OK, I’ll really try to get some rest now. There’s clearly something wrong with me.
TheKouk Exactly 10 weeks till the budget speech…

Scarfolk Shrove Tuesday recipe ideas from Scarfolk Council chefs. #PancakeDay scarfolk.blogspot.com pic.twitter.com/6O4rVsxFK2
You don’t HAVE to be a bald white man to crew this show, but if you want to fit in… https://t.co/unV9CgaJGs
botandy the one child telepathically holding in check every spontaneous human combustion for the last decade, the man trying to distract her
@JournoLawJ It does.
Startup (n): A machine for turning other people’s money into bullshit.
RT @swearyanthony: “Let’s make an internet enabled toy” âŒ
“That captures their voices” âŒ
“Stored in MongoDB” âŒ
“Exposed to the internet” âŒâ€¦
This does not look overly medical one bit. https://t.co/2THQgkgQUv
Is this part of the whip fantasy, or a separate fantasy? https://t.co/yhKthGarPH
It doesn’t prove anything of the sort. https://t.co/NvW2ycfnSm
The fish rots from the head. https://t.co/xPfEcGxqRI
I’m meant to be having a nap or something but the world is too stupid to ignore.
RT @michaelneale: WALKMANS! THEY WILL MAKE THE YOUNG PEOPLE DEAF LISTENING TO THEIR DURAN DURAN https://t.co/0B5uwp4IEi
Yes, @Independent_ie, each morning I display my membership of Underpants Culture before Socks Culture… What is this bullshit?
“Earphone Culture”, apparently. https://t.co/vo8E99dIca
Dipshits.
“… and God bless mummy and daddy, and give them positive outcomes, amen.” NOBODY TALKS THIS WAY. https://t.co/uFacX3dNRv
@PSyvret No, the other hamster.
Why is a hamster writing newspaper op-eds?
I’ve already prepared myself for @sydneymardigras by extending my stay in Vietnam.
RT @bernietb: Synergy. https://t.co/E7bEcIVm4c
@joshgnosis Sorry, Josh.
At first I read this as Dastyari not wanting to eat Abetz out but then I thought about it. https://t.co/27mxSv2nrJ
“Game of Clones — the dating show of your creepiest dreams” https://t.co/z2trWMa8iT
RT @TimWattsMP: I knew the chemtrails over Parliament House this morning meant something was up! https://t.co/KSp8dDQtvc
RT @nktpnd: Wowwowwow. These paragraphs are from a real, official US Department of Education statement from Betsy DeVos released today. htt…
Just defund the ABC, and the boomers will wither away without the sustenance. https://t.co/smfC2bdDwY
@01000101 Thanks, though it appears not to be dengue season.
I did see them wearing conference lanyards, though, so I’ll find out more about them later. Stay tuned for episode two.
The final comment I heard is that he likes Vietnam more than Brussels. Because there’s time to get proper sleep on the flight.
God I can’t stand this any more. I think my room should be done now. I’m heading up there to cry.
He’s now complaining that his first wife didn’t appreciate his efforts in this regard. I am shocked to hear the marriage didn’t last.
The machinations he goes to so he gets his upgrades. At no time does it seem to occur to him that he could pay for them.
One of them chooses which flight his offspring travels from boarding school on spring break to maximise his miles.
Two loud American executives are talking about how they game airline miles. It’s a combination of OCD and dick-swinging.
I’m in the hotel foyer, waiting for my room to be ready again, and the people nearby are annoying.
I’ve run into a couple of attendees who, like me, are suffering more fatigue than normal and have the body aches etc.
There was precisely nothing in the presentation to support a comment like this. #apricot2017 https://t.co/O1GKORAH2M
This is also a dignified way of dealing with unliked relatives and neighbours. https://t.co/femwQ3S2fU
yunheekim22 BREAKING: Samsung Heir Lee Jae-yong Indicted on Bribery Charges on.wsj.com/2ltrail
I wondered how they reproduced. Budding. That makes sense. https://t.co/IDeOCcQuR7
I love diversity. https://t.co/0s6uOHvZWW
Mind you, I bet this is far from being the first inappropriate thing to have been done on the White House furniture. https://t.co/dz9eq0LFfC
RT @davebernstein: Feet off WH furniture, trailer trash 😬 https://t.co/xUuK83TD4L
RT @markhumphries: I dread to think what time the bank will close now. https://t.co/rOBKaXb95h
@jeffsonstein Well he doesn’t RUN anything, he just wanders around telling everyone they’re wrong.
True. https://t.co/QNBc2JWn5A

Routing detours are when internet traffic gets routed somewhere else odd before coming back. #apricot2017 pic.twitter.com/LBZmH1WiP1
Whoever at ANZ said this should have their pockets filled with gravel and be taken to the nearest river. https://t.co/3AbLOj7Z3K
@jeffsonstein Never appoint an Australian pure mathematician as Chief Scientist of @apnic. ;)
Next: Anant Shah, Colorado State University, “Towards characterising international routing detours†https://t.co/am4gbRvd60 #apricot2017
Geoff, on sitting back down next to me, “I told you it was a quiet little talk about cryptography.#apricot20172017
Geoff just berated everyone who doesn’t use DNSSEC with key signing. Many derogatory words. “DNS is everythin#apricot2017ot2017
@voltagex Oh yes. It’ll be on the Tube of Ewes at https://t.co/nt4FJaWeOs I’ll provide a time index later up.
“Only the IEEE is worse,†he sa#apricot20172017
“Standards groups are often dysfunctional, and IETF is no exception. To say it was broken would compliment it.†— Geoff H#apricot2017ot2017
I can’t keep up with all the different ways Geoff is trolling so many countries in quick succession. A virtuoso performance#apricot201717
Geoff has just berated the room for using their oldest and cruddiest machines for DNS. He’s got a point#apricot201717

“Don’t you just love magicians,” says Geoff. #apricot2017 pic.twitter.com/NoErqBRCc3
@Epigrammist Now there’s a question.
Geoff says that the real doom and gloom will come after lunch. #apricot2017
Geoff did tell me that there’s no doom and gloom in this presentation. Everything is relative. There is doom and gloom#apricot201717
OpenSSL is “the Texas Chainsaw Massacre of crypto algorithms.†— Geoff H#apricot2017ot2017
… [DNSSEC] doesn’t rely on the wisdom, or the stupidity, of crowds.†Thanks, Geoff#apricot2017ot2017
On DNSSEC Interlocking Signaturss. “Thing of it like blockchain, because it’s trendy to say ‘blockchain’,†ex#apricot2017#apricot2017
I like how Geoff reassures everyone by explaining how TLS works, and then destroys that by explaining the actual problems. #apricot2017
@FakeDanTosello Yeah, but look these are network guys. I am SO glad they’re interested in getting their head around this.
@harishpillay OK, now I’m feeling even older that I was five minutes ago.
@harishpillay By all means, Harish. :)
@voltagex Exactly.
@SnarkyPlatypus @johnb78 Yeah ROT13 tends to look like that.
“We kind of hope quantum computing is bullshit. Because if it’s real, I’m in trouble, you’re in trouble.†—G#apricot2017#apricot2017
Oh. Geoff cites the Riemann hypothesis, suggests we “solve it during the break, you’ll make millions.†https://t.co/gIYeRewGce #apricot2017
Shut up. #apricot2017 https://t.co/9vUTCodcFR
Only two people in the room admitted to doing maths. (They’re network guys.) Geoff is losing them big time. “Far out,†he #apricot2017ot2017
@johnb78 Guvf vf jung unccraf jura lbh yrg n cher zngurzngvpvna ybbfr va Ivrganz.
Geoff is explaining the difference between symmetric and asymmetric crypto, and FAR too many people are taking notes. Crying. #apricot2017
Geoff is doing a crash history of crypto. “You’re all so young!†he says. “Who remembers ROT13?†Only I raise a ha#apricot2017pricot2017
Right. Geoff Huston is up now. Livestream at https://t.co/sjOAfKaWYG #apricot2017 https://t.co/MypgbY7t96

There’s no correlation between a country’s GDP per person and its IPv6 penetration. #apricot2017 pic.twitter.com/Acr2Chmxto
Just quietly, having Geoff Huston sitting next to me, running a commentary on this presentation, is kinda nice. #apricot2017

Governance arrangements are changing. #apricot2017 pic.twitter.com/ChRkTr2O3u

Lesson 1: There’s a lot of informal deals making the internet work. A lot. #apricot2017 pic.twitter.com/sNtWm1wXv8
First speaker: Bill Woodcock,
Packet Clearing House, “PCH 2016 Survey of Interconnection Agreements†https://t.co/5pbuIHsIgV #apricot2017
First for me: Asia Pacific OPeratorS (APOPS) forum, in 5 mins at 0900 ICT. There’s a live stream. https://t.co/sjOAfKaWYG #apricot2017
@chrisrauchle @darrenpauli @AMS_IX @megaportnetwork No, they are not frogs. They are an abomination in the sight of God.
RT @jeamland: BREAKING: George Christensen preparing his move to a safe space.
“Privacy watchdog to probe Oz gov’s right to release personal info ‘to correct the record’â€, writes @R_Chirgwin https://t.co/RdtO6qcWm7
@chrisrauchle @darrenpauli @AMS_IX @megaportnetwork Red frogs are Freedom Frogs.
In further surprising news, Sean Spicer had a grip to begin with. https://t.co/XgnOKMV85q
Woof. https://t.co/NJcI08Cg1i
@jpwarren Oh I like where this might be heading.
Tue plan: APRICOT/APNIC all day 2017.apricot.net/program/scheduâ€#apricot201717, with writing breaks; evening in Ho Chi Minh City TBA.
@darrenpauli @AMS_IX @megaportnetwork What’s wrong with green frogs?
Congrats to the @AMS_IX @megaportnetwork crew for using real coffee as bait for data-gathering. #capturetheaddicts… https://t.co/ez0EKNzJ0v
Sorry, this was actually my point. Gunshots further up Geary wouldn’t be a totally unknown phenomenon, shall we say. https://t.co/cZjH2ljget
Lulwut. https://t.co/5rHhx1AnvI
@nphair Heh. Indeed.
Re those last two retweets about San Francisco, the gunshots would’ve been, what? Six or seven blocks up Geary? Are these incidents linked?

jonahowenlamb #sf’s Market st shut from Kearney to abt 4th due possibly to bomb threat called into ADL pic.twitter.com/LbOZ9g9ax3
RT @demianbulwa: Twice in 5 min, bullets fly into San Francisco restaurants on Geary (one Eritrean, one Indian) https://t.co/HRFovttzMg via…
RT @CaseyBriggs: they tried turning it off and on again https://t.co/HdFH2W8YbI
@nphair Sure, but not always? I’m curious about the choice of language.
Well, @GreenJ, you’ve got to admit, this is the best superhero ever. https://t.co/U7spcG09Hf
Also, isn’t there a difference between “criminal behaviour” and “committed a crime”? I’m confused.
“Stamping out” criminal behaviour isn’t the only factor in choosing a course of action.

“Onshore detention mobile phone ban stamps out criminal behaviour: ABF.” Also, killing them. ab.co/2l3Gciu pic.twitter.com/KeOWIg8LZ2

“Cambodia ‘too busy’ for counter-terror exercise with Australia”, reports @abcnews ab.co/2l5J8uY pic.twitter.com/uFguwYFHST
There should be laws against this sort of thing. https://t.co/MZ1BblRlVn
jxeeno imagine if they made #estimates an open mic night
TomMcIlroy Eric Abetz says the flag is the flag of the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands which has declared was on Australia #estimates
TomMcIlroy Eric Abetz says the LGBTIQ rainbow flag was shown in the Finance Department foyer. He says its associated with an activist cause #estimates
RT @staffo_sez: Imagine a political process so closed it refuses to release information about a bird. https://t.co/pKVqtcioKL
The crew from JPNAP have the best hoodies. I want one. #apricot2017

“World News”? OK then. pic.twitter.com/QdEO2JDi3c
Lol that’s the one I use, with Gillian Triggs in the foreground. https://t.co/MN596NJxCa
Timeless tweet. https://t.co/gOcHefFycy
RT @joshgnosis: An answer today from October estimates on the day AGD is in #estimates, AGD says they don’t know how much Brandis diary cas…
I’m thinking APOPS (2) for Geoff Huston, the Forces Shaping the Network panel, and what else today? https://t.co/ZC09MLqicA #apricot2017
RT @hearsaycast: Audit finds 10 Border Force officers illegally raided a house and detained 3 people https://t.co/sYtAHIqEgm
RT @hearsaycast: Audit of Border Force finds “29% of airport searches examined were unlawful” https://t.co/sYtAHIqEgm

The trick seems to be to go out there before 0800 ICT. pic.twitter.com/rmN2IIBEwR
THIS IS WHAT I KEEP TELLING YOU PEOPLE. https://t.co/A5TDHIoaXJ
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: Because he worked for NAB for 17 years before entering politics is the correct answer https://t.co/e5U68vdSC9
@garthk At AusCERT one year, @NewtonMark followed Geoff, and started his presentation with a slide of the calm blue ocean.
Tue plan, draft: APRICOT/APNIC all day https://t.co/ZC09MLqicA #apricot2017; evening in Ho Chi Minh City TBA. Must also write something.
RT @workmanalice: Brandis admits to @SenatorSkye the gov left Indigenous Affairs off Parliament calendar because they completely overlooked…
This is true. Geoff Huston is also a gloom merchant. And his session is being streamed live.… https://t.co/XySpdDp2U8
“Hear from Geoff Huston on Cryptography.†Well this will be cheerful. https://t.co/sjOAfKaWYG #apricot2017 https://t.co/yj3fbTTNw2
@scottamcintyre And it’s not a totally bad thought. Mind you, my coffee is still brewing.
@scottamcintyre My list is longer than two people. The choices are difficult.
News Story 2 of 2. https://t.co/QKiBnCDsZI
News Story 1 of 2. https://t.co/8AYyYCsLIi
Tuesday. Key words are “inevitable”, “colloid”, and “plenipotentiary”. Tuesday.
The question for me NOW, I mean. And the answer is “No”. I need to write in the morning. #apricot2017
I wouldn’t pay this much for @mpesce. https://t.co/OHvXeKutwY
@snurb_dot_info Now there’s a thought.
I still reckon Dutton is the cabinet minister who can’t work decimals. Maybe it’s Joyce, but I think it’s Dutton. https://t.co/HhadLHxaDH

Ah yes, @crikey_news, the Prime Minister that Australia truly needs. pic.twitter.com/4bT4CYocqx

jplonie @GordyPls Centrelink queue management system. pic.twitter.com/L931LbntdW
The question for me know is whether, in an hour or so, I’ll have energy for the reception at the Reunification Pala… https://t.co/JleuZU5qwM
@apnicdg True. In Australia, as in many places, the taxi industry is appalling.
Just had a fascinating time in an interview with @timoreilly. Much to ponder. Not sure where that’ll end up#apricot201717
The opening session and keynotes are done. Coffee break. #apricot2017
ElleOhHell I started carrying a knife after an attempted mugging a few years ago. Since then, my mugging attempts have been a lot more successful.
@smartbrain InterNET!
@joshgnosis Indeed. These comparisons are so very hard. Which is why we can prove anything. ;)
@joshgnosis Thanks, Josh. I’ve no idea what the FttP quality is like here in VN, but I’ll check the figures with there people tomorrow.
Speaking now is Nguyen Hong Thang, Dep Dir of VNNIC. I’ll have to grab this one from the transcript. https://t.co/Q70UcQWfN9 #apricot2017
Hey @joshgnosis or someone, have you got these figures handy? https://t.co/s2SP83b1vi
Well, China has been renovating the railway up to their copper mines on the Rwandan border. Water and sanitation do… https://t.co/bjKUmNudGv
Ah yes, I’m embarrassed to have forgotten this. Septic tanks and sewers are the flipside of clean water.… https://t.co/bIX5J9EiQd
TO has an optimistic view of our future. Genuine enthusiasm, which is good to hear. But it’s still such a white Western view#apricot201717

Zipline is literally building a cargo cult. #apricot2017 pic.twitter.com/qnHb92UKs9
Here’s what Africa needs, boys and girls: 1. Clean drinking water. 2. Consistent food supplies. 3. Less corruption#apricot201717
Oh here we go. Zipline. Drones to deliver medicine and blood in Africa. Western geek toys to “helpâ€flyzipline.com/product/U#apricot201717
For all that talk earlier of “Who benefits?†I’m still hearing about stuff that makes life easier for well-off wester#apricot2017ot2017

Stabby now. #apricot2017 pic.twitter.com/LQe7s4R00F
TO is now riffing on the idea of Uber as an IoT app. #apricot2017

Tim OK Reilly’s thoughts on regulation in the age of algorithms. @timoreilly #apricot2017 pic.twitter.com/w0VcrHLMSh
smartbrain The internet isn’t about information anymore. It’s a gateway to real world services. - @apnic #apricot2017
kabindrash “You can’t prevent security problem but stop them from propagating it” - #timoreilly #apricot2017
@smartbrain Will do. Looks like she invited me instead of you. :P
@smartbrain Wait. Are you in this room? Or watching on the stream?
Oh there’s also Zuckerberg. So a white male child#apricot201717
As an aside, I think every single person cited on-screen has been white middle-age male, except the two white middle-age women. #apricot2017
… Implementation is as important as design and it needs success measures etc. Design user-centric services from outside in. 2/#apricot201717
I’m butchering the next bit by simplifying it, but it’s basically a call to build policy like we build softwareâ€#apricot2017ot2017

Returning to his theme about the future of management… #apricot2017 pic.twitter.com/oEElsnmx4V
TO asks the key question IMHO, namely who benefits from the future we build? #apricot2017
Ah! TO is making this exact point. Uber’s treating workers as a disposable commodity is “a real proble#apricot2017ot2017
In a company like Uber, even the middle managers are programs. [Though the actual workers are still human, Uber.] #apricot2017
Many of today’s workers are programs, says TO, which means the people at the computers are their managers#apricot201717
Reminder re my tweeting convention: Everything is a paraphrase unless in “quotesâ#apricot20172017
The internet is a global machine made of humans, and the people in this room are responsible for keeping it healthy. #apricot2017
… whereas today, people using SaaS services, the programming is done by someone else at another time. 2/#apricot201717
TO is pitching the idea that back in the day of Perl and the Camel, programming was a daily activity… 1/#apricot201717
TO: How many of you have read our book “Mastering Regular Expressions?†A few hands go up, sheepishly. More look embarrass#apricot20172017
Vietnam’s 6% on IPv6 is the second-highest in SE Asia. #apricot2017 https://t.co/14yHTszgoO
@a_Klee Impressive stuff. Thanks.
TO: The Luddites were right to be fearful, but they didn’t / couldn’t imagine the possibilities of the futu#apricot20172017
Ned Ludd gets a namecheck. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite #apricot2017
The human will rise up before the robots will, says TO, citing someone whose name I missed. #apricot2017
O’Reilly [hereafter TO] says the world economy has got it wrong, thinking technology is about improving productivity#apricot201717
Keynote! @timoreilly! “What Internet Operations Teach Us About the Future of Management†https://t.co/gyh0DnIW0j #apricot2017
And now, Vu The Binh, CEO of NetNam. General Sec, Vietnam Internet Assoc. https://t.co/cQL6RLJuHr #apricot2017
Next, in the rapid run thru the welcomes, Tran Minh Tan, DG VNNIC. https://t.co/erdfCGgkRP #apricot2017
Tam says 6% of VN’s internet connections have IPv6 connections. How does that compare, I wonder#apricot201717
Next, Dr Phan Tam, Deputy Minister, VN Ministry of Information and Communications. Going thru ’em fast. https://t.co/KeXyJPSuAW #apricot2017
@timoreilly @apnic I cycle between all manner of pics, for all manner of reasons.
Official welcome from Paul Wilson, DG of APNIC. https://t.co/eGvDxFOGOT
Official hello from Philip Smith. https://t.co/QpdrK0XfYD #apricot2017
Awkward set change. #apricot2017

Boys get drums, girls get lotus flowers. #apricot2017 pic.twitter.com/YZtSOUZFoh
This is being live streamed at https://t.co/QtaxlOCR8g #apricot2017

There are drums. And laptops. And drums. #apricot2017 pic.twitter.com/enVPALSwBz
Lunch is done. Next up, “Opening Ceremony and Plenary†including a kynotes from @timoreilly. https://t.co/xrsoTQCnjJ #apricot2017
Putting my head down for an hour.