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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-17

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Chris Samuel
  • Just finished adding more paintings to @donna_williams gallery http://bit.ly/4PBCNa – now time to watch Mao's Last Dancer! #
  • Just watched Mao's Last Dancer – fabulous film. Well done Jan Sardi et. al! #
  • Hmm, @abcnews won't accept PNG, Ogg or Ogg-Vorbis media files. 🙁 http://www.abc.net.au/news/upload/ #
  • "In 2010, news stories on a website are actually being optimised, and reorganised for Teletext." http://bit.ly/d0cEJ2 #
  • Top tip: when grating lemon rinds try not to grate your finger as well. At least I didn't manage to draw blood this time! #
  • Someone is working on #xCat to support #Debian and #Ubuntu for stateful node installs, w00t! http://bit.ly/9Yhty2 #hpc #
  • Flood proof road destroyed by flood in QLD – http://bit.ly/9XoGpW #
  • On trai replacement bus service with driver from hell, hope we survive! #
  • They may say there are no atheists in foxholes, but there were precious few on that train replacement bus service! #
  • Hmm, I think some email to my Uni of Melbourne email address is going missing.. 🙁 #
  • iperf says 9.39 Gbits/sec locally – w00t! now if only it worked offsite too.. #
  • Awesome #photo of a lightning strike on the Statue of Liberty in New York harbour http://bbc.in/d4gUs4 #
  • At this announcement at Melbourne Uni, lots of people here from all over, looks like a biggie. #
  • Standing room only at big #Melbourne Uni / #IBM announcement http://twitpic.com/2xdw9b #
  • It's got to be big, both Premier and @juliagillard are here #
  • Hmm, title slide is "IBM Global R&D Lab, Australia" #IBMR amp;D – it's a new research lab for IBM at #UoM #
  • Heh, the hashtag on their slide doesn't work #IBMR amp;D #
  • Launch of new IBM Global R&D Lab by @juliagillard #IBMR amp;D http://twitpic.com/2xdylc #
  • Federal govt putting $22M in to support the new lab according to @juliagillard #
  • Premier John Brumby speaks at launch of new #IBMR amp;D lab http://twitpic.com/2xe0bv #
  • w00t, #VLSCI gets big name check from Brumby at #IBM launch! #
  • #IBM invests $6bn a year on R&D #
  • New #IBM Global R&D Lab to Open In Australia (at the Uni of #Melbourne – news on IBM website – http://bit.ly/dvZHa6 #
  • #IBM says #NBN will " underpin our ability to deliver solutions that reach out to regional and remote parts of our country." #
  • Anyone got a 10GigE iperf server accessible from the big bad InterTubes I could hit for a quick test pls ? #
  • Recursion, see recursion – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_page (via @ everyoneandtheirdog) #
  • Just registered for #SC10 now all I need are plane tickets to New Orleans via LA! 🙂 #
  • Chilean Miners: The Movie – starring Chuck Norris as the escape capsule #
  • Round 3 of #VLSCI #HPC Resource Allocation Scheme open for applications, ends 15th November! http://bit.ly/dktHdy #
  • "Possible morning snow about Mt Dandenong and Mt Macedon." – w00t! #
  • Dr Mike Kuiper talking at the #VLSCI Open Day – Open Lab event http://twitpic.com/2xqfn9 #Friends #VLSCI #
  • Sigh, another case of bipolar misdiagnosed as depression leading to an avoidable suicide – http://bit.ly/bJZ7es #
  • Even Linus has problems with Gmail and HTML email – http://bit.ly/95jI2q #
  • Snow at Kinglake! http://twitpic.com/2y12hv #
  • OK, admittedly there was a lot more snow than that there this morning, we just didn't get there until late afternoon.. #
  • Just found that Google Earth has historical imagery (air photography) from December 1945 for Malvern (UK)! #
  • You can see the original houses of the "ghost village" of Imber, Wiltshire, 2 years after being taken over by the MoD #
  • http://phygg.com/ – digg for physics papers (up) + http://slashtro.ph/ – Slashdot meets Arxiv (soon) (via @astronomyblog) #
  • Love the banner photo on Carrie Fishers "Wishful Drinking" talk site – http://bit.ly/cSsmtN #
  • Photo of @donna_williams playing in the remains of spring snow at Kinglake yesterday. http://flic.kr/p/8KzSWz #

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