@leslienassar I’m sure I haven’t the faintest idea what you’re taking about, or so my lawyer advises me.
@stryqx @chrisbrownie That’s not grammar. Both words are verbs, correctly formed. That’s vocabulary, or spelling, or just a mistake.
So how much longer until the election? I’m not sure I can make it.
Me at @zdnetaustralia earlier: “Australia, your lack of cyber transparency disturbs me” http://t.co/NmvpcgSCkN #cyber #cybercyber
RT @GuardianAus: Annandale sold to Oscars Hotel: gu.com/p/3g8jt [Hah! Not quite as funny as Justin Hemmes, but close enough.]
Spilling water into electrical equipment because success.
I don’t care which part of the argument you’re picking up, you’re still hitting a corpse with a stick.
Oh here we go… Glad you’ve all found a fresh corpse to hit with a stick. The family will surely respect you for this.
DontTouchMyWine Standing in the liquor store, trying to decide if tonight’s dose of self-loathing and regret should have a screw-top or a cork.
War on Suspicious Substances. http://t.co/Sf1jjzhCG6
The cab driver is playing a Coldplay CD and I am rapidly losing the will to live.
This week has been too long, full of too many hours. I think we should kill weeks as soon as we see them.
Pollytics The Secret Service would take a sandwich for the President.
Auto correct is worse than Hitler.
I should never promise to finish anything on a Friday. And that’s whether or not @matthewlandauer manages to track me down. Or managed.
You know, if we screech THERE MUST BE AN INQUIRY every time someone makes a mistake, that’s a big disincentive to be honest.
RT @matthewlandauer: @stilgherrian I know where you are and I’m coming to find you [Uhoh.]
“If Carpenters Were Hired Like Programmers” by @dawoodsan http://t.co/m8SNLsfsju HT @davewiner via @chris_stevenson
RT @darrenpauli: @stilgherrian Master Chief’s got one pic.twitter.com/kXtHF9skRp [Yeah, this is pretty much what we need. In every town.]
The Kraken instagram.com/p/Z9g1PjCFsH/
There’s a busker in Katoomba St, Katoomba, with a piano, playing Schubert.
Obviously what we need to do is erect a cyberdome
Well obviously, @liam_dwyer @R_Chirgwin, how can it protect us from cybers if is isn’t cyber itself? #cyber
RT @liam_dwyer: @stilgherrian @R_Chirgwin the security product with cyber in the name had the most besuited IT managers clustered around at…
Mobile: Walk dirt track then Railway Pde to Wentworth Falls; 1300 train to Katoomba; errand; lunch, probably at The Old City Bank; writing.
@jeamland I think I need to be in Melbourne in June, not July.
RT @ToryShepherd: ALL the babies. Ping @pollietracker MT“@JuliaGillard: PM at annual Welcoming The Babies event in her local community http…
RT @PointZeroOne: @stilgherrian you feel a disturbance in the cybers? [Yes. Yes I do.]
Fri plan, 1200 update: write for @zdnetaustralia (done); lunch Katoomba; write for @CSO_Australia; clear email backlog, kinda; TGIF.
Me at @iTnews_au yesterday: “Security goes military at CeBIT” http://t.co/hQwWfxq04t
I had “cybertransparency” as one word in the original headline. Obviously that was one cyber too far… #cyber #cybercyber
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Australia, your lack of cyber transparency disturbs me” http://t.co/NmvpcgSCkN #cyber #cybercyber
@JackGJessen @zdnetaustralia Today we are all cybered.
RT @oz_f: Imagine if Justin Hemmes bought The Annandale. [Oh, yes, if God has any sense of humour at all, this will happen!]
@gattaca Skywhale is the best Australian invention since the fisheye lens.
I think I need to go to Canberra soon. And Melbourne.
@gattaca I’m glad you’re there. Did you see this news? http://t.co/F0uuR0GS20 Then you must see this cartoon. http://t.co/zP2GAKwNvw
@AndeGregson Hello. I assume it’s not raining there today. I haven’t looked yet. It’s certainly lovely up here in the Mountains.
sexenheimer A very good point, @stilgherrian. We must remove all possibility of Waterhouse performing a Face/Off-style shiny face swap with Chris Pyne.
No, @sexenheimer @benpobjie, this is what Australia wants to do with Tom Waterhouse’s face. http://t.co/rPq6VwWoWQ
RT @juhasaarinen: @stilgherrian @march_tim Page blocked by Bitdefender. [HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]
OMFG WHY DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THE CYBERISER BEFOREHAND? d3vnu11.com/cyber/ THANK YOU @march_tim!
I have finally cyberfiled my cybercolumn for @zdnetaustralia.
@SnarkyPlatypus I have sent ALL my words to @dobes, so he can experience the Joye of throwing them into the air gap.
Too many words.
No, I really am writing now.
Disalmanac Today in 1971, NASA launched Mariner 9. Later, they launched Ancient Mariner 9, which sent the first albatross to Mars.
OK, I am writing now.
RT @darrenpauli: @jplonie @stilgherrian @gusworldau fixed pic.twitter.com/ONf5Rw06c9 [Exactly, that’s what cyber is all about. Thank you.]
RT @darrenpauli: @gusworldau @stilgherrian air gap bypass pic.twitter.com/j48Al0tUZX [Needs more cyber.]
OK, I’d better finish this thing, otherwise I’ll end up spending the day curled in the foetal position muttering “Air gap… air gap…”
I particularly like the “small accountability exhaust vent”, @davpope.
Yes yes yes! AND YOU DARED TO MOCK SKYWHALE! http://t.co/zP2GAKwNvw Thanks you, @davpope!
“Why DIY fecal transplants are a thing” http://t.co/MN4MP0HXja HT @edyong209
Someone is fingering my air gap.
Fri plan, draft: Finish @zdnetaustralia column; write more stuff (details TBA); errand to Katoomba, unless blocked by the air gap; TGIF.
Are you sure you want to cross the streams like that?
“Cyber risk denialists”.
RT @lukehopewell: Guys. Maybe the asbestos got in the air-gap…WHAT THEN
Damn, I’ve just been threatened with deregistration as an airline.
RT @lukehopewell: Let’s get air gap trending in Sydney you guys. [YEAH LET’S FIST THAT AIR GAP HARDER THAN ANYTHING HAS EVER BEEN FISTED.]
RT @R_Chirgwin: The air gap will protect us against EMR and chemtrails! [And fluoride and all the vaccines.]
ALL OF THINGS THROW THEM INTO THE AIR GAP.
@alliecoyne DO NOT MOCK ME, YOUNG WOMAN, OR I SHALL THROW YOU INTO THE AIR GAP AS WELL.
AbFabSkyLife Unacceptable news item of the day: Boy Band Hanson creates craft beer called Mmmhops. I wish I was kidding. fb.me/292YdGeEh
I SHALL GATHER ALL THE STRAW IN THE GALAXY AND BUILD THE MOST AWESOME STRAW MAN EVER AND CALL IT ROBIN HOOD AND THROW IT INTO THE AIR GAP.
I haven’t filed my column yet, but it doesn’t yet have an air gap in it.
@R_Chirgwin I know where the fucking air gap is.
RT @umairh: Joy Division is good. Jason Mraz is bad. This is not hard. “@raybacon: @umairh what’s good? are you the decider?”
OK, I have read the thing about the actor and the thing by the hedge fund manager and I want to stab every single human being in the face.
@SnarkyPlatypus Non, je suis un flocon de neige unique.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je suis fâché avec le monde entier et tout ce qu’il contient. Et vous?
So you want to buy a car, you ask the seller to send a photo, and… pwned! http://t.co/4t33V5Flhc HT @FBIPressOffice
RT @mikko: Seems legit… (from Classified section of the latest Financial Timespic.twitter.com/KzIZmXd0gZgZ [Pin@SnarkyPlatypusus]
RT @NewtonMark: @Pollytics It’d be a lot trickier if the dog wasn’t dead :) [Applies to so many recreations…]
Hello, Friday.
LozVox Ever notice how we say “OUR children” but “THE elderly”?
rycrozier ASIO says their building is secure. They’re confident. Ah, well that’s that then. bit.ly/17wC39E
charispalmer Cyber fear as a service.
RT @StilCyber: cyber-“Cyber cyber-attack cyber-me. cyber-#auscert2013 [Hah! The first cyber-cyber seen in the wild?]
RT @iain_chalmers: So I assume we’ve section 313-ed all the sandwich making websites? [National security issue. Can’t comment.]
RT @piecritic: Worst thing about twitter is how concentrated the rage is. [Think of it as akin to fortified wine. It is a glory.]
Dear ABC Fact-checking Unit, please pop down to @ABCthedrum and explain the Pink Batt facts to them. Arsehats.
RT @vealmince: *HEADDESK* RT @ABCthedrum Tonight on #TheDrum, could the NBN be going the way of the pink bats scheme with evacuations becau…
Next up, LifeHacker on crossdressing.
“More Australian government departments admit censoring websites [with Section 313 requests]”, writes @j_hutch http://t.co/iylfCrb31i
danlondon Microsoft Glass i.imgur.com/XjWyCgm.gif
RT @shiftkey: @stilgherrian the sandwich came from the grassy knoll? [Well, let’s just say the Sandwich Truthers have a point.]
If ASIO can’t keep track of sandwiches, well, you wouldn’t download a building plan. No, wait.
Eddie Maguire is on the front bar TV. Apparently people are just jealous of Eddie, says a bloke, “all the do-gooders, the A B bloody C.”
Me at @iTnews_au: “Security goes military at CeBIT” http://t.co/hQwWfxq04t #SecurityCeBIT
I also like @ssharwood’s reference to some “local provocateur Stilgherrian”.
“Kaspersky plans source code reveal to avoid Huawei’s fate”, writes @ssharwood. http://t.co/Ocxkqzzcbm
Fuck it. I’m having a beer.
I’m gone to convey my little brother, that he should also pay a visit this weblog on regular basis to take updated from hottest news update.
Crossing the Nepean instagram.com/p/Z7JyW9CFkG/
Cybercrisis!
RT @evcricket: @stilgherrian In cyber space no one hears you scream [Au contraire…]
I’m on a train. And I’m coining new cyberwords. #cyber #cybercyber
chris23 So this is a thing: cougarlife.com
Beaker I AM A PRIVATE CLOUD!
Relocating.
Tough on sandwiches, tough on the causes of sandwiches.
“Attorney-General agency implicated in web blocking scandal”, writes @rycrozier http://t.co/SDJnmBdEcd
@jturner_ibrs Look, how come YOU get to go to Melbourne?
RT @lukehopewell: Remember the Warrnambool exchange fire? Nobody knows for sure how it started. http://t.co/4BbMc6VvnZ
Waiting for breakfast to take effect before I start writing.
I tell you what, though, I feel pretty fuckin’ disgusting this morning.
I am concerned that there isn’t a standardised policy on leprechauns across government.
@joshgnosis I look forward to hearing more of Senator Abetz’s proposals for improving cryptographic practices.
@joshgnosis Thanks for that. I think names need to be named, but I’ll take care of that. THERE SHALL BE A CYBERSHAMING. Dot tumble dot com.
Asher_Wolf “If you really understood the extent the gvtmnt spies on you, you’d choose better music playlist for your phone.”
@joshgnosis Who was it that said “cybercrisis”, and where?
”*** MARK DREYFUS *** MEDIA ALERT *** TODAY *** 9am *** CANBERRA ***”, says the email sent at 9.18am. So yeah thanks for that.
@sclark_melbs Sure, but idiot’s comment and idiot’s apology are 30 sec, anything more is a focus on the sideshow not on fixing problems.
@sclark_melbs Because there’s probably other things likely to have more impact on people’s lives than the screechy outrage du jour.
A man long-known to be an ignorant fucktard throwback is still an ignorant fucktard throwback, and this becomes news? Grow up, The Media!
Gawd, if we’re going to start listing things that “demean us all as humans” we’ll be here all bloody day!
It may be appropriate now to mention my piece from March, “Will you stop with all your ‘cybering’ already?” http://t.co/CVeqZ5IA9j
RT @kjmci: @joshgnosis CYBEROCYBERCULOSIS. [Ping @gattaca @myrcurial]
@gattaca @myrcurial So there’s this… https://t.co/8Tw251zjIQ #cyber #cybercyber
RT @joshgnosis: “Obviously the Attorney-General has overall responsibility for what would be a cybercrisis” A cybercrisis? [Oh FFS!]
@jackshigh My Twitter location field is always kept up to date, is all I’ll say.
Thu plan: Edit @iTnews_au story; various minor sysadmin tasks; write for @zdnetaustralia; train to Wentworth Falls; more writing; collapse.
@SnarkyPlatypus Il fait très certainement, Oliver, il fait très certainement.
Morning crane, with city instagram.com/p/Z6WNIPCFgU/
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. C’est un monde de douleur. Une galaxie de la douleur. Et vous?
Oh dear God.
Cabcharges, the universal solvent.
RT @SnarkyPlatypus How do you delete messages in Facebook? [Napalm strike.]
@BXGD Shut up shut up shut up.
I’ve just finished the scallops entrée, and this is what I’m looking atinstagram.com/p/Z5Fq1MiFvo/j
So much wine, but only canapés so far. This will end well.
Tonight’s menu instagram.com/p/Z5AZXciFsN/
So far: Cocktails, sauvignon blanc, @e_kaspersky begins holding court.
Rear window instagram.com/p/Z47Bk1CFpm/
WAITING PATIENTLY.
@mukimu At the top of the steps down to the water taxi.
Alighting at Circular Quay.
Abandoning a bus at Railway Square and catching a train to Circular Quay.
What sort of arsehat even says the so-called word “cyberhacker”?
@mukimu Nothing is wrong. Do what thou wilt.
@trevorlong Oh, have we not met before? I guess not. See you soon.
@net_hues I shall attempt to remember this mission. But you’re responsible for your own actions.
Remember, folks, “hipster” and “rootable” are antonyms.
@pingudownunder #cyber Let the river flow on…
@net_hues There’s an entourage with @e_kaspersky, but I don’t know where they all hail from.
And now it’s time to head back to Circular Quay and catch a water taxi to the dinner with @e_kaspersky. Because cyber water taxis.
Night falls over Sydney instagram.com/p/Z4v5L4CFi2/
@Serrels Your theory is rubbish, it doesn’t include a provision for arseholes.
George Street, Sydney, you are rubbish.
@pingudownunder Thanks, tho that was last night. They’ve got a podcast up now, I tweeted a link this morning.
@R_Chirgwin One does not merely “borrow” an inflatable reindeer.
It’s more than three hours until dinner? THIS IS AN OUTRAGE.
Lunch, it has ended.
The fog has lifted, @oberonsghost. Mostly. instagram.com/p/Z4REqlCFn8/
Loose at Circular Quay.
And the interview with @e_kaspersky is done. A fun recording to appear… somewhere soon.
@dobes toilet privileges dot tumblr dot com.
@dobes Toilet training can be so complicated.
Mr @e_kaspersky’s line would appear to be, @ssharwood, that the cybers will be the death of us very very soon.
I hadn’t realised that LulzSec did “Top Gear” too. Explains a few things.
LulzSec member Jeremy Hammond (“Anarchaos”) pleads guilty to conspiracy in Stratfor case, writes @dobes http://t.co/l4p5mcsWga
RT @ssharwood: What’s his line this time around, I wonder? [Maybe this https://t.co/75bz19qnTD perhaps?]
Yay, thing finally filed for @iTnews_au. Now preparing for my 1155 interview with @e_kaspersky, which should be fun and/or interesting.
@BXGD You’re not helping.
Just to be clear, your parents aren’t “old”.
juliussharpe Before you get married ask yourself: is this the person you want to watch stare at their phone the rest of your life?
@prestontowers @e_kaspersky I am not very good at noticing things related to sportsball.
@prestontowers @e_kaspersky You’re possibly reading too much into the semiotics of sportsball sponsorship. ;)
@prestontowers @e_kaspersky My understanding is that the AsiaPac marketing manager… erm, well, she quite likes the footballers. ;)
Wed plan: Write for @itnews; 1155 interview @e_kaspersky; 1300 lunch with Sourcefire; client WordPress upgrade; dinner with @e_kaspersky.
Oh I’d forgotten that in February I said this: “Chinese attacks show up useless infosec, again” http://t.co/7sFtat9b43 #cyber #cybercyber
The podcast of @bbcworldservice @BBC_WHYS on the ASIO hack with me, @AndrewJFowler and others is at http://t.co/mr1wj0p02k
@SnarkyPlatypus Je m’attends à ce que les visions deviennent indistincts plus tard.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je suis impatient d’une journée ensoleillée, suivie d’inévitables problèmes aux mains des Russes. Et vous?
Wed plan, draft: Write for @itnews; 1155 interview @e_kaspersky; 1300 lunch with Sourcefire; write something; dinner with @e_kaspersky; die.
Hello, Wednesday, with things not quite as I planned them. I slept too much. Stand by.
@thomasrdotorg ABC Radio National now has Skype in their studios. I did a live spot from San Francisco. http://t.co/57MnFtzCSH
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: It’s a ménage a trois between#4cornerss,@stilgherriann and the BBC in China. [Oh don’t start…]
And… we’re clear.
Cool, the @4corners reporter @AndrewJFowler is on this too. He’s started.
I’m connected to the @bbcworldservice mothership via Skype. I’m waiting for them to finish Syria. Stream at http://t.co/N0VPjGrCnF #whys
@skwashd Oh I saw the pun, so you’re OK. I’m just a humourless bunt.
@skwashd Oi! Still, I’m not sure who dobbed me in to @bbcworldservice for this program. #whys
@stephhegarty And I’m ready on Skype for a line check whenever you want. :)
This @bbcworldservice spot coming up, there’s a hashtag #whys if you want to comment.
@stephhegarty I can’t DM you (you’re not following?) but all received. Ready and waiting.
So yes, talking ASIO hack etc on @bbcworldservice @BBC_WHYS at 2045 AEST / 1145 BST, streamed live at http://t.co/N0VPjGrCnF
@snare @bbcworldservice Some Photoshop work may be required…
@snare @bbcworldservice Hang on, it is still a dart in the face if I use the word “cyber” in quotes to point out why it’s silly?
@snare @bbcworldservice I have my moments.
@stephhegarty Cheers, Steph, looking forward to it.
@snare @bbcworldservice And rightly so. My stance on the #cyber #cybercyber nomenclature is clear.
BernardKeane twitter is great for angry people to have entire conversations with you that you at no stage participate in