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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-11

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Chris Samuel
  • Melbourne visitors + occasional users soon won't be able to buy short-term public transport tickets http://t.co/xoG2vPS #
  • Happy birthday Freddie – if you've not tried the play button on today's @Google logo go do so.. (needs Flash) #
  • .@alecmuffett takes The Grauniad to task over the whole @Wikileaks debacle http://t.co/lYnHMMU #security #password #fail #
  • #Diginotar intermediate report says 300,000 different IP addresses verified the fake @Google certificate, 99% from #Iran #
  • UK scientists working on reviving UK satellite #Prospero launched in 1971 on Black Arrow – http://t.co/YByWdJA #space #
  • Nice to get the new #Maemo CSSU update for my Nokia #N900 today, feels pretty good, but no changelog yet! #
  • Pastebin statement by hacker claiming the #Diginotar CA compromise – http://t.co/iwxgxW8 #security #
  • Animation mapping OCSP serial number requests for forged *.google.com certificates from #Diginotar http://t.co/6c067o2 #
  • Sounds like the @NASA #GRAIL launch might be delayed due to upper level winds being too high #
  • Culturomics 2.0: Forecasting Large-Scale Human Behavior Using Global News Media Tone in Time and Space http://t.co/mA5sJ2h #
  • That Culturnomics 2.0 paper is about data mining news sources to make predictions.. Asimov's "psychohistory" anyone ? ๐Ÿ™‚ #
  • You wait months for a #Maemo CSSU update and then 3 come along at once.. #
  • via @TheOnion – God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule http://t.co/NzaG9OV (from Sept 2001) #
  • Another day, another #Maemo5 CSSU release for the Nokia #N900 #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-04

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Chris Samuel
  • 3 days left for submissions to @SuperComputing PhD #HPC Early Adopters workshop http://t.co/OkIXJjW (supported by VLSCI) #
  • Computational modelling #HPC position at ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science http://t.co/XyW1r4M @unimelb #
  • #Linux 3.1 rc4 is out (no #btrfs changes from rc3) #
  • Happy 176th birthday #Melbourne #
  • Is anyone else seeing problems with @FourSquare not crediting checkins because it thinks you're too far from the place? #
  • I'm sat in a cafe but because my phone can't see satellites phone uses cell towers, so @foursquare thinks I'm too far away #
  • .@Google on man-in-the-middle attack against (mainly) Iranians using forged *.google.com certificates http://t.co/JEVuLlN #
  • Well done & sad ending – RT @theretronaut New Capsule: Bowie's 'Space Oddity' as a children's book – tinyurl.com/3wjnyj2 #
  • Had my tree fern picture picked as one of the September features in @redbubble's Dandenongs group! http://t.co/drjIsSn #
  • #Melbourne edges out Vancouver as "Worlds Most Liveable City" http://t.co/U4H5Duh – a fitting 176th birthday present! #
  • Pakistan prohibits the use of encrypted VPN's http://t.co/IG6hwpf #cryptowars #censorship #security (via @NewtonMark) #
  • F-Secure has evidence that #Diginotar website hacked by 3 different groups going back to May 2009 http://t.co/49zjzoW #
  • '// By request of the Dutch government' <- comment in Mozilla patch keeping Dutch Govt CA run by #DigiNotar alive #
  • "don't judge Australia by its politics. It is a far more clever, sassy and consequential nation than that" – @NickBryantOz #
  • This doesn't sound good.. RT @KJBar More loss at the ABC.. shocked. #
  • Mozilla bug for responding to the #Diginotar CA compromise is now public – interesting reading – http://t.co/0uSXIE8 #
  • First ever #Earthrise photo from the moon, taken by @NASA Lunar Orbiter 1 23rd August 1966 – http://t.co/AOqw68U #space #
  • The full size version of that #Earthrise photo by Lunar Orbiter 1 from 1966 is spectacular – http://t.co/8vPOvFB #space #
  • I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/YD4omx3 Ultra Close-Up Views of the Apollo 11 Landing Site #
  • I just ousted @justrich as the mayor of Ringwood Lake Park on @foursquare! http://t.co/nOzHOKR #
  • I just became the mayor of Luks Pharmacy on @foursquare! http://t.co/fINUPGG #
  • Petition to gather stats on #NBN demand in various areas – http://t.co/FXUO1F6 #
  • "akin to calling Christmas the festive season" – Archbishop Jensen <- it's why the church 'rescheduled' Xmas to 25th Dec! #
  • Oops – @unimelb travel survey has question which states "where applicable" but requires answer + doesn't have "N/A" option #
  • Oh great, @unimelb DNS is having problems, has lost all the #VLSCI #HPC supercomputers and our help system! ๐Ÿ™ #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-28

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Chris Samuel
  • Just listening to "Road Rage" by Catatonia – forgotten how good it was.. #
  • The pitfalls of offshore #cloud (financial and legal) http://t.co/NmWAhyR via @zdnetaustralia #
  • I just ousted Dave S. as the mayor of Melbourne Eastern Private Hospital on @foursquare! http://t.co/tZSlZAv #
  • I just became the mayor of Tree Frog Cafe on @foursquare! http://t.co/uCiP8e9 #
  • Just like they don't ? RT @Reuters: FLASH: China foreign ministry calls on Libya to "respect choice of Libyan people" #
  • Alan Jones cannot abide being corrected on his incorrect statements, he has to attack the messenger http://t.co/tWkCe7B #
  • Could find a HP Touchpad, but why get another device abandoned by its manufacturer? Already got an #N900 and an OpenMOKO. #
  • Congrats to #hwloc team on getting first RC for hwloc 1.3 out, now includes PCI device info! http://t.co/G9VkIHY #hpc #
  • I just unlocked the "Superstar" badge on @foursquare! http://t.co/pHkDmyt #
  • Do you use #AutoDock ? They are running a survey to plan out the next 5 years of their project – http://t.co/Kgi8kuC #
  • Mixed feelings about Jobs stepping down – sad that he's ill, hopeful that his departure will make Apple less anti-social. #
  • I just unlocked the "Bender" badge on @foursquare! http://t.co/VnDvbOT #
  • "noticed how the modern world involves a great deal of suffering, misery and death? EFI fits into that world perfectly" @mjg59 #
  • Happy birthday #Linux Yes I know it's the 26th here, but it's the 25th in the timezone where the original post was made.. #
  • Off to try and see #KingTut @MelbourneMuseum, have to buy tickets there as TicketTek website is broken.. ๐Ÿ™ #
  • TicketTek claims "no shipping options for international customers" for #KingTut didn't think Dandenongs were that far.. #
  • I'm at Tutankhamun Exhibition (Melbourne Museum, 11 Nicholson St., Carlton) http://t.co/52b1pYb #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-21

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Chris Samuel
  • This mornings earworm – Peter Tosh "Get Up, Stand Up" #StandUpForYourRights #
  • .@Google to acquire Motorola Mobile – official – http://t.co/oxmujIy #android #
  • Now started putting up some of my photographic work on @redbubble to sell prints from http://t.co/5hSRx60 #art #photos #
  • Larry Page blogs about @Google buying Motorola – http://t.co/vn0i0ka #android #patents #
  • OK – enough @Google/#Motorola fun for tonight, it's almost midnight so time for bed! #
  • Petabytes on a budget v2 – a really interesting storage article from @backblaze – http://t.co/DQstEpv #hpc (sort of) #
  • MPs said yesterday that gay marriage "deserves to be laughed at and ridiculed." Join the fight for equality: http://t.co/AAYoKiX via @GetUp #
  • .@MuseumVictoria open sources project for flora/fauna field guides for iPhones http://t.co/ab93Hh5 http://t.co/bMxdkGu #
  • Happy birthday to @penguin_brian and to @kattekrab ๐Ÿ™‚ #
  • I just ousted Craig W. as the mayor of Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing (VPAC) on @foursquare! http://t.co/kgaOX2j #
  • Interesting #data project, the Australian Data Archive – http://t.co/O3s2ZNd – focused on historical and social data sets #
  • I'm at Mountain Gate Indian & Nepalese Resturant (Shop 56 / 53 Ferntree Gully Rd, Ferntree Gully) http://t.co/uKAURXx #
  • I just became the mayor of Mountain Gate Indian & Nepalese Resturant on @foursquare! http://t.co/mPCzsOb #
  • The Oysterbands version of "World Turned Upside Down" is just awesome.. #
  • Very sad day for @abcnews, 3 journalists killed in a helicopter crash last night, 1 died from pancreatic cancer today ๐Ÿ™ #
  • I just ousted @nuwishas_tail as the mayor of Grants Picnic Ground on @foursquare! http://t.co/zOjEWtY #
  • Crank who targeted #science writers lured into threatening police – http://t.co/8sWE1JS #
  • xfs_repair can cause issues with 7PB (yes, petabyte) sparse files.. http://t.co/7KALHJN via @sijoe #hpc #xfs #linux #
  • 4 female crimson rosellas foraging around on the ground outside this window, about 5 feet from where I'm sitting.. ๐Ÿ™‚ #
  • Perfectly timed photo of a jet skier upside down in mid air by Peter on Flickr http://t.co/bC5SYxP #
  • Upgraded my blog to #WordPress 3.2.1, shame the "new post" button has gone away from the main admin screen ๐Ÿ™ #
  • Otherwise the #WordPress 3.2.1 is looking pretty good! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-14

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Chris Samuel
  • Great to catch up with @rcrain_astro this evening before his return to Europe, just in time for autumn. Safe trip Rob! #
  • #IBM terminates contract with #NCSA & Uni of Illinois for the Blue Waters open science #hpc project http://t.co/9vn06Vz #
  • IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager news emails come with an animated GIF at the bottom to give you a floating "Thank You".. ๐Ÿ™‚ #
  • What thoughts do people have on #Zabbix for network/system monitoring ? #
  • OK, that's our @2011Census done. Mark another 2 down as #NoReligion please @AtheistAus, just telling the truth! #
  • "The number of xCAT installations has grown to 3, with more expected." — #xCAT Summer 2000 #
  • Achievement unlocked – no unread emails in my xCAT mailing list folder (down from 500+ earlier) – heavy use of delete :-/ #
  • I liked a @YouTube video http://youtu.be/_UKvprX1Vuw?a Donna Williams – the chemo cut #
  • This mornings earworm – 'Eighties' by Killing Joke – http://t.co/r25zsXn #
  • I liked a @YouTube video http://youtu.be/veOsz99VweY?a Donna Williams – Chemo Cut, the sequel ๐Ÿ˜‰ #
  • I liked a @YouTube video http://youtu.be/-5oOWHtt3_M?a On Cyberspace, Social Media and Censorship (HD) #
  • All your BASH are belong to us – trade secrets claim in US court over scripts for #HPC clusters – http://t.co/VPOnv37 #
  • I just ousted @brettpemberton as the mayor of Classic Curry Company on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/br4P58 #
  • I just ousted AJ L. as the mayor of Sleepwise Clinic on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/918A4t #
  • I just unlocked the "Super Mayor" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/q6qf0U #
  • Tell @Number10gov NO to shut #Twitter #BlackBerry bc #ukriots #freedomofspeech comes 1st. Add yr name @accessnow http://t.co/pLnrlSG #
  • OCZ Vertex 3 #SSD doesn't cause disk activity lights to flash as it "wasnรขโ‚ฌโ„ขt meant for this use case" http://t.co/zG1gI1F #
  • Chris and @Donna_Williams at Cardinia Reservoir Park http://t.co/MBsAgL0 #
  • Lyrebird spotting (@ Grants Picnic Ground) http://t.co/I3cc25F #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-07

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Chris Samuel
  • #Digikam 2.0.0 has just been released! http://bit.ly/nrD5u6 #kde #photography #linux #windows #apple #mac #
  • Sigh, can *anyone* tell me how to stop ZMD going to sleep on SuSE SLES10 SP3 ? It never wakes up and has to be kill -9'd #
  • Great news, @donna_williams is home from hospital! ๐Ÿ™‚ #
  • Taking @donna_williams out for dinner to celebrate getting out of hospital! (@ Honey Thai) http://4sq.com/nfubDh #
  • Mission creep from child protection filters to copyright enforcement in UK http://t.co/8imw5Es courtesy @kim_weatherall #
  • I liked a @YouTube video http://youtu.be/6PVfUCpHfEo?a Donna Williams- first feelings about mastectomy #
  • Just got a USD $50 discount code for @23andMe personal genomics to share around – AH4FRV is valid until 9th August. #
  • You too can run Fedora 15 on an IBM System Z (s390x) mainframe.. https://lwn.net/Articles/453126/ ๐Ÿ™‚ #linux #
  • A whole heap of fixes and cleanups for #btrfs just got merged into the forthcoming #Linux 3.1 kernel… #
  • Congrats to @YRRMuseum for a picking up a couple of Museums Victoria awards! http://fb.me/OYVEty5Q http://fb.me/Z556tCha #
  • When dealing with Unix/Linux functions and variables the option with the less vowels is often correct.. #
  • A plea for help from Wouter Verhelst who needs help to fix his #Nokia #N900 (USB socket of death) http://bit.ly/nhkWmW #
  • Bah, have been forcibly migrated to #newTwitter interface. At least mobile.twitter.com still works. #
  • Video of @NASA #Juno launch with some good audio, you may need a sub-sub-woofer for best effect ๐Ÿ™‚ http://t.co/T6SwUYQ #
  • I liked a @YouTube video http://youtu.be/HGV6eOziEY8?a TEDxScottsdale – Tania Katan – The Power of Voice: Survivabilit #
  • #Linux 3.0.1 doesn't have any #btrfs fixes, but it does have some #nfsv4 and parallel nfs (pnfs) fixes. #
  • I just ousted @monstermashrna as the mayor of Birdsland Reserve on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/aTb5eP #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-31

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Chris Samuel
  • I liked a @YouTube video http://youtu.be/bG7wbAfcKUI?a The Ship Song Project #
  • Using #btrfs and have concerns about early ENOSPC (and have a test case)? This message is for you: http://bit.ly/qBadnN #
  • I'm at Sakura House (Knox-O-Zone, Wantirna South) http://4sq.com/ptmNX0 #
  • Appears that the reason my wifes new Android phone doesn't work for 3G data is her @Vodafone_AU SIM, not the phone ๐Ÿ™ #
  • Donna zapping gamma rays at Ringwood Lake Park after first hospital appointment http://flic.kr/p/a7H93S #
  • Oops – a user running Velvet (single threaded application) has found that 144GB of RAM isn't enough for his job.. ๐Ÿ™ #
  • I just ousted Kullanan S. as the mayor of Ringwood private hospital on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/ayAzcz #
  • Visiting Donna after her operation. She's doing well! (@ Ringwood private hospital) http://4sq.com/na9PNu #
  • Interesting WIP on OpenMPI with #BLCR #Torque and #Maui for checkpoint/restart of #HPC #MPI jobs http://bit.ly/p4lfXE #
  • Classic ๐Ÿ™‚ RT @MrJohnClarke Tonight's Clarke & Dawe: For Sale. Continent. Suit Handyman. http://ow.ly/1uBmmh #abc730 #
  • Hmm, I could have sworn you could reply to a DM from someone that wasn't following you. Not any more it seems. #
  • The @DearPhotograph site is an interesting idea, some nicely done tributes and thoughts there! #
  • Now that's what I call a clove of garlic! http://flic.kr/p/a8yqCy #
  • ..and just to prove it was really a single clove of garlic http://flic.kr/p/a8ysfS #
  • Donna at Poppy's Thai Restaurant, Croydon, on day leave from hospital http://flic.kr/p/a8BG7Y #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-24

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Chris Samuel
  • Sigh, why won't the TCL build system let me config an install with both static and shared libraries rather than just one? #
  • Oh great, all my DNS zones hosted with @zoneedit have disappeared with their new web interface – what the hell! ๐Ÿ™ #
  • Panic over, @zoneedit now hide them under "manage zones" not "manage domains" phew! Now why doesn't DNS resolution work? #
  • Looks like ns5.zoneedit.com and ns7.zoneedit.com are not responding to DNS requests for their @zoneedit hosted domains ๐Ÿ™ #
  • Just updated my WHOIS records to move csamuel.org from @zoneedit to @rimuhosting due to continuing @zoneedit outage.. ๐Ÿ™ #
  • Normal service will resume once the .org glue records for csamuel.org are updated and cached records time out.. #
  • Happy 90th birthday to John Glenn, first US astronaut to orbit the earth. #
  • So Monkton is rolling out the black helicopters to scare people into thinking that scientists are trying to rule the world #
  • I just ousted Natalie V. as the mayor of Upwey Doctors on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/ahgHJq #
  • I'm at Honey Thai (1A, 1678 Main Rd, Belgrave) http://4sq.com/qxATC7 #
  • Sigh, I hate feeling ill… Donna and I both have a dose of gastro today #
  • An update from my wonderful wife @donna_williams on her breast #cancer biopsy results – http://bit.ly/p5jKip #
  • nose gear down, #sts135 is back for the last time #
  • #sts135 wheel stop #
  • Watched the first launch of the Space Transportation System (STS) as a kid and now the last landing as a man. Thanks! #
  • The Hubble Space Telescope was, for me, enough to justify the #shuttle programme, fingers crossed for its successor #JWST #
  • The final space shuttle, Atlantis #STS135 landed the day after the 42nd anniversary of #Apollo11 landing on the moon. #
  • I'm at Classic Curry Company (597 Elizabeth St, Melbourne) http://4sq.com/qgjpBl #
  • Just noticed that the @Internode retail #NBN plans will count uploads as well as downloads against your quota #
  • …and the #Linux 3.1 merge floodgates have opened! ๐Ÿ™‚ #
  • Fighting to get Donna's #Huawei Sonic #Android 2.3 phone to use @Vodafone_AU for Internet, shouldn't be this hard.. ๐Ÿ™ #
  • Even @HuaweiOZ Sonic's default APN settings for @Vodafone_AU don't work, the same settings VF provide for Huawei U8150 ๐Ÿ™ #
  • 'When they opened up the container they said it was like a murder scene, but it smelled phenomenal' http://bbc.in/oPmgo8 #
  • Finally getting my head around the perspective adjustment and free rotation tools in #Digikam (1.9.0), it rocks! #
  • I liked a @YouTube video http://youtu.be/EnlCz1P95WM?a Do penguins fly? #
  • I liked a @YouTube video http://youtu.be/sdUUx5FdySs?a Kiwi! #
  • Right wing Christians and people with guns join together to thwart election promise in NSW http://t.co/uV072KC #auspol #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-17

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Chris Samuel
  • Nil by mouth from midnight ready for an ERCP checkup at Box Hill hospital at 7am tomorrow, fingers crossed it goes OK.. #
  • I'm at Box Hill Hospital (Nelson Rd, Box Hill) http://4sq.com/nYjaAQ #
  • Just found out that they've booked an overnight bed for my day procedure "just in case".. that'd be about my luck! ๐Ÿ™‚ #
  • Home from hospital after a successful ERCP, out patients appt in 6 weeks. Thankfully no need for the bed they booked! #
  • Thanks for the best wishes all… #
  • Interesting article on why USA continues to fall behind Australia and UK in terms of life expectancy http://bbc.in/q6OanE #
  • Glad to see #Linux 3.0-rc7 pushed out, there's been a fair bit of code landing recently.. #
  • Sigh, why won't #Thunderbird forward multiple emails as a single message ? ๐Ÿ™ #
  • I'm at Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) (187 Grattan St, Bouverie St, Carlton) http://4sq.com/rlMLN6 #
  • Congrats to @kattekrab and @DigitiseTheDawn for getting into @Trove's list of items for 2011-12 http://bit.ly/nR63KH #
  • .@Djelibeybi what's Facebook ? #
  • Hmm, why do IBM list #AIX sysadmin experience a prerequisite for a #Linux clusters with #xCAT course ? Hopefully a typo! #
  • I'm at Ringwood private hospital (36 mt dandenong rd, Melbourne) http://4sq.com/r1ideu #
  • I just unlocked the "Explorer" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/qTX5PA #
  • .@Google, if Android is the #Linux desktop dream then count me out, I want a real Unix like system.. http://bit.ly/nSt60O #
  • Stepped into the lions den – asked about booting users at sites with broken email responders (i.e. IBM) from #xCAT list #
  • work inbox reduced from 240+ unread emails to just 100 in 1 day – mainly by culling old stuff from when I was in hospital #
  • A real blast from the past – http://www.oolite.org/ ๐Ÿ™‚ #Elite #80s #
  • Brain segued between Kristin Hersch's 'Your Ghost', The Pixies 'Debaser' and then The Dead Kennedys 'Holiday in Cambodia' #
  • Obvious link between first two – on same 4AD sampler I was listening to this AM. Second two? Good opening bass lines… #
  • I'm at Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) (187 Grattan St, Bouverie St, Carlton) http://4sq.com/nHWhwF #
  • Sigh, the root password for @VodefoneUK's femto cell devices is 'newsys' according to http://bit.ly/nHcXcB (via @denny) #
  • At the Melbourne Research Office BBQ ๐Ÿ™‚ (@ Alan Gilbert Building – University of Melbourne) http://4sq.com/oRW1k5 #
  • Gah, I hate SuSE SLES's ZMD daemon, why on earth it randomly locks up and has to be kill -9'd I have no idea.. #
  • I'm at Honey Thai (1A, 1678 Main Rd, Belgrave) http://4sq.com/oGadre #
  • I'm at Classic Curry Company (597 Elizabeth St, Melbourne) http://4sq.com/p8YBVo #
  • Brrr, cold tonight, just 2.7C outside according to my thermometer and it's not even midnight yet.. #
  • Just about to go out and buy Donna a cheap unlocked Android 2.3 phone from DSE – http://bit.ly/qNG0n5 #
  • I'm at Cardinia Reservoir Park (Cardinia Creek Road, Narre Warren North) http://4sq.com/nXYKE5 #
  • Chris and Donna http://flic.kr/p/a45owi #
  • Latte art at Cafe Have Ya Bean in Upwey http://flic.kr/p/a45pav #
  • I'm at Melbourne Zoo (Elliott Avenue, Parkville) w/ 4 others http://4sq.com/r3kErz #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-10

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Chris Samuel
  • W00t, just used @rimuhosting's upgrade checker and scored a 400MB RAM increase for my web server VM at no extra cost! ๐Ÿ™‚ #
  • I'm at Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) (187 Grattan St, Bouverie St, Carlton) http://4sq.com/lbBsPW #
  • I'm at Phi Phi Vietnamese Restaurant http://4sq.com/l8qOlC #
  • I liked a @YouTube video http://youtu.be/hUYzQaCCt2o?a Roger Waters + David Gilmour: Comfortably Numb, Live, O2 Arena #
  • I favorited a @YouTube video http://youtu.be/hUYzQaCCt2o?a Roger Waters + David Gilmour: Comfortably Numb, Live, O2 Ar #
  • Wow! Just noticed that @ccAustralia are using my photo of @KateLundy on their site http://bit.ly/kwiLA5 #CreativeCommons #
  • (and yes, I realise that article on the @ccAustralia website was from March, I'm a little slow.. ๐Ÿ˜‰ ) #
  • Working from home, but my ADSL link is very flaky – suspect the high winds are causing issues.. ๐Ÿ™ #
  • Consolation – listening to Pink Floyd "Delicate Sound of Thunder" disk 2 on the stereo.. ๐Ÿ™‚ #
  • Big rumbling up here in the Dandenongs – was that an #earthquake in #Melbourne ? /cc @folded #
  • Should have search @Twitter first – yes people all over #Melbourne reporting an #earthquake (well, OK, a tremor) #
  • Geoscience Australia site (very flaky) says that the #Melbourne #earthquake was mag 4.4 @ Korumburra /cc @774Melbourne #
  • Geoscience Australia page on the mag 4.4 #Korumburra #earthquake today http://bit.ly/jCH6pV #melbquake #
  • #Microsoft patents "legal interception" of "VoIP and other network-based communication technology" http://bit.ly/ijnNEp #
  • Interesting – #Microsoft patent for "legal interception" specifically references Skype who they now own (amongst others) #
  • Core of the #Microsoft #LegalIntercept #patent appears to focus on modifying SIP invites and other messages. #
  • .@TonyAbbottMHR describing announcement of carbon tax as "Sunday Bloody Sunday" is an insult to the victims of The Troubles #
  • I'm at Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) (187 Grattan St, Bouverie St, Carlton) http://4sq.com/ro1UUZ #
  • Proposed @NASA bill would set its budget to 2008 levels + cancel the James Web Space Telescope http://bit.ly/qD9WKj #jwst #
  • Hmm, for some reason the #RedHat bugzilla is treating public bugs (i.e. not marked as private) as private.. ๐Ÿ™ #
  • Ahh, someone has marked our bug as "Red Hat Development (internal)" for some weird reason (a kernel driver bug!) #redhat #
  • I'm at Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) (187 Grattan St, Bouverie St, Carlton) http://4sq.com/nCrdVm #
  • I'm at Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) (187 Grattan St, Bouverie St, Carlton) http://4sq.com/qpR4Go #
  • Aus Bureau of Met. wants Satellite Scientific Programmer: C, FORTRAN and/or IDL under #Linux http://bit.ly/pbpIEU #science #
  • That job ad circulated for a friend of mine at the BoM… #
  • I'm at Gourmet Curry Hut (Hub Arcade, Little Collins St, Melbourne) http://4sq.com/r0Yv0c #
  • I liked a @YouTube video http://youtu.be/17jymDn0W6U?a The Known Universe by AMNH #
  • I'm at Phi Phi Vietnamese Restaurant http://4sq.com/nOJhQg #
  • Welcome to the worlds newest independent state, South Sudan #
  • Great! Chris Mason managed to get 3 more #btrfs oops fixes in before Linux 3.0 is released (assuming no more RC's) #
  • Is it just me or has @Google stopped mobile friendly versions of its sites, just offers apps for Android and iPhone? #
  • Sandforce #SSD controller does block level de-dup by default, may impact duplication of FS metadata http://bit.ly/ohWvba #
  • USGS reports Magnitude 7.0 #earthquake off the coast of Sendai, Japan. #
  • Late checkin, no signal! (@ Kurth Kiln Regional Park) http://4sq.com/qvto4o #
  • Lunchtime (@ Elevations) http://4sq.com/or61hm #
  • LightScythe – awesome open hardware/open source device for cute long exposure effects! http://bit.ly/mT50M3 #photography #
  • Playing with Google+ at the moment, it's not bad but not yet great IMHO.. http://gplus.to/csamuel #
  • Currently at #5 of a "ToDo" list of 7 items, must be time for a cup of tea! #

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