Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian)

Wentworth Falls NSW AU

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May 2014

And now “The 9pm Caltrain” is on SoundCloud too. https://t.co/4QqgMjoH2r

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New podcast: “The 9pm Caltrain”, including an Edistilgherrian.com/edict/00025/hSux

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Preparing the accompanying web page.

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Rendering final mix down to MP3.

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Now running the intermediate mix through Levelator.

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Edited. Finally. Now rendering the intermediate mix.

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While I’m finishing off a new episode of “The 9pm Edict”, you could always listen to the previous epistilgherrian.com/edict/00024/pNhtpJ

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@SnarkyPlatypus Not always, no. Or not in this way. Oh well, the NEXT one I’ll actually make properly. With a format.

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This podcast has gone down a strange rabbit hole and now I need to work my way back up towards the end segment I edited up the other day.

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RT @cafedave: @stilgherrian is this 9pm edict or radiolab? [Yeah it’s not quite getting THAT pointlessly hipster-annoying. I think.]

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This is getting way out of hand instagram.com/p/oqAnW6CFl5/

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mariekehardy Preserve our nation’s old growth cockforests. pic.twitter.com/RfgsUZ8oJf

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The podcast production is going adequately well, thank you for asking.

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chrisberg RT @lhilakari: WOWZAs - the IPA just declared they are running the country. RT if you’re disgusted by this. pic.twitter.com/yOKON0MvHE

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chrisberg what should i make the government do this week

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@virag064 There must’ve been vast amounts of disinformation in some of the numbers stations. Just random shit.

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@scottcarson1957 I cannot speak to the Lizard People’s tactical work. Despite going to what was probably one of their private schools.

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@scottcarson1957 The Lizard People are SO going to have your balls, Sir.

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CERT Australia’s Cyber Crime and Security Survey 2013 is out, finally. cert.gov.au/newsroom

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“How the Guardian is rethinking its digital design language” http://t.co/AGtVhCDJqq

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Drugs and prostitution add about £10 billion a year to the UK economy. http://t.co/4VX6slG0c1

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“Newspapers are the biggest threat to the nation’s mental wellbeing”, writes @charltonbrooker http://t.co/cq3L5hG6Nb

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“The Conet Project - Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stationsâ€archive.org/details/ird059aa

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TheCompleatCunt When we hear @stilgherrian say “the cloud” he should really be saying “cybercloud” so we can all get a free punch at the cunt @DownloadABC

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@bengrubb Look, Mr Snowden would be some people’s type. Who am I to judge?

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Can @gameswithwords’ algorithm, which they’re still training, guess which dialect of English you spegameswithwords.org/WhichEnglish/ALHs

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“Body-Language Expert: I Would Not Trust Anything Snowden Said To NBC” http://t.co/MZiE2cK2SC

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Through this afternoon I’ll be both clearing browser tabs and tweeting them, and gathering stuff for “The 9pm Edict”.

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There’s actually maths behind that@swearyanthonyn@ChrissieMe@richardtuffini@stevejmem@zacksterer. Past five, little chance it’ll change.

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Thanks, @swearyanthony @ChrissieM @richardtuffin @stevejme @zackster, that’s five for Feedly with no dissenters. That’s a consensus.

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Thanks, @richardtuffin @stevejme @zackster, that’s three for Feedly as the back end. Is that consensus now, or are there other suggestions?

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So what’s the most useful RSS reader to use across OS X and iOS and perhaps Android too these days?

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TheMediaTweets “How will we know when we are ready?”

“You will know. But for now, you are not ready.”

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Channel Seven’s newsroom now looks too empty on camera, so they’re hiring extras to wander around looking busy. http://t.co/8tfZBkLOJ0

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Earlier today I also posted a bunch of recent media spots on my website. stilgherrian.com

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Missed yesterday’s @5at5daily? You missed Victorian glories, hackers, capitalists, communists, and maybe the F-35B. http://t.co/8Xeolo9ezU

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RT @TonyBarry: Our White Pages just arrived. I will store it between my Flock of Seagulls cassette tape and the Betamax recorder http://t.c…

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@oberonsghost Thank you. I think it’s just lack of sleep catching up with my. I’ll channel that into the podcast production.

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Right, time for lunch and then settling into the podcast production. It WILL be finished today, one way or the other.

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Well this certainly looks like a winner, doesn’t itpic.twitter.com/dngIdBrondnd H@adambreretonon vi@ellehardytweetsts

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Feeling much, much colder than I should.

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RT @gepeto42: When unsure you have the right phone number for someone in your contacts, SMS: “where is your fire extinguisher???”

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Sat plan: 0400 ABC Radio Overnights (done); blog x 3 (done); nap (right now); sort US Tax ID; produce “The 9pm Edict”; early night.

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Me at @zdnetaustralia yesterday: “Cash in by cleaning up the Internet of Messy Things” http://t.co/GlIKlVsI0Y

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New blog post: “Talking internet security on ABC Radio @abcovernights” with @saldaynight, 47 min audio from earlier. https://t.co/aAkadb2YQx

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Once more we rely on cartoonists like @davpope to point directly to the bullshit. pic.twitter.com/710lCNAcPA

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SwiftOnSecurity You belong on the Internet of Things because you’re a tool.

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New blog post: “Talking Facebook audio snooping on @theprojecttv”, 4 mins video from Thursday. https://t.co/R6zdpxD8UN

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I once blasted a client, in the retail world, for leaving a printout of their Birthday Club for Kids database lying around on the counter.

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Every data breach target who focuses on how no financial data was lost, so it’s all OK, needs to end up swining from a lamp post.

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“Hello, Suzanna, my name is Len. Looking forward to your birthday tomorrow? Want to come with me to buy a present?”

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OK, this is scary. A data breach of names, street addresses and dates of birth of “family members”pic.twitter.com/AWcdrrL5cCcC

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troyhunt Today is a day ending in “y” which means it’s “sorry, our website got pwned” day pic.twitter.com/4BChf7VzhS

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umairh Only Phil Collins can save us now.

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New blog post: “Talking Apple vs Android on ABC Download This Show” with @reillystyley @marcfennell, 12 min video https://t.co/s16DRj2vSF

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Sat plan, redraft: 0400 ABC Radio Overnights (done); blog x 3; organise US Tax ID; nap; produce “The 9pm Edict”; early night.

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@nancycato1 It is perhaps dangerous for us to be in the same time zone.

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@abcovernights My pleasure. Well, at 0400 “pleasure” is perhaps the wrong word. But you know what I mean.

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I think I might adopt the Thai coup leaders’ ideas and arrest people with “negative attitudes”.

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@nancycato1 Oh that was gloriously terrible, Miss Cato.

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@nancycato1 I can’t afford the danger-money level services you’d need to be able to provide.

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@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. J’existe dans un état de confusion, en raison du temps lui-même. Et vous?

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@nancycato1 I didn’t, but I doubt that I can stop you.

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Well as I expected, I’m wide awake now, so I’ll get into the rest of the day’s plann.

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And the hour of internet security on @abcovernights is done.

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On hold to chat internet security and all the cybers on @abcovernights. Listen at abc.net.au/overnights/

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@hughstephens I’m speaking English, not Latin.

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Octopus are yummy.

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“Google launches ‘right to be forgotten’ webform for removal requests” tho that’s just from their index, not the web. http://t.co/RZ4QmnbKan

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“Princess Charlene?”

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I forgot to check whether @abcovernights has a Twitter account, and they do. So you can tweet comments or phone 1300 888 222 shortly.

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Sat plan, draft: 0400 ABC Radio Overnights; organise US Tax ID; nap, I suspect; blog x 3; produce “The 9pm Edict”; early night.

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@hughstephens @saldaynight Probably. I occasionally throw in stories from those more innocent media times.

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@hughstephens @saldaynight Should I mention that I produced 4000+ hours of talk and talkback radio for what’s now@891adelaide 1985-1991?

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@hughstephens @saldaynight I could make some comment about mid-dawn talkback callers, but I shan’t.

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I’m talking internet security and taking calls on ABC Radio Overnights wit@saldaynightht 0400-0500 AESTabc.net.au/overnights/zS

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Good morning @saldaynight. who is playing @PIXIES on the radio. I am makinng coffee and will be ready soon.

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Saturday. Is that bad? Surely the fact that you’re enduring another day on this miserable planet is depressing enough. Saturday.

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OK, given my early start tomorrow, alarrm set for 0300, I’m wandering off. Ciao.

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Me at @zdnetaustralia earlier: “Cash in by cleaning up the Internet of Messy Things” http://t.co/GlIKlVsI0Y

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@bigbadave Yeah that’s the sort of thing.

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@juhasaarinen @saldaynight Yet not much earlier than I’m usually up. If I can’t get to sleep then, yes, I’ll have a coffee and sally forth.

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… and that means that I’ll be having an early night, if that’s possible. Light supper, send through some program notes, attempt sleep.

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I’m talking internet security and taking calls on ABC Radio Overnights wit@saldaynightht 0400-0500 AEST Saturday..abc.net.au/overnights/zS

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@paulwallbank Oh thank you. I can use that. That feeds straight into the point I’m trying to make. I record tomorrow.

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@mrowe This is indeed a safe assumption.

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RT @bigbadave: .@stilgherrian The Sisters of Perpetual Pugilance? [Oh Iike that, yes. With clock faces and shoes, and nun’s habits.]

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@will_ock Just fine. Some time I’ll have to explain IRONY and the linguistic use/mention distinction, I think it’s called.

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Wouldn’t it be a better world if every time someone described something as “awesome” a clown dressed as a nun punched them in the face.

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Twenty minutes until the train reaches my chosen destination.

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@franksting @mpesce Yes, that phrase kicks about in the segment as currently being scripted.

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@mpesce Bucky Fuller and Bullwinkle are not the same thing, right?

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@mpesce AND I WILL MIX AS MANY METAPHORS AS I PLEASE BECAUSE I’M A PROFESIONAL.

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@mpesce More a case of picking on those who want to put the zygote into a labor camp.

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@ChrissieM One does grow accustomed to the Shiny Purpletrain. It’s like being inside an inside-out eggplant@SenatorLudlamam would cry.

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@mpesce No, not that. I have a go mainly at “sharing economy” BS, but the gig economy will doubtless cop a serve too.

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@timfdavis Well thank you for your support, much appreciated.

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@mpesce You are going to hate one segment in the next “The 9pm Edict”.

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@TheFailedProjek Lucky you. I can’t sleep on plane, trains and too much coffee.

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Purpletrain is now skipping many Blue Mountains stations, which is precisely why I chose this particular Purpletrain.

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Crossing the Nepean, 13 minutes after sunset instagram.com/p/onLQcSCFiJ/

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@mpesce I know, Mark, “Let them eat Kool-Aid.”

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@ApostrophePong Are you suggesting further poisonings in Siam Square? I would not argue against your plan.

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@TheFailedProjek Ah! I’m in the very front car, wrapping up some work, alas.

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RT @5at5daily: “5at5 number 58 | 30 May 2014”: Victorian glories, hackers, capitalists, communists, and maybe the F-35B. http://t.co/gtINET…

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Departing Sydney Central on the 1621 Lithgow service instagram.com/p/onFkoCiFsV/

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RT @ApostrophePong: Creature of Siam Square @ Siam Square instagram.com/p/onEBtHvGAl/ [WATCH OUT THEY ARE POISONOUS.]

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@jeamland I’m going to say “Yes” because, well, I hate you.

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Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Cash in by cleaning up the Internet of Messy Things” http://t.co/GlIKlVsI0Y

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@jeamland Pretty much every Purpletrain / Prince joke has already been done.

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fanfiction_txt In which Elsa has a penis and is a vampire and she has to hold back the impossibly strong desire she suddenly has for her sister and fails.

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@ApostrophePong Actuay it’s a good thing it was late, ‘cos I screwed up the postbox renewal and there was a gap. Buddha was fortunate.

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Column filed for @zdnetaustralia. Both the first and last words are “refrigergeddon”. Because I have no dignity.

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@ApostrophePong Thank you. It’s lovely. Thank you so much for thinking of me.

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The SpaceX video stream has begun. Currently in “hold music” mospacex.com/webcast/4Wnv

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Less than half an hour until SpaceX unveils its new Dragon V2 manned spacecraft. Here. spacex.com/webcast/

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@scottcarson1957 @Hippopeteamus @rod3000 Yeah, look, I’m not quite sure that you’ve gotten into the spirit of the occasion.

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RT @Hippopeteamus: @rod3000 @stilgherrian Here’s one I cooked up a few weeks back… pic.twitter.com/qfGYEznxog [Classy work, obviously.]

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RT @rod3000: What’s your favourite Ayn Rand title? http://t.co/B5Xs8gpRwQ

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_Sal_Paradise_ Michel Foucault invited you to play Candy Crush Saga

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It’s more dangerous than a cyberdoor.

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Subfavouriting is a thing, but it needs a better name.

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RT @SpaceX: T-60 min. Watch #DragonV2 unveiled LIVE from SpaceX’s Headquarters at http://t.co/NHREgPdLxw. http://t.co/AMH0e0ZYy3

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More dramatic skies over Sydney instagram.com/p/omZA_uiFmo/

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@R_Chirgwin Hey well, if I’m up at 0400 anyway then I might as well take talkback calls.

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@R_Chirgwin Yes, it looks like a rainy one tomorrow. I’ll be up nice and early to check things. I’m doing ABC Radio 0400-0500 AEST.

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Fri plan: Write for @zdnetaustralia; annoying administrivia and errands; @5at5daily; 1621 [?] train to Wentworth Falls; early night.

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SpaceX will be unveilling its new Dragon V2 manned spacecraft at 1200 AEST today. http://t.co/WatKwsYerW

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RT @SnarkyPlatypus: Pls stop calling renting out things “the sharing economy”. Sharing is not renting…

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@SnarkyPlatypus You will appreciate a segment in the next “The 9pm Edict”.

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@marcuskelson @axmcc @marcfennell @reillystyley Well the video is one segment from a 4-segment 30-minute radio program.

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@arebee @axmcc @juhasaarinen @marcfennell @reillystyley Bah. We spoke quite a bit about Windows Phone, with praise, at 10x its market share.

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@marcuskelson @marcfennell @mscott @DownloadABC The rabbit hat was an Easter special thing. I’ll keep an eye on the calendar.

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@marcuskelson @axmcc @marcfennell @reillystyley Thank you. Mr Fennell does a fair job of reining in our extravagances.

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Actually, @marcfennell, @mscott complained about my lack of rabbit hat, and expressed dismay that I was on @DownloadABC yet again.

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RT @marcfennell: What Android and Apple should steal from each other https://t.co/FEZvywB8uF [@mscott complained before it was even made.]

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RT @axmcc: Look, it’s @marcfennell, @stilgherrian & @reillystyley jawing about what Apple should steal from ‘droid & vice versa https://t.c…

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RT @kashhill: “US hackers at NSA have broken into Chinese computers to find out what info has been stolen from American companies” http://t…

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@mappingbabel And that room with the chair and all the wiring? That’s the Transformation Zone.

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Sydney, ten minutes before dawn instagram.com/p/omDcExiFnM/

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@cafedave That’ll depend on whether I’m in Sydney overnight or not.

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RT @onthemedia: People who hate vacinnes but <3 traveling have pushed US measles cases up to a 20 year high. (Happy Thursday) http://t.co/C…

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@mappingbabel I reckon that if we gave it all hip-sounding names we could bring back every single misery of the past.

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RT @mappingbabel: ‘Gig economy’ ‘has become a vehicle not only to drive down wages but to eliminate employment-related benefits’ http://t.c…

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I’m talking internet security and taking calls on ABC Radio Overnights wit@saldaynightht 0400-0500 AEST Saturdayabc.net.au/overnights/zS

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“F-35B JSF for the ADF—a viable option in the 2015 White Paper?” by @Dr_M_Davis Part 1 http://t.co/AY05iq1ArR Part 2 http://t.co/QrRoNNtWYN

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ASPI_org ‘The LHD/F-35B combination is certainly not a match made in heaven.’ @Dr_M_Davis concludes his analysis of viability of F-35B for Australia

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Fri plan, draft: Write for @zdnetaustralia; annoying administrivia and errands; @5at5daily; train to Wentworth Falls, time TBA; early night.

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@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Peu importe ce que je fais, je me réveille à 5h du matin. C’est un cadeau. Et vous?

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Friday. You don’t need me to tell you everything that is wrong with this situtation. Just take a look at your own miserable life. Friday.

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@mpesce Why can’t it destroy them because it has laser cannon? Or even just rotating knives? Google is useless.

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Removing the makeup, which I forgot to do earlier.

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@drearyclocks I am only trying to protect the innocent bystanders.

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@alixstone Yeah I don’t know why this sort of thing is allowed.

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Making my way back to the hotel. I’ve done the television and done the Kasperky Lab dinner.

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OH: “If you complain about something on Twitter long enough, eventually the ALP will adopt it as a platform.”

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RT @dobes Wat? RT @Ruth_Will: Todd Sampson has joined the Fairfax Media board. [But aren’t rats are meant to LEAVE sinking ships?]

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@jonoabroad Nothing you need worry about, Sir. Everything is completely under control.

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RT @5at5daily: “5at5 number 57 | 29 May 2014”: Drought, censorship, Jack Kerouac, New Zealand police, and digital invisibility. http://t.co…

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Here’s @reillystyley and me ruining @marcfennell’s @DownloadABC this week, with special music and a cyberdoor. http://t.co/7esVynWJQs

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Slightly more clouds over Sydney instagram.com/p/okas5GiFi4/

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Je suis si fatigué.

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The clouds begin to gather over Sydney instagram.com/p/okTL7NCFsq/

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Brian: “What is it called when you say something you know to be false?” John: “A policy.” https://t.co/q9drHxm8f3

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@reillystyley Well, our presence would have made is special no matter what. Obviously. @DownloadABC @marcfennell

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RT @NicholasFryer: Seems a bit unfair that there is only one Member for Fairfax while there are 90 Members for Murdoch.

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The conspiracy is over when I tell you it’s over.

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