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!
Happy New Year! My week of Monday 26 December 2022 to Sunday 1 January 2023 was appropriately lazy for the time of year. I’m thrilled that my crowdfunding campaign reached its first two targets — but the MacBook Pro that is being replaced was put to sleep for the final time, creating one final irritation.
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Happy Christmas! My week of Monday 19 to Sunday 25 December 2022 was productive, with a lovely podcast, a regular blog post, a video livestream, and more. But then it was the Christmas weekend and, well, there’s a photograph of a Bloody Mary on this page. You can join the dots.
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In the final weekdays before Christmas, we have a bunch of reports, although we only get to see the ASD’s government cybersecurity posture review. It contains depressing news.
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My week of Monday 12 to Sunday 18 December 2022 was moderately productive, with a podcast and the launch of a new crowdfunding campaign, plus all the usual things. I set up all the things for a busy week next week. And I had a lovely afternoon at the pub.
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Parliament did come back for a day but that was about energy prices. That said, we saw action on robots, navy drones, digital wallets, and the US CLOUD Act. Oh yeah, and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was abolished.
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I got a lot done in my week of Monday 5 to Sunday 11 December 2022, most of it currently-invisible work for clients. One lovely surprise was seeing a brand new NSW TrainLink Mariyung D-Set train, so new it still had plastic sheeting over its windows and seats. I hope the industrial dispute and modifications to the trains are completed soon so we can actually use them.
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