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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Chris Samuel
  • My registered #myki doesn't show up on my account but if I try and register the card it says it's already registered! 🙁 #
  • 'The filter shouldn’t be a thing, it should be a person. They’re called “responsible”. They’re called parents.' http://bit.ly/7oLDUx #
  • Aha, solved my own issue, it appears the #Myki site doesn't work with Konqueror, just #Firefox – another website #fail #
  • Dear #lazyweb, what's best way to upload pics to #Twitpic from #N900? Web site works but that uploads full size image. #
  • Oh great, now spammers have started putting their rubbish into the display-name of the From: line of emails 🙁 #
  • "SecurityFocus reports that #IE6 has 396 known unpatched vulnerabilities, #IE7 has 15, and #IE8 has 32" http://bit.ly/87tGBI #
  • #Google #wardriving whilst streetviewing, plus #wifi mac address to location API + Python code – http://bit.ly/5LumgQ #
  • #davmail 3.6.3 out with GUI setting to force ActiveSync updates so now thunderbird->exchange->#N900 works! davmail.sf.net #
  • Got call back from #Myki about problem with website but wanted my home address or Myki pin to verify ID – closed case with neither 🙂 #
  • "Scientists 'losing climate fight'" – good points about why skeptics have won despite the facts – http://bit.ly/86E9U3 #
  • Amazing photo of fine structure in solar corona during eclipse – http://bit.ly/4nmsIw – via @astronomyblog @finestructure #
  • According to their blog the backdoor in e107 CMS systems affects all version 0.7 releases – http://bit.ly/4nS9on #security #
  • WhisperingWulf: Design and build of a silent personal cluster – Jon Tegner on ClusterMonkey – http://bit.ly/8aJ396 #hpc #
  • #SpamAssassin 3.3.0 released – almost 18 months since 3.2.5 came out! 🙂 http://bit.ly/9TqBpX #spam #perl #
  • oops – "I thought 'that's an f'ing shark!' I kicked at it and in the process I fell off the board." http://bit.ly/9Nbo7b #
  • If #KVM says virtualisation disabled in BIOS of your #Dell #Latitude, and it is enabled, then check this http://bit.ly/9LdCmb #
  • Looks like #myki interferes with Melbourne Uni staff cards, have to remove it from my wallet to get into the building now! #
  • Lovely cartoon on Conroy's Great Firewall of #Australia http://bit.ly/agVHal #censorship #nocleanfeed #
  • #Australia breaking more high temp records than low temp for last 50 years, and difference is increasing http://bit.ly/adjznc #
  • #Oracle Exadata2 DB server based on #Sun hardware runs #Linux not #Solaris, according to spec sheet http://bit.ly/cjh25T #
  • Grin – @ear1grey's 2005 April Fool on the #Apple #iPad is now on front page of Google image search http://toast.tw/100jar 😉 #
  • This is the 2005 April Fool #Apple #iPad blog by @ear1grey http://bit.ly/9fPlFp #
  • RT @BreakingNews Study linking vaccines to #autism 'dishonest,' 'irresponsible,' British Medical Council rules http://bit.ly/94a32V #
  • Can't find any mention of #HPC or #Lustre on any of the Oracle presentations about takeover of Sun http://bit.ly/c1oACI #
  • Sigh – the old #Sun webpage just goes straight to the #Oracle website now.. 🙁 #
  • Februrary 24th – Vindaloo Against Violence – http://bit.ly/cyBhs0 – via @abcnews #melbourne #anti-racism #food #
  • Very good spoof of a generic TV news item by Charlie Brooker http://bit.ly/cnZkQK (via @makenosound @sabman) #humour #
  • bah! "This video contains content from #bbc, who has decided to block it in your country." http://bit.ly/ctdrEl #fail #
  • Next @linuxusersvic meet – "Using django to make web apps" + "Simulating the formation of stars" http://bit.ly/bnitI4 #linux #
  • Know a good place in #Melbourne to get USB -> microUSB cable without paying the extortionate rate of mobile phone shops? #
  • ShopBot looks like it has best info on micro USB cables – http://bit.ly/csDziJ – cheapest is $15, much better than $50! #
  • Just learned that Bill McLaren, the voice of #rugby, died on 19th January 🙁 http://bit.ly/clDHCu http://bit.ly/9wPtM9 #
  • Today's random fact, both Gone With The Wind and Star Wars sold twice as many tickets as #Avatar – http://bit.ly/9gsQJ6 #
  • Excellent riposte to the #XKCD #Mars Rover strip – http://is.gd/7n9SG – via @marsroverdriver + @barbylon #
  • On thinking (and reading) further on Amazon vs McMillan – have no desire to buy something I cannot own, so no ebooks for me #
  • Another nail in the coffin of #HPC at #Sun/#Oracle ? Rich Brueckner is looking for work http://bit.ly/c5nTc3 #
  • H.264 covered by more than 1,000 #patents held by 25 patent owners – plus any undeclared – http://bit.ly/91hzKR #
  • #CFA emergency #bushfire warning for Paton Road, Emerald "expected to impact between the hours of 05:00 PM – 07:00 PM" #
  • #CFA emergency #bushfire warning for Stewart Road, Emerald "expected to impact anytime within the next two hours" south #
  • Fingers crossed for @markbate who's had to evacuate in Emerald #
  • Yay, @markbate got out OK to a friends place. #
  • CFA has downgraded Emerald #bushfire down from "emergency" to "watch and act" #
  • Yay! Rain at last! Hopefully this will get to the fire at Emerald too. #
  • Amazing orange sky out there… #

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