@BundyB Risky.
Wednesday. All your plans will come to naught. Wednesday.
@kcarruthers Oh that’s a little harsh, it’s it?
@R_Chirgwin @Hippopeteamus Well either, really.
@R_Chirgwin @Hippopeteamus It’s not… it’s not a sophisticated metaphor, is it.
@R_Chirgwin Is that something I know? If it was once, it isn’t now.
If anyone else has a request, please drop an audio comment via Skype to “stilgherrian†or phone +61 2 8011 3733.
Well I suppose there can be some goats, @OaaSvc. I’ve made a note of your request.
Tomorrow I will be recording an end-of-year episode of “The 9pm Edict†podcast. I’m not sure what mood I’ll be in.
@Finzensen @zdnetaustralia Oh cheers. I daresay what I’ve said will trigger some discussion. Mind you, the holidays will distract people.
Me at @zdnetaustralia today: “Why Kim Dotcom buying off Lizard Squad was the wrong move” zd.net/1xdnGCu
Sweating.
Exhausted.
delafro_ Sorcery. pic.twitter.com/4nVSZZ9tvj
@ben__fisher @mpesce @zdnetaustralia Well that’s a whole nuther difficult question, not a tag on an opinion column.
@jplonie It’s radio. You’ll be lucky if I’m even wearing pants.
@64AnthonyP Just finished a few minutes ago. Always scroll back, cos there are links and times and stuff.
@carolduncan @paulwallbank @702sydney Ah yes, I saw that you were at Ultimo earlier. Oh well.
And the radio spot is done. It appears, however, that my live stream died, so I don’t have a recording.
Readying myself in ABC Sydney TARDIS 1, for @720perth instagram.com/p/xOIkCRiFhc/
The situation has been resolved. I ascend.
ABC Sydney has no booking for me. I am delayed at the security desk. I wait patiently.
RT @Lyall Perth has technology? [Well after a fashion.]
@xntrik Like I care what you want.
Right. Time to wander to the ABC and inform the people of Perth about matters of technological importance.
@monsieurarion @SnarkyPlatypus All the goats of my 20s. I’ve done breakfast radio. It’s gruelling.
@SnarkyPlatypus @monsieurarion All I will say is that I am familiar with the habits of breakfast presenters.
@SnarkyPlatypus @monsieurarion ComeDOWN?
@monsieurarion For the most part, I don’t start drinking before morning tea.
I’m running early, so a cooling pint should put me in the mood for the radio.
@mpesce And there’s another quote for the CV.
@will_ock Hah! Thanks, Will. After that line, the story pretty much wrote itself.
@Wyld @purserj @zdnetaustralia Ah good, I seem to have captured the zeitgeist.
@monsieurarion Don’t start.
YES THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR REGIONAL WEATHER REPORTS CONTAINING SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER TEMPERATURES GOD WILL DEAL WITH YOU IN DUE COURSE.
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Why Kim Dotcom buying off Lizard Squad was the wrong move” zd.net/1xdnGCu
@interrogativus That’s… worrying
Tourists.
Did I ask for it to be 34C in Sydney today? Did I? DID I?
Mobile again.
I’m talking tech stuff on AB@720perthth at 1430 AWST / 1730 AEDT, in 90 mins or so. You are permitted to listen aabc.net.au/perthVf
@SnarkyPlatypus Yes. I’ll leave around 1600, just in case the trams are being arsehats. The spot is at 1730.
@myrcurial It’s summer here, Sir. Jeggings would BE the fail.
Column filed for @zdnetaustralia. It contains hacking, monkeys, and a sparkly tinsel Christmas fairy.
@semibogan @oldlillipilli @jenny_sinclair I am happy to be disrupted with money. Or with goods and services.
OK, I’d better get back to this writing.
@semibogan @oldlillipilli @jenny_sinclair It’s happening, it’s happening.
@expectproblems I like your thinking.
Entrance has been effected.
Nearing the destination instagram.com/p/xNruT3CFi6/
@expectproblems There was a time when they’d have been sent out to catch the fish.
@expectproblems Sounds frightful. Something must be done to prevent a recurrence.
@expectproblems It hasn’t thinned out so much today, but Fish Market seems to be the one.
@Colvinius Thanks. I’m sure that there was an earthier meaning in my patch, but my memory could be dodgy.
@expectproblems “Enjoy” is the wrong word. The tram is full of oxygen thieves.
@expectproblems Oddly enough, no.
On a tram.
So glad that an Australian spacecraft is going to be called ThunderStruck. ab.co/1xt48vZ
@Colvinius What? As in “going at it hammer and tongs”? That’s an unpleasant image.
Arriving at Sydney Central.
@oldlillipilli @semibogan @jenny_sinclair “Decent fee� Sorry, what?
alliperson My favorite Spice Girl is the one who ate the other four and spared us from a lifetime under their oppressive rule
RT @ThePoke: The Downside Of Picking Up A Thrash Metal Band From The Airport http://t.co/13Pc1JKMBf http://t.co/CivYtP1c8j
Crossing the Nepean instagram.com/p/xNgUVUiFiP/
@Gin_ev_ra Sadly I must write in English, or my usual approximation thereto.
@SnarkyPlatypus I’m not quite sure what you’re thinking of there, but I suspect it’s wrong. It sounds wrong.
Ah, @semibogan @jenny_sinclair, what you say is true, but in this case I was also given an excellent suggestion.
I have been Inspired by an Editor. I shall now begin Writing.
theadamsamuel Stay in school kids #AirAsia #QZ8501 pic.twitter.com/S99Ne29A3I
For those following at home, I’m not taking the 1024 train to Sydney because it’s the 1036 because it’s an imaginary weekend.
@19bk69 @SnarkyPlatypus This is for my @zdnetaustralia column. The 9pm Edict for tomorrow is relatively advanced. In my head.
@SnarkyPlatypus I have been told in no uncertain terms where I can insert any end-of-year punditry.
Oh well, it means I have an extra 12 minutes to set around hoping for inspiration.
@jodiem @mpesce I don’t know that many businesses were ever thinking of using Tor. Happy to be proved wrong on that.
@0x1C Probably true, except for being a generation out.
Oh ten points to me. I forgot that the trains are operating to weekend timetables this week because Australia.
Mobile.
RT @ahulse: Despite high-profile tragedies, 2014 was the safest year on record for flying http://t.co/KJ3Gv0Q2CV
It’s like an Uber for eugenics.
@mpesce Perhaps. But I suspect that I’m expected to do more than just fill a page.
@SnarkyPlatypus Les chèvres ont rien à craindre sauf la peur elle-même.
@mpesce Yes, it’s that article that’s failing to inspire me to analyse and comment. Perhaps we’re Snowdened under with facts.
@mpesce So what you’re saying is that the Muses work for the NSA?
@mpesce I think she’s “taken it off the hookâ€, as the young people say.
I live in hope that once I’m on the train that the Muse will return.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Il est presque temps pour Le Transfert. Les vecteurs alignés. Et vous?
@BruceHore @zdnetaustralia One of the tricky things about writing about the Sony hack is just where to start with this mess. Pondering.
Loo, I’m sure that Gary Johns’ comments have been taken out of context.
I’ll be in Sydney pretty much all the way through to Australia Day, should anyone care, or wish to take preventative action.
Tue plan: Pack; 1024 train to Sydney; write for @zdnetaustralia (but what?)); bump in Lilyfield; @5at5daily; 1730 ABC Ultimo; evening TBA.
tony_robbo Fairfax scoop! George Brandis is Beyonce’s Dad! pic.twitter.com/nOJctlGzZb
“Australian Military’s Pre-Deployment Handbook for Afghanistan†http://t.co/CfdzyCvLH3 HT @BlogsofWar
“We Learned Very Little about Canada’s Cybersurveillance Agency, CSEC, in 2014â€, reports @vicecanada http://t.co/0saO1zgHPC
@NewtonMark I can think of worse jobs.
@MsLods I was just reading that, actually. No, I don’t know of an equivalent. I’ve made a note.
RT @JeffreyGoldberg: “I was unaware that I was addressing a convention of Nazis” is not such a great excuse, as excuses go: http://t.co/v8F…
Blog post from last night: “Most popular posts of 2014â€, at least from my own website. https://t.co/HpElJXjuI3
“Gmail Access Is Blocked in China After Months of Disruptionâ€, reports @NYTimes http://t.co/dtJpmjl2kB
BestoftheMail Idiotic Comment of the Month pic.twitter.com/nGNMjcQQNu
“Why I Don’t Consider Myself A Registered Sex Offender†http://t.co/eNF3DUlODZ
@Beaker Um… [Shuffles feet.] N.. No.
“In Memoriam: Remembering All The Content That Didn’t Go Viral This Year†http://t.co/y8n9dfIlXx
I will not go down the Clickhole. I will not go down the Clickhole. I will not go down the Clickhole.
Apparently @GordyPls is the Sony Pictures hacker, and right now he’s trying to construct an alibi on Twitter.
GordyPls I got the full financials for the Passion of the Christ as an Excel spreadsheet once.
GordyPls I’m not kidding. It’s an thing that just happened and not the first time. My gmail address is a character away from a movie studio boss’.
GordyPls A Sony executive just accidentally CCd me in on confidential information about The Interview’s screening.
latikambourke Leak in the Oz is ouch today. Just needed a “You bet you are”. pic.twitter.com/yQ58oqmoHo
“FBI claimed to be investigating Xbox Live, PlayStation Network DDoS perpsâ€, writes @drpizza http://t.co/aRHlEl82Bh
Poor Crusader Rabbit. Can’t explain why his plans and policies are good, only that the other people’s are bad. http://t.co/MT2KIwMbAT
Poor Crusader Rabbit. He can only think in terms of fighting the other side. http://t.co/MT2KIwMbAT
@MsLods Yes, the political and social aspects of technology aren’t covered much, just whether tech X is “better†than tech Y. Good thought.
@davispg @zdnetaustralia Perhaps that already happens. NSA and friends play a complex muilti-layered game.
@juhasaarinen @zdnetaustralia @dobes Hah! I didn’t even notice that little glitch. Even 2015 has its problems.
RT @garystark:10 predictions for 2001? [I can do this thing! @juhasaarinen @zdnetaustralia @dobes]
RT @juhasaarinen: Ten predictions for 2015 @zdnetaustralia @dobes [Are you trying to get me killed?]
I’m still stuck for what to write about for @zdnetaustralia this week. NSA stuff? http://t.co/4lUwncLJxD I’m a bit “So what’s new?†on that.
“Politician’s fingerprint ‘cloned from photos’ by hackerâ€, the BBC version of the story. http://t.co/Pwu9kxXVw9
Tue plan, draft: Pack; write for @zdnetaustralia (but what?); train to Sydney (when?); bump in Lilyfield; @5at5daily; 1730 ABC; evening TBA.
shokufeyesib Can butt cracks be used for identification?
BostonBeerBars Found above the urinal at @TheCamBrewHouse , this made my day pic.twitter.com/Sg65FY2krJ
Tuesday. What if everything were made of rubber? Because in truth it is. All of it. Tuesday.
@kcarruthers Perhaps I should have gone to the pub after all. [Sulks.]
@kcarruthers Oh. That’s the feeling I was trying to get rid of.
RT @csoghoian: Regin malware discovered on the computer of a staff member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. https://t.co/F05AUExXQt
RT @faully33: What have we forgotten? [There’s a point. But how would I know the answer?]
@mix112762 I’d wondered if my mood was making me feel very “Here we go around the loop again†tonight. Perhaps it’s not just me.
Meanwhile, it looks like the news media is about to play another round of THEY SAW SOMETHING FLOATING IN THE OCEAN. How soon they forget.
Re-reading my “2014, the year that infosec gets political†from a year ago, wondering what we’ve learned. http://t.co/7cKjNrrO3H
@magooify I am sad to say that the joke has been done before.
Pensive.
“Who’s in the Lizard Squad?†asks @briankrebs, and he answers it with names and photos. http://t.co/DFqLTyyWsS
markthomasinfo Ceremony marking end of military operations in Afghanistan held in secret due to possible attack by Taliban. Mission accomplished then.
RT @paulwallbank: This year’s worst performing currency? Bitcoin. http://t.co/QfXkuvVAzU via @BV
New blog post: “Most popular posts of 2014â€, at least from my own website. https://t.co/HpElJXjuI3
TrendsSydney ‘hatred’ is now trending in #Sydney trendsmap.com/au/sydney
RT @TheRoastTV: The Roast returns for one final dump on Australian politics! Join Mark Humphries for the 2014 Golden Facepalms.
http://t.co…
alexismadrigal Let 2015 be the year people stop making “There’s an app for that” jokes.
Ah no. I have just this minute received further garlic-related information which removes all mystery.
Wondering whether to treat the garlic as a Mystery.
I think my problem is that I’ve been reading stuff on the latest NSA/Snowden thing and, worse, the Brokens’ reactions.
@SnarkyPlatypus Well I didn’t feel like wine then. In fact, I’m not sure that I feel like wine now.
@SnarkyPlatypus Well there was a vehicle with space heading back to the city, and I have so much to bring down with me tomorrow…
I probably shouldn’t have sent all the wine away.
@bernietb Indeed. My tummy is a bit upset in any event. I think I’ll just stay in and sulk.
@bernietb Nah, not that. I’d have to go into the village, and it’s just started raining quite hard.
Trying to decide what to think.
@Cantbeeffed Bees, primarily.
@Cantbeeffed I’m starting to quite enjoy Crusader Rabbit’s little homilies. Find ways to make sure we don’t lose planes, yes. Good idea.
doom_txt Just what the ZDoom has always needed, a gay furry dating sim.
Seriously though, that might be exactly what the ZDoom has always needed.
I’m watching you know.
@R_Chirgwin I’m sure he’d do a fabulous job of that too.
I see that Crusader Rabbit has developed a taxonomy of airliner crashes.
ellehardytweets I just want to know if the social media manager of WA’s shark cull is okay
RT @5at5daily: 5at5 number 130: NSA leak latest, Buzz Aldrin, speech recognition, reality and the web, and old transport pics. http://t.co/…
@elronxenu Ta muchly. I’ll dig into that in a few day, when I’m not on deadline for other shit.
@elronxenu Which vendor’s system?
@jodiem There’s gotta be some sort of workplace regulation about that.
RT @jodiem: Currently being rained on by dead bugs and dried pigeon shit. [I didn’t realise you went to those parties…]
RT @Jeff_Jacoby: Don’t romanticize the past. The “good old days”—say, before cars—were dirty, dangerous, & disagreeable. New column: http:/…
“The Web Is the Real Worldâ€, writes @AdrienneLaF in an ode to “Like a Uber for…†http://t.co/pe6jlnhBOt
@carolduncan @chrisbrownie Always warm up all the things, yes.
“NSW government confirms it raided the offices of ride-share company Uberâ€, writes @jakesaulwick http://t.co/YR95FLECnV
@dobes No, that’s the futurists.
@katrynadow Oh, I’m glad something’s working then! [Bows.]
@dobes WHY DO YOU HATE THE FUTURE?
RT @chrisbrownie: Fire up the speculatotron folks [I’ve had mine running for days. Weeks, even.]
“Prying Eyes: Inside the NSA’s War on Internet Securityâ€, the latest Snowden dump from @SPIEGEL_English http://t.co/4lUwncLJxD
Look, don’t pick on Twitter. Who amongst us hasn’t made an out-by-one error?
_Ninji I MITMed Twitter for Android’s login to see why it was failing.
The Twitter servers think it’s 2015. Amazing. pic.twitter.com/iEu4rEUub9
@SnarkyPlatypus MR PRESIDENT, WE MUST NOT ALLOW AN ICE MOON PRISON GAP. #IceMoonPrison
@GTRoberts As I have said my times before, dull literalism will be the death of our species.
Do you know what I am going to do now? I am going to cook some chicken. That’s what I’m going to do now.
People having Twitter feels. #IceMoonPrison
@SnarkyPlatypus Actuellement je blâme le continent connu comme “l’Asie”. Je effectuer La Transition demain.
Everything is wrong.
So is there any truth to the rumour that Microsoft is going to rebrand the Nokia Lumia as the Surface Pocket Edition?
@paulwallbank @leslienassar @dobes Every year is the year of the Microsoft Surface.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Tout est terrible, parce que tout est dirigé par des gens stupides. Et vous?
@leslienassar @dobes [Checks transcripts.] Yes. Yes, I do.
@leslienassar @dobes Why do you hate Freedom?
@leslienassar @dobes I bet the NSA invented QR codes.
JUST WHO DO THESE PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE?
@chrisbrownie @chrisjrn Why? I can do what I like. You don’t own me.
RT @chrisjrn: Adelaide, India, same thing :P [Pretty much. They both have adequate cricket grounds.]
I do like it when a support engineer is trying not to reveal he’s in India, but makes the giveaway 30-minute time zone conversion error.
@jeamland I do recommend avoiding having a life. People just want things all the time. It can only lead to grief.
RT @jeamland: Experiencing LAX and thus, in @stilgherrian’s view, life. [My view is the correct view.]
@0x1C As you should be. And around once every few weeks.
@0x1C Is this still in relation to names, or other matters and, er, circumstances?