Twenty years of posts on geopolitics, philosophy, media, investing and whatever else has my attention.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8&w=560&h=340] My favourite line is “what happens in Vegas, stays on Flickr.” Data sourced from socialnomics.com (follow @equalman). Hat tip to Nathan Bush for the link to the…
I just read this fascinating report on the narcosphere (Millennium Challenge Corp. poured millions into Honduras in months leading up to putsch) that describes the activities of a…
I was doing an email interview with a journo this morning about the introduction of digital radio in Australia and I was asked if I thought, as the…
SpiralFrog was the music industry’s attempt to defeat iTunes. It failed miserably. Here’s a fascinating post-mortem. As a start-up guy who had no funding, these stories of start-ups…
According to the quiz, I’m a Centrist. What are you?
OMFG. I must have one of these. It’s a ring that turns into a bluetooth earpiece. The company behind it is Hybra Advance Technology. (via If It’s Hip…
August 6 and 9 are the 64th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, perhaps the greatest single acts of terrorism committed in human history. Here are…
I’m running a twtpoll today about the launch of ‘digital radio’ in Australia. Of course, as far as I’m concerned, ‘digital radio’ is a pretty silly concept. Podcasting…
David Horn works with Microsoft in Seattle and is one of the organisers of the 2009 Space Elevator Conference. What is a “space elevator”, I hear you ask?…
Reports today about the AFP arresting 4 men in Melbourne who were allegedly planning to attack a military base in Victoria is being called "terrorism" by the Prime…