The short-form week of 21–27 Jun 2010
28 Jun 2010; last modified 13 Mar 2011
The week in review, 140 characters at a time. This week, 40 messages in 39 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 Sunday at 05:15pm
http://is.gd/cWQIQ login vs log in—@gcarothers
@gcarothers Language is what's spoken, like it or not. I can't find the original comic, so this
will have to do: http://bit.ly/cFrYFs—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 05:32pm
Tired of endless waiting for tea to steep? Eat it instead; embedded in Breakfast Circles
http://kfahlgren.com/photos/circles.jpg (for @liza)—@abdelazer
In a conversation that started on Monday at 07:07am
The Twitter API design requires that parameters are passed encoded in the URI even
for POST requests. Does that seem weird to anyone else?—@ndw
Monday at 11:13am
"This is an HTML email, please use HTML format to open it!" No.—@ndw
Monday at 12:24pm
Inconceivable! And I do know what that word means! http://bit.ly/clKyNb—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 12:25pm
Today I learnt about the expensing system and filed an expense report. Sigh.—@jpcs
@ndw Butting in, but that's a big 10-4.—@shelleypowers
In a conversation that started on Monday at 01:18pm
If someone happened to debug the #emacs XQuery mode so that it didn't get confused by XML comments, I'd be pleased as punch.—@ndw
Monday at 03:17pm
Happy solstice? No, I'm not happy at all about the days starting to get shorter again.
But thanks anyway.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 04:29am
just been sent an Open Office template. Having to find SSD space so I can install
Open Office, again. I don't do Office.—@psd
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 06:55am
Okay, quick poll: What do you call the small portable storage devices you plug directly
into your computer's port?—@anildash
Tuesday at 08:05am
Attempted to build DocBook V5.1b1. Build script doesn't like something about nesting
in assembly.rnc. Drat.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 08:10am
Oh good f'ing grief! How long indeed! RT @shelleypowers ...how long will the #W3C allow this absurdity to continue? http://bit.ly/9xtO1r—@ndw
@ndw @shelleypowers A new heuristic: a WG and chairs greet the editor they deserve or will tolerate.—@kendall
Tuesday at 08:12am
RT @abcoates RT @ianvisits This is brilliant - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Daleks http://j.mp/dcszSd—@ndw
Tuesday at 08:26am
Tuesday at 09:19am
RT @martin_probst Brilliant: John Cleese rants - Soccer vs Football http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sD_8prYOxo—@ndw
Tuesday at 09:25am
RT @ndw: RT @martin_probst Brilliant: John Cleese rants - Soccer vs Football http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sD_8prYOxo—@jirkakosek
Tuesday at 12:05pm
Activating wireless device in VMWare XP box because I will not install your 3rd party
crap on my laptop.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 12:40pm
After I terminate mobile service on my iPhone, will it still be a useful wifi gadget,
or will it be a brick, I wonder?—@ndw
@ndw should be useful as an iPod touch if you have a 3G. Don't know about the 1st gen—@JeanKaplansky
@ndw It'll be in essence an iPod Touch. My kid has a decommissioned iPhone he uses that
way.—@hunterhacker
@david_megginson Can you? That's an interesting idea. I'm expecting to replace it with an Android
phone in a couple of months.—@ndw
@ndw I have an iTouch and love it. My guess is "useful wifi gadget."—@TheRepoRat
Tuesday at 02:38pm
Tuesday at 03:05pm
Google voice now open to everyone (in the US). I hope this means an official API is
coming soon. http://bit.ly/dzPpwR—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 02:17am
Libertarianism: we need less government. Because the one thing toxic oil spill-causing
multinationals need is less oversight and regulation.—@tommorris
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 07:49am
My fav 'least common iPad complaint' from Billy Kimball in New Yorker: 'Time-travel
app does not automatically adjust for Julian calendar.'—@ndw
Wednesday at 08:57am
Playing 'whack-a-bug' with a colleague. Neither of us are enjoying the game.—@ndw
Wednesday at 09:22am
Dog is barking at the mailman and I'm all "Dog, why do you have to be so cliche'?"—@textfiles
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 01:57pm
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 03:22pm
Trying to decide if I should be flattered or frightened to see "static const uint64_t
evtDebugNormsProblem ..." in the source.—@ndw
Wednesday at 03:33pm
RT @MarkLogic: Invite: @hunterhacker & Forrester's @nyuhanna upcoming webcast: RDBMS Alternatives #NoSQL #XMLhttp://bit.ly/bCD22C—@ndw
Thursday at 01:42am
You link therefore I am—@psd
Thursday at 07:12am
RT @ndw: RT @MarkLogic: Invite: @hunterhacker & Forrester's @nyuhanna upcoming webcast: RDBMS Alternatives #NoSQL #XMLhttp://bit.ly/bCD22C—@StephenBuxton
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 09:32am
@codinghorror I have been using an android phone. Tell me more about why iTunes/iPhone combo is
a failure.—@timoreilly
@timoreilly "how about making iTunes just manage music?" (via @wilshipley) see this 'functions of itunes' link http://j.mp/cdyShx—@codinghorror
@timoreilly Does there have to be more to it than the total, unmitigated suck fest that is iTunes?—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 10:40am
Decent IRC client for OSX? was juggling LimeChat and Colloquy recently, former crashy,
other disconnecty. Others?—@danbri
@danbri I use Chatzilla but charitably it can barely be said to suck a bit less than the
others.—@robinberjon
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 11:42am
The #oreillymedia Sebastopol office has vastly superior coffee compared to the Cambridge office. The
stuff in Seb is rocket fuel.—@adamwitwer
@adamwitwer Order Rocket Fuel at A'Roma roasters over in Santa Rosa. Mmmm, mmmm, good.—@ndw
@ndw Only 10 mins away, says G Maps. I'll try it; thanks for the tip!—@adamwitwer
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 03:30pm
Increasingly clear the best ebook readers will combine a powerful web rendering engine
w/affordances fr long-form reading (TOC, nav, bkmrks)—@abdelazer
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 03:59pm
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 04:06pm
My next book will be a self-published eBook on *drum roll* HTML5! (Seriously, is anyone
surprised?) Hint: it will be...unique.—@shelleypowers
@shelleypowers Will it be e-published in HTML5? Or in PDF? Or in Flash?—@abcoates
@abcoates Hee...Flash...that was a good one—@shelleypowers
@abcoates I'm going to try a store front and sell it as DRM free ePub, and then DRM free versions
at B&N, Amazon, and other places—@shelleypowers
@shelleypowers Where can I pre-order?—@ndw
@ndw I'll holler as soon as it's ready for download -- finding it difficult to be disciplined
on writing when no editor with whip—@shelleypowers
In a conversation that started on Friday at 09:48am
there is an unwritten law that states that the code written on a Friday won't work—@gridinoc
In a conversation that started on Friday at 11:24am
Windows Live Writer doesn't like my AtomPub service document. Grumble. Anyone know
of a public server it does like?—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 03:15pm
Never say never. At long (long!) last, I've published my #marklogic AtomPub server code: http://github.com/marklogic/atompub-server—@ndw
@ndw whoooo! Thanks—@gcarothers
In a conversation that started on Friday at 09:54pm
Is OS 4 designed to make 3G iPhones so painfully slow that you beg for a hardware
upgrade?—@xmlgrrl
@xmlgrrl do you want the Steve Jobs one word answer to that? Could be worse. You could've
upgraded to the anti-lefty friendly model.—@JeanKaplansky