The Meaning of Life, Part 1 post.ly/4egxj
Who are all these people?
RT @SirLiberal I have some mates in nswpol. They’re of the view that 90% of their job is psychiatric care. [No argument.]
When I suggest she has the patience of a saint, I’d have had the Glock out by now, she says “You have no idea…”
Watching a @nswpolice officer stopping pedestrians walking into traffic. She’s very patient.
OH: “We love home [Ireland] because everyone’s so nice, but we love [Sydney] because there are jobs.”
SoYoureJayce Jamiroquai is Gen Y’s answer to Boney M. There, I said it!
@SydneyPicks Shoosh! Don’t tell people about Chat Thai, it’s hard enough to get in as it is.
RT @abcnewsSydney: Family fireworks light up Sydney. [In other news, Sun rises in east, water flows downhill etc.]
@jplonie No, I’ve been told my Thai is more like a nervous hotel manager.
Oh you’re all watching television, how quaint.
@aptronym Snap!
Oh God, that waitress screeches Thai like a fishwife.
Note to self: New Thai place on Campbell St called Yok Yoi. Investigate.
Oh of course there’s still a queue at Chat Thai. Shall I wait? Just 10m of Campbell St feels like Bangkok.
And I’m really shitty ‘cos there’s so much material I had ready to include. Left out some of the best jokes.
WTF? Haymarket on a Saturday night is normally vibrant. Tonight it’s like the zombie apocalypse has struck. Deserted restaurants…
Ejected. Discarded into the street like so much refuse.
Submitting to Authority.
And the lights were just turned up bright. Arseholes.
The word “crematory” should be “crematorium”. Didn’t spot it during the edit. Poo.
Oh look! “The 9pm Edict” episode 17. Happy fucking New Year. arseh.at/q6j
Uploading.
Rendering.
Name and shame time. The pub is the C Bar (Chamberlain Hotel), corner of Pitt and Campbell Streets in Haymarket, Sydney. Cunts.
So now the pub has said that they won’t stay open until 10pm as advertised, but will call last drinks at 9.15pm. More podcast fodder.
So, there is music in the background. No way of editing without it showing. This is one-take time.
Fuck it. I’ll record what script I have here in the pub after N schooners and a packet of crisps and the non-presence of unreliable friends.
What word starting with C describes a pub that closes its kitchen at 7.30pm Saturday night because they had a quiet spot?
Hmmm. My schedule called for me to have started recording by now, not still in the city waiting for Certain People. Maybe 9pm was a dream.
Alas, @BernardKeane, the joke was already made by @RealNickHodge youtu.be/Yy9N-I-UtgE
Oh well played, @RealNickHodge, but I suspect we’re the only ones who got that joke.
I’ve just discovered that I’m not a party in Sydney where Pseudo Echo is playing. Why was I not informed?
RT @drueyjay: “Poor”? arseh.at/q6f [It’s good to see such great reportage.]
This script is coming along exceptionally well. It’s developing just the right balance between bitterness and extreme bitterness.
RT @leslienassar: My New Year’s Resolution is to not get angry at all the stupid things you do. [Sounds dangerous. Repression is unhealthy.]
Special place in Hell now reserved for websites that add to copy’n’paste their “Read more at [URL]” message. FUCK OFF I CAN DO IT MYSELF!
Thank you, God. This is all such inspiring stuff. Thank you for delivering these people to me. All is proceeding according to plan.
OH: “Nick will you fuckin’ finish that so I get get you a fuckin’ tequila slammer?”
OH: “We should have this beer and go to somewhere awesome.”
OH: “Hit on that hot bitch, bro.”
Oh. A temporary nightmare, caused locally by some arsehat with a car and shit for brains. I predict there’ll be more of that a little later.
Oh look. Victoria Rd inbound, approaching the Anzac Bridge, is what we in the trade call a fucking nightmare. Is something on tonight?
@joshsharp One assumes, therefore, that @twistory has access to someone else’s deep archive? I should ask them, I suppose…
Mobile: Short walk; M52 bus to Sydney CBD; eat, drink and observe briefly (it’s research); return to Ryde before the mayhem begins.
@JLLLOW @Asher_Wolf I can’t remember @tscribe offhand, but @twistory claims to dig back to the beginning, or almost, for most.
@JLLLOW @Asher_Wolf There’s a service @twistory that’ll archive tweets for $1 a month. Also @tscribe, free but I noticed problems lately.
@JLLLOW @Asher_Wolf Sorry, I’m coming in part-way through, but was there a specific need for an archive of your own tweets?
@DeanBarnett I don’t disagree. I’d even argue that all public transport should be free, rather that just for one-off stuff.
Sydney Buses has a special NYE ticket available from 3pm. Unlimited travel through to 9am for $6 / $3 concession. arseh.at/q6e
@Offbeatceremony Feel free to insert your own grammar into that last tweet. I know I did.
@Offbeatceremony That’d the that breach right there in that blog post.
New blog post: “Talking Stratfor hack on Perth radio 6PR” with audio and @jasonjordan arseh.at/q6a #anonymous
Technically speaking, I am currently committing a breach of the NSW Listening Devices Act 1984. Just a little bit.
Don’t tell anyone, but one of the things I’m writing could possibly turn into a podcast that could possible appear on the internet at 9pm.
@ataraxite And there is not a single word in that sentence which surprises me.
@ataraxite Yes, that’s the usual process of denial. It also explains a lot about something something witty insult about your education.
Oh dear. PM’s Christmas Message was pretty bad, as I dissected on “The 9pm Edict”. arseh.at/px4 You’ll LOVE the New Year’s Message.
Sat plan, unordered: Finish 3 blog posts; shopping Sydney CBD and Top Ryde; a little reflection; a little writing; clear desk; clear mind.
RT @leslienassar: Coles is trolling Twitter by selling Easter Eggs in December. This is just like Egypt. #SlipperySlopeToHotCrossBuns
Here be Saturday. For the time being.
@benmoretti Yes, VLC wouldn’t done the trick I’m sure, but I didn’t have the stream URL. That was hidden in a Silverlight [?] controller.
Ah. “MMS and Windows Media based web streams don’t play in Lion’s QuickTime X 10.1 Player.” arseh.at/q68
@jasonjordan My pleasure, Sir. An easy conversation. Now, to figure out why the audio stream was misbehaving my end. ;)
Thanks, @Snowy2307 @iiadamogrady, but they don’t work ‘cos I have a faulty installation. Fixing that now.
And… the radio spot is done. I did record it my end (so I sound great and @jasonjordan on the end of a phone).
Bingo! Thanks, @mattcdef2000, tunein.com works just fine. I just want to record my end too.
Does anyone know the direct URL for the @6PR audio stream?
Hmmm. I can’t get the @6PR audio stream working on my new MacBook Pro. The copied-across Flip4Mac is broken. No time to reinstall.
OK, I’m talking Anonymous and the @Stratfor hack on Perth radio @6PR in about 10 mins. Listen at 6pr.com.au
@jasonjordan ROFL! Okies, let’s do it live then. That’ll work nicely.
@jasonjordan Sure, give me 10 minutes to gather my thoughts? Call it 2250 AEDT / 1950 AWST?
@jasonjordan What time are you thinking of doing it? I’m starting to fade a little.
But it’s a shame that @email_angel resorted to spambots to promote their service. /cc @BernardKeane
Well, @BernardKeane, according to emailangel.org my email address is on a list somewhere, but it would’ve been an old, unique password.
@BernardKeane I did find @Stratfor’s stuff useful, but then I drifted away from that sort of thing into more tech-oriented writing.
@BernardKeane I should be in that #stratfor list too. Somewhere. This is THE test of this damn thing, you know.
@gabriellalahti Thank you. I’m going to use a better version of the chocolate factory metaphor [is is a metaphor?] in a written piece soon.
Charlie Brooker (@charltonbrooker) on 2011’s news highlights. arseh.at/q65
If Anonymous was after @Stratfor’s email archive, why muck around with credit card numbers? My answer at arseh.at/q5w
Almost done.
Bu it’s still the slow build by Anonymous. Credit cards and user logins, yet the main act is (supposedly) the email archive.
@chrisbrownie It’s probably a bad thing, yes @chrisbrownie, but it’ll keep the news media happy for a day or two.
The link has been correctified, @frogpondsrock
So, Anonymous just dumped ALL @Stratfor credit card data (75k) and complete historical user base (860k). arseh.at/q5h
@jonoabroad Oh thank you. I didn’t think episode 16 of “The 9pm Edict” was particularly strong at all. But there you go.
@benmoretti Well, a hack certainly gets more coverage if it’s a brand or an industry “everybody” knows and cares about.
Well, that’s a couple of hours of tedious cross-checking completed. That calls for a mild celebration.
@CassPF Oh shooting those cutaways annoyed me! That’s not my computer so I didn’t know where anything was.
@CassPF We certainly recorded material about what might be in the #Stratfor emails and the effect that could have, but it wasn’t used.
New blog post: “Talking @Stratfor hack on ABC TV’s 7.30”, plus some of my comments. arseh.at/q4o
No problems, @_LeonieGSmith, there’s also an MP4 video file of @abc730’s @Stratfior hack story at arseh.at/q4n
@sylmobile I’m not all that fussed by the “goes by the name” thing. Certainly an “Oops!” but not much more.
Video of last night’s @abc730 story on the @Stratfor hack is now online, but not the transcript yet. arseh.at/q4m
This morning is filled with confusion.
Fri plan, unordered: Poke at client project management; errand to Top Ryde City; research for a couple of stories; early night.
@jplonie If you cyber too much you’ll go blind. /cc @GeordieGuy @NewtonMark
@DameEtcetera I think I understand what you mean, so thank you. I think.
Pondering how much actual work to do today.
Friedday, eh? And the last one we’ll have until next year? Well well well.
Right, so @abc730 had to start at the very beginning. Who is Anonymous? Tough to explain through to links to the HBGary hack the time.
Ah! A repeat of “7.30” has just started on @ABCNews24, so let’s see what I said (after editing).
@skwashd Well, we know that’s where the credit cards were, but the emails and internal docs? That’s something / somewhere else.
@skwashd I haven’t seen Drupal mentioned in the context of @Stratfor anywhere. The @WIRED story mentioned the commerce platform they used.
@merindaht Evening. :) Ah three d radio seems so very long ago. Probably because it was!
Ah, I see there’s a lot of comments back about the @abc730 story on the @Stratfor hack. Haven’t seen it yet, so will respond in the morning.
… and I’m back on the internets. I must get myself a new battery for that phone.
@CassPF Hmmm… I wouldn’t have said anything to bring the @Stratfor hack to “storm in a teacup” status. I haven’t seen the story yet tho.
@bleeters Having not seen the story yet, who or what was being whitewashed?
Oh. Did @abc730 say “goes by the name Stilgherrian”? Yes, well, someone who goes by the name Mark Scott should sort them out.
Thank you, @Tim_Coronel. You can get your own being-on-TV shirt from Kmart for under $20. True.
I’m nowhere near a TV so I have no idea what I just said.
OMG! It’s an entire skyscraper full of skanky self-obsessed consumerfags. Where’s Al Qaeda when you need them?
@sarix1 Hey I figure you can edit whatever questions you like with my answers. It’ll make more sense.
I’m on @abc730 tonight, allegedly, and all their questions seemed to be about the @Stratfor hack. So the story is Rudd vs Gillard.
The alleged wasabe peanuts from the nut stall in World Square are shit. Do not buy.
I wonder what time dinner is scheduled for.
@BernardKeane Maybe we’re neglecting to cover @Stratfor’s fleet of invisible black helicopters.
So what’s happening?
Also, Dear Media, when you say @Stratfor “has been dubbed the ‘Shadow CIA’” do tell us, dubbed by whom, exactly? Fuckin’ muppets.
Uhoh. Two random microsleeps.
Rick Santorum is running for Republican candidate in the US? Really? But what about this? arseh.at/7rl
“There are only a few more days to endure year-in-review top-ten features about things we already knew,” says @johnemcintyre. True.
I’m a bit confused by all the news stories calling @Stratfor a “security” company. Go on, call them. Try hiring a bouncer.
“Well, I’m pretty sure there are laws against it. I’ll be getting back to you.” arseh.at/q45
I am in a Place that has Beer on Tap, and a Power Point, and a View out upon the Milling Throng of Humanity.
@dahowlett I am choosing not to explore further the connection between burritos and sex.
OK, @dahowlett, that’s another burrito reference. Am I missing something here?
RT @EnsignR Sex *is* like a burrito [YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG!]
@mpesce Cheap enough for backpackers wearing thongs to eat.
Watching someone eating cheap Mexican food is enough to put you off sex for life.
Thank you, @dobes, for leading me to hackertyper.com … I shall find a use for it, fear not!
“2011: security’s most spectacular stuff-ups” according to @mukimu. arseh.at/q43
Photos from inside Japan’s nuclear exclusion zone. Pigs going wild FTW. arseh.at/q3y
This 400g scotch fillet, rare, is most acceptable. The Coopers Pale Ale, similarly.
MT @SirLiberal: The Dunkirk Harris Street [That seems a good idea, but sheer hunger drew me to the Agincourt.]
I am now done at the ABC and need a steak and a beer. Pondering nearby pub options.
@nphair Ah! Well I was told that Mr MacGibbon was doing “7.30” but he was busy feeding kangaroos.
Erm, shooting.
Ah, TV! Wait wait wait wait wait WE’RE SHIFTING HURRY HURRY!
Great suggestions, @leslienassar @stemcd @hughstephens @dobes @MikeStuchbery but they were suddenly filing and I missed.
MT @izevaka: You should ask Twitter for suggestions on what you should be doing… [Good idea. I was thinking some obviously-wrong logs.]
The interview for @abc730 is shot. Now we’re waiting for a camera operator so we can shoot some “I am an expert at the computer” footage.
Arriving at ABC Ultimo. That was quick.
In a cab.
As far as I know only the M10 bus has Wi-Fi so far, @sylmobile. A pre-election gimmick for the close-run inner west electorates.
ROFL! Twitter wins again! Just as I was walking out the door, @SaraEveringham called to offer Cabcharge. A taxi has now been summoned.
Mobile: Walk to convenient bus stop; M52 to Sydney CBD; eat; find way to ABC Ultimo.
In retrospect I should’ve asked @SaraEveringham for Cabcharge dockets. (But can you trust anyone who last tweeted in November?)
The Tintin look would be quite good, I think @JuliusFlywheel. This IS what you had in mind, right? arseh.at/q3h
Now, to find my being-on-television shirt…
Thu plan, revised: Bus to Sydney CBD; quick lunch; 1315 ABC Ultimo to record for “7.30”; find spot to work; project planning; evening TBA.
Oh. I have been Summoned by a Television Station. I shall now rearrange my day a little. Stand by.
@jclacherty Well yes, I can’t really talk there, since this was our set-up for election night in 2007. arseh.at/q3e
@jclacherty I understand what drives that! But, you can just choose to pay attention to something else. I certainly turn it off.
@jclacherty Or, just tally the paper votes, if that’s what you’re doing for validity anyway. Why do we need an “instant” result?
@JohnBirmingham @MolksTVTalk I’m sure Chopper would never demand anything. A polite request would be more than sufficient.
@cmlh I don’t think the pub catch-up will happen this week after all. I forgot that tonight is an important anniversary.
Thu plan: Clear comms backlog; errand to Top Ryde City; lunch Royal Hotel (?); client web project planning (where?); evening TBA.
@NewtonMark Oh obviously firearms are still the best method, but just in case you left your piece at home… /cc @GeordieGuy
How to deal with slow-walking people in the street (without resorting to firearms). youtu.be/lnL4fjMzsSU HT @Level20EastGuy
On @1395FIVEaa I mentioned online voting’s risk to democracy. I wrote about that for @abdthedrum arseh.at/5jj
@WGoodings Any time, Will. The morning radio spots are a nice starter for the day.
RT @BernardKeane: Retail sales are the new El Niño, plainly. [Provided you only measured half of the ocean.]
@miamiaman Oddly enough, many of the people now at @1395FIVEaa were at ABC @891adelaide when I used to work there.
New blog post: “Talking the Stratfor hack and more on @1395FIVEaa Adelaide”, with audio. arseh.at/q35
And the radio spot is done. I’ll stick the audio on my website shortly.
On hold for Adelaide radio 1395fiveaa to talk with @WGoodings. Listen in at fiveaa.com.au
@leighbentley You’re making the unwarranted assumption that I only mention things because they surprise me.
I’ll leave doing my Thu plan until after I’ve finished this radio spot. I’ll have to choose somewhere nice to work today.
@WGoodings So, with all those topics we’ll be talking for an entire hour, right?
Hah! @WGoodings computerised voting is a massive threat to the integrity of democracy. How do you scrutineer? Recommend strongly against it!
Nowhere in the chat on @1395FIVEaa did @corybernardi name a single election where multiple votes might’ve changed the result. No problem.
@WGoodings Heh! I’m totally across the @Stratfor hack, by the way. It’s a textbook example of who gets hacked, why and by whom.
hear @1395FIVEaa will also ask me about @TurnbullMalcolm’s credit card details exposed in @Stratfor hack. arseh.at/q34
I wonder if @1395FIVEaa will ask Senator @corybernardi to explain risk assessment and statistics in the context of multiple voting.
Amused listening to a bitter whinger on @1395FIVEaa complain about being chucked off Wikipedia without giving any hard facts.
I’m talking 2011 in tech on Adelaide radio @1395FIVEaa at 0735 ACDT / 0805 AEDT. Listen at arseh.at/q33
Fursday. Frigging fantastic. Verticalification follows.
Thinking.
@R_Chirgwin Well I am the very picture of tolerance!
Ah, more Google+ fuckwit “service”! Problems with a profile pic? Don’t notify, just delete it. arseh.at/pzc HT @franksting
Thanks for those links, @R_Chirgwin, I’ll be having a read of them a bit later. Tomorrow morning seems a good plan.
Well I’d RT some of yours too, @R_Chirgwin, but is there a convenient list I can just copy and paste from?
December 2011: “Time to drop the ‘e’” at @technologyspec arseh.at/p7l
July 2011: “Media’s internet cluelessness is unacceptable and they will die” at @crikey_news arseh.at/9es
May 2011: “AusCERT 2011: Black hats and whitegoods” at @zdnetaustralia arseh.at/70l
A book sounds like a bunch of work, @mrgrumpystephen, but I’ll post a couple of links I think.
RT @ataraxite: If God is so smart, why isn’t salmon pre-cooked? [Because She also invented sashimi.]
Wondering whether I should tweet some links to some of my better articles, as a holiday catch-up for people who now have reading time.
And for anyone else who missed it, “The 9pm Edict” episode 16 was posted last night. arseh.at/px4
I;m sorry, @IanKath, but I tweeted about the new podcast three times, and there’s an RSS feed. But personal service is available for a fee.
Well that was a significantly longer day than I thought it would be. I have opened a bottle of wine, out of necessity.
@SnarkyPlatypus Nope, bank account names are only used to figure out what went wrong if the BSB/account# failed.
Plodding, but with a vague sense of purpose.
@franksting Ah! I haven’t spoken with the @BleeplyApp guys for a while, but it did sound like they had plenty of beta interest.
@franksting @Catichka “Prevent sending a tweet before it’s been reviewed”? Welcome to @BleeplyApp! arseh.at/lv5
Client sysadmin stuff done. That’s the vital tasks for the day done. Now, for the non-vital tasks…