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• So many Cnuts to choose from!

  20 November 2008 in Stilgherrian Live

  Nominations are now open for “Cnut of the Week”. Who do you think is futilely resisting the tide of change? I’ll select the shortlist at 8.30pm Sydney time, and you can vote during tonight’s Stilgherrian Live at 9.30pm.
  Senator Stephen Conroy has been the clear winner for the last three episodes thanks to his persistence with [...]

• Links for 19 November 2008 through 20 November 2008

  20 November 2008 in Daily Links

  Stilgherrian’s links for 19 November 2008 through 20 November 2008, gathered despite the rain:

  Brisbane (Mt Stapylton): A sequence of radar images of last night’s severe storms over Brisbane.
  Web moves to front and centre in coverage of Obama presidency | ABC Digital Futures: For the first time ever, a website (not a newspaper or news agency) [...]

• Achtung! Die grosskapitalistischen Hühner kommen!

  18 November 2008 in Sydney

  As long as I can remember, the bridge over the railway at Newtown Square, Sydney, has been covered in posters. Last week the posters were stripped, it was painted a dreary shit-brown — and then a phone number appeared. Last night this paste-up protest appeared too.
  At first I’d been pleased that the bridge was getting [...]

• Links for 17 November 2008 through 18 November 2008

  18 November 2008 in Daily Links

  Stilgherrian’s links for 17 November 2008 through 18 November 2008, thinned with cheap turpentine:

  NSW Government in Exile: “NSW is mired in incompetence and corruption. No-one in or near power appears able to come up with a coherent policy or plan. So let’s start.” Aparently I’m minister for infrasructure.
  HOW TO: Build Community on Twitter | Mashable: [...]

• Me on radio 2SER about censorship

  18 November 2008 in Internet, Notes, Politics

  Last night Sydney radio station 2SER’s science program Diffusion broadcast an interview with me about the Australian government’s plans for Internet censorship. It’s available as a podcast and MP3 download.