Stilgherrian – Page 145

27 June 201628 June 2016

Weekly Wrap 317: Does the Solstice herald a good new year?

My week Monday 20 to Sunday 26 June 2016 saw me emerging from the mysterious illness, and starting to get back into work. Still, I made good progress on most work fronts, even if there’s nothing much to report

Podcasts

“The 9pm Carousel of Cluelessness”, being The 9pm Edict episode 60. It’s also available on SoundCloud and Spreaker.

This is the final episode of what I’ve called “series 4” of the Edict. There’s a new series and a new schedule from 1 July. I haven’t announced that yet, however, except to say that there’ll be one episode during July. Stay tuned for details.

Media Appearances

On Tuesday, ZDNet posted another video of me giving my feelpinion about stuff in their Security TV series, Rushing through email lowers phishing defences. From memory, there’s one more video to go.

Articles and Corporate Largesse

None. For obvious reasons.

The Week Ahead

I’m spending this week in Ashfield, in Sydney’s inner west, but Monday will be a day of travel: errands to Enmore and Lilyfield, then the long commute up to Wentworth Falls and back. Why? To collect some documents I need for my neverending tax compliance catch-up.

Tuesday will see me working with those documents.

On Wednesday, there’s a lunchtime briefing by VMware in the SydneyCBD, after which I’ve got a meeting related to a SEKRIT media project.

On Thursday I’m recording an interview in the morning, then heading to the Sydney CBD to get a haircut, pre-vote for Saturday’s federal election, and get a democracy sausage.

Friday will be a mix of research, writing, and more tax compliance work, depending on my mood at the time.

There’s also geek work scattered through the whole week, but I won’t go into the details here.

Saturday is federal election day in Australia. While I’m not sure what I’ll be doing during the day, the evening will doubtless be spent watching to election specials on TV. It’ll be a close result, by all accounts, so I’m really looking forward to it.

Further Ahead

While the following few weeks are still be be organised, I can say that I’ll be going to theGartner Security & Risk Management Summit in Sydney on 22-23 August, and the AISA National Conference in Sydney on 18-20 October.

[Photo: Sydney Harbour at sunset, photographed on 22 June 2016 while crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge.]

20 June 201625 January 2019

The 9pm Carousel of Cluelessness

Photo of Malcolm Turnbull by Andrew Meares

With just 12 days left in Australia’s election campaign, Malcolm Turnbull judges his nuts. Rakeâ€™s Cleaver Greene notices a shift in the political rhetoric. And Nicholas Fryer offers some advice about… something or other.

In this episode, there’s talk of crime and murder, politics and peculiarities, Syria and squid.

19 June 2016

Weekly Wrap 316: Coughing as the Solstice approaches

My week Monday 13 to Sunday 19 June 2016 was miserable. Why? Was it a cold? Was is a throat infection? Was it a gut infection? Was it all these things? Who can say?

I got nothing done, apart from some excellent lying in bed coughing. I do not recommend this as a way of life.

Media Appearances

ZDNet posted another video of me giving my feelpinion about stuff in their Security TV series, The good and bad of Apple’s security approach.

Podcasts, Articles, and Corporate Largesse

None. For obvious reasons.

The Week Ahead

On Monday, I’ll be producing an episode of The 9pm Edict podcast, and then celebrating in a private ceremony the Winter Solstice and the Full Moon. This will continue into Tuesday, because the Solstice itself is actually at 0834 AEST, well after the 0700 AEST sunrise.

The remainder of the week will see me in Sydney, working on the seemingly-endless tax compliance work, as well as the much-delayed geek-for-hire work. That’s enough for now, right?

[Photo: Sydney, five minutes before dawn, being the view of the Sydney CBD on 11 June 2016.]

19 June 2016

Weekly Wrap 315: Mooning at the future, or something

My week Monday 6 to Sunday 12 June 2016 ended a week ago, for reasons that will become clear in the next Weekly Wrap.

Podcasts

“The 9pm Edict Public House Forum 3”, being The 9pm Edict episode 59, 8 June 2016. The podcast is also available on SoundCloud and Spreaker.

Articles

None. Stand by.

Media Appearances

On Monday, ZDNet posted the video Avoiding ransomware is not that hard, which is part of the series Security TV.
On Wednesday afternoon, I recorded a spot for ABC 720 Perth about hacking smart cars, which was broadcast on the digital channels on Saturday afternoon.
On Wednesday night, I spoke about hacking smart cars on ABC 774 Melbourne.
On Friday, ZDNet posted the second video in the Security TV series Which CMS should be used for your next website?

Corporate Largesse

None.

[Photo: Office with Moon, being the Moon as seen between office buildings in Haymarket, Sydney, on 8 June 2016.]

11 June 201611 June 2016

My wisdom was recognised as Tweet of the Day

Imagine being so bereft of ideas that the only metaphor you can come up with is war.

— Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian) June 2, 2016

Last week Malcolm Turnbull claimed that Labor was declaring war on business, and that the first casualties were jobs.

It’s a symptom of the government’s supposed need to look strong and tough on difficult issues. Hence the war on drugs, the war on terror, the war on poverty and so on.

How unimaginative, I thought.

I expressed this opinion on Twitter, as is the fashion.

“Imagine being so bereft of ideas that the only metaphor you can come up with is war,” I tweeted.

That tweet was retweeted 38 times, and scored 36 likes. That’s far fewer than tweets tweeted by major celebrities and the like, but for me it’s at the high end of the scale.

The next morning, 3 June, @aksana tweeted to tell me that my tweet was chosen as the Sydney Morning Herald Tweet of the Day.

She include a photo of the printed newspaper, because Tweet of the Day doesn’t seem to be published on the SMH website.

All this should have been included in last week’s Weekly Wrap, but I forgot. I’ve fixed that now, though.

10 June 201631 July 2016

Talking hacking smart cars on ABC 774 Melbourne

Signage at ABC Ultimo

ABC logo This week’s news that Mitsubishi’s Outlander hybrid car had been hacked caught the eye of ABC Radio producer Amber Tripp. As a result, I ended up talking about this topic on ABC 720 Perth and ABC 774 Melbourne.

This is the Melbourne radio spot, a lengthy discussion of the smart car hacking, as well as many semi-related topics. The presenter is Casey Bennetto.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (15.7MB)

[Photo: Signage at the rear entrance to ABC Ultimo, photographed on 6 June 2016.]