Dear @abcnews, if you’d written “dischord” once I’d assume a typo. But consistent mis-spelling? Hint: no “h”. http://bit.ly/cluyR3
@AndeGregson Hi Ande, I hope all’s coming together well for Media140 Perth? http://bit.ly/4UXaOy
Emerges.
Fading, as I should be at this hour. [exit]
Um, I don’t actually want explanations of either of those products, nor of the locations they apply to. Truly.
And from @dellvink a related product from Bangkok. http://bit.ly/aLDiA8 People do know what to send me. [nods]
Ladies, is your vagina the wrong colour? Well, help is now at hand! http://bit.ly/5WSu0X
@SnarkyPlatypus Here is a new packaged beverage I’m sure you’ll approve. http://bit.ly/cG3UHt
“Can you make the radiation look friendlier?” http://bit.ly/9QyibR
Oh, Tuesday night I’m on the panel at Byteside. Am I allowed to say who else yet @seamus? http://bit.ly/uOLWs
@bengrubb What’s even better, some of the bonus facts may even be true! Possibly.
@engochick It’ll all be fine. I have lots of words. I just need to shuffle them into a coherent narrative and sprinkle it with bonus facts.
Therefore, some head-clearing relaxation is called for. Now where did I put that funnel…?
Thinking that my best strategy is an early night and a fresh, early start tomorrow, since I’m a morning person.
One line from the interview I’m transcribing: “Plagiarism is the cheapest form of market research.”
Adobe Soundbooth didn’t like transcribing that first interview. Will try another one with the quality turned up.
Rules on GST display http://tinyurl.com/y998t… HT @Nickhodge. I’ll post a screenshot later to show Adobe’s misleading display.
Also, Adobe, displaying AUD prices ex-GST is a tad lame. Embarrassed to display the actual dollar cost to buy, eh?
Oh FFS Adobe, it’s just a .dmg file! Why can’t I just download it without installing Akami monitoring software? Control freaks!
@yeebok I believe Nuance’s speech recognition products are all for Windows, not OS X?
No @Andrew303 I hadn’t tried Soundbooth for speech-to-text. http://bit.ly/1pFCmu will give it a try on one interview now! Ta.
@overingtonc Oh it’s OK for you News Corp types, what with that cellar full of gold bullion and the jewel-encrusted keyboards. ;)
@jason_a_w I am looking at transcription services, yes, but alas these recordings from Friday must be a completed feature article tomorrow.
Transcribing. Interviews. Is. Really. Tedious. But. I. Am. Half. Done. Approximately.
@SnarkyPlatypus Oui, je suis comme Donna Summer de tant de façons différentes.
@SnarkyPlatypus Non, je n’ai pas besoin d’incitation au travail. Je suis déjà s’installer dans un rythme confortable de travail.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. La matinée a été agréable. Et maintenant, l’ennui de la transcription. Et vous? Comment est votre foie?
Careful readers may note that Operation “The Sunday Plan will begin in approximately one hour” has not been entirely successful to date.
Ep 4 of Charlie Booker’s “Newswipe” http://bit.ly/t8Odq http://bit.ly/a0ovgv http://bit.ly/9Ze8EE
Ep 3 of Charlie Booker’s “Newswipe” http://bit.ly/cDZjGt http://bit.ly/ctJZ0e http://bit.ly/2uiV3R Ping @ApostrophePong
Going off-grid to concentrate on writing and production for most of the day. @replies responded to this evening. Enjoy your Monday.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour! Les mots! Les mots coulent comme des choeur de jeunes filles pendant la pleine lune!
First burst of writing begins. Heads down.
Mon plan: Finish 2000-word feature by 1200 (!); produce “Patch Monday” podcast by 1600; all while cleaners and gardener interrupt. Erk.
New blog post: “Yes, I wrote about iPad, but not here”: identity fragmentation and Facebook. http://bit.ly/akFudc
“Twitter is crack for media addicts. It scares me… because I don’t think I could handle it.” http://bit.ly/bWlKYc HT @jayrosen_nyu
@TheBloggess This idea that a “cultural institution” must have some grand physical presence: “edifice complex”, I’ve seen it called.
“‘Yes, I know I’m fat’: a deeply personal story of hopd, heartbreak & understanding”
Ah, headlines from the magazine nearby are somewhat amusing…
Is there a word for the mood that’s a combination of stabby and quite amused?
Mobile: Enmore Rd; King St; Monotremification; gym; nourishment; abandonment; oblivion; “Home and Away” repeats. Doubt the accuracy there.
Actually that photo reminds me of the one shot at Metro Screen, which I quite liked. http://bit.ly/a8MKmm
Well @bacco007, I shall just re-link to this graphic… ;) http://bit.ly/bU6Rrm
Being inspired by Ep 1 of Charlie Booker’s “Newswipe”. http://bit.ly/o1sA6 http://bit.ly/az9loV http://bit.ly/6nOIy2 Quite inspired.
Somebody please tell @SnarkyPlatypus that Venezuela isn’t in Central Asia. Not quite yet, anyway.
@SnarkyPlatypus And would you care to share those maps of the actual mountains themselves? Or is it SEKRIT?
@SnarkyPlatypus “From the Silk Road to Chevron: The Geopolitics of Oil Pipelines in Central Asia” http://bit.ly/9wtb1O
@SnarkyPlatypus Also, the US Dept of Energy country briefs may help. Kazakhstan? http://bit.ly/aw4F8A
@SnarkyPlatypus Here’s a map of Central Asian oil/gas pipelines. Not sure of the date. http://bit.ly/bQsty8
@SnarkyPlatypus Yes, understanding Central Asian mountains is key to understanding policy in Afghanistan etc. Let’s see what I can find…
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: Anybody know of a good online Atlas? [What’s Google Maps/Earth or Bing Maps missing?]
And that’s Ep 2 of Charlie Booker’s “Newswipe” http://bit.ly/50EY http://bit.ly/6MUTn6 http://bit.ly/1afIiG Ping @SnarkyPlatypus
The Sunday Plan will begin in approximately one hour. Amusements and breakfast first.
Sun plan: Transcribe interviews; structure feature article & “Patch Monday” podcast; research to fill gaps; both must be filed tomorrow.
Oh sorry @Darkon_ the links I had for the #Ten23 anti-homeopathy protest were http://is.gd/7jhPE & http://is.gd/7jI1i
@Darkon_ Huh? You need me to provide a link to a Google News search for “homeopathy”? Gawd. Hand in your Internet Permit now! [slaps]
Google News shows zero coverage of Sydney’s anti-homeopathy mass overdose protest, only of UK events.
“Industry’s reaction to the iPad is nothing less than future shock” http://bit.ly/bYQSsk Much sense written here.
Obviously I didn’t go to the right party last night. http://bit.ly/b7WXGt
Emerges. Ish.
[exit]
Home.
Anyone prefacing their statement “I swear to God” is lying.
It is midnight, and they emerge.
OH: “Jimi Hendrix? Look he’s no Kim Wilde, but I HAVE heard of him.”
Um @jillianblackall “OH” is “overheard”.
OH: “It’s ALWAYS a class war. And my class is always right.”
OH: “I can explain it best as being like a National Geographic for the arts.”
I feel like I should say something profound.
Pouting.
“Classic food on a budget: a 70s icon shows us how”
Wondering how irritated I need to get with commenters before I can call them ill-informed fuckwits.
RT @mutatedwombat: The iPad is all well and good, but it is so yesterday. What have they done lately?
Alan Kohler’s iPad analysis: “huge disappointment” http://bit.ly/dxuuuC
Still giggling at being thought an Apple fanboy. I think they really need to meet an actual Apple fanboy. http://bit.ly/agGyml
@neilwrites Yes, the weather does affect with runways get used at Sydney Airport, but I’d have to dig out the noise reports to say why.
China’s Xinjiang province, 3x size Texas, denied Internet, SMS, OS calls for 6 months. http://bit.ly/4D5Wvi
Doing something rather predictable with the dumplings. You don’t need to watch.
@SnarkyPlatypus Je crois que nous allons profiter des pichets de cocktails plus tard dans la journée.
The #Ten23 anti-homeopathy mass-overdose event is at QVB 1100 today http://is.gd/7jhPE & http://is.gd/7jI1i s@bastardsheepheep. He’d know.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je ne vois qu’une semaine de temps pluvieux a été prévu. Cela me rend heureux. Et vous?
Weekend goals: Complete 2000-word feature article; complete rough edit of “Patch Monday” podcast; organise a day off mid-week to compensate.
Sat plan: Review material recorded yesterday; make video for @media140; gym etc. Precise timing TBA, or not, as it’s the weekend.
25yo NSW woman charged: attempt defraud employer of 1000 iPhones, other smartphones, total $200k. http://bit.ly/9jDgca
Emerges. With semi-sated felines and aircraft noise.
[exit]
Apparently it’s impossible to speak Greek quietly.
@SnarkyPlatypus Don’t trust him. He’s Irish. Just ask about bicycles and you’ll understand.
No, Facebook, I don’t want to “reconnect” with person X. He died last year. YOU HAVE GOT IT VERY, VERY WRONG.
Oh @PeterBlackQUT @StephenHahn I thought I’d been a tad unhelpful on Triple J? I’ll have to listen.
I can dance. Kinda. Well, not really.
Note to new followers: If you have to call yourself a “guru”, you’re not. Piss off.
@crispin_harris No. “I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.†Pascal. http://bit.ly/axumzH
@crispin_harris The quote about writing a shorter letter was Mark Twain, I believe.
I think if my working hours were 9am to 9.10am, I’d be uber productive.
RT @ApostrophePong: http://twitpic.com/109rsi - NIDA Acting Studio 3 2010 [Yeah, that explains everything, really.]
Recording done!
RT @barrysaunders: @stilgherrian that’s the worst o-face, ever. [Good. I am assured of success.]
I will just say that my new project will help cope with these situations. http://bit.ly/bU6Rrm
@BaneAu Um, can I explain the context later? I’m actually meant to be recording. I do realise I need to explain in more detail.
Hmmm… So much for “studio mode”. But someone said “press buttons”? Well, there you go.
I find it fucking disgusting that in the 21st Century I have to explain non-discrimination that was BASIC stuff three decades ago.
@JamesBeattie It’s not intolerant to oppose. It’s intolerant to be rude, judgemental or prejudiced. “Christian” does not equal “ignorant”.
Home, and going into studio mode for at least an hour. Shoosh!
Oh dear, I seem to have pressed a few buttons there… but I have some other things to do right now so all questions on notice.
So yes, please insert the comma that seems to be necessary here.
Um no. I don’t buy into the rabid anti-religious Atheism that’s doing the rounds these days. You’re being intolerant arseholes, I reckon.
Mobile (again): Bank to deposit a “cheque”; quick shopping en route home; 1530 home to record stuff for various podcasts.
Christ people are stupid!
@zerogeewhiz True, I do tend to be more polite at Crikey than my own site. That’s just good manners.
Oh dear. @crikey_news has upfuckage on its Video of the Day. Try http://bit.ly/9TNuDr
Hilarious. I’ve been accused of writing “fanboy rubbish” and “hagiographic tosh”. “You could buy a netbook for less that does more.” Sigh.
This should do the trick. http://bit.ly/2AJaad
They’ve been playing lounge music in the ABC foyer and I’m fading into near-senility. I need stimulation.
Supposedly Triple J’s “Hack” looks at The Great Internet Blackout tonight. http://bit.ly/6uSBNO Program at http://bit.ly/jLAjY I’m on it.
Can I just say, having been thinking about iPad since 4.15am, I’d like to do other things now. Post gripes at http://bit.ly/9eoFye ;)
@franksting Um, no, that’s correct? iPad has pretend-GPS cell-based location. And no camera. But someone will stick Skype on it.
@franksting What have I missed about the iPad (bearing in mind I didn’t intend to do a comprehensive review)?
I’ll answer you both together, @ragnarok1971 @damonism : “No.”
@SuperOpinion There is no sign of the 24/7 News Channel studio being constructed yet. Unless it’s very very small, and hiding.
@artywah Yes, I will take pics of the ABC3 posters as I make my way up to the studio levels again. You were to blame?
Rearranging the ABC foyer so the couches are nearer the power points. Mmmmm…. leather!
Oh. That was poorly planned. I’ve nearly 2 hours gap at ABC Ultimo. Any suggestions?
@jdub [nods] I’m just wondering whether we’ve got enough “awareness” now and it’s time for a big more “doing”. [shrugs]
@jdub Ah well, I’m hoping you’ll get to be able to tell me “See, I told you so”. ;)
Waiting in Tardis 2.
Anyway, I’m about to arrive at ABC Ultimo to record a piece for Triple J’s “Hack” which will annoy @jdub. ;)
@WarWraith iBooks store only US for now. It took ages for iTunes to get movies and TV outside US too. Normal global rollout “delays”.
@GeordieGuy “Excited”? Me? Hardly. I won’t be rushing to buy an iPad, but I can see where it sits in the market.
So… Type up REALLY LONG ranty comments in your favourite text editor, so you can paste them into Crikey when comments get turned on. ;)
My Crikey piece has emerged from the paywall too. http://bit.ly/9eoFye Still chasing the lack of commentability.
Anyway, @JohnBirmingham reckons Kindle is dead too, and he’s written books and stuff. http://bit.ly/aFGIkj
To everyone telling me Kindle has better X, Y or Z than iPad: Yes. I know. And I don’t think it’ll matter. That’s my core point.
Yes, there ARE goats on King St. Eating the flowers, much to the annoyance of their human. And me.
@jimmyville As I say in the article, I think colour, video and general computing trumps battery life, at least medium-term.
Me in Crikey: “It’s called iPad, and the Kindle is rooted” http://bit.ly/9eoFye My original headline didn’t say “rooted” tho. Censorship! ;)
@crikey_news Comments seemed to be disabled on my thing today. http://bit.ly/9eoFye
Hah! Vodafone ignored a letter complaining they’re billing me a YEAR after my account closed, and now charge “account admin fee”. Losers.
Mobile: Enmore Rd; lunch; King St; bank; public transport of some kind; 1500 ABC Ultimo (public transport permitting, see yesterday).
Thu plan (late): Lunch & errands soon; 1500 ABC for various items, pre-record & live; gym & dinner; early night?
Did I do a “Thu plan” tweet? No, I did not. And it’s already nearly 1pm. That’s just the kind of day it’s been…
@aussexparty Ahem! Your website didn’t “crash”, it just ran out of pre-paid capacity. We could read the error message. ;)
Suddenly hectic.
@ronsman I like the line that people are “careful” rather than “clueful”, whether kids or adults.
Mobile: Enmore Rd; Newtown Sq; brunch; errands on King St; back home by 1200 webcast (I hope!). Attention limited.
Smirks.
Does anyone even remember what “rhetorical question” means?
Why the hell are my farts so fuckin’ toxic today?
@jasonlangenauer Most obituaries are written in advance and kept on file. TV has pre-prepared obits ready to roll for old/famous people.
@jackie_holt I don’t want telcos to react only when TIO gets involved. I will document their idiocy, and mock them publicly.
@SnarkyPlatypus Enfant Jésus pleure à votre ignorance.
Fri plan: Many interviews for a feature story I’m writing, plus record for “A Series of Tubes”, plus local errands; evening not yet planned.
Sending a passive-aggressive letter to Vodafone, the silly incompetent cunts.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Enfant Jésus est-il heureux aujourd’hui?
And that’s the end of ANY conversation I’ll be having about iPad today. Except maybe in podcast recordings.
@ashermoses Maybe seeing the device will get Australian publishers to pull their fingers out.
@ashermoses Perhaps I’m too patient. :) Product/service X not available? Disappointment? Nah, just tell me when you’re ready.
@ashermoses That and expensive bandwidth meant, I suspect, Apple’s business models showed i wasn’t worth the effort at that time.
@ashermoses Australia is a pissy little market. Our music music/TV/film industries run by clueless dinosaurs. Why would Apple prioritise? ;)
@ashermoses iPd’s iBooks is a standard US-first-then-other-countries rollout? Not that noteworthy? [shrugs]
Learning how to launder large amounts of money through Second Life. Gotta love the Internet!
@duncanriley The Gov 2.0 Taskforce recommended overall coordination, but did not suggest AFAIK which agency should do that.
@duncanriley No, ACMA isn’t “running Gov 2.0”. That’s just a coordinator job for their own efforts.
About to do a “webinar” (ugh!) on intelligence-gathering and surveillance through social networks. http://bit.ly/9SYYRU
This is the sound of the warning. http://bit.ly/9lxhMl Or possibly this. http://bit.ly/2iG6wf
Sydney CBD Emergency Warning System to be tested 1215 today. http://bit.ly/bPk5gQ
Emerges.
That’s enough Thursday, given that it started at 4am. [exit]
Not scrolling back.
Someone tell ACMA: Gov 2.0 isn’t about the tools, but about an approach made possible by tools. http://bit.ly/9Bp326 #gov2au
Home.
Police bringing a sniffy sniffy dog into the Raggamuffin gig at Enmore Theatre? “Target-rich environment”?
Sydney should get some sort of outdoor music festival. Honestly, there’s like no youth entertainment in this city.
Hello? Doctor Pavlov? I seem to have found your dogs.
Home. And now out again. With things, as I said before, for the gym. So guess where I’m going now?
Thunder!
Some of the people on this bus are reading “books” and “magazines” on some sort of organic read-only batteryless Kindle.
ABC done. On bus, returning home to get stuff for gym. Such a long day!
@jdub I’m about to talk Internet censorship with Paul Turton on ABC Radio Statewide NSW, actually.
@jmacmullin @jdub It’s just that I dislike “change avatar for cause X”, and that’s colouring my views on this campaign.
Waiting in ABC studio 226 for the Statewide NSW spot. Alas, it’s not streamed anywhere.
@SnarkyPlatypus If you are chafing, read this. http://bit.ly/bgQ1LL
Anyway, change the subject. Visualise what’s described in this news story. Last paragraph FTW! http://bit.ly/bgQ1LL
@jdub Define “define”! :P
@commuter_dirge Oh yes, I’m collecting these compliments. “Internet pest” was another. Glory.
Here, indeed, is the allegedly “most unworthy article Crikey has ever published”. http://bit.ly/byRJax
@commuter_dirge True, “hagiographic tosh” is nice. I was once accused of writing “the most unworthy article ever published in Crikey”.
I feel like I must say again, I find discussions of individual features of specific gadgets to be INCREDIBLY FUCKING BORING.
@franksting Yes, the iPad 3G has real GPS and I have added a comment to my Crikey piece to that effect.
@PennySharpemlc I’m still in the foyer at the ABC, but in 15 mins I’ll head up to the Statewide NSW studio.
@bleeters I misread your tweet, sorry. Didn’t see the “non” in my rush. I’m not up to speed on audio tools other than what I personally use.
@bleeters Lots of ways to play windows Media streams on OS X. Will dig out links later, I’m now Doing Thingsâ„¢.
@leslie_nassar It didn’t fix VLC, of course, but I felt better after having given my admin password to a random program from the Internet.
Thank you @leslie_nassar, I did not have the latest Perian installed. Fixed. http://bit.ly/87sEV
@Wyane Hah! I did try Windows Media Player for Mac, and it couldn’t read the stream either!
Hmmm… Quicktime Player 10.0 for OS X can read this ABC Newcastle stream, but not VLC. Weird. http://bit.ly/aJPOAb
@Wyane Hmmm… and there doesn’t appear to be a coherent Gstreamer Firefox plugin for OS X? Oh well.
I’m on ABC Radio 1233 Newcastle at 1345 AEDT talking Google and Aboriginal Flag. Stream at http://bit.ly/2hC4b7 but broken?
I’m told Ars Technica’s coverage of Apple iThingo launch will be good. http://is.gd/77kUI HT @nigelwadsworth
Ta @nigelwadsworth … though any major firm that can’t sort a live video stream of an event these days is pretty pathetic IMHO.