Stilgherrian – Stilgherrian

27 November 202227 November 2022

Weekly Wrap 652: How much schadenfreude can one person eat?

My week of Monday 21 to Sunday 27 November 2022 saw me get a bunch of things done, most of which I can’t talk about. But hey we all enjoyed the Twitter dramas, and I refined my decision about The 8pm Quiz.

25 November 202225 November 2022

Digital developments from Canberra 15

Parliament sat Monday through Thursday this week, with the Senate also sitting on Friday. The National Anti-Corruption Commission legislation trundles along, we find out just how dodgy Scott Morrison’s ministerial appointments were, and much more.

20 November 202227 November 2022

Weekly Wrap 651: Ever more schadenfreude, a kookaburra, and an announcement about The 8pm Quiz

Two weeks in and I’m still wallowing in the ongoing soap opera that is Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter. My week of Monday 14 to Sunday 20 November 2022 saw me waste so much time on that, but I also managed to push some commentary and other media objects.

18 November 202221 November 2022

Digital developments from Canberra 14

Parliament wasn’t sitting this week, but some interesting reports hit the table — including a couple of Commonwealth Ombudsman reports on electronic surveillance activities.

13 November 202213 November 2022

Weekly Wrap 650: A heady mix of submarines, the dark web, writing, and fatigue

My week of Monday 7 to Sunday 13 November 2022 included a lot of sleeping. Every afternoon I ended up napping for three to nearly six hours, and I don’t know why. Still, I managed to get a podcast published, did some radio spots, and got some client work done. Not bad.

12 November 202212 November 2022

Talking the Dark Web on ABC South East NSW

In one of Australia’s biggest data breaches ever, private health insurer Medibank has had 9.7 million customer records stolen and they’re being posted on the so-called dark web. On Thursday I did two radio spots explaining the dark web. This is the second and probably better one.