@NewtonMark @LiamT I’m still back laughing at the “asleep at the switch” comment. Cruel.
This is the software NBNCo used to plan the rollout, apparently. biarri.com/tools_fiber_op…
@NewtonMark @LiamT Well, Liam’s been following this one. But it does seem to be all-ISC. Then again, ACMA liaises with our ISPs. [shrug]
@corduroy @decryption Thank you. I don’t think I explained the Coalition’s plan well, but then my job was to explain today’s announcement.
New blog post: “Talking NBN rollout on ABC Local Radio”: audio of tonight’s chat with @domknight. stilgherrian.com/conversations/…
@corduroy Awww… Please wait at least 30 minutes before misrepresenting me. Or is that swimming after lunch?
Well, that’s the evening radio done. Not sure if I made sense, but I’ll stick the audio online shortly.
On hold for @domknight @702sydney and around NSW/ACT. I’ll be on after The Beatles, streamed from abc.net.au/sydney/
I’m talking NBN and iCode cutoffs with @domknight on @702sydney and local radio NSW at 2110, stream at abc.net.au/sydney/
@neerav I tried watching the first ep of Planet Word but got annoyed. Linguistics blogs have said it fails to sort consensus from radical.
@ataraxite Oh the writing plods along, and now they let me talk in front of people. I’ll have more to say on that tomorrow.
That’s Mr Kaczynski to you, you disrespectful pricks.
Pleased to hear that @domknight is advocating book-burning.
@manaz_d Ta for that. I’m guessing my message for @domknight and audience tonight is that analysis ain’t instant.
RT @johnthelutheran: “Crucifixion: Key To Counterinsurgency”, by Pontius Pilate. paulbibeau.blogspot.com/2012/03/crucif…
Has anyone actually done ANY analysis of the NBN rollout plan, as opposed to fact-free party-political talking points? THAT’S what I’d like.
It’s true, Tucker’s Law really does look better in cross-stitch. twitpic.com/1bxol1
Also add rather a lot of thunder and lightning to the mix.
Seriously pissing down, actually.
Il pleut. Finally. And quite heavily.
RT @domknight: Sorry - NSW/ACT only ;) [Oh. Yes. Brainfart my end. Sorry, I knew that. But I’ll plug the internet feed in due course.]
@SnarkyPlatypus “First conceived in a Goldman Sachs research report” is your answer there.
“Thatcher’s deregulation of the market led to class war, video nasties, Bananarama. We told you. You wouldn’t listen.” guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/…
BRICS “an artificial bloc built on a catchphrase” nytimes.com/2012/03/27/opi…
So, I just agreed to talk NBN rollout and iCode infected computer cutoffs with @domknight on ABC Local Radio nationally at 2110 or so.
@johnthelutheran Apparently, and this may come as a shock, the internet extends beyond England, and there’s many papers named @thetimes.
“Prime Minister Gillard today warmly welcomed President Bongo and his delegation to Australia.” I can’t read any more.
@leslienassar You’re the one at the 5-star hotel, get your own effing tacos! /cc @quietdiscourse
@bleeters @LiamT Why surprise? iCode has been public, reported on from the very beginning. Get your infected shit off the internet, people!
Yes, of course your tacos will be delivered by robot helicopter. Der. tacocopter.com HT @quietdiscourse
“ACMA: 10,000 malware infected Aussies to be cut-off from internet July 9”, writes @LiamT cso.com.au/article/420020…
ACMA cleverly scheduled their “We’re gonna cut you off!” announcement against the NBN rollout plan. How to bury yourself, what?
RT @timehhh: Shorter Turnbull: “We don’t like this NBN roll-out at all, but also it should be happening faster”. Oh, OK then. [Snerk!]
Ah, I love PR firms’ emails to “**SAVE THE DATE” (with asterisks!) that don’t mention whether the event is lunchtime, evening or what.
I think I may do an explanatory voiceover for that video, to answer @craigthomler and other’s questions.
“NBN Three Year Rollout” video. youtube.com/watch?v=-bcfcw… Unimpressed. Not a data viz. Gibson desert, Sydney shown as equal density! What a wank.
“Conroy plans filter ‘surprise’ announcement”, writes @joshgnosis zdnet.com.au/conroy-plans-f…
Sudden serious fatigue.
Quick quick quick, @ABCNews24! You haven’t been a vulture for nearly an hour! Yes! Back to repetitive intrusion on a family’s grief! FFS!
Mind you, I do suppose we need to explain that the 3-year plan in a 9-year project only contains 1/3 of the total. OMFG ARITHMETICK!
Yeah, @ABCNews24, let’s leave the media conference, what I tuned in for, to watch… what? A journalist repeat what we just heard. Bah!
I see @ABCNews24 is still playing vulture. Fucking disgusting. FFS give a stressed-out and now apparently grieving family a break!
RT @joshgnosis: It begins #nbn instagr.am/p/IvCXWMFCGU/ [Oh, well, THAT makes me wish I’d gone to Sydney for the event! That’s SPESHUL!]
Oh, and I’ve stopped writing because it turns out there wasn’t a news story there. Much as I love my friends at the FBI.
Goo Goo Dolls live in concert? Oddly enough, even that isn’t enough to persuade me to cross an ocean.
OK, I’m starting to write now. With luck, one fewer editor will hate me today.
Thank you, @martinwalsh, for the reminder that Klout is nought but a gimmick. Me on this previously, with references: technologyspectator.com.au/emerging-tech/…
I see the search for a missing child not yours has become recreation for TV-equipped proles today. You should be thoroughly ashamed.
Maybe there’s a hidden bonus. Maybe we could drop the fuckin’ thing on Jeff Koons and all his arasehat enablers.
I should also point out that’s not a “train” (sequence of cars) but a locomotive. Without its tender. But, like, fuck accuracy.
Jeff Koons is a tosser.
RT @ozdj: Awesome sign in the lift is awesome. twitpic.com/92ks2a [It’s about time someone took some responsibility, yes.]
@TheLoudestVoice Erm, I was doing no such thing, Sir.
To be clear, @andrew_hedge @elronxenu, I could get said Accreditation. I’ve just not got one (yet). Don’t cover head of govt/state stuff.
I’ll start writing soon. I’m hoping that some food will make me feel less dreadful shortly.
“National Media Accreditation” being the pre-screened “real media” and “security cleared” status to keep out the ratbags.
Good thing I didn’t bother with Sydney for NBN rollout announcement. Ranga-in-Chief is taking over. National Media Accreditation now needed.
True, @vealmince, media releases that begin ‘Arsehat Pty Ltd, a leading provider of…’ deserve a special type of derision too.
Thu plan, unordered: Write for @zdnetaustralia; SEKRIT call left over from yesterday; client web project management; cook all the things.
At least the Pirate Party in Berlin’s parliament is showing some sense. Pony Time FTW. equestriadaily.com/2011/12/berlin…
A “washing machine” has a “motherboard diagnostic code”, @paulwallbank? Then it’s ridiculously over-engineered. This planet is so fucked.
WTF @rubikfinancial? Firms not allowed to tender unless they’re in the Magic Quadrant? How about we get the next ship off this planet?
SnarkyPlatypus Whenever people mention “social marketing”, I picture my friends trying to advertise brands to me and me bitchslapping them for it.
I’m willing to modify that viewpoint if people tell me it was ever a vital purchase decider, not price, performance, features etc.
Dear PR People, no-one gives a toss about your client in Gartner’s Magic Fucking Quadrant. Lead with that, I press delete. Always.
@JonDeeOz Tell the companies your no junk mail sign is being ignored. They will tell the distributor. Two strikes they get sacked.
Fursday, and unimpressed.