Right. Tuesday is done. I have a long commute to Sydney tomorrow. Gorn.
@whiteswine He was never a party animal to begin with. :)
@_midofo_ Colour me shocked.
Ah. Lateline did get Bruce Schneier. That’d be why I didn’t get a call back. I am happy with this.
@whiteswine His 50th birthday lunch at… Rigoni’s, I suspect… was only yesterday. I remember so many MPs and journos wishing him well.
RT @thegrugq: This was the start of a soft cap fashion craze in England.
RT @thegrugq: In WW1 British soldiers removed the wire from their caps because the big flat circles were easy to spot from the air. http://…
RT @00I00I00: “Funassyi, the anthromorphic pear fairy raised controversy when it appeared to support Japan’s pacifist constitution” http://…
@whiteswine Well he’s late-70s now?
@whiteswine @coriole God, that got dark quickly! :) Yeah, I’m toying with the idea of a visit.13 May is 20 years since I settled in Sydney.
@dj2mn @SBSNews @antbanister Hang on, you’re right. The first move is not a backflip. So the ODD numbers are back to where you started.
@whiteswine Ah, I have MEL and SFO in my agenda first, ’cos others are paying for it. Maybe a spring McLaren Vale run, and visi@coriolele?
@dj2mn @SBSNews @antbanister No, it;s even-numbered backflips that go in the same direction. Opposite, original, opposite, original…
@whiteswine Jesus. This is all very, very grubby.
@whiteswine “Piggy and the ’Tiser†sounds like a bad crime-fighting duo.
@whiteswine Sorry, have I just defamed you? It was Piggy or the ’Tiser, right? Or do you mean the wine trade press?
@whiteswine Yeah it’s a fascinating* process, right? I assume that $2 a word was back during the heady heights of The Adelaide Review?
@SnarkyPlatypus No, I think it’s brilliant. It’s really 18-karat gold yet still it’s durable. And obsolete computing hardware in 36 months.
@SnarkyPlatypus Oh, padding out the dense metal gold with lightweight ceramics, when karats are by mass not volume… this is brilliant!
@SnarkyPlatypus Well, the column/blog is called “moneyboxâ€, which in Thai is… no, I’ll stop there.
@whiteswine I would say “welcome to my world†but you’ve been there longer than I have.
@SnarkyPlatypus Also, read this about how karats of gold work. http://t.co/kJJR9Njht8
@whiteswine Hey, 50 cents a word is a good rate these days!
CNNMoney You can already buy a fake Apple Watch in China cnnmon.ie/1F68haK pic.twitter.com/GtvYUTIybc
@SnarkyPlatypus More like AUD 20,000 for the top model. It’s USD 17,000. Apple trolls the world.
Tonight’@ABCcatalystst story on how Australian birds alter the forests was fascinating. I’ll bleat a link to the story when it’s up.
@R_Chirgwin That’s not a question I’m likely to ask.
Yeah look I know we live in desperate times, but Bob Ellis is not the answer.
I really am enjoying “Treasurer for sale†repeated again and again in the news this week. For all the people who’s missed it in the past.
JUST SHOUT ALL THE THINGS.
@semibogan I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHO ALEX JONES IS BUT I AM OVERPOWERED WITH THE URGE TO SHOUT RANDOM SENTENCES.
@semibogan Ah, you had the same reaction I did. But watch it all turn into an ASTONISHING REVELATION in the usual place.
Gawd, $22,000 for an hour with Joe Hockey would be the most ambitious escort agency ever.
I would suggest to the Prime Minister that gathering on Sunday in a stone building on prime real estate is a “lifestyle choice†and taxable.
WombatOnPatrol Was getting black rats on camera nightly at the pond. Then this Boobook became a regular. Problem sorted. #wildoz pic.twitter.com/yKodjf56zX
“Tony Abbott now just pretty much daring people to challenge himâ€, writes @AndrewPStreet http://t.co/VjCm9PDamd
The very first words of @SBSNews just now: “In its third backflip in a week, the government…†So another excellent week in Rabbitland.
@NicholasFryer @joshgnosis I couldn’t possibly say. At least until I see how Hockey fares.
RT @NicholasFryer: Some of us don’t have to fantasise, just dig out the VCR. [Surely for Ruddock it’d be on acetate 78s@joshgnosisis]
RT @kcarruthers: @stufromoz @stilgherrian @joshgnosis but Stil probably means this version of Ruddock? pic.twitter.com/FMeAdlGuqg [No.]
@PollHereford @joshgnosis Well, sure, but I can only show you one hand just at this moment.
MT @thefoodmarshall: So, apparently this is why #Skywhale wasn’t in the balloon festival. pic.twitter.com/RS2pZcq9xV [Oh no! Ping @gattaca!]
RT @ABCNSW: “It was fun to have a studio full of dogs!” - @JenBrockie on tonight’s @insightSBS program #puppylove [So, like “QandAâ€?]
On the other hand, @joshgnosis, who hasn’t fantasised about Philip Ruddock achieving orgasm?
@joshgnosis Josh. No.
@jodiem It’s run by the same group of other Bavarian beer places in Sydney, so I assume it’ll be more or less the same stuff.
“Who’s who in Australia’s mandatory data-retention debateâ€, writes @joshgnosis http://t.co/ZhEKqmLGkJ Worst. Pr0n. Gallery. Ever.
Yes, I’ll be in Melbourne next week for Cisco LIVE http://t.co/zpUBIYDk7T and then staying through to Sunday evening.
@jonoabroad I’m sure it’ll be adequate.
@SnarkyPlatypus Yes, well, let the PR wash over you. Meanwhile, Bier Bike. http://t.co/KKfodISuIY
So dinner at the Munich Brauhaus in Melbourne next Tuesday? munichbrauhaus.com Oh if I must…
@reillystyley Maybe that’s it. We frighte@marcfennellll.
@reillystyley Oh. My. God.
@reillystyley Why thank you. I spent way too long on that paragraph. With a rhyming dictionary.
@blubrry Thanks, it wasn’t anything to do with PowerPress, and it was sorted within 30 minutes. Appreciate you noticing though.
5at5 number 158: Slugs, ID thieves, apocalyptic horsemen, Tony Abbott, and a plea for more goats. http://t.co/d5jy6LiqBw
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “It’s time to disrupt the disruptor pop culture, Australia†http://t.co/rKi3ushF8r
Being verballed.
RT @ndrewreid: Just finished listening to @stilgherrian in the latest #9pmedict and agree we should kill all boomers. [Fairly sure I didn’t]
@scott_thewspot The tricking-named “show answers†link may help.
@deanbogga @olliemilman Quite possibly. Once my computer has finished updating I’ll go back to look at the answers.
@juhasaarinen Yes.
@blubrry All good, thanks. Trying to use support forums just couldn’t win over stabbing my face with forks.
RT @juhasaarinen: @stilgherrian Did you fail again? [YES I DID FAIL AGAIN ARE YOU HAPPY NOW.]
Great. I am being mocked automatically by a @GuardianAus quiz. This is where my life is now.
“Oh dear. If you’d just guessed at random you’d have done better.†Yes thank you, I AM aware of that. YOU’RE JUST A BLOODY QUIZ YOU KNOW.
“Alan Jones or the Greens — who said it?â€, a quiz by @olliemilman http://t.co/NKyBOEMGVI [I got 5 out of 11.]
“Mission Control: A History of the Urban Dashboard†https://t.co/A4Xjn8na9G
Your thoughts, @nphair, echo those of @bobosphere and @khanserai in this @onthemedia item. http://t.co/ptDFGWfvRR
RT @nphair: Some of my thoughts… Islamic State online recruitment likened to paedophile grooming http://t.co/2zb7GYsptU @amworldtodaypm
“Stop thinking of Australia as a continentâ€, writes @_MirandaMaxwell, but as a series of city-islands. http://t.co/hj7rVidSwe
I say, today’s @deptofaustralia is rather droll. http://t.co/EFmNeGmSKZ http://t.co/p6o6ys3FgL
RT @primroseriordan: “She belongs in Canberra, where she was born”: Piccinini in bold push to bring #Skywhale home http://t.co/6r9q3XDjsv h…
ColMorrisDavis Did @FoxNews get any thoughts from its foreign policy expert on strategic impact of Red’s Iran letter? @seanhannity pic.twitter.com/q5SDiNIA0k
telesurenglish #Florida bans Public Employees from Using Term ‘Climate Changes.’
tlsur.net/1HlsCIn pic.twitter.com/RJReAkxzMg
@jturner_ibrs @profgalloway This applies to a lot of people.
@jturner_ibrs @profgalloway Not the content, to be clear, but the pace of delivery. It should come with a health warning.
@jturner_ibrs @profgalloway I’m having to pause every three minutes and go outside, ’cos it’s triggering a panic attack. It really is.
The question I have for @profgalloway though, @jturner_ibrs, is this: “Professor, do you breathe?”
“The Four Horsemen: Amazon/Apple/Facebook & Google—Who Wins/Loses†by @profgalloway https://t.co/SRiR88Ft0s HT @jturner_ibrs
Well here’s an excellent graphic design brief, one of the best I’ve ever encountered. http://t.co/JrsGQT9K2C
@noreasonspec @1395FIVEaa No, this is specifically for first-home buyers. As in the news story today.
I shan’t be talking o@1395FIVEaaaa today after all. Their talkback in funnelling superannuation into real estate is going really well.
Rabbit Magic! Only $100M of the $900M budget backdown will actually flow to car industry, writes @CUhlmann. http://t.co/5K1dF4RTJs
Has someone let @jturner_ibrs loose in the media again? Jesus wept.
In which @Slate explains how an “18-karat gold†timepiece can have very little actual gold in it. http://t.co/kJJR9Njht8
RT @David_Speers: Apparently the car industry backdown didn’t go to cabinet either. @SkyNewsAust [You go, Captain Crusader Rabbit!]
In which @Slate explains how an “18-carat gold†timepiece can have very little actual gold in it. http://t.co/kJJR9Njht8
@Drag0nista Oh, there’s weeks to go yet, we can invent a whole new system of government by then. Gooder Government.
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: TBF Joe Hockey is laboured and unfunny. [I’ve always found him quite affable. Which is something else, of course.]
RT @reselsnark: “@stilgherrian: [Tweet containing a laboured, unfunny joke about Joe Hockey.]†{RT: with additional snarky comment endorsin…
@Drag0nista My pleasure. The government seems to have so many different thought bubbles that you could wash the dishes in them.
[Tweet containing a laboured, unfunny joke about Joe Hockey.]
@jon_lawrence It’s OK, Jon, I won’t be sending the boys around to force you to listen@1395FIVEaaVEaa.
Hah! I will be talking about a fruit-related clever timepiece on @1395FIVEaa at 1240 ACDT / 13109 AEDT. Listenify at fiveaa.com.au
“Here we go again: Tony Abbott’s Iraq adventure†by @phbarratt, 11 Feb. http://t.co/QH8IZf9k9G
Here’s a great US article on how a national identity theft network works. http://t.co/3LQNBoL5sY
“One upcoming budget, three jostling narrativesâ€, writes @Drag0nista http://t.co/SbH76kbsEC
Crusader Rabbit ‘sick of being lectured to’ by UN, the poor thing. http://t.co/rcNDw2u2Vt Great pic, @mearesy http://t.co/W1I6oZXrLS
RT @TheTweetOfGod: Wrong! That’s why I gave you two hands. http://t.co/CxxXMztfS5
@i386 Well that should be being done by WordPress and the PowerPress plugin. No, this is a content problem, I think.
Debugging an RSS feed. Because life is just too full of joy.
That Qantas A380 in Dubai is moving now, apparently. I wonder if the problem really was “widespreadâ€.
@franksting Yeah, I’ll drop him a note later. He should know better.
I just got a message from a Qantas A380 sitting in Dubai, can’t depart ’cos of “widespread†problem with computers checking passports. True?
In which @paulbernal64 reports on a discussion of the ethics of policing the internet. https://t.co/fPVImJJzlG
@trentyarwood I haven’t worn a watch since 1991, and have no real interest in getting one now. Or ever.
Is it time to stop work yet?
Read. The. Entire. Goddam. Job. Ticket. You. Muppet.
RT @jdub: Makes me want to drag it up as Barbra and sing outside the court. I’ve got the nose for it. [Pozible this immediately!]
What’s amusing about Joe Hockey’s defamation case? More and more news stories repeating the phrase “Treasurer for s#streisandeffectndeffect
RT @BoredElonMusk: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Wants
Tue plan, draft: A deal-with-backlogs kind of day, plodding steadily through a queue of many minor, unrelated tasks; @5at5daily; quiet time.
Tuesday. Please ensure that you possess all of the required paperwork, or there will be pain. Much pain. This is not a metaphor. Tuesday.