My week of Monday 23 to Sunday 29 May 2022 was a strange one. A sense of cautious hope after the election result, although of course we still don’t know exactly what’s happening. Then three or four days of focus on podcast production. I think the coming week will be clearer from an emotional perspective.
Thanks to everyone who pledged their support to The 9pm Winter Series 2022 crowdfunding campaign. To cut a long story short, we roared past Target Two but only got halfway to Target Three. I’ve therefore decided to pro rata the plan, and we’ll have seven special-guest episodes in the June–August season — plus whatever solo episodes I throw in. Again, thank you.
Podcasts
I decided to wrap up all of the outstanding podcasts in the Autumn Series 2022 before the end of May so that I can take a brief break before starting the winter series in mid-June.
- The 9pm Election Unhinging: The Aftermath, recorded and posted on Thursday.
- The 9pm Giant Goatse in the Sky with Rami Mandow, recorded on Friday and posted on Saturday. You’ll have to listen closely for the Goatse reference.
- The 9pm Heartwarming Schadenfreude of Popping Bubbles with David Gerard, recorded on Saturday and posted on Sunday.
The 9pm Edict is supported by the generosity of its listeners. The election mini-series was outside my planned budget because I am an idiot, so do feel free to contribute to my upkeep.
Photos
- The photos in the Waratah sequence 2021 now span 271 days. The seed pods of the waratah in question seem to be in suspended animation. That other waratah has already cast its seed, but there there seems to be no sign of anything happening with this one. How long will it take?
Articles, Videos, Media Appearances, Corporate Largesse
None. You can read my previous writing at Authory, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning. You can subscribe to my YouTube channel to be notified when new videos appear.
Recommendations
I’m way behind schedule at the end of a busy week, so just three this time.
- For those of you looking at a certain new film sequel, Top Gun at 30: A Retrospective from Two Naval Aviators.
- From The New Yorker, The Story Behind Devo’s Iconic Cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Satisfactionâ€.
- From Crikey some election analysis, Just how badly did News Corp’s attacks fail? We count the ways.
The Week Ahead
Monday is a Sydney day for health-related and other errands. You probably won’t hear much from me.
[Update 31 May 2022: As expected, I’ve made a few little changes to the plan.]
On Tuesday, after a client meeting or two, I’ll try to catch the United States Study Centre seminar, What does a Kennedy in Canberra mean for Australia?. Then in the evening, Bond on Tuesday continues with the third of the canonical James Bond films, Goldfinger, starting at 8.30pm AEST. Well, we press PLAY at 8.40pm.
I may or may not catch some livestreams from the Australian Cyber Conference 2022 Canberra, depending on whether they’re even available.
In between all that, there will be more of the SEKRIT geek-work and editorial consulting, and possibly even some writing for ZDNet. You never know.
The end of the week still looks quite empty, so check back for updates on Tuesday or Wednesday. In fact, there’s a very good chance I’ll produce a brief solo podcast to kick off the winter series of the Edict.
Further Ahead
- Nigel Ng’s The Haiyaa World Tour, Enmore Theatre, 9 June 2022.
- TechLeaders Forum 2022, Leura NSW, 21–22 August 2022. After a hiatus during the Quarantimes, this once-annual gathering for tech journalists is returning for 2022.
- NetThing: Australia’s Internet Community Forum, online, 27–28 October 2022 (TBC).
[Photo: A fungus of some sort photographed at Bunjaree Cottages on 26 May 2022. If you know what it is, please do let me know. We’ve had quite a few different kinds of stuff growing on logs in these La Niña years.]