“Patch Monday” podcast filed. It includes an interview expanding on this story. http://arseh.at/9ep It’ll be posted mid-morning tomorrow.
New blog post: “Weekly Wrap 60: Media whoredom continues” http://arseh.at/9hk
New blog post: “Talking LulzSec/Anonymous vs PayPal on TripleJ’s Hack”, with audio. http://arseh.at/9he
Sun plan, post-breakfast edition, unordered: Produce “Patch Monday” podcast; write some blog posts; plan next week; washing; sloth.
Suddenday.
RT @CampaignMonitor: Yeah, we don’t have a bunch of customers called Stilgherrian ;) I just sent you an email. ^SM [Um, fair point.]
@awrd @julieposetti Thank you very much. That’s so nice to hear at the end of a long week. Much appreciated.
@CampaignMonitor Sure, have you linked me with the account? ;)
@awrd @julieposetti I’m just compiling the list of what media I did this week and, yes, I do seem to be omnipresent. It’s a living.
@CampaignMonitor The edit panel loads on the left, the main content panel is just black, yes. “Loading your content” animates, but no joy.
@CampaignMonitor You guys still got CDN problems? The “Define campaign content” screen isn’t loading my campaign’s content just now.
There shall be duck.
@DanielJMichael It was a clean hoodie, yes. I posted a link to the video earlier.
@NanoPunk Ta. I was quite happy with the look of the video posted earlier, so I’m interested to see how the news story was cut.
@DanielJMichael I believe the hoodie cost me $9 at Kmart. So yeah, a designer garment.
OH: “The bus driver was a young, attractive woman and really bubbly. I’m confused. Was I in the Matrix?”
@franksting I am full of clichés. Full as a boot.
Yesterday someone suggested I’m becoming more of media whore than @peterjblack, which is a pretty amazing call.
@Wyane Yep, if you’re only on TV for a headshot or above the desk, what happens below doesn’t matter. The lights can be very hot.
My forehead is very shiny. I should have demanded makeup. At least I didn’t have to wear pants.
Quite impressed that SBS posts the longer versions of their news interviews. Great background material for the folks at home.
SBS TV has posted a 7-min video of me talking about the UK’s block-pirate-sites decision. http://arseh.at/9ga
RT @NSWSES Putting together a Home Emergency Kit is a great project for the kids this weekend. http://bit.ly/rs5ERb
Scrapers http://post.ly/2fobG
Bridge, I am on it http://post.ly/2foZq
Sneaky Bridge http://post.ly/2foUP
I’ll have you know that for SBS TV I wore my newest hoodie. The cameraman said he was sick of blokes in suits and collared shirts.
Thank you for correcting my French, @arionian. I am now leaving SBS, however, so I shall return to English.
Je suis arrivée [préposition] SBS.
@bradsprigg @mpesce Also, with DIDO how the heck does the uplink work? No escaping Shannon there?
@bradsprigg @mpesce Indeed, I’m hoping my Crikey piece today is a finger in the dyke that holds back the tide of NBN idiocy. Or something.
Me at Crikey: “‘Impossible’ new wireless tech an NBN-killer? Not quite, not yet” http://arseh.at/9g2 [Paywall’d, free trial]
Hang on. Twitter is not SMS.
In a cab. ETA 1410. Stil.
Waiting. Patiently. Because I am patient.
Sydney, I am in it. Now, to find my suitcase and take the taxi to SBS TV.
Boarding now. I can’t be arsed tweeting any further details. See you in Sydney.
@purserj Hah. I did my “hack the NBN” dummy spit yesterday.
Plan change. Flight now looking like 1140 departure. Once in Sydney I now head to SBS TV for… something for the news. Or something.
Oh. Here we don’t go, actually.
Hang on, here we go.
This 1100 flight? If we haven’t even started boarding yet then, well, it won’t be leaving MEL at 1100. That’s a same prediction.
Crikey story filed. I know that wasn’t in The Plan but, you know, I had an idea on the way to the airport. As you do.
Fri plan: Write for CSO, probably; 1100 QF426 MEL-SYD; check in Sydney accommodation; SEKRIT meeting Sydney CBD; TGIF.
@WarWraith It was only implementation our end. We were handed the site, so I’m gathering feedback before they commit to similar sites.
New Guild Guitars website now live. It’s WordPress. http://www.guildguitars…. Comments, gripes to webmaster@fender.com.au
@justjjoke Hah! And how is Adelaide this winter’s morn? Apart from dark and not yet happening?
Friedday. Hello Friedday. Hello. Friedday. Have I made myself clear?
My lack of sleep these last two weeks is catching up with me. Collapsing. I’ll respond to stimuli in the morning. Have fun, possums.
The hotel has power outlets, which is a bonus. My #batterylife dramas are at an end. For now.
OH: “He’s a Morris dancer but he’s OK.”
Downstairs.
I will be at The Bull & Bear Tavern within minutes.
Wow. Thank you everyone who liked my Crikey piece today. It’s amazing what gets written early in the morning after very little sleep.
I will shortly be visiting the Crikey office for the very first time ever. I hope they’re nice. I washed everything especially.
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Telstra GOC saves $1.5m with single sign-on” http://arseh.at/9et #pulse11
Mobile. Back to hotel; go to another hotel and check in; visit the lovely Cirkey people, and others.
RT @juhasaarinen: Really, what @crikey_news should do is to focus on hacking stories. You can even make them up if you run out of real ones.
Sadly, @juhasaarinen, I am not in control of the @crikey_news paywall… But then I suspect they think that’s A Good Thing.
Oh yeah. Me at Crikey: “Media’s internet cluelessness is unacceptable and they will die” http://arseh.at/9es [Paywall’d, free trial]
Me in Melbourne. Drinks. Tonight. The Bull & Bear Tavern. 347 Flinders Lane. When? When I get there. Some time after 5pm.
RT @elronxenu: It sounds like a good reason to educate users to check the SSL certs against IBM’s MITM. [So true, that.]
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “IBM tech intercepts packets to control apps” http://arseh.at/9ep #pulse11
@riskybusiness Thanks, Patrick. I’m currently writing a small rantette about this “the NBN was hacked” arsehattery for Crikey.
CSO: UK cops nab LulzSec spokesperson “Topiary”, writes @LiamT http://arseh.at/9ef
Remembering to use the word “allegedly”.
Five star writing spot, three star view http://post.ly/2emuy
RT @PriceyJohnDoe: That’s a lot of stories - does that mean you’ll have a tweet for each as well? [Yes. Well, maybe not quite all of them.]
That’s one @zdnetaustralia story filed. Four hundred thousand billion still to go today.
Thu plan: Finish 3 stories; cover day 2 IBM Pulse 2011 for @zdnetaustralia http://arseh.at/96c #pulse11; quick Melbourne meetings; drinks.
Early start again tomorrow. Enough written tonight to ensure I won’t be chastised. Time to go. Thud. Gone.
@becjacobs Thank you. I must admit, I did get some minor joy out of mentioning layer 2 and layer 3 networks on “PM”.
Sometimes the advice I receive is quite impractical.
This writing thing is going rather more slowly that would be ideal. It’s quite possible my lack of sleep has something to do with that.
OK, I now have to write some words. Quite a few words. And more words in the morning, even before 0900.
RT @becadroit: Won’t all companies be linked to the NBN? [Well yes, precisely. “Linked to” is catch-all bullshittery.]
Meanwhile has PayPal gone broke and taken the entire Western economy down as a result? No? Not yet? Wait another hour maybe? FFS.
But the intro! “A company linked to the NBN” is like calling me “A person linked to Telstra” because they provide my phone. Grrr.
Cool. PM’s story on the alleged hack of not-the-NBN highlights the difference between political and technical views. http://arseh.at/9dw
@ma_ttie You’re right that such cases are rare. That points to police not having the resources to pursue. Plus they’re difficult.
RT @xrobau: You can now say ‘How the fuck did you remember that’ 8) [Nah, no need to ask. I should’ve remembered too.]
Oh of course, Skeeve Stevens. 3 years with 18 months non-parole. http://arseh.at/9dv Thanks, @xrobau
My drinking companion and I believe that no-one in Australia has actually served a jail sentence for hacking. Suspended only. Correct?
No, @jplonie, I think “don’t ask don’t tell” is about something a bit different. Anyway, it didn’t come up in conversation?
Wow there’s so little Twitter traffic about the IBM #pulse11 event. What does that mean?
You know that sensible rule about never going drinking with current or former military or law enforcement types? Well, yeah.
Pulse 2011 drinkies, in a picture #pulse11 http://post.ly/2eJ0d
OK, I have found the drinkies. #pulse11
Now, can I get a drink somehere…? #pulse11
I’ll be on after this item. They’re still writing my intro. Ah, live radio is such a joy!
On hold for ABC Triple J’s “Hack” to talk about this Anonymous/LulzSec vs PayPal thing. Live stream at http://arseh.at/9dl
I’ll be on ABC Triple J’s “Hack” at 1735 AEST or so talking this Anonymous/LulzSec vs PayPal thing. Live stream at http://arseh.at/9dl
The headline in that previous tweet is a reference to the fine Dana Lyons song “Cows with Guns”. Enjoy. http://youtu.be/FQMbXvn2… #pulse11
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “IBM pushes Tivoli for cows and guns” http://arseh.at/9de #pulse11
Just recorded a quick 5 mins for ABC Radio’s “PM” on some hacking story or other, I can’t really remember what is was about.
RT @rycrozier: She also wants you to write something. [That is also true. And she’s just gone to get me a coffee.]
“You’re normal,” someone just told me. She’s deluded. Mind you, she works in PR.
Using ssh to connect to a client’s hosting server. #ihackedthenbn
@rascuache I’m so terribly sorry for providing extra information for you and useful context for the rest of the people seeing the tweet.
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Skills shortage risks NBN benefits: NetApp” http://arseh.at/9d4
@rascuache I’m covering #pulse11 for @zdnetaustralia but if you click through to my website you’ll get my full story.
The video reinforces the Watson Personality Cult. Still, its hardly like it’s Apple. #pulse11
After the welcome from the bossfella, we have another video. #pulse11
@swearyanthony Yeah I know, this “NBN hacked” story is idiocy. I will be writing about this media stoopidity in Crikey tomorrow.
Still going… #pulse11
The video is listing all of IBM’s inventions. We’re only up to 1937. This could take some time. #pulse11
God I hate these stupid corporate videos that start every goddam conference. I can watch TV at home, folks! #pulse11
@tweettomnow Nope, I’m at IBM’s Pulse 11 event in Melbourne. http://arseh.at/96c #pulse11
Thales have given me a small bomb. #pulse11
Oh very clever, IBM. Meeting room 2 is being held in matting room 12. Let’s play real-life CM maps! #pulse11
“Nurse! Xanax for Mr @R_Chirgwin, stat!”
Wed plan: Write for @zdnetaustralia, an article now then coverage of IBM Pulse 11 http://arseh.at/96c #pulse11 … and that fills the day.
@johnthelutheran Well played, Sir. Well played.
If I appeared to be unreactive to tweets yesterday, my apologies. Batteries were dead most of the time from mid-afternoon onwards.
@pipg44 I will Seek the Tudge later. I managed to make it through the night while Tudgeless. /cc@ j_hutch
Ungone. And it appears to be Wednesday.
Gone.
Sometimes I wonder how the IT industry can even work.
I have electricity and internets.
Taxi.
Queue.
Melbourne.
I think I shall now board QF449 and head to Melbourne. I have no phone battery left to tweet with. You’ll just have to cope somehow.
@jonstribling I suppose you would be biased as an employee, but I’ll let the client know.
A client asks: Is Sensis any good as a Google Adwords reseller? Is there someone else we as a small business should consider?
During that short battery-induced hiatus, I found my way to Sydney Airport.
@jonoabroad I am at lunch. Tanstaafl. The price of lunch is buzzwords.
I love it when the tech guy says something his MD just said for marketing purposes is not true.
I am in Buzzword Heaven.
At Bilson’s, about to be fed courtesy of NetApp. Such a burden.
Oh, that could have been a haiku @nzlemming, yes. The moment has passed.
Broken bus is broken. The driver laughs.
RT @marclehmann Infographics vs. shockgraphics > my thoughts. http://bit.ly/shockgraph… [Agree 100%. Numbers must have context.]
@ssharwood It’s hard to be certain about these things, but the train did seem to lack a Bruce Willis.
4yo girl just asks middle-aged female train passenger, a stranger: “Are you going to see dead people today?”
Changing trains at Strathfield.
@MikeStuchbery “They’ll have Tyrion Lannister on them”? What’s Tyrion Lannister? Some sort of fungal disease?
Me at @technologyspec: “The keyboard is dead”, so will the PC follow? http://arseh.at/9c4
@R_Chirgwin AFAIK wget won’t re-write query-based URLs into something that’ll work when browsed locally as static HTML.
RT @joshgnosis: John Howard, George Pell, Keith Windschuttle and Peter Costello cited in Norway terrorist’s manifesto http://bit.ly/pYyAAX
RT @jdub: Front-loading washing machines are weird. [I know. Have you ever watched “Time Tunnel”?]
The test for journalists seems to have been a popular suggestion. I like that so many of you immediately thought of ducks.
That’s two suggestions for Site Sucker for my website archiving task. http://www.sitesucker.us Thanks, @norton_tim @jonkudelka
I shouldn’t pick on Fairfax. They are not acting alone. Maybe there should be some kind of test for journalists. Like they had for witches.
FFS! Can we get a few people to kick every Fairfax journalist in the head chanting “Correlation is not causation”! until they understand?
RT @peterjblack: don allan asks “Is Murdoch being hacked to death unfairly?” http://j.mp/nfpMdU [Murdoch has been HACKED TO DEATH??!??!?!]
Dear Webby Folks, years ago I’d use w3mir to create a static archive on CD of a dynamic website. What would one use these days?
@jojoeffe I think you’re over-thinking it. WAY over-thinking it. A one significant figure guesstimate is just fine to make the point.
OH, primary school teacher to kid: “I’m only one year older, but don’t forget your father uses a lot of makeup and I don’t.”
Spotted at Wentworth Falls station: 10yo boy wearing a houndstooth trilby with lime green Crocs.
Random Banksia http://post.ly/2dAT5
Waiting for the taxi, there’s bound to be one soon http://post.ly/2dA8A
@hortovanyi No, arseh.at is not a critique of individual links. But perhaps of the whole world? [shrugs] It amuses me…
@bigjsl Oh these IT vendors! I’d be happy with a hole-in-the-wall noodle bar but they INSIST on fine dining. What am I to do? ;)
CSO: “Apple patches iOS flaw that threatens encrypted traffic”, writes @LiamT http://arseh.at/9bx
@hortovanyi I dunno about what’s “with” it, but I’ve been using @thepatus’ arseh.at URL shortener for months. There is no deeper meaning.
@a7ndrew @ben_hr Erm, I didn’t say it was “just” maths. But it’s probably futile to seek rich explanations in single tweets.
I’m in Melbourne to cover IBM’s Pulse 2011 event Wed-Thu for @zdnetaustralia should anyone care. http://arseh.at/99q #pulse11
Tue plan: 0836 train to Sydney; errands Enmore/Newtown; haircut; 1200 NetApp lunch Bilson’s; 1630 QF449 SYD-MEL; dinner Movida; collapse.
@a7ndrew @ben_hr “Fairly strong assumption”? What, linear distribution of rollout or maybe acceleration after initial settling in?
Good comments coming in on my “Politics of NBN pricing: comparing potatoes and pomegranates”. Mostly. http://arseh.at/9aw
@RealNickHodge I am pleased to you are, as usual, assisting the smooth running of the Universe.
@franksting @ben_hr Quality of copper can make a huge difference to ADSL speeds. Or being on the exchange boundary.
“Rupert Murdoch Worried He Might Have Damaged Heretofore Perfect Reputation” http://arseh.at/9bs
Sorting. Trashing. Packing.
Chewsday, in which I shall be chewing in three different localities.
I have an early start. I have now gone to sleep with the space lizards.
Needless to say, Icke reckons Norway was a false-flag op by the US. “A second shooter was active.” http://arseh.at/9bh
Illuminati! Shape-shifting space lizards! New World Order! It all makes so much sense!
Oh I simply HAVE to go to this! David Icke speaking for over 7 hours per event! Must. Get. LSD. http://arseh.at/9bg
@twhittyer Same, really. It goes with the territory of this “making media” malarkey. Still, beats having a real job.
@twhittyer Oh thank you! I hope you realise it’s not personal. It’s just a reflection of my hatred of everyone in the entire universe.
@EnsignR Comparable question: Asking a servo what price they’ll charge for petrol in January if they were in Perth. Good luck with that.
ISPs are businesses, @EnsignR . They’ll announce their products 6 months from now 6 months from now. Same as always.
Well of course you can only get NBN connections in the trial areas, @EnsignR, they’re the only places they exist!
Thank you, @7PMProject, for using the same “rode his way into history” cliché as@abcnewss did this morning Consistency is quality. Arsehats.
Just visualise $100 worth of bacon and extrapolate, @mtats. Sheesh! Do I have to do everything for you?
@AndySHastings Thank you. I arrive in Melbourne tomorrow night, but don’t get any free time until Thursday afternoon.
What the US debt looks like in stacked $100 bills. Quite big, as it happens. http://arseh.at/9ba HT @aagha
I love the way the journalist pauses before clearly saying [company name]. Just like it’s an advertisement. Which of course it isn’t.
@EnsignR I stress I am not recommending anyone, just noting that the prices are starting to appear.
@EnsignR Internode was the only one advertising mainland #nbn packages, but Exetel’s has just been announced. http://arseh.at/9b9
@AndySHastings I like it when people do drastic things. May I watch?
Oh choice, Channel Seven! Say “Arabic TV” and then conflate Al Jazeera with calls for martyrdom. That’s very classy, isn’t it.
“Tonight on Today Tonight, the backlash against multiculturalism: attacked for being white!” Here we go.
RT @jasonlangenauer: The perkiness of your voice depends on where you put the frozen peas. Or so I’m told. [Seems reasonable.]
These voice-over artists. How do they manage to sound so perky and excited about the price of frozen peas? And can I try?
Tonight on “I’m an Instant Fucking Expert”, forensic psychology and the Norwegian criminal justice system.
@seangeo Thank you, though I’m not sure that I coined “re-bleat”. Maybe independent invention, but I think I adopted it.
@NamTaf That’s different then, ta. Not information I had. If you’ve direct experience, well, Crikey is just usual WordPress registration.
@NamTaf Commenting is free. Besides, it’s a revision I disagree with. Old prices? So what? Like with like. Today’s prices. That’s the point.
@NamTaf Please add that proviso in the comments. And then I’ll point out I was comparing prices and choices today and not two weeks ago.
@worthrachel Yep, there’s a typo in my Crikey piece, in the Platinum plan description. It’s been fixed on the website.
@expectproblems Excellent! Do keep me in the loop about your shooting dates. I’d be happy to help. Or disrupt.
Me at CSO: “Cyber Storm III security exercise key findings released” http://arseh.at/9b6 #cranky
Doing something with firewood.
@prawn_gravies I have indeed typo’d the Platinum package. Oops. Thank you. Correction request sent to @crikey_news.