I’ll interact with the universe again tomorrow, methinks.
Maybe that’s not right.
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Back at the hotel.
Kidnapped for food.
R_Chirgwin Of course, getting excited over Stratfor’s assertions is forgetting that they were lobotomised turkeys with paper bags over their heads.
@unsungsongs @SawHole Uhoh. Oops. I shall return to this topic later.
The hashtag for this event is #rkrt and we’re about to start.
@SnarkyPlatypus Oh my initial presentation contains plenty of snark, fear not.
@unsungsongs I found your face peeing at me out of the @JetstarAirways in-flight magazine this week. It was most unnerving.
We’re waiting for @Ausflatfish to make his way thru Sydney’s rain-chaotified traffic, and then we’ll start the forum.
“The filth and the fury (and the catfood): Stratfor talks WikiLeaks” by @BernardKeane is rather readworthy. arseh.at/sy6
Ah, AM radio! Referring to a certain Olympic athlete as “that blokey sheila”. Stay classy.
Mobile.
I’ve found my socks. You can stop looking, thanks.
I was thinking of Clive Palmer rather than Gerry Harvey, @trib, but they’re of a mold. I’ll give them “trickle down” with a broom handle.
@caseyjohnellis Thank you. I find it hard to get my head around the layout when everything has “tech” and “innovation” on the title.
Dear Billionaires, how about a little less “Help! I seriously need EVEN MOAR MONEYZ!” and a bit more “How can fortunate me help you?”
I’ll be heading to Redfern shortly for the panel. arseh.at/spo Not entirely sure which buillding it’s in but geography.
I walked they Sussex St only an hour ago. There were no
” death squads”. Stop lying to me.
How do you wipe a floor with a mattress? #domesticdutiesconfusion
I’m finding it’s far easier to assume that everyone else is on a different, and wrong, drug regime.
@michaelmeloni Yeah, but I haven’t run out of tissues.
Singha on tap. #threegloriouswords
@Kimota Air-quotes is not a defence against having said “engage”.
Today we are all Rabbits of Action.
RT @wiredjazz: Just saw a girl with a “no raptors” shirt on… Is there a pro-raptor agenda I’m unaware of?
DavidalBarron “If rape, bestiality and incest are incidental plot points, then that content might be allowable.” PayPal’s ‘Game of Thrones’ loophole.
And that’s precisely it, @AbrasiveTeapot. Though of course NPR has chosen precisely that photo to illustrate the story.
MT @AbrasiveTeapot: What’s scary… I picked the guy on the left as the republican before I’d even read the caption (why? Angry white man)
“A Nation Divided: Can We [the USA] Agree On Anything?” The photo is remarkable. arseh.at/sxy
There. Shall. Be. No. Explanations.
Oh this is hanging out for a caption contest arseh.at/sxw HT @robcorr
@mukimu Is that a code word?
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: Yes, shots of tequila in between the beer. [Well obviously, yes.]
I suspect it’d be a good strategy not to drink beer continuously until then.
It’s all rather appropriate given I’m speaking at arseh.at/spo tonight. Who’s coming?
It’s all a bit 3 out of 10 really.
DTTZD TQYZT KLEIG GSWTI OFRZI TUNDM
Have you ever felt that half of what happens on Twitter is in some secret code?
Look, folks, that happens not to be the first image on the internet of two gay marines, trust me.
So, Stupid Crashy Android Apps, you do check the return value of malloc(), right?
@ApostrophePong Tub waan and Singha is also an excellent breakfast. Tub waan ped ped maak!
@fridley @TatteredRemnant Jimmy’s? I’ve had laksa there, and was singularly unimpressed.
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“It leaves a nasty taste in the mouth, but when ever did Santorum not?” Thank you, Guy Rundle.
RT @jonathonio: “… and now on The Drum, it’s Chris Berg on drugs” http://t.co/11hbG4Xn
I think my standard first question to anyone wanting to discuss the NBN with adults will be “So, how would you summarise Shannon’s Law?”
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Autotune T-pop FTW!
Also, they are playing the worst, cheesiest T-pop girl band I have ever heard. This place is so full of WIN!
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@TatteredRemnant @fridley I’ve heard The Galleries Victoria has good laksa, but lunch in a windowless cellar does not appeal.
So if I search Twitter for things of interest it’s research, DHS does it it’s “cyberstalking”? Childish anti-government propaganda FTL.
@rycrozier @mukimu How Stratfor handled its network then is a different Thing from how they manage their crisis PR now.
It is 1130 and I shall now head out into a damp Sydney in search of laksa.
@mukimu @rycrozier Oh I could easily credit such cleverness, seeing budgets and strategies for similar things through history.
CookSuck how many fucking @PieFaceCafe’s do they need to open as well? who even buys that shit? it’s just a servo where you can’t buy smokes
@mukimu @rycrozier All that said, a sophisticated PR / disinformation strategy would be more subtle than us amateurs might imagine…
RT @mukimu: The statement I received from Stratfor, while similar, didn’t mention the forged email and was worked in later. [Theory dented.]
@rycrozier Except that it was specifically cited by Stratfor as a key element of their PR strategy just hours later. arseh.at/sxm
So, odds of Stratfor having faked the Friedman resignation email themselves so they could say “See, some emails could be fake”? Uhuh.
“Euphemism”? I’ll need a diagram…
I wonder if it’s possible to implant post-hypnotic suggestions via Twitter…
@en_gy Have you ever imagined, truly imagined, what it would feel like to be knifed to death in a dark, cold, deserted alleyway?
Laughing at literalists.
Is it too early to open the minibar no don’t answer that I know what you people will tell me you are not to be trusted with nice things.
God’s nastiest, nastiest joke of all was making just a few of us smart enough to realise what the fuck was going on.
I AM A SPESHUL SNOWFLAKE AND I HAVE A RIGHT TO BE RECOGNISED IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE WHICH IS AN UNPRONOUNCEABLE ACRONYM.
RT @Saetereie: Every time I see LGBTQI I think LMFAO. #wigglewigglewigglewigglewiggle
Facebook reads text messages of smartphone app users. But it’s OK, it was only a little bit, they say. arseh.at/sxh HT @paulwallbank
Nausea setting in. Caused mostly by supposedly intelligent people imagining that B is suddenly a failure due to imminent C.
@ortenzi ‘Fraid it is. Last night, as usual, I bought a ticket, charged it to my card, and a train delivered me on time. #firstworldproblem
@ortenzi But, more importantly, the idea of writing any of those variants bores the shit out of me. I won’t learn anything new.
@ortenzi Really? I thought it was messy pricing structure and govt inability to lock down money flow stymies off-the-shelf tech.
@ortenzi I’m afraid that for me the “investigation” into whether something is a monopoly is neither interesting nor a technology story.
@joshgnosis Something something female editors something something channeling something Earth Mother something please don’t hit me.
Wed plan: “Freedom of Information?” panel 6pm tonight arseh.at/smd so prepare for same and have lunch in Sydney CBD somewhere.
Oh hello, Wednesday.
Oh. Which Fuckwits of News (FONsâ„¢) are misreporting the internet censorship thing this time? Does it start with an “A”?
Not everything has to be documented, @jeamland @GTRoberts @IanKath @R_Chirgwin @kofeyh
I was about to turn on the television but suddenly remembered that it’d have television on it.
I have checked in to my hotel. Air con has not yet caused the room to reach habitable temperature. I may be forced to take drastic action.
Flouncing is worth -3 charisma points.
@R_Chirgwin All on time.
Laughing at arsehats who think that a news article containing facts different from those on their own head must be wrong.
The word “another” was missing from an earlier tweet, right?
Touchdown Sydney, taxiing the 40km back to the terminal.
Transmitters off. See you in Sydney.
VH-VWY.
Boarding.
Approaching Gold Coast airport. Cautiously.
If people ever work out where you work you’re screwed.
Finally we can escape this miserable swamp! This wretched, miserable, 5-star swamp. Oh. #ks12
Dear Intel, by making these tiny computers possible you are RUINING my chances of getting to fly business class! WHY? WHY? #ks12
@danielstone Hmmm… It was a direct link. Let’s try this one. arseh.at/sx0
What a difference a single letter can make.
@danielstone Here’s everything about the Interpol filter. arseh.at/8hn
So, that’s two meals done. And it’s still 90 minutes until lunch how will I survive? #scones #jam #cream #ks12
OH: “No, it’s OK, I’m more than happy to come and tell you how to do your job.” #ks12
OH, A: “No, VoiP is MUCH better than it was five years ago.” B: “Oh, like smallpox then?” #ks12
Would you trust the safety of your family to something with banjo music? #ks12
Whenever they talk about “embracing” their devices I always feel a little dirty. #ks12
ACCC accepts Telstra’s structural separation undertaking [PDF] arseh.at/sws #nbn
People are Discovering that Photographs were Taken last night. Threats are being Issued. Money is Changing Hands. #ks12
I AM GOING TO HAVE BREAKFAST NOW AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. #ks12
“Why workplaces must resist the cult of personality testing”, writes some university bloke. arseh.at/swr
I’ve been reading George Friedman’s “The Next 100 Years” but buggered if I can find the bit that says “Start insider trading scheme”.
@CassPF Well thank you, but I am not the most important highlight of the event. I’ll just scare people with hacker stories. ;)
For once it shall have proven sensible to have scheduled writing my brief presentation on the day of the panel itself.
Tomorrow night’s forum “Freedom of Information?” will be rather topical given WikiLeaks / Anonymous / Stratfor news. arseh.at/smd
Tue plan: Kickstart Forum arseh.at/sw3 Day 3; 1610 JQ419 OOL-SYD; advance the time; check in Sydney CBD; evening TBA.
C’est Chewsday.
RT @tweeveetv: A word cloud of Tweets posted immediately after @Lateline asked Twitter not to swear. #lateline yfrog.com/estpqcp
Je suis back at the hotel. #ks12
Well, the Kickstart wife swapping seems to have begun. #ks12
@Lateline Goodness me, that silly tweet of yours was remarkably ill-judged. Remarkably.
Room key, not car key. FFS you’re filthy people. FFS!
Someone had dropped their room key out on the deck. #ks12
OH: “Catholics are just pagans in denial.”
Remind me to go to Ultimo and kill all of them.
I should’ve been tagging these tweets #ks12 but I’m sure you’re all adult enough to join the dots.
A: “I’m upgrading from fish to chocolate.” B: “Yeah, I think I’ve been to that club.”
OH: “Look, pedophile jokes are totally appropriate.” Local time 8.20pm.
OH: “Byron Bay? They eat nuts and berries. Sure, whatever.”
Beer. Big motorcycles. No sign yet of any food, not even a cashew nut. What can possibly go wrong? #ks12
Donning a hi-viz vest.
Pondering Azerbaijan…
RT @paulwallbank Feeling safe and secure to be on a bus with @stilgherrian & 40 other sensible teetotalers #ks12ks12 [En route to brewery.]]
Oh. That’s right now. I’ll have to resume the organisation of my return to Sydney after dinner. Must. Not. Forget. #ks12
RT @susan_m: @stilgherrian front desk, 5.45pm, be there. #ks12 [See? The system works. Thank you.]
I am working under the assumption that if I am meant to be somewhere at a particular time that I’ll be told where and when. #ks12
MAKE IT STOP!
“Information circulating on the internet”! “Information circulating on the internet”! “Information circulating on the internet”!
So Stratfor, a company set up to provide confidential intelligence services, provided confidential intelligence services? Well fuck me dead!
Stratfor calls Wikileaks’ release an attack on the company. Oh, you noticed then? arseh.at/swg
I missed D-Link’s free drinks just now. What a shame. I’m guessing there won’t be any alcohol over dinner tonight at the brewery. Oh. #ks12
BREAKING: Something we reported earlier, well, now that we’ve checked we find that it isn’t actually true.
“If cloud computing was a vegetable, what vegetable would it be?” Kill @gusworldau now. arseh.at/swb #ks12
So @abcnews had to run an AFP story on WikiLeaks/Stratfor because their own journalists were too busy to rewrite the media release.
“Laybacks”? #ks12
The Stratfor story is best explained by a photograph of random people wearing masks taken from a Warner Brothers movie.
RT @benrhughes: we need to be able to add [citation needed] to media, a la wikipedia [Pre-fucking-zactly!]
“Stratfor… has been called a ‘shadow CIA’,” but by WHOM, dear media? Who EVER called them that? You don’t fucking know, do you!
RT @LaurieOakes: Kevin’s a disloyal psychopath but we honour him. It is a slightly confusing message from the victors.
Oh here we go…
“The Moon is made of cheese no matter how you spin it.”
RT @charltonbrooker: The Oscars wouldn’t seem as glamorous if it was called the Global Piss Awards.
Something about underpants elastic. #ks12
RT @Tamarajawad: Be nice. RT @stilgherrian So this next session is about something called “cloud”. #ks12 [That WAS nice!]
So this next session is about something called “cloud”. #ks12
New “Patch Monday” podcast: “Radiation, nanodiamonds and traffic lights” from @NICTA Techfest arseh.at/swa
GreenJ the unsettling thing about live TV is the revelation that at moments like these our journalistic cream knows no more than the rest of us.
Nothing personal. #ks12
I’ve just told Citrix that unless they get rid of “webinar” in GoToWebinar I’ll go to their HQ and put a bullet in everyone’s head. #ks12
@NanoPunk Ah yeah that keep happening. I think it’s a cloud thing. On the internet. With stains. #ks12
RT @mjayliebs: Is live tweeting from the stage allowed #ks12 if not, just let me know. [If it’s good enough for @TurnbullMalcolm…]
@NanoPunk Look, if you can’t be bothered keeping up to date on current events then there’s not a lot I can do for you. #ks12
@somaking77 This is precisely the reason that I should have been allowed to bring a handgun today. Well, one of the reasons. #ks12
The Future is that men will not shave properly before aimlessly staring out the window. #ks12
“Patch Monday” podcast filed. Just as the first Kickstart session begins. The plan is working. #ks12
THEY HAVE PUT @ABCNews24 ON THE BIG SCREEN AND IT IS A NEW KIND OF HELL MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT FUCKING STOP! #ks12
“Patch Monday” podcast recorded and mixed. I’ll write the accompanying words and file it after breakfast.
Quite clearly I was calling for all software to be free and any other interpretation would be malicious and ill-informed. #ks12
@jeamland No, no pitchers of Bloody Mary. But I’m sure I could convince room service to provide same.
“It’s like one of those word puzzles where you alter one letter at a time. Change ‘minibar’ into ‘breakfast’…” #ks12
@bob_bain Yes, the date was changed. I updated my own post on 16/2. I’d strongly recommend not having a go me about that on Monday morning.
Yes @bob_bain, the forum “Freedom of Information?” is on Wed evening. arseh.at/smd
I wouldn’t be too concerned, @oberonsghost, everybody is old enough to be @bengrubb’s mother.
So, this is the best comment I’ve ever got on my website ever. arseh.at/sw4 I am confused and a little excited.
Dear Kickstarters, I failed to create a Buzzword Bingo word list last night because Dinner. I’m sure you feel much the same. #ks12
Mon plan: Complete “Patch Monday” podcast; big breakfast; Kickstart Forum arseh.at/sw3 all day and into the evening.
Now, about this Monday thing…
Photoshop? Bah! I refuse to spend more on software that I would on drugs for a long weekend. #ks12
So these iPads that Adobe is giving away this evening run Flash how, sorry? #ks12
Parody Twitter accounts are the lowest form of wit.
RT @jeamland: Anyone know if/how you can add bullets to a definition list using CSS? [Browning 9mm?]
Poor bastard @paulwallbank #ks12
WHERE HAS THE WINE GONE YOU BASTARDS? #ks12
This is an evening of creativity, apparently. #ks12
No, I will not lower my standards for a chance for a chance to win an iPad. #ks12
Has anyone yet pointed out that @juhasaarinen is a cunt? #ks12
@joshgnosis Oh I do love a literary reference. #ks12
“Adobe apps that you have grown to know and love” sorry which ones were they? #ks12
“Cloud”! DRINK! #ks12
The circle has been squared.
@rudolfwag I don’t need to be asked twice, see you in a moment.
@suhaskelkar I suspect that plying the tables with alcohol would always be a sensible strategy. #ks12 /cc @paulwallbank @mjayliebs
Will alcohol be involved, @purserj? Well, perhaps if a generous vendor wished to sponsor that sort of thing… #ks12
No, @purserj, “they” are not gamifying the conference. I am. Which suddenly makes it acceptable. Right? #ks12
I’m assuming I’ll have to print these bingo cards on paper as I can’t immediately find a cloud service for it. #ks12
‘Viral impact”! DRINK! #ks12
@joshgnosis @gusworldau I shall definitely find some time tonight to make bingo cards then. #ks12