ACMA states bleeding obvious: “Online skill levels essential to maximise benefits from the internet and minimise risks” http://is.gd/mE03
@GreenJ You could use http://spellr.us/ It must be good, @Jasoncalacanis says so and he isn’t evil at all. [See how long before he replies.]
@GreenJ Alas, my next piece had better not be about goats nor contain ANY spelling or grammatical errors. I’m fucked.
@rbbrown Ah, no, I can reassure @GreenJ that he doesn’t need a rogue apostrophe to make him look foolish.
RT @jeamland: If you can’t see the rogue apostrophe, it can’t eat you. It’s like a fnord. [But Crikey is FULL of fnords!]
@rbbrown I think it’s a clear indicator of the general lapse in moral and quality standards to be expected under a Labor government.
@rbbrown The first rogue apostrophe is in the first paragraph of the editorial. I’m trying not to see any more.
Trying to think of something sarcastic to say about ad:tech that isn’t completely obvious. I’m getting old. #atsyd
@rbbrown So, you’re admitting the rogue apostrophe IS your fault, then? ;)
@GreenJ Can Crikey please send everyone on a remedial course covering “its” versus “it’s” at length and with electrical procedures?
@jeffjarvis on “customised” newspapers: “like Detroit trying to invent the mechanical donkey”. http://is.gd/mCKp
Maybe we could cross-breed the hordes of unemployed and unemployable sub-editors with the cockroaches. (Anyone want to run with that?)
@voirol True, that ACMA survey does confuse the source of the information with the medium and device it’s delivered on.
@maenad_au “Ersatz” means “replacement” or (in English) “substitute” or “fake”. Not coffee. http://is.gd/mMeX
“Internet is Australia’s most trusted medium - ACMA” http://is.gd/mEry Hat-tip @mumbrella.
@andrewbarnett Hey, I’ll gladly “try @jodiem”. That was in relation to…? ;)
RT @GreenJ: [Twitter is] full of 40 somethings and ersatz fascists. Facebook for time poor grown ups.
Wondering whether to clean up the chicken carcass or leave it as a monument to feline ingenuity.
Anyone done a site in http://goodbarry.com? Looking for (near) future potential work? You know where to find me!
@hopeinhell They’re scary stats. Sadly, closing down “men” as a criminal organisation probably doesn’t work. :/
@vardenrhode But surely not ALL Americans can be idiots? I mean, you invented the Twinkie and drive-through banks!
Tue plan: Desk morning inc 1000 podcast recording; 1500 client meeting Surry Hills (new web dev); evening gym/dinner with @SnarkyPlatypus.
@kcarruthers Maybe we could get the National Rugby League banned as a criminal organisation?
@tdm911 What is it with (particularly) Americans being shocked seeing on screen or paper words which are used in conversation? #fisting
@rbbrown A $10 note for a $6.70 ticket is legal tender (see Currency Act). Take the driver’s number and lodge a complaint. :)
RT @BrynAU: The Sydney Theater Company has a nice selection of titles http://bit.ly/DnSE [Yes, including “Her Excellency Professor”! WTF?]
Last call: Colleague in Vic seeking .NET / Umbraco developer for work on major pharmaceutical stuff. stil@stilgherrian.com and I’ll pass on.
@4fthawaiian Your web form to Google Docs to email thing: Do you have a recipe? How long would it take to set up from scratch?
@agit8 O hai. Do you know of anyone already doing something like Stopped Clocks in Australia?
@bb600 That was the true identity of Fake Stephen Conroy… wasn’t it, @stephenconroy!
@neuraxon77 If that was a deliberate pun, you are either awesome or a complete tragic. You choose! ;)
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Optus sign-up form lets you be Bishop or Major but not a General. You can be “The” tho. http://is.gd/mLao Curious selection! #badoptus
New blog post: “Let’s fix the Stopped Clocks”. http://is.gd/mL2z Anyone want to help me start a Sydney chapter?
@SnarkyPlatypus Les sons de crier sera entendu à Quai Circulaire. Mai Dieu, aie pitié de leur âme.
@comedy_nerd For some reason it’s “Indian myna(h)” http://is.gd/mKQx but “noisy miner” for Manorina melanocephala http://is.gd/mKQ3
@facibus There is a distinct possibility of a “Stilgherrian Live” tomorrow (Thursday) night, yes, provided things are not too stressful.
Kookaburras!
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. La Pleine Lune est peu de temps après 1330, cet après-midi, Sydney temps. Êtes-vous prêt?
Gosh, Apollo! How did you know I wanted the bin emptied and a chicken carcass scattered across the entire kitchen? You’re such a clever cat!
Emerges. With the sound of currawongs, honeyeaters and those countless noisy miners. And heavy jets.
Time to escape. Or collapse. Or implode. Too many typos, too much ambiguity. Too much facial hair. [exit]
@HappySinger Please tell Reta the Quiz Dominatrix at The Duke that I say hello.
@BiteTheDust Heh! Why is following me “living on the edge”? Like, I only TALK and stuff.
RT @ApostrophePong: New blog post: Essential Mardi Gras Parade Photos http://tinyurl.com/c9ul46
@ApostrophePong Yes, I need an Old Jew to explain why so many Jewish jokes are about a doctor an a patient. Even a Young Jew would do.
@ssharwood Excellent! This is perhaps a better Old Jew Telling a Joke: “emissions” http://is.gd/mG9w
@reallyjapan O hai! :) Yes, I did plug http://reallyjapan.com … amazing images, Sir! My partner @ApostrophePong is a photographer etc.
@middleclassgirl “#impulsecontrol?” I understand the words individually… but put together like that they defy meaning. At least to me.
Or, for change of pace, the latest offering from “Old Jews Telling Jokes”: http://is.gd/mG3V One of my new favourite blogs.
And this image has sold me on the photoblog http://reallyjapan.com … yes, it is Teh Future! http://is.gd/mG1I
And also the Wall Street Journal’s “Photo Journal” http://is.gd/8X37 though that’s just “the day’s best photos”, rather than a theme.
If you like Boston.com’s The Big Picture, you’ll also like NPR’s The Picture Show. http://is.gd/ikWr
@bunnysofdeath I suspect that Coriole has just done a distribution deal with someone hence it appears around the place.
@lesleywhite Yes, Coriole is in McLaren Vale. Well worth a visit. They do an excellent Sunday lunch with matching wines. http://coriole.com/
@lesleywhite The Coriole 08 is quite adequate. I got it from Enmore Fine Wines on Enmore Rd,they often get various Coriole in stock.
@wolfcat I see @sunriseon7 linked to one of my tamer articles about Bernadette McMenamin. Maybe they’ll work up to more challenging ones.
Pottering around while sipping a Coriole 2008 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc and wishing several parts of the universe would implode.
Doing semi-unnatural things with WordPress.
@imtimhanlon US$10 for a blog post (i.e. writing) is rather low compared with “real” writing. Maintains the idea that blogging is ‘easy”.
@GreenJ Awwwww…At least be pleased that I didn’t make any jokes about your colon.
RT @duncanriley: Interesting: going rate at ACP for a blogger is $10 a post. http://is.gd/mE14
Mobile. Enmore Rd / Newtown station / brunch / SECRIT eyrie / 1500 Surry Hills client meeting etc.
@brettw By “mysterious powers of psychic inference to assist in your quest” you mean “Twitter search”, I know. But it’s still magic.
RT @andragy: See tentacles of twitter death http://tinyurl.com/dxrtnm
@awrd I wrote about NRK’s BitTorrent work previously. http://is.gd/eQDT @eirikso ran that trial, he’s usually happy to speak about it.
@brettw Thanks for the pointer to GoodBarry implementors. I knew you’d know, somehow. ;) Will be in touch when I have specifics.
@crikey_news Instead, provide in-depth coverage of World Championship Wrestling and illegal cockfights.
@crikey_news Yes, yes, the Liberals are in-fighting again. Yawn. Suggestion: Don’t cover them AT ALL until they sort it out.
@jodiem I’m seeing GoodBarry as a potential answer for a couple 2- and 3-person businesses who need to ANY sort of simple workflow.
@jodiem Ah a shame, ‘cos there’s a couple potential sites coming up which would be perfect for GoodBarry. I’ll keep hunting.
@R_Chirgwin Um, yes… 0845 is just fine for recording the podcast. ;) That went well.
@StuartLivesey “If you run a serious business then Google Docs is simply not an option.” Why? Cost-effective web form to data capture FTW
@4fthawaiian For coining the word “twecipe” I’m not sure whether to kiss you or spank you. You choose.
@voirol Correct punctuation is what separates us from the lower mammals.
RT @4fthawaiian: OK, as for a recipe: docs.google.com, create new form, click “More Actions”, embed, add to HTML of your contact page. :)