Time to collapse.
@ioerror Good to meet you (briefly) earlier. I shall doubtless harass you at a suitable juncture in the coming days.
So that involved pig, chocolate, rice, sauterne, riesling, very nice pig in fact conversation and detriment.
New Patch Monday podcast: “Cyber extortion: a victim’s story” arseh.at/qjd
“My God, it’s full of geeks.”
@hornmaths Thanks, I think I will pop out to make sure I have thew latest details and make human contact etc.
I have checked in to the Sovereign Park Motor Inn, Ballarat. It seems quite pleasant and the staff are lovely.
@bsains Hah! Well what I REALLY need right now is a smartphone whose battery lasts all day. Was off-grid for a while there.
@zerogeewhiz Well I dunno, I would’ve had to make up facts and stuff. You may have had actual facts.
Dear #lca2012 folks, it’ll take me an hour or so to check in to accommodation etc. Where should I head after 1700? Uni to register? Or…?
@zerogeewhiz Say what? Which “they” is this and what have they roped you into doing?
Should it be of interest, I’m at the George Hotel, Ballarat, until I plan out the rest of my day.
Arriving at Ballarat.
Pro tip: Uploading media files from a moving train in rural Victoria is fraught with difficulty.
Gosh, views on Victoria’s trains are certainly mixed. Ta for the feedback, useful and otherwise. ;)
As an aside, how come Victoria has proper trains?
The 1407 departs Southern Cross station for Wendaree, but I’ll alight at Ballarat. If you’re not sick of me telling you yet.
So, the “Patch Monday” podcast is recorded. I’ll mix and upload it on the train, which departs in 18 minutes. The plan is kinda working.
Angry with technology.
@Richardrichar16 I’ve made enquiries about streaming, but no reply yet. The Greens are organising the event. I’m just a muppet.
Recording the podcast in a pub with the cricket on in the background works for you, right?
It’s true, @gusworldau, beer and food is easier. But the Royal Melbourne Hotel seems to be providing all that I need.
Arriving Southern Cross station. About to search for electricity. And, potentially, lunch and a cleansing ale.
@jdub Yeah but you’ll give me shit anyway. I have resigned myself to that.
No, @jplonie, listening to my podcasts does not make you a victim of an online scam. Ahem. You can trust me.
So when I turn up at #lca2012 with a MacBook Pro as my work machine, will I be treated as an outcast?
Australasian Consumer Fraud Task Force is surveying you lot what have been victims of an online scam. arseh.at/qiz
Sensible Plan #24676: Do not start performing hardware tests while running off battery on a moving bus.
Ta for the linkage to the Apple Hardware Test, @BeauGiles, I’d wondered where the hell that all went. arseh.at/qix
Oh, good ‘ol memtest, eh? Thanks @sirneggles @Wyld, my past has come back to haunt me.
I’m starting to think this MacBook Pro has dodgy RAM. What’s the memtest thingy du jour for OS X these days?
RT @PointZeroOne: While you’re in Melb, you gonna goto http://t.co/cmAoxi0H [Yep, I’m covering that event for @zdnetaustralia
Too weird and annoying. Will head into the CBD to record the podcast at a place with power outlets. Where would that be, locals?
Grrrr, I meant, Android.#automangle FTL.
Hmmm… Segfaults when launching various apps on my MacBook Pro? Here…
Thanks for the welcome, everyone. I’m only here in Melbourne long enough to do the podcast and head to Ballarat.
@thetowncrier I’m bot sure if I’ll have time to pop in today, but def Mon-Tue next week.
@jonoabroad I’m completely sober. It’s only 1000.
@antoniodini I’m on the way to Ballarat in rural Victoria (90 mins train from Melbourne) to cover Linux.conf.au … from tomorrow.
Touchdown MEL.
Transmitters off. See you in another state.
DJ820 SYD-MEL, seat 14F on this little 737-800, so I will be rescuing the rest of them. Giggle.
Boarding.
Folks, when they say “boarding shortly”, there’s no need to go and stand over THERE like some sort of livestock. Still time for more gin.
That rescheduled boarding time was a bit of a lie. Is anyone surprised?
@SnarkyPlatypus Oh it’s anything in and out of Sydney gets delayed. The airport is full. Also, our aircraft only just arrived at the gate.
Did I mention the 10-minute delay? I don’t think I did, but it’s hardly worth mentioning. Yet.
And we’re through security. Time to find electricity and eat my sandwich.
Goodness me. There’s a Virgin staffer who looks just like @lukehopewell except more earnest.
@dmflower Snap!
Ah no problem, it’s just a full flight so do I mind an exit row. I most certainly do not!
Uhoh. Please see guest services for assistance with your check-in.
@Melissa_Moyle Both interest and annoyance. It was supposed to be a straightforward travel day but the podcast has to be done too now.
@SulphurCocky Well, I don’t have a fixed home atm, I shuttle between Wentworth Falls, Sydney and travel for work. MacBook Pro is the studio.
Mobile: Avoiding the rain and getting a train to Sydney airport.
Mon plan: 0830 DJ820 SYD-MEL; complete “Patch Monday” podcast; train to Ballarat; check in; register for #lca2012; evening at geeks’ mercy.
Monday. Uhoh. This’ll be interesting.