Writing

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

G’DAY WORLD 190 – Evan Maloney: Paid Blogger, Screenwriter, Tough Guy Jan 2007

On the show tonight…. Evan Maloney is an Aussie, living in Poland, getting paid to blog for News.com.au, writing (and selling!) screenplays and once upon a time got…

Get a “First Life” Jan 2007

Despite Darren Barefoot’s barely credible name, the fact that he’s Canadian and his repeated attacks on podcasting over the years, I kind of like the guy. He was…

Video of George Bush drunk Jan 2007

Funniest damned thing I’ve seen all day. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHSiqQpg7Uc]

Nightmares…. Jan 2007

I actually had a nightmare last night that I was still working at Microsoft. Woke up about 4am and took a few minutes to remember I left 30…

Father Bob for Cardinal? Jan 2007

Some of you may know that for a long while I co-hosted a weekly podcast here on The Podcast Network with Australian cleric Father Bob Maguire. Recently Poland-based…

G’DAY WORLD 189 – On Media Reform, Highs and Lows, and Joseph Campbell Jan 2007

On the show tonight…. The word of the day is “Ringtonitis”: When that personalized ringtone you added to your mobile phone just doesn’t seem funny or clever anymore…

Cam in the Green Guide today Jan 2007

For folks in Melbourne or Sydney, check out the Green Guide in The Age or SMH respectively. There’s a fairly large interview with me about halfway in.

Mr Deity Jan 2007

Hugo Sharp posted a link to this in the comments but I thought it deserved to be up here. Very clever stuff. Great performances. Am I the only…

G’DAY WORLD 188 – On Freedom Of Speech, LBJ killed JFK?, and Fidel Castro’s last breaths Jan 2007

On the show tonight…. The word for the day is “blogorrhea“. To write a blog entry just for the sake of posting an entry, not because you have…

3 tells me “It isn’t possible” Jan 2007

I just love the way so-called “customer support” folks in telephone companies still think “It isn’t possible” is a legitimate excuse for bad customer service. I rang 3…