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A paper for Demos by William Davies - Charlie

"In my experience I have to disagree with you overall. I've only ever found it useful for your point 1 in that it has put me in touch with interesting people, material and events. As a happiness-making pursuit in and of itself however it has never really worked for me. There's just too much ego, self-publicity and self-importance. (I'll admit that I've been guilty of all three at times). I'll keep giving it a try though." - Charlie

"Being so happy you cry is a real privilege" - Charlie

"Reading something that changes your view of the world is one of life's real treats. It can be really scary as well to have your fundamental beliefs challenged. On the other hand it can be very soothing to have your fundamental beliefs solidly reaffirmed from time to time. I just read the Railway Children and it made me so happy I cried." - Charlie

Arnie champions ebooks - Charlie

"His definition of the cloud differed slightly from what is generally understood as the cloud "we can do computing out indeed internet, we can do it in the data centre in a corporation, we can do it on a PC, we can do it on a phone. And we need to have the software that lets people blend those things seamlessly" The cloud is the internet it's not a software solution for syncing all your devices." - Charlie

good value bike shop - Charlie

""I’ve said this in the past, but I will repeat myself, so bare with me. " Just because you're repeating yourself doesn't mean I'm going to get naked with you!" - Charlie

"It is really weird that no one is talking about this. This exchange rate drop has really affected a lot of businesses. Australians looking to close deals in US dollars have basically seen the asking price jump by over 30%. As well as the commodities issues I suspect that there are some real worries about the Australian housing market. This whole crisis began with inflated housing prices in the US. Property in Australia is very expensive. Very glad I don't have a mortgage right now." - Charlie

1930's, great depression, rise of fascism, second world war? - Charlie

"Duncan I have files on Omnidrive and until quite recently I've been able to access them. This is the first time I've never been able to access them at all. Kim's called it right in my opinion. It's unforgivable that they haven't contacted the users. It's a simple common courtesy. It only takes a minute to pen an email and let people know what's going on." - Charlie

Adventure race sydney - Charlie

Sep 4 - The Japanese electronics company is getting some help from Britain's biggest book chain for the UK launch of its electronic book.After many false starts, ebooks finally appear to be gaining traction with consumers in the U.S. Now Sony is... - Charlie

"I sort of read it differently. I thought his point was that there is no substitute for first hand reporting whether by bloggers or journalists. First hand reporting is expensive and time consuming. It involves travelling to meet people and see things and being available at any time of the day to do so. A lot of blogging (and journalism for that matter) is just the recycling of secondhand news. There's no substitute for original research and to do that you need time and money." - Charlie

hahaha - Charlie

Wow. So amazing it almost seems incredible - Charlie

one small problem with this idea: Roo meat tastes like sh*t, and smells even worse. We use to feed it to our dog when we had a dog - Duncan Riley from Bookmarklet

Matt, yes. You can buy it in supermarket, it's fairly easy to find, although it's more common as a pet food then something people take home to cook. Cyndy, I don't think so, Vegemite is a myth perpetuated by an American company...it's made by Kraft :-) - Duncan Riley

An ad for The Paris Hilton Presidential Campaign. Paid for by Funny Or Die. - Charlie

An ad for The Paris Hilton Presidential Campaign. Paid for by Funny Or Die. - Charlie

Wow. THe thought of making streets searchable. Signwriters are suddenly going to be in high demand. - Charlie

"Ian McEwan's Enduring Love comes to mind. Scary book." - Charlie

"Ian McEwan's Enduring Love comes to mind. Scary book." - Charlie

"Ian McEwan's Enduring Love comes to mind. Scary book." - Charlie

Brighton Rocks! - Charlie

Brighton Rocks! - Charlie

Very poignant video about the 7/7 bombings in London and the feelings of victims and their families - Charlie

Very poignant video about the 7/7 bombings in London and the feelings of victims and their families - Charlie

What if I told you the current president of this country has lead us into an immoral, illegal war needlessly costing the lives of thousands of Americans and 10s of thousands of Iraqis? --- Sorry, I'll take whatever Obama's got over 8 more years of FUD from the GOP. - Tad

Obamanomics is never going to stick as a catchphrase. It's too hard to say. Obonomics? - Charlie

I think you have missed one role for Google with Knol - it not only offers a platform and pays for content, it also offers the distribution channel that over years has proved to work incredibly well for other content providers. What I don't understand is why many people don't see pure business logic behind Knol for Google - it has finally realized it sends way too much traffic elsewhere and decided it should keep it to itself (and make money off it). - Svetlana Gladkova from FriendFeed MT Plugin

Google should really make knol a standard and let anyone host them. - Charlie from FriendFeed MT Plugin

Google should really make knol a standard and let anyone host them. - Charlie from FriendFeed MT Plugin