In studio mode. STFU.
Banging my head on the desk. again. HT @maxious. I will now cry for a short while, then start the podcast with random animal sounds.
There’s no “internet expert” here, @swearyanthony, just a bunch of fuckin’ arsehats on Twitter.
RT @chrisjrn: Start with “Linux conf au”, and then move to LCA from then on. @chrisbrownie @LapTop006 [Sounds like a sensible strategy, ta.]
Thank you @chrisbrownie but I’ll go with @LapTop006’s suggestion that I don’t say the dots. Probably.
RT @swearyanthony: You pronounce the dots as a guttural click sound. [Three torrid nights spent with a Bantu chap tells me that’s not true.]
So when you’re saying Linux.conf.au out loud, is it usual to pronounce the dots or not? #lca2012
This is the bit where I creatively invent a format for a new podcast and its workflow while you stop distracting me with bizarre meth tales.
You are making it so very, very complicated, @chrisjrn @jplonie @SnarkyPlatypus! Anyway, I covered the Walmart thing. arseh.at/p9r
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: Don’t they have speed in Ballarat? [Well, I’ve read the entire motel brochure, twice, and it isn’t mentioned AT ALL!]
Making coffee at 2200. This will end well.
OK, my @replies are now even weirder than usual. Your drugs must be wearing off. The backups are complete. I have to work now. Belgium.
@swearyanthony I have no idea what the “webinar” means, but I’ll do whatever you want me to do.
@snare @jonoabroad Oh dear. The copy in that advert makes me want to kill people. And not in a good way. arseh.at/qlj
RT @cheshireb: You hate your listeners that much? [It isn’t so much “hate” as “despise”. That’s the good thing, right?]
RT @jonoabroad: DON’T TAKE THE LAPTOP INTO THE SHOWER. [Oh, um, well… ah. Hmmm. Is there a workaround for this now?]
@andymc73 See, “browse Slashdot” is where your suggestion starts to go wrong. And it’s downhill from there.
@benmelour I’ll have to explore Golden City later in the week. The Red Lion is part of the complex I’m staying at.
@cheshireb Careful, or I’ll run your contribution twice. Out of spite.
Podcast production, phase 1: Back up all the things (while having a shower). #lca2012
OK, I’ve just finished a lovely dinner with some other #lca2012 attendees, hearing real-world stories. But now I have a podcast to produce.
@dbph Trolling, I meant.
At the Red Lion, Ballarat.
Actually, I think the DSD is indeed tolling us. #lca2012
“Good” was meant to be “food”. Seems I need that.
Right. Bus back to motel, good, writing, audio editing, filing, collapsing. This’ll take a few hours.
OH: “3D pie charts, they’re the best.”
So, I’ve been completely distracted from writing. Methinks my strategy will be to record final bits then file everything early AM. #lca2012
Right. So my web browser just decided it can’t read the audio stream it’s been reading all day. Poo.
Next session is “Tux in Space”, home-brew Linux balloons to the edge of space. Live stream at linux.com.au/live #lca2012
Well that was far too much audio recorded for a 3-minute “PM” story. Happy editing, Dear Journalist!
About to record a quick interview with ABC @amworldtodaypm about SOPA.
So, I’ll get some lunch then contact my editors to prioritise the afternoon’s work.
Inadequate RI. #lca2012
Thanks, @jdub @etymon @jeamland, I’m catching up on maybe 5+ years of material VERY fast here! ;) #lca2012
I gather that a “kernel oops” is the correct technical term? #lca2012
@en_gy I did not kill anything, actually. It’s a bit more crumpled than it was, though.
RT @JennaPrice: I plan to hold on all day. Ping @stilgherrian arseh.at/ql0 [I suspect that is not the same one.]
So, the crumpled piece of fluff I just picked up with my bare hands turns out to be a live huntsman spider. Bonus. #lca2012
Now Matthew Garrett talks “EFI and Linux: the future is here, and it’s awful” arseh.at/qky arseh.at/qkz #lca2012
In case you’re wondering, I tend NOT to tweet much from conferences. My focus in on my committed deliverables and also arseh.at/2av
RT @etymon: “We did our best to drink all the beer in Prague, but can report, Prague has a lot of beer.” #lca2012
@michaelneale We ALL got copies of the DSD recruitment brochure. And DSD stubby holders.
The session I’m in now is the Linux Kernel Report from Jonathan Corbet, stream at linux.conf.au/live #lca2012
The future of journalism: While recoding audio off the stream and thinking about what I’ll write about this speech I’m also taking photos.
Live streaming is at linux.conf.au/live #lca2012
Brice Perens’ keynote about to start at #lca2012 on the Second Revolution of Open Source. arseh.at/qkv
@jonoabroad Agreed. Never trust wallabies.
Breakfast done. Mobile. Special bus to Uni of Ballarat.
@en_gy @ataraxite You gentlemen are even more troubled than I thought.
@ataraxite There are large slabs of your life that really should be dealt with using coat hanger wire deep into the ears.
@SnarkyPlatypus Yeah the cheap accommodation was the student dorms. I’m at Sovereign Park. arseh.at/qks A few are at the Mercure.
Well here’s a bonus for those staying in the student-grade accommodation at #lca2012 arseh.at/qkq
Tue plan: 0815 bus to Uni of Ballarat; cover Linux.conf.au, inc 1 x written story, 1 x podcast, 1 x bunch photos; that is all. #lca2012
RT @deanlk: Don’t forget to slur clearly into the stubbie cooler. [Indeed.]
Still getting my head around the concept of now owning a Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) stubby holder. Pic to follow. #lca2012
Photographing documents before dawn by the light of a desk lamp always makes me feel like I’m in a cheap Cold War thriller.
@kelisha Thanks for that, I’ll definitely need to sort it. I use it to hold my Zoom H4n as a desk microphone. I need two, really.
Lost item #1: My little Nikon tabletop tripod, presumably left in Melbourne. This will prove decidedly inconvenient. #lca2012
Up early planning my day at Linux.conf.au, which I’m covering for @TechRepublic and @zdnetaustralia. This’ll be busy. #lca2012
Hello, Tuesday. Jesus wept.