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- Stupid Christians Get Conned? Again.
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:41:17 +0000
An Australian evangelical pastor, Michael Guglielmucci, has apparently confessed to lying about having terminal cancer for the last couple of years. The Australian Christian Churches told The Advertiser yesterday that it was auditing Mr Guglielmucci’s bank accounts, which included money donated from people touched by his hit song Healer. Mr Guglielmucci confessed his two-year fraudulent cancer battle [...] - G?Day World #340 - Hilary Mine, MD (Australasia and North Asia) Alcatel-Lucent
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:18:40 +0000
This morning I was given an opportunity to interview Hilary Mine, Alcatel-Lucent’s Managing Director Australasia and North Asia, about the launch of the Alcatel-Lucent Broadband Environment Challenge 2008 they did this morning in Melbourne with Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. The Challenge looks to award the Eckermann-TJA Prize ($10,000 [...] - News.com.au spread Bigfoot hoax
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:19:06 +0000
Yep, gotta love that trustworthy media. I can see this one appearing on Media Watch next week. News.com.au is running a story today which claims “Bigfoot body ‘found and put in freezer’” written by “staff writers”. The story links to another site, Searching For Bigfoot, which actually declares the whole thing a hoax. News.com.au’s site [...] - A brief history of Russia & the West
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:30:49 +0000
I recently read this post by Richard Moore on the history between Russia and the West and I thought I should share it with you. It provides some interesting perspective on what’s happening over in Georgia at the moment. According to Moore, Georgie is just the latest in a long line of pawns being moved [...] - How To Salvage Googlerank: WKP-Spier = Warren Kremer Paino reborn
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:22:51 +0000
Remember that New York ad agency that sued a small time blogger when he picked up some mistakes in one of their campaigns for Boston? If you don’t, you can read my post on it at the time (April 06). What did the blogger, Dutson, do? He criticized Maine’s tourism office, which hired New York [...] - My Photo in Schmap Paris Guide!
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:03:49 +0000
You know how I’m a big Napoleon geek, right? Well a photo I took of Napoleon’s tomb in Paris back in 2004 has been selected for the Schmap Paris Guide! Check the link below. - Everton Park needs new cleaners
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:30:24 +0000
Everton Park needs new cleaners Originally uploaded by cameronreilly This was taken on the intersection of South Pine Road and Stafford Road in Everton Park today. It’s disgusting. - MODM BBQ in Brisneyland
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:25:04 +0000
I’m going to throw a one-off MODM BBQ up here in Brisneyland on Saturday August 30th. Details here. BYO food, drink and gadgets. Apparently there’s a BTUB on the previous night, so this can be where everyone turns up and has a burger to get over their hangover. - SHOCK REPORT: America Respects International Law
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:57:14 +0000
In the comments section to my post on the Pentagon’s propaganda, Marcelo pointed me to this post in ConsortiumNews.com about how Bush and the American media are screaming about Russia’s invasion of Georgia is pretty interesting. Apparently, context is everything. So, the United States attacking Grenada or Nicaragua or Panama or Iraq or Serbia [...] - The Pentagon?s Propaganda Game Busted
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:04:09 +0000
From the Center for Media and Democracy: Today, we struck a blow against propaganda, and for transparency and accountability. In early 2002, the Pentagon began cultivating retired military officers who frequently serve as media commentators to help make the case for invading Iraq. The pundit program continued — promoting the Bush administration’s stance on the Guantanamo Bay [...] - How The IOC Gags Athletes At The O-LAME-pics? and more.
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:35:55 +0000
A few weeks ago I had director Matt Norman on the show. We talked about political protests at the Olympics (with reference to his Uncle Peter Norman’s protest at the 1968 Olympics). There was some debate afterward in the comments section about whether or not the Australian Government has gagged our athletes. It turns out [...] - Bill Maher?s ?Religulous?
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:52:05 +0000
I heard Bill Maher say he was going to make this on Larry King a while back and Russell Buckley just sent me the trailer. It looks great! I want to make shit like this! I read Maher’s book “New Rules” a few years ago and I loved it! He’s brilliant. - Free Delivery!? 1999 is back baby!
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:51:06 +0000
Over on Brisbane Norg tonight I read a post by Durx on a UK online bookstore called The Book Depository. He sez: …a few weeks ago I came across a British website selling books, cheap and with free “world wide delivery”. I had to give them a try. So I found my way to [...] - G?Day World #339 - Donnie Maclurcan and Project Australia (45mb)
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:47:00 +0000
Today my guests is Donnie Maclurcan, Executive Director of Project Australia, a national organisation helping people launch ideas that seek to create positive social change within communities. Donnie tells me how the idea came together, how it all works, and what they are trying to do. He’s a terrific example of someone who has taken the [...] - The Lies About Hiroshima
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:38:53 +0000
John Pilger has written a terrific article to commemorate the anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima (6 August, 1945). I was talking about Hiroshima with American friends while in France. They gave me the usual answer “it was horrible but it stopped the war and saved lives”. These friends [...] - Australian Censorship and Human Rights
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:34:32 +0000
I did a show yesterday on China’s censorship and human rights record. A few people have told me that in Australia, we can say what we like and do what we like. Really? Why is KRUDD spending $60 million on Internet censorship? Why did a Gold Coast teenager get arrested and charged for wearing a ?blasphemous? [...] - G?Day World #338 - Amnesty Intl on China and Social Media (33mb)
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:48:10 +0000
On today’s show I’m joing by Sophie Peer, China Campaign Co-ordinator for Amnesty International, Fi Bendall from the Bendall Group, and Ben Barren, social media baron, to discuss the online campaign Amnesty have run over the last 3 weeks to raise awareness of China’s human rights record. The campaign asked Australian bloggers to unite and [...] - Science. It Works, Bitches.
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:33:30 +0000
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 27 kilometer (17 mile) long particle accelerator straddling the border of Switzerland and France, is nearly set to begin its first particle beam tests. This is one of the most beautiful man-made objects I’ve ever seen. Bow down before the engineers who built this, people. (title of the post obviously [...] - The Power Of The Pussy Podcast (41mb)
Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:18:22 +0000
I’m excited today to launch the latest podcast to join the TPN family: I had Katherine Cunningham as a guest on G’Day World back in Oct 2007 and afterwards offered her her own show on TPN. It’s taken a while (all my fault!) to get it up and running but I’m very excited about it. Katherine sez: The [...] - Edinburgh Fringe Time Again!
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:50:54 +0000
Once again this year, for the 4th year in a row, my old mate Ewan Spence is podcasting daily from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for TPN, talking to comedians, musicians, the audience, event managers, and anyone else who isn’t frightened off by Ewan’s pet crow, Crow. Don’t miss it - these shows are always terrific! - G?Day World #337 - Allon Klebanoff?s introduction to J. S. Bach (91mb)
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:52:31 +0000
One of the wonderful people I met while in Ajaccio was Allon Klebanoff, an Israeli historian who is the closest thing to a “Renaissance Man” that I’ve ever met. Allon gave a terrific presentation on naval art during Napoleonic times at the Congress and, over much alcohol and good food during five days, we discussed [...] - Stan The Man Talks Podcasting
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:40:06 +0000
TPN’s Stan Relihan (The Connections Show) was interviewed by IT Wire recently about his thoughts on the future of podcasting. According to Relihan, putting the iPhone in the hands of senior executives will be an explosive mixture that has never happened before and will take the adoption of podcasting to a new level. “Now that the iPhone [...] - G?Day World #336 - The Sammartino Method (aka How To Get Rich Slowly and Surely) (46mb)
Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:45:08 +0000
Steve Sammartino is not only the founder of Rentoid.com (see G’Day World #306), he’s also one of the smartest money managers that I’ve ever met. By age 33, Steve had built up a big enough share portfolio to be able to quit his corporate marketing job and live completely on the dividends. That was two years [...] - Our First Beeswax Candles
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:53:56 +0000
The boys and I made our first beeswax candles today, in product trials for our new business, The Kids Candle Company. Check out the video! - G?Day World #335 - Mercy Ministries Survivor ?Vickie? (45mb)
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:34:00 +0000
Today’s show is a continuation of the examination I’ve been doing around the relationship and practices of Gloria Jean’s Coffee, Hillsong Church and Mercy Ministries. Today’s guest is a former resident of Mercy Ministries in the United States. She spent 7 months inside Mercy about 8 years ago and is still today too frightened of [...] - G?Day World #334 - Leo Sayer (59mb)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:01:40 +0000
In 1980, at age ten, I bought my very first LP record - “Living In A Fantasy” by Leo Sayer. I listened to it constantly - 20 years later I bought it on CD and today it’s always on my iPod. Leo has had several Number One hits around the world, “You Make Me Feel [...] - Hey? I?m still here
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:03:12 +0000
Yeah I know I’ve been quiet for a few weeks. I expected to have more time / bandwidth in France than I ended up getting. And I’m currently editing a podcast that I recorded in Ajaccio with an Israeli historian Allon Klebanoff about J. S. Bach which will be up soon. Meanwhile, I’m crazy busy [...] - My Legion of Merit Award
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:04:57 +0000
So while I was in France I was presented with the quite-prestigious “Legion Of Merit” award by the La Société Napoléonienne (aka the International Napoleonic Society) for my “contribution to the promotion of Napoleonic history” via the Napoleon podcast I produce on TPN. As you can see, I’m the 97th person to receive the award. [...] - Bonjour from Ajaccio!
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:11:24 +0000
Today is day three in Ajaccio and I’m having an awesome time. This is my 2nd trip to Ajaccio (the first time was in 2004, just after I left Microsoft and before TPN) and I absolutely am in love with the place. Think Cuba but with modern cars and without the economic sanctions, and you’re [...] - G?Day World #333 - Matt Norman, Director/Producer ?Salute? (41mb)
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:00:57 +0000
Subscribe now to the weekly update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: ====================================================== My guest today is Matt Norman. Matt is an Aussie actor/director/producer who has a new documentary coming out called “Salute The Movie” (watch [...] - France, Day One
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:36:37 +0000
I nearly missed my connecting flight from Changi but, apart from that, the 28 hour trip (door to door) here went smoothly. It took me an hour to get through customers, an hour to get to the Latin Quarter where my hotel is… and then another 90 minutes while I walked around LOST because the [...] - I?m off to France today
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:37:29 +0000
I fly out today to attend the International Napoleonic Society’s conference in Ajaccio, Corsica. I’m spending a week there and a week in Paris. My co-host of the Napoleon podcast, J. David Markham, and I will be shooting video podcasts from Les Invalides (where he’s buried), La Malmaison (where he lived with Josephine), Arc de [...] - G?Day World #332 - Peter Singer, The Great Ape Project (36mb)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:32:41 +0000
Subscribe now to the weekly update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: ====================================================== My guest today is Peter Singer. He is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, and laureate professor at the [...] - Barack Obama - Another Corporate Puppet?
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:32:14 +0000
I’ve expressed my doubts about the Cult of Obama here a few times. I spotted this video in a Twitter comment today who said it was “racist”. What?? I don’t see how it can be called racist. I think it points out the obvious - that in order to win the Democratic Party’s nomination for [...] - Kids Candle Company
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:05:46 +0000
I’m very excited about this - my kids are starting their first business - KIDS CANDLE COMPANY. Follow their progress on their new blog. - G?Day World #331 - Ex-Gloria Jean?s Franchisees Speak Out (37mb)
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:14:57 +0000
My guests tonight are a couple from Melbourne who we’ll call “Bazza” and “Shazza”. For the last five years they were franchisees with Gloria Jean’s Coffee. They’ve come on to discuss their experience. As regular readers will know, I’ve been taking an interest in Gloria Jean’s over the last few years (read earlier posts here), [...] - G?Day World #330 - Kat & Matt from OpenAustralia.org (36mb)
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:24:23 +0000
Tonight’s guests - Katherine Szuminska & Matthew Landauer - are the founders of OpenAustralia.org, a recently-launched site which makes politics more transparent. Based on the British site TheyWorkForYou, OpenAustralia.org scrapes Hansard and makes it much more accessible. You can find out who your local MP is and then subscribe to email alerts whenever they say [...] - ?Great Apes? to get full rights in Spain?
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:33:20 +0000
An interesting story… apparently “great apes” - that is, all non-human members of the biological family Hominidae which includes chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans - are soon to get full human rights in Spain. They won’t be able to be kept captive, used in experiments for in television commercials. This outcome is the work of [...] - Gates, End of Act One
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:05:59 +0000
Now that Bill Gates has left his day-to-day role at Microsoft, I feel compelled to write something. Last week ABC TV’s Lateline program contacted me asking if I would be prepared to “balance out” the positive coverage of Gates for their show. I informed them that they were asking the wrong bloke - I’m a [...] - Iraq - Chickens Coming Home To Roost
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:35:17 +0000
America - your tax dollars have been well spent. What can you buy with one trillion dollars? No-bid contracts: Nearly Four Decades Later, U.S. Oil Companies Return to Iraq Four oil companies are in the final stage of contract negotiations to regain drilling rights in Iraq — thirty-six years after they lost them. Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total [...] - In Honour Of George Carlin
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:26:47 +0000
Most of the coverage you’ll see about the passing of Carlin this week - that is, assuming you see any at all, I don’t think I’ve seen a single mention on Australian TV - will cover his infamous “Seven Words” sketch and how it helped to break down free speech barriers. Tell that to the [...] - G?Day World #329 - Rob McNealy, StartUpStoryRadio.com (76mb)
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:12:15 +0000
On the show today, something a little different - I’m interviewed by Rob McNealy from StartUpStoryRadio.com. Before I throw to the interview, I talk about some recent blog posts, including the OpenAustralia and Registry of Members’ Interests issue, the Gloria Jean’s story and the future of the newspaper industry. Don’t miss out on winning the [...] - How fast can you type?
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:06:09 +0000
73 words Speed test It’s amazing to me that I’ve never had a single typing lesson in my life and yet I can touch type. The brain is amazing. - Former Gloria Jeans Franchisee Speaks Out
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:37:11 +0000
In the comments section to one of my earlier posts exposing Gloria Jeans, a guy claiming to be an ex-franchisee sez: As an ex-franchisee (yes, if you will pardon the pun I “saw the light” and got out) it disturbed me that we were given Targets for our “voluntary contributions”. In fact, we were required [...] - Newspapers facing worst year on record
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:14:56 +0000
Tony Harris sent me a link to this story in the New York Times which says that this year is shaping up to be the worst on record for newspaper advertising revenue. I’ve been predicting a steady decline in advertising revenue for years (The Future Of Newspapers, State of the News Print Media in Australia [...] - Transparency in Australian politics
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:02:44 +0000
I’m very excited to see that OpenAustralia, the local version of TheyWorkForYou is online and in beta testing. Congrats to everyone involved. It’s something I’ve been wanting to see happen in Australia for years. Reading through the site and its’ associated blog tonight, I discovered a couple of interesting points about transparency in Australian politics, [...] - G?Day World #328 - Stephen Mayne (40mb)
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:43:42 +0000
Today I got to chat with another person I admire - Stephen Mayne. As I’m sure most of you will know, Stephen is the founder of Crikey.com.au. These days he is also running a video podcast “The Mayne Report” where he takes his video crew into Annual General Meetings for some of Australia’s largest companies [...] - Che Guevara?s 80th birthday
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:59:49 +0000
In honour of the great Che Guevara’s 80th birthday (officially the 14th June), here’s a documentary on his life for those of you who have only heard the CIA propaganda and lies. - Coming to Paris in July
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:28:20 +0000
I’m going to be in Paris July 5 and July 13, 14, 15. Anyone interested in catching up? - G?Day World #327 - Puny Humans Must Die (50mb)
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:45:51 +0000
Today I talk about what I’ve learned recently from the following books: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts (2003) The Rise And Fall Of The Great Powers by Paul Kennedy (1988) Understanding Power by Noam Chomsky (2002) I also talk about an alternative to Hiroshima the Roadrunner supercomputer why a high IQ is linked to atheism my ideas for an Australian version of TED the [...] - Study: High IQ linked to atheism
Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:37:41 +0000
A new study from the UK claims that people with a high IQ are more likely to be atheists. Now I know you expect me to be gloating about this study but really, it’s not that interesting. From my perspective, it’s just common sense that people who have even an average level of intelligent wouldn’t [...] - Microsoft?s Decade of Shareprice Hell
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:24:18 +0000
The guy who wrote the MSFT Extreme Makeover blog has hung up his riding boots with a terrific summary post on Microsoft’s woes. After MSFT’s share price being in the toilet for the better part of a decade, Extreme has had enough. I sold my last remaining MSFT shares just before the YHOO announcement sent [...] - Australia 2050 - The Wiki
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:20:31 +0000
I’m trying to work out who the top thinkers and visionaries are in Australia who can help us plot a course for 2050. I’ve put together a quick wiki to collate your ideas in a central place. Go to the 2050 wiki. - A clarion call for digital media entrepreneurs
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:56:24 +0000
Paul Ryan asked me to write a story for the June/July issue of Anthill about digital media and entrepreneurship. I ended up writing something about how it seems to me that digital media entrepreneurs require a higher code of ethics, a higher vision, than your run-of-the-mill online entrepreneurs. Click on the image below to read [...] - Who Are Australia?s Top Thinkers?
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:32:55 +0000
I’m working on an idea and I need your help. I want to put together a list of the top thinkers in Australia. I mean the really amazing people, the ones with a huge vision for the country or the world or even their industry. The people who are leading from the front, dreaming big [...] - New Singularity Essays
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:41:47 +0000
IEEE Spectrum has a series of new essays on the singularity from the likes of Vernor Vinge and Rodney Brooks (who have both been on this show in the last year). My favourite quote so far comes from Vinge’s new essay “Signs of the Singularity“: “The best answer to the question, ?Will computers ever be as [...] - Four More Years Before Machines Surpass Humans
Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:24:09 +0000
Hans Moravec has suggested that the human brain has a processing capacity of 10 quadrillion instructions per second (10 billion MIPS). In comparison, it was announced today that the fastest supercomputer in the world, called Roadrunner and devised and built by engineers and scientists at I.B.M. and Los Alamos National Laboratory, is capable of handling [...] - Teaching your kids to save money
Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:37:09 +0000
Andre writes the “Lost Parent Diary” blog and he recently contacted me about a podcast I did where I mentioned how my twin boys started saving their pocket money to buy their own laptops when they were about five years old. He wrote it up into a blog post about teaching your kids to save [...] - Microsoft?s Ballmer on the Future of Media
Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:51:28 +0000
Okay so - Steve’s crystal ball hasn’t been 100% accurate over the years - neither has BillG’s - but he’s also helped build Microsoft into the giant it is today, despite decades of predicitions of it’s imminent demise, so he must know something. And this is what he said recently about the future of media: In [...] - Science Needs A Celebrity Makeover
Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:29:09 +0000
It in the last few days I’ve had two startling, and somewhat depressing, conversations. In both instances, I had a debate with people I admire, for their intelligence and intellectual rigour, about the merit of the scientific method. In both cases, my opponents made claims which felt unscientific to me. When I challenged their thinking on [...] - America - ?The Land Of The Jailed?
Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:45:04 +0000
So much for being “The Land Of The Free”: Human Rights Watch has just posted up the latest stats which show the USA incarcerates nearly 7 times the number of it’s citizens are other democracies such as the UK and Canada. Statistics released today by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, a branch of the US Department [...] - G?Day World Video - Peter Ellyard discusses ?Designing 2050? (257mb)
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:01:42 +0000
I had the pleasure once again today to catch up with Dr Peter Ellyard, Australia’s leading futurist, one of our most popular public speakers and, of course, author of the historic first book published by TPNTXT: “Designing 2050: Pathways to sustainable prosperity on spaceship earth”. The auction for two signed proof copies of the book can be [...] - Exxon says one thing, does the opposite
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:37:58 +0000
From the “Just-Cuz-We-Say-We’re-Going-To-Do-Something-Doesn’t-Mean-We-Will” department: The Center for Science in the Public Interest points out that ExxonMobil has just announced “for the second consecutive year” that it is cutting funding to groups which promote skepticism about global warming. The groups that are supposedly being cut off include the Capital Research Center, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, Frontiers [...] - Re-inventing Politics - The Cameron System
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:19:52 +0000
On Twitter this afternoon I made a crack about how the two-party system we have in Australia is, I believe, fundamentally broken. Someone asked me how I would improve it. This is what I came up with on the fly. This isn’t something I’ve given any thought to previously, so it’s probably full of holes [...] - GMAIL - Filtering many messages at once
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:11:48 +0000
Here’s something I learned this morning - how to quickly set up a Gmail filter to delete multiple annoying messages. This may not be news to most of you but as it was a new discovery for me, I thought I’d share it. Find Annoying Messages - you know those ones that you find yourself deleting [...] - Aussie Startups in Aust Financial Review
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:48:11 +0000
Renai LeMay did a story on Aussie start-ups in today’s AFR. But, of course, I can’t link to it online, because the zombies running the Fin still have it locked up tighter that a fish’s asshole. Memo to Fairfax - it’s 2008! HELLO? Anyhoo, the article is also up on MIS Magazine’s website and you can [...] - The Coolest 8 Year Old In The World
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:38:20 +0000
Thanks to thomasrdotorg for the link! He suggested that if I had a daughter, this is what she’d be like. - Win A Signed INDY IV Poster!
Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:11:10 +0000
Want to win a block-mounted Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull one-sheet signed by Shia LaBeouf And Steven Spielberg? TPN has one to give away - click here to enter! - Rudd?s burying the Haneef inquiry?
Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:45:59 +0000
More evidence that it doesn’t matter which one of the major parties is in power, the same game is played: The narrow terms of reference were drafted to prevent any inquiry into the role played by Howard and his ministers. The inquiry was asked to report on ?the arrest, detention, charging, prosecution and release of Dr [...] - The real reason behind high oil prices
Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:45:35 +0000
You won’t hear this talked about on TV: The hoax of Peak Oil - namely the argument that the oil production has hit the point where more than half all reserves have been used and the world is on the downslope of oil at cheap price and abundant quantity - has enabled this costly fraud to [...] - Former White House Press Secretary Slams Bush
Wed, 28 May 2008 05:12:49 +0000
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 2006). The book, he says, discusses “the story of how the presidency of George W. Bush veered terribly off course.? Apparently McClellan positions himself as the poor [...] - G?Day World #326 - The CIA (31mb)
Wed, 28 May 2008 01:17:47 +0000
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 of the most important books that have come out in the last decade. Why? Listen to the show to find out. I start by reading out [...] - G?Day World #325 - Jonathan Oxer (30mb)
Tue, 27 May 2008 00:55:11 +0000
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 devices in his house. Why? Listen and find out. If you haven’t yet seen the video to go with it, it’s here. Keep up to date with Jon?s [...] - G?Day World Video - Jonathan Oxer
Mon, 26 May 2008 23:55:32 +0000
Jonathan has an RFID chip embedded in his arm. Why? Watch and find out. Keep up to date with Jon’s experimentation on his blog. As a result of all the media interest in his high-tech home, Jonathan is set to host a new TV show called SuperHouse which will go to air later this [...] - Australia ranked only 27th most peaceful nation
Thu, 22 May 2008 04:28:55 +0000
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, while neighbour New Zealand is fourth. The USA ranked 97th, below China, Cuba and Libya. I wonder who much coverage this will get in the MSM. Are you, [...] - G?Day World #324 - Dr Susan Blackmore on Free Will (39mb)
Wed, 21 May 2008 22:15:32 +0000
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 explain why SHE doesn’t believe in free will either. We discuss the reductionist perspective, what neuroscientists she’s interviewed believe, and how to live your life once [...] - G?Day World #323 - Aubrey de Grey (32mb)
Mon, 19 May 2008 00:17:12 +0000
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 non-profit 501c(3) organization committed to the acceleration of progress toward a cure for age-related disease, disability, suffering, and death. They are running a special conference on aging [...] - ?Designing 2050? by Peter Ellyard on sale now!
Sun, 18 May 2008 00:11:51 +0000
- How The CIA Screwed Up Iran
Mon, 12 May 2008 01:06:49 +0000
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 coup d’état against the legitimate government of Iran in 1953. You can read the salient details in Wikipedia. Note: this isn’t a “conspiracy theory” - it was [...] - Vidnik vs Seesmic
Sun, 11 May 2008 22:57:57 +0000
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 around with Seesmic a bit as a video blogging tool but I find it’s not very podcast-friendly. Seesmic wants you to use their site to store and distribute your [...] - Project Vino - Twitter + Yahoo Live Video = A Great Night!
Fri, 09 May 2008 06:17:12 +0000
How do you get a dozen of the top online personalities in Australia to talk about your product? Here’s one recent example of very clever marketing. A couple of weeks ago, I participated in one of the more interesting online social networking / marketing projects I’ve seen in recent years - Project Vino. Put together [...] - G?Day World #322 - It?s Called MYANMAR not BURMA ffs (36mb)
Fri, 09 May 2008 00:13:21 +0000
My first show for a month!!! I explain why the big break on the show. But the main topic for today is Myanmar, or what the ignorant Western media insist on calling Burma. As you’ve heard, they were hit recently by a terrible cyclone and there are potentially 100,000 people dead and millions homeless. Western aid [...] - GetUp! Campaign to Stop Lobbyists
Thu, 08 May 2008 05:59:40 +0000
I just signed this online campaign being run by GetUp! to stop lobbyists from the BAD energy companies (oil, coal, etc) subverting the Federal Budget’s investments to clean up Australia. You should to. Only take a couple of seconds. They are trying to get 15,000 votes and they currently have about 4700. - IRON MAN and How To Make Money From Advertising
Thu, 08 May 2008 00:15:15 +0000
Hey kids! Now that the TPN servers are back up and running as they should, I guess it’s time for me to do some more shows. In the meantime, here’s a couple I’ve done this week which you may like. The Movie Show #46 - IRON MAN 2 Web Crew #24 - Duncan Riley Is? ?THE [...] - Cameron-Reilly, LLC
Sun, 04 May 2008 00:43:12 +0000
I stumbled across this company today. Apparently they make roads in Washington state! The company is owned by two guys - Jim Cameron and Mike Reilly. I’ll have to see if one of my listeners in Washington can snag me some of their company swag! I especially like the images on their website of large [...] - Watching Christopher Hitchens Videos
Sat, 03 May 2008 22:29:03 +0000
I’ve only discovered this morning how brilliant Christopher Hitchens (author of “God Is Not Great”) is when he talks. Check out this video for starters then make your way through some related YouTube clips. - lunch!
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:39:28 +0000
lunch! Originally uploaded by cameronreilly - Cult of the podcast celebrity - SMH
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:30:43 +0000
Ha! I bet you didn’t know you’re part of a cult, did you? And I’m not even talking about my CHURCH OF LOTU. I’m talking about the article in the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday, featuring interview with myself, Leo Laporte and TPN Health’s beti! Check it out. - A Tip For Using the Lexmark z1420 on Leopard
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:26:37 +0000
If you, like me, bought a Lexmark z1420 wireless printer and you, like me, have spent the last four hours trying to get your Macbook Pro to connect to the bloody thing then you, like me, should go to THIS SITE and download the special Leopard drivers which Lexmark neglected to put on the frakking [...] - Microsoft Australia does REMIX 2008 soon
Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:43:24 +0000
The nice folks at Microsoft Australia (Hi Finula!) have asked me to let you know that REMIX tickets are now on sale. Mark Pesce is the keynote speaker. I’ve never heard Mark speak but I’ve always heard great feedback on his sessions. Funnily, we were just talking about him and how much he charges to [...] - My Free Will Flowchart
Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:44:56 +0000
As I’m continually finding myself discussing the subject of free will with people recently, I created this flowchart to better explain my perspective on the issue. If you have rebuttals and answers to the questions I pose on the negative side of the chart, please contribute them here in the LOTU forum. - Obama: ?Yes, I?m a warmongerer too?
Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:40:51 +0000
Barack Obama yesterday confessed that if he becomes President of the USA, he’s committed to keeping the US’s #1 military base in the Middle East, aka Israel, open and functioning. Key quotes: “As president, I will do everything that I can to help (Israel) protect itself … We will make sure that it can defend itself [...] - No title available
Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:15:07 +0000
Twitter Updates - Happiness is?
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:50:28 +0000
I love this one that Andrew Sayer (http://twitter.com/andrewsayer) sent me on Twitter this morning… clipped from www.photobasement.com - Christianity?s Greatest Hits
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:21:28 +0000
I had another a massive debate on Twitter last night about Christianity. I often get asked, as I was last night by Marketing_Queen: “You seem really, really bitter about the whole Christianity thing. Any reason?” I explain that I”m not bitter about Christians at all. I don’t hate Christians. Some of my closest friends are Christians. [...] - ?Me and the Old Man? - an inspired comic
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:14:41 +0000
Inspired by.. me! Or something I said, anyway. I am so pumped by this. Michael Minutillo - aka Wolfbyte - emailed me today to let me know about this comic strip he has started producing, based on a meme I’ve been talking about over the last six months - what would happen if one of [...] - Corey Hart?s Daily Schedule
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:11:17 +0000
You have to be a child of the 80s to get this one. More like this at Culturegraph, put together by recent G’Day World guest Jeremy Toeman. I’ve been LMAO in the kids’ dentist’s office this morning. Cool dentist. She started by showing off her new Macbook Air and then launched into a discussion with [...] - G?Day World #321 - Communism, The Four Hour Work Week and more. (63mb)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:02:53 +0000
I’m back this week with my first show from Brisbane!! Today it’s just me talking about TPN’s recent technology woes, my decision not to take venture capital, communism, the origins of the concept of family, an up date on my personal coach, Tim Ferriss’ Four Hour Work Week, The Spider And The Starfish, and more! Today’s [...] - Why Twitter Is Important To Me
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:15:08 +0000
And on Sunday, he rested……. Holy god damn, what a week. Finally, this morning, TPN is back up (obviously, because I can write this and you can read it). I have to thank Phil Morle from Pollenizer for hooking me up with Jagadeesh from x-minds in India. Jag and his team got TPN back up in [...] - My Fast Thinking article
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:14:46 +0000
I’ve had a HELL of a week. The day I was leaving Melbourne I discovered TPN was having major technical issues and it’s just been one thing after another this week. Database errors, sites hacked, you name it. And as TPN is still between proper IT support, it’s KILLING me. I’ve been trying to sign [...]
