@seancarmody Chatting here does nothing about it. We should all immediately PHONE or WRITE to our MPs to complain. Chatting changes nothing.
@seancarmody Indeed. The risk is “special powers” to deal with “terror”, then redefining everything as terror. Thin end of wedge etc. But…
@chris23 Yes, just for one day. Sadly, what happens when you realise that you’ve already had your day…? ;)
@stub “Let’s show him some STUB love” brings images of amputees to mind. I shall not describe the rest of the scene lest it arouses the PM.
NSW Premier Iemma thinks having no trains = teh terrorismz. http://is.gd/NP1 No, arsehole, just INCONVENIENT, embarrasses YOU. How DARE you!
Café plays David Bowie’s “Heroes”. Mr Bowie & Mr Eno, you rock. http://is.gd/NOQ Mr K Rudd finds young girl “sexual”. Sick. http://is.gd/NOU
Shit! I just turned the teapot three times sunwise, not widdershins. I hope that’s not going to screw it up. It’s Earl Grey, it should cope.
@ApostrophePong There’s WiFi at Blue Fig Cafe, also detecting Enmore Theatre box office. Eat at cafe once, get WiFi password, good to go. ;)
Tuesday revised (Mosman now tomorrow): Brunch on Enmore Rd (will try cafe that says WiFi); project management from my desk; evening at home.
What shits me most is that these clients have such little understanding they don’t even know they’re getting a good deal or service. [Done.]
Tuesday plan (now that “emergencies” covered instead of ignored): one more coffee, then work from Mosman client’s office; evening undecided.
@glenmcfarlane Yeah it’s a bit like declining fire insurance, then calling to order some as the house is burning.
Wed TOTALY rearranged: write about iPhone for Crikey.com.au; lunch meeting CBD (more soon); brain implode; gym & dinner w@SnarkyPlatypusypus
Nice to see Rep @johnculberson tweeting from the floor of US Congress http://is.gd/OFm even if he is a Republican. ;) WHERE ARE OUR POLLIES?
Wed plan: Get out of here as quickly as possible and head to the Mosman client’s office for the day; then gym & dinner w@SnarkyPlatypusypus.
@chris23 I do recall a suggestion of building a veranda down the entire east coast to prevent global warming. Maybe they’ve started already.
I’ve looked at this nuclear warfare option in some detail and it’s just too goddam inconvenient. I suggest we just ask them nicely. Or poke.
@mpesce Another problem is that I live in Municipality of Marrickville. They declared themselves a Nuclear Free Zone. Separate physics here.
Via @johnculberson: US Dems proposes Reps’ tweets be approved before tweeting, as “official;” comms. http://tinyurl.com/6mkvvk [PDF] Insane!
@mpesce Ah, yes, good plan. But, um, I’m fresh out of nuclear weapons this week. [shuffles feet.] I don’t suppose you have one you could…?
“100 Unbelievably Useful Reference Sites You’ve Never Heard Of” http://is.gd/ODV Well, heard of SOME of them, but a nice list just the same.
Emerges. Notes weather forecast for 13 max, 4C min, wonders whether some mistake has been made, whether an umbrella is blocking out the sun.
@SnarkyPlatypus Oi! My ENTIRE LIFE is a mythic cycle! And I have evidence… a stupid fantasy-like name, for starters!
@seancarmody ‘Pong my quest I found a 6-pack of Singha, perfect accompaniment to larb ped and friends. It was a struggle… ;)
Victory is mine! The Quest has been fulfilled! And now, the perilous journey home… 500 dangerous metres.
After a struggle, the Third Obstacle has been overcome! The Quest is almost complete!
Success! And the Third Obstacle: avoiding forces of Royalty and the Minor Nobility.
Success! Now the Second Obstacle: the Sirens’ Call of the Elusive Feral Mammal…
The First Obstacle: many Chariots on Stanmore Rd. The Warren View provides sustenance so I can brave the crossing.
Mobile. The Quest has Begun!
@ApostrophePong It seem you’re the ONLY person on all Twitter to use #pastrygate to tag the Thaksin corruption story. http://snurl.com/2ushh
@seancarmody My pleasure, Sean. I enjoyed catching up on your recent blog posts. You write well and point out key issues.
@monnie Telcos use credit reference agencies for assessments. All they know about you is fed into secret algorithms to say “good” or “fail”.
@trib Devil’s Lair 5th Leg has its moments (wine named after a dog’s penis!), it may not work with what @ApostrophePong finds in Thainatown.
@ApostrophePong hath given me a Quest! I must travel some 500m to Enmore Road and find something nice to drink with dinner. Wish me luck…!
@Akula True, Photoshop’s “Save for web” is a Fine Thing, the bit I use constantly. But I’m exploring options for OS X ‘cos that’s ALL I use.
@Akula If you can teach someone everything they need to know about Photoshop CS3 in 5 mins, they don’t need Photoshop but something cheaper.
@PeterBlackQUT They let @mpesce speak from the stage because he’s famous and owns a suit. I have to sit up the back and hurl insults. #fom08
@trib “Shall we take apart the old media there together?” Oh, absolutely! You bring the spanners, I’ll organise a nice sharp knife… #fom08
@PeterBlackQUT It’ll be scary… both @mpesce and I will be tweeting from #fom08 … expect a Twittermeltdown!
@matthooper @NathanaelB Yes but ANY new technology has people moaning “it might be misused”. The Wheel is used on both ambulances and tanks.
@AshleyAngell @ApostrophePong Talking CAN be fun, yes, depending on who you’re talking to and how much the 1900 charge is… I’m always fun.
For the Future of Media Summit, since I can’t find an existing #hashtag, I propose #fom08 … pass it on! http://is.gd/N8P
@AshleyAngell Your friend Dan asking whether Twitter is fun is like asking whether the phone is fun. Confusing the channel with the content.
Sorted! I’ll be at next week’s Future of Media Summit wearing Crikey.com.au hat and my own rather fetching beanie. http://is.gd/N8P Mwhahaa!
@seancarmody Cool! Writing to MPs about dodgy laws for World Youth Day is a Good Thing. I’ll write to the Princess of Marrickille soonish…
Rejoice! I have returned! And I am wrapping up work for the day (mostly).
OK folks, going off-grid (well, off THIS grid) to work thru backlog of client communications. Back after The Outage (presumably).
The VMWare/Parallels question was for @4fthawaiian rather than me, but the consensus does seem to be in VMWare’s favour.
@4fthawaiian See also suggestions from @boztek and @BrendanB.
@4fthawaiian VMWare or Parallels to run Windows on your Mac? My Apple dealer told me to get VMWare recently, though I forget his rationale.
Retweet @seancarmody: Posted my thoughts on the Australian music industry http://ping.fm/JT5jP Nice work, spot on, sir!
It gets better! Client with no support contract, needed emergency response, is given 1st troubleshoot info. Says, oh, we entered data wrong.
Dear AusCERT, the email you just sent was written with such bureaucratic neutrality as to be completely opaque untl the 6th reading kthxbai.
@SnarkyPlatypus Maybe if the spectacle WAS the NSW ALP machine impaling Iemma on a stake”, we’d have PLENTY of trains to take us there!
@Mediamum If govt wants trains to “run smoothly” they should invest in them, not invite 200k pilgrims to gawk at some bloke in a silk dress.
@JBUB Um, no, RailCorp doesn’t do the strikes, their staff and their staff unions do. I suspect RailCorp wants things to run smoothly. ;)