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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-25

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Chris Samuel
  • The BoM radar seems to show the thunderstorm heading towards #Melbourne easing a bit for now, no sign round here yet #
  • Piracy so crippling Australian music industry that it's only selling 50% more than 2005 – wait, what? http://t.co/vVl7aU1X #
  • BoM radar seem to show thunderstorm going north of #Melbourne CBD and on a bee-line for Mount Dandenong /cc @774melbourne #
  • Just had the biggest thunder I've ever heard in #Melbourne #
  • Fighting grub2 in the data centre, and it's winning.. 🙁 #
  • When in doubt make sure grub2 in @debian is using the old skool console mode, not the new fangled graphical console #
  • Corruption and incompetence in US local government – http://t.co/szaEY1w3 #
  • Ahh, IPMI IERR's on both CPUs in a (secondary) database server, just what I need on the run up to the holidays.. #
  • I wonder if Kim Jong's gravestone will adapt Spike Milligan's comment – "I told you I was Il" #
  • Hey @PopSci, some articles don't work from Australia, eg. http://t.co/7IHixa4z redirects to http://t.co/Gv43EgoG and is 404 #
  • A friend makes good point on how the Australian govt makes drowning more likely for refugees http://t.co/0ITSicbe #auspol #
  • For those who think 1,200 #refugees a year is a flood – it's just half a refugee per postcode http://t.co/vMt2grjf #auspol #
  • Off to hospital for routine ERCP check up, back this arvo! #
  • House in Emerald (just down from Woolworths) has fabulous Christmas lights on and around it! /cc @markbate #
  • #VLSCI helpdesk is now closed for the University Christmas break, we'll be back on January 3rd! #
  • Interesting new #git merge feature for signed commits on its way via Linus Torvalds https://t.co/0SpNj8jM #security #
  • Great to catch up with so many former colleagues from @vpacltd this evening, if only briefly. Sad to see so many leaving.. #
  • According to @23andMe I have 0.2 percentage points more Neanderthal DNA than your average European.. could explain a lot.. #
  • I do believe that Jeff Mahoney wins the Internets for Christmas with this suggested mod to #btrfs http://t.co/X5IMcMIt #
  • Open letter from @simonhackett to all @Internode customers – http://t.co/Ce8Hr9Q6 #
  • Awesome video of #Comet #Lovejoy rising over Tasmania just before dawn taken from the #ISS – http://t.co/pdyaYsDl #space #
  • If you use #FreeBSD and expose telnet to the world (why?!) be aware there is a remote root exploit http://t.co/EG5Ex8pt #
  • Over 28C in the shade up here in the hills, a pretty warm Xmas eve day.. Warmer than the CBD according to the BoM! #
  • Signed #SaveFatherBob petition to reinstate @FatherBob, a man who walks the walk for the homeless etc http://t.co/LluOxbqn #
  • Is it really just 25C in #Melbourne CBD as per BoM? Still almost 30C here in the hills and we're meant to be cooler! #
  • Thunder at last, now we wait and see if there'll be any rain with it – last thing we need now are dry lightning strikes.. #
  • So merry seasonal festival of your choice everyone, I'm off to bed.. #
  • Seems like the thunderstorm has pootled off over Lilydale, very distant thunder but spectacular light show behind Mt Dandy #
  • Mosquitoes, can't live with them, can't chase them round the house with flamethrowers… #
  • I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/G5bHCSrM Tom Lehrer – A Christmas Carol #
  • Typical, after whinging last night about storms missing us Melbourne waits until I'm away to put on a really good one! #

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