August 2009
So now my twitter conversations are reported in Computerworld?
Monday morning desktop: dwm on Arch Linux http://flic.kr/p/6UaEF7
Quietly pleased to get moc scrobbling to last.fm…
Why does _anyone_ pay attention to what Ashley Highfield has to say? Anyone?
I remain deeply unimpressed about the flute in any music written after 1930…
New study shows users of P2P spend more on traditional media & entertainment http://cli.gs/7rWXDL
Added some info to the #opengovt wiki re @keith_ng, @starrjulie and my talk on media: http://wiki.open.org.nz/Media
There is no finer font for the terminal than inconsolata…
Mulatu Astatke (loud), Tuatara Pale Ale (cold), contentment (rising)…
David Denby on ‘Inglorious Basterds,’ “too shallow to be called nihilism” http://cli.gs/dH9EHX
Slackware 13 released http://cli.gs/bj81PR I believe the correct hashtag is #mightyslack
SSC sponsored some development work on DocVert in 2006 to encourage govt takeup #opengovt
Arch Linux Forums / How to Add patches to dwm? →
How to apply the bottom stack patch to the PKGBUILD… See also: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=78263
I’m talking with @starrjulie about media & open data #opengovt
Heading into #opengov barcamp…
In @richardbest and Keitha Booth’s session on NZ Govt open license framework (NZGOAL) #opengovt
Some discussion about how the framework interacts with the Official Information Act #opengovt
Some concerns that scientists will insist on No Derivatives licences… <surprise />
Google groups always sound like such a good idea; until the deluge of mail begins in earnest…
Dual screen laptops? http://cli.gs/aYSszD All the specs are included _except_ the weight…
Correction: estimated weight is 12lbs…
I love the way github’s dialogue says ‘Hardcore Archiving Action’…
Starting the morning off with some Mulatu Astatke & the Heliocentrics…
I’ll go ahead and state the obvious, but reading the man pages is often quite helpful…
DaisukeAramaki's Configs at master - GitHub →
Some truly beautiful configs…
DIA (NZ govt dept) issues #hrelease http://cli.gs/7naeH3
The _evidence_ here in NZ is that if you ask for people’s input you get good quality input… #gov20
Good answer from @br3nda on indigenous people/minorities: invite them… #gov20
NZ Open Source Society launches Public Sector Remix: FOSS desktops for govt http://cli.gs/gmsnVR
dwm Primer - Ubuntu Forums →
One of the entries has quite a lot of useful stuff re urxvt in daemon mode and key bindings…
Is the cultural sector always the poster child for #gov2.0?
Taskforce reports in December with initiatives that can be implemented immediately… #gov2.0
In the wifi-less bunker at Archives, Kate Lundy talking about #gov2.0
Installing #archlinux on one of my work machines. Screenshots to come…
“…still a risk averse culture in govt departments” That is unacceptable #gov20
Good question on how you engage indiginous people in #govt20
BlackBerry use _only_ adds 15 hrs to the work week? http://cli.gs/jraUgE Sounds kind of conservative…
Wikipedia introduces editorial changes http://cli.gs/YGrThg Articles on people flagged…
Wikipedia Will Limit Changes on Articles About... →
Although Wikipedia has prevented anonymous users from creating new articles for several years now, the new flagging system crosses a psychological Rubicon. It will divide Wikipediaâs contributors…
RT @b3rn: blog post on Jason Ryan’s talk at #lgwn09 http://bit.ly/PGunq
dwm configs →
Back in Redfern. Woolloomooloo, Erskinville & Redfern: the circle is complete…
Erskinville bound…
Friday night City Mission van in Martin Place is serving plates of papaya.
…also, Woolloomooloo a word that you don’t see on Twitter nearly enough.
Um, @HamishMacEwan, you seem to have a malware infestation there…
Dinner in Woolloomooloo & a stroll back to Wynyard. Sydney is a beautiful city…
Stopping to tweet at the Cenotaph. Does psychogeography work on Twitter?
http://www.slate.com/id/2225336/ < (the link might help…)
Amusing, and edifying, piece in Slate on the 50th anniversary of Kind of Blue