Word-whore. I write 'em. I talk 'em. Information, politics, media, and the cybers. I drink. I use bad words. All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris! Vive les poissons rouges sauvages!
And so ends 2023. My week of Monday 25 to Sunday 31 December 2023 was quiet enough. I produced a podcast and pondered the future, but that’s about it. I’ll reflect more upon 2023 during the coming week. Promise.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 709: Closing off the Year of the Magpies, although other things probably happened as well”
It’s a bonus, or at least unfunded, summer series episode with guest Snarky Platypus. This long and rambling conversation was recorded on Boxing Day 2023, which explains many things.
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My week of Monday 18 to Sunday 24 December 2023 was a suitably productive wind-down for the 2023 working year. A fun quiz. An interesting podcast. The usual Friday blog post. And positioning myself for a Christmas period of cat-sitting down in Sydney.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 708: I transform myself for Christmas with a quiz and a podcast and two uncooperative cats, plus some AI”
There’s always something big in the final days before Christmas, and this year it’s a discussion paper about Home Affairs’ powers over critical infrastructure. The ATO has a new website, more on the news bargaining code, and myGov will get some fixes but not all.
Continue reading “Digital developments from Canberra 67”
Today we look back at the year in space. My special guests are space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman aka Dr Space Junk from Flinders University, and astrophysicist and founder of SpaceAustralia.com Rami Mandow.
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In my week of Monday 11 to Sunday 17 December 2023 I posted two podcasts and recorded a third, as well as solving some geekery problems for a client, and posting the usual Friday blog. A very productive week indeed.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 707: The diseased pudding podcast week, and much more”