@thetowncrier Chasing POTUS and fighting lawyers, eh? Connected? You’ll get into trouble!
Escaped from ABC, en route home.
I am now at the ABC waiting for my turn. Explaining Skyhooks to the young producer. Why, I’m not sure.
Replacing bus with train, as a grand experiment. It’s CityRail, so what could go wrong?
OK, mobile again: Bus to Broadway then meander to ABC Ultimo for a bit of talking on the wireless. 1745 ABC Radio NSW Statewide. No stream.
@Jinjirrie Oh people tweeting TV programs I’m not watching shits me to tears! I need a better way of filtering it out!
@Jinjirrie Don’t ask me about TV. I don’t watch TV. Well, I watch “Media Watch” on ABC iView, and see random shit at the gym or pub, is all.
You know @NewtonMark @simonhackett, “Bullshit Bat” sounds like a really low grade superhero… ;)
I’m trying to debunk “You nerds should spend time in the real world, not at your computers”. I think TV suffers not social life. Want stats.
Ah yes @Tamarajawad @SoniaLastrega @TRON_Lord I’m after actual science. The plural of “anecdote” is not “data”.
“Also on NineMSN, Suburb Sex! Wife-swapping swinging secrets” http://bit.ly/bgSw0c
Has anyone seen convincing evidence that people socialise less/more face-to-face thanks to internet?
RT @dfg77: Does that mean we need to punch emo kids in the face? [Yes. Yes it does. Repeatedly. And with secret inner pleasure.]
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: Grinding to “I Should Be So Lucky” would be weird. [True. But what on-hold music are you grinding to, exactly?]
School anti-bullying programs make life difficult for the US Army. http://bit.ly/aG0v27
I think @thetowncrier has been distracted by @SnarkyPlatypus’ inappropriate grinding to music. I would worry about that.
“I wonder whether @sophblack or @thetowncrier will reply to my emails today?” he asks, passive-aggressively…
MI5 is worried about sex. Chinese sex. http://bit.ly/c7ZhdE
Mr Byrne never sent me any “exclusive messages” anyway, they were the same as to everyone else. He’s a fibber.
“If you unsubscribe, you won’t be able to receive any exclusive messages or offers from David Byrne.” Yes. Good. I have moved on, David.
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: I always wonder whether I ought to bring a protractor when engaging in circular conversations. [No. Compass. Stabbing.]
Guy Rundle’s Crikey piece on the politics of climate change is somewhat insightful. http://bit.ly/99A7CI
Mobile: Enmore Rd; errand to King St; quiet writing spot for Edictation; bus to Railway Sq; 1745 ABC Radio Statewide NSW.
Exactly @Cacotopos, being a tool has a more wilful, deliberate aspect to it. Does boorish or obnoxious fit in there?
Pondering what to say in “The 9pm Edict” tonight. There’s still time to make an audio comment. http://bit.ly/apF7LU
Hmmm… Macquarie Dictionary glosses “tool” as “stupid person”. I reckon it’s stronger than that, but how to describe it?
@franksting According to Skype, you’ve been listening to Nirvana’s “Tourette’s” for about 3 months now. Not sick of it yet?
This goat is lazy. It should be doing the pulling. http://bit.ly/bEtKHS HT to my SEKRIT goat correspondent.
@jeamland I wouldn’t trust any electronic voting kit. There is no problem to be solved. Pencil & paper is perfectly transpare@renailemayemay
The scale I’m considering is the “national secrets plausible deniability discovered 30 years later” kind of SEKRIT.
That said, “absence of evidence” is not the same thing as “evidence of absence”.
I agree however that singling out Huawai may be unfair @renailemay since everybody spies on everybody else anyway.
Ah! “Greek telephone tapping case 2004-2005” http://bit.ly/dgGBXu HT @daveoflynn @anthonybaxter
And also as a sysadmin, @renailemay, I reckon the level of hidey I’m talking about would slice straight through ‘cos it’d be new.
But @renailemay you wouldn’t turn on a DEEP SEKRIT back door or kill switch until you really needed it. A nuclear option.
RT @renailemay: Oh come on. If there was dodgy code in Huawei’s kit, Telstra/Optus engineers would detect it FFS. [Is it really that easy?]
Yeah @renailemay it’s great that we might let a PLA-owned vendor install closed-source hardware in our national comms networks. Not.
Wow that seems to have hit a few buttons. Thanks @artywah @rorybaust @Bruceeverett @jplonie @jjprojects @samhighley @JohnDobbin @AOCarr
RT @domknight: It’d be a blast. [Now that was both fast thinking and truly groanworthy… Well played, Sir!]
@nicster If Ticketek have the contract to do ticketing for an event, that’s where you have to buy the tickets.
What would happen if you prevented sub-editors using puns in headlines for a whole week? Would they explode?
I thought the headline was more groanworthy, @kristinmoore2: “Dancing goat ‘like a kid’” [guffaws]
I think a Chinese Dancing Goat represents the perfect start to a tired Friday. http://bit.ly/cklRhB
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@thomasrdotorg Vaudeville, Sir. Always leave the fans wanting more. Or something.
Yes @Zombie_Plan I’ll eventually write up full details of the production process, both process-wise and tech-wise.
I’ve decided there won’t be an Edict tonight. It takes longer to write / record / prep / upload than I have energy for tonight. Tomorrow?
Well @HyperBrendan I’d scheduled an Edict but to be honest I’m rather tired and uninspired so I’ll decide in the next few minutes.
Tired, but trying to get inspired for “The 9pm Edict”. I wonder what I’ll write about momentarily?
Ah no @bgosford it was more “All My Friends Are Getting Married”. It’s such a drab little tune.
@SoniaLastrega Ta for those stats. I’ll do some reading in the morning. :)
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