The short-form week of 7–13 Sep 2009
14 Sep 2009; last modified 13 Mar 2011
The week in review, 140 characters at a time. This week, 67 messages in 60 conversations. (With 3 favorites.)
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 Monday at 03:38pm
In a conversation that started on Monday at 04:20pm
RT @jonpither dealing with XML in java is like making drunken sexual advances towards a cheese
grater—@migueldemelo
@migueldemelo There was a time when I really wanted to fix that. Alas, they wouldn't let me.—@ndw
@ndw @migueldemelo Pity, Norm. That's why I'm using Scala now, it seems a bit like Java with built-in
XML support might have been.—@abcoates
In a conversation that started on Monday at 04:33pm
RT @migueldemelo: RT @jonpither dealing with XML in java is like making drunken sexual advances towards a cheese
grater—@ndw
@ndw though, really, doing ANYTHING substantive in Java is like that if you ask me—@TheRepoRat
@TheRepoRat well, I wouldn't go that far myself, but I hear ya.—@ndw
@ndw *DIES LAUGHING AND IS DED*—@TheRepoRat
Monday at 05:03pm
dealing with XML in java is like making drunken sexual advances towards a cheese grater
( via @ndw @migueldemelo @jonpither )—@peteaven
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 05:08am
Just looking at USD-GBP rates. Can't wait for $2=£1 rate again.—@tommorris
@tommorris It's the prospect of $10=£1 that scares the crap out of me. Maybe I should invest
in GBP while I'm at #xmlsummerschool.—@ndw
Tuesday at 07:16am
Tuesday at 07:17am
On the other hand, maybe it's a good ploy to make me buy a license. Not being nauseated
by my Twitter client would be a good thing.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 09:27am
Document validates to my schema in #oxygen but fails on #xproc p:validate-with-xml-schema & #calumet. No validation report. Hmm, what to do?—@philipfennell
@philipfennell File an @xmlcalabash bug that some sort of report should be generated. And if you want, send me the schema
and test case.—@ndw
@ndw It's a #calumet problem. I haven't got Saxon SA so can't test validate-with-xml-schema on #calabash. Can I send examples to you anyway?—@philipfennell
@philipfennell Sure, I'd be happy to test them locally for you. But perhaps not for a day or two.
#xmlsummerschool slides *overdue*—@ndw
@ndw It's such a shame I can't go to the #xmlsummerschool this year. Doubly so as I live in Oxfordshire. It looks like an excellent line-up.—@philipfennell
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 10:37am
I reckon the bottleneck is that it's spawning a JVM for each file.—@tommorris
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 04:03pm
Wheels down SFO.—@ronhitchens
@ronhitchens Welcome home, Ron!—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 04:09pm
Hotel reservations made for Atlanta this weekend so we can go to the aquarium with
@movie_pundit!—@kplawver
Tuesday at 08:20pm
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 08:20pm
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 12:41am
Wednesday at 08:09am
And you think *you're* cynical: http://www.threadless.com//product/2009/zoom.gif—@ndw
Wednesday at 08:19am
And you think *you're* cynical: http://www.threadless.com//product/2009/zoom.gif (via @ndw, who deserves a hug for the laugh)—@olivierthereaux
Wednesday at 01:07pm
Wednesday at 01:38pm
Have I said recently how iTunes is the suck? WTF is up with non-ASCII characters in
artist names? If id3v2 can get it right...—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 01:59pm
Hey, there's a new iTunes today. I wonder if it sucks less. I bet not. Just differently,
perhaps.—@ndw
Wednesday at 02:33pm
I'm just gonna go ahead and assume that any family values candidate is humping something
he shouldn't be.—@CcSteff
Wednesday at 04:05pm
Alas, iTunes 9 can't see the media server any better than 8. But it can from Deb's
Windows box. Maybe Snow Leopard will fix that. Feh.—@ndw
Wednesday at 04:10pm
Hmm. IM down again at dreamhost.com? /me rolls eyes. Gonna buy that beefy server to
host from home again real soon now.—@ndw
Thursday at 05:52am
Minus several 1000 pts to the guy who introduces Masterpiece Mystery for a significant
plot spoiler!—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 06:18am
New hard drive arrives today. Open up laptop, upgrade HD, install Snow Leopard...or
wait until after #XMLSummerSchool?—@ndw
@asbjornu I have the 17" MacBookPro (the previous generation, not the unibody). Upgrading to
http://bit.ly/ArgCf—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 07:31am
Despite looking at the search results, I can't work out what the tag "#fb" is supposed to represent.—@ndw
@ndw it's for changing Facebook's status with that text (I think that it's part of an
FB app for twitter integration)—@ruidlopes
@ndw FaceBook. It's used mostly by "selective twitter", which copies all tweets so tagged
into FB status updates.—@gdaniels
@ndw I think #fb is for some script that sees what you tweet and only copies messages thusly tagged
to your Facebook account.—@robinberjon
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 07:31am
Thursday at 07:34am
Careless me. Close firefox, click on a link in a prefpane, firefox re-opens, all tabs
lost...—@ndw
Thursday at 07:57am
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 09:35am
VirtualBox on Snow Leopard appears to actually be broken - my Ubuntu VM has suddenly
aborted. #fail #snowleopard—@frumioj
@frumioj Bleh. That puts the brakes on Snow Leopard upgrade. Please let us (me! :-) know if
you find a resolution. #snowleopard #virtualbox—@ndw
Thursday at 09:54am
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 09:59am
Thursday at 11:24am
♺@xproc New editor's draft, with update diffs from the CR draft: http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/docs/langspec.html—@ndw
Thursday at 11:28am
We have resolutions for all the current XProc issues. We're done, except for the coverage
and the testing.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 12:54pm
Does an .ics file capture everything iCal knows? I have a repeating appt that stops
repeating in iCal, but I see nothing to stop it in .ics—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 02:23pm
Oh, Spotlight, you useless bag of bits, please stop trying to index volumes I attach.
Just. Go. The. Fsck. Away.—@ndw
Thursday at 04:08pm
Arrived: 1 500Gb drive, 1 enclosure, and 1 toolkit of Torx screwdrivers and the like.
Must. Not. Hack. http://twitpic.com/h8dnq—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 12:49am
Hard to fathom US Republicans. Against health care when they must have friends/fam
without it? It's so crucial; why continue these myths?—@annbass
Friday at 07:16am
Inbox 380! No, wait, that's not the goal, is it?—@ndw
Friday at 07:36am
I want to be able to grab my current AddressBook w/o remebering to export it. But
I'm not in the mood to parse an SQLite3 dump this morning.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 09:17am
Wondering how to get from Oxford to Norwich if the Liverpool Street-Norwich trains
go on strike.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 09:48am
How do real web devs deal with pages that look "funky" before the CSS loads? Can I
force CSS to load first?—@ndw
Friday at 10:16am
Friday at 12:05pm
Want to grasp CSS z-index property? No problem: http://www.flickr.com/photos/exey/3142529240/in/photostream/—@jirkakosek
Friday at 01:09pm
Friday at 01:14pm
JotNot+Evernote, that's got potential. http://tinyurl.com/nsfavc—@ndw
Friday at 01:21pm
In a conversation that started on Friday at 01:39pm
Web Clue FAIL! "You are also prohibited from linking the Site to another website in
any way whatsoever": http://bit.ly/IAvNS (via @hadashi)—@dhmspector
@dhmspector The great big ball of #flash is pretty much #fail too. I'm thankful for #flashblock every single day.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 03:22pm
HTML is a silly language where <script src="myfile.js"/> is not valid but <script
src="myfile.js"> </script> is !—@AlainCouthures
@AlainCouthures Yes. It'd be so straightforward if we could move towards a future where it was well-formed
XML.—@ndw
Friday at 04:10pm
When I open an .ics file, I wish iCal would ask me which calendar I want to add it
to, rather than just jamming it in the first.—@ndw
Friday at 06:18pm
wondering what I don't know I don't know about building my own server. Think I've
picked the right components.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 11:23am
Parting shot. http://twitpic.com/hgbl0—@ndw
Saturday at 03:48pm
Chores all f'ing day, but that means they're all done. Install new HD tomorrow? Prolly.
Disengaging brain now. Drink. I want a drink.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 03:49pm
The problem with being in the mood to play a computer game about once every six months
is that I never have any.—@ndw
Saturday at 04:31pm
Bourbon. Yes. That's what I wanted. Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 04:31pm
RT @ndw The problem w/being in the mood to play a computer game about once every 6 months
is that I never have any (trying iPhone instead)—@abdelazer
@abdelazer Yes, I have a few on my phone (+ there's always Tetris, @jirkakosek) but I had something...bigger in mind. Hacking XProc instead.—@ndw
Sunday at 02:23am
Sunday at 08:11am
Kudos to newegg.com for providing reasonable URIs for all their components. No stupid
session crap, no 480 character query strings. FTW.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 04:00pm
Things I learned today: Snow Leopard disk won't boot if laptop HD isn't formatted.
SL won't install on a blank, formatted HD. Upgrade only.—@ndw
Sunday at 04:01pm
Fair enough, I guess, since it's the thirty-something dollar upgrade DVD. Still an
extra special PITA though.—@ndw
Sunday at 05:26pm
Doing the MacPorts update/upgrade dance for Snow Leopard—@ndw