And for @stubbornmule’s analysis of debt-to-GDP from March, try http://arseh.at/1a4 Little has changed.
@SnarkyPlatypus Thank you. That challenge-response is convincing evidence that you’re up for a job at Sky Business News.
Australia’s debt-to-GDP ratio since 1980, updated by @subbornmule. Why are we worrying? http://yfrog.com/g0vczp
“NBN deal undervalues our copper”, says Telstra. http://arseh.at/1cd So, um, why…?
I have reason to believe it’s not exactly a busy day over at Sky News Business… eh @jkerrison?
Why do people keep mentioning alcohol?
Last night I was dreaming I was locked in a prison cell. When I woke up I was screaming, calling out your name.
@jg_rat I have decided that I will relax with this New Zealand pinot noir. A Monday afternoon after working Sunday… it’s only appropriate.
I always enjoy talking to my editors, even if sometimes I don’t understand half of the conversation. I just nod politely and agree.
Fly ye well, man who is flying shortly.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood? At this hour? Really?
TA for the link to “This American Life in secrets, @andrew_hedge http://arseh.at/1ca I’ll check it later, didn’t bring headphones with me.
@deptofinternets The paywall / secrets irony is not lost on me, but I am merely the minion what writes the words.
Mobile: Enmore Rd; lunch; maybe an errand to King St; remainder TBA, depending on what the weather looks like.
Me in Crikey: “The information ‘vacuum’ over secretive ISP data retention scheme” http://arseh.at/1c6 [Paywall’d, free trial] #ozlog
@juhasaarinen I don’t think we need music at all. Maybe ambient sound tho. Say, bird calls in an early-morning forest scene. Or goats.
@juhasaarinen I agree.
Gawd what a rigmarole.
@jeamland I’ve removed “5 Random Semi-Related Posts” from the RSS feed entirely. No way to have it fixed in RSS but variable on the site.
New “Patch Monday” podcast at @zdnetaustralia: “The govt’s data retention dreams revealed” http://arseh.at/1bx #ozlog
Crikey story filed! What a productive morning that has been.
Writing.
@SnarkyPlatypus Un certain nombre de personnes signalent l’imminence de la peste. Nous vivons à une époque intéressante.
@JamesJohnsonOHR Tweet whatever you want, Sir! I’m a big fan of freedom of speech.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Il n’est pas nécessaire que mon monde est si humide et hors du foyer. Je m’oppose. Et vous?
Tue plan: Write for Crikey; 1300 Indonesian Cyberlaw seminar UNSW http://arseh.at/1d7; 1600 home, record for “ParityBit” http://arseh.at/1d8
The BBC has a secret nuclear bunker? I for one am not surprised. http://arseh.at/1d6
Right then, so this is how it’s going to be, eh?
Gone, mostly.
I am now officially over-committed for the next 72 hours.
@ojkelly Yes, I can chat with you at 4pm tomorrow for your thingy. Please email me some details.
Mae West: “Between two evils, I generally like to pick the one I never tried before.” http://arseh.at/1cx
RT me: New “Patch Monday” podcast at @zdnetaustralia: “Govt’s data retention dreams revealed” http://arseh.at/1bx #ozlog
Home.
@ERN_Malleyscrub In context, “VC” would be “venture capitalist”. The IT “reality” is about startups getting VC funding to go for an IPO.
@ojkelly In principle I’m up for your 4pm episode of #ParityBit tomorrow, but stand by as I finish dinner and cross-check with reality.
Can someone explain what this tweet relayed via @jdub even means? http://arseh.at/1cu
Hmmm… There’s a “directions hearing” in ACCC v Singtel Optus at 0930 tomorrow. Is that a result? http://arseh.at/18g
Something very wrong just happened, involving nipples. FFS I’m eating!
Hansard of Friday’s Senate Inquiry session on online privacy is now available [PDF] http://arseh.at/1cp #ozlog
@NewtonMark I have my laptop inside the, em, “library”. He did not see me type anything.
Hmmm… My typing has gone to shit today. So many typos all through the afternoon. I am displeased.
RT @Colvinius: Sign: ‘Signs are an impractical medium for civil discourse’ http://arseh.at/1cn via @danilic [True.]
Amused at people who say they’ve “tested” something when they really mean “fiddled randomly”. So much for engineering tests as a discipline.
Whew! He walked past. He was carrying a 2-litre bottle of milk.
Uhoh. I can see @AntonyGreenABC approaching through the rain. He will see me though the window. It is to late to hide.
@Kimski_Impro Well, you can continue a conversation as an exploration of ideas, or as a series insults. You chose the latter path. Arsehat.
RT @deptofinternets: You’re diabolical. [Thank you. There’s another quote for my testimonials page.]
Don’t unfollow people @deptofinternets, that gives it away. Just add them to TweetDeck’s global filter. Never see them, they tweet in vain.
@Kimski_Impro No actually I don’t “care” about @stephenfry’s predicament. Mentioning is not caring. Just filling in details for friends.
@nadine_lee The old Enmore Post Office is used by Our Lady of Snows Society as a base of operations, but yes it sadly looks abandoned.
My village in the spring rains http://post.ly/18n5P
Yet another profile of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, who has not yet been arrested. http://arseh.at/1cl HT @Colvinius
Well, this is all going to plan.
I agree with @BernardKeane, @edhusicMP seems to grok Twitter. Consider http://arseh.at/1ci then http://arseh.at/1cj
Realising I’d been expecting a client to actually read the email I’d sent them. And understand it. I am such an arsehat.
RT @BernardKeane: And I reckon we were overdue for a Fry backlash, justified or not… [Agreed. The news cycle is at that point. Sigh.]
Agreed @BernardKeane that article slams Fry’s style. Also, I’ve watched “QI”… shocked by the genteel condescending Pax Britannia racism.
Of course earlier @stephenfry said he was joking in that interview. But at this stage who the fuck knows? Or, for that matter, cares?
For @smperris and those who missed it, here’s the article at the centre of the @stephenfry “fauxrage fallout”. http://arseh.at/1ch
For those of you who haven’t been keeping up with current events this afternoon, try http://youtu.be/_nl46l8X…
The household debt line is why the Coalition can use “debt” as a scare, @maxcelcat. Households are, rightly, worried. About THEIR debt.