Personal – Shawfactor

Princes Park Touch Winter 2o25

Peter Shaw — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 06:56:00 +0000

In 2025 the tradition of “Social touch Football in Melbourne’s heart” continues with PPT’s Winter touch rugby season.
If you are interested in entering a team please visit the website, where you can find more information and the team entry process.

https://princesparktouch.com

Individual players should leave their details here.

take 3 on free art ;-)

Peter Shaw — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 04:54:17 +0000

Ben can I please have some free art?

Unethical thieves: localhero.com

Peter Shaw — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:58:24 +0000

Several months ago I received an offer to buy the domain I am currently using for the LocalHero. A price couldn’t be agreed

However I also pointed out to the domain name broker that given I have been using the name LocalHero in the area of local news are services for longer than 3 years I also have a common law trademark on the name in that category. She assured me she had passed this information on to her client.

A week ago I discovered that a Californian company LocalHero Inc offering local services are now trading under the name LocalHero (the same capitalization as my organization). This behaviour is likely illegal, being in contravention of my common law trademark to the term LocalHero in this category. More importantly this behaviour is definitely unethical and high hypocritical for a company for company dedicated to “helping people”.

It is likely i will be taking legal action however I have already started to prosecute this in the court of public opinion and therefore will be putting together a shame file of the people responsible. Stay tuned.

2006 StK v MGS gallery

Peter Shaw — Wed, 04 May 2011 17:50:54 +0000

Teams handshake

Peter Shaw

Peter Shaw — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:18:37 +0000

The goal of this blog is to combine my personal interests in amongst other things; technology, programming, sports, fitness, finance, and politics. Hopefully my short life story will help you understand how I developed those interests…

Peter Shaw

I am the oldest of three children, born in Ballarat and raised on a farm at Dunneworthy near Ararat.

I studied Commerce at the University of Melbourne, and whilst studying played rugby at club and state level.

After graduating I gave semi-professional rugby a go in England. But was frustrated by a broken leg and a lack of talent and after two year overseas I returned to Australia.

On my return I discovered the incompetence of English doctors, they had set my broken leg at 25 degrees. This required another operation. Determined to use my recovery well I taught myself the rudiments of computer programming.

After a short period working back on the farm I finally commenced my official career and i have worked full time in the finance industry since 2001.

During my spare time I have brought together my lifelong interest in sport and politics with my emerging interests in technology and finance. In 2007 I founded LocalHero. A website/application to link local content to local people. It has had several stages but remains an obsession.

In my spare time I like keeping fit by playing sports including touch football and rugby. I am president and founder of Princes Park Touch , the convenor of the E.M. Shaw Cup.