Writing

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

GDay World 393 – David Nicholls, 2010 Global Atheist Conference Oct 2009

My guest today is David Nicholls, the President of the Atheist Foundation of Australia and the co-ordinator of the 2010 Global Atheist Conference which is being held in…

TrueLocal Advertisers Deserve A Refund Oct 2009

I went looking for a house cleaner today and ended up on News.com.au’s TrueLocal site. I found someone in my area, clicked on their ad, then tried to…

The Fun Theory Oct 2009

Will people change their behaviour if you make it fun? A great concept and great social media by Volkswagen. Check out TheFunTheory.com for more. Those clever Germans.

Knitted Dissections Oct 2009

The Crafty Hedgehog sells knitted version of dissected animals. Cool. See more.

Rudd’s A Dud Oct 2009

Two years in and what are the major accomplishments of the Kevin Rudd government? According to Leon Bertrand‘s article “Rudd’s second year” – nothing. I’d be a little…

Go see CHE Oct 2009

Tonight I finally had a chance (thanks to Jason Nelson) to see Part 1 & 2 of Steven Soderbergh’s amazing film CHE, depicting the life of Che Guevara,…

They Aren’t Paedophiles – They Just Like Having Sex With Boys Oct 2009

The Vatican was kind enough this week to give yet another excuse to SHUT THEM DOWN PERMANENTLY. Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the UN, made…

Your Credit Card Has Been Compromised Oct 2009

It’s time for all of us to get rid of our credit cards, once and for all. As if the "Global Financial Crisis" (or, as I like to…

What The Idiots Are Teaching Your Children Oct 2009

(thanks for the link, Russell)

recording from GDay World Live 290909 Sep 2009

Recordings from tonight’s live show. It’s in three parts because uStream kept dropping out. Ugh. And the audio on the first two parts is peaking, but they aren’t…