Wed plan: Very little that’s productive, but rather attempt to rest and re-sync my sleep patterns. Remainder TBA.
Still pondering the extent of today’s plan.
I saw the sun set, I saw the sun rise, and I’m not sure how much actual sleep I got in between. If there was any, there wasn’t much.
@SamsaraFilms Yes, I’m told that good “sleep hygiene” means not taking mind-occupying things to bed.
@SamsaraFilms I haven’t tried Serequol but I’m a bis skeptical of “no side effects” No such thing, I’d have thought.
@SamsaraFilms Thanks. Scattered sleep patterns are a PITA. But then some people have far worse burdens, I suppose.
This insomnia is really starting to shit me.
So, sleeping in to 3 or 4 hours past my planned wake time means I’m still wide awake now, eh? Triffic.
@pc0 Hah! I’ll have to see how my schedule looks closer to the event. I seem not to be doing as much about startups these days.
Stoking the fire. #notaeuphemism
@cbkyeoh I guess it depends how trusted Google wants its identity system to be, but I reckon they’d eventually aim at payments.
@MorleyMarkus Hmmm. You’d match standard style rather than follow someone’s express wishes? I’d record names as used by the person.
@AndrewBartlett @soniaahhh My Crikey piece today doesn’t sweat at all! Explains the real names thing. arseh.at/kqu
@cbkyeoh Sure, Google only seems to be querying “unusual” names now, but Schmidt has now flagged that verification will come.
Thank you, @benrhughes @Sheilsie and yes, @spotmanoz @A6581, that appears to be the purpose. So misleading us? Hmmm…
RT: Me at Crikey: “Google+ is a goddam Trojan horse”, they’re building an identity service. arseh.at/kqu #nymwars
Right. I think the fire is sorted. Now to work on this comms backlog. And this Koonara Angel’s Peak 2006 Coonawarra Shiraz.
@R_Chirgwin Yes, the bark those trees shed is wonderful kindling / firestarter material. I shall now stumble in the dark to collect more.
@DokterW Thank you. I should probably investigate Diaspora more closely, yes. Though I usually don’t play with alpha/beta software.
@PointZeroOne If I was forced to live with Loki as the choice, well, I could do worse.
Maybe I should use the fire-boosting technique I used as a child. arseh.at/346
If you had to equate me to a god today, Promethius would not be the most appropriate choice. The fire is struggling somewhat.
Right. I am going to start a fire now.
@RealNickHodge Having a large number of legs isn’t particularly clever. It’s just legs, repeated.
Yes, Receptionist, of course I have your email address. YOU’VE BEEN MY CLIENT FOR TEN YEARS AND I PROVIDE YOUR EMAIL!
Flies really are quite stupid.
@mrtiedt I admire your ability to consume a healthy meal without moving, though it seems to lack something of the gourmet experience.
Reading the rest of Crikey and eating noodles.
@Solution_Focus In general, though, I think identity tools are better provided by firms dedicate to that, not ones that trade in profiling.
@Solution_Focus I have no opinion about convergence.io because I hadn’t heard of it until your mentioned it just then.
Well that was a wider variety of comment back about Andrew Bolt than I’d expected! There’s something in there about recreational outrage.
You lot really are Andrew Bolt’s bitches, aren’t you! Every little thing he does, or doesn’t do, and it fills your day. FFS grow some!
Me at Crikey: “Google+ is a goddam Trojan horse” arseh.at/kqu #nymwars
Tue plan, belated: Clear embarrassing comms backlog; manage client webby work; planning & research for my writing; quiet evening.
And of course I just spotted a typo. Whoever thinks writing for a living might be wonderful should just put their head in an oven now.
Crikey story filed! Yay! It either has too many metaphors in it, or no where near enough. I think I’ll have another coffee.
Right. I’m sure I have to interact with other people at some point. I’m sure I have other deadlines. But right now I am writing for Crikey.
Ta for sorting that embarrassing edit, @lukehopewell @screelman … I have recalled the letter bomb. Pray Australia Post is efficient.
@sophblack Oh. Right. Yes. Well. You shall have some words, then. And they shall arrive just as soon as I have written them.
Uhoh. It’s Tuesday. It’s very Tuesday. I appear to have over-slept.
@benmcginnes @davidgerard I’m a bit worried that Diaspora seems to been seeing security as something you can add in later.
Slowly becoming aware that tomorrow week I leave for the Kuala Lumpur gig. That snuck up quickly. arseh.at/kpe
@benmoretti No, I certainly won’t be taking credit for the failure of Google+ because I didn’t really do anything.
Right. Concerns about Diaspora’s security and coding quality. Confidence is not instilled. arseh.at/kqh HT @davidgerard
@benmcginnes Yes, I suppose Diaspora could really gain here. If people ever move from Facebook.
@benmcginnes I had assumed the Googleslaves would’ve understood Scottish intercaps, but not others. But some of decisions have been daft.
“Google+ is failing”, it says here. Traffic is falling off. arseh.at/kqg HT @GTRoberts
@benmcginnes That’s quite a damning observation about Google+, Sir! I must admit, the more I’ve thought about it the more it’s #headesk.
RT @vealmince: Pfft. Who cares? Google signed up 20 million users, of whom about two dozen still use the bloody thing. [True enough.]
This whole Google “real names” thing seems to have really kicked off. Perhaps I should do an update tomorrow, eh @sophblack?
RT me: “Patch Monday” podcast: “Google’s real names a real disaster” featuring @Skud arseh.at/kq2 #nymwars
@NanoPunk “Fappin” is a good thing to be, right?
Oh. Forecast minimum tonight for Katoomba is 6C. It’ll be the same here at Wentworth Falls. I may have misjudged the situation.
RT @fictillius: Alcohol lowers your core body temperature. [That’s OK then. I’ll pretty damn hot to begin with.]
@jonaholmesMW Sydney was delightful today, wasn’t it! I’ve just spent 12 days in Sydney, came back up here this arvo until Friday.
@NewtonMark I should’ve grabbed some whiskey while I was in town Oh well. I have wine. I will survive.
Thank you, @retrogrrl @BeauGiles @andrewdotnich, wine shall be opened. I shan’t mull it, that takes ages and I’m actually not a big fan.
@roneo Kelly’s, like others, has had Magners in bottles and Bulmers on tap for some time. They’re first in Australia to have Magners on tap.
So, if I can’t be arsed lighting a fire tonight, I can counterbalance the potential cold with wine and cheese, right?
Dear Newtown people, draft Magners cider, the first test batch of 5 kegs shipped from Ireland, is now at Kelly’s on King. It’s rather nice.
@smange Indeed. But it’s worse in this case because failing to respect people’s name choices is the entire point of the piece!
@GreenJ Something is prevent The Drum comments from appearing? Surely that’s a feature, not a bug?
“Please note that danah boyd’s name is in lower case, as it is,” said my edit notes. Sigh. The arsehattery still has my name attached.
It’s rather ironic that in the words around my podcast on respecting people’s names a @zdnetaustralia sub-editor has capitalised danah boyd.
I have arrived at Bunjaree Cottages. Rosella Cottage is all clean n tidy n stuff. We can soon fix that!
Thank you for your interest, but no further correspondence will be entered into, @jasonlangenauer @bengrubb @duncanriley
RT @ma_ttie: You could always just claim you’re testing it for, um, “work purposes”? [Well, I WAS doing that! $200 per hour plus cabs.]
Wow. Grindr really kicks off as soon as you’re west of Strathfield! Erm… allegedly.
Mobile: Walk to Newtown station; 1543 train westbound; change Strathfield; train to Wentworth Falls, arriving 1746; shops; cab to Bunjaree.
They’re playing “Eye of the Tiger” already”? Gawd.
@R_Chirgwin It all sounds most unpleasant. You should get rid of all those trees.
@R_Chirgwin Is there anything I need to know about the plumbing disasters and/or septic tanks?
One side effect of having a leisurely lunch on this lovely Sydney day is that I’ll now arrive in Wentworth Falls after sunset. And cold.
@GLComputing Oh, as mentioned in an earlier tweet, the draft Magners cider tastes crisper than from the bottle. I assume that’s a CO2 issue.
@GLComputing Yep, the entire point of this exercise was to get the actual Irish-made cider here in kegs.
RT @juhasaarinen: I thought you were a pony man when it comes to cider drinking. [Only on pension Thursdays.]
@benmoretti The publican has kept me in the loop as this keg deal was being worked out. It’s taken more than a year.
@benmoretti Oh I already regularly drink Magners pear cider, and yes it’s lovely.
OK, that’s enough internet pluggage for one free fuckin’ middy of cider. Even it was an historical moment.
@GLComputing Um, I suppose they would be from Suntory. I didn’t stay to chat as my lunch had just been served.
It is brewed in Ireland, @GLComputing. No licensing deals. This test is about the kegs for such a distant transport run.
So far it’s been in bottles, @GLComputing @Tamarajawad. The Magners reps just brought in the first kegs. It had to pass food safety.
Kelly’s on King in Newtown has just taken delivery of the first test batch of 5 kegs of Magners cider. As opposed to bottles.
It makes a difference too. Magners is a crisper taste when it’s from the keg rather than the bottle.
I am currently drinking the very first glass of draft Magners cider to be drunk in Australia by anyone ever. And it is lovely.
RT me: “Patch Monday” podcast: “Google’s real names a real disaster” featuring @Skud arseh.at/kq2 #nymwars
I have just been offered the first samples of the new batch, free of charge.
@benmoretti I don’t know that a *work* by the Lunar Calendar, well, not any more than any other mammal. But I do pay attention to it.
@franksting Oh I get so many pointers to Good Stuff from followers, yes. A vital part of doing media these days, I’d have thought.
The New Moon is coming up at 1304 AEST. That means I can start the new cycle over lunch. That’s most civiilised.
@bastardsheep Oh I’m glad that “Patch Monday” worked for you. I’d slept in and was only awake 10 mins before recording @Skud’s interview.
Errands completed. Who’d want to rush them on such a glorious (nearly-)spring day?
@franksting I say that in the full knowledge that I suspect it will expose me as an arsehat ridden with memory loss.
@franksting Please may I offer the excuse in advance: It’s Monday morning. Now, WTF has Derek Sivers got to do with anything?
Mobile: Check out; walk to King St; Enmore Rd; King St again; somewhere for brunch and some work. Everything shall be relaxed.
“Patch Monday” podcast: “Google’s real names a real disaster” featuring @Skud arseh.at/kq2 #nymwars
@franksting I consider it part of my life’s mission to ensure that #SMEG is known as widely as possible.
Mon plan: Errands Enmore/Newtown; plan the week’s writing; plan September; train to Wentworth Falls; shopping; quiet night.
@JustinQ Well we can’t have just ANYONE subscribing to the RSS feeds, can we?
Yes, @JustinQ, there’s RSS feeds for “Patch Monday” and other @zdnetaustralia stuff at this annoying-to-find page. arseh.at/kpz
Supposedly we live in a digital world yet after spending just 12 days in one location I’ve collected so much physical shit! Trashing it now.
If I were about to have a day, I’d be tempted to call it “Monday”.
New blog post: “Weekly Wrap 64: Unexpected schedule changes”, with gratuitous photo of Leichhardt Town Hall. arseh.at/kps
@kdelarue It appears that Google’s implementation of their names policy is patchy and inconsistent. To say the least.
Being reminded, once more, that the very important thing that was broken can probably never be repaired.
“Patch Monday” podcast filed! It’s a chat with @Skud about the Google+ names policy mess, and will appear mid-morning tomorrow.
New blog post: “Talking 20 years of the Web on 1395 FIVEaa Adelaide”, with audio from Wednesday. arseh.at/kpn
New blog post: “Talking Steve Jobs’ resignation on 3AW”, with audio from Thursday. arseh.at/kpm
Sun plan, unordered: Write 2+ blog posts; complete “Patch Monday” podcast; wash clothes; start planning September; sloth. Subject to change.
@DanielleWarby Oh lovely! And how is SFO treating you this evening?
Sunday? ALready?
@RossPoulton Fussy fussy fussy.
“The internet: when the frontier closes” by @BernardKeane, I recommend you read it. All of it. arseh.at/kpi
@nickobec Yep, a name like FNU LNU makes you suitable only as a minor character in The Wire.
Agreed about the FNU acronym being silly, @peter_tonoli, and yes, quite Seuss-like.
@ApostrophePong I have found a SEKRIT Thai diner that I will keep SEKRIT so people don’t know where I am.
I find it quite odd that Thai boat noodles have become a comfort food for me.
New blog post: “Visiting Kuala Lumpur for Kaspersky Lab”. Any suggestions for my visit? arseh.at/kpe
@peter_tonoli Yeah I saw some similar posts about people accidentally triggering the FNU magic cookie. Seems it can really screw you up!
New blog post: “Stilgherrian versus Google, Round 2” arseh.at/kpb
@retrogrrl I think it’s good advice never to g to Canberra. I am not very good at following good advice.
Sadly @leslienassar so far none of these events have covered “how to wage a badass cyber-war”. It’s as if only other people would do it.
@retrogrrl I certainly hope we don’t have silly costumes. But it’s Canberra. You can never tell.
Looks like I’ll be in Canberra 14-15 Sept for the 2nd National Cyber Warfare Conference. arseh.at/kpa
So that HTTP Basic Authentication problem? It wasn’t any such thing. It was PEBKAC. Sigh.
@jeamland Yes, the spirits are bloody angry. HTTP Basic Authentication asks one user to re-enter password every time and I forgot the cause.
How did the decisions I made over the last 15 minutes end up with me dealing with a problem that includes “AuthMySQLEnable on”?
I think I should probably do a spot of work after all today. I just realised it’s only 10 days until I head to Kuala Lumpur.
The interview with @Skud is recorded. “Patch Monday” will be assembled tomorrow, however. I shall now blur back into Saturday blurriness.
Sat plan: 0900 interview @Skud for “Patch Monday”; collapse, leaving the edit until tomorrow; rest; remainder TBA.
Saturday, having slept in. Oops. This’ll be interesting.
@Anthony_Caruana Oh dear… sorry… but… um, what can I say? I guess it was my turn!
Ah excellent! My tickets for Kuala Lumpur have arrived. Thanks for your corporate largesse, Kaspersky Lab.
Oh. I forgot to mention that I declared TGIF some time ago. Please abandon your expectations of consistent tweetage.
@Skud Consider it done.
@Skud Aha! Stuff that’s off my current radar, which explains why I don’t know @puzzlement … well hi there! [waves]
@Skud I have never encountered @puzzlement before. The avatars are some kind of spooky action at a distance.
@Skud Oh indeed! I’ll be letting my thoughts come together on this one overnight. It should be fun! /cc @jdp23 #nymwars
And the SEKRIT meeting is over. I have the Data.
Briefing session done, Skype extinguished. Preparing myself for the SEKRIT meeting.
Experiencing 4 minutes of calm before my 1500 telephone briefing. Well, via Skype, actually.
RT @magia3e: That URL is a bit of a mouthful! [True. Maybe it just died of shame.]
Hah! The website for the 2nd National Cyber Warfare Conference is, erm, offline. safeguardingaustraliasummit.org.au
@franksting I think I’ve now got some time up my sleeve for discussing the cybercrime legislation, but I’m just checking with the Senate.
@chrisjrn Oh man! That stuff will really fuck you up! Better cut down completely, or quadruple the dose.
@Tarale @posty Scroll back a few tweets to see the current state of play. I haven’t gotten around to writing it up yet.
@chrisjrn Sorry, what drugs are you on, exactly?
@Skud Hey would you like to chat with me about #nymwars for the “Patch Monday” podcast? Record today or tomorrow?
Actually I should probably do the “Patch Monday” podcast on Google+ and the #nymwars Names Policy debacle, eh?
@bastardsheep I haven’t given much priority to chasing Google ‘cos it doesn’t affect me much in practical terms.
@bastardsheep I haven’t written it up, but Google said they need documentation for my name, but this still means a surname of “.”.
@jeamland Well, I’ll have to mention the Apple thing in the news summary, it’s kinda big news. I will actually comment on it.
Pondering “Patch Monday” topics. Cybercrime legislation? Facebook and undercover cops?
@sylmobile No, you may not throw your loose ends in my direction. I have an ample sufficiency, thank you very much.
@bastardsheep Oh I mentioned this earlier. By Monday there’ll be no need for further commentary on Mr Jobs. I do need a topic though.
Fri plan: Plan & produce most of “Patch Monday” podcast; 1500 phone briefing (topic?); 1600 SEKRIT meeting; clean up loose ends; TGIF.
Me at CSO: “Online health records at risk from malware” arseh.at/kos
@TatteredRemnant Hmmm… I was thinking to avoid everything Apple in the podcast, but then maybe I should… sigh… decisions…
Hmmm… My challenge today will be sorting a topic for the “Patch Monday” podcast without production drifting into the weekend.
Oh hello, Friday. This’ll be interesting!
@EnsignR No problem. Don’t stress.
@EnsignR LOL! Yes, you seem to have missed my entire battle with Google about this, and the story going global. Oh well.
@EnsignR Well I write it as one word because it is, well, one word. You’re kinda behind the news here… arseh.at/8w5
@EnsignR I fear your students may have been led seriously astray!
@EnsignR But it’s not my “handle, it’s my name.
@EnsignR Hah! Cheers, except I am the exact opposite of anonymous online!
Ennui.
@RealNickHodge Thank you. Those radio spots are kinda fun to do.
And… that radio spot is done too. I think I might unwind now, given the 0500 building evacuation. Unless there’s MOAR RADIOZ.
On hold for 3AW Melbourne to talk Steve Jobs / Apple with Tom Elliott. Live audio at 3aw.com.au
Listening in to 3AW before I’m on. Topic: prison sentences. The stereotype of talk radio is true, it seems.
@jonoabroad Thanks very much. I’m glad that a quickly-written piece managed to “work” in some way.
“Jobs well done: the Apple master’s curtain call” by @mpesce at @ABCthedrum arseh.at/kof
@jmacmullin @abcgoldcoast @bernyoung I rather did like the siren, yes. Pro tip: Close the door next time!
Oh hold for @abcgoldcoast to chat Steve Jobs / Apple with @bernyoung. Live audio at arseh.at/8gb
Clearing my head for the first of the afternoon’s radio spots, in a few minutes. As usual, I’ll tweet links to audio streams as they start.
OK, by 3AW radio spot has just been moved to 1630 AEST. Any other changes, World?
@ZacDavies Maybe we need a better formula for indicating that the subject of the story is speculating.
I’ll be talking Steve Jobs / Apple on Melbourne’s 3AW at 1730 AEST too. Live audio at 3aw.com.au
Indeed, @SophieAG, same implications for ASIO, and for witness protection programs. #security2011
Me at CSO: “Has Facebook killed the undercover cop?” arseh.at/kod #security2011
Second CSO story filed. Whew! What an annoyingly intense morning of writing after too little sleep.
@mikey_pants At most news outlets the headline is written by editors rather than writers, though suggestions are made.
@mikey_pants As I said to @kofeyh, I did not write the headline.
@purserj Tim Cook has been acting CEO since January, which is how long Jobs has been on medical leave. And yes, last extended time as well.
I didn’t write the headline, @kofeyh. Contributors usually don’t write headlines. Well, they sometimes suggest them but it’s not their job.
Hmmm… Is that a good headline I wonder? Tim Cook is not quite an unknown as such, but then that is Teh Phear. Whaddayasay, @crikey_news?
Here’s me at Crikey with an obligatory thought-wander on Steve Jobs’ resignation as Apple CEO. arseh.at/ko9
Ah. I’ll be on @abcgoldcoast at 1545 AEST talking, you guessed it, Steve Jobs. Live audio at arseh.at/8gb
Crikey story filed. What next? There seems to be a queue of requests backing up.
@franksting Your wish is my command.
Right. I accepted the commission. I now have one hour to write something interesting and, ideally, different, about A Certain Resignation.
CSO story filed. And now on to a Crikey thing, quickly.
Thu plan: Write for CSO, Crikey, CSO; maybe MOAR writing; 1500 interview; 1600 SEKRIT meeting; TGIT? All subject to sudden change.
Brrrmphlugh.
Thank your your toastsympathy, @JonDeeOz @jasonlangenauer @stufromoz … the disruption has kinda ruined my day.
Ermph.
“At least it’s not raining,” says an old woman. I’m not so sure. That would at least wash away the blood.
The fire brigade has declared it safe. We stumble back inside. Everything smells of… burnt toast.