Tweets are running late, and out of timetable order.
“… the First Amendment, which as we all know permits everyone online to say anything anywhere they please.” languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3859
I’m back at Bunjaree Cottages. #batterylife is no longer an issue. I’ll deal with the empty gas bottle in the morning after a cof… Oh.
“[Confused whinge about jungles in general.]”
“It doesn’t matter how long you live there, if you’re a farang you’re always a farang,” says the chubby old man with unconvincing hairpiece.
“The traffic is chaos, and there’s no road maps of Bangkok. It’s just the way they do things over there,” he continues.
I’ll be at the pub shortly.
Do excuse me if I fall silent for a bit. I’ve just been seriously misrepresented in an email to colleagues and I’m pretty fucking furious.
@dnee All that proves is that cliché is more popular than using accurate words. Which was my entire point.
“Hackers could decapitate the internet… Nightmare scenario.” Oh FFS, BBC! http://t.co/rocMeK2N
There’s nought wrong with the word “regulator”, @dnee, and it’s more accurate to boot. “Watchdog” is a stale news cliché.
Tonight on “I’m an Instant Fucking Expert”, the law of false and misleading advertising. SIgh.
Dear Journalists, you don’t HAVE to use “watchdog” when writing about ACCC, ACMA etc. It doesn’t actually display your wit and clue.
The Australians United To Kill It With Fire Party? Yeah I’d join that.
It was long but OK. Ducks are aligned, and the gradual handover to new developers should work just fine.
Crossing the Nepean. Again.
Questioning the world of Apple? Does the ACCC realise the trouble it’s in now? PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BLOG ABOUT IT!
There should not be a place called Doonside.
Departing Strathfield. Lowering expectations.
I wonder which sub-species of urbanfag he’s waiting for.
Those big yellow “no standing” areas on CityRail platforms? Snipers. It’s the only solution. Trust me.
Mind you, given the school I went to…
It’s amazing how young Newington boys become complete and utter little arseholes.
Storm, meet teacup.
I doubt that the success of the Queensland Premier hinges on how many Twitter followers they have.
RT @NereadersDigest @chrisjrn @teknetia @theqldpremier @AnnaMBligh @Campbell_Newman Bah. People choose who they follow. No issue.
Ah yeah. That’s the way to do it. Head appropriately pulled in.
RT @chrisjrn @stilgherrian @teknetia In this case, @theqldpremier was renamed to @AnnaMBligh. And @Campbell_Newman still exists…
I’d go further, @teknetia. It should be illegal. Destruction of government records.
RT @teknetia I find it retarded when people delete all prior tweets - like @theqldpremier account. It’s like they don’t get it or something!
Right. I’ve exhausted my interest in this town for today. I shall now commence my return journey westward and to higher altitudes.
MT @JohnGunders: @GreenJ Flashblock kills autoplay videos. [Or, I can avoid yet more fiddling and just not go there.]
Most news coverage of “cyber” issues reads like a WWII reporter referring to a Spitfire as “an elaborate mechanical bird”.
@HappySinger Memory loss is a tragic affliction and the scourge of the elderly.
@becadroit It’s true. I fail at internet. Sorry.
So, there IS a Julie Bishop fan club! Awesome! twitpic.com/91vgkm HT @HappySinger
@aujdo Heh. Mind you, Fairfax can probably already cross-match my browsing to my identity.
You know, “Don’t make fissile material” would have been the obvious solution, but we’re just a tad late to make that decision now.
So, has the government ever given actual facts about “the threat of nuclear terrorism”, apart from waving it as scary thing?
Speaking of Julie Bishop, it’s time to tell you all again to Google for “neo-con sex kitten”. I know. I have no shame.
So, @aujdo, give Fairfax more tracking data in exchange for them being polite? Fuck that. There’s other news outlets. /cc @GreenJ
RT @joshgnosis: @dobes @stilgherrian We may need one of these for Julie Bishop. bit.ly/cD5OVP [“May”? We DO need one.]
Delete “almost” for me. RT @GreenJ: honestly fairfax, those autoplay videos are almost enough to keep me away from your story pages
Laughing at politicians who believe they can assess the security implications of network gear by walking around the factory where its made.
RT @feed_the_chooks: “…cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.” Joe Klein [This is PRECISELY why I’m cynical. Oh wait.]
@feed_the_chooks Why. This. Obsession. With. Bob. Ellis?
@garthk I continue to be intrigued about what I’m told about and what not.
@tim_cooke Sure, Yammer is used by all sorts of organisations. But it’s not a “personal use” tool so it doesn’t get much profile.
@GreenJ Indeed, you could do worse than talk to @jeamland about Raspberry Pi. He knows about this stuff. Ignore the hygiene issues.
@MoreThanDanny Hmmm. In NSW restaurants can’t charge for water. Does that mean they’re required to offer water though? Questions to ask!
@charispalmer Well, I do like the idea of “faceless allegations”. Sounds like an eggcorn to me though. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn
There was a @Yammer event in Sydney today? I’ve been mushroomed again.
Oh that’s just wrong.
1200 meeting finished. Plan successfully agreed upon. Brain only slightly fried.
I wonder if @charispalmer really means “faceless” allegations, or whether the more traditional “baseless” would be better?
“Unraveling the Huawei conspiracy theory” with @charispalmer and an uncomfortable Alexander Downer. http://t.co/3IO476ab
So who, specifically, decided that convenient, clean drinking water would no longer be provided in public places?
Australians download just 12% of the data that Americans do, writes @phildobbie. http://t.co/okaHs3P6
RT @carolduncan: Macarons are over-rated. Discuss. [What’s to discuss? The macaronoids have some sort of serioius hormonal disorder.]
Wise choice.
Crossing the Nepean.
This +1000! RT @NewtonMark: ACMA is like the Two Ronnies joke about British police armed with truncheons: “STOP! Or… I’ll say STOP again!”
RT @jplonie: â#hippiese#senilityt#tightsarenotpantsts†two of these are not like the other one. [You didn’t see what I just saw.]
That, and on a bright morning after overnight rain the scrubland is just fucking beautiful.
Mobile. I’m walking in to Wentworth Falls this time because bank account WTF and because obesity.
So, the gas bottle just ran out. While I was under the shower. I’m awake now. Far. Too. Awake. And shivering. And no time to fix and shave.
Congrats (belated) to @Bleeplyapp for scoring a Pushstart incubator spot. http://t.co/LEWWviEp My Oct 2011 profile at http://t.co/cfbreP4w
@paulwallbank @R_Chirgwin @Idealaw My understanding is that everything has to be approved by Conroy’s office anyway.
MT @paulwallbank: A big concern I have with NBNCo is they seem to cherry pick their status as a private or govt org. [Exactly this.]
@paulwallbank @R_Chirgwin @Idealaw Lack of transparency has been my constant complaint about NBN being spun out to a separate company.
@jplonie @R_Chirgwin @paulwallbank @Idealaw I’m coming in late, but don’t vendors have to give source code to DSD under embargo already?
Tue plan: 0931 train to Sydney, writing en route; 1200 meeting Enmore; meeting CBD; 1723 train back to Wentworth Falls; evening TBA.
@juhasaarinen I don’t think you’re even meant to read the words on BI’s charts. Aren’t they just to make you feel like you’re clever?
@MollieCMYK Hi, but dear God no, I’m not “cool”. Nor, really, in Sydney most of the time but 100km west. You’re in for a big change!
Another Apple-masturbatory factoid chart from BI! Without Apple, tech sector profits “off” 3%, whatever “off”means. http://t.co/qxA5WiEY
@R_Chirgwin @paulwallbank @Idealaw Surely a company can just choose who it does business with? There’s no right to be considered is there?
Twitter says I’m similar to @GreenJ. Can someone in Melbourne please hand him the razor he’s about to ask for?
I’m doing The Long Commute today. More detailed plan followed shortly.
Bwrrrving!