Comments for Michael Gorey

Comment on Micropayments for bloggers by Chris Wilkins

Chris Wilkins — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:11:13 +0000

Hi there.

The $200 min payment has been dropped to $20. Hey, we just put this thing together, and we want to make sure we don’t get into trouble as we develop this thing.

And we would love it if no registration was required, but that is obviously not possible. You have to register even with Amazon to get a book.

In any case, as computers do a good job of remembering passwords, in time, even this won’t be an issue.

As for people paying for content, they already are. And we released this thing to the world only last Monday (8 March). But of course this is going to take some time for people to get used to the concept, for sure.

Comment on Israeli art scam by marko

marko — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:46:53 +0000

Hello, I am from croatia,
I sell similar paintings in spain before 3 years ,
I paid about 40 euros each images 50×60 cm,
After 6 months I found the pictures on the 18 euros in web ,
and after I bay direct in china xiamen but much better
quality and reprodukcions of chagall, gogh,,, proky 5-25 $
and selling in offices per 30-70 euros,
This izraels scam artist
have the lowest image quality mostly ,,,And they pay boss to much price for each paintings 40-60 euros, not 5 $
,,
Naive people are everywhere, especially in door to door product sales and they have product in hand immediately and not ask for a price sometimes

Comment on Murder mystery by Graeme Ellis

Graeme Ellis — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:34:43 +0000

I knew Gavin, father Rob and his sisters. I think about them all at different times over the last 20 years and still feel I let Rob down. I now know I would like to be in contact with him. He may not want to talk to me, I don’t know, but if it can be a possibility I will be happy to talk. I still do not know how to handle this as I can only imagine that you are worse than I am in not knowing the full story or have I just ignored the lot of of it?

Rob or anyone who may know the whereabouts of Rob let me know please!

Graeme Ellis

Comment on The Groote Beer by Michael

Michael — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:28:49 +0000

I love reading these stories and would be pleased to hear from anyone else with experience of The Groote Beer.

Comment on The Groote Beer by Gerrit . M .Vermey

Gerrit . M .Vermey — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:15:27 +0000

I also sailed to Canada with my family on the Groote Beer in April 1953 . A very rough voyage , the only place to survive was on deck in the fresh air . Waves were so high that it seemed like the ship was sailing down hill into the trough and you could look over the top of the boat , standing at the stern . at the next wave coming towards you . Then the ship would climb up the wave over the top and come down with an enormous bang that made the ship shudder . Paaltjes loopen that’s what Dad called it , a term used in the merchant marine for that condition . Before the war he was an engineer on the Merchant Marine . The first sentence after we left Hoek van Holland was ” It feels good to be on board a ship and feel the fresh air again ” . It didn’t take long and he was spending most of his time on deck with the rest of us . That went on for ten days before we landed in Halifax . I swore I never ever would sail on the open sea again and I never did . The only one who wasn’t seasick was Mother , I guess she felt responsible for her flock and had no time for that . The only boat I get in is my fishing boat these days but that’s as far as I go .

Comment on Poker machines by Peter

Peter — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:03:49 +0000

I am a resident of WA and I do enjoy a flutter at Burswood Casino occasionally. I also like to save for things I may need like holidays, car or car repairs, computer parts etc…, however I spent the last 20 odd years in Qld and I have seen major benefits with the inclusion of poker machine venues ie: RSL and bowling clubs. What it has done for the individual communities is astounding and the problem of delinquents roaming the streets is largely reduced due to the general public present after hours. These venues are a great source of after work entertainment as well as a better alternative to unhealthy fast food outlets.
Let me ask you all a question!
WA people supposedly don’t want pokies because of the gambling problems created. So in regards to gambling, what about betting on football, horses, dogs, or other sports events, isn’t that going to create a gambling problem?
What about the thousands that flock to various bingo nights?
I have personally witnessed people, yes the same people who probably slam the pokies throwing hundreds of dollars away on the small rip prize cards not to mention playing up to 6 bingo cards at one time. Why we even gamble large amounts of money on scratchies, and lotto and lotteries.
Hey Why don’t we BAN raffles while we are at it.
Look it is so simple.
There are always going to be the savers, the gamblers and the spenders. We will never fix the problem by isolating the state from the rest of Australia even more. People who know how to manage money may or may not gamble , but there are always going to be the crowd who study the form guide in the hope that they will pick a winner.
I am ashamed to call myself a west aussie when the politicians have there own private votes about these matters. If it was such a problem (gambling) then why the hell did they allow Dallas Dempster to build the Burswood Casino. I can tell you the answer to that one in 3 simple letters. TAX!!!!
Also as a matter of interest, I have noticed that the percentage payout on the pokies at Burswood in considerably less than any other pokie venue around the country. I guess that means more TAX benefits as well, so where is the TAX going Mr Barnett????
I would be keen to hear your points as well. Cheers!

Comment on Leaving The Border Watch by Michael

Michael — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:03:48 +0000

Thanks for verifying my rural work to Stock Journal, Carlene. I’m doing my first job for them tonight.

I think I’ll enjoy writing again.

Comment on Leaving The Border Watch by Carlene

Carlene — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:12:18 +0000

Hi Michael,
Sorry to hear things didn’t work out at Mt Gambier. There are always some things that are intolerable – and I reckon for a journalist unreasonable editorial interference is top of the list. You can cope with someone having a different idea about how you should do things if their reasons are based on their view of what the readers want or are based on good journalistic principles. It is difficult to cope with someone seeing the paper as something to be used for other purposes.
I’ll keep you in mind if I need anything followed up down that way.
Carlene

Comment on Millipede menace by Sue

Sue — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:49:26 +0000

Reminds me of our Asian Lady Beetle (similar to a ladybug, but not a ladybug) infestations. This old house just attracts them, and they are everywhere (and the BITE!).

Comment on Cloudstreet by Tim Winton by jess

jess — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:15:34 +0000

Does everyone know about the mini series coming out early next year?

They’ve been filming for the past few months, and my brother got the roll of Ted Pickles. I can’t really comment on the book as I’ve only just started reading it.

But I think you should definitely watch the mini series and see how it compares!