The short-form week of 27 Apr–3 May 2009
04 May 2009; last modified 13 Mar 2011
The week in review, 140 characters at a time. This week, 64 messages in 54 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 Sunday at 04:02am
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 12:59pm
how many toothbrushes left behind? how many room keys taken home?—@danja
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 04:33pm
Another perfect day. First ride of the season: 14ish miles. Parts of me will be sore
tomorrow. Reward: steak on the barbi—@ndw
Monday at 06:39am
Improving the statistical graphics on recovery.gov: http://changegovdesign.blogspot.com/—@ndw
Monday at 07:22am
Mailed camera out for cleaning, expect aliens to land in back yard this afternoon.—@ndw
Monday at 09:26am
Monday at 09:26am
In a conversation that started on Monday at 09:36am
Uploaded new XProc test results for Calumet: http://tr.im/jOLv—@vojtechtoman
@vojtechtoman Ha! You best me by three. Clearly I'll have to do some programming this evening :-)—@ndw
@ndw ...I had to add a couple of new tests to get that percentage. That always helps :-)—@vojtechtoman
@vojtechtoman Oh, cool. Maybe I already pass those :-)—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 09:55am
Ok, why does US immigration form G-325A, Biographical Information start with 4 identical
pages? Do they just hate trees?—@ndw
@ndw They're preparing for the future, when you'll need to register your clones too.
Aren't you already in the US?—@shanecurcuru
@shanecurcuru My mom's English and is planning to return. I'm printing the forms becuase...no,
nevermind.—@ndw
@ndw Have fun. I got stuck when they ask you where you're planning to stay, but tell you
not to make any plans till your visa is approved—@michaelhkay
@michaelhkay Heh. I suppose my mom can safely claim she'll stay at our place even without the
visa in place.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 10:59am
just heard that 5 members of US Congress arrested outside Sudan Embassy http://tinyurl.com/ctgho9—@christo4ferris
@christo4ferris That post is dated 29 Apr 2006...—@ndw
Monday at 11:20am
In a conversation that started on Monday at 12:21pm
Glad of @pragdave & @KathySierra's tweets on new MacBook strategies. Clean or copy? I'm scared of copying, but clean
start is so much work.—@edd
Monday at 03:32pm
It must be warm, my laptop is becomming too warm. Time to get the little desk fan
out.—@ndw
Monday at 03:45pm
Monday at 03:48pm
@vojtechtoman I spoke too soon. I swear I saw 406, but it's 405. Tied for first!—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 04:03pm
UK - Police to eavesdrop on all internet use: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8020039.stm—@webmink
Monday at 06:27pm
Hmm. Finding a way to pass tests/required/rename-003 just keeps getting harder. #xproc #xmlcalabash—@ndw
Monday at 09:00pm
Inspiration arrives. Rip out crap code. Implement fix. Pass 407/412 tests, including
rename-003 FTW! #xproc #xmlcalabash—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 09:04pm
@ndw sounds like it's Miller Time.—@sideshowbarker
@sideshowbarker Bed time, certainly. With a Clipper City Brewery "Loose Cannon (Hop^3 Ale)", as it
happens.—@ndw
Tuesday at 06:22am
Tuesday at 06:58am
Now passing 407/412 tests. Next up: use Jing instead of MSV for RELAX NG validation.
#xproc #xmlcalabash—@ndw
Tuesday at 08:40am
Where the frick are my car keys?—@ndw
Tuesday at 08:44am
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 08:49am
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 09:12am
‚ô∫@xmlcalabash WHOO HOOO! I assert that XML Calabash passes 100% of the XProc test suite!!!—@ndw
@cutlass Could you start by reviewing optional/err-c0033-002.xml, which I don't think is valid
(http://bit.ly/AZg3RR)—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 12:26pm
Turning on the wifi router impacts network perf. of wired machines. Bandwidth thieves
(cracked WPA2?) or something else?—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 01:24pm
Tuesday at 03:14pm
Found my keys in my bike bag. That was not the first place I looked. Not by a long
shot.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 07:15pm
RT @rampent: So if asteroid Apophis, swine flu or the recession don't get you, the Sun when it
engulfs the Earth will! (via @twazzup)—@ramblingman
@ramblingman On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 07:26pm
like looking for needles in haystacks? multi-tasking? believe in Standards? xmlgeek?
customer-focused? detail-oriented? possible opp.—@fiberartisan
@fiberartisan Finding a needle in a haystack is easy. Finding a particular needle in a needlestack,
much harder.—@ndw
@ndw @filberartisan Finding hay in a haystack is easy. Finding a needle in a haystack is hard, unless
your haystack is made of needles.—@abcoates
Wednesday at 09:52am
It sounds like Google Voice might give me back the features I miss from Vonage (which
was unreliable on my network)—@ndw
Wednesday at 11:37am
Caution be damned. Letting update-manager upgrade gutsy to jaunty. Maybe the acpi_notify
bug will go away?—@ndw
Wednesday at 11:38am
Well, to intrepid, I guess. Over VNC this is probably a bad idea either way.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 12:05pm
Wednesday at 03:20pm
Hey! Update-manager upgrade gutsy to intrepid went without a hitch and the acpi_notify
bug seems to be gone. FTW!—@ndw
Wednesday at 05:59pm
‚ô∫@xmlcalabash Whee! XML Calabash has a semi-working NVDL step.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 08:42pm
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 03:26am
Failing to grok XProc parameters—@al3xbrown
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 09:54am
just released BETA of my xprocxq XProc processor written in XQuery http://code.google.com/p/xprocxq/—@cutlass
Thursday at 10:39am
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 04:05pm
@ndw New to Mark Logic but more XML technologist than "architect". Which half-day tutorial
should I attend? http://bit.ly/14yyDc—@evanlenz
Thursday at 05:33pm
So, noise cancelling headphones. Should I go for the Bose, or are the more affordable
choices just as good?—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 05:47pm
Holy shit! Huge tractor trailer lodged himself under bridge on Memorial Drive. Doesn't
he know he doesn't fit?—@zephoria
Thursday at 06:11pm
New weblog post: http://norman.walsh.name/2009/04/30/126issues—@ndw
Thursday at 06:22pm
Random connection of the day http://bit.ly/uHn40 and http://bit.ly/rk6aH I think I got some 'splainin to do—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 08:56pm
Is anyone using a customized #DocBook 5.0 DTD? The lack of response to my question at http://is.gd/vK6D has me wondering.—@bobdc
In a conversation that started on Friday at 03:54am
Turns out people still carry laptops with parallel ports on the back! Who knew?—@edd
@edd My last ThinkPad had a parallel port but no serial port. I haven't seen a parallel
printer in ages, but I still have a serial GPS cable—@ndw
@ndw What's Levono thinking? Parallel port is a huge waste of weight and space. Provide
a USB parallel adapter if needed.—@david_megginson
@david_megginson My last Thinkpad was pre-Lenovo. Don't know what the modern ones have.—@ndw
Friday at 06:10am
DavMail is the bomb! Proxy for iCal and SMTP to Exchange. (And LDAP, but I don't have
that working yet)—@ndw
Friday at 01:22pm
Friday at 03:37pm
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 01:15pm
The Arctic Breeze USB-powered desk fan is very nice.—@ndw
Saturday at 02:04pm
Sunday at 10:47am
One of our "squirrel-proof" bird feeders is not chipmunk proof.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 02:14pm
Had a nightmare: Apple had released an "iPhone Pro", which looked like a clunky typewriter.—@ebruchez