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  • It's done. I have an iPhone. #
  • The University of Woollongong – isn't that what Sir Humphrey would call the University of Sussex? http://bit.ly/78uizf #
  • Recommendations sought for iPhone news apps. NYT of course but what else? And is TweetDeck's app the best for Twitter? So much choice! #
  • @BiteTheDust Well, I think Melbourne might fare better than the Gibson! in reply to BiteTheDust #
  • @kissability Looks like I will have to try them all… thanks. #
  • @jenzpeace What kind of billing problems? I'm on a Cap plan – how can that be a problem? in reply to jenzpeace #
  • There's a woman on the 7.30 Report who's had a pet cockatoo for 51 years. Cocky has outlasted the husband and just about everyone else. #
  • And there's another shrub lurking… RT @mfullilove: The Daily Beast's list of rising US political stars: http://tiny.cc/EnVpW #
  • Magazine deaths outnumber births in US-Canada in 2009: http://bit.ly/64LOPj – Huff Post shows some of them here: http://bit.ly/8oFG7N #
  • Only had it 3 hours and I'm feeling overwhelmed by the iPhone already… so much to play with… decisions, decisions… #
  • @theshepherdsdog @kissability Companionable cockies, the Hills Hoist… we've stumbled into a 1950s newsreel. #
  • RT @abcnews: Budding politician caught in Bali drug bust: http://bit.ly/7VEg5f #
  • Hehe… RT @LarvatusProdeo: that pic looks more like 1/2 an ounce not a couple of grams #reliablyinformedbystreet #badsub #notthatIwouldknow #
  • @MarkCroxford Very impressed with the ABC app also. Going to take a while to work out all the shortcuts etc. Hours of fruitful research! in reply to MarkCroxford #
  • The Sidney Awards Part 2: http://bit.ly/63YoL3 – David Brooks with more examples of good long-form writing from the past year. Recommended. #
  • My first tweet from my new iPhone using tweetie app. This is seriously addictive. #
  • Kosky takes the myki: http://bit.ly/926c2e and testing the system: http://bit.ly/7iDhuC – a developing political shambles in Victoria. #
  • A moving offer… RT @BiteTheDust: RT @Tw1sty: Powered by Lithium batteries you'll always be ready … http://twitpic.com/vsoke #
  • A look at political activism and so-called "social media" … RT @ComplexNumber: The trouble with Twitter http://bit.ly/6GI9kB | Guardian #
  • The decade the world tilted east: http://bit.ly/70dlX9 – Niall Ferguson on China's challenge to the "Western Ascendancy". #
  • At year's end, as NYT reports the "US had information before Christmas of a terror plot", serious trouble for Obama? http://bit.ly/ep1zc #
  • David Levine, NY Review of Books illustrator, dies, 83: http://bit.ly/53Lp79 – full obituary here: http://bit.ly/54SlLD [via @smurray38] #
  • Excellent video on David Levine: http://bit.ly/8jNhuE – Kissinger screwing the world, LBJ's Vietnam-shaped gall bladder scar and others. #
  • So the man in the photo wasn't JFK! http://bit.ly/6mjWD4 #
  • Inside Tim Russert's Office: If It's Sunday, It's 'Meet the Press': http://bit.ly/f7h5h – watch the video & remember when MTP was essential. #
  • @venessapaech Yes, I agree. It's almost anaemic now without him. You might find this of interest: http://bit.ly/8HJidH in reply to venessapaech #
  • RT @jayrosen_nyu: One of the political reporters would know: did Bush ever cop to any "systemic failure" on his watch? http://bit.ly/8eSK4S #
  • 5 of the best iPhone apps for political junkies: http://bit.ly/EWv2B – to think that until now I've survived without these! #
  • But the "Congress" iPhone app from The Cohen Research Group isn't available in the Australian iTunes store. Outrageous. #
  • @jamesmassola @dfg77 Thank you… #
  • Have the "commentators" got it wrong again? … RT @LarvatusProdeo: On LP: Great new tax on everything http://ow.ly/1mJeNA #
  • PIcturing the Past 10 Years: http://bit.ly/5nibZz – NYT graphic. Test your memory. #
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About Malcolm Farnsworth

AustralianPolitics.com is published by Malcolm Farnsworth. You can follow me on Twitter or read my political commentary on the ABC's opinion portal, The Drum. You can also read my 2010 election campaign blog posts.