The short-form week of 12–18 Jan 2009

19 Jan 2009; last modified 13 Mar 2011

The week in review, 140 characters at a time. This week, 21 messages in 17 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.

In a conversation that started on Friday at 08:07pm

#boarding SFO—@cyberspice

@cyberspice Do you know that @jassand is also at San Francisco International, CA? http://twurl.nl/rtk0gu—@boardingproject

@boarding #boarding ORD Half(ish) way home.—@ndw

@boarding I'm not in IAD anymore. I'm just saying.—@ndw

Monday at 10:57am

I leave for SFO this morning, so everything is going wrong. Naturally.—@ndw

Monday at 01:51pm

Boarding BDL to IAD—@ndw

Monday at 03:20pm

#boarding IAD—@ndw

Monday at 03:24pm

All by my lonesome until I board for SFO, I guess. Not long anyhow.—@ndw

Monday at 03:32pm

D30 to C11. Nice walk.—@ndw

Monday at 03:42pm

Twelfth on the waitlist for 1 seat remaining. C'est la vie.—@ndw

Monday at 10:25pm

Arrived SFO—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Monday at 10:47pm

The plates of the baggage claim go round and round. The plates of the baggage claim go round and round...—@ndw

@ndw you *checked* baggage?—@andrewsavikas

@andrewsavikas Yeah. I often check even when I don't abs have to. One less thing to schlep, one less hassle at sec & it usually arrives.—@ndw

Friday at 12:33am

Three days of company meeting. Totally knackered. Executive summary: I work for the best XML company on the planet.—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Friday at 12:50am

GPS cable still back ordered. No geotagging on my SF pics, I guess.—@ndw

@ndw Still using ATT LaptopConnect on OS X? Have you tried connecting to a ATT wifi hotspot? There a secret?—@bmanley

@bmanley With the USB widget, the drivers are part of the OS, so no ATT LaptopConnect install. Haven't tried ATT wifi, haven't seen any.—@ndw

Friday at 01:00am

If I ignore the fact that I have to get up at 4a for my flight tomorrow, will that make it go away? Yes, I suppose so.—@ndw

Friday at 01:19am

All the lines of code look good, even the one's with bugs. And vice-versa.—@ndw

Friday at 01:19am

Abandoning silly, masochistic attempt to work through exhaustion. Zzz. See y'all at 4:00a PST.—@ndw

Friday at 02:35pm

UA 896=aircraft out of service. Next flight=last flight=standby only. I can haz new plane? Today plz k thx.—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Friday at 04:17pm

New scheduled departure 15:46. I can goz home today! And upgraded to boot!—@ndw

@ndw Aha, the upgrade is how you deal with using a 17" laptop in the plane ;)—@ebruchez

@ebruchez Yeah, it definitely helps. But I used a whole battery in coach between SFO and ORD.—@ndw

Saturday at 12:24pm

Just when I thought I might give Facebook another try, I hear that they're using an unsafe MD5 SSL cert. Nope, privacy issues not fixed yet.—@ndw