One advantage of QF108: plenty of room down the arse end of the aircraft. See you in SYD at 0740 AEST. Transmitters off.
Boarding.
Other PR firms might like to read my recently-updated contact page for some unsubtle hints. stilgherrian.com/contact/
I’ve made a note of their phone number, and will mock them at length in a blog post tomorrow.
I didn’t make out the name, but an arsehat Melbourne PR firm just phoned 5 mins after sending an email asking if I wanted an interview.
There is a balding man in a purple shirt and a suit bag from Harvey Nichols. He is flouncing. I want to punch him in the face.
OK, I’d beter go clear security etc and get to the gate lounges. Back online in a bit.
RT @Jeff_Sparrow: Oh, look — it’s an Ayn Rand dating site. theatlasphere.com/dating Ping @SnarkyPlatypus
@jamezpolley Thanks. I can’t get that site to work for me here. Weird firewall shit at LAX. What flew AA3135 SJC-LAX tonight? @chrisjrn
I’d scheduled work en route, but the B744 has no seat power. There goes that plan. I WILL JUST HAVE TO DRINK ALL THE THINGS INSTEAD.
RT @jamezpolley: @stilgherrian @chrisjrn flightradar24.com/data/flights/q… makes it clear that it’s been a 744 for all recent runs [Enormous. Big. Poo.]
That fact that I know this much about the gate configurations at LAX disturbs me. Also LAX Wi-Fi is shite.
@chrisjrn @QantasAirways Well seatguru.com is listing both aircraft types as an option, but yes I think QF108 is generally a 747.
Hang on. I’m on @QantasAirwayss QF108 not QF12, gate 121 at LAX not 102, which from memory can’t handle an Airbus A380. I’m in a Boeing 747?
American Eagle’s Wikipedia entry suggests it was an Embraer ERJ-140, seating 44. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_…
@chrisbrownie Yeah when people said MD-80 I was thinking “Nope, this is way smaller than that.” Didn’t get the registration number, alas.
That was NOT an MD-80 I flew, you useless fools! Not even close. Try an Embraer 145 family model of some sort. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_E…
Caught shuttle from American Eagle satellite to LAX Terminal 4. Walking to International Terminal.
Touchdown Los Angeles.
I take that back. Never been in one of these little things. On board. Adequate #RI. Transmitters off. See you in Los Angeles.
@chrisbrownie @zerogeewhiz Ah! Flew one of these from Las Vegas to LAX once. Got upgraded to first and fed triple scotch.
WTF is this? We’re flying it to LAX, apparently! instagr.am/p/PIubhHiFqb/
Awaiting a call from ABC @1057darwin to talk not-Willis, Luddites, steam engines and maybe Nazi card punch cards.
Tarmac instagr.am/p/PIryWliFos/
Gate lounge 10, SJC instagr.am/p/PIrfXeCFod/
Checking in at SJC.
Right. Time to check out and get the car to San Jose. Tweets intermittent.
RT @juhasaarinen: @stilgherrian Nobody. It will be a lonely, lonely and sad event for you. [Good. I can’t stand people.]
@peterhau I know nothing about an @AuTechHeads party, but then I won’t be looking at my schedule for next week until tomorrow.
So who else out of the Australian tech media mafia is going to Microsoft’s Tech.Ed on the Gold Coast next week?
Thank you, Dionne Warwick, for the lead-in song for all my radio spots today. youtube.com/watch?v=jqWt49…
@ShadyPhoon Well surely Gerard Henderson won the Hugo?
@MetaMikeBiggs In case no-one explained the ‘B’ Ark, this. geoffwilkins.net/fragments/Adam…
The @phildobbie radio spot is recorded. I’m packed. I’m lining up recording times for ABC @1057darwin. The limo arrives in 45 mins. Glamour!
“Enormous mutant star goat!”
It was only the Hugo Awards. Not like it was the Nebula or anything.
Sorry, we give a fuck what Gerard Henderson thinks… why? I mean, is there a shortage of bitter old men in the media suddenly?
I’ll shortly be recording a piece about online bullying with @phildobbie, and it’ll be on Sydney’s FM99.3 after 1900 AEST tonight.
The B-Ark wouldn’t have a waiting list so much as a velvet rope, @SnarkyPlatypus.
Thomas_Wendt This is a real startup description I just read: “Social hyperlocal mobile gamified discovery engine with loyalty deals. For the enterprise.”
bigjsl @NewtonMark @piawaugh Roxon is the kind of minister who does whatever the last impressive lobbyist or advisor asked for. Hence the flipflop.
daniels_den Have they filed missing persons reports? RT @TIME How theaters lost 100 million moviegoers in 10 years ti.me/PDXXKR
Waiting for some arsehat to turn my previous tweet into an endorsement of bullying and suicide attempts.
So that I get it right in a radio spot, I finally looked up what Charlotte Dawson actually does. B-Ark, really.
Every two-bit hack imagines they churn out a Walkley winner every day. It’s all the OTHER journos who are bad. @swearyanthony @NewtonMark
“Future of media” gigs (which always turn into “save my job as it is right now”) are full of special pleading, @swearyanthony @NewtonMark.
swearyanthony Its that simple, hypocrites. You don’t get to play “I’m a special snowflake”. You get free speech, so do the rest of us.
swearyanthony New rule: any journo calling for more control of online speech who doesn’t also support statutory regulation of the media can fuck off.
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: Don’t think I want that footage retained for 2 years. RT @stilgherrian: Fucking Roxon.
Fucking Roxon.
“How copyright enforcement robots killed the Hugo Awards.” This is complete arsehattery @Ustream. Totally unacceptable. io9.com/5940036/how-co…
Triffid instagr.am/p/PIOgh1CFuW/
Hitchcock was right all along instagr.am/p/PIOeBuCFuV/
philipargy Another poll with more inane commentary - there has been no STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT change in the poll results for almost a year!
This backup is taking forever. I think I’ll leave it run while I pop over a few blocks to Chinatown for some noodles. Tweets intermittent.
@SnarkyPlatypus Oui. Mon cœur. Aussi, mon foie.
@joshgnosis A 4G penis doesn’t sound very big…
Final RT: “Patch Monday” podcast: “@AppDotNet’s radical social network strategy: charge money” with founder @daltonc. zdnet.com/au/app-nets-ra…
“Revealed: US flew spy drone missions from Australia”, their use of “spy” as an adjective. abc.net.au/news/2012-09-0…
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je suis en conflit. Je veux rester. J’ai envie de revenir. Je redoute le transport aérien. Et vous?
@dahowlett Yep, I intend to have a late dinner at LAX. Then supper on the Qantas Airbus A380. But right now I feel like noodles, I think.
Mon plan, 1315 PDT update: Lunch; 1600 record with @phildobbie; 1745 limo; 1945 QF3290 SJC-LAX; 2350 QF108 LAX-SYD; arrive 0740 AEST Wed.
@sylmobile I have had so many cheese platters this week! But there’s only 4.5 hours until the limousine collects me.
New blog post: “Weekly Wrap 117: Cheese, booze and virtualisation” stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/11…
Well that little nap and a long hot shower helped. A bit. But I can tell my sleep patterns are still… dodgy.
New blog post: “Talking about names on ABC Radio’s @RNLifeMatters”, with all the audio from 31 Aug. stilgherrian.com/conversations/…
Gawd, anyone would think this woman is the first ever slut to speak at the Democratic National Convention.
Vorayud Yoovidhaya, 27yo grandson of Red Bull creator, charged with running down, killing police officer. cnn.com/2012/09/03/wor…
New blog post: “Talking Apple versus Samsung on 2SER’s @thewireradio”, with audio from 28 August. stilgherrian.com/conversations/…
New blog post: “Talking Apple versus Samsung on Balls Radio, FM 99.3”, with audio from 28 August. stilgherrian.com/conversations/…
@ataraxite Not all Americans, no. And not even all Americans on TV. I think. They just feel the need to shout the news at you.
Carolinafest, celebrating the American worker, features a performance by James Taylor. Poor bastards.
It would seem that you’re not allowed to speak on US TV news and current affairs programs unless you speak in a high-pitched gabble.
So on my last day in San Francisco I finally figure out how to get the hotel room TV to display in the right aspect ratio.
@expectproblems I reckon I’m going to get to Los Angeles before you do.
DickDelingpole @johnthelutheran Tim would forgive you. And you’d have to hit him all over again.