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20:40 I gather, reading back over Twitter, that Mike Willesee's comeback was not worth the effort? #sundaynight #auspol #
16:44 "spare me the line that Stevie Wonder and Elvis Costello are serious artists..." RT @bobjcarr: Foxtel Goes For Quality http://t.co/0Z9uf9H1 #
12:44 And why would Rupert Murdoch ever "ask" a Prime Minister for anything? Surely he was the one giving out the instructions... #
12:36 @AusWomensGame could it be that the #wleague grand final was more than 7 days ago and therefore out of their weekly news cycle? #offsiders #
10:12 Cough. RT @rupertmurdoch Only ever met PMs when asked, believe it or not. And NEVER asked for anything. That is, I never asked for anything! #
07:20 Russia and China did what?? #unsc #syria #

22:04 Full time. Was rugby league the winner? I hope so. #nrlallstars #
21:46 @iamkatiek plenty of ex-players who could do as well behind the mic with a little training as the yobs ch9 use now #
21:41 Say it Rabs... the powerplay won't work and it will hurt. #ch9 #nrlallstars #nrl #
21:32 I almost forgot to mention channel 9's annual failure to include an indigenous person on their commentary team for the #nrlallstars game. #
21:00 Oh come on Joey why not interview JT *while* he's kicking for goal, not before it! #nrlallstars #
20:51 Sorry #nrl but I think we can give the powerplay a miss. #
20:25 Biff? There's not supposed to be biff in this game. #nrlallstars #
20:04 #nrl There should be more bilingual performances of Advance Australia Fair. And I know there are many indigenous languages in Australia. #
19:56 Rugby league. Yes :) #
17:55 vale Ben Gazarra 1930-2012 - http://t.co/kLCqPmq3 #
17:38 Some good-ish news. RT @mailandguardian: Somali #famine declared over, but UN urges caution: http://t.co/Xr6BSsHH #
17:26 @Kimbo_Ramplin I missed seeing that. Very odd. I wonder what the actual theme of the program is. #
17:21 Obviously at this point of time I'll be watching out for the podcast of that RN program with Hazem el Masri. #
17:19 #nrl MT @RadioNational: Will greater Western Sydney ever embrace #AFL? What does Hazem El Masri reckon? Encounter 5pm http://t.co/6xk1P3ru #
11:04 #getreal #notforages RT @latikambourke: When we do start hashtaging #spill? #tooearly? #
10:56 The @globaljournalny lists its "Top 100 Best NGOs". Movember is the highest-ranked Australian! - http://t.co/DOd27fuL #
09:57 Trust Super Bowl weekend for accidentally drawing me into reading USA Today. #
09:53 Well that's most but not all of my Facebook Timeline flushed away. Apparently. We'll see when it goes public on Wednesday. #
09:13 3: Gina. RT @rupertmurdoch: Two amazing Internet events this week: Facebook flotation and the power of digital movements. #

20:09 Hmm. RT @guardiantech: Google fined £400,000 in France for making its Maps service free http://t.co/UBvoP6tV #
16:17 @saileshkrish me, follow the primaries? Wake me up when the conventions are over! #
15:44 If @klout says I'm an expert on the Republican Party then it must be true! #
14:18 #groundhogday Raw Video: Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow: http://t.co/ouVTe6X2 via @youtube #
13:47 must say it's amusing to see how we Aussies have taken Groundhog Day out of context thanks to the Bill Murray movie #
13:29 PM XI v Sri Lanka #cricket at Manuka Oval washed out. Insert tomorrow's Dennis Shanahan analysis here. #auspol #
12:38 And that be my Orkut account deleted :) #
12:06 From today's Canberra Times, Senator Gary Humphries compares the SIEVX tragedy to Pink Batts - http://t.co/7qWcjgzV #auspol #sievx #
11:48 Not that Miranda. RT @SenatorBobBrown: Congratulations Miranda on your record 52 days aloft in the giant Tassie trees http://t.co/sL1I7SD0 #
11:04 Yawn. RT @michaelidato: Breaking: Michael Willesee's first i/v for @sundaynighton7 will be PM @JuliaGillard. #
10:26 RT @rickeyre RT @rickeyre RT @rickeyre RT @rickeyre RT @rickeyre RT @rickeyre RT @rickeyre RT @rickeyre RT @rickeyre Groundhog Day! #
02:03 Oh dear. RT @iSportconnect: MTV to Broadcast Lingerie Bowl as a Prelude to Super Bowl http://t.co/5KE2G9ot #

21:42 "The people smuggler who became a shonky plumber" RT @ChrisBath7 Looking forward to mike willesees first report this weekend @sundaynighton7 #
20:44 I have decided. I am having Tumblr *and* Posterous. One each as a companion for each of my Twitter accounts :) #
17:36 Before professional boxing became a joke, there were legends like trainer Angelo Dundee, who has died aged 90 - http://t.co/MYK5MMOR #
17:23 One last call for opinions: #tumblr or #posterous? #
17:11 It's always fun opening the last lot of Christmas presents when they arrive on February 2. #
16:25 Some interesting methods. RT @RAPacific: PNG puts its finger on mathematics learning http://t.co/CAKIEQkh #
15:32 Go Alan Joyce! RT @Simon_Cullen: Qantas has announced carbon tax surcharge to apply from July 1. Starting from $1.82 per flight #
15:30 Horrible news from Papua New Guinea - http://t.co/yicodXEs #png #
11:15 I'd have thought @insightSBS could do better than: "Today we ask - who do you think Australia's prime minister will be in June this year?" #
11:12 @cityofsydney let's hope this comes to fruition :) #
07:40 Ok I think @CityRail_Info can safely be unfollowed as it is clearly not an official account. #nswgovt #heygladys #
07:35 And you worry about cane toads. RT @newscientist: Ecologist says: I think we should let elephants loose in Australia http://t.co/0Iz24ouy #
07:06 In today's SMH Roy Masters absurdly overplays the significance of yesterday's Federal Court case won by Optus http://t.co/Qgq4qzgx #nrl #afl #
07:01 All this outrage over the Optus court verdict ignores the fact that TV Now is actually a shoddy product. I stopped using it a while back. #
06:08 Umm... No. RT @guardianeco: Should Australia introduce elephants and rhinos into the outback? http://t.co/AW5h91Gm #

23:05 Apparently my Facebook Timeline goes live on February 8, which gives me a week to empty it out. #
22:35 Three consecutive names on my trending list right now: Mark Nicholas, Clive Palmer, Gina Rinehart. #
19:21 So no sooner do I follow @CityRail_Info than @FailCorp follows me in return #
17:51 Now, all I need is for Gina Rinehart to buy into the Facebook IPO... #
17:48 Harold Pinter, Harold Pinterer, Harold @Pinterest. #
17:44 Helloooo Rubicon! #
17:44 Uh oh. "To use this app, you will be upgraded to Facebook Timeline." #pinterest #
17:42 And now to complicate things my application to join @pinterest has been approved. #
17:18 Ok tweeps, my big question: #tumblr or #posterous? I'm leaning towards Posterous... am I wrong? #
15:39 Interesting. I was expecting them to lose. RT @meadea: Optus wins landmark TV Now copyright case | The Australian http://t.co/8DRoYLBh #
13:03 #Tumblr's "servers over capacity" messages are making my decision easier. #posterous #
13:00 @savingourtrees thank you :) #
12:03 Expect me to bang on about this for the next 8 weeks: @earthhour 8.30pm Sat March 31 www.earthhour.org #earthhour #
12:01 Aargh did I just hear Mittens Romney attempt to sing? #abc1 #
11:57 Progress score in my Twitter poll: #posterous 0, #tumblr 0 :( #
10:49 Congratulate me now please, I've just used "nimby" as a verb. #
10:44 Ian Plimer researches climate change like Japanese fleets research whales #
10:42 I'm sorry, @NewcastleHerald, but Ian Plimer, Bob Carter and David Archibald are not #climatechange "researchers" - http://t.co/MKSnnFWi #
10:23 ROFL. RT @mediaguardian: Tongan luger Bruno Banani exposed as a German marketing hoax http://t.co/OnpZGMg3 #
10:07 I need an answer to one of life's great questions: #Tumblr or #Posterous? #
08:30 @AFIeditor I understand now. Hopefully the @AACTAawards will find a stable home on FTA TV from now on. #
08:20 Thank you. Is this a rebranding of the AFI? RT @AFIeditor: Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts #AACTA #
08:00 Time to start auditing all the Google accounts I manage. Could take me all month. #
07:56 @mrtiedt Yes but what is #AACTA and why have I seen it spelt both ACCTA and AATCTA in the media this morning? #
07:44 So what is the #AACTA? Why have I never heard of it before? Will it be around this time next year? #
07:27 Fair And Balanced television? RT @sunriseon7: Now: @TonyAbbottMHR on Craig Thomson inquiry delays. #Sun7 #
06:52 Oh FFS. RT @sunriseon7: The Health Services Union boss suspects the inquiry into Craig Thomson MP is being stalled. We'll ask @TonyAbbottMHR #
00:22 Oh. It's the second month of 2012 already. The one that goes for 29 days, too. #

23:13 Pity that most of the external links from that blog post haven't survived. #
23:09 An April 2006 blog post I'd totally forgotten about "Delay Lunch Day 1: Police brutality, press corps sitting on pitch" http://t.co/gFxcmVmk #
23:01 Reading back over my blog from 2006 reminds me what a negative impact Twitter has had on my blogging :( #
22:03 I wonder how easy an upgrade from @Wordpress 1.5 to 3.3.1 would be. #
21:37 Ever painstakingly restored a five year-old Wordpress installation and then decided it wasn't worth the effort? No I didn't think so. #
20:56 So this Cane Toads doco on #abc1 is not the original but a new film in the style of the original? I'm so confused! #
19:35 Peter Reith critiquing Tony Abbott. Why am I watching #abc730? #
18:56 Not long to go! RT @WWF_Australia: We're officially launching Earth Hour 2012 tonight, with just 60 days to go until #earthhour #
18:20 Excellent piece by @beneltham for @newmatilda on the Canberra Australia Day kerfuffle - http://t.co/blmqdtzh #auspol #
12:36 I call for an AFP investigation of everyone tweeting Tony Abbott's current location. #npc #oopsIJustmadeahashofit #
12:30 Zimbabwe Football Association suspends 67 players after long-standing #matchfixing investigation. - http://t.co/4dpLzQ75 #
12:18 Sad to see the collapse of pro women's soccer in the US for the second time in a decade. Reasons seem a bit crazy - http://t.co/9CBTngbx #
09:51 The @Newcastleherald live blog of the felling of the Laman St #Figs. The chainsaws started at 5.45am!! http://t.co/gQppGdUX #
09:43 #Newcastle's Laman St #figs are coming down today. Not the end of a farce, just one nasty and needless episode. #

18:07 Surprised there's not more of it. RT @TheNTNews: MAN ATTACKED with axe over Facebook comments http://t.co/67zidDDt #
14:08 Estimates?? RT @latikambourke: Oppn warning theyll pursue the 'breach of PM's security' on Aust Day at Senate Estimates when Parlt resumes. #
07:08 Hmm. Getting happy birthday emails from sites I'd long forgotten I'd signed with. Appreciate the gesture, but some unsubscribing to do! #
06:53 Isn't it just a little crazy that the #ausopen final ended at a time of night when we'd expect a Wimbledon or French Open final to finish? #
04:34 Oh so that's what happened after I went to bed at 11pm. #ausopen #

20:46 Shock new revelation: Julia Gillard was dragged ten metres further than previously thought. #auspol #7news #ffs #
20:37 One of these years I'll get out to the Chinese New Year parade myself. Great vision on the hashtag #cnysyd #
19:49 Right. Heart says Nadal. Head says I shouldn't watch the tennis tonight. #
19:44 @cityofsydney Instagram website says their are no current plans for an android version :( #
19:35 I'm glad I missed Young Talent Time for this last hour of no tennis. Actually, I'm just glad I missed Young Talent Time. #
19:28 Mike Willesee? On Channel 7? In the 21st century? Oh gawd. #
19:24 Much as I love Rod Laver, this pseudo-Olympic charade is sadly missing the torch. Clumsy misuse of some legendary sportsmen. #ausopen #
19:17 Having said all that, there is something a bit awesome about this relay of the past champions (albeit Aussies only) #ausopen #
19:15 Or maybe John Batman founding Melbourne on a pushbike a la the Sydney 2000 opening. #ausopen #
19:14 I'm hoping this is leading to a climax like the "Ron Barassi walking on water" moment at the Melbourne 2006 CWG opening. #ausopen #
19:12 7pm of course being broad daylight in late-January Melbourne. #ausopen #
19:10 Say what? They closed the roof at Rod Laver Arena just to simulate night time at 7pm? #ausopen #
19:06 Instagram iPhone only aargh #fail RT @cityofsydney: Tweeps, pretty pls: tag your CNY instagrams with #CNYSYD #
18:09 I am currently being invited to share a Coke with Julia. That is all. #

21:31 John Howard must be spewing. Julia Gillard attends an ICC Cricket World Cup function and gets an autographed bat - http://t.co/9W17OHYl #
21:04 Has a renka won yet? #
16:59 Congratulations to @canberraunited on winning the #WLeague premiership. #
16:10 A speech from The Tempest and a tribute to the National Health Service - #london2012's opening ceremony - http://t.co/AkHeAhOY #
15:38 Get those shoe questions ready! MT @PeterYoung1952: Gillard/Key will discuss 2015 ICC World Cup at 4pm presser #cricket #auspol #nzpol #
15:32 Reading the tweets of the Gillard presser. Clearly summer hols are over and Silly Season 2012 has begun. #auspol #
15:27 vale Juan Epstein. RT @NYTObits: Robert Hegyes, 60, of ‘Welcome Back, Kotter,’ Is Dead http://t.co/DnxCAyiV #
13:49 Brilliant. RT @AlboMP: Senior feature writer @jimschembri open letter to me/ oped published in today's #Age newspaper http://t.co/1lG7leDU #
12:51 New blog post from me, "Pirates of the Thames" - http://t.co/l4pflFZo #cricket #london2012 #SOPA #
09:04 Great piece. RT @rdhinds: My sports and pokies column. (Won't tell you if I'm for or against.) http://t.co/mIeQqag1 #

Two items from the sportsbiz world caught my eye this week, both coming from the UK.

From London's Olympic Delivery Authority comes the news that boats transporting passengers in the vicinity of London's Olympic Park will be exempt from advertising restrictions during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. This is despite that the fact that these waterways encroach on the "exclusion zone" for non-sponsor advertising as defined by the ODA.