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30 June 201930 June 2019

Weekly Wrap 474: Cold War, warm winter, and pubs

The week of Monday 24 to Sunday 30 June 2019 ended the financial year. I took the opportunity to have a proper weekend off. I was also moderately productive.

10 June 201921 June 2019

The 9pm Ladybird Baby Formula Alligator Doom Watch

Sydney is falling apart thanks to a major threat to our national security. But it’s not just Sydney under threat, and not even just Australia.

05 March 2018

Weekly Wrap 405: Too much hospitality in Tasmania

My week of Monday 26 February to Sunday 4 March 2018 began in Launceston, passed through Hobart and Sydney, and returned to Wentworth Falls.

Many thanks to my Pozible supporters, as well as my generous hosts and guides in Tasmania. I think I’ve put on about 35kg thanks to you.

Podcasts

“The 9pm Private House Forum 1: Hobart”, being The 9pm Edict episode 73, was recorded and streamed live from Hobart on Tuesday night. It’s also on SoundCloud and Speaker.

Articles

DIY genetic engineering is about to explode, TechRepublic, 26 February 2018.
Australian universities and NGOs targeted by Iranian and Chinese hackers, ZDNet Australia, 27 February 2018.

Media Appearances

On Tuesday afternoon, or Tuesday morning their time, I spoke about the futility of trying to “recall” an email on ABC South-West WA. I won’t be posting the recording.
Also on Tuesday afternoon, I spoke about goats and read goat poetry on ABC Hobart. I won’t post that recording either.
On Wednesday, I spoke about goats and crowdfunding on Tasmania Talks across northern Tasmania. You can listen at Psychic goat predicts hung parliament in state election.

Corporate Largesse

None.

The Week Ahead

This week is primarily a writing and editing week, apart from a scheduled day trip to Sydney on Wednesday. I won’t schedule it any more tightly than that. The weekend is unplanned.

Further Ahead

I’m travelling to a few cities to present at a commercial event. Details TBA, but I’ll be in Melbourne on Tue 20 Mar, Brisbane on Wed 21, Adelaide on Thu 22 (and staying there through the weekend, I hope), and Sydney on Tue 27.

I’ve launched another Pozible campaign, The 9pm Hometown Forum, which aims to fund a Public House Forum episode of the Edict on Saturday 24 March.

Looking way further ahead:

Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) Conference, Canberra, 10–12 April.
Australian Cyber Conference, formerly the Australian Information Security Association (AISA) National Conference, Melbourne, 9–11 October.

[Photo: Crossing the Derwent. Two seabirds skim the wetlands as I cross the Derwent River at Bridgewater, Tasmania, on 26 February 2018.]

23 November 201725 January 2019

The 9pm The Earth is Flat and So’s Your Mum

This man decided to share some of his lunch with an ibis. But there is never just one ibis.

The 9pm Edict cover art version 2, 150 pixels

We explore one of the world’s greatest coincidences. President Donald Trump finally does something sensible. And we bring you the latest in science.

There’s also talk of Bitcoin, bin chickens, nuclear weapons, and UFOs. And Nicholas Fryer takes a look through The Arch Window.

03 September 201716 September 2017

Weekly Wrap 379: Six weeks at winter’s end

This Weekly Wrap covers six weeks, Monday 24 July to Sunday 3 September 2017, because it was a Bad Time. Quite a bad time, clearly. But let’s focus on the good bits.

Articles

Australia’s inside-out digital health strategy, ZDNet Australia, 7 August 2017.
Cybercrime in China is the same, but different, ZDNet Australia, 10 August 2017.
Australia to try taming unruly cyber words, ZDNet Australia, 14 August 2017.
Australian businesses targeted in Cisco switch and router attacks: ACSC, ZDNet Australia, 17 August 2017.
Gartner sets fire to all the cyber things, ZDNet Australia, 21 August 2017.
The IoT-based threat of Cyber Chocolatocalypse, and worse, ZDNet Australia, 22 August 2017.

Podcasts

None, but I’ll announce my latest alleged plans in the next few days. Heh. Yeah, right.

Media Appearances

On Monday 24 July, I spoke about exploding batteries on ABC Melbourne.
On Wednesday 16 August, I speculated about Australia’s new cyberwar unit on ABC Adelaide.
On Tuesday 22 August, I spoke about a bunch of things on ABC Melbourne.

I probably won’t get around to posting the audio from these, but we’ll see.

Corporate Largesse

My flights from Sydney to Canberra and return on 11–12 August were provided by Australian consulting firm IBRS.
There was plenty of free food and drink at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit on 21–22 August, as well as vendor swag. Crowdstrike: Branded webcam privacy covers. Cylance: Branded USB-to-various recharge cable. Thales: A branded lens kit for mobile devices, with macro and fisheye lenses; another of the excellent Thales pens. Trustwave: One of those credit card sized multi-purpose tools.

The Week Ahead

All I’ll say for now is that I’ll definitely be down in Sydney on Thursday for a couple of medical things. The rest I’ll make up as I go along. As always, watch for the details on Twitter.

Further Ahead

Events I’m covering or speaking at include:

SINET61 on 26 to 27 September.
I’m speaking at Digital Manipulation of Democracy, part of the Victorian Fabians’ Spring Series of events on “Digitisation and Democracy”, on 27 September in Melbourne.
The iappANZ Summit 2017 on 3 October.
The Australian Information Security Association (AISA) in Sydney from 10 to 12 October.
Ruxcon in Melbourne on 21 to 22 October.

If there’s anything I should add in there, please let me know.

[Photo: Dawn at Wentworth Falls, looking east from Wentworth Falls railway station on the chilly morning of 21 August 2017.]