@net_hues True, I am a pussy of little brain. Oh wait.
There’s stuff happening that I don’t understand…
Down tools.
So @marcfennell has successfully recorded his Download This Show show, with @jendudley and me “helping”. It was… disturbing in places.
OH: “It wouldn’t be radio unless somewbody lactated.” So this is going well…
So @jendudley @marcfennell and I are looking for the condom… at the ABC… shoosh.
It would appear that I am at ABC Ultimo and Telstra Next G is a tad overloaded in the data thingamy.
@purserj I not only know what a symbolic link is, I know the difference from a hard link and what an inode is. Also, I am old.
@semiboganman @piawaugh @marcfennell I think you’ll find that the program has alrerady been planned, given that we record in 37 minutes. ;)
Mobile: Check out; stroll to ABC Ultimo for recording session and a meeting; stroll back; check in to a different hotel; open the wine.
@semiboganman @piawaugh Oh this isn’t for the “Patch Monday” podcast. This is Mr @marcfennell’s thing at the ABC on Proper Broadcast Radio.
Hah! I was just told by a PR “I think everyone who works in tech PR is aware of who you are”, and it ALMOST sounded like a compliment.
@piawaugh @semiboganman Ah, well that’s useful news, thank you, but our recording session at the ABC starts in an hour. ;)
Oh botheration and fiddlesticks, I am running a bit late.
RT @franmolloy: @stilgherrian wrote about this many years ago - good data mining: http://t.co/BT4ObrKU [Thanks for that, oldie but goodie!]
@R_Chirgwin @Daniel2384 @iiadamogrady @peterhau @jfeathersmith Ta for them, will probably skate through them as I’m after newish things.
Ah yes govhack. Thanks, @semiboganman. Any projects that stand out for you? Or should I just trawl?
So, since I’m always whinging about the evils of data mining, what are some cool positive examples? There must be some, right? ;)
@BarrySouthgate Oops. Sorry, Barry. I didn’t quite hear the intro and, well, I fail at popoular culture. Great performance. Thanks.
Yes this is a Peroni shut up.#SamsungGS3AU
Explaining things to Jessica. #SamsungGS3AU instagr.am/p/LRaVJaiFka/
OK, I am going to mingle and fondle the pebble-inspired technology. #SamsungGS3AU
@PointZeroOne This was my version, but it’s slightly wrong in a couple siblte ways. http://t.co/8NtUm00h /cc @joshgnosis
@PointZeroOne No, the LTE issue is ‘cos Australian LTE operates on different frequencies. @joshgnosis is the full bottle. #SamsungGS3AU
The media release for the Galaxy S III has arrived. Can’t see LTE in the specs for Australia. No surpise there. Or am I wrong? #SamsungGS3AU
@Catichka Samsung seems to have a classical music theme to their promo videos (violins etc), so I’d have picked some Mozart.
@SammiMarks @dr_nic @Leighlo @alexkidman People’s Republic of China Ringe WTF?
Bother. I mistyped “Jessica Rowe” as “Jessicas Rose” before. I’m sure she won’t mind. She’s a trooper. #SamsungGS3AU
@peterhau Oh you think? I didn’t think there’d be any privacy issues whatsoever. Then again, I thought most of my jokes were funny.
RT @437BennyBoyd: looks like a night at the Dapto RSL. RT @stilgherrian: They sing. #SamsungGS3AU instagr.am/p/LRX7DViFi-/ [A bit cruel…]
And now we all get to TOUCH it. #SamsungGS3AU instagr.am/p/LRYUPmCFjN/
@jonoabroad The bloke speaking was Tyler McGee, Samsung’s regional VP. #SamsungGS3AU
@SnarkyPlatypus WE HAVE A CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AND JESSICA MAUBOY WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? #SamsungGS3AU
They sing. #SamsungGS3AU instagr.am/p/LRX7DViFi-/
On stage now: Jessica Mauboy and I think Jessia Rose said is was Gary Southgate. Is he a thing? #SamsungGS3AU
James Magnussen, but only by pre-recorded video. #SamsungGS3AU instagr.am/p/LRXm7niFi0/
@melissahoyer I’ll be making a “judgement” when I get to play with one for a while. So far it’s canned presentations. #SamsungGS3AU
The Galaxy S iii will be on sale in Australian stores “within the hour”. So, you’ll be rushing out not? #SamsungGS3AU
2100mAh battery. Virtualisation of the OS? Cool. #SamsungGS3AU
@SnarkyPlatypus How dare you call me a C-grade celebrity! I’m D-grade at best.
“Wi-Fi channel bonding”? Well, it has it. And Bluetooth 4.0. And GLONASS (Russian satnav) as well as GPS. #SamsungGS3AU
So @VirginMobileAus bought Google AdWords on “samsung galaxy s 3 site:.au” that lead to a 404 page arseh.at/z29 #SamsungGS3AU
Basic stats: 1.4GHz quad-core processor, 4.8” Super AMOLED display. LTE “(depends on country)”. 8 megapixel camera. #SamsungGS3AU
It comes in “marble white” or “pebble blue”. “Each makes a very unique natural statement of its own.” #SamsungGS3AU
We’re got face recognition when it takes photos to auto-tag people when uploading to your “social media stream” eek eek eek. #SamsungGS3AU
Touch a couple Galaxy S iiis together and they’ll “bond” so you can transfer files. Range? And the range with Pingles? #SamsungGS3AU
@mukimu I am FULL of sanity, young man! Full of it.
If I were Mr Tyler McGee from Samsung, I personally would not have chosen Coldplay as my music example. #SamsungGS3AU
So, the phone uses its camera to tell if you’re looking at it and whether it should pay attention to you. #SamsungGS3AU
Shall I tweet all the features? I think not. There’s a website. http://t.co/sYNz9LMa #SamsungGS3AU
“This is a phone that listens, a phone that speaks, a phone that follows our actions,” says Tyler McGee. Something roll video. #SamsungGS3AU
RT @engochick: Sigh. Why is there so much wank in the world? [I have never been able to work this out. I may cry by lunchtme.]
Water- and pebble-based inspiration. #SamsungGS3AU instagr.am/p/LRUrPyCFg0/
The Galaxy S III is “inspired by water, wind, leaves and pebbles,” the man from Samsung just said. #SamsungGS3AU
@SnarkyPlatypus I believe we had a faded reality TV star for the Smart TV launch the other week, BUT THIS IS A TELEPHONE WITH BRANES.
RT @joshgnosis: Samsung has found a way to out-smug Apple, I think. Orchestra and all. [To outsmug is a glorious word that needs more use.]
It is “designed for humans”, it says in big letters in front of me. #SamsungGS3AU
Ms Rowe at full bore. #SamsungGS3AU instagr.am/p/LRTxGgiFgB/
The canned presentation begins. Jessica Rowe is our MC. #SamsungGS3AU instagr.am/p/LRTjOzCFv3/
Hushed silence… No, just the orchestra doing another tune. #SamsungGS3AU
Oh. I didn’t organise to file from this event for anyone. Hello, editors, do any of you want any opinions? #SamsungGS3AU
Breakfast chamber orchestra, of course.#SamsungGS3AU instagr.am/p/LRSZ7oCFu1/
I am at the SEKRIT launch #SamsungGS3AU instagr.am/p/LRSBo3CFuX/
@PointZeroOne I think it’s the comfy hotel bed combined with getting over the cold.
@SnarkyPlatypus Indeed, I’m on somewhere at the ABC a couple times a week on average.
Thu plan: 1000 Samsung launch Capitol Theatre; lunch (where?); 1440 ABC Ultimo recording; 1545 meeting; remainder TBA, but with trains.
O hai. It always seems that I sleep in when in the city…
Ahem.
Finally having a quiet beer before heading back to the CBD and #batterylife…
OH YES, YOU COULD GIVE THE AUDIENCE MEMBER A MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR THEM THAT IS REALLY QUITE BRILLIANT.
@franksting Crime stats do not differentiate “cyber”. A fraud is a fraud in official crime stats.
“Nigeria”! [drink]
RT @franksting: @stilgherrian her outfit *requires* high heels in fairness [True.]
Oh dear. Someone is “asking a question” which is, in essence, a misinformed rant against cloud computing.
I promise I won’t cry.
RT @PardusXY: @stilgherrian @SnarkyPlatypus the term cyber should have stayed in IRC. :P [Yes.]
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: You’re at an event that uses the ‘cyber’ prefix. I don’t think you should get your hopes up. [True enough.]
The audience is rapt, @franksting, the audience is lapping up this “brand new” information.
I look forward to the narrative reaching the current decade.
NSW Police guy on Ukraine: “They have a remarkable tolerance of organised crime that really puts Australia to shame.”
RT @internetpol: @franksting I fight crime, injustice, and lame commentary on SECURITAH in the media. [WE ARE SAV0RATED!]
There’s about 350 worthy citizens listening here tonight. Mr Gamble was right off the grid, now NSW Police guy doing carding 101.
@kcarruthers Ken Gamble is Executive Chairman of Internet Fraud Watchdog, and he’s a private investigator. http://t.co/FQ6Jjed8
Mr Gamble seems to be complete unaware of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime or any of the current legislative work.
“We need ‘Internetpol’ to fight online crime… Why don’t we have this already?” Jesus wept.
Apparently “should police be able to intercept” or “can we have privacy” is a binary choice.
I do like the clip art for “suicide”. Lovely colourful pills falling out of that bottle. #exaggeratedstats
Oh. Dear. He’s citing Symantec’s $1.8B as Australia’s direct losses to cybercrime annually, plus $2.8B indirect #exaggeratedstats
Hmmm… This isn’t the case I’d have chosen to highight current problem, Mr Gamble. And no hard numbers on monetary losses from this case?
Do we have a hashtag? We need a hashtag.
@franksting “The internet from space” is a technical term. You wouldn’t understand.
Psychology! instagr.am/p/LPoj3aCFjZ/
RT @atirere Is it about the impending onslaught of cybermen? [Yes, yes it is.]
Um no, taxi driver, we should not be headed to Camperdown. That’s the University of Sydney. Sigh. Kensington, please.
Detecting a market opportunity.
RT @mukimu: Would have thought something you traditionally set on fire. Absinthe? Sambucca? [This is what I’m thinking too.]
And… the radio is done. Alas, my audio stream seems to have failed part-way, so I don’t think I have a recording to post later.
A Flame Worm cocktail would need tequila, obviously, and what else?
Sitting in TARDIS 1. Awaiting the automates switch to @abcgoldcoast at 1715 AEST.
I’m talking Flame worm on @abcgoldcoast in about 10 mins. Listen at abc.net.au/goldcoast/ or not, as your heart desires.
Me at @CSO_Australia: “Why Flame can’t be the world’s most complex malware” http://t.co/LWoHj5l5 Ping @riskybusiness
@Colophonemes ABC Gold Coast, 1715 AEST, various frequencies. Will tweet link when in TARDIS.
Sydney, from Tumbelong Park instagr.am/p/LPb8o0iFgw/
I shall now leave my SEKRIT eyrie, despite the glorious view, and stroll to ABC Ultimo, there to enter a TARDIS and talk about Flame.
@johnthelutheran @paulkidd There does not seem to be a cocktail called the metaphor. I believe this to be a significant flaw in society.
New photo: “Whatever you say, Senator Wong!” http://t.co/tYEUDE6l
Story filed. I now have an hour to kill before I need to head over to ABC Ultimo.
RT @DavidParis: Oh. Dear. RT @jessmcguire: RON SWANSON TRANCE http://t.co/nHGNArzi [Yay! And I don’t even know who Ron Swanson is.]
RT @paulkidd: there should be a cocktail called the metaphor, for this very reason [This is a very good thought. Maybe there’s one already?]
Mixing metaphors. Because I’m a professional. Don’t try this at home, kids.
RT @stratsec: We’ve pulled apart a module of the Flame worm - http://t.co/nxCfZhV3 [Thanks, will look momentarily.]
Huh? @joshgnosis is Kenyan? I AM SO CONFUSED!
My spot on @abcgoldcoast talking about the Flame worm has now been rescheduled for 1715 AEST.
@joshgnosis OMFG MITT ROMNEY LOOKS SO YOUNG I NEVER REALISED.
OK, I’m heads down while I get a quick little article written before heading over to the ABC.
@Gwyntaglaw Oh. That needs work.
@Gwyntaglaw No, you can’t bolt the -gate at the end of the word if the gazelle has already bolted.
“Gazelle”? Oh dear.
“Flame worm”, you ask? Here’s the thing I wrote for @crikey_news yesterday. http://t.co/FSWf3Wqw … but I’ve understood more since.
I’m talking Flame worm at 1615 AEST (in 2 hours) on ABC Gold Coast, and you shall listen at abc.net.au/goldcoast/ or not.
No you can’t mince a greyhound. They get all barky and complainy and the RSPCA will give you so much shit.
@en_gy You don’t “have” to. It’s your choice. The door is not locked.
Eating all the fishes.
@en_gy What are you doing up there? Why aren’t you mixing cocktails?
Orly?
Well goodness me.
Alighting at Town Hall station.
@franksting The Blue Mountains trains travel quite fast once down on the Sydney plains, actually.
Terminating at Central. All-outing, all-changing.
Feeling a sudden burst of creativity and the whiff of vinyl as the train hurtles through Newtown.
@piecritic DFAT serves waffles now? Honey and cream is the way to go. Also, when served with waffles.
RT @jeamland: Gina Rinehart, because she’s rich? [I would be more than happy to have lunch with Ms Rinehart. Number’s on the website.]
RT @johncarneyau: Kickstarter? [Oh, perhaps I could sell “Lunch with Stilgherrian” on eBay.]
So who’s buying me lunch?
I would prefer to be goverened by some farcical aquatic ceremony that this bullshit. http://t.co/zoRKIK9e
@Telstra I just pass that on so you can pass it up. NONE of the plans look attractive. They look like I have to pay for stuff I don’t use.
RT @RatbagsDotCom: People asked why I got a 3G tab instead of WiFi-only-and-use-the-phone. 18Gb data was the deal maker. [Good point.]
@Telstra Out of a $550pm allowance I currently use $100 to $150 calls, $28 SMS. Wish I could trade off $300 of calls for, oh, 20GB of data.
@Telstra Thanks, Ash. Immediate feedback: plans with more data, far smaller call/SMS allowance, would be useful. Who even calls any more?
@bleeters @Glebe2037 @Telstra The spare device / another network plan has a serious flaw: yet more shit to carry around.
@imtimhanlon Indeed, and “looking into” was my tweet. :) @Telstra’s Twitter-watching team is one of the best around, possibly even sexiest.
@Telstra Thanks, Ash. You got handy direct links to the currently available data plans, personal and business? Can do either way.
@bleeters @jeamland No, OS X does not have ddate and that is a serious error of judgement as they will discover… in time.
Tim Cook has perfect hair?
RT @jeamland: It’s ok guys, Mac OS X 10.7.4 still has uucp. [OH WHEW I WAS REALLY WORRIED THERE FOR A MOMENT I MEAN HOW WOULD WE EVEN.]
Uhoh. Only 4GB to last 14 days. @Telstra, is there STILL no way to provision more than 12GB onto a Next G post-paid phone? Even business?
Crossing the Nepean instagr.am/p/LO4a6OiFiC/
RT @joncallas: Stil — you need to let other people have their turn at least once a week. [Oh. Well. Played. I am seriously laughing now.]
He flounces onto the train at Lapstone in shiny leather jacket, no shirt, expensive jeans and a serious I’m-special pout. At Lapstone, FFS.
Folks, there’s 6.8 billion people on this planet. The probaility of one of them doing something really, really weird today is 100%.
RT @vealmince: @stilgherrian @riskybusiness Hey fun boys, get a room! [OK, this is now even more wrong than anything said so far.]
@riskybusiness BTW, I’m citing your South Africa thing in a thing today. Is there a better link to it than this one? http://t.co/TrGdvoLa
@riskybusiness Well, OK, as long as we agree that screeching angrily on Twitter WILL solve it all… we ARE then in complete agreement.
@riskybusiness Now hang on there, matey! You’re not allowed to notch up the Patronising-Cunt-o-Meter faster than I am! Outrageous!
@riskybusiness So if I give your knickers a bit more of a twist, is THAT when we get to see your head explode? Asking for a friend.
MT @riskybusiness: The media is doing the bidding of corp interests. [OMFG ORLY WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN FFS NOTIFY THE MEDI… OH WAIT.]
@riskybusiness Part of the problem, I suspect, is most IT journos are “gadget enthusiasts” not proper geeks. Now I want to name names. ;)
@riskybusiness Ah yes well… UTS/Crikey research showed 78% of IT stories were direct PR placements, worst of any specialist field.
Am I being a troll? This feels like trolling. And it feels kinda nice. Should I stop? It feels like I should keep going.
@riskybusiness So, specialists in a field know more than general news reporters. WHO KNEW? Do we get to see your head explode soon?
@riskybusiness Or, translated into subtlety, “I’m agreeing with you, just stop being an oh-so-special arsehat.” I say that with love. Ish.
@riskybusiness I’m fairly sure “some news value” doesn’t constitute a justification of a declaration of cyberwar but, you know, nuance.
@riskybusiness The “I know more than in that news story there”does reek just a tiny bit of arrogance. A tiny weeeeeny bit.
@riskybusiness Nevertheless, for the vast majority of people Flame is new and interesting, hence it has some news value.
Modern rural hospitality, Wentworth Falls. instagr.am/p/LOxyU9iFui/
RT @badbanana Congratulations to the city of Miami for going another day without someone eating someone else’s face.
Waiting for departure, Banksia Cottage, @bunjaree Cottages. instagr.am/p/LOvFGJiFsz/
Mobile: Taxi ETA 5 mins, to Wentworth Falls station; 1032 train to Central; train to Town Hall; walk to SEKRIT hotel; remainder TBA.
Reverting to Plan A. Because I’m efficient.
Some grand photos of the Golden Gate Bridge to celebrate its 75th. http://t.co/VTTHMZCp
Hmmm… I really don’t feel like rushing. I think I’ll get the 1132 train to Sydney, not the 1032. It won’t make any difference to my day.
“Silicon backdoor: not an international crisis”, writes @R_Chirgwin, with some crankiness. http://t.co/EKhl8X6g
“How did everyone miss Flame?” asks @mukimu, it being the most important question. http://t.co/qgGEPiyu
@hortovanyi Some thing will always remain part of the glorious mystery of life.
@alexismadrigal @megangarber Well it was winter, and the server was in a cold warehouse environment. Inside the server was nice and warm.
I think I’ve discovered another test for the presence of reading comprehension and critical thinking.
@alexismadrigal @megangarber I’m not surprised. One server I sorted, reported to crash occasionally, had a family of mice living in it.
Well it’s always worked for me.
RT @charltonbrooker: In all seriousness though, do you think Mark Zuckerberg calls the clitoris the “Like Button”?
@charltonbrooker So, on a cold morning in remote mountain scrubland, I find myself listening to you talking about auto-fellatio…
“It’s like the Russian Human Centipede with more lubricant,” he says on episode 5. http://t.co/26Wze1qk
@SnarkyPlatypus Mais si nous n’avons pas un autre héros, ce qui aurons-nous? Quelque chose? http://t.co/frD6ikXG
Wed plan: Write quick thing; bump out Banksia Cottage; 1032 train to Sydney; afternoon TBA; 1830 Cybercrime talk UNSW http://t.co/1OOScNfl
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Il est d’autant plus suspecte. Peut-on leur faire confiance? Et qu’en pensez-vous?
Ooh! Wednesday!
Thud.
I couldn’t have put this better myself. http://t.co/cSgXLIMx
This time tomorrow I’ll be at Sydney Talks’ “It Won’t Happen to Me: Cybercrime Myths and Concepts” http://t.co/1OOScNfl
RT @ozdj: HUGE TECH NEWS: Someone spotted actually using a WP7 phone on a Sydney bus. [Pics or it didn’t happen.]
@caseyjohnellis Well thanks, I guess. My main concern was not witnessing the neighbour’s dog being squashed. Or causing a car crash. Win.
Blog post: “Video: Crimson Rosellas at Banksia Cottage”. This is what I have to deal with. http://t.co/OIGdXZGj Ping @R_Chirgwin
@jennylmackinnon Cattle dogs just Can’t Be Told. They are just far too enthusiastic.
@R_Chirgwin Will El Reg be celebrating Hug a Climate Scientist Day 2012? http://t.co/QK36NHqv
mscott Delighted to announce that the fine curator of interesting ideas @ChipRolley, is to join the ABC at the new editor of The Drum…
Ale.
Bob the Kelpie has been returned to his home, unsquashed. Traffic on Railway Pde is back to normal. Journey to the pub resumed.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DISSUADE A KELPIE FROM ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS SO INCREDIBLY ENTHUSIASTIC NO PLEASE STOP CHASING THE CARS.
This is exhausting.
Strictly speaking, this does not completely fulfill the definition of a four-car pile-up. For starters, that one there is a light truck.