beside your email? Then you might want to check out Google Apps Premier…

GDAY WORLD 205 – Em. Prof. Jack Smart AC, Philosopher Feb 2007

J. J. C. “Jack” Smart is the Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Research School of Social Sciences at Australian National University. Someone once said that if there was a…

Anyone Got Today’s AFR? Feb 2007

There is an article in the INFORMATION section on Google Australia’s online advertising revenues and how they are now bigger than Sensis. I noticed the article while skimming…

Today Tonight Caught Out Again! Feb 2007

The Channel 7 (Australia) news department must make money for their corporate bosses hand over fist. Otherwise, how else do they survive? Remember when their former current affairs…