| goodbye livejournal |
[Aug. 13th, 2006|10:41 pm] |
Hello all i have immigrated to wordpress.
My new home is
http://adamdiary.wordpress.com
Same posts as here (i have exported them to wordpress) and same name just better provider a bit rough around the edges but i will tidy things up and get things going soon.
yours truly
Adam |
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| faux terrorism |
[Aug. 11th, 2006|09:39 pm] |
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200608/s1712967.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4783141.stm
Is it just me or is this sounding a bit like a political stunt lebanon wasnt going well AT ALL and they where about to get in the shit about that and iraq well enough said.Blair and co knew about this for weeks hell they even rang up dubya and told him about it too perfect timing?.
If they bungle this legally (err yes they did arrest people they werent just trying to scare you :/)or nothing happens at all, this isnt going to look good on there behalf, after all this other stuff that has happened.
Also there was no ACTUAL terrorist attack BUT there was saturation media coverage GRRRR! it was so annoying i hope it isnt like it tonight on newsradio and needless to say according to english people its 10X worse there.
Yours truly
Adam |
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| Uefa's bullshit |
[Aug. 8th, 2006|02:28 pm] |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/5251556.stm
I dont like this at all! this is crap israel is a safe place to play football, but precious liverpool had to go off its rocker about it before that it was a non-issue, which tells you how much the big clubs of europe have sway over UEFA, if it was a smaller club complaining there would be a thing done about it.Other clubs to this point havent complained and have made appropriate arrangments to make sure people are safe and everything has being fine.
The ones that will suffer the most are israeli football fans and israeli football in general.
Yours truly
Adam |
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| who is david tench.....a load of marketing bollocks and a newsflash all in one! |
[Aug. 8th, 2006|02:05 am] |
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http://businessnetwork.smh.com.au/articles/2006/07/20/5325.html
Beware the hype of viral campaigns
Friday, 21 July 2006
Who is David Tench? Well, he's the host of a coming chat show on Channel Ten, produced by Andrew Denton's production company, Zapruder's Other Films. But he's more (and less) than that.
For a start, he's probably not real - Tench is an anagram for Ch(annel) Ten - as the show is believed to include elements of animation and digital enhancement. He's also the latest example of viral marketing, whereby publicity for a product is generated by stealth, giving the false impression it has evolved organically rather than through the standard PR channels.
Viral marketing has been around for ages, but it has been made easier by the internet, which allows rapid, widespread dissemination of material and the ability to disguise its source.
In this case, Ten has combined on-air promos, featuring lame quotes from Tench ("Now we've harpooned the Japanese, let's go wax some Brazilians"), with a sophisticated online presence. Websites have been established giving hints to his identity and that of the show, chat rooms are full of speculation and an entry has even been created for the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
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Unfortunately for Ten, Wikipedia twigged to the PR stunt last week. A truncated version of the original entry remained as we went to press, but it included a link to the following advisory: "The article was created to promote an as-yet-unaired television program on Australian television, and Wikipedia is being used inappropriately as part of a 'viral marketing' campaign."
Interestingly, this process was satirised in a 1993 episode of The Simpsons called Krusty Gets Kancelled, in which ads start appearing for a mysterious television personality called Gabbo. As a result of the hype, the show is a hit, but Lisa and Bart see the campaign for what it is, a cynical ploy, and engineer its downfall.
Perhaps there's a lesson here for Denton and Ten. For now the Tench campaign is clearly working. People are talking about the show without Ten having to spend money on conventional advertising or even provide many details about it. But there's always a danger a viral campaign will backfire. The young, internet-savvy people the Tench campaign is aimed at can smell a gimmick a mile off. They don't like being used and if the show doesn't live up to expectations - which are already high, given Denton's reputation - they'll turn.
I dont watch much channel ten because well its sucks, but this has come up and when i went on www.tvaus.com.au, it has blown up into some hunt where they have essentially falled hook line and sinker for a marketing ploy as described before.
I really do hope that the shows sucks, that could be more amusing the reaction on the internet than the show itself.Well you never know but internet based viral marketing rarely works and only for a short time then it usually becomes a subject for ridicule and hatred.
and oh newsflash
http://forum.behindbigbrother.com/showpost.php?p=500059&postcount=36
Originally Posted by rowee
David’s big break came when he was spied by holidaying NBC Today show weatherman Al Roker. Roker introduced Tench to the US, where his Aussie good looks won him the job hosting the syndicated half-hour breakfast show, Surprise! Good Morning!. Every morning for eight years, Tench knocked on the door of a criminal, welfare recipient or major celebrity – in the case of Danny Bonaduce, all three – and interviewed them in their pyjamas.
He became a regular guest on shows ranging from Today to Larry King Live, Donahue MSNBC and The Bold & The Beautiful.
Quote:
David has two children (Marcelle & Gigi) to his first wife, former French clay-court specialist Yvette Conchon.
David Tench = Gordon Elliott
Photograph
http://mas.scripps.com/FINE/2003/08/...nandcity_e.jpg
Quote:
Feeling restless in the early mornings, Gordon and his friend Peter Brennan started a breakfast show called Good Day New York. Live on camera, Gordon barged into New York homes before the sleeping occupants had a chance to open their eyes. He entrapped a rarely gullible Donald Trump with a fake Mikhail Gorbachev, awoke a surprised Bill Cosby with the 101 voices of the New York Choral Society singing the Hallelujah Chorus, and terrified the occupants of a Brooklyn high-rise apartment by hiring a cherry picker to lift him to bedroom windows on the 13th floor.
Source:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/gord...D_9885,00.html
Quote:
His first wife was from France, and his current wife is from the U.S.
Source:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254233/bio
lets fun begin
Yours truly
Adam |
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| BBC have your say or is it? |
[Aug. 4th, 2006|05:43 pm] |
Hmm im a bit suspect about the BBC have your say.It is frequently flogged off on the BBC world service and it claims you can join in on the debate, but it seems only if you have a certain view more or less.I have on several occasions posted on there NOT one was published,people who post of there alot more than i do have report similar things.
I strongly believe that essentially the posts reflect the views of the secretive and shadowy moderators and would be worse, if there wasnt a emphasis on report and reflecting all sides of the debate, but i think this effort on have your say is largely token.Noone has held them to account and cannot really unless you want to bother with emails that they probably never will read or take into account hell we dont know who they are anyway.
In short you can have your say but dont expect it to be published unless the moderators like your comments, despite the fact your comments dont break any rules which are set out clearly.I believe that all comments should be published unless they break those rules.
Yours truly
Adam
(P.S If you read my castro illness post above you are reading another one that didnt get published because they didnt like it) |
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| castro illness |
[Aug. 3rd, 2006|02:27 pm] |
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Im rather annoyed with the media coverage and the obvious biase against him and them crapping on about how there is going to be "democracy" in cuba after he is gone and how communism will collapse in cuba *rolls eyes*.
I believe that discussing what is going to happen after he dies is a bit disrespectful and wrong, but it seems that anti-castro nuts never pay respect to cuba anyway and will even celebrate him being sick you lose your humanity methinks when you do that.
The vast vast majority of cubans support castro today and have done so for 40 odd years,he has brought genuine change to cuba for the better but that is never reported in the media just made up,half-truths and over blown stuff about how "bad" cuba is.
I hope he gets better soon we are all hoping and praying (well those who are religious) for you.
get well comrade
Yours truly
Adam |
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| How could they? |
[Aug. 3rd, 2006|02:12 pm] |
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| | pissed off | ] |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/5240236.stm
How could they do this? they left him with a car that didnt perform then they dropped him, when its there fault that he didnt perform and after all this he outperformed his teammate nico rosberg not happy at all.Lets hope he gets that seat at renault and kick some arse next season :D.Ill still have a soft spot for williams but its reduce since mark got screwed over.
Yours truly
Adam |
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| DR congo candidate rejects poll |
[Aug. 2nd, 2006|03:06 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5235752.stm
:( This was going to happen i was sure of it lets hope he sticks to his promise of legal and peaceful means, despite the fact he is a former warlord.
I think that this is a bit premature and he will shut up if he wins (doubtful) kabila was a shut in to win.I think that the fact that the poll went off peacefully is wonderful,lets hope that all sides accept the result and if not they do it by peaceful means.
Yours truly
Adam |
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| No wonder i went to asleep. |
[Jul. 31st, 2006|08:47 pm] |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/5228998.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/5228516.stm
Lap 59: Webber's dream race has turned into a nightmare as the Australian falls out of contention with smoking engine. Yet again, Williams finish out of the points, despite a fantastic race by Webber. But Raikkonen has the last podium place in his sights, having found a way past Button on the previous lap.
Goddamnit mark webber went out again >:( , i really hope that williams get there shit together mark webber is a much better driver than his performances suggest.Damnit schumacher wins again i really hope that retires after this season good riddance.Anyhoo i heard about the deal that williams have with toyota next lets hope that it results in a better engine and more reliable engine for williams next season.It better be because mark webber has this idea that he wants to stay with williams for the rest of his career :).
Yours truly
Adam |
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| soldier videos being watched |
[Jul. 30th, 2006|12:43 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | annoyed | ] |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5221326.stm
Now why doesnt this surprise me?.I think that the pentagon wants to present a nice side to war and present it as patriotic and crap like that and doesnt want to show this graphic stuff, unless its to tarnish the enemy.In short it doesnt want war to be shown in a bad light, because they want poor people to go off and fight there imperialist wars.
I think whilst graphic and gruesome is a positive development and a alternative way to show stuff that circa vietnam war was shown into peoples loungerooms every night (although probably not as graphic but you get the point).The goons at the pentagon call it the vietnam syndrome and have being fighting it with saturation of properganda as news and controlling the media access, this breaks it down (as the internet does with most censorship)and lets people see the bad side of war and this has become influential as a clip culture emerges online.So long as these videos dont become glorifying and become snuff films for sickos to jerk off to,i have no problem with it and is a good way to get around pentagon censorship and properganda.
Yours truly
Adam |
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| kazaa becomes legal service. |
[Jul. 30th, 2006|11:54 am] |
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| | happy | ] |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5220406.stm
This is no big deal at all because kazaa sucks it was gone long ago. Sharman did it all by itself and is now trying to cut it losses and hopes that those who tolerated it to this point will now pay for it.Yeah right KAZAA is hated by everyone people who once used it 0.1 percent of those suckers who kept with it will continue to line sharmans pockets.Whilst the rest of us looked for alternatives and they have largely prospered.The 100 million dollars is dirty money funded by spyware etc,shouldent be going to RIAA but those whose privacy has being violated by this shit.
I do not why the music industry is celebrating those programs which have shut down or gone legit where largely abandoned by people LONG AGO and whole heap of awesome P2P have sprung into its place.It has essentially got rid of all the crappy but once popular programs,this will continue as soon as you take down one 10 more that have remained under the radar soon become popular.It is essentially a cycle which started out with napster, attempts of RIAA and its ilk are rather futile.They rarely get a P2P in its prime, its usually in decline once they find out about it.
Keep on downloading
Yours truly
Adam |
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| stuff under the bed |
[Jul. 29th, 2006|06:15 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | happy | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | oceansize-iam the morning | ] |
Hello All.
This is a new experiment where i cram several ideas into one post.
1.Random moment of the day
Guy:hello how is it going
Me: *thinking do i know you?* good i guess
Guy: i know this is going to sound weird but you look like my mate in whyalla and um i live in whyalla can i take a photo of you on my mobile phone?
Me:Okaaaay?!
*takes the photo*
Me:did you get it?
Guy:yeah thanks for that have a nice day.
Oh well so long as it doesnt end up in some gay chat room or the internet im fine with that. (not that i have anything against gays i just dont want them to have my picture).
2.Football slaughterhouse
I went to the local football and saw my team lincoln south beat bostons by 211 points
34 13 212 lincoln south vs bostons 0.1.1
Do not adjust your LCD screen that is the score (give or take a behind).
3.Oceansize
My good friend Andy introduced me to this band awesome! i went and done some pirating today ARRRRR! and download there stuff, good stuff.
www.oceansize.co.uk
4.CROWS LOST! and GO POWER!
YAY the crows lost by 82 points and go the power for tonight!.
5.GO THE WALLABIES
Beat those damn kiwis! |
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| Microsoft further proves its suckyness |
[Jul. 28th, 2006|06:51 pm] |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5223366.stm
This pisses me off majorly people are being denied choice of browser AGAIN, firefox is the best browser out there and people are leaving IE in droves.Instead of doing the honest thing to do- come up with a better product its resorting to its insane market share in the OS market to corner people into using its products.This is wrong and shouldent be happening noone else would be allowed to do this, if they did it would be declared a nuisance and people would avoid it, but they cant and that is a worry.
Microsoft needs to be reigned in and FAST ,viva la firefox get it here http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Tabbed browsing rules IE sucks.
Yours truly
Adam |
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| daily show with jon stewart |
[Jul. 28th, 2006|05:00 pm] |
The first time i watched this show i thought it was a bit lame and stupid but i watched it again and man its funny! he spends his time paying out bush and other idiots of that ilk (i shouldent say that bush has no compare) and that is good!.Although some of the moments made me cringe a bit,it is most definately worth watching.Watch it on SBS thursday night on at 10PM before it gets taken off again.Also reviving SBS great tradition of late night soft porn, erotic tales is on tonight at 10PM im going to watch that giggity giggity!.
Also people who watch jon stewart as news source should be shot, as he said ITS A SATIRE if you want a good news source i suggest www.bbcnews.com or www.abc.net.au/news or www.abc.net.au/newsradio.
Yours truly
Adam |
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| norwegian cartoon causes controversy |
[Jul. 27th, 2006|01:01 pm] |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5218002.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/europetoday/index.shtml
This is interesting, i personally think that that the cartoon is probably pushing the envelope a bit too much and could offend, but its intentions are not that at all and to compare it to the mohammed cartoons is a bit too far,not even the israeli ambassador would say that.
The mohammed cartoons where essentially a racist incitement, on behalf of right wing christian newspaper who wanted to incite people and offend them.Whereas this cartoon is a satire and criticism of israel's actions in lebanon and Gaza which is justified,i hope that we have gone past the idea that if you criticise israel your an anti-semite.Those who are pro-palestinian are getting sick of it, it seems to be an throw away line used by israeli politicians.I think that israel overreacts to this (it hasnt really i think its being a rather calm response to it), you could see the Dagbladet fly off the shelves in norway. ;)
I think that people should listen to that radio program i supplied a link to it includes an interview with the israeli ambassador to norway and the editor of Dagbladet quite interesting (FYI the program was broadcast on newsradio in the wee hours of the morning as is europe today is every night).
Yours truly
Adam |
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| Senate passes interstate abortion bill |
[Jul. 26th, 2006|07:52 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | angry | ] |
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/25/interstate.abortion.ap/index.html
This is crap pandering to the christian right and endangering girls lives and the most vunerable ones of society.Having an abortion is a traumatic time for any women or girl,there family should be there for emotional support etc, but when a family or parents try to enforce there moral beliefs on there children,endangering there life or having a unwanted pregnancy is child abuse and should not happen.If the parents do not consent, there should be a right for the girl to have the final say.After all there the ones that have to deal with what happens and live with it.
As edward kennedy said "Congress ought to have higher priorities than turning grandparents into criminals," said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Massachusetts.He is absolutely right what they are outlawing is in many cases the most compassionate thing they could do for that child.
Yours truly
Adam |
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| orange revolution please give me a banana! |
[Jul. 26th, 2006|07:43 pm] |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5215210.stm
Now why doesnt this surprise me? the orange revolution was a sham, essentially one square in kiev does not signal a popular revolt just a well orgainised demostration and it worked.The americans back the opposition in because of the govt close ties with russia and its desire to get more influence in the region after the collapse of the soviet union.
I find it ironic the person who got thrown out got re-elected essentially after the failure of the "orange coalition".Anyway a real revolution is of the people for the people this was an attempted for another group of fat cats and well educated people to get power over another group of people no more less.
It has brought reforms and things are better overall, but people are suffering in ukraine still and this didnt change, nor will nato membership or EU membership for that matter.
Also for the govt of the US, to claim that the ukrainian elections which started this whole thing to be unfair and rigged is a bit rich coming from them.
Yours truly
Adam |
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