Quote from an old blog post: “So many businesses seem to be like the Toilets from a Forgotten Land.” http://t.co/8cIBzxFo
I wish Sydney had more canals. It would make it much easier to push people into them.
@R_Chirgwin I have an imaginary menagerie. Say that three times quickly.
I wasn’t aware that they had individual names.
Removing some of the pangolins.
Since I’ve achieved just one of the four tasks I had for Sunday, I’ll do an early start tomorrow instead and will rearrange as necessary.
So this is the plan, @Two_Minute_Man @JackLScanlan @WoollyMittens https://t.co/HzTp0tUY Ping @SnarkyPlatypus
RT @WoollyMittens: @Two_Minute_Man Would the apes be dancing to it? [How could they not be?]
Botheration. The High Court’s disposition rejecting special leave for an appeal in All The Sports in the Universe v Optus isn’t online yet.
@Taezar Oh I’m covering an event, Microsoft TechEd. Embedded media don’t get time to go off-piste. I doubt I’ll see sunlight all week.
Feeling on top of the world tonight? Yeah, well dog rapists and serial killers think their thoughts are normal too.
@peter_tonoli @nikcub Buggered if I know. But if I could solve that problem on a tired Sunday night I’d be a rich man.
@peter_tonoli @nikcub Yeah, blocking the export of software. That’s always worked so well, in cases like… um… [tumbleweeds]
@jdub I am disappoint.
@jdub @leslienassar So this “The Thick of It” of which you speak is… where?
So most of next week I’m living at Jupiter’s Hotel and Casino on Broadbeach Island. Be still my beating heart.
RT @leslienassar: Oh, FFS pic.twitter.com/vEN5H3AL [Right, Twitterverse, you know what to do…]
RT @jeamland: So has anyone done “Jar-Jar Gungan Style†y#goingtohellhell [Y#herehaveahandbasketsket]
@SnarkyPlatypus Dan Murphy needs you to assert 18+ ‘cos alcohol. They ask for date of birth to enable extra data matching under than cover.
Finally reading @TurnbullMalcolm’s replies to NBN questions posed in @technologyspec http://t.co/Xv8uTieq and http://t.co/DVD8kGRp
@cafedave You should get that printed on t-shirts and tea towels. And then throw yourself into a canal.
Once more, the “maybe I’ll feel better after a nap” theory is proven dreadfully wrong.
@m_mountebank I’m not terribly fussed if they ARE following me.
A beautiful, sunny afternoon in eucalypt scrubland. Why would you even pollute it in that way? Arsehats.
Oh fuck the people at Rosella Cottage have turned up some shit pseudo-reggae. I’m wandering down to Wattle Cottage so I can concentrate.
@mpesce Yes, but I wasn’t talking about “The Simpsons”.
And we laugh because the Ancient Egyptians were too wrapped up in their religion and court rituals to react to changing circumstances.
Colvinius New UK Transport Sec has fear of flying, Health Sec believes in homeopathy & Environment Sec is a climate change sceptic. (News Quiz)
@stancorrey For sure, and overall the report was a damn fine introduction. As @RNBBing tends to be on most matters.
Yes, I’m at Microsoft’s TechEd 2012 on the Gold Coast from Tue to Fri. australia.msteched.com You have been warned. #auteched
@NickHodgeMSFT Ah excellent, I do love a challenge. ;) #auteched
@NickHodgeMSFT Is there ENUF MOAR BANDWIDTHS for me to torrent all the things? #auteched
@jonaholmesMW @Wendycarlisle As I said to the journalist, @stancorrey, I’ll do a blog post on Tuesday. I’ve got others things on today. :/
@jonaholmesMW @Wendycarlisle I didn’t notice any actual errors in the program, just that the wording felt wrong. I’ll check the transcript.
@jonaholmesMW @Wendycarlisle My comments did move from specific script awkwardnesses to a more general gripe about scientific illiteracy.
@stancorrey Possible “didn’t understand” is better as “didn’t convey important nuances”. Overall, a good program. I’m nit-picking. @RNBBing
@stancorrey My brain is elsewhere right now, sorry, but I’m doing a blog post on this Tuesday when the transcript is available. @RNBBing
New blog post: “Weekly Wrap 118: Planes, pains and delays” http://t.co/BMtbwZXC
@skwashd @miss_shiny It’s all good. If I have to do anything particularly dangerous I’ll set up a video stream first.
RT @leslienassar: @firstdogonmoon My Little Pony RPG rules; http://t.co/tPDSX8Xo YOU’RE WELCOME [Oh Jesus wept!]
“Comedians using their fans for co-ordinated, safety-in-numbers bullying.” And not just comedians, Charlotte. http://t.co/NwjRifz4
RT @NewtonMark: @simonhackett @jplonie @moldor @GeordieGuy Did you hear the joke about UDP? Nobody got it.
JoshMalina Here’s a cool math trick. Add your age to your Klout score. If you came up with a number, you’re an idiot because you know ur Klout score.
@miss_shiny I also stopped to gossip with the neighbours.
@PennySharpemlc I am a man of many talents, Ms Sharpe. And I only made one mistake. Fortunately nothing exploded. Yet.
@R_Chirgwin Well, now lined up for your gaseous pleasure are four empty cylinders and one full one.
There are no gas leaks, @skwashd, and broadly speaking there have not been any explosions.
RT @skwashd: Nice guide to changing gas bottles, but I didn’t see you test for leaks with soapy water. [SHUT UP SHUT UP DOING IT NOW.]
@R_Chirgwin You do not have five full gas cylinders. You have one. The rest must have been swapped into use already.
Discarding the empties instagr.am/p/PVbkBKCFuI/
The transfer valve has been reset instagr.am/p/PVamXSiFtJ/
The Steaming Water of Victory instagr.am/p/PVacDsiFs9/
Throwing the transfer valve to test the pressure instagr.am/p/PVaM4LiFsz/
Releasing the Gas instagr.am/p/PVaGzdCFsu/
Remembering that it’s a left-hand thread! instagr.am/p/PVZu2LCFsX/
The Stage is Set instagr.am/p/PVZW89CFsC/
The Liberation of the Nipple instagr.am/p/PVZMXSCFrz/
The Culprit instagr.am/p/PVY8uKiFri/
Yes, line up empty cylinders with full cylinders what an excellent idea.
This one is better, and we have a public transport system instagr.am/p/PVX_XsCFqf/
One of these things is not like the other instagr.am/p/PVX3A5CFqZ/
The Tool for the Job instagr.am/p/PVXr4uiFqT/
Right, time to butch up and change that gas cylinder.
@R_Chirgwin If you don’t know of Embargo Watch then you do now. embargowatch.wordpress.com
@Wendycarlisle I was speaking more broadly there. The whole thread I tagged #RNBBing may or may not make this clear.
@Andrew_Zammit Alas, practicality will be the key, as I lost 12 hours of my time to unexpected stuff in the last 72.
RT @Andrew_Zammit: What’s the next Patch Monday about? [Good question. I’ve recorded all sorts of stuff, will review and choose later.]
@Wendycarlisle Well, stories with glaring “scientific” errors in them, journo is still employed the next week. @RNBBing
Ah. Occam’s Razor. My weekly signal to turn off the #abcrn stream because some dull man will dully read some dull thing he wrote dully.
Prof Sloane has just expressed surprise at the suggestion she was trolling because it’s “a mean word”. I’ll just note that for now. #abcrn
RT @MrDenmore: If I had a dollar for every time an economist has forecast a recession in Australia in the past 20 years, I’d retire now.
HOW ARE THOSE CONSUMERS NOT SPEND MONEY DO THEY NOT UNDERSTAND THEIR ROLE IN MAKING US RICH DESPITE EVERYTHING HOW VERY DARE. #abcrn
Goodness me, Prof Sloane, the word “patronising” comes to mind. If people are misinformed, whose fault might it be? #abcrn
@SnarkyPlatypus I might stay with Janetter for the moment. Changing clients is a PITA, and missing replies gives me plausible deniability.
@Drag0nista Yep, those two occasions are the ONLY time that #outsiders, or #abcrn generally, has descended to partisan fighting. ;)
Would Prof Sloane care to explain which “we” she speaks for when she talks about what “we” want governments to do? And cite evidence? #abcrn
RT @Drag0nista: Oh dear, #Outsiders panel has degenerated into partisan politics again #abcrn [Yes, that’s at least twice now. Amazing.]
@jplonie Hmmm. Janetter did not show me @SnarkyPlatypus’ original tweet there. Maybe Janetter is the one with the drinking problem.
@johnb78 Exactly that, yes. The broadsheet newsroom as a central cage farm for journalists is now the wrong architecture, I think.
@katedoak Mr Rundle and I were drinking scotch, but a bourbon would be adequate too.
@johnb78 I’ve known this for some time. It’s why I think the days of general reporting are over. We have direct access to specialists now.
Can someone tell Guy Rundle he still owes me a bottle of whisky? #abcrn
RT @GeordieGuy: This is why you never comment modprobe.d. Plausible deniability. [Yes. Plausible deniability is a core sysadmin skill.]
HOW DARE HE POINT OUT THAT I NOT ONLY KNOW HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM MYSELF BUT THAT I HAD ALREADY DONE SO EARLY IN 2011.
Hah. Asked the support engineer how to fix a kernel problem. He pointed to the existing /etc/modprobe.d entry with my name in the comments.
@R_Chirgwin Well, no, tech has been morphed into “reporting” about consumer electronics, lumped in with home renovations and “lifestyle”.
Sun plan, revised: Write “Weekly Wrap” blog post; write for @technologyspec; editing for “Patch Monday” podcast; try to sleep tonight.
@jennylmackinnon Agreed. There’s also the myth of “balance” within a story, rather than across, say, a year’s work. Or just being right.
@jennylmackinnon Yeah but last I checked they still taught science in high schools. Journos should read New Scientist not daily papers. ;)
That last comment was not aimed at this week’s Background Briefing journo. I didn’t head a mistake. I’m speaking generally. #RNBBing #abcrn
Why is someone reporting on science or technology allowed to make mistakes that high school physics students could spot? #RNBBing #abcrn
Would a business reporter be allowed to make mistakes that a high school economics student would pick up? No. So… #RNBBing #abcrn
@R_Chirgwin Good point. I’ll check the transcript when it becomes available on Tuesday. http://t.co/YgFifITf
This is really my continuing gripe that scientific and technological illiteracy seems acceptable in journalists. It’s wrong. #RNBBing #abcrn
That said, Background Briefing is quite OK when describing the risks to markets and society more broadly. #RNBBing #abcrn
These aren’t new concepts. The script is akin to “He caught the train by standing on what’s called a ‘platform’.” #RNBBing #abcrn
Another example, “buying what’s called ‘rack space’” without then explaining that it’s just renting room in a computer room. #RNBBing #abcrn
One example, the special stress on “black box” in “black box, or server”, as if this is some special SEKRIT new technology. #RNBBing #abcrn
That said, Background Briefing’s script suggests the reporter doesn’t understand the technology he’s almost-describing. #RNBBing #abcrn
@Chirpycharper Agreed, the antechinus’ little chirping noises are quite cute. This house was built in their territory, so I don’t mind.
This episode of Background Briefing on the risks of algorithmic high-frequency is rather good. http://t.co/YgFifITf #RNBBing #abcrn
Hang on. I lost four hours at the hospital Friday and eight hours on a broken server yesterday. Let me just reconsider my plan for today.
@cxi May I commend unto you the term Social Media Expert Guru, or SMEG. We’ve managed to use it in Australian media. #reddwarf #smeg
cxi How many social media experts does it take to screw in a lightbulb? No one cares. But they have an ebook to sell you all in how they did it!
@R_Chirgwin Spanner found, right where you said it would be.
@R_Chirgwin Thank you. I’ll do the swap some time today. I also might work at one of the other cottages today, ‘cos it’ll be 17C and sunny.
@R_Chirgwin Now I have an additional task: Find the spanner. Have you been good boys and girls and put it back in the shed?
@R_Chirgwin Yes, I’ve seen the new gas cylinders. Do you want me to swap it over? Or would you prefer to do some “demand management”?
@SnarkyPlatypus En effet, et le Antechinus est un troll magnifique, hors de toute proportion avec sa stature miniature.
@yewenyi Oh yes… I shall just dip into my ready and convenient supply of small insects, shall I?
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je suis harcelé par les animaux sauvages. Il est tout à fait injuste. Et vous?
@R_Chirgwin I have just thrown the gas transfer valve at @bunjaree’s The Studio. Cylinder 1, she is empty.
@paulwallbank UK/Aust similarities on data retention shouldn’t surprise. It’s an agreed plan. http://t.co/8H9xzLDu
RT @juhasaarinen: @stilgherrian Violent, neck-biting copulation will ensue. You should run, not walk. [Speak for yourself!]
You can read more about the antechinus on the ‘pedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antechinus If he’s still about when I put pants on I’ll try to get a photo.
Now he’s wandering up to within half a metre of me sitting here in bed. Watching me. Then wandering away. Wild animals in the house FTW!
Mind you, a mouse would be “Humans! Run away!” The antechinus is “O hai” and sits and watches you go about your business.
@carolduncan @en_gy So have you two met?
NOW THE HORNY ANTECHINUS IS STROLLING ACROSS THE LIVING ROOM FLOOR OK HE IS QUITE CUTE BUT THAT IS NOT THE POINT HE IS TOO CONFIDENT.
@juhasaarinen I figure that @AppDotNet will be the underlying layer for various services. It’s so early though. @joshgans @GreenJ @mathewi
THERE IS A HORNY ANTECHINUS INSIDE THE WALLS AND IT IS MAKING FAR TOO MUCH NOISE.
@joshgans @GreenJ And it seems @mathewi is on the same page about Twitter. http://t.co/RWePdgtL HT @juhasaarinen
@juhasaarinen Oh you’re so sweet. Thank you. Savour this moment, though, because it’s unlikely to happen again.
@joshgans @GreenJ Relevant podcast #2: “http://t.co/ctzfYtd0’s radical social network strategy: charge money” http://t.co/iVNtsQUx
@joshgans @GreenJ Relevant podcast #1: “Twitter mimics Facebook, kills own ecosystem” http://t.co/Yf7IDt3C
joshgans Twitter is rumoured be stopping desktop app development. Wants you to use their website. But it really sucks. This might be it for twitter.
Sun plan: Blog posts; work on everything due tomorrow, including 2 articles and the “Patch Monday” podcast; plan the week ahead.
@garthk Thanks for the heads-up, but I updated maybe three days ago. WordPress tells you when you log in, which I do at least daily.
@juhasaarinen WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE SUCH A SARCASTIC PRICK HIOW ABOUT YOU LEARN A BIT OF TOLERANCE FOR A CHANGE.
@RealNickHodge I assume that this is some famous law and order dog from Sydney’s history. I suppose I could’ve read the caption.
@RealNickHodge Fucked if I know. It’s some stuffed dog at the Justice & Police Museum.
@RealNickHodge Wut?
Woofsnuffle.