The short-form week of 10–16 Mar 2008

17 Mar 2008; last modified 13 Mar 2011

The week in review, 140 characters at a time. This week, 36 messages in 34 conversations.

This document was created automatically from my archive of my Twitter stream. Due to limitations in the Twitter API and occasional glitches in my archiving system, it may not be 100% complete.

Monday at 04:14pm

New deadly sins announced by Pope. Start now and collect the whole set!—@ndw

Tuesday at 02:36pm

Nowhere to sit when waiting @ Penn Station? FAIL—@ndw

Tuesday at 02:39pm

"0:10" delay has just become "STAND BY". Because of my tweet?—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 04:46pm

i really wish i could create untags- to filter tweets based on content. i never want to see another post with "lacy" and "zuckerburg".—@monkchips

@monkchips yeah, I've been thinking about filtering strategies too. Or unfollowing the most active :-)—@ndw

Tuesday at 04:54pm

MS assimilated Danger, Inc. The iPhone SDK doesn't seem really open. Awfully early days for truly open phones.—@ndw

Tuesday at 04:55pm

What to do, what to do? Besides resist urge for new phone.—@ndw

Wednesday at 07:45am

@libby it's "French New Wave Ye Ye JPunk Night" that caught my eye—@ndw

Wednesday at 07:52am

Great title, anyway—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 08:56am

discussing w/ @therealmaxf a metaphor for twitter participation as like the fluctuating groups at a virtual cocktail party—@amyvdh

@amyvdh it's sort of like a cocktail party, except that you can always hear all the participants that you know—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 09:10am

Some way to "tune out" the conversations "across the room" would be nice. Especially for the more loquacious of my fellow twits—@ndw

@ndw, you could rig a filter to skip twits that have only @-names you don't know—@danbri

@danbri yes, that was my first thought. But I don't necessarily want to do that all the time, that's how I "meet" new people.—@ndw

Wednesday at 03:40pm

I wonder if OS X will ever run under virtualization (e.g. under VMWare on Linux; guesses not)—@ndw

Wednesday at 03:40pm

There's always running the Windows versions of Lightroom and PS, in wine someday or under a VM. What an unhappy thought, though.—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 04:48pm

Welcome to the middle of my day. The kid is eating pizza and watching Ice Age... I'm reading Twitter. Productvity abounds.—@RussB

@RussB "I'm reading Twitter." and "Productivity abounds" Not mutually exclusive, then? :-)—@ndw

Wednesday at 05:03pm

Now that I've cracked the "import contacts into AddressBook problem", QuickSilver is that much more useful. Tres cool.—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 07:44pm

Isn't it amazing that you can have an address in Japan down to the block in 13 (wide) characters? 東京都渋谷区桜丘町２６−１—@robc2

@robc2 I think these 9 (well, 10) will get you within a good stones throw of my house 01007-9751—@ndw

Wednesday at 08:49pm

Actually, a little poking at usps.com with neighbors addresses suggests that *is* my house.—@ndw

Wednesday at 08:50pm

I wonder how the +4 is determined and if there's a map—@ndw

Wednesday at 08:51pm

Google doesn't understand the +4—@ndw

Wednesday at 08:55pm

Very cool: http://acg.media.mit.edu/people/fry/zipdecode/—@ndw

Wednesday at 08:59pm

On the subject of very cool, xkcd #395 gets kudos too—@ndw

Thursday at 02:12pm

taking a chainsaw to the XProc spec.—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Friday at 10:02am

fucking bush: http://tinyurl.com/2wp7ps—@dcm

@dcm Worst. President. Ever. And that's saying something, if you look at the historical record.—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Friday at 12:44pm

2.718281828459045235360287471352662497757247093699959574966967627724076630353547594571382178525166427427466391932003059921817413596629043572—@timbray

@timbray What the e?—@ndw

Friday at 01:47pm

Votin' for Paula's Texas Orange http://tinyurl.com/yteu7x—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Friday at 02:46pm

haz a 40D and is very happy!—@kellbailey

@kellbailey in low light hell at a conference—@twleung

@twleung - you need a D3 ... you *must have* a D3 ...—@timbray

@timbray I see LR 1.4 is out, maybe you'll get raw for your new cam?—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Friday at 03:44pm

feeling silly. And inspired by @ldodds—@ndw

@ndw: going to be at XTech? maybe we can have a beer...—@ldodds

@ldodds alas, no. But I'll be in Bristol later in May for a TAG f2f—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Friday at 03:49pm

"local" for me anyway :)—@ldodds

@ldodds sounds like a plan. I'll know more details in a week or two, I hope.—@ndw

Friday at 03:56pm

Installing mysql under Solaris 10: FAIL. Oh, the irony.—@ndw

Friday at 03:57pm

calling it a day. And a week. And other things too strong for your delicate ears.—@ndw

Friday at 04:01pm

wondering what Tamrac has in the way of warranty; clip broke on my bag of only a few months—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Friday at 04:36pm

wondering what the shit is up with @cote. will he ever gain some credibility in this space? dude is seriously lacking in authority.—@chinposin

@chinposin warm water poured over his tongue, quickly before he rips it free—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Saturday at 11:47am

breakfast at the Driftwood: corned beef hash and two eggs - yummy—@afalk

@afalk sounds yummy. I'm looking forward to corned beef and cabbage for dinner tonight—@ndw

Saturday at 11:50am

wondering how easy it is to setup a collation sequence that will put all the symbols and numbers together—@ndw

Sunday at 09:26am

Google Adsense + Firefox beta 3 = FAIL (can't login due some borked redirection nonsense)—@ndw