I always spell “Internet” with a capital “I”. Should I? Or should I go lower case now? Arguments for & against at http://is.gd/JZJ Comments?
I’ve just posted a couple of snarky pieces about govt and the Internet at http://stilgherrian.com Has that gotten the bile out of my system?
@SnarkyPlatypus Grrrr! WEDNESDAY plan then: Quick desk-potter; then Mosman; evening solitary time to think & plot & understand calendars. :P
@lewellyn Yes, http://tweetstats.com gives you all sorts of data, including word clouds. http://twitterholics.com has pointers to others. ;)
Tues plan: Quick desk-potter to de-clutter; working at Mosman most of the day; this evening finally some solitary time to think & plot… ;)
@lewellyn I was mobile yesterday, and http://m.twitter.com doesn’t give me a character count as I type. I plummet on http://tweet140.com. :(
@mpesce Welcome back to God’s Own Earth, my friend! We must meet and share tales of politics and extraordinary deeds!
Emerges. 0630 is a good and noble thing… [creaks]
Home. Running into friends is dangerous. [Exit]
SOMEBODY PLUG MY EARS WITH BEESWAX!
@SnarkyPlatypus The Elusive Feral Animal looms close, but first @ApostrophPong and The Minor Nobility.
Overheard on the train: “I thought you’d be more of a weed man.” (Yes, I’ve resisted cocktails. So far.)
@SnarkyPlatypus I think the 2nd cocktail we had on Friday WAS metho!
Damn! I must rely on my own willpower…
Quick! I need convincing reasons not to have cocktails at Wynyard! I’m already crossing The Bridge!
@SnarkyPlatypus Yes of course I know what a Spice Girl is. I was there at the time.
Scent of lemongrass and diesel fumes.
Mobile. Latitude reduction procedures initiated.
@neerav “I wonder about the intelligence of X” where X = ANY category of humans is ALWAYS a useful sentence. Never underestimate stupidity.
@SnarkyPlatypus Spice Girls? WTF?
@andrewdotnich There’s a multimeter in the bottom right bits’n’pieces drawer on the left-hand side of my desk at home. Help yourself!
Retweet @neerav: NSW Food Authority restaurant name and shame list for bad hygiene, unclean etc http://tinyurl.com/6rdmxo They’re clean now?
@NathanaelB This is called “responsible government”, and what Kevin Rudd thinks is a new era of transparency and evidence-based policy. Bah!
@NathanaelB Well it’s a govt report. If results are what’s needed politically, we’ll get a summary. If not, we’ll never hear anything again.
Regexp is what sorts sheep from goats, wannabes from true geeks.
Dusk. Mid’grey sky. Deep grey clouds. Jet black crows, drowned out by Military Rd traffic noise.
@NathanaelB Conroy’s office confirms Enex Tedstlabs’ report received. “The Government will consider the report and comment in due course.”
@tysonlundbech “We should bring those to the web.” The “Japanese schoolgirls”? Or the ministerial media minders? Something else? [Confused.]
@raena Ah but I write for Crikey.com.au on this issue, I count as “media”. I usually get quick responses from the ministerial media minders.
@SnarkyPlatypus By “playing roles”, @DenubisX does NOT mean “Japanese schoolgirl” or “naughty nurse”.
@DenubisX Apparently I am also a monster in one of those “Chose Your Own Adventure” playbooks. I don’t know which one, though.
@NathanaelB I’ve just emailed Sen Conroy’s office re Enex TestLab report on Internet content filtering trial. Will let you know what I find.
@seancarmody [nods] Wiki* would never get anything wrong… ;)
@neerav But wit/humour has always helped make communication more effective. Or are you now saying it’s REQUIRED to work at all?
@garthk Re “Snark Injection” article http://tinyurl.com/3ps46q illo tagged as CC license. Wannabes! Artist long dead, so it’s public domain!
@garthk Re “Snark Injection” article http://tinyurl.com/3ps46q illo isn’t CC license (hah!), but artist dead >70yr therefore public d …
@neerav Nice to be included in the same set as Stephen Colbert and The Chaser team! ;)
@lewellyn Copy protection is not an issue. The DVDs will be authored in-house and say exciting things like: “20% off everything this month”.
(The screen has all sorts of video inputs, but buying a connector is a helluvalot cheaper & lots less hassle than re-doing all the cabling.)
(For the curious, client has screen in store, DVI cable in ceiling. Wanna use DVD player, not computer, to drive it to save power & hassle.)
Ta for all the suggestions. Cheapo DVD player with VGA-to-DVI or HDMI-to-DVI converter is the way to go I suspect.
Dear Twitterverse, can haz DVD player with DVI output interface. Does such a thing exist?
Western Digital’s global registration form: max length of phone number field is 7 digits. FAIL!
1-day seminar UNSW (Sydney) 23 July: “You are where you’ve been: Technological threats to your location privacy.” http://is.gd/JgE Might go!
Cab radio is playing polkas! Accordian FTW!
3yo on train spots Luna Park: “Look at the rollercakes!”
@jwollas Actually there are ONLY degrees of “safe”. Nothing is “completely safe”. There is always risk.
(Circumference must be decreased too, but that’s another story.)
What I pot I’ve stirred in relation to capital letters! I’ll ponder it all on the train as I head north… my latitude must be decreased! ;)
Oblique Strategies says “Find a safe part and use it as an anchor.” BBC is safe, and accuracy is safe. I’ll stay with capital “I” for now…
Damn. I agree with @artywah, @mpesce and BBC: “an internet” vs “the Internet”, but understand that we just “listen to the radio”. No closer.
@goaldeebug Heh! I WAS going to compare Internet with God and Eris re capitalisation but didn’t want to look like a complete wanker. [ducks]
@mpesce @gusworldau As soon as the feral goldfish see all Aust iPhone plans, one will be chosen as The Best. Profit and loss will flow… ;)