Weekly Wrap 744: It’s old fashioned, and I like it

OK, yes, this post is late. It covers the week of Monday 26 August to Sunday 1 September 2024, but it’s already late at night on 3 September. It may help that this Weekly Wrap includes two podcasts and a new crowdfunder, and not just the weekend’s social activities? Yes. Definitely.

Please consider The 9pm Spring Series 2024 crowdfunder

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Look at all the wattle! It’s spring! So I guess it’s time to organise yet another season of special-guest episodes of my inappropriate and often disturbing podcast for grown-ups The 9pm Edict.

On Wednesday night I launched this season’s crowdfunding campaign, The 9pm Winter Spring 2024.

Please click though, read, and consider pledging your support. You have until Thursday 19.

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The Musky news was all about Elon’s fight with Brazil and other regulators this week.

In other news:

The Week Ahead

My week has already begun. It started in Sydney on Monday, but II returned to the Blue Mountains that afternoon after the usual errands and shopping. Tuesday was a desk day, kinda, and a long nap.

There’s two conferences online this week and I’ll try to catch a few of the sessions in between client work, plugging the crowdfunder, and podcast planning.

Monday and Tuesday there’s The Sydney Dialogue from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute — which I know is now over but the videos will be online. And Wednesday to Friday it’s APNIC 58 from Wellington in New Zealand.

On Saturday I’m heading down to Sydney to stay with a co-conspirator through to 18 September. It’s all about a change of scenery. As an aside, it’s my medium-term intention to finally return to living in Sydney for a variety of reasons, so I’m starting to leap at every opportunity.

Further Ahead

  • ABC Radio RN Drive “Big Tech” spot, 12 September 2024.
  • NSW Local Government Elections, 14 September 2004. This is mostly a reminder to myself but there may be some sort of celebration.
  • Queensland expedition, flying to Cairns on 13 October 2024, taking the Spirit of Queensland train down to Brisbane on 16 October and overnight, then visiting the Gold Coast on 20 October before flying back to Sydney on 21 October. I’m still fleshing out the details but there’s bound to be opportunities to catch up for drinks and such.
  • NEW: Sydney Days, 26 October to 18 November 2024 (TBC). The dates have yet to be finalised, but I have another opportunity to base myself in Sydney for a while.
  • Australian Internet Governance Forum (auIGF) 2024, formerly known as NetThing, Melbourne and online, 28–29 October 2024 (TBC).
  • NSW: An expedition to Victoria which includes a friend’s birthday celebrations, 6–9 December 2024. This trip will almost burn off the last of my frequent flyer points from the Beforetimes.

[Photo: Ah, Friday afternoon cocktails! This one is a Bulleit Rye Old Fashioned from Miss Celie’s, being a double shot of Bulleit Rye whisky, sugar, and Peychaud’s bitters — plus, obviously, a twist of orange and a maraschino cherry. Photographed on 31 August 2024.]