IT journalist, commentator & speaker. Contributor to SMH IT Pro, ZDNet, Computer Daily News and others. To keep sane I swim, bike ride & bushwalk.
Stanmore (Sydney)
Joined November 2008
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Hi Ian. Interested in your Scitech journalist role. I have been writing about IT for 40 years, many as owner and editor of a successful subscription newslettr on telecommunications. You can find me on LinkedIn and plenty of my writing if you google me. au.linkedin.com/in/stuartcor…
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20 years behind the Goblin Teasmade teasmade.uk/1955-goblin-teas… RT @TroveAustralia: Is it an alarm clock? A bedside light? Or a way to make your morning tea and coffee. #VintageFriday
📷: The Australian Women's Weekly, 31 Jan 1979
bit.ly/3D5wn8U
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Stuart Corner retweeted
This was published by the Telegraph minutes (seconds?) before Boris Johnson pulled out of the race.
It's vanished from their website, but of course the internet never forgets.
Schadenfreude is best served with snacks. So grab your 🍿 and follow the link!
archive.ph/LRm6c
I have just received, by express post, seven blank sheets of a4 paper from Rose Sattelberger with a PO Box in South Yarra. I have no idea who Rose Sattelberger is. Neither has Google. Any suggestions?
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@R_Chirgwin RT @R_Chirgwin: *whispers*
It's not just Qantas. Virgin is currently offering $800 for a Melb-Syd round trip on Saturday.
I have a pre pandemic @jetstar voucher for a syd-melb return trip for two, It is worth $520.
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Really pisses me off when I go to unsubscribe from a mailing list and to do so I have to provide personal details in addition the ones I provided when I signed up.
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Not true e2bn.org/cms/blog/place-grou…
RT @criley2008: I can't quite believe this, but it seems to be true. The UK Government have granted a £70bn (that's right, BILLION) contract to a two person consultancy in Penzance to run the transition to Net Zero. contractsfinder.service.gov.…
Interesting metaphor: ’Bullshit reaching new heights”. A great steaming pile of ordure, perhaps?
@jennyleong: … Perrottet and Kean.. only interested in one thing… doing whatever they can to cling on to power. The power struggle is real. The bullshit is reaching new heights.
Interesting: the latest email address being used by scammers masquerading as commbank is [email protected]
#facebook Don't expect customer service when you are the product. This disabled veterans organisation has has had its page, facebook.com/TPINSW/, hijacked by a rogue employee. The response from FB: Zero, after 6 weeks.
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An AI Company Scraped Billions of Photos For Facial Recognition. Regulators Can't Stop It ti.me/3GoE5wn
Could Tucker Carlson get any dafter. “US Fox News presenter Tucker Carlson has a new TV show coming, and in the lead-up has been promoting the idea of scrotal illumination as a cure for the decline of masculinity.”
healthymale.org.au/news/ask-…
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There’s a war in Ukraine, an election in Australia, but I’m please to see the ABC can devote space the antics of sheep in my native Yorkshire. abc.net.au/news/2022-04-29/s…
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Dear Dropbox get with it and don’t send me messages saying: “Keep 2021 rolling. Dropbox tips to help you get organised.” 2021 rolled away long ago #dropbox
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Why has it taken them a year to tell me this? “In January 2021, Transport for NSW was made aware that it had been impacted by a cyber-attack in late December 2020 … As a result of the attack, some of your personal information was obtained by an unauthorised person.”
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What at stuff up. #cityofsydney email has #sparklingsydney on Sat 12 March. Go to book tickets moshtix.com.au/v2/event/spar… and is shows the date as Sat 30 April
Just booted up this 1997 G3 Power Mac to run an interactive CD made with Macromedia Director. Brings back some memories!
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RT @benfortworth: We don't even know the effects of long Wordle.
Five letters is long enough!
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