Back at @bunjaree, and pants off.
The train is running ten minutes late, which isn’t too bad, considering. Next stop Wentworth Falls.
@erkpod [Nods.] I’m slowly learning, as I watch the evolution of fires on a terrain map.
So iOS wanted to correct “doorknock” to “dork jock”. OK then.
@erkpod It did look like some doorknock and evacuation was happening.
“Air power is inexplicably linked to technological change,” reports @abcnews, mysteriously. abc.net.au/news/5893240
I’ll have no further information n the fire. I’ll soon be 30km or so from it, and it’ll be of no relevance to me.
@katie18O I know no more than you. I’m in a train. And it’s dark outside.
Strong smell of smoke in the train now as we pass Warimoo to Valley Heights. Many, many fire and police units to the south of the railway.
Sorry, correction coming.
@michaelneale Yeah, a southerly change just came through. Helpfully*.
@19bk69 See @haruki_zaemon’s eyewitness testimony.
Well, that grass fire has been dealt with, but another fire has kicked off near Valley Heights. pic.twitter.com/8FVgMiDXTt
Crossing the Nepean instagram.com/p/vYNdztiFq4/
RT @haruki_zaemon: BA flights are “speedbird.†I think it fitting that the PM’s callsign be “speed-oh†[Oh good point.]
I dare the RAAF to change the callsign of the Prime Minister’s flight to SHIRTFRONT ONE.
Blacktown.
@erkpod Yep, it wasn’t there half an hour ago. It’s presumably wind-borne embers. I’ll turn to GRN once we get to Penrith.
@eldonnn They’re not new, just refurbished, and the seat layout it the same, just new upholstery.
@erkpod I can imagine. But at the same time it’s an excellent scenario to rehearse.
Yeah so this is what I specifically wanted not to see. pic.twitter.com/rECMkBZyOx
Though she did apologise and leave when I pointed out it was a quiet carriage.
OH, woman on phone: “I’m just on a train at the end of the universe.” We just passed Flemington.
@erkpod Hah. You bastard. That’s very messy.
RT @GuardianAus: I didnt have enough Facebook friends to prove to Airbnb I was real trib.al/7Ypxc1R [And @Airbnb’s empty response.]
Thanks for the various best wishes re the fire. For me, the only problem is this flare-up cutting the rail link before I pass it.
NSWRFS Southerly change moving across Blue Mountains fireground. Fire is flaring up. Crews in place. #NSWRFS #nswfires
@bernietb Best not to think about it.
@erkpod True enough.
@safzoro I survive on pure stubbornness.
@erkpod Ah yep, I’ve popped in there to orient myself once or twice, but no that’s not relevant to my needs generally.
@erkpod @carolduncan What’s you callsign? I listen to the Blue Mountains GRN, usually the woman on FIRECOM.
After three nights of less the three hours sleep each, and two days of absorbing malware research, I’ll be glad to collapse tonight.
AlexChesser #NSWRFS Strike Teams awaiting the wind change on Florabella St, Warrimoo in the Blue Mountains. #nswfires pic.twitter.com/vIrEnJBnnH
@carolduncan @erkpod @ABCemergency I connect in upstream, from @NSWRFS and the Government Radio Network.
Excellent. The 2118 service to Mt Victoria is set to depart Central on time, and has the usual number of waiting passengers.
Right, I’ll head to Central station and see what’s going on.
@retrogrrl Um, at was “closed”, not “loses”. Apple was helping*.
@carolduncan @erkpod Fire near Warimoo / Blaxland. Some evacuations, rail/road closed earlier but it’s open for now.
@erkpod That’s precisely what I was thinking. Thanks for the confirmation.
mikko The Tor exit node that was infecting binaries with OnionDuke was 78.24.222.229. It has been reported to Tor Project so it should be blocked.
RT @mikko: A Tor exit node in Russia was automatically infecting downloaded executables with the ‘OnionDuke’ APT malware: http://t.co/XiL37…
@retrogrrl Thanks, but the railway will be loses again well before a train starts getting close to a fire.
@SMinney @R_Chirgwin @drnaomi @bunjaree No, it’s the media’s bad. Always “Blue Mountains under threat” for a fire near one town.
@SMinney @R_Chirgwin @drnaomi @bunjaree Just remember that “the Blue Mountains” is 11,000 sq km, and fires rather smaller.
Silly @NSWRFS website map doesn’t have a scale. But that’s the fire, @mpesce pic.twitter.com/MTIW7Sxbo6
@boymc Assuming my battery holds up, I’ll be listening to the Government Radio Network en route.
@mpesce Within a couple hundred metres, it looks like. Trains were cancelled earlier.
@SMinney There fire is a long, long way from @bunjaree. But the train passes the fire zone. If the fire turns, it might be cut off.
Assuming the fire doesn’t turn back towards the railway, I’ll finally be in bed before midnight.
Trains appear to be back to running on time. How full they are remains to be seen. But I’ll try the next one, at 2118.
@alias_steven Well I’m agnostic about such things. I’m not categorisable by brands.
Oh good*, my iPad just randomly rebooted. I am filled with confidence. No, not confidence. The other thing.
@leslienassar What are you talking about?
Very.
Disgruntled.
Oh FFS.
thegrugq_ebooks That makes little sense.
More or less.
RT @JohnBirmingham: You know, if #Straya really wants to show Putin a bad time they could get me to meet him at the airport & drive him int…
Obtaining pho.
RT @NewtonMark: So climate change was clearly mentioned a lot, just not when tony was within earshot. [Would you discuss Poe with a duck?]
RT @NewtonMark: Everyone spare a thought for @bernietb, who is at this very moment getting out of bed to begin his commute from Newcastle f…
@kcarruthers Sorry.
kcarruthers once you realise that someone is a complete dick it is very hard to respect them
Conference organiser says: “The End. Let’s go to the bar.†And we s#avar #avar
AVAR 2015 is in Da Nang, Vietnam. Trieu Tran Duc, CEO of CMC Info Security Corp, says it will be NextGen. #avar
A lot of interesting stuff in that panel about the legitimacy of testing anti-malware products. The panel ends. #avar
AntonyGreenABC You can watch free on tv, listen free on radio, but have to sign up to listen on-line?
AntonyGreenABC What dingbat at Cricket Australia thinks its clever to prevent people listening to the cricket via their computer!
RT @5at5daily: 5at5 number 107: Japanese death rituals, lazy-ass research, robot tweeters, smart bombs, and deradicalisation. http://t.co/O…
@JohnnySoftware @SwiftOnSecurity Exactly. And the ecosystems are huge these days.
@NGruen1 This is why I like your practicality.
@JohnnySoftware @SwiftOnSecurity Tizen has been out in developer land, there’s 10,000-odd apps ready to go in their app store on launch.
@TheFailedProjek @TrainLinkWest @NSWRFS Oh thanks for that. Sounds like they’ll have that all working.
OK, this whole panel discussion has gone feral. #avar
Abrams prefers to call APTs “targeted persistent attacksâ€, because that captures the intent aspe#avaravar
Edwards tells is that it’s not ethical to strap pregnant women into cars and drive them into walls at high speed. [My weekend gone.#avarar
The consensus seems to be that “testing for an APT†is not really a thing because that’s about intent, not a techno#avar #avar
@JohnnySoftware @SwiftOnSecurity Impressive, isn’t it.
Edwards: It’s like going back to 1999 and talking about IDS, detecting rather than removing problems#avarar
Edwards: “NextGen and fashion are both 7-letter words. Bullshit is an 8-letter word.â€#avarar
Bridwell says NextGen is usually just a natural evolution of what people are doing already. Better hardware, fix mistakes etc. #avar
Abrams says “NextGen†is just code for “fashion, quotes Oscar Wilde on the sub#avar #avar
Panel is: Simon Edwards (Dennis Labs), Larry Bridwell (West Coast Labs), Randy Abrams (NSS Labs). #avar
The final session of the Association of anti-Virus Asia Researchers (AVAR) conference starts. https://t.co/ClaCiasmHe Mute #avar to avoid.
Coffee break. #avar
@jturner_ibrs @dobes But I don’t exist. And I don’t look Asipic.twitter.com/QfGbCsGJ4IGJ4I
@dobes @jturner_ibrs Fun is a zero-sum game.
@dobes @jturner_ibrs I am willing to destroy fun, with or without numbers.
@sam_ikin That doesn’t mean I couldn’t discover a lot very quickly. I only look at specific threats if I need to do so.
@sam_ikin I know nothing about My Start Search, but I see that it’s listed as malware in some lists.
@dobes @jturner_ibrs A psychopath with an agenda, eh…? [Narrows eyes.]
@mattdasilva True. There is also reason to believe that this is not German malware. ;)
And now we’re learning how memory scraping works, and how to write anti-malware code to block said memory-scraping#avarar
This means the POS malware industry is starting to worry about the AV industry, ’cos they’re now taking countermeasur#avaravar
Oprisa: “This POS malware is getting more integrated into the malware landscape.#avaravar
Backoff is the next generation. Injects into explorer.exe to respawn, talks to C&C server, includes a keylogger. #avar
The malware called Decebal does the same sort of thing, all in 400 lines of VB code, including a neat trick to avoid detection. #avar
The card numbers would seem to end up at the black market credit card site rescator.cc #avar
BlackPOS scans the computer’s memory looking for credit card patterns, saves them via \system32\winxml.dl#avarar
We’re looking at BlackPOS, the malware used in the Target attacks. AKA Kaptoxa/Kartoxa (Картофель is Russian fo#avarato). #avar
These computers are usually Windows machines, and many are still running Windows XP, so obviously vulnerable. #avar
Oprisa runs through the attack vectors on a store’s POS system. The POS terminal and the in-store payment server are the way#avarar
It’s just Ciprian Oprisa presenting today#avarar
Next up, Ciprian Oprisa & George Cabau from Bitdefender, “Point of Sale (POS) Malware: Are we really defenceless?#avaravar
Malware vendors are already advertising spyware for smart wristband devices etc, and Tizen isn’t even officially launched yet#avarar
I’ve just seen a report of a certain smart camera being scanned with nmap. It had ports open. They popped images onto its screen#avarar
I had to duck out of this presentation for a moment, so I’ve lost the thread. May not tweet much of it#avarar
@Nanso44 Thanks. I was fairly happy with that analysis.
@darrenpauli They’re charming AND intelligent!
So Asrar gave the AFP this presentation at the airport. He bored them at such length they figured he was legit and let him in. (2/2) #avar
Asrar explains how he got interrogated at SYD for bringing in unlabelled [suspicious?] hardware etc. No FCC certification etc. (1/2) #avar
Asrar is currently running through background on Tizen. tizen.org en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tizen #avar
Next up, Mc Afee’s Irfan Asrar, “The Tizen Attack Surfaceâ€, Tizen being a Linux-based OS for embedded u#avaravar
Apparently I don’t look Asian, and this confuses someone. (See the first comment.) http://t.co/OYtoCKNMgK
@darrenpauli Oh. Found it.
@darrenpauli You read the comments? I don’t recall seeing that one.
@ewe2 Actually, please see immediately previous tweet.
That smart home vulnerability test? Summary at http://t.co/BzQm7mcH08 Full research (PDF, German) at http://t.co/23Hd53u88N #avar
@marcoostini Nah, I’m at the AVAR conference in Sydney.
@ewe2 I will track it down later. Maybe not today.
An open letter to device developers. #avar instagram.com/p/vXXfheCFj5/
Why would I care about someone hacking my smart home? #avar instagram.com/p/vXXT5liFiz/
Marx is essentially calling for industry self-regulation before more clumsy government regulation comes in. #avar
See also Michael Jordan’s “Hacking Canon Pixma Printers - Doomed Encryptionâ€, where he installed Doom on his printer firm#avar #avar
Marx found a Yamaha AV receiver, the iPhone app works in any wireless network, not just the one in that venue’s sound system#avarar
See also David Jackoby, “How I hacked my homeâ#avaravar
Marx found some Western Digital hard drives where you could load any firmware you liked onto them, there was no authentication. #avar
See also Karsten Nohl & Jakob Lell’s work on USB security#avarar
See also Alex Chapman’s research on vulnerable lightbulbs#avarar
This research is on AV-TEST’s website, but in German only#avarar
Also there were often undocumented admin logins, “Not as bad as ‘root’/‘root’, but ‘root’/â€#avar’.†Cool*. #avar
Marx looked at smart home starter kits and found all sorts of basic problems: old/bad ciphers, unpatched OS, the usual mistakes. #avar
Now on, Andreas Marx from AV-TEST, “The Internet of Things — Or — Security: The Forgotten Featu#avar #avar
More tweeting from the Association of anti-Virus Asia Researchers (AVAR) conference now. https://t.co/iSwAS2F1nA Mute #avar to avoid.
No, @RealNickHodge, it is not Lionel “Buster” Crabb in the Brisbane River. That’s hands-down certain. http://t.co/Xz4QJSniUI
SUSPICIOUS BUBBLING PEOPLE THERE IS SUSPICIOUS BUBBLING THERE ARE BUBBLES IN A RIVER MAKE THEM STOP. http://t.co/aAYQq3w91s
The appropriate government agencies need to look at the security of government sites in those and other nations. #avar
One in three of the infected websites in Bangladesh belong to the government. #avar
Australia does well, but Bangladesh and China have real problems. #avar
Gryaznov is now running through the fine details of his methodology. It’s in the paper so I won’t repeat #avaravar
RT @thegrugq: A signal (the V) in Moscow to a CIA case officer that an operational task has been done. http://t.co/uTN0dZW0Xw
RT @CosmicRami: google just launched new product at #WorldParksCongress with LIVE data from the global fishing… http://t.co/jCqIRwvB3b
And also for other patterns, such as state-level in US etc. [I am now tweeting too much fine detail. Will zoom out now.] #avar
Gryaznov’s research was into sites of the forwhatever.gov.CC0U [AU for Australia], or gob.CC in Spanish, etc#avarar
“One would expect government sites to be well protected and safe, but are they really?” Compared with other sectors#avarar
We’re not just talking about national government sites, but regional and local too, and they can be easier targets#avarar
“You usually won’t get infected, unless it’s government-approved, and that is better than most other stuff.†Cynical la#avarr. #avar
Government sites are therefore “good†for criminals to compromised, because most people trust th#avaravar
Background: WWW continues to be the main infection vector. Infection via trusted sites which have been compromised is more effective. #avar
Gryaznov’s research started when he was at McAfee, and they let him continue to work on the data at Microsoft#avarar
Next up is Microsoft’s Dmitry Gryaznov withInfected.govVvVCâ€, an analysis of various nations’ government sites serving #avarre #avar
saladinahmed Wonder Woman has this shit figured out. ht @rabihalameddine pic.twitter.com/TVEk9sTVAG
That’s it for Roman Unuchek’s run-through of Android banking troja#avaravar
@FraknToastr The message is that 2FA via your phone is still vulnerable if your phone gets infected. So it’s about keeping your phone clean.
@FraknToastr That’s bad advice. Banking with 2FA is still better than banking without it.
Key lesson here: “SMS banking†is not a thing you want to activate, ’cos it looks straightforward to compro#avar #avar
“Now let’s see how we steal money with these commands.†Yes, please sho#avar #avar
The lesson I’m getting from this is that one one of these Android banking trojans is on your phone, it’ll monetise all sorts of wa#avaravar
“The management control panel [in the screenshot] is in Russian. Every control panel I have seen in these botnets is in Russian.#avaravar
Six minutes into his presentation, Unuchek has now got us inside the botnets and we’re generating fake 2FA tokens for AU banks#avarar
And just three minutes in, Unuchek has already taken us down into the code architecture of these botnet, then how to “monitor†th#avaravar
Next up, Roman Unuchek from Kaspersky Lab, “Inside Android banking botnetsâ€. Well, anti-banking, really#avarar
Setting up the hosting and logistics takes a little clue, but after that “any idiot can use Hesperbot.†Thanks, Yurii. E#avaravar
“We are working together with law enforcement in different countries.†Yes, an ongoing criminal investigati#avaravar
Laughing at the photo of the alleged perpetrator [REDACTED] and the huge pile of cocaine on his mirror at [REDACTED]. #avar
RT @AbstractCode: I am totally fine with criminals using MongoDB. Because some data should be lost. [Ouch! #avar]
Terrorists use software too, you know.
Ah, data was stored in MongoDB. [See? Criminals use software like MongoDB. We must ban it. Ban all software.] #avar
Command and control servers were in Ukraine and Kazakhstan. #abvar
Yurii Khvyl: “This is a very big project, and very well done.#avaravar
Cool, the mobile component intercepts the SMS for two-factor authentication. #avar
Customers of all Big 4 Australian banks have been with with Hesper, plus several others. Looks like ~100-200 hundred customers each? #avar
The Danes haven’t thrown the media out. They’ve just flagged what we can’t report because it’s (presumably) sub #avare. #avar
Next up, Peter Kruse & Yurii Khvyl of CSIS will talk us through the HesperBOT. #avar
Categories of people.
Germany.
Has Crusader Rabbit got his earpiece in properly today? Is it tuned to the right channel?
@semibogan One can never have too many Nigerian princes. Wait, what?
Patrickavenell Those Russian warships can’t come quick enough…
RT @Nickelback: AUSTRALIA! Our new album is out & the tour is heading your way in 2015
@semibogan Yeah that was mentioned. Life must be one endless cyberspamdystopia.
Very fatigue.
joshxhowie Was late to my first Fight Club last night so missed the intro rules. Still, Fight Club was brilliant and I’d highly recommend Fight Club.
And there ends Lion Gu’s presentation#avarar
These tools are all for GSM mobiles. 3G/4G networks have mechanisms to help stop fake base stations getting phones to connect. #avar
Markets are very active, more sellers than buyers, most active 1900-2200, and lots of cheaters, all use Tencent QQ for messaging. #avar
There’s lots of price figures in the published paper, could feed into an economic analysis of the Chinese mobile spam industry#avarar
@BarbaraBerkery No, aim is to identify numbers to be fed into iMessage-spamming automation. If they don’t have iMessage you don’t want them.
SMS spammer, a box with 16 GSM modems, to churn out SMS spam, costs RMB 2000. #avar
SMS server or “fake base station†the size of a PC, range 2km or so, costs RMB 45,000 (about USD 7400)#avarar
Current black market cost of spamming iPhone users. #avar instagram.com/p/vW67HjiFvp/
How to identify iPhone users: Try to send a message to iMessage. Response code will tell you if that number is known to iMessage. Heh. #avar
Source code for SMS Forwarder malware costs RMB 3000 (USD 492). #avar
Apps have the goals to attack privacy (e.e. forwarding SMS) and/or unapproved charges to premium service numbers. #avar
The three attack vectors onto mobiles are apps, messages, calls. #avar
In China, there’s more mobile phones accessing the internet that either desktop or laptop computers#avarar
Gu’s job includes monitoring the underground markets for “dirty†tools and serv#avar #avar
Next up, Trend Micro’s Lion Gu, “Mobile Underground Activities in China#avaravar
Keep our anti-malware ecosystem effective. #avar instagram.com/p/vW5IEOiFiR/
Patching makes a huge difference. AV vendors have an opportunity here. #avar instagram.com/p/vW4-B_CFhE/
@martindistasio @leslienassar Burn down all the televisions.
Now he’s plugging the Coordinated Malware Eradication (CME) process#avarar
Batchelder is whinging about the presentation laptop not having a touchscreen. “How do you work these old computers?#avarar
Batchelder plugs the Clean Software Alliance (CSA). It seems to be working so far, he says. #avar
RT @reillystyley: So, I’m late here. But I just downloaded my first podcast :D [I shall send you a telegram of congratulations.]
Some industry practices hurt our customers: AV looking like unwanted software, or AVs fighting each other. “I’m looking at Chin#avaravar
Batchelder says we’re gradually getting on top of broad-spectrum malware, “but Android is a whole ’nuther stor#avar #avar
Those figures were reported quarterly, but I’m not sure if that was millions per quarter or annualised#avarar
The number of Microsoft’s customers encountering malware has declined from 35 million in 2012 to 27 million. Roughly 1/3 get infected#avarar
But, the top 20 malware families are now fighting over a declining share. The tail is not as steep. Malware startup costs are up. #avar
There’s better industry information-sharing now, but the increased volume of malware families increases all the workloads#avarar
“At first glance, it looks like we’re losing,†Batchelder #avar #avar
In 2012 Microsoft proposed: “Imagine a world where malware paid as poorly as pickpocketing,†a handful of malware families survived#avarar
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is now 10 years hold. Ahhh. #avar
@martindistasio @leslienassar THIS IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT.
First up is Microsoft’s Dennis Batchelder, “Our global antimalware ecosystem: Threats and opportunities#avaravar
Today I’m tweeting from the Association of anti-Virus Asia Researchers (AVAR) conference again. https://t.co/iSwAS2F1nA Mute #avar to avoid.
leslienassar Breakfast TV’s #G20Brisbane analysis is exactly as insightful as you’d expect.
Ingesting a pig.
Internet of Turds.
Why is Adam Sandler even a thing?
RT @kilgore_cliff: “@DrScienceCat: Cats come in both liquid and solid form http://t.co/UO1tT5XnZfâ… @mr45144
jdub “IoT” as a technology category is such a bogus idea. Inmates running the asylum, etc.
St James.
@scott_thewspot @Steve_Dalby @bengrubb @joshgnosis Everyone interprets the law to suit their needs, unless they’re a fool.
Nasty chemtrail over eastern Sydney right now. instagram.com/p/vWwfxTiFkE/
SwiftOnSecurity We should replace school buses with Uber.
@joshgnosis @bengrubb @Steve_Dalby I am so glad I don’t have to spend time going down that rabbit hole.
I always feel a secret little thrill when I get retweeted by @martindistasio …
Yesterday @gcluley made us all sing “The AntiVirus Industry Songâ€, and here’s a short video by @juhasaarinen et moi. https://t.co/DH4NTangzo
@SnarkyPlatypus Malheureusement, Trains de Sydney n’a pas fourni une taverne d’amphétamines n ce voyage aujourd’hui.
cathywilcox1 There aren’t enough women heading up major terrorist organisations. #thingspeopleneversay
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je suis en train de fatigue sans fin. Et vous?
RT @cathywilcox1: Tony takes his place on the world stage. pic.twitter.com/K2DKNYNtre [Oh Cathy…]
Crossing the Nepean instagram.com/p/vWqt-TCFnI/
“How a shirtfront became an own goalâ€, writes Barrie Cassidy. http://t.co/yWZJLCbBLi
RT @joshgnosis: Something that Turnbull actually confirmed a couple of weeks ago. http://t.co/aTqCoL246o [Oh dear, @bengrubb. Thwap!]
“Game of Thrones pirates can be prosecuted: why Turnbull and Brandis are wrong on data retentionâ€, writes @bengrubb http://t.co/giUyojBJm1
“The Unavoidable Acceleration of Everything. What next for wearables and IoE?†writes @rik_ferguson http://t.co/6f6OAlyjy9
RT @joshgnosis: Alcatel-Lucent CEO says NBN’s multi-technology mix will be followed by other countries. http://t.co/AmxnBo10LC [3… 2… 1…]
@Security_FAQs @rik_ferguson I’m sure I don’t know what you’re talking about! Or I don’t remember. Somebody bring me my blanket.
@Security_FAQs @rik_ferguson I think you’re only truly old if you then don’t remember that time any more.
Fri plan: 0706 train to Sydney; AVAR conference, day 2 https://t.co/iSwAS2F1nA; write for @zdnetaustralia; @5at5daily; TGIF; return train.
@rik_ferguson @Security_FAQs I cyberapprove.
Yellow instagram.com/p/vWjvbFCFie/
Bright spring morning. It’s already over 20C. instagram.com/p/vWjbNZiFgD/
I think @rik_ferguson should be ashamed of himself, @Security_FAQs. There’s not a single â€cyber†in that post. It’s obscene.
Security_FAQs @rik_ferguson Savour the uniqueness while you can… pic.twitter.com/jNJdhP4NON
@QuixoticGuy @CNN This does feel like the most assertive strategic prodding in quite some time.
@QuixoticGuy @CNN For those of us old enough to remember more of the Cold War, we’re a fair was of#endofdaysys yet. But that said…
RT @ChipRolley: Not Kim Kardashian? MT @Independent: Angelina Jolie named the famous person most influential to politics [Kim wuz robbed.]
“How do you deradicalise returning Isis fighters?†writes @jonhenley on Denmark’s approach. http://t.co/TrNOtJ08tD
BadAlbumCovers Recap.
Stuff the aerobics Lionel, let’s play charades. pic.twitter.com/ifpB2uqs6k
fanfiction_txt The scenario paralleled to a greater time in the golden 1930’s, when Richard Nixon stormed the GamerGate hotel in the pursuit of free porn,
“Russia plans long-range bomber flights near US shoresâ€, reports @cnn http://t.co/8zhb50HoG1
@marcuskelson I’m not sure whether to say “Lucky you†or not.
@marcuskelson It feels like it. I got back around 0130. Alarm set for 0500. Sydney’s hotels are thoroughly booked out this week.
@QuixoticGuy Yeah, there’ll be wine o’clock in there, I’m just not sure where yet.
@QuixoticGuy Nah, I think the stewards need to call for the screens for that one.
Me, on phone: “Morning, a cab at 6.45 please.†Taxi booker: “Mate, you need to get more sleep.†Me: “You’re telling me.†Ah, village life…
Fri plan, draft: 0706 train to Sydney; AVAR conference, day 2 https://t.co/iSwAS2F1nA; write for @zdnetaustralia; @5at5daily; return train.
Well this is most unpleasant.
Friday. Hurdle. Curdle. Cucumber. Murder, girder, and number. More numb, that is. Everything will be numb. Friday.
Thud.
And now to attempt 3.5 hours of sleep.
Ten minutes until the train arrives at my destination.
@martindistasio This is the frightful inevitability of it all.