@SnarkyPlatypus Déçu que j’ai mal dormi, malgré le médicament. L’amertume sera expliqué sous peu.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je suis plein d’amertume et de déception, et très peu de sommeil. Et vous?
Emerges. Very slowly. It’s not my fault.
Fading. Finally. [exit]
@gnoll110 [nods] Politics is a weird business.
@gnoll110 Ive no idea what the ACTU thinks of Abbott’s plan. I’ve been a bit out of the loop this week alas.
Guardian: “Does a Mac need anti-virus protection?” has interesting comment thread http://bit.ly/chwCuU
@linzc As I say, “viruses” are not the only threat. There IS Mac malware. Less common, sure, but that’s still not “none”.
@sharonpakir As the article counts them out, umami is the 5th taste. Fat makes 6.
Plus @jenbishopsydney “viruses” are only one of many threat types. There’s a variety of cross-platform nasties.
RT @jenbishopsydney: I thought macs didn’t need antivirus? :-S [A common misapprehension, that. Mac malware less common, but it exists.]
Using Norton AntiVirus for Mac for the first time. Have encountered a bug. In chat with their live support.
Insomnia will lead me to tweet all sorts of shit until the medication kicks in. That’s “balance” too, after two days of exhaustion.
“Australian researchers say fat is ‘sixth taste’” http://bit.ly/9wjDjm
If you’re up late enough, you can watch YouTube close down for the night. http://bit.ly/casNl5
ABC Chair Maurice Newman’s climate science background: investment banking and “close personal friend” of John Howard.
In further news, for medical advice, we ask a kitchenhand, a hairdresser and an architect. For “balance”.
ABC Chair, not a scientist, pleased to hear more non-scientists on climate science. Tool. http://bit.ly/bv8Fz6
Oh no, @wolfcat, the “Feed me now” is far less subtle than than. It is a loud, sustained, complaining howwwwwwwlllllLLLLL!!
OH: “Purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr purr!”
@gnoll110 Is your question whether I have any comments on Abbott’s proposal? Or whether the ACTU does? Or whether Crikey does?
Wow. The ACTU is running ads on Crikey (and elsewhere?) saying the Abbott will re-introduce WorkChoices under another name.
Indeed @adamnelson an epidemiologist once told me that unusual weather brings out the unusual bugs. Although he may have been lying.
Thank you @mrsnickhodge, each day has been an improvement. I’m hearing this gastro is widespread over Sydney, so to speak.
@andrewdotnich Look, just go and eat your goddam sheep, OK? :P
Dear Hewlett Packard, if you were Dell you’d notice me pointing to this comment about your fucked-up URLs. http://bit.ly/aEZOwZ
@andrewdotnich I’m fairly sure that “butterfly” is not a verb. Except in the Taoist sense that all nouns are, ultimately, verbs.
Decided. There shall NOT be an episode of “The 9pm Edict” tonight. My energy levels still haven’t returned sufficiently.
Ah. A delegation from the Feline Empire is expressing dissatisfaction with the catering arrangements, or more precisely the lack thereof.
Fungus is your Fabulous Friend, @sylmobile
Deciding if I have the energy to do an episode of “The 9pm Edict” tonight. I’m recovering, but still nowhere near 100%.
Informal (“social”) networks do something useful. http://bit.ly/9abDaQ Watch the SMEGs add this one to PowerPoint!
“I don’t want any part of your liberal anti-holiday conspiracy!” http://bit.ly/bP72rf
It’s OK not to know what “market cap” means, @jmacmullin. It’s good that some people know about things other than the share market.
Graph: Apple’s market capitalisation not that much less than Microsoft’s http://bit.ly/dz0P27
Thanks @jeamland I’ve always preferred the actuality of ambient sound to the artificial silence of a studio. #9pmedict
Compliance paperwork is bad for the brain.
@overingtonc It sounds like you’re suggesting names from some cultures are “more Australian” than others. Are you from Cronulla?
@overingtonc By “Australian name”, do you mean an Anglo-Irish one? Or an Aboriginal name? Or one reflecting our breadth of culture?
@Tim_Beshara Increasingly I think Tony Abbott is incapable of generating a clear policy direction for the Coalition.
Poor choice of words @jonoabroad sorry. Entourage’s data structure is fragile. iCal’s just seems slow for very large calendars. YMMV.
Confused by clients who reply to an email asking a specific “A or B?” question with “Thank you”.
RT @Nickhodge: MEDIA SCEPTICISM ALERT: The science is still out on Haim’s death… Don’t fall for groupthink!
Can I bill this to anyone, or do I have to go and do some work now?
Oh hang on @rbbrown @Nickhodge it wasn’t quite the right joke. Damn. @rbbrown, you were MUCH more subtle!
@rbbrown The very first obligatory Corey Haim / Richard Wilkins joke was just tweeted by @Nickhodge. http://bit.ly/c9VKQx
Confused by cow and sheep noises coming from the kitchen.
Agreed @jmacmullin there IS certainly a groupthink phenomenon once journalists form a narrative pack, if I can coin a new term.
Ah! Ask, receive etc. Full text of Maurice Newman’s address to ABC staff http://bit.ly/cEcSw3 HT @KJBar
@Warlach I have been a mushroom for a few days now. But I have also been sick for a few days, and a little subdued.
ABC Radio National announces 2010 Ian Reed Writers-in-Residence program http://bit.ly/9xx3WT
Does anyone have the full text of ABC chair Maurice Newman’s speech from yesterday?
Thu plan (belated): Complete annoying compliance paperwork; write many difficult emails; get out of the house; order of play TBA.
@jmacmullin From the fragments, it’s admittedly hard to understand what Newman was really on about. He waffles generalities, not specifics.
If you’re going to question science, at least do so scientifically.
Meanwhile, for SENSIBLE climate science skepticism, try ESR’s essay on “Error cascade” http://bit.ly/a4roeh
Actuality of ABC chair Maurice Newman being a goose on PM. http://bit.ly/dnYrtM HT @theburgerman
For some reason, ABC chair Newman’s remarks are reported by the SMH’s marketing editor. http://bit.ly/aiQwqA
Apollo, how DARE you complain about me disrupting your sleep you cranky little feline hypocrite!
Would the Anzacs have charged the cliffs at Gallipoli if they’d paid attention to Megan Gale? http://bit.ly/cwaImz Ta, @JohnBirmingham
Here’s Prof Stephan Lewandowsky on balance of opinion vs balance of evidence. Fine piece. http://bit.ly/a4iNFO
Here’s the original report on ABC chair Maurice Newman’s idiot climate change comments. http://bit.ly/bv8Fz6
New blog post: “ABC chair Newman out of line on climate change” http://bit.ly/cbXCXd
Can any business types tell me what the March Group of Companies is about?