Gone.
@kalena Oh ta. But yeah, if I screw up then I’ll put my name to it.
Damage repaired.
I am an idiot. The post isn’t showing up as a post because I created it as a page not a post. I win at WordPress.
@LittleCatDesign Oops. Forgot to save my customisations. They’re not in a child theme. Now where’s last night’s backup…?
Theme problem, @LittleCatDesign? Well, I use Tarski and I see there’s a new version, so, my logical next step…
Botheration. My WordPress installation has just gone weird. Latest post isn’t displaying. Categories selection menu missing from edit-post.
RT @elronxenu: “helping parents ensure their children only see age-inappropriate content.” You subversive. [Uhoh. Then again…]
@retrogrrl ABC Radio has gone to the dogs lately. They let all sorts of riff-raff on air. :P
Me at [coughs] CSO: “Voluntary filtering removes the controversy” http://arseh.at/8hs #openinternet
@pseudomorph Thanks very much, glad you liked the “Patch Monday” podcasts. Topic suggestions are welcome.
@eddit0r When I’m not on dodgy bandwidth I’ll check some of the Google+ intro material.
The old familiar process, eh @eddit0r @michaelmeloni? Still, it’ll have to be bloody compelling for me to rearrange how I do things.
My Google+ invite is not yet worthful, because they handed out too many. Google has… how many computers? But can’t count.
Oh, so there’s things you can do with Gmail other than just delete all the old email from people who forget to use your advertised address?
I really should check my Gmail more than once a fortnight. O hai, Google+ invite!
RT @leslienassar: Did @stilgherrian &a@mpesceesce murder the ABC tech journalists so they could have all Google and MySpace spots to themselves?
On hold for ABC @774melbourne, about to talk Myspace. Live audio stream at http://arseh.at/897
Oh, that’s now out of date too? Fuck it, I really don’t care that much.
Oh. Apparently I’m out of date. The orthography “MySpace” has been replaced by “Myspace”. That’s bound to fix their problems.
Here’s Interpol’s explanation of their “worst-of” child exploitation blacklist and how it works. http://arseh.at/8hn #openinternet
At 1730 I’ll be on ABC @774melbourne talking MySpace. Live audio stream at http://arseh.at/897
Just filed a 750-word op-ed to the new, unnamed editor who’d said of the draft, “Well I love it - what a breathe of fresh air…” Chuffed.
I like setting fire to things, @R_Chirgwin …
@UnderTheSea2011 If you want to email me a description of the problem, and specs of your computer and internet link, I’ll have a squizz.
@UnderTheSea2011 I don’t know of any delays in the podcast. But I just provide a finished audio file to ZDNet, they handle it from then on.
Wattle Cottage can haz fire! http://post.ly/2J4Pp
@NanoPunk I would not object to a Davey Cricket hat.
@elronxenu @HappySinger The “voluntary” is whether the ISP chooses to follow the code. There’ll be benefits if they do. #openinternet
The trick? Set up kindling etc next to stove, carry hot coals and maybe a burning log in a wok, put them in, then quickly add kindling.
Next task: Transfer some of the fie in Rosella Cottage to Wattle Cottage, so it’s warm for the inbound punters. And not start a bushfire.
Me at Crikey: “Internet filtering isn’t compulsory, but everyone will volunteer” http://arseh.at/8hl #openinternet
Filing the first (draft) article to a new (for me) editor is always a moment flush with insecurities. I just had one such moment.
New blog post: “Wanted: Your infosec war stories, anonymity preserved” http://arseh.at/8hh
Oh. I have filed a Crikey story. And I have failed to get the fire going properly.
Ah yes, Swordfish has been named. “Unix, I know this” from Jurassic Park… Gawd, there’s so much to choose from!
I should’ve mentioned this is so I can go a-hunting just one picture to illustrate a blog post today.
So far suggestions have been Die Hard 4.0, Hackers, and hacking the ATM at the start of Terminator 2. Thanks folks. I’ll look ‘em up.
What’s the worst on-screen portrayal of fighting the hackers? On Spooks once, the room lights went out when the firewall was breached. Bah!
Thu plan: A solid writing day for a certain new SEKRIT writing project, finishing two articles and mapping out a few more. That’s enough.
New blog post: “Talking business information security on BTalk podcast” http://arseh.at/8h9
@yaycee To tell the truth, I didn’t rate that Google vs Facebook cartoon highly. I had an “And so?” moment. http://arseh.at/8h6
New blog post: “Talking Google vs Facebook on ABC Gold Coast”, with today’s audio. http://arseh.at/8h5 Ping @swearyanthony
Here’s another of those photos that explains everything. http://arseh.at/8h4
@dmflower Actually it’s not that cold tonight. The min is now going to be 5C so I guess it was around 6 or 7C out there, but no wind.
The next two days will contain rather a lot of writing. A very rather lot, in fact. I am probably over-committed.
@dmflower Actually, the entire time I’ve been up here I haven’t experienced the train not being on time.
Fog at Wentworth Falls station http://post.ly/2Io5v
Plan C, we’re up to? Unexpected conversation and food done. Now the 1958 train from Newtown, arrives Wentworth Falls 2200. Yay.
@jennyeather I may be wrong. I can look if it’s important. I’m not overly fussed. But my memory is more of reading it.
@jennyeather The tweet 9997 you ascribe to me was not mine, I don’t think.
Ignore the stated plan.
Mobile: Newtown station; Strathfield station; Wentworth Falls station; thence to Bunjaree Cottages. 1C min, 8C max tomorrow, shower or two.
You know, folks, we can’t recount the entire history of the internet in a 7-minute radio spoke about Google vs Facebook and Android vs iOS.
@en_gy @arionian Oh dear, I think we can leave Mogenic out of any explanations for the ABC’s Gold Coast audience. A pensioner equivalent?
Thanks for all the suggestions, folks. I chose Netscape, AOL and MySpace and the ones with broad audience recognition.
On hold for ABC Gold Coast to talk Google+ and the Ice Cream Sandwich. Audio stream at http://arseh.at/8gb
Naming Second Life in this context is a bit cruel, @rycrozier. Anyway, I must now focus on my notes for the wireless.
Hehe you naughty people suggesting Yahoo! should phone Channel Seven and tell them that. ;)
Yes, Netscape is the perfect example, thanks @LittleCatDesign! Orkut’s not known by the punters, I don’t think @jeamland.
What’s some good examples of websites that ruled the world and then vanished? Alta Vista? Not quite MySpace? Geocities?
At 1515 I’ll be on ABC Gold Coast talking Google+ and the Ice Cream Sandwich. Audio stream at http://arseh.at/8gb
Plans just changed.
Wed (second half) plan: Pint x 2; 1513 train Newtown to Wentworth Falls; 1740 ABC Gold Coast spot; light a fire; reading by the fire.
Speaking of telcos, I’m having to up the data allowance on my Next G phone from 5GB to 12GB. Ugly.
Confusing my clients by sending them conflicting, inaccurate billing information. I should become a telco.
Plodding through the email backlog, making decisions and providing comments.
I’m on @phildobbie’s BTalk podcast at @bnet, “A Security Breach is Only a Matter of Time” http://arseh.at/8g3
@domknight The LinkedIn orientation by @shivakum is well worth the time. I still haven’t got it in my workflow properly, but working on it.
Oh look, I slept in. Oh look, there’s a huge email backlog. Oh look, I’ll do my errand to Enmore first and then tackle all that.
OK, heading off-grid to recharge batteries and grab something approximating food.
New blog post: “Respect, please, NSW Police!” http://arseh.at/8f6
It seems my information on the dress of nuns is out of date. Still, do we have a crime wave of veiled women? No? Let’s stir PHEAR anyway.
This is the same NSW police minister who’s unconcerned that people get illegally arrested ‘cos computer info is out of date.
But, the start of my complaint was that the NSW Police Commissioner and Minister didn’t even list beliefs or respect as a concern at all.
I suppose it’s a matter of what you think has priority. A specific police procedure, or religious beliefs and practices. That, and respect.
I have no problem with people being asked to identify themselves when reasonably suspected of a crime.
Well I’ll come back to the core issue, @roulla @chriskkenny. Identification. Not the same as uncovered faces. Not in 2011.
Isn’t it odd that you never hear anyone call for Catholic nuns to submit to having their heads uncovered upon random demand.
Hey @nswpolice it’d be nice if your release about the Carnita Matthews case merely hinted at respect for beliefs. http://arseh.at/8f4
I must tear myself away from these fascinating people. Which is a shame. They’re true gold.
OH: “There seems to be a lot of that going around now. Did they steal his Ferrari and torch it? Or just mine and that guy in Newcastle?”
OH: “Their main problem is that their customers are all smelly old ladies doing their knitting.”
OH: “Kids can find trouble anywhere. I wouldn’t worry too much. Unless they’re complete ratbags. Kids? There’s good ones, and shit ones.”
Something something Burma.
OH: “The question is, how many computers does it take to call it a ‘hub’, really?”
OH: “We’re at the pointy end. We’ve got everyone… well, not everyone… most people on board. We’ve got a lot riding on this.”
RT @dahowlett: Thinking of words that adequately describe how much of an abortion #office365 represents. [See? Adjectives. They’re tricky.]
You know how I said that the RI in this pub is abysmal? Well, what’s the next word past “abysmal” in worseness? A Latin word would be nice.
Wow. Mosman Council’s website, the victim of the hack that exposed public information [gasp!] uses Textpattern. http://arseh.at/8f0
“Sydney council victim of AntiSec campaign”, but “all the information in the dumps was publicly available information”. http://arseh.at/8ez
I should spend a few days in Melbourne some time soon. It’s been too long.
The RI in this pub is abysmal.
Have you voted in Crikey’s Labor Leader Survey yet? I have. http://arseh.at/8ey
@Mrgareth Well, I don’t know London, having not been there, but this is indeed a comfy pub. Perhaps too comfy.
RT @seangeo: So the ulcers in my mouth are “suddenly popular”? ;) [I guess for your mouth. Poor chap. They’re annoying.]
@wordmistressAUS Glad I could be of help. Would love to see the finished article if possible. stil@stilgherrian.com
@Mrgareth I have a couple of other favourite watering holes in the Sydney CBD, but the Occidental is good for when I’m near Wynyard.
Occidental Hotel, Wynyard, with a convenient power outlet. Minor glory.
A most productive meeting!
Disappearing into my 1400 meeting.
Not as sunny at Central station http://post.ly/2IGUz
Je suis arrivée en Centrale.
@BaneAu Erm, I’m talking about the context of mainstream news writing. I’d never use “viral” in a news story. It’d date the story too much.
@andrew_hedge @RickyMaveety Erm, it was precisely in the field of marketing that the word emerged. I should point where else?
IMO the urge to latch onto ephemeral words in mainstream news shows a lack of ability to write authoritatively. Style over substance.
But, back to my original gripe, to say something is “going viral” when it becomes popular is really just succumbing to fashionable jargon.
… but after a very short time marketers started using the word purely for the infection part, missing the other element. @AndySHastings
I’m not denying the partial appropriateness of another metaphor, @AndySHastings, but the original writing was about hijacking…
@andrew_hedge @RickyMaveety If I’m being more cynical, I’d say marketers use “viral” rather than “word of mouth” so they can charge for it.
@wordsonaplatfrm Given that I was paying attention as this all unfolded, I think Wikipedia is missing some early events. I’ll look for ‘em.
Oh I’m all for the dynamism of language, @1159, but in the case of “viral” there’s a certain dishonesty involved.
“Viral” originally applied to things like providing an online tool to do things that users usually did themselves. Plaxo was the classic.
Using “viral” when you mean “suddenly popular” doesn’t make you clever and with-it, it just proves you’re stupid and sheep-like.
“Viral” was about “hijacking” user communications and tagging your marketing, like a virus hijacks the host cell’s replication mechanisms.
Does anyone actually remember the metaphor involved in “viral marketing”? It’s not a synonym for “suddenly popular”, you arsehats!
A challenging read, but a must-read. “How Violent Sex Helped Ease My PTSD” http://arseh.at/8en HT @jayrosen_nyu
How to increase the MacBook Pro’s battery life by ~50% when working on the train: Disable Flash in all web browsers.
Crossing the Nepean.
Kindle’s publishing for the masses has opened up a new kind of spam, reckons @jjn1 http://arseh.at/8el
“Tori or Aaron?” Oh dear, @retrogrrl @purserj @jeamland @servantofchaos @allisonr, you should all be ashamed. Very ashamed.
RT @maninultimo: I just ruined your life http://is.gd/yjg6o4 [Nah, I generally manage to ruin my life all on my own.]
Betrayed by Spelling.
It’s very bright in the sun at Wentworth Alls station http://post.ly/2IEXI
@maninultimo What’s an advice animal? I’m out of that loop, obviously…
Mobile: Walk the dirt tracks and Railway Pde to Wentworth Falls station; 1131 train to Central; train to Wynyard; 1400 meeting.
Note to self: Mastermind’s “The Pawn” 2008 McLaren Vale Merlot. Black fruit flavours, lingering palate. Around $18. Seek out more.
Emails I like to receive after a long hot shower: “OK, [REDACTED] have given me a green light for the podcast pilot.” Yay!
Speaking of archaic sexism, these adverts are… disturbing to a modern eye. http://arseh.at/8ej /cc @sophblack @jodiem
@mattcdef2000 How new is Twitter for Newsrooms? Dunno. Seems new to many folks tweeting about it, so I’m guessing newish.
@jodiem Nah, blokes should always talk to their editors that way. Chicks love being patronised. /cc @sophblack [I’ll be dead by lunchtime.]
Tue plan, amended: As before, but instead catching the 1131 train from Wentworth Falls to Central. I don’t wish to rush today.
RT @miss_shiny: @sophblack We’d call it the show/hide symbol. [Y’know, typography existed before the Microsoft Word…]
@sophblack The pilcrow, m’dear, is this: ¶
I really must learn not to put so much wood in the fire, especially big logs. #notaeuphemism
Most Australian ISP will be “filtering” on the Interpol child abuse list before year’s end, says IIA. http://arseh.at/8ef
Twitter has a new “Twitter for Newsrooms”, and @charispalmer says it’s “really well put together”. http://arseh.at/8ee
Dear People Sending Me LinkedIn Requests, I am shit at remembering names so do please remind me how we connect.
The Ranga-in-Chief is about to be on ABC News 24. I won’t bother with the bandwidth myself, ‘cos PMO will email the transcript.
New blog post: “Patch Monday: ISP filtering goes ‘voluntary’, plus updates” http://arseh.at/8ed
Tue plan: Mostly a research day, including: 1031 train to Sydney; 1400 meeting Sydney CBD; afternoon writing time; evening TBA.
Tuesday Sunrise http://post.ly/2IAHa
I think I had better go away now.
@ScottRhodie Huh? You mean you don’t have NBN pajamas? How about edible underwear? /cc @RealNickHodge
So @raajmenon in Willunga has 100Mbps NBN via @Internode and I am jealous. I love the cons he lists. http://arseh.at/8dy
Flannel NBN jammies, @RealNickHodge? I HAVE NO NBN JAMMIES! @ScottRhodie had better fix this or I will turn on them with such spite!
@RealNickHodge Relocate the creepy crawlies? The lazy sods can relocate themselves! They’ve got 4x my leg count.
I have seen the spider, and she has seen me, and now she has wandered off somewhere. I would never hurt her, @RealNickHodge
Dear Huntsman Spider Trying To Hide On The Bedside Table: Fail.
The @mpesce refers to my article “The only NBN monopoly seems to be on ignorance” http://arseh.at/8cn
RT @mpesce: You know, Malcolm is going to touch you inappropriately because of your @ABCthedrum artice. [One can only hope. I’m lonely.]
Actually, I suspect the thing that uses the most energy here is my MacBook Pro, ‘cos its power supply doesn’t cut back consumption properly.
At this point I should probably not mention the 4kW petrol generator.
Yes, @RealNickHodge, I’m burning carbons in that sucker. 12, 13, 14, any carbons I can find. Sustainable carbons from ethical trees.
For those following the Morsø Jernstøberi wood-burning stove thriller, this is the pic you want. http://yfrog.com/khc1jtj H@R_Chirgwinin
RT @wolfcat: ( now with less typo’s ) [Or, as I’d sub it, “now with fewer typos”. Less/fewer fix, remove random apostrophe.]
RT @jeamland: Nø reely, a Morsø once bit my sister… [Gotta love a literary reference…]
@gevauden Do you think this strategy is wise? DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THE DANGER OF ZOMBIE PIGS? [Oink.]
I’ll say it again. The Morsø Jernstøberi wood-burning stove in this house is truly glorious. Can’t find a pic of the exact model though.
@alexkidman Take your fingers off the keyboard now, and walk away from the computer. Keep your hands where I can see them. /cc @flexnib
@alexkidman @flexnib I’d have thought there’s only a handful of choices when it comes to sour squirmy worm injections. #SourSquirmsAnonymous
RT @jplonie: The people who had the forethought to archive the web for history are the real criminals. [True dat.]
@oliyoung I doubt that you’re alone in wishing that the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine wasn’t quite so good.
Digging old versions of my personal websites out of the Wayback Machine. Like, 1996. Scary. http://arseh.at/8do
RT @flexnib: Ok have ODed on Sour Squirms >.< [Not possible.]
@lifewithlilycat @valeriekhoo It’s yet another example of how difficult it is to kill misinformation. Propaganda relies on that…
That punctuation-poor magazine cover I just linked to? It’s a fake. Sorry. Sigh. http://arseh.at/8dh HT @DDsD
@jasonlangenauer Quite possibly this image has relevance. Some folks would rather not view it in mixed company. http://arseh.at/8dg
Oh dear. This REALLY shows the importance of punctuation. http://arseh.at/8df HT @valeriekhoo
@NewtonMark Indeed, “Patch Monday” should be a stroll down memory lane for you this week.
@RealNickHodge @NewtonMark I would not be surprised to discover that Jamestown is the debauchery capital of the Southern Hemisphere.
RT me: “Patch Monday” podcast: “ISP filtering goes ‘voluntary’” with @NewtonMark @peterjblack & Aust Christian Lobby. http://arseh.at/8cv
@NewtonMark Yes, young man, apparently you are quite irresponsible. I let that tactic stand because I think it speaks for itself.
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Punctuation is so important.
@jasonlangenauer What does the Tories Bear look like? This? http://arseh.at/8dd Or this? http://arseh.at/8de
“Shady Characters: The secret life of punctuation”, a blog what typophiles might, erm, phile. http://arseh.at/8db
“Why did Telstra’s share price fall post deal?” @phildobbie explains. http://arseh.at/8d9
“How to pick a password that’s hard to hack”, a fair version from the LA Times. http://arseh.at/8d8 HT @paulwallbank
@wordmistressAUS I can’t DM ‘cos you’re not following, but feel free to run stuff by me to cross-check facts. I’m not precious about words.
@wordmistressAUS Sure, quote me as much as you like. Just by name is fine. A link to my website or the specific item piece if digital, ta.
@wordmistressAUS No problems. This 10-min radio spot I did last week also covers some of the NBN basics. http://arseh.at/8ao
@wordmistressAUS Try the consumers guides to the NBN from ACCAN. http://arseh.at/8d7
@leslienassar You are such a help, in so many social situations. Has anyone ever told you that?
Hello to the real @AlanKohler now nn Twitter. Please be very nice to him, folks. Sucking up to the proprietor always looks good, right?
Mid-afternoon slump. Blergle.
OK, my current residential situation is such that PayPal’s standard procedure doesn’t work. Kelly is escalating to compliance. Helpful.
Right. I’m now going to phone PayPal and attempt to (finally) resolve the arsehattery I wrote about in May. http://arseh.at/76r
Unlike Telstra & Optus, Primus isn’t sure what it’s doing about it’s voluntary ISP filtering commitment. http://arseh.at/8d2
@jonoabroad It’s just Volts potential difference across battery outputs. It’s indicative of total kWh in storage, another gauge shows that.
What a glorious day in the Blue Mountains! Only 11C temperature, but bright, clear and sunny with no wind. And 54.4V in the battery.
Westpac reckons bank account portability is too hard. http://arseh.at/8cy @charispalmer deflates that claim. http://arseh.at/8cz
“Patch Monday” podcast: “ISP filtering goes ‘voluntary’” with @NewtonMark @peterjblack & Aust Christian Lobby. http://arseh.at/8cv
“Patch Monday” podcast filed! And now to do something warming and pleasurable with a chicken.
@jclacherty @NewtonMark Indeed, there’s a whole ‘nuther article about NBN POIs and backhaul and competition. Maybe @GreenJ wants that too?
@NewtonMark @jclacherty And yes, that meant considering the neighborhood-to-POI link part of the CAN rather than backhaul.
@NewtonMark @jclacherty I deliberately glossed over the subtleties of backhaul ‘cos the piece was already over target length.
Botheration. I put too much wood into the stove earlier. Does anyone feel like a sauna?