The short-form week of 28 Jun–4 Jul 2010
05 Jul 2010; last modified 13 Mar 2011
The week in review, 140 characters at a time. This week, 34 messages in 31 conversations. (With 2 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 06:48pm
Can I turn off my foocamp Twitter filter yet?—@dajobe
In a conversation that started on Monday at 03:44pm
There's something obscene about having to spend $250.00 for ten ISBN numbers. The
evilness of centralized data control.—@shelleypowers
@shelleypowers Still easier than having to convince the WHAT WG that you really do need a way of
representing that data...—@tommorris
@tommorris Hee, there is that—@shelleypowers
Monday at 05:10pm
Rain, rain, go away, I'm trying to sit outside enjoying the new deck.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 05:25pm
Obstinately wrestling with a hunk of dbpedia. Progress is slow, but I think that's
because there's a lot of data. Or I'm doing it wrong.—@ndw
@ndw what are you trying to do with #DBpedia? Query it? Use it as a lookup for #linkeddata in your #dataspace etc?—@kidehen
Monday at 06:56pm
Monday at 08:01pm
I continue to make progress on DocBook V5.1b1. Trying to get a tiny sliver of documentation
ready for the launch.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 01:28am
I particularly recommend a "View Source" on http://www.google.cn/—@timbray
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 08:29am
I think iscss3partofhtml5.com could make its point much more persuasively if it used
a HTML 3.2 doctype. ;-)—@tommorris
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 09:49am
Chuckling at spam subject: MAJOR PROTEST OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AND BIKINI MODELS
TOMORROW...—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 11:44am
iTunes is encouraging me to install iOS4 onto my 3G. I think the answer I'm looking
for is, "No".—@ndw
@ndw Re: iOS4, last time iTunes asked to update my iPod, it turned into a brick (that
Apple support couldn't fix). my last Apple upgrade—@richardhamilton
Tuesday at 12:48pm
Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll call a meeting."
Now they have two problems.—@edsu
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 01:39pm
It's been too long since I had a McNugget. Do they taste like Silly Putty? http://bit.ly/9HiPE1—@simonstl
@simonstl "It's been too long since I had a McNugget." That sentence is false for all values
of "too long".—@ndw
@simonstl Anthony Bourdain's perspective on McNuggets compared to other foods is pretty classic
http://bit.ly/atP4A3—@bobdc
Tuesday at 01:53pm
I'm thinking "eat a McNugget or starve to death" "eat a McNugget or starve to death"
right at moment, starving is winning out @ndw @simonstl—@shelleypowers
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 04:08pm
Words With Friends for Free is certainly persistent enough with those ads to make
me consider forking over a few bucks.—@ndw
@ndw yep. I did the same thing. I think I've gotten my $$'s worth from it, though.—@TheRepoRat
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 12:02pm
Until you install a fence, you don't know how often bears wander through your backyard.
Or how strong a fence you need.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 12:55pm
Is BP burning turtles alive? http://bit.ly/cq8Dt3—@shelleypowers
@shelleypowers I had to stop reading so as not to become physically ill.—@ndw
@ndw Yeah, I hear you. I'm exhausted with being angry and heartbroken about the Gulf—@shelleypowers
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 03:53pm
Point is that people are irrationally afraid of nuclear waste yet fission takes energy
out of the material—@iand
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 05:53pm
TX never liked science... RT @thinkgeek: Erlenmeyer flask = "controlled glassware" in TX. Must get permit & go in DB. http://j.mp/9T2bOk—@ashooner
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 07:27pm
@eliasisrael I hope that Norman Walsh guy making shoes in England never becomes as famous as the
other Elias Israel :-)—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 08:05pm
New TeX using XML? Huh? Sounds awful.—@kendall
@kendall if only to outsource parsers and encoding baloney, XML is a great choice for a new
TEX.—@grechaw
@grechaw The new TEX was a joke.—@gcarothers
@gcarothers fortunately point still valid.—@grechaw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 08:13pm
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 01:37am
Because I forgot my headphones I get to enjoy other people's music today.—@ldodds
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 11:51am
We'll be at Hula Hut quaffing AustinTinis starting at 4, rain or shine! Come on over
and say Hi.—@PaulasTXSpirits
@PaulasTXSpirits What, pray tell, is in an AustinTini? And where's my transporter so I can get to
the Hula Hut by 4p?—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 01:57pm
Next time I fix a bug and fail to include the bug number in the commit message, hit
me.—@ndw
@ndw My pleasure (thwack!)—@SheltieJim
@SheltieJim Next time, Jim! Next time!—@ndw
Thursday at 02:00pm
@ndw git commit --amend :)—@gabrielsaldana
Thursday at 02:05pm
@ndw for first issue, use can use git-cvs commands. For second... no idea :)—@gabrielsaldana
Thursday at 03:46pm
Still pleased with my epub reader but must get @liza's JavaScript-enhanced book working. http://tinyurl.com/33lb5p8—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 06:17pm
In a conversation that started on Friday at 09:45am
Dear Adobe, I don't mind if you check for updates when I start apps, but I didn't
ask you to run a stupid f'ing "Updater" in my menu bar.—@ndw