20:51 Hoho. #Ch9 switched to Underbelly Razor straight after full time? How would they have coped if Australia had won? #rwc2011 #
20:46 So, to recap: Australia beat New Zealand 42-6 in the #RugbyLeague Test in Newcastle this afternoon. - http://t.co/68gVSrvG #notrwc2011 #
20:08 Right, 7 mins of Ray Hadley on 9's "World Wide of Sports" and it's back to @abcgrandstand. #rwc2011 #
20:01 Just listening to Hadley's commentary for the first time. Has anyone told him it's not radio? #rwc2011 #ch9 #
18:55 More importantly, she snubbed the #rugbyleague Test. RT @NZStuffSport: Australian PM Julia Gillard snubs semifinal http://t.co/RtT7mb7C #
16:30 Honkbal heaven! Congratulations. #baseball RT @IBAF_Baseball The Netherlands win the IBAF World Cup http://t.co/E0sR2Z4s #
08:45 It's World Food Day today. Also @blogactionday11 on the topic of Food. My blog contribution will be ready tonight. #bad11 #

(This item is my entry for Blog Action Day October 16, 2011. This year's topic is "Food". My past contributions to Blog Action Day can be read here.)

Global franchises. Here's an example:

21:47 #cricket South Australia beat NSW in the one-dayer this evening. Tom Cooper's century trumped Usman Khawaja's - http://t.co/XFKCJI2W #
21:35 Robert Fisk: Great War secrets of the Ottoman Arabs - http://t.co/6pjvSNRp #
21:03 I am SO watching the rugby on mute tomorrow night. #rwc2011 #
20:49 MoM = the Irishman with the French name. #rwc2011 #
20:46 Wales didn't deserve that. Empty win to France. #rwc2011 #
20:00 Just give the Cup to New Zealand now. #rwc2011 #
19:26 "what chance of history recurring in reverse" Sigh. #ch9comms #rwc201@ #
16:14 Not too sure about Goog le Plus wanting to call me "+Rick Eyre". I thought you had to be an ordained bishop to qualify for that honour! #
15:30 The Presidential candidate who keeps on giving. RT @MotherJones: Who's Advising Herman Cain? Sorry, That's Classified http://t.co/bMOTF88P #
13:27 Hello to Denis Fitzgerald if you're out there. RT @NZStuffSport: Parramatta Eels club reels under financial crisis http://t.co/gzNjVnCz #
10:26 I observe that @TonyAbbottMHR now follows 75 people on Twitter. Not one appears to be a local constituent. #auspol #fail #
09:38 Before World Food Day, today (Saturday October 15) is the International Day of Rural Women - http://t.co/5bwPVPpJ #
08:22 "I don't know how to spell the word quit." - Herman Cain. Uh huh. #
08:00 #cricket Zaka Ashraf new PCB chief. Good riddance to Ijaz Butt, but it's not healthy for the Pakistan President to be the hirer and firer. #
07:44 #baseball If only for the three shutouts at the start of the World Cup, Australia should have made the final four, if not better. #
07:40 We bow out of the #Baseball World Cup with a win. RT @IBAF_Baseball: Welch stars as Australia beats Panama http://t.co/w4KFOrKQ #
07:38 In the dream, Ray Martin and Bruce Gyngell dropped in to the ESPN office to do some data entry to clear the backlog. Then I woke up. #
07:36 Dream overnight. I was made general manager of ESPN. First day, meeting with P&C reps about unfulfilled school uniform orders. (cont) #

Report from Al Jazeera English on 14 October 2011.

21:32 #climatechange RT @newscientist: Greece’s debt crisis threatens more than the euro – it would be a climate disaster http://t.co/ZT3qzdwD #
21:14 For more information about World Food Day (Sunday October 16) follow @FAOWFD and visit http://t.co/ZpMI7CKy #WFD #
20:07 #cricket India-England ODI1 allegedly being streamed on www.bcci.tv acc to @bcciindia. No surprise the site won't load for me. #
19:59 This Sunday is Blog Action Day. The topic is Food. Register at http://t.co/ikhOCCw9 Follow #BAD11 hashtag #
18:00 @tasl33m Howdy! IRC, Twitter... not much diff really :) #
17:47 Against either Cuba or Canada RT @IBAF_Baseball: Netherlands first Team in #Baseball World Cup Final http://t.co/NIEFt2At #
14:23 #auspol RT @UnitingJustice: Our latest media release calling for a new era of care for those fleeing persecution: http://t.co/SpxFjXxh #
13:50 Apple apparently fearful of a Galaxy Tab 10.1S RT @ashermoses: Apple fails in new Samsung court bid http://t.co/GJUZFb8W #
13:37 "Dennis Ritchie: The Shoulders Steve Jobs Stood On" - Wired's obit on the father of C - http://t.co/gkVgyiaj #
09:04 FFS Julia Gillard, stop blaming Tony Abbott for stopping offshore processing. Take credit for it! #auspol #
08:40 Bob Carr and John Hewson side by side on @breakfastnews talking asylum seekers. Who's being the bigger Tory? Hint: it's not JH. #auspol #
08:34 Says it well. #auspol RT @awelder: Blogpost: where now for refugees http://t.co/v5fzdsZZ #
08:15 Oh, and Bondi Junction has had its own #occupyoxfordstreet and around the corner to #occupybronteroad. #iphone4s #
08:10 So do all the kiddies have their new toys yet? #occupygeorgestreet #occupykingstreet #iphone4s #
07:41 John Howard with less talent, skill or decency. That's Tony Abbott. #auspol #
07:35 On #abc1@breakfastnews, @latrioli is getting stuck into @tonyabbottmhr now. #auspol #
07:14 "What do we want? Our new toy. When do we want it? When the doors open at 8." #occupygeorgestreet #
07:12 Sigh. #occupygeorgestreet MT @ashermoses: iPhone 4S launch live blog is a go. http://t.co/HLLvt2oK #
07:03 And in sports news, Australia has lost to Team USA in the #baseball and defeated South Africa in the pseudo-baseball. #cricket #
06:56 And in showbiz news RT @France24_en: CAUCASUS: Hilary Swank 'regrets' honouring Chechen leader http://t.co/DmUbTLCx #

The official PSA for World Food Day 2011. See the FAO website for more information on the official observance of World Food Day. In Australia, I recommend visiting Oxfam Australia for information about WFD activities.

21:14 Daily Telegraph reports Julia Gillard's leadership is crippled and she nearly lost control of Parliament today http://t.co/svvk4lXP #auspol #
19:17 Meanwhile, the way the Commonwealth Ombudsman has compromised his independence is staggering. His hold on the job must be untenable. #auspol #
19:14 For what on the surface is a major reversal in asylum seeker policy, this has a very unconvincing and unsatisfying feel to it. #auspol #
18:22 -1 RT @domknight: Hands up if you think the people who are freaked out by boat arrivals will buy the line that they're now Abbott's fault. #
17:55 Wow. #auspol #asylumseekers #
15:32 And what about the other 3 users? RT @AdamBoland7: Google: "private sharing accounts for two-thirds of all Google+ activity." #
11:46 And on the subject of the sky falling, bananas were $7.99 per kilo at Woolies this morning. #
11:43 Wondering how #occupygeorgestreet is going outside the Apple Store today. #
10:05 @esseeeayeenn I can see why they're going ahead to prove a point, but it's a wasteful exercise in a very productive week. @auspol #
10:03 Motorola's Steve Jobs? RT @NYTObits: Robert W. Galvin, Who Led Motorola, Dies at 89 http://t.co/tARgNuis #
09:59 #auspol There's no point the Federal Govt proceeding with the Migration vote today. Waste of time, will fail, bad policy. #
09:55 So community TV station @TVSydney is filling schedule time with blokey sexist stuff like @fleshairtv (and yes I've seen the trailers) #
09:50 Must-not-see TV! RT @TVSydney: tonight @fleshairtv 9.30pm. See Miss January get airbrushed for a naked photoshoot with a matching car. #
09:45 @Cricket_Ali There is no "traditional fanbase" for interstate #cricket. CA trying to create one from scratch. Yr 1 might be a hit, but yr 2? #

23:05 Democratic Republic of Congo tops global hunger index - AlertNet http://t.co/KUAhaR64 #foodsecurity #
22:43 Email. "Rick, I want to say thank you..." Ooh. No. Thank *you*, Julia. #auspol #
22:10 Neat cameo by @markMGgeyer in tonight's #hamsterwheel. Not sure what it meant though. #hamster #
20:26 #baseball I missed it this morning, but Australia 7 Canada 0, like wow! RT @IBAF_Baseball Aussie? Oi! http://t.co/O6xfMmHy #baseballworldcup #
19:25 Oh, TAbbott was asking for a donation of money, not blood. #auspol #
19:24 Hmm. Email from Tony Abbott asking for a donation. When and how did I get onto the NSW Liberals mailing list? #auspol #
19:04 "Woah! Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd kissed?!?" My 8 year-old daughter is shocked. #
18:47 @Micky_Jay probably, but how many Apple dweebs have ever faced the concept of eating a real apple? #
18:15 Floral (and fruit) tributes to the late Steve Jobs outside the Apple Store, Sydney. http://t.co/hsXLnxQc #
18:01 So O'Keefe is actually NSW 2nd preference capt this season (with Clarke 1st and Ben Rohrer 3rd). #cricket #
17:58 #cricket NSW capt Stephen O'Keefe will miss first Shield game for Aus duty, while MClarke will capt when/if he is free http://t.co/EZRskLPr #
17:48 Well there you go. #auspol RT @mfullilove: Julia Gillard makes The Atlantic's 2011 Brave Thinkers list: http://t.co/e65dbItC #carbontax #
13:32 Yappy Holman had a most unusual #rugbyleague career path: player then referee then coach. Can you imagine a current #NRL player doing that? #
13:27 #cricket SOK as NSW capt may make sense if he doesn't get called up for Australia. And he's more likely to remain fit than Henriques. #
12:47 #cricket Stephen O'Keefe a curious choice as NSW shield captain replacing Katich. RT @australian http://t.co/uT9UEosl #
10:26 Just imagine how many Prime Ministers Billy Hughes passed up the chance to kiss in the House of Reps. #auspol #sideshow #
10:23 #auspol An historic morning in Parliament and the media is obsessing with the image of a past and present Prime Minister kissing. #sideshow #
10:04 Oh, Sophie Mirabella, you do make me laugh sometimes. #auspol #

22:03 #cricket RT @_kunal_pradhan: A late-afternoon replug for my piece on #Kumble and BCCI Inc. Conflict of Interest 101: http://t.co/sI8kPjio #
20:26 You don't put rugby league players into your team for a Rugby Union World Cup semi. Why is ch9 using a rugby league radio commentator? #
19:33 "without the support and consent of ICC's broadcast partner, ESPN StarSports..." #cricket #icc #consent #
19:25 If you needed proof that the ICC is not the supreme governing body of world #cricket, read the Executive Board outcomes http://t.co/DMf3dLpx #
18:39 When I was 8 years old I didn't fuss over the background colour of my Powerpoint presentations. #
18:29 New school term, new project. I just need to explain to my daughter that I am not an expert on Willem Janszoon. #
16:30 Rabs and Gus if they're not busy on the pokies RT @rdhinds: Who should call the RWC semi on Nine? #
14:04 Can I bear to watch #qt? Maybe I'll switch it on at 2.49 for the #censure motion. #
12:56 Is that the sound I hear of the ABC commissioning an episode 5 of #AtHomeWithJulia? #auspol #lodge #
12:22 @AlexMitchell5 yes well I wrote that moments before he compared Julia Gillard to Steve Jobs #
12:07 @latikambourke The PM could entertain POTUS at a li'l shack in Sydney called Kirribilli House. #auspol #
11:36 Do businesses bother to proof-read their flyers anymore? I mean: "Marrickiville Road, Marrickville" (along with"recieve" on the same page) #
11:08 @MegClement thank you! #
11:06 Ok, so how does one pronounce Bupa? #cricket #sheffieldshield #
10:55 #cricket The 2011-12 Sheffield Shiueld season (part 1) is about to kickoff at the Gabba between Qld and Victoria. - http://t.co/VPUmmTwe #
10:54 I can never quite decide whether the presenter of the French news on #SBS is impersonating Andrew Johns or Matthew Johns #
10:08 So what's with the bragging about Malcolm Conn's 1999 Walkley Award at the foot of this item: RT @telegraph_sport: http://t.co/Q60hkl29 #

22:42 I see Wayne Swan and Ken Henry missed out on the Nobel Prize for Economics. #auspol #
22:41 That I am looking forward to. RT @abcmarkscott: Next week #qanda in Darwin - a long-awaited event in the Territory. #
22:34 Goodness. I've amazed myself by watching a complete #qanda tonight! #
22:31 Within the limitations of being a party politician, I've been really impressed with Bill Shorten tonight. #qanda #
22:05 I like Richard Flanagan. #qanda #
21:56 So when will someone ask Julie Bishop how her plans for the leadership of the Liberal Party is going? #qanda #
21:39 They should screen #qanda in 3D whenever Death Stare Bishop is on. #
21:07 The Pakistan #cricket spotfixing trial continues in London. @nhoultcricket and @Cricketer_RDJ are tweeting from the courthouse. #
20:28 Twitter would be so boring without other people's predictive text. Mine is happily switched off. #
18:54 So who lost the password to the @blogactionday Twitter a/c? (Blog Action Day 2011 is next Sunday Oct 16. Topic: Food) http://t.co/ikhOCCw9 #
16:09 @NRLTweet A Manly v Leeds World Club Challenge would fill Brookvale Oval. No one else in Aus would care. #nrl #
16:06 The Canberra press gallery has an addiction to leadership destabilisation. Where were they all those years Doc Evatt was Opp Leader? #auspol #
16:02 Australia has snuck into the next round of the #Baseball World Cup after S.Korea bt Dominican Republic 5-4 (10 inn) this afternoon! #
15:58 I think Australia's remarkable form turnaround to make the 2nd round of the #Baseball World Cup *should* be bigger news than the Wallabies. #
14:37 Australia beat Germany 9-6 this morning in #Baseball World Cup. Details: http://t.co/RpgpTTm3 #
14:29 Great interview with Malcolm Fraser at @conversationedu. Lengthy and worth it. #auspol http://t.co/k6WSfeMd #
12:46 Golf fan arrested after tossing hot dog at Tiger Woods - ESPN http://t.co/UDwlG7OE #
12:21 I've never heard of Bupa, but good to see their three-year sponsorship of the Sheffield Shield. #cricket RT @CricketAus http://t.co/k7o23N8f #
06:27 I wonder when the Mumbai Indians will receive their prizemoney. #clt20 #cricket #