@ViciousPotato Indeed, everyone is racist. It’s just a matter of degree.
@kcarruthers I feel cheated.
@kcarruthers There’s a lovely rain pattern 30km east, out in that Pacific Ocean thing. But it’s not moving towards us. :/
Sulking because it’s not raining here.
RT @HappySinger: Try using a second dog. [Yes. Sounds like good advice in all sorts of circumstances.]
So why aren’t all these American movies filed under “foreign”?
Mobile with @ApostrophePong to… somewhere. It’s all very vague.
@thomasrdotorg Excellent. My work here is done.
Schneier: “Data is the pollution of the information age… valuable when reused… after effects are toxic.” http://is.gd/l6aI
How to find a clean towel: 1 Find cat. 2 Look under cat. 3 Try to lift cat off towels. 4 Scratch! 5 Give up, use yesterday’s towel.
@twoscomplement Precisely my gripe with ABC’s iView. I can’t “catch up” on a series, even a current one, only last episode “Scheduling” FTL.
RT @twoscomplement: http://is.gd/mo1P is interesting. They still want to tether the user to the TV though. Convergence fail.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je pense que la mise en veille prolongée est la réponse, at le gin et toutes sortes de poudres blanches.
Emerges.
Going off-grid for the rest of the evening. Probably.
Um, no, that’s not the Governor General on TV, that’s Joan Rivers. But I understand your confusion.
Il pleut. Lovely, but no umbrella.
RT @ParisSite: I’m happy. I’m being nice to people. Obviously I’d like this condition to pass as soon as possible.
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: “Saving” my mobile phonebook in prep for new phone… by writing it down in a Word doc. [True, he is not a geek.]
@gnoll110 I see your parrot sketch, and raise you “Star Trek Meets Monty Python”. http://is.gd/I9N
@twoscomplement “Freeview” was just a re-branding of Digital TV so the punters know a set-top box is “Freeview compatible”.
@twoscomplement Exactly. Spread the production budgets and audience even more thinly and… the audience will flock back? Yeah sure. Morons.
@HappySinger The Streisand Effect will indeed kick in. I mean, I’ll link to the Freeview spoof again RIGHT NOW! http://is.gd/lIQm
For reasons which I can’t explain, I must now point to Monty Python’s Cheese Shop sketch. http://is.gd/5g1V
Freeview proves their strategy is shit: Their response to satire is to send in the lawyers: http://is.gd/mm00 Hat-tip @bengrubb.
RT @stephenfry: This explains a lot… http://twitpic.com/1xdrk [Now why don’t WE have this deal? @SnarkyPlatypus take note!]
@BiteTheDust All I’m going to say is that we’re unlikely to encounter any tentacles in the Gibson Desert. Japanese or otherwise.
@BiteTheDust Huh? I only own one tie, and even that’s reserved for scenarios involving bonda… Um. Oh. Shoosh. #poltech
@paulwallbank Attendance was OK for the presentations, but people skipped the discussion in the second half. Estimates were on. #poltech
@paulwallbank Gary Nairn took exception to my portrayal of politicians as almost all clueless about IT and the Internet. He isn’t. #poltech
@R_Chirgwin It’s OK, I think I’m a close monarchist. #peacocks
I think I need to press the “Disturbing Imagery Alert” button again. Thank you, @SnarkyPlatypus, that’s thrice today already!
@SnarkyPlatypus I think there were fewer at this #poltech than the first, tho the audience shots were taken in 2nd half after some left.
@SnarkyPlatypus @stemcd Oh I can see Neo-Puritanism FLOURISHING over the next few years!
@tommyfotak @clutterbells Clifton Beach, Tasmania and Arkaroola, The Middle of Fucking Nowhere would both be excellent today!
@desplesda WTF? There’s am emoticon for “pervert”!??!?!!!11!! http://is.gd/mlSB
Here’s me being paid out by former Special Minister for State Gary Nairn. http://is.gd/mlSX #poltech
@stemcd @SnarkyPlatypus It would seem that Clive Hamilton is a Neo-Puritan, to judge from his recent writings.
@mpesce @JoeTrippi @TurnbullMalcolm @Nickhodge Here are @ApostrophePong’s photos from #poltech Canberra. http://is.gd/mlRv
Can I perhaps point out at this point that “stuffed squid” is not a euphemism for anything?
@ApostrophePong Oh! Oh! Oh! I’ve made that stuffed squid before! http://tinyurl.com/cex5yz It’s WONDERFUL!
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: New Zealand to return to feudalism. http://is.gd/mlPK
@ApostrophePong So, octopus for dinner then? http://is.gd/mlPt
@NewtonMark Oh spooky! You say “zentai”, I say “hentai”. They are not the same. Don’t tell Clive Hamilton.
The rain increases in Newtown. My prediction was adequate.
@ApostrophePong @HappySinger Ganesh is just the Hindu equivalent of hentai tentacle porn (触手強姦). Discuss. [Oh, that is SO wrong!]
RT @ApostrophePong: Sex appeal and whiskey are my selling point!
RT @retrogrrl: Truly disgusting ‘The Meat Ship’ a bacon extravaganza http://tinyurl.com/yt7mf9 [We need a new term: “structural bacon”.]
RT @pam_rosengren: Have a look at this piece of Twitteranalytics http://is.gd/mlEu (@SaltyDroid did this)
Drizzle in Newtown.
@ApostrophePong Ah Google fail! Try the spelling “Bhagavad Gita” or भगवद् गीता and this Wikipedia article: http://is.gd/mlKo
@ApostrophePong So this is a David Lynch version of the Bagavadghita?
My YouTube “Recommended for You” section gets increasingly bizarre. With fat-loss adverts, too.
@JonoH No worries. The Copyright Council is a GREAT resource for practical advice about copyright issues in Australia. http://is.gd/mlFD
@JonoH I know the rules not from Crikey but a decade+ in broadcast media before that. See http://is.gd/mlEz and “fair dealing” paper.
@JonoH You’re confusing “public domain” (given away to the people, disowning copyright, or copyright expired) with “published in public”.
@jg_rat Excellent. Apparently you and I are now “copyright experts”. ;)
@bengrubb Whether it’s behind a paywall or not is irrelevant: It’s about whether you quoting the material is fair dealing of the material.
@fictillius Is there nothing a Broadway musical can’t explain? ;)
Given my self-proclaimed expertise in reading the weather radar, I think it’ll finally start raining in Newtown/Enmore in an hour or so.
RT @R_Chirgwin: 4. Device specialisation *can* (not necessarily “does”) improve usability. 5. Really sheep. [Indeed.]
Colleague in Vic urgently seeking .NET / Umbraco developer for work on major pharmaceutical stuff. stil@stilgherrian.com and I’ll pass on.
@jack_matthews Conversely, if you see no value in using Twitter personally, don’t. :) It’s not compulsory, nor as “vital” as some make out.
@jack_matthews Of course, your strategy is backwards. If you’ve something interesting to say you’ll get followers. Participation is key.
RT @chichiri RT @JesseNewhart: How The US forgot How To Make Trident Missiles: http://bit.ly/qHoiS
Mon plan: Rainy desk day with bookkeeping and project management and [hint to universe] minimal stupid interruptions.
@R_Chirgwin Maybe people like multiple devices because: 1. Associate device = function. 2. Gadgetry as status symbols. 3. Sheep.
@SnarkyPlatypus Ce sont exactement mes pensées. Notre esprit ne font qu’un. Exécuter de la musique!