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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-08

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Chris Samuel
  • Good review of the #iPad on both its good and bad points; don't expect it to replace a laptop – http://bit.ly/9GJagl #
  • He also "bought The Australian's $4.99 app but soon reverted back to using its website [..], which is far richer and free" #
  • Just noticed that the 2.6.35 #Linux kernel is out #
  • RT @bulletford: #Microsoft crippled IE8 security so as to allow easy web user tracking: http://tinyurl.com/2f4r7pq #
  • RT @jsquyres: If you could add 1 new function to #MPI what would it be? #hpc #
  • Remember that filter is *NOT* about anything illegal according to Conroy, therefore it can only about censorship #ausvotes #
  • RT @BreakingNews: The UAE's telecom regulator says BlackBerry services will be blocked for foreign visitors too รขโ‚ฌโ€œ AP #
  • Very interesting! RT @sijoe: New blog post: Interesting SSD results with a late model kernel http://scalability.org/?p=2457 #
  • New release of OSC mpiexec (formerly by Pete Wyckoff, now Doug Johnson) 0.84 – http://www.osc.edu/~djohnson/mpiexec/ #
  • RT @alecmuffett: When you visit uk.alpha.org … the survey says: http://twitpic.com/2b24hk #
  • "Australia is the only western nation without an express guarantee to free speech" – Aaron Magner UNSW http://scr.bi/cSbmmd #
  • AEC have told me that if you vote both above *and* below the line in the Senate it will be discarded as informal #ausvotes #
  • Free software group awarded triple damages against company for wilful copyright infringement under #GPL http://bit.ly/bGw6U8 #
  • #VLSCI got a mention in dispatches from the acting VC of the University of Melbourne last Friday. ๐Ÿ™‚ #
  • .@AntonyGreenABC responded on my blog, citing why voting above+below line is OK; am trying to get clarification from AEC #
  • RT @BreakingNews: Barnes & Noble considering sale of company http://bit.ly/bSnP3p #
  • SIgh, you've got to worry when you've got people citing the Predator movie as part of their conspiracy theory about 2012.. #
  • "Images of the 5th dimension may not be viewable in your region" ๐Ÿ™‚ http://bit.ly/aMaG3M #
  • AppArmor has finally been merged into the mainline #Linux kernel for 2.6.36 #
  • So the coalition have said they will oppose the filter; amazed they have one policy I can agree with! #
  • Rumours that #Oracle has laid off lots of #Sun #HPC people – RT @regvulture Oracle chops Sun HPC jobs http://reg.cx/1K98 #
  • Big congrats to @GetUp on a great win in court. Sad that it has to be activists and not politicians safeguarding democracy. #
  • RT @jons68: This election reminds me of the Dr. Who episode in which all Five Doctors are present at the same time. #ausvotes #
  • Flickr photo: Cybersource – We Do Linux – grafitti ad for local IT company visible from Burnley station http://bit.ly/9P4lHB #
  • Been invited to take publicity photos tomorrow for upcoming Software Freedom Day in Melbourne (@sfd_melb) – wish me luck! #
  • .@TonyAbbottMHR: Leadership is about where you stand // Please donate and give women a voice in this @GetUp ad http://ow.ly/2k9nO #
  • Interesting slide set on hacking memcache – http://bit.ly/drrANQ – why on earth do people leave that port open? via @jdub #
  • Seeing reports of potential big performance regressions in #btrfs in 2.6.35; Chris Mason is on the case. #
  • On my way into State Library of Victoria to do promo photo shoot for the Melbourne Software Freedom Day group @sfd_melb #
  • At SLV waiting for it to open, and for @kattekrab and Ben to appear ๐Ÿ™‚ #
  • SLV @sfd_melb photo shoot http://twitpic.com/2c9is3 #
  • SLV @sfd_melb photo shoot http://twitpic.com/2c9izl #
  • Software Freedom Day Melbourne (@sfd_melb) meeting in progress http://twitpic.com/2c9tcu #
  • Just back from Melbourne after @sfd_melb photo shoot with about 200 photos on the camera, heaps of sorting to do! #
  • Melbourne tower block, Swanston St http://twitpic.com/2ccckd #
  • Just finished the first pass going through 198 photos from the @sfd_melb photo shoot at @Library_Vic, will do more tomorrow! #
  • Spot on! RT @kattekrab: New Blog: http://kattekrab.net/elections-1 #ausvotes #election #policy #politics #
  • "This election has officially jumped the shark" – James Purser – +1 – both parties and media have FAIL written all over them #
  • Just finished going through all the pics from the @sfd_melb photo shoot at SLV, now to upload the 26 finals to Flickr! #

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