Rendering new audio files. And emptying the mini-bar. One causes the other.
Fuck. I missed one of the fucks. I’m definitely going to have to upload a new version of the podcast now. Goddam fuckitty fuck fuck.
@JMRooker I seem to recall that DirecTV legal battle. I’ve been around too long. ;)
@JMRooker Heh! They’ve probably already thought of it. Thanks for the compliments. Much appreciated, especially since I’m so exhausted.
Ah bugger. Just found a distracting mix error in the “Patch Monday” podcast. The theme plays during @SenatorLudlam’s comments. Will fix.
@bleeters I appreciate your point, but I also have real stats on how long workflow changes take, and it’s all non-billable. /cc @Wyld
@BernardKeane Thanks. That was such a quick and dirty cut-down of the #woti forum that I feared killing the narrative structure.
@Wyld @bleeters I had a Slackware box in 1995. I run Linux servers. It’s not about learning. It’s constructing new workflows in new tools.
Oh. I’ve just seen the time. The Moon is New. Kung hei fat choy. bit.ly/PfTkh
@bleeters I’m certainly not against the idea of migrating to Linux, but I’m also aware of just how much work is involved. Not now.
There. I’m pretty sure that’s all I did that was published today. Maybe. I just can’t tell any more.
Me at @technologyspec: “Beware the piracy clones”, about SOPA and stuff, kinda. bit.ly/wNsluf
Me at @ABCthedrum: “Collateral damage in the copyright wars”, about Megaupload, Anonymous and stuff. bit.ly/xYnHB9
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Untested buggy UEFI heads for prime-time” with @mjg59 bit.ly/zWinFd #lca2012
Patch Monday podcast: “War on the internet all about power” with @ioerror @SenatorLudlam @SueletteD @BernardKeane bit.ly/wxtXBJ #woti
Becoming irritated with the crashiness of my MacBook Pro. I’ll have to fix this at some point. SIgh. I will now pimp my stories, however.
@BernardKeane I should be in Sydney on Wednesday evening. If that proves to be the case I’ll have my people call your people.
Returned to hotel for a slothy evening, unless someone has a better idea.
@chrisjrn Where “best” us.Android automangle for “near”.
@chrisjrn Lurking best your last reported.
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Untested buggy UEFI heads for prime-time” bit.ly/zWinFd #lca2012
@chrisjrn I’ll be down as soon as I’ve finished running the backups.
@chrisjrn Go for Hawksburn, I think. I’m at my hotel and awaiting a reboot so I can get a fix. Navigationally speaking.
Podcast uploaded! Editor placated! I can… breathe and think. Stand by.
ID3 tags added, uploading…
Compressing to MP3. Adding ID3 tags is next.
@chrisjrn Yep, will send mite details very shortly.
Fark… running over deadline… bleeping f-words… compressing….
@chrisjrn 100% chance of meeting up, I have mere minutes left on work…
@AnonNep So, why not mention the bit where I also call the FBI “ham-fisted”? I loaded just as much criticism on them.
Negotiations with editor extend that deadline to 3 hours. We can do this. Well, we must do this.
Whew! @zdnetaustralia story filed! Now to edit a 2.5 hour forum into a 40-minute podcast, script links, record and mix in 2.5 hours. Um…
OK, head down again, typing for a living. I’ll interact again once the “Patch Monday” podcast is filed.
Eating has put me behind schedule. I am screwing up today right royally.
@ConcupiscentGuy Ah, I’m remarkably busy. Such subtleties escape me. Especially when I don’t know you and there are no indicators.
Isn’t being able to read the connections between people and read their their relative social status a basic social skill?
@ConcupiscentGuy Erm, I’m trained to read body language, but anyone can pick it up from a book. Or by being half intelligent and watching.
Ah. Awkward body language indicates that’s probably last night’s trade.
OH: “That Herbalife stuff? It’s all marijuana.” “What’s that?” “So is that a 4GS?” [There’s a combination of personalities that’ll last.]
And when you think about it, it’s fucking rude for people to start giving your schedule to another company without asking first.
Baffled by people who just assume I give Google my entire schedule, contact list and the like. Why would I do that?
RT @franksting: Why isn’t it “The Biggest Looser”? [True. You think they’d get this sort of thing right for TV.]
MT @charispalmer: Don’t Argue says AU banks provide some of the best service in world bit.ly/zqI86C [Hah! Talk to @ApostrophePong.]
@chrisjrn We have a plan for a plan there, Sir. More closer to the time.
Tue plan preview: Write for Crikey, @zdnetaustralia; meeting Melbourne CBD; lunch with Crikeyfolk; more writing; 1800 DJ859 MEL-SYD.
Mon plan: Write for @zdnetaustralia; edit “Patch Monday” podcast; put together #lca2012 photo story; dinner somewhere, somewith.
@chrisjrn @jeamland Oh bugger. Abort abort abort. I can’t see how to make “lunch / travel” fit with “complete podcast by 4pm”. Arithmetic.
Turning my editorial negotiations and suchlike into a plan for the next two days. Stand by.
lturrentine 4K of IBM memory found in my grandpa’s pole barn, captured in a 692K photo. #mindblown pic.twitter.com/nUGM5ff8
@jeamland @chrisjrn OK, lunch today then. Ping me an address to arrive at once I’ve finished this first story and found pants.
@jeamland @chrisjrn Actually, my expected dinner engagement tonight just fell through. Maybe some oipen after-work drinks?
@jeamland @chrisjrn Yep, I can go to Collingwood. I just need 240V and a horizontal surface to work at. Writing and podcast edits.
@chrisjrn @jeamland If qe’re to do lunch today I’ll have to be near South Yarra as I’m on deadline. Well, unless I work elsewhere this arvo.
@chrisjrn @purserj @ABCthedrum Hah! Thankfully I have too much to do today to read the comments. Or is that “alas”?
Me at @technologyspec: “Beware the piracy clones” bit.ly/wNsluf #sopa
Me at @ABCthedrum: “Collateral damage in the copyright wars”, with comments open. bit.ly/xYnHB9 #sopa #anonymous
Negotiating with editors, obtaining coffee, smiling at the way it’s all congealing.
@thepatus Hiya. arseh.at is fine from here now too. I must’ve been temporary late at night. Wad def down from multiple locations tho. Ta.
Nap over. Let’s see if that helped.
NewtonMark 4%. Try harder Australia. RT @tweeveetv: Nationwide, the Young Talent Time reboot had 8,326 Tweets 21% were RTs 4% contained profanity. #YTT
Second of four articles filed. But now I’m sneezing and hitting microsleep. I’d better have a nap.
Media alert! Ranga in Chief on ABC Radio National at 0735. That’s in 5 minutes.
This second article is going OK, and will be finished soon, but I think I might need another nap after that. We shall see.
Sneezing. Uhoh.
@sylmobile @ataraxite Well this house is all well and good. bit.ly/zzDijf Until you measure the soil lead levels.
@ataraxite WTF? If I can’t afford to buy a property of my own, which I can’t, and someone can’t own a second one I can use, where do I live?
@ataraxite @thepatus I’ve had to resort to sheepified URL shorteners. It’s like eating at McDonald’s, but without the individuality.
So arseh.at is down, and has been for some time. Ping @thepatus.
So that’s 1 of 4 articles filed. But it was the trickiest, and the thoughts that generated it feed into the others.
@BarrettBrownLOL Will do, thanks. I’ll email you shortly so you have my details. I only fire up Skype when I’m actually recording.
@BarrettBrownLOL BTW, a chat with you for @zdnetaustralia’s “Patch Monday” podcast would be good some time. bit.ly/5II0B9 Possible?
@BarrettBrownLOL Thank you. I’d seen a lot of confused variants and knew they couldn’t ALL be right!
@BarrettBrownLOL I write about Anonymous from time to time. How should I cite you? Surely not “operative” as RT did? bit.ly/Ajx9FE
They just have everything so RIGHT in Nevada.
@stryqx Thanks for those more current stats. I tend not to pay attention to the Random Big Numbers. I should just make them up too.
@jasonjordan The only word that needs capitalising my in tweet is the one that starts with C. Which I left out.
If the world’s media are going to make “journalism” out of my tweets, they might as well get proper punctuation.
RT @MissKatiePrice: I have not been hacked at all. [Yeah, we figured that, you stupid, dishonest arsehat. Integrity fail, much?]
As usual, @johnthelutheran is right on the money. Sigh. And I’d never even heard of Katie Price before, truly. There’s an Edict segment.
MT @johnthelutheran: I expected so much better from Katie Price, and from “social advertising” types. Who’s left to believe in?
So why would anyone trust @MissKatiePrice ever again? What a fuckwitted poisoning of your own brand! Arsehats.
RT @johnthelutheran: WTF? Those “Katie Price hacked!” tweets turned out to be a /Snickers/ ad??? [Failing to differentiate editorial, ads?]
For a long time now I’ve simple assumed that it’s all bullshit, @jasonjordan. I suspect it works out quicker that way.
The URL for my immediately previous tweet about the ABC @702sydney stupid re Megaupload is arseh.at/qvs
Oh here’s a stupid from @702sydney. Megaupload “accounts for about 4% of internet uploads”? Orly? Try 4% of “internet traffic”. At its peak.
RT @langtry_girl: Whoever has hacked @MissKatiePrice’s Twitter account is a /genius/…..:-D [This. Is. So. True! HT @johnthelutheran]
@ApostrophePong @kofeyh There’s always the mini-bar… and then room service.
BTW, this first article is about Megaupload and Anonymous and SOPA/PIPA and the end of the world and stupidity.
RT @Nicholosophy: Over 9000. [Thanks, I’ll go with that.]
RT @LapTop006: I’d just go for a Sagan-esque “billions and billions”. [Yeah, but I’d have to have a couple of bongs first.]
What number are we currently using for “devices connected to the internet”? Two billion?
@kofeyh Hah! It’s only four articles that must be done by 0900 or so but overall your theory is correct. May I subscribe to your newsletter?
@ApostrophePong I spent the afternoon at an Italian restaurant on Chapel St, South Yarra. arseh.at/qvr
@ApostrophePong Right, back to my writing. I’m allowing myself one glass of Coriole sangiovese for each article finished before 0900.
RT @LapTop006: Some would argue that at 1:15 am you’re meant to be asleep. [I support this argument. My editors, less so.]
So, it’s 0115 on a Sunday night. I’m meant to be writing. Instead, I’m searching my website for pictures taken in toilets. PLEASE EXPLAIN.
@ApostrophePong This is the photo that started it, I think. “Unreliable Bangkok 3: Bureaucracy” arseh.at/qvq
@ApostrophePong My tastes in à¸à¸°à¹€à¸—ย may not be the same asarseh.at/qvoco/iSpWhkLr Also, Google Transarseh.at/qvpco/zfbMb5Gm
So I’m fairly sure that’s the first time I’ve used the word à¸à¸°à¹€à¸—ย in a @ApostrophePongstrophePong
@ApostrophePong Can you explain to me why I found Thai toilets amazing? I’ve forgotten. Or is that a good thing? à¸à¸°à¹€à¸—ยà¸à¸°à¹€à¸—ย!
@johnemcintyre That said, I see you used one in your tweet, the other on the blog. I am relieved… and love your work, Sir.
@johnemcintyre It wasn’t the split infinitive, I’m with you on that. I was fearful of trampling on some subtle distinction of meaning.