Ignoring the wine.
Oh look, wine.
The Oz Party Bus deliver the young things to Scary Canary.
Strolling back to the hotel through the Sydney CBD drizzle.
OH: “So do you use Foursquare, or is that a dumb question?”
North Americans really don’t get the “Australians swear” thing.
So, the “Identity & Privacy” event is over, but before I can join people at the pub I have a quick meeting at, erm, another pub.
OH: “We didn’t talk about that. That would be really practical.”
Just bouncing random comments from today’s event into the Twitterverse to see what questions come back.
Responses currently running roughly half yes, quarter no, quarter tell me more.
No, it’s not my idea. We’re just tossing around the idea of a government equivalent to the Fly-Buy card.
Would you give the Tax Office open access to all your banking data etc, for efficiency’s sake, in exchange for 5% off your tax bill?
OH: “The problem is that kids don’t know how to be proper criminals these days.”
The event is getting under way. Details at arseh.at/t7f though I shan’t be tweeting much ‘cos I have to take notes and stuff.
Eating sandwiches under the Chatham House Rule. I cannot attribute this sandwich.
@franksting Also, @Steve_Lockstep says get down here, you can book in on the door.
@franksting THE INTERNET? BE USING IT, MOTHERFUCKER.
Yeah, I was thinking a gun would help.
En route to 1300 iappANZ “Identity & Privacy” arseh.at/t7f with @IdentityWoman, which us all according to plan.
RT @lukebuckmaster Celebrities that look like mattresses (via @ambiej) on.fb.me/GHRZV7
My status is acknowledged.
@quietdiscourse Almonds are not to be trusted.
Excellent. There’s time to check in and do my errand before the 1300 event.
Hah! They’ve broken it!
I am now arriving at Central station, where I shall alight from this train and board another. But only for a short time.
I love watching people who insist that their idea of how Twitter “should” be used is THE ONE TRUE WAY that Twitter should be used.
Crossing the Nepean.
Reading said draft, despite too many spelling and grammatical errors. The author will be thrilled. I’ll reply to shit later.
Opened draft book I’m reviewing. MS Word rules: “There are too many spelling or grammatical errors in REDACTED to continue displaying them.”
Why on earth is @RailCorp’s Twitter feed protected?
Mobile: Cab to Wentworth Falls; pie time; 0931 train to Sydney.
@Steve_Lockstep If I started eating with wildlife I don’t think I’d hear the end of it. /cc @R_Chirgwin
@R_Chirgwin Actually, I’ll go with young male. Another pic shows some of the display feathers, but relatively short. Take 7 years to grow.
@sylmobile Live the dream.
@R_Chirgwin I never could work out why the lyrebird would be walking the dog. /cc @Steve_Lockstep
@R_Chirgwin “Adult males start singing half an hour before sunrise from roosts high above the forest floor,” it says. I know where now.
@R_Chirgwin Actually, I may retract my identification as a male. It may be a female. Or perhaps a male who hasn’t developed a full tail yet.
@Steve_Lockstep There’s no way a scrub turkey can troll me with that many bird calls in one day. Plus others have seen it. /cc @R_Chirgwin
ETD 30 minutes. The gentle rain has settled into a steady shower now, and it’ll continue for some time.
New photos: “Lyrebird in the Mist”, vaguely. flic.kr/p/bEVyX8 flic.kr/p/bs1FqJ /cc @R_Chirgwin
Presence of lyrebird confirmed, @R_Chirgwin! Large adult male, sighted in a tree just beyond the dam silhouetted against the mist.
If a boat catching fire so excites Teh Medias, @BernardKeane, then clearly we need to SET FIRE TO ALL THE THINGS!
If you drive a car and live in a town or city, you may commiserate with the creator of this blog. arseh.at/tbo
“Power outage”? [snicker]
@jonoabroad Gantt charts? I was talking about play, not sheer fantasy!
Thu plan: More plans; 0931 train to Sydney; 1300 iappANZ “Identity & Privacy” arseh.at/t7f with @IdentityWoman; 1730 meeting; TGIT.
RT: Oh look! “The 9pm Edict” episode 20. arseh.at/tbk
The Unabomber made quite a lot of sense, @leslienassar. Or Mr Kaczynski to you.
Thank you for your “helpful” suggestions, @sylmobile @leslienassar, now please go awy.
Which moron decided to rename Android Market “Play Store”? When buying software for serious purposes, “play” isn’t a word I’d look for.
Oh. And there’s the sound that indicates that I don’t have dry clothes any more. Fuck you, Nature!
Fursday. Bugger.