About Peter

I'm an Australian, based in the Washington, DC, area of the United States. I spend a lot of time there with Jasmine, Australia's best-known speedsolver of the Rubik's Cube. Prior to the US, Jasmine and I were based in London, UK. We have also lived previously in the United States and Australia.

I have worked for an Australian business rules and compliance company since 1999 in Australia, the US and the UK. I have also lectured in IT and Law related topics at King's College, London, and at The Australian National University.

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- Daveydweeb
- Beth
- Lyn
- Doug
- Marissa
- Lisaloha
- David (Greenomics)
- Paul's Ramblings (music)

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More April Fool's Day fun

Lhiannee has a post that links to several online April Fool's Day pranks, including the article I mentioned previously about China buying Google. I like the April Fool's Google Romance!

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China buys Google

Today's Register contains a detailed and amusing article that makes new claims about Google's involvement with China.

It reports, among other things, that:

Google announced the transfer of 140m shares of Class B stock to a new entity owned by the Chinese Ministry of Information in typically forthright style.  The news was disclosed in a Captcha graphic on its Google Canteen Menu weblog; investors had to click a hidden link to see the announcement, and then decode a stenographically-hidden message watermarked into the JPG file.

The article described the Google acquisition as an important part of China's strategy to acquire key planks of the United States' information infrastructure.

Look at the date on the article before taking it too seriously.