Answering a client’s question, the answer to which was in the first paragraph of three recent emails.
US concerns over Rudd govt internet filter reported in UK Guardian http://bit.ly/aMsGdC Telegraph http://bit.ly/9w3Wb2
@glengyron My understanding is that a shortage of housing keeps prices high. More profits for the same construction costs. IANAE.
OK, I will now become less stabby by… erm… debugging DNS problems. This strategy will work.
Oh I don’t have to wait until the end of the day to get stabby, @NewtonMark. I can do it quite well at 0930, trust me!
@glengyron I’m not arguing for “duplication of bureaucracy”, I’m arguing against reducing oversight of Sussex St shadiness. This is NSW.
@glengyron There is a “not” missing from three tweets back, but ‘m hoping context solved that confusion.
@glengyron My complaint is simple. I do not want the NSW state government to be the SOLE arbiter. Everything else you’re imagining.
@glengyron My stabbiness is increasing because you’re taking quite specific things I say, adding your own assumptions, then arguing that.
@glengyron My objection is that the local level would be removed from the loop completely, not that the state should have a role.
Thu plan: Deal with the backlog of reading / research / story pitches; encourage clients to pay their bills; “The 9pm Edict” later.
@glengyron But if you turn this into “local councils are incompetent” sloganeering, I will start to mock you relentlessly.
@glengyron It’s not about whether local govt is “effective” it’s about whether we want everything centralised at the NSW state level.
“Google to leave Australia over ‘evil’ filter” http://bit.ly/aRjks7
“Netregistry pulls out of China business” http://bit.ly/dlsZaX
Yes @franksting since 2005 a CityRail train arriving 5 minutes late is defined as “on time”. http://bit.ly/bsrWB5
@KKeneally If “Premier’s bid to grab planning powers” is true http://bit.ly/blTeYk NSW ALP gets preferenced even further down.
Afghanistan, Graveyard of Empires? US spends billions so China can safely mine Afghan copper. http://bit.ly/auBOoe
Labor reverts oversight: Audit Office no longer checks government ads. http://bit.ly/ddnQDI
Magnetic pulses can change our “moral compass”. http://bit.ly/cSOq1s
@CampaignMonitor Given you’re an Australian company, and you know I’m Australian, why is today’s newsletter talking about SPRING? Silly.
Emerges.
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@lexiphanic I didn’t think “fuck” was to be funny, but to express strong emotion. You perceived otherwise?
Stabby.
For anyone who cares about language, a message to pass on. http://bit.ly/bGwMTi
Oh for fuck’s sake, VMware website, stop opening everything in a new browser window! This isn’t fucking well 1998!
You know, @Nickhodge, I miss some of the 1 April hoaxes I did years ago. I should have planned one for tomorrow.
Yes, TV news IS a formula. Here’s the algorithm demonstrated. http://bit.ly/cK1KcG HT @crikey_news
I meant that to be “every freelancer’s dread”, not “dead”, but hey I can’t type when I’m filled with dread. Or with dead.
I missed this, @jeffjarvis. “[Aust domain registrar] NetRegistry pulls out of China business” http://bit.ly/dlsZaX
@firstdogonmoon Parliament next sits Tue 11 May, Budget Night. See the SEKRIT calendar! http://bit.ly/d60s0Z
(And for my next trick, I’ll show you my special Ramadan tweet about Mohammed.)
Christ, it’s going to be Easter. Every freelancer’s dead. Two days of billable hours… gone! Fuck you, Jesus!
I know there’s @replies I haven’t responded to. There always are. It’s Wednesday. The Twitterriver flows on…
You are confusing me, @Nickhodge , I think I might have to pour a glass of wine.
@BaneAu Oh. I have never heard of the person you refer to, but then he’s probably never heard of me either so it all balances out.
@BaneAu I have no idea WTF you’re talking about there, actually.
Strangely, less stabby. I’m not sure how that happened.
Signing a cheque “31 March 2005”. It’s going to be that kind of afternoon…
Home. Stabby.
Purpose of survey doesn’t matter, @NathanaelB, if the sample selects itself then it’s ont representative.
Mobile: Errands to Enmore Rd, maybe elsewhere, depending on what’s in the box.