Interviews with some of the best online: @kgosztola @kennethlipp @juliacreinhart @lissnup

We had the privilege of hearing from some very cool activists in the US and UK over the weekend.

Perth activist Kate joined me live in the studio as we spoke to Kevin and Kenneth  and the second night featured Julia then Anita.

I love these people – hope you enjoy our chat – simply click the audio links below and listen while you compute )

Kevin Gosztola   @kgosztola 15 minutes

Kenneth Lipp     @kennethlipp 12 minutes

Julia Reinhart    @juliacreinhart 18 minutes

Anita Hunt         @lissnup  24 minutes

twitter home pages below….

Great news on equality in Australia – Federal Govt steps back on opposing Greens move to allow Gay “Civil Partnerships” #GLBTI see below for – ABC News Article link.

Commonwealth to allow gay ceremonies: Corbell

Thursday, November 26, 2009

The ACT Government is claiming a victory in its bid to allow gay couples to have legally binding civil partnership ceremonies.

The ACT Legislative Assembly passed a Greens bill earlier this month allowing same-sex couples to recognise their relationships with a legally binding ceremony.

To view on a PC/Mac please use this link

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/26/2754283.htm

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Australian admits creating first iPhone virus – ABC News Article link.

Australian admits creating first iPhone virus

Monday, November 9, 2009

By Brigid Andersen

A 21-year-old Australian man has admitted creating what is thought to be the first virus to infect Apple iPhones.

The virus, which can spread from phone to phone, changes the iPhone’s wallpaper to a photograph of 1980s singer Rick Astley – best known for his hit Never Gonna Give You Up.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/09/2737673.htm

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Muay Thai Battle Collossal VIII ringside pics – kickboxing from Perth

Muay Thai Battle Collossal VIII ringside pics

Another great Tournament from Phon Martdee’s muaythaipromotions.com

pics from iPhone, slideshow in iPhoto.

music

Hilltop Hoods – STILL STANDING – click the pic for tour details and to buy music

The best aussie hip hop around - from Adelaide

 

 

 

 

Perth man killed in Djakarta bombings, OPED & ABC News Article link.

Sincere condolences for the family of Perth man Nathan Verity and prayers for the others, local & foreign, struck down by the cowardly bombers.

Nathan Verity - family man from Perth - vale mate

Nathan leaves a wife and 5 year old child here in Perth.

His father and wife now face the heartbreak of formal identification and repatriation of their loved son and husband.

There are indications that the outrage has been perpetrated by a splinter group of Jemaa Islamiyeh.

Intelligence indicates those responsible may well be formerly jailed terrorists ( these are NOT freedom fighters ) who had been released after “rehabilitation” programmes.

I am against the death penalty even in this case, but these mongrel dogs must be locked up for the term of their natural life and made to do useful labor. The “religious” leaders who inspire and incite them deserve the same.

the latest from ABC news follows…

Australians feared dead in Jakarta blasts

Friday, July 17, 2009

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has expressed grave concerns for three Australians following today’s attacks on two hotels in central Jakarta.

Mr Rudd says one of the Australians is a senior Austrade official and another is believed to be a businessman from Perth.

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/17/2629427.htm

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Tsunami warning issued for SE Australia & ABC News Article link.

FOR CURRENT STATUS of the N.S.W. TSUNAMI alert visit the Goverment’s site;

http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/nsw_alerts.shtml

News stry from firs alert is below

Tsunami warning issued for SE Australia

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a series of tsunami warnings for the east coast of Australia in the wake of an earthquake which struck off the coast of New Zealand.

The weather bureau says there is a potential tsunami threat to New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island.

The weather bureau has urged people to get out of the water and move away from the coast.
To view on a PC/Mac please use this link

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/15/2627025.htm

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Nearly 9 in 10 Aussies stressed out: Lifeline ABC News Article link.

It’s time we spoke up about mental health as  a PRIORITY.

The old idea that depression affects 1 in 5 is CLEARLY under-estimating the epidemic of mental illness.

We in the media are banned from covering  suicides despite the toll being greater than road trauma, and air-time being given to dangerous quacks like “DR Death” Nietschke.

see the ABC item below for a WAKE UP call

Nearly 9 in 10 Aussies stressed out: Lifeline

Monday, July 13, 2009

Almost nine in 10 Australians are stressed and many say work is to blame, according to a national poll commissioned by Lifeline Australia.

The annual survey released today reveals 41 per cent of Australians are experiencing unhealthy levels of stress, and a whopping 87 per cent of the nation is experiencing some degree of stress.

To view on a PC/Mac please use this link

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/13/2624400.htm

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Murdoch press ‘hacked phones, paid victims’ ABC News Article link.

Murdoch press ‘hacked phones, paid victims’

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Britain’s Guardian newspaper says it has uncovered a trail of so-called phone hacks done by or on behalf of Rupert Murdoch‘s tabloid The News of the World, involving the phones of up to 3,000 people.

Former deputy prime minister John Prescott was one of those whose phones were reportedly hacked, and he is furious.
To view on a PC/Mac please use this link

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/09/2621759.htm

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Domain bids start internet porn row | Australian IT

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Domain bids start internet porn row

Andrew Colley | July 07, 2009 |from The Australian

A BIDDING war for the rights to operate adult-theme generic top-level domains (GTLDs) is expected to stir debate over internet red light districts.

The world’s peak internet regulator rejected a US internet name registry‘s proposal to establish one such district under the top-level domain .xxx in May 2006 after it attracted protests by both porn industry groups and Christian lobbyists.

But Australia‘s top-level-domain registry operator AusRegistry has confirmed it has been approached by several parties seeking support for bids to register several adult-themed GTLDs, including .xxx, when the peak names regulator starts accepting them next February.

http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,,25742270-5013040,00.html?from=public_rss

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NYTimes: Journalism Rules Are Bent in News Coverage From Iran

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Journalism Rules Are Bent in News Coverage From Iran

By BRIAN STELTER NYTimes

Published: 29 June 2009

“Check the source” may be the first rule of journalism.

But in the coverage of the protests in Iran this month, some news organizations have adopted a different stance: publish first, ask questions later.

If you still don’t know the answer, ask your readers.

News organizations that would reject using cellphone videos or Twitter reports are forced to rely on them as an information source….

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/media/29coverage.html

Get The New York Times on your iPhone for free by visiting http://nytimes.com/iphoneinstaller

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I’m interested in hearing from twitter people who’ve seen, posted, RTd material for and from Iran – what’s been effective, what’s been dangerous.

You may also wish to comment on plans to sanction nokia-siemens over supplying specialised web monitoring software to Iranian authorities.

I’m not sure about that one.

If it’s OK for western Governments to monitor and filter, why not Iran’s “elected” officials.

Please leave a comment

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Tehran orders probe of ‘suspicious’ Neda death ABC News Article link.

Tehran orders probe of ‘suspicious’ Neda death

Monday, June 29, 2009

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for a judicial probe into the “suspicious” death of a young Iranian woman who has become an icon of opposition protests against his re-election.

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

Mr Ahmadinejad sent a letter to judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi requesting a serious investigation to help identify “the elements” behind this month’s killing of Neda Agha-Soltan.

The president accused foreign media of using the case for propaganda purposes.

He also suggested that the opposition and Iran‘s enemies abroad aimed to misuse it “for their own political aims and also to distort the pure and clean image of the Islamic Republic in the world”.

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Australians are racist, say Australians | News.com.au

Racism … youths bash a man in a train during the Cronulla riots / Craig Greenhill

• 16,000 Australians surveyed
• 85 per cent acknowledge racism exists
• One in five victim of racist abuse
• The Punch: Burqa is misogynist

AUSTRALIANS are in two minds about multiculturalism, a long-term survey has found.

They believe cultural diversity is good for the country but they’re worried that cultural differences will stop everyone from getting along.

An 11-year study by a collaboration of Australian universities has found 85 per cent of Australians acknowledge racial prejudice occurs in the nation and one in five has been a victim of racist verbal abuse.

The study found that 6.5 per cent of the 16,000 Australians surveyed were against multiculturalism.

FULL ARTICLE here http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,25683575-2,00.html?from=public_rss

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Voices from Iran – ABC News Article link.,

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Monday, June 22, 2009

By Alec Robinson

In October 2008 ABC News reporter Alec Robinson travelled around Iran as a tourist.

Young Iranians told stories of their friends ‘disappearing’ for trying to organise protests against the Government, and of family members being jailed or tortured to death for expressing a political opinion.

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/22/2604982.htm

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ABC News; Australian state examines Cancer rates of Firefighters

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The Queensland firefighters union says more research is needed into the rate of cancer among its workers.

A national study has been launched into cancer rates among Australia‘s firefighters.

Queensland Health commissioned the report after environmental testing failed to explain a cancer cluster among staff at the Atherton fire station in far north Queensland.

There have been five reported cases of cancer among current and former staff.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/04/2590141.htm

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United Firefighters Union of Australia - Queensland branch

Meanwhile the Aussie – US connection from 9/11 grows stronger, see link below

Melbourne MFB Firefighter and UFU member Paul Ritchie is organising a charity run from Los Angeles to New York, finishing at the World Trade Centre site on 11 September 2010. We are calling for expressions of interest from Union members in Queensland to participate.

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iPhone App Glamorizes suicide – App store rates it in TOP 50!

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SuicideGirls -Flip Strip iPhone App

I love my iPhone, can’t wait for 3.o – but Apple Puleeeze will you take a look at the name of this App.

As a mental health advocate and survivor of PTSD I can share with you that troubled young ladies don’t really need to have suicide presented as a glamorous, sexy thing.

I’ll leave the objectification of women for others to object too, and I agree, but for the love of someone’s daughter will you get this horrendously named App out of the App store until the name is changed.

Meanwhile I urge and even plead for everyone to demand more Government funding for real, grassroots, consumer driven suicide prevention work, especially suicide hotlines which here in Perth are so overwhelmed that desperate people are unable to get through. Please donate and support these Lifeline type services, they are likely to be needed by someone you know.

#21 TOP FREE APP SuicideGirls -Flip Strip iPhone App

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Jeff Pulver talks to Tony Serve – Bright Future for VoIP – Telstra Australia among the leaders

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Jeff Pulver on VoIP’s future  – 22 minutes

Morse code to VoIP, what’s next.

Listen in as Jeff Pulver heralds the HD sounds of tomorrow’s internet telephony.

Jeff paved the way for us to use VoIP by convincing US authorities that VoIP was not a telephone, and he’s gone on to build momentum for cheap global communications to be high quality as well as low or no cost.

Click here for Jeff’s site where there’s news of how to be involved in big upcoming events ;

140 CHARACTERS CONFERENCE

The 140 Characters Conference (#140conf) will be taking place in NYC on June 10-11, 2009.

SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS SUMMIT

The next Social Communications Summit (SocComm II) will be taking place in NYC on June 23-24, 2009.

Interview via Skype Perth to New York recorded with Call Recorder

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and edited on Apple Macbook Using Garage Band

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GOOGLE Gremlins – BBC “search temporarily affected by false warnings”

 

Google - so many searches, so very few gremlins

The BBC reported this around 1700 GMT/UTC Saturday January 31st – it will be interesting to see what caused the problem.

If your service was affected or you can help with info please leave a comment

 

Fault hits Google search service

Users were warned that all search results were dangerous Google’s search service has been hit by technical problems, with users unable to access search results. For a period on Saturday, all search results were flagged as potentially harmful, with users warned that the site “may harm your computer”. Users who clicked on their preferred search result were advised to pick another one. Google says it is unclear what caused the problem, which is now resolved, but that it will make a statement later. “There was a fault. We don’t know the nature of it yet. Everything has been solved. We are still making initial enquiries, ” a Google spokesperson told BBC News.

 

Ten Top iPhone games from WIRED

  

WIRED has a new year list of top games here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For a great wrap of all types of iPhone Apps click here or on the Macmost image below

Apple or Berry – here’s the magic we need for our touch screen phone

NewScientist has some great news for anyone who’ struggled with touch screens and big fingers – I hope Steve Jobs is all over them so I can get more accuracy from my stubby fingers on the iPhone

the story is here

the  video of the cool prototype is here

iPhone Matt & Stacey’s Wedding pic & post

For those who asked about the private wedding slideshow at the top of the blog…

Matt & Stacey got married and looked fabulous.

The Bridal party pic below was part of the slideshow of snaps with the iPhone as I shot video. This post is also via iPhone. My son calls me a Geek. dunno why!

If the couple agree I’ll post the video/slideshow

Murphy’s Law Muzzles Mighty Google Voice Search

The Google Voice Search mentioned here last week still hasn’t appeared in Apple’s iPhone Apps store ( A place I love )

Wired worked out why as you’ll see by clicking below
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/11/apple-forgets-t.html

I do like the Apps store more than I should – and some of it is really useful, not just fun – I highly recommend iTalk and it’s computer companion iTalk Sync for recording quality audio on iPhone and wifi’ing it to your PC/Mac.

The other big App for me is FRING – Skype and many other comms on iPhone no matter who your carrier is.

Google & iPhone use speech recognition to increase accessability

I often check http://www.macdailynews.com/ and today found the following New York Times story 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/technology/internet/14voice.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Brings the welcome news of voice recognition on the iPhone through new Google technology.

Yahoo & Microsoft also provide voice recognition, and this story of Google’s big move suggests that the technology exists now to make devices more accessible to people with visual or other disabilities.

All we need is to let developers know their work is needed to create programmes for those missing out on the new abilities provided by technology to connect network and seek fellowship.

Great to see bionic limbs and a camera for the visually impaired featured in last week’s Time review of techno breakthroughs.

Please let me know any info or links you may find on devices that provide accessibility for the visually impaired or with other disabilities.

I hope to have the “Ethnic Ability” radio Blog up and running soon and it would be great to have contributors of links, info, articles, audio,video etc to share with people globally. ( see EDAC link in sidebar )

Sorry the Blog’s been blank for bit – assignmments to mark, practising new programmes, hosting and family have let you enjoy a break from my rants

And all the best to friends and family of Matt and Stacey who’ve enjoyed the iPhone slideshow ( password protected, sorry ) of the best wedding I’ve been to in decades.

What do Muay Thai kickboxing, the Australian P.M. and Photojournalist Chris Gillham have in common? They all feature in my test posts of audio, video and still pics below :)

I was asked to check out blogging services by my friends at West Australia’s Ethnic Disability Advocacy Centre and found wordpress was the best in all objective reviews.

I have only been working the blog since monday, but I’m mightily impressed with it.  Look forward to a variety of posts and media, polls and some amazing opportunities to collaberate with others on very cool and much needed “people” stuff.

This Quicktime movie is a slideshow of some iPhone pics from ringside at a great Muay Thai Tournament I co-compered with Chris Korner for promoter Phon Martdee.

I just used iPhoto and the Ken Burns effect in slideshow, the music is guitar mixed with loops in Garage Band

Slideshow of iPhone pics from Muay Thai Kickboxing Tournament

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The audio below is from my fill-in shift on Perth’s radio 882-6PR in drive-time with soon-to-be Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, the delightful newslady is Nicole Bailey.  ( I’m filling in late nights over summer, on from midnight perth time thursday/fri am 6pr.com.au for streaming )

Australian PM Kevin Rudd reads headlines on 6PR pre-election

The Pics are by photographer, journalist, webmaster and long-suffering friend Chris Gillham ( click the link in the sidebar to see more of his amazing pics and other work on his excellent site )

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Testing a post using iPhone

This will be useful while on the road at media conferences etc.

Being able to post audio & video would be nice, but for now, this is seriously useful.

http://iphone.wordpress.org/