Entries from July 2006

Helen Coonan at it again

Date July 7, 2006

Same stupid people, same stupid, dangerous and impractical ideas: Internet legislation the Federal Government intends to introduce later this year was found to be impractical and effectively impossible only two years ago. Communications Minister Helen Coonan wants to introduce legislation that would regulate streaming technologies such as third-generation (3G) mobile phones and subscription-based internet portals [...]

Amanda Congdon UnBoomed?

Date July 6, 2006

Looks like the two personalities behind vidcast Rocketboom have parted ways. Amanda’s video begs more questions than it answers, but I hope there’s more great things from both Andrew and Amanda in the future. edit: Jumped or pushed seems to be the question at the moment. edit 2: Jason Calcanis seems to be the first [...]

Big Brother: Camilla, Ashley, John and the Fallout

Date July 4, 2006

I’m not going to write a great deal about this. Put simply, it was a joke that went too far, everyone involved has said that. No real harm was done, but Big Brother had no other option but to throw Ash and John (or Michael and Michael) out of the house, which is fair enough [...]