Tim Dunlop reveals his inner most secret. The chiefs at the ASIO reading statements along the following lines are on the alert: Christmas is upon us and that means posting is going to be light for a few days. Probably some of you don't know, but I am in fact Santa Claus. Yes, it's true, as those who've sat upon my lap will realise. Blogging, incidentally, is just a new-fangled way of sorting out who is naughty and who is nice. Anyway, as you can imagine, things get a little hectic around here at this time of the year So please excuse the lack of posts for the next few days while I deliver Christmas cheer to the boys and girls of the world
Prominent among the urges that inspire and drive a person in life, is the urge to be a somebody. It is quite human, especially in the early stages of life, to want to do something to win laurels and admiration of all around. There's a pitfall though — the very process of becoming a somebody may subtly reduce you to a nobody To be a Somebody, Remain a Nobody
The Blog, The Press, The Media: Son, It is White Christmas and We Need to Talk
Graham Freudenberg is one of those rare writers and storytellers just like Johno Johnson who have never lost sight of ordinary life. Graham might have moved from Woolahra to a tropical island and a younger Graham might have moved to church nearby, but the reality is that the new generation is losing the common touch ...
Son, could you come in here for a second? Well, I'm sorry, but that newspaper's just going to have to wait, because we really need to talk. Son, your mother and I have been worried about you. Your grades have been slipping, you've been spending less time with your friends, and you've been shutting yourself in your room for hours at a time. Now, I know it may make you feel uncomfortable to talk about it, but this Supreme Court obsession of yours has become a problem
• My Picks of Their Picks ; [Have you caught up with the news that Peter Maher's aggressive Rehame outfit has lost the very lucrative NSW Government 'whole-of-government' electronic media monitoring contract with effect from January 1, 2005. Shame About Rehame ]
• · Depressed and disheartened by 2004? Then take a dose of 1958. The year Jozef Imrich was born Thoughts on New Matilda and Old Nation: Graham Freudenberg; Andre Hairdryer's google profile
Does the Victorian police minister Andre Haermeyer have a sense of humour or is he subject to a google bomb, perhaps from Premier Steve Bracks? Tap the cop's boss' nickname Andre Hairdryer into Google and his official page via the Victorian Premier's office is the first result.
• · · Steve Outing What Mainstream Journalists Can Learn From Bloggers ; [Tim Porter Learn from the Bloggers, My Children ]
• · · · Called Speegle, it has the look and feel of a normal search engine Speech takes on search engines
• · · · · As my literary agent is well aware me and the Apple go a long way back Am I responsible for this iTunish mess?
• · · · · · Today the Washington Post Co. announces that it is buying Slate from Microsoft Corporation, our home since we began publishing in 1996. When the transaction closes in mid-January, we will leave the splendiferous House of Gates for the munificent House of Graham Sold!; [Sam Schechner of Slate Stardom admits that it's not the media, but ginger organisations like the American Civil Liberties Union that are doing the FOI digging Freedom From Information ]