Author: oysta

  • The online advertising stupidity continues

    Here’s an email I just sent to the Sydney Morning Herald online: I won’t be using your site any more.

  • Bigger than the Sherminator

    While a fellow Atlassian recently lamented losing his number one position on Google after five years on top, for the first time ever, I now appear as the number one hit for “Christopher Owen“. While I have been the number one hit on google.com.au for some time, on google.com I had been battling the awesome…

  • Joy from a stick

    A recent MSN article on the downfall of the joystick (via Slashdot Games) stirred up memories of my most favourite incarnations of this venerable gaming peripheral: Multicoin Amusement’s Starcursor series. I actually had the second and less bulkier version of this Australian designed and made gem, the Starblazer, which served me well for years until…