Channel 7 news chief gets part-time jail

Posted on 31. May, 2007 by Cameron Reilly in Australian media

From the ABC:

Channel Seven’s head of news and current affairs, Peter Meakin, has been sentenced to up to 18 months’ periodic detention for drink-driving and dangerous driving.

I thought it was for producing Today Tonight.

update:

Ms Culver said Meakin accelerated past a random breath testing site at North Narrabeen when police signalled him to pull over.

He forced two police officers off the road in a bid to avoid being tested, she said.

Am I the only one with a tear in my eye?

Posted on 31. May, 2007 by Cameron Reilly in General

Reading this transcript on Endadget from the Jobs – Gates chat at D. My god, these guys rock.

Love this:

Single piece of advice for a new entrepreneur? Bill is talking about economies of scale, and wanting to do great things, no worry about growth and money so much. Love of the game! Steve: It’s really hard. If you don’t love it you’re gonna give up. It’s a lot of hard work, it’s a lot of worrying. Love it, have passion. You’ve got to be a really good talent scout. Build and organization that can build itself.

G’DAY WORLD #242 – Vint Cerf

Posted on 31. May, 2007 by Cameron Reilly in big brains, Podcast

Here’s the show you’ve been waiting for folks!

What can I say about Vint Cerf? One of the founding fathers of the Internet. Winner of the Turing Award. VP and Chief Internet Evangelist of Google, Inc. Chairman of ICANN. Trekkie. He’s in Facebook.

By the way, is it just me or does his cover photo here bear a strange resemblance to mine?

Rumour has it he was also the inspiration for the character of “The Architect” in The Matrix. Check out this image.

Here’s a couple of questions that I asked him:

What does the Chief Internet Evangelist at Google do?

Which job has been more fun – Google or being “special technical adviser” on Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict?

What was Al Gore’s actual role in inventing the Internet?

Back in 1973, when Vint and Bob Kahn developed TCP/IP, did they have any idea how big it would become?

Is the Interplanetary Internet (which Vint has been working on with JPL) for more than making sure astronauts have good access to porn on a trip to Mars?

When are we going to see IPv6 rolled out more widely?

Where are we currently at with Network Neutrality?

What is the role of ICANN and who should get involved?

If he could go back in time, what advice would he give to Vint Cerf in 1973?

It was obviously a great pleasure and honour to have Mr Cerf of the show and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did. And I have to sincerely thank Stan Relihan and Carla, Vint’s Chief of Staff, for helping set it up. This morning was certainly a highlight of my podcasting career.

Here’s something new – if you’re a member of Facebook, you can ADD ME AS A FRIEND and then ADD YOURSELF TO THE G’DAY WORLD GROUP.

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Kurzweil doesn’t believe global warming is a problem

Posted on 31. May, 2007 by Cameron Reilly in energy, energy debate, environment, future makers, science, singularity, technology

Didn’t expect THAT, did you?

I’m prepping for my chat with Vint tomorrow morning and happened upon this recent interview with Kuzweil on CNNMoney where he says:

“These slides that Gore puts up are ludicrous,” says the man who once delivered a tech conference presentation as a singing computer avatar named Ramona. (That stunt was the inspiration for the 2002 Al Pacino movie “Simone.”) “They don’t account for anything like the technological progress we’re going to experience.”

I guess he means that accelerating technological progress will allow us to generate power using fossil-fuel substitutes and undo the damage we’ve already done. He might be right. I hope he is. I still don’t think that means we should stop doing what we can do now to change our behaviours though.

By the way… I’ve got something VERY exciting in the works for TPN’s audience regarding carbon offsets. Stay tuned.