Weekly Wrap 656: It’s Christmas, but not before getting some work done

Happy Christmas! My week of Monday 19 to Sunday 25 December 2022 was productive, with a lovely podcast, a regular blog post, a video livestream, and more. But then it was the Christmas weekend and, well, there’s a photograph of a Bloody Mary on this page. You can join the dots.

The 9pm Hardware Refresh 2023: Click through to pledge your support

Last week I launched a crowdfunding campaign, The 9pm Hardware Refresh 2023 for a new computer and accessories to replace the MacBook Pro bought for me by supporters more than seven years ago.

I’d be grateful if you could click through to check out the details, pledge your support, and maybe even tell your friends.

At the time of writing we’re 80% of the way to Target One, but there’s three more targets after that which I really want to reach. You have until Australia Day, 26 January 2023. Please consider.

Podcasts

The 9pm Edict is supported by the generosity of its listeners. To support this and other projects, please consider pledging to The 9pm Hardware Refresh 2023.

Videos

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Articles

  • Digital developments from Canberra 19, 23 December 2022. In the final weekdays before Christmas, we have a bunch of reports, although we only get to see the ASD’s government cybersecurity posture review. It contains depressing news.

You can read my previous writing at Authory, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.

Media Appearances

Photos, Corporate Largesse

None of either of these things.

Recommendations

First, a whole bunch of links on the Musk-Twitter drama. Am I spending way too much time down this rabbit-hole? Of course I am.

And in other news:

The Week Ahead

It’s the short week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, and Monday and Tuesday are public holidays — though I may do a little work on Tuesday.

On Wednesday it’s lunch and an afternoon of drinks with a co-conspirator in Springwood, further down the Blue Mountains.

Update 29 December 2022: This week’s Quiz won’t be possible. My MacBook Pro has decided to start throwing faults, and randomly shuts down without warning under load. I’ve arranged for a loaner machine, which I’m collecting on Friday. The scheduled episodes will all be pushed back a week.

On Thursday night it’s The 9pm Quiz of the Year 2022 Part 2, at 8pm AEDT. Click through and set yourself a reminder, you hear? Let me warn you now: One round will consists of questions about Georgia, just for ’Pong, because he’s currently living in Tbilisi.

Saturday is New Year’s Eve and Sunday is New Year’s Day. I’m toying with the idea of doing some sort of livestream on New Year’s Eve, 31 December 2022, but I have no clear thoughts at this stage.

Further Ahead

  • NEW DATE: The 9pm Quiz of the Year 2022 Part 2, 5 January 2023, 8pm AEDT.
  • The 9pm Edict recording with Elise Thomas, freelance journalist and OSINT analyst with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. She’s been on the podcast before in April 2021 and February 2022. If you’re a podcast supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get the details to me by 9pm AEDT on Monday 9 January.
  • NEW DATE: The 8pm Quiz of Everything 2023 Part 1, 12 January 2023, 8pm AEDT.
  • NEW DATE: The 8pm Quiz of Everything 2023 Part 2, 19 January 2023, 8pm AEDT.
  • End of The 9pm Hardware Refresh 2023 crowdfunding campaign, 26 January 2023, 9pm AEDT.
  • Lunar New Year Comedy Festival, Sydney, 28 January 2023.
  • Everything Open conference, Melbourne, 14–16 March 2023 (TBA).
  • NSW state election, 25 March 2023. I’ll definitely do something special for this one.
  • The Sydney Dialogue, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, online, 4–5 April 2023.
  • Coronation of Charles III, 6 May 2023, although I have no idea what I’ll actually do about it.

[Photo: A Bloody Mary, this particular one being my perfect start to Christmas Day 2022.]