The short-form week of 9–15 Jun 2008
16 Jun 2008; last modified 13 Mar 2011
The week in review, 140 characters at a time. This week, 42 messages in 35 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 07:35am
Only 8:30a and already my office is a little sweltery.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 07:49am
84F at 7:30am in Boston. Remind me: Why do we look forward to summer?—@dweinberger
@dweinberger because 84F at 7:30a is better than -14F at 7:30a :-)—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 08:43am
At some point my cable co. traded in 2, 3, and 4Mb service for 5 or 10Mb service.
W00t! Gimme them bits, baby!—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 10:22am
Picture of the new Apple device! http://s3.media.macrumorslive.com/p/f1213024818.jpg—@gbevin
In a conversation that started on Monday at 01:55pm
No info about 3G plans in the US?—@ebruchez
Monday at 02:49pm
Ok. Uncle. Count me in for the iPhone 3G—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 02:52pm
"Proximity sensor"?—@ndw
Monday at 03:11pm
Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick.... the sound of an imperfectly balanced ceiling
fan—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 03:57pm
Very VERY sad about no ichat cam.—@stephenhartley
@stephenhartley ditto. ALMOST not worth the upgrade. Almost. :)—@bmanley
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 06:08am
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 07:20am
Poll: if you watch it, what TV do you "watch" (background, foreground, etc.) in the
morning and thru the day as you're working?—@cote
Tuesday at 09:56am
Any word on using the iPhone 3G as a laptop modem?—@ndw
Tuesday at 10:23am
Departing BDL bound for CLT then on to SFO. US Airlines willing.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 10:27am
Looks like the answer to the laptop modem question is "no". Ok, what's the state of
the art in Mac OS X cards for this purpose?—@ndw
@ndw, you can use the iPhone as a modem, but it needs 3rd party apps. http://tinyurl.com/2jgy5q—@briansuda
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 01:48pm
CLT wifi is free, FTW! CLT wifi is also remarkably flaky. FAIL.—@ndw
Tuesday at 02:03pm
How many hours does a layover have to be in order to make a club day pass justifiable?—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 02:11pm
I just committed revision 10000 in Hudson—@kohsukekawa
@kohsukekawa Congrats!—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 02:41pm
We need to wait September for real (i.e. "working in the background") IM apps on
the iPhone since push support will ship only then. Bad.—@ebruchez
Tuesday at 03:22pm
New XProc editor's draft published: PSVI support documented; p:filter added; changes
to p:hash/p:count/p:library—@ndw
Tuesday at 04:55pm
Growl version history says it can log, but Growl preferences don't seem to have a
logging option. /me confused.—@ndw
Tuesday at 04:58pm
Flight delayed: "maintenance is still on the plane"—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 05:19pm
USAir FAIL. Your plane is going out of service, we're going to get you a new one.
Uh huh. Now waiting for the other shoe to drop.—@ndw
Wednesday at 01:11am
Arrived SFO. On BART bound for Powell—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 05:54am
Peter George Dumbill born 10.46 this morning. Everybody well and happy.—@edd
Wednesday at 01:33pm
Wednesday at 03:43pm
Wednesday at 07:53pm
Kurt Cagle: "XML is the Tao of programming. Imperative programming says 'Go'; XML
says 'Be'."—@ndw
Thursday at 11:25am
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 01:02pm
LOL over Telly Stroumbis' doctoring of the slide template! I need a copy. #mluc08—@ramblingman
Friday at 11:48am
Saturday at 09:27pm
Saturday at 11:23pm
REM concert on random hotel TV station. When did Stipe start fronting again, or is
this old?—@ndw
Sunday at 01:02pm
Arrived MDW, BDL bound—@ndw
Sunday at 02:41pm
I deplore open seating, but Southwest does provide comfortable power in the terminal—@ndw
Sunday at 02:44pm
Departing MDW—@ndw