Across Weirdish Wild Space http://blog.wakatara.com Out there things can happen and frequently do Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:56:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Twitter Updates for 2010-08-31 http://blog.wakatara.com/2010/08/31/twitter-updates-for-2010-08-31/ http://blog.wakatara.com/2010/08/31/twitter-updates-for-2010-08-31/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:56:00 +0000 Daryl http://blog.wakatara.com/2010/08/31/twitter-updates-for-2010-08-31/
  • Ok, have to admit, evil minion has me slightly obsessed tonight with the idea of taking a week long hang gliding course… #
  • Keep it Sesame Street simple… #
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    ]]>     http://blog.wakatara.com/2010/08/31/twitter-updates-for-2010-08-31/feed/ 0     Asteroid Discovery 1980 – 2010 http://blog.wakatara.com/2010/08/30/asteroid-discovery-1980-2010/ http://blog.wakatara.com/2010/08/30/asteroid-discovery-1980-2010/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:02:34 +0000 Daryl http://blog.wakatara.com/?p=4776 We sometimes forget about those souls slowly pushing forward the edges of science and discovery. Love this time series animation of the discovery of asteroids in the last 30 years. It’s incredible to think how much more we’ve discovered in such a comparatively short amount of time.

    Can’t wait till we see a model like this for extrasolar planets we know about or stars we’ve reached… ;-)

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    ]]>     http://blog.wakatara.com/2010/08/30/asteroid-discovery-1980-2010/feed/ 0     MLK’s I Have a Dream http://blog.wakatara.com/2010/08/29/mlks-i-have-a-dream/ http://blog.wakatara.com/2010/08/29/mlks-i-have-a-dream/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:56:58 +0000 Daryl http://blog.wakatara.com/?p=4773 Just following up on my tweet yesterday (for all of those of you well, well behind me in time zones), in 1963 on 28 August 2010, MLK gave his “I Have a Dream” speech to over 200,000 people at the Washington Monument. Still, one of the greatest speeches ever given and a beacon to the human rights movement everywhere. Watch it all the way through.

    Good thing to watch this Sunday and reflect on what you can do to make this world a better place for everyone.

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  • I <3 Heroku San deploys : http://jqr.github.com/2010/08/27/easy-heroku-deploys-with-heroku-san.html #
  • Am doing dangerous things with #Padrino and Rack middleware… mwahahahahahaaaa… ;-) Fear me! Fear meeeee!!! #
  • Oh, for those asking, the zoo vollie thing is some very cool conservation activism work. Very excited about it. More deets when back from NZ #
  • Anyone used their iPad with an iPhone as the "video" camera for a Skype call. Someone mentioned the hack to me but can't google a link. #
  • Four more sleeps till I'm shushing down some kiwi snow! Speaking of which, better check my gear. It's been a while since it's seen love. #
  • Today in 1963, 200k civil rights activists in DC heard Dr. Martin Luther King deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial. #
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  • Back from the Blue Mountains! Awesome scenery and a tremendous hike. Legs will probably hate me in morning, specially pre-5k… #
  • Off to hike the Blue Mountains and Katoomba today! #
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  • Day off! Picking up stuff for NZ snowboarding trip, over to zoo for vollie talk w zoo mngmt and Bangarra Dance troupe at Opera House tonite #
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  • Holy epic crash nap. So that would have been the sound of me hitting the wall post-election. #
  • Hearing too much talk, too early and too fast about going back to the polls and holding a re-election over hung Parliament. Nov? #ausvotes #
  • Wheels down in Sydney. So much warmer and sunnier than Canberra. Yayyy! #
  • Flight delayed 15m but just about to board here in Canberia and head back to Sydders. Need more coffee… #
  • RT @jeremysear Why are these politicians talking about policy? Why are they debating? Why is no-one asking about hair or speedos? #npc #
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  • Epic day with rest of @GetUp exec team (and Tom!). Exhausted. Beer and burger + movie in room (Ong Bak is on), bed, plane to Sydders in morn #
  • At the National Press Club for Independents' Forum with the rest of the rock steady @GetUp crew. Thought it would be a bigger room actually #
  • Wheels down in Canberra. #
  • On my way to Canberra to mess with the pollies at the Independents' Forum. I'm expecting to be crowned King of Australia sometime this arvo. #
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  • OMG, it's not even Sept and I just got an email from a travel co about booking my XMas flights from Aus if I don't want to die penniless. #
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    ]]>     http://blog.wakatara.com/2010/08/24/twitter-updates-for-2010-08-24/feed/ 0     How Big Really – Ancient Worlds http://blog.wakatara.com/2010/08/24/how-big-really-ancient-worlds/ http://blog.wakatara.com/2010/08/24/how-big-really-ancient-worlds/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:10:13 +0000 Daryl http://blog.wakatara.com/?p=4764 Love this BBC mashup of google maps linking things from the ancient world (there are others) with how big they’d be if put in more familiar locations.

    Check out Hannibal’s march across America and how big the Great Wall of China would be if built in Europe. Very cool. Love stuff like this.

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  • RT @kuperov: This weekend's statistics lesson: 14 million voters tossing a coin yields 50% heads, 50% tails. #ausvotes #
  • I'd just like to give *massive* props to Raymond at iContact on George St, for sorting out my lens replacements in record Sydney time #props #
  • Getting narked off with lack of glasses and waiting for replacements. Definitely getting eye surgery at the start of next year. #
  • OK, now very tired of not being able to see properly. So want my glasses fixed and back it's not funny. Have face 10cm from screen to type. #
  • Aaaannnndddd… it's still a hung Parliament. The kangas, wombats and koalas are minding the store till the government gets sorted. #
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  • Ok twitterverse, 2-3 hour emergency eyeglass lens replacement on a Sunday in the Sydney CDB? Getting desperate now. #
  • RT @catscram: This sort of result on happens in countries like Italy. #ausvotes #
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  • Looks like it's definitely a hung Parliament in Australia's election. Wow, the next few days will be interesting. #ausvotes #
  • Crap! Must be tired, just knocked glasses in floor and broke the lenses… Ffffffuuuuuuu… #
  • Ok, that's it! Off to the pub for a post-election drink with the rest of the @GetUp crew. #
  • And that's a *wrap* folks! Sydney polls are now closed. My election day work @GetUp is done. Off to get a prosecco and a monster meal. #
  • Happy Aussie election day everyone. Vote early and vote often. It's probably going to be a close one… #ausvotes #
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  • The polls continue to be *utterly* unhelpful in predicting who the winner of the Aussie election is tomorrow. #ausvotes #
  • RT @bjeanes zomg awesome flight search http://www.hipmunk.com. Screen: http://bit.ly/8YPXd7 (via @xshay) #
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  • RT @DDsD: Psychic Crocodile "Harry" predicts Gillard victory, "decided to chomp on Ms Gillard's chicken": http://bit.ly/cOHxg0 #
  • Such a beautiful sunny perfect day in Sydney today. Bright blue sky, stiff breeze off the sea. Too early, but really feels like Spring. #
  • I've been doing my chores and just scored a Tattoo of Incarcaration – Epic Win! http://www.EpicWinApp.com #
  • So, Facebook Places now competes with GoWalla and FourSquare as of today. What do people think of the FB Places featureset and API? #
  • Yes!!! @epicwinapp the new adventure GTD app is out in the iTunes store. Just grabbed it for my iPad. Now to get productive. Ahem… really! #
  • Git for the lazy. If you've always wanted to get started, but are really lazy: http://www.spheredev.org/wiki/Git_for_the_lazy #
  • RT @GetUp: With a humane on-shore policy, Canada processes asylum seekers for $4,400 each – it costs us over $38,000. http://is.gd/emN5S #
  • My Twifficiency score is "your momma." What's yours? #
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    So, I hope Tony is listening. The Australian Liberals need a slightly better leg to stand on economically.

    (via The Vine’s Luke Ryan.)

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  • Yay! Zoo called me back about volunteering. Sounds like they have am interesting project. Think I can ask to pet the snow leopard ? =] #
  • OK, so much for the morning run I meant to do this morning #run #fail #
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  • RT @philoye: Just read Paul Graham's article on Yahoo. Spot on. I interviewed there in 98, the designers sucked too. http://bit.ly/bdOe23 #
  • Dear lazyweb: Anyone got a pointer to a good rotating backup script that backs up to an Amazon S3 via s3sync (or new hawtness?) #
  • God help me, I'm really starting to like #haml .. =< #
  • I'm beginning to realize that "broadband speeds" is meant ironically in Australia… sigh. Can haz fibre pleaze ? #
  • RT @NakedGirl_Blogs Seriously, whoever put "Yes We Will" into Gillards speech should be fired. With actual fire. #lateline #qanda #
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  • I find it weird how Aussie twitter users don't discuss issues online but just tweet comments on TV shows where issues are discussed. #qanda #
  • LOL => RT @paulverhoeven Don't fight it, Tony. Announce your true suspicions: global warming is caused by magnets. Magnets and gay people… #
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