It's not a huge deal, to be honest - Australia accounts for a fairly small percentage of our visitors. Still brings me down a little more and makes me think that advertising and online communities are a rough fit. Here's the email I received:

Good Evening Brian,

Adconion Media Group has received a complaint from an Advertiser about content they were displayed against.

The offending video contravenes Adconion Terms and Conditions where it states that Adconion will not pay for impressions of a salacious nature.

In saying such we have decided that as of 24 hours you account will be cancelled and final payment will be tallied for impressions rendered up to the 24 hour period.

If you would like to view the offending video, I have enclosed a link.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Use-Of-N-Word-May-End-Porn-Stars-Career

Kind Regards,

[name redacted]

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Media Account Executive - Australia
Adconion Media Group

The online advertising world leaves me shaking my head more often than not - so, maybe we're on a better track with the Amazon strategy. I've already found a couple books I'd like to order - and although it is not generating much revenue now - I like the idea of putting advertising in the hands of the community and quality recommendation for books, movies and music.

So, I'm looking at this very slick America.gov website- and I'm reminded so much of how the US federal government was just another IT consortium in Snow Crash. Also see this video post on the Tesla Roadster, from the same site.

I've seen some screens today that are absolutely fantastic. I would say that the change from 3.0 to 4.0 will be of a magnitude of the change from 1.0 to 2.0. It's going to be big. But don't fear the change, all of the good things will still be there ... just better.

Thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a nice mix of nostalgia and re-imagining. Don't bother staying past the credits, there is no teaser for the next one - though I'd be surprised if they don't make another.

Simon Pegg was great as Scotty, and the Bones character was a very good Deforest Kelly impression.

As good as it was, if I were honest - I would admit that if I came into this movie knowing no Star Trek canon, it would seem very muddy and confusing. This is a movie for people who know Trek lore - and enjoy little moments of "aha, I see what you did there".

It seems that the Comedy Channel in Australia has put pressure on Comedy Central to block Australians from viewing The Daily Show episodes online. I use StrongVPN, and simply flip the switch, but I'm sure most people will just go back to BitTorrent. I liked watching the full episodes on the Web because the quality is reasonably high and I'm not uploading anything as I am through BitTorrent. (uploads are a concern for many in Australia as we often pay for bandwidth in both directions)