The Great Australian Internet Blackout is a combined online and offline demonstration against imposed online censorship. We’re collaborating with Electronic Frontiers Australia (and hoping to bring on similar organisations soon) to make sure every Australian knows why this draconian policy is unacceptable.
We’re gathering steam within the online community opposed to this policy, then broadening […]
Tag Archives: Australia
The Great Australian Internet Blackout
December 20, 2009 – 22:51
Internet blackout to protest Australian Internet filtering
December 15, 2009 – 19:11
Update: Check out the Great Australian Internet Blackout project… now we’re getting serious about online/offline protests!
Please, black out your website and online profile images in protest against the Australian Government’s Internet Filtering policy.
Why?
It may seem cheesy to turn your website or avatar black for an online protest, but it can form a part […]
Devils and Penguins
March 18, 2009 – 15:35
Tux passes the baton to Tuz, the hastily-disguised Tasmanian Devil… at least for this release. Great to see one of the more high profile pledges of the madcap, ridiculous, wonderful and incredibly generous linux.conf.au 2009 auction being paid off.
linux.conf.au 2009: Tuz
Impact: help prevent extinction of species
The Tasmanian Devil is a shy iconic Australian […]
The World’s Most Famous McDonald’s Sign: Yass, Australia
July 30, 2008 – 21:35
Yass’ most famous export (other than Pipka!) appeared in FailBlog today. Hooray for Yass! Hooray for FailBlog! … and hooray for annoying my entire adopted family.
see more pwn and owned pictures
QoTD: Brendan Nelson
May 14, 2008 – 17:10
Every mother loves her baby, every baby is valued and Mr Rudd should value all babies equally. We should not live in Australia where Mr Rudd thinks that some babies are more valuable than others. It’s very, very important that Mr Rudd understand that every mother loves her baby and this should be an Australia […]
Australian patent database goes public
May 1, 2008 – 12:38
Good news for anyone who comes within a mile of patent law! Okay, so it might not be such great news for anyone who, under legal advice, should avoid coming within a mile of patents in the first place…
… but this may just be the first step towards a more open process here […]
Perspective
April 9, 2008 – 15:11
Time for a little perspective on the Open Source industry in Australia… Yesterday, the ABS shipped some findings about digital game development companies:
At end June 2007, there were 45 businesses in Australia involved in the provision of digital game development services. These businesses employed over 1,400 people and generated a total income of $136.9m which […]
Australian Open Source Industry & Community Report 2008
April 7, 2008 – 16:32
Dodging spanners and hospitals, we’ve managed to navigate the last stages of our Census project to deliver the Australian Open Source Industry & Community Report 2008!
It has been incredibly satisfying to ship the report, as this project has been with us in various forms for over a year now. The initial concept came together in […]
QoTD: Justice Kirby
February 22, 2008 – 18:16
“We are moving to a point in the world where more and more law will be expressed in its effective way, not in terms of statutes solidly enacted by the parliament … but in the technology itself: code.” — Australian High Court Judge, Justice Kirby, Tech makes lawmakers impotent, says Judge
Great to hear this understood and so […]
Recommended election listening
November 20, 2007 – 21:03
Here’s a listening suggestion for Saturday, November 24th, 2007: Powderfinger’s 1998 platinum release, Internationalist. Put the album on, open the windows, and crank it up!
Vision is rejected, the peoples choice is tested
So ignorance has won
Children are infected, remedy suggested
Dont drink from poison cup
Overpopulation, media sensations
The damage has been done
