Monday 6 to Sunday 12 April 2026 was the short working week after Easter. I was tired, sure, and frustrated by the longer-than-expected unpacking process. But I’ve also started settling into a new routine.
Just a brief update about the crowdfunder I launched nine weeks ago, The 9pm Stilgherrian’s Dramatic Decamp to Campsie. It’s still hovering around 95% of the way to Target One, and the other day I posted an update on the GoFundMe page which I’ve linked to there.
There’s still no progress in finding The Lost Module, the missing third of the three storage containers of my belonging from 15 years ago, so I’ve therefore started the conversation with the storage company about when we might agree to declare it lost forever.
And there will be more about The Great Unboxening in the coming week. Definitely. But at least I have a desk now. A new one. And I’ve set it up.
Podcasts
- The 9pm Cornucopia of Tech Policy Pleasures with Johanna Weaver and Zoe Jay Hawkins, recorded back on 11 March and finally posted this Sunday.
Articles
- The Weekly Cybers #112. Meta censors drug health information, the attorney-general signals AI-related copyright changes, Sam Altman reportedly can barely code, government secrecy provisions under review, and much more.
Videos, Photos, Media Appearances, Corporate Largesse
None of these. You can subscribe to my YouTube channel to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.
Some Interesting Links
- From J Draper, Is wearing armour as hard as it looks?
- NASA has produced a wonderful animated explainer of the world’s ocean currents.
- There’s a detailed map of the Strait of Hormuz in the New York Times (gift link).
- Cambodia has unveiled a statue to honour Magawa the landmine-sniffing rat.
- And in other critter news, here’s some amazing wildlife photography from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2026.
- This week’s suggested follow: I’ve been enjoying the wildlife shots on Bluesky’s Good Trailcams. I really hope they’re not dodgy.
The Week Ahead
My aim this week is to settle back into a proper work routine after all the disruptions of moving.
That includes getting back into some client work, which has been neglected, as well as lining up some more of it. It also means starting to lock in guests for the mid-2026 series of The 9pm Edict podcast, as well as scheduling some episodes of Another Untitled Music Podcast. Both have been a bit tardy, and I want to fix that.
I’ll also be doing the final planning for The Great Unboxening. I know this has been a bit slow too, but things have been hectic. And I’ve only just got my desk.
I’ll be doing the fine-grained planning on Monday, so the only definite thing I can tell you is that The Weekly Cybers newsletter will appear as usual on Friday.
Further Ahead
- He Huang’s TEMU Joke Factory, Sydney, 3 May 2026. Long-time readers will know that I’ve been really enjoying her comedy in recent years.
- Takashi Wakasugi’s Wabi-Sabi Comedy, Sydney, 16 May 2026. I saw Takashi’s work-in-progress show back in December, so it’ll be interesting to see how it all comes together.
[Photo: The City of Canterbury-Bankstown’s Campsie Customer Service Centre, not too far from where I now live, which will soon be demolished to make way for the new Campsie Hub. Photographed on 9 April 2026.]