Location recording finished. That kinda means the day is, largely, finished. I shall read, with this pint as company, until my last thing.
Lurking in the foyer at the ABC. We’re going to record a radio interview, but somewhere else so it’s “on location”. Bloody media.
Is it just me, or is “incentivise” one of those words which, when spoken, should give you full freedom to stab the speaker?
Me in Crikey: “Startpage: a ‘private’ search engine, but who’ll care?” http://bit.ly/chyQRu [Paywall’d for now.]
6.824 billion as of 30 May, apparently. You are not so special.
@ellymc Actually I was tweeting while waiting. The haircut is a Special Moment.
Headline of the day? “The pain in Spain is NAB’s gain” http://bit.ly/9kkoWS
Hah! ACMA does Crystal’s Gifted Psychics for dodgy “premium mobile” stuff. Media release http://bit.ly/abcVqM Report http://bit.ly/agkJWp
Why is this man taking a phone call while having his hair cut? The Good Lord gave us voicemail for a reason.
@DemonicVel Perhaps we should declare Newtown Haircut Day every 1 June. With a parade and copious cheese.
@glengyron Yeah it’s hard for humans to comprehend being just one in 6.5 billion or whatever it is now. Some village.
@wheelyweb Ah no, Zig Zag is where it should be. I await my turn at the clippers.
@wheelyweb Oh? Zig Zag has moved? Am I about to go to the wrong address?
Mobile: Enmore Rd; King St; haircut and other errands; bus to University of Technology Sydney; remainder TBA.
Wonderful, my website is the 478,945th most popular in the world. Special, eh?
Crikey story filed! And now maybe a long hot shower will clear my sinuses and thence my brain.
@cmlh Plus no-one seems to have put forward a better theory these last two decades, so I’m happy with that as a best guess.
@cmlh You know, I figure the words “hasn’t been confirmed” and “likelihood” sufficiently convey the non-confirmed nature of the correlation.
OK, fuzzy mucus-filled head down so I can get this article written in the next 100 minutes or so. Gosh the media is a glamorous industry!
Nah we don’t need to build a supercomputer @maxcelcat, just a giant liquour still! WE SHALL RULE THE WORLD IN MOONSHINE!
The world’s supercomputers visualised. Australia doesn’t even show up. Typical. http://bit.ly/bQBoXA HT @seancarmody
Wed plan: AM write for Crikey (they are so demanding, if quite lovely); PM probbly gentle desk-clearing; stay warm; evening TBA.
Googe’s patent application 20100020776 “Wireless network-based location approximation” http://bit.ly/9Ghtqm
“Caring for Your Online Introvert” by @jomc http://bit.ly/amrVfE
@SnarkyPlatypus Je suis frustré par être malade. Il ya des choses que je veux faire, et je ne peux pas les faire.
@Chesty48 Well I did actually fly SEA-LAX-SYD with this cold, I got it in Seattle, so the pain has already happened.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je suis plein de douleurs et de mucus, et persiste un sentiment d’irritation. Et vous?
You can never have too much Eurovision, @Tuna, and any blockage of tubes should be considered an honour and a privilege.
RT @smperris: Does a blocked Eustachian tube mean you can no longer fall pregnant? [Sadly, yes.]
Apparently I have a blocked Eustachian tube, which I thought was in London.
The lie detector / polygraph is junk science, said… Aldrich Ames from prison in 2000 http://bit.ly/baMx3a
If fellow #twctour attendees are still following the hastag, try the “Patch Monday” podcast with Adobe’s @bradarkin http://bit.ly/bEPU9a
“Creative Commons for “geekgirl”? I don’t think so …”, says @peterjblack http://bit.ly/cyYiSq
I think today may have to be a “stay warm and fight the cold” day, with heavy-duty procedures involving chilli and ginger.
Emerges. Kinda. Well, vaguely.
[exit]
Ta @Zombie_Plan @TunaCrust @facibus @retrogrrl
I am home. I am in bed. I am trying to stay warm. I am hoping that the cold dissipates tomorrow. I am the walrus.
RT @grum: thinking that @duncanriley looks good in drag… just sayin’ [That’s a +1 from me.]
More Apple wond’rousness! http://twitpic.com/1sym0r HT @Yin_Izanami
RT @duncanriley: Leave Mark Zuckerberg Alone http://is.gd/cxPSo Youtube: http://youtu.be/1WYFto_x… [This is a bit wrong. But I’m moist.]
“Steve Jobs introduces the Death Star” http://bit.ly/9TEC7C HT @facibus
@StartPageSearch Nah sorry, lists of journos tends to be a more PR/marketing thing. I just know who I know.
@helenperris Ah, now you can explain to Mr4 the difference between a duck and a goose. ;)
@SoniaLastrega “operationalise” is stabworthy, yes. I heard “dimensionalise” the other day. I think I complained at the time.
@StartPageSearch I can’t speak for others, but I vastly prefer story pitches via email. Twitter is a social space for me.
Agreed, @derekbarry. Sadly @StartPageSearch is being WAY too spammy on Twitter. Not a good look, guys.
Thank you all for your support re “incentivise”. I agree, @robbiehills, “monetise” is also stabworthy. “Profit from” is acceptable here.