The short-form week of 25–31 Oct 2010
01 Nov 2010; last modified 13 Mar 2011
The week in review, 140 characters at a time. This week, 53 messages in 48 conversations. (With 7 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 05:46pm
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 05:55pm
does anyone have example code on how to setup multiple email accounts on #emacs #gnus? one POP one IMAP—@gabrielsaldana
@gabrielsaldana Not recently, but gnus-secondary-... worked for me last time. I use fetchmail these
days. Ask on the ding list?—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 06:06pm
I'm 42 this year… I'm hoping that's the age I learn the Ultimate Question for the
Ultimate Answer of Life, The Universe, and Everything—@shepazu
Monday at 09:52am
I wonder why the output of cron jobs aren't appearing in my mail. Grumble.—@ndw
Monday at 09:57am
RT @simonstl "Imagine an election in a 3rd World nation where a few millionaires and billionaires
spent massive sums" http://wapo.st/baTOzg—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 10:07am
Microsoft auto-update for Office 2008 wants me to quit Firefox? WTF?—@ndw
@ndw It wants to install a plug in by default. As always, MS knows what you want more
than you do.—@davidpriest_ca
@davidpriest_ca For some bizzaro-world definitions of "know" and "want", I suppose.—@ndw
@ndw Those are the only ones they know.—@davidpriest_ca
Monday at 01:15pm
Simon's tweets routinely scare the crap out of me. RT @simonstl Scary New Wage Data: http://bit.ly/a0lbty—@ndw
Monday at 01:23pm
RT @zeldman Bizarre and definitely worth seeing. A cell phone in a 1928 movie? - Roger Ebert's
Journal http://bit.ly/atQt1L—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 09:27pm
Any advice for books to learn Javascript/mucking with the DOM? The only programming
language I know is XSL...—@dauwhe
Tuesday at 02:45pm
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 07:36pm
Oh! The new Sherlock Holmes adaptation is excellent.—@ndw
@ndw Agreed. The new BBC Sherlock is actually amazing. Good writing as well as good acting!
Great stuff.—@jillmwo
@sgmlguru The latest BBC production, now airing on "Masterpiece Mystery" on PBS in the US.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t4pgh—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 04:04am
Wednesday at 07:53am
Last time I let Apple update Java, I regretted it. And now I've just done it again.
D'oh! Better luck this time?—@ndw
Wednesday at 08:02am
Well, of course. Because /foo[1 to 500] is not the same as (/foo)[1 to 500]. Dang
it, what a mess.—@ndw
Wednesday at 09:23am
How to make your CPU work for its living: don't update from the trunk for a couple
of weeks then run "make -j3".—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 09:50am
Samsung Galaxy Tab in T-Mobile stores 11/10 for $399.99 http://ow.ly/30fTl *After $50 MIR+tax/fees. New 2-yr agmt on qual’g plan req’d.—@TMobile
@TMobile Can I put the device on my existing plan, or do you really expect me to buy another
entire plan for it?—@ndw
@ndw More details and specs coming soon, until then join in the speculation on the T-Mobile
Community http://cot.ag/4QL6yp ^CG—@TMobile
Wednesday at 11:34am
@dailyshoot Reaching until the first hard frost #ds346http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndw/5120484343—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 09:47pm
@stefanomaz but what do we move on to? Python is great... But I don't know. So much software
is in Java.—@gcarothers
@gcarothers Exactly. Suppose I decided to rewrite, for arguments sake, XML Calabash, in something
other than Java. I'd choose...what?—@ndw
@ndw Clojure?—@ronhitchens
@ronhitchens Doesn't that run on the JVM, so doesn't it have just the same problems?—@ndw
@ndw I wasn't following the thread. Sorry for the drive-by tweet.—@ronhitchens
Wednesday at 10:15pm
It would be nice if everyone for whom Evolution was "just a theory" would feel the
same about the "Theory of Gravity" and jump off a cliff.—@merlyn
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 09:07am
uh-oh RT @eurocontrol: #Frenchstrike extended [...] to 6 Nov 08:00 CET. More info by flight region at http://ow.ly/30QPP—@roessler
@roessler Any idea what practical impact is likely to be flying out of Lyon morning of 6 Nov?
Hard to get good information here. Tnx.—@noahmendelsohn
@noahmendelsohn I don't have the faintest idea. (planning on early flight to MUC that day.)—@roessler
@roessler Maybe we cab ride to the airport together (or walk)—@noahmendelsohn
.@noahmendelsohn Speaking of ride-shares to #W3C #TPAC. Anyone else arriving around 2p on Monday?—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 09:57am
approaching the point of just paying someone to getting past 3-5 in angry birds—@coreyleong
@coreyleong Heh. I've had levels like that, though I don't recall 3-5 off the top of my head.—@ndw
Thursday at 10:00am
Thursday at 10:08am
You know who else disagrees strongly with the separation of Church and State? The
Taliban. http://bit.ly/bkNVNU—@petdance
Thursday at 11:01am
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 03:04pm
Thursday at 06:20pm
Implemented Flickr API in XQuery. I'll publish it on github shortly.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 08:30pm
Want to be scared this Halloween? @KeithOlbermann lists and fisks every tea party candidate http://bit.ly/akSzOo - I screamed—@shelleypowers
In a conversation that started on Friday at 10:05am
Kind of dead in the water on the MacBook AIR as Spotlight indexes and iCal syncs.
Di they actually test all this?—@cote
Friday at 10:22am
Published XQuery API to Flickr; http://github.com/ndw/XQuery-Flickr—@ndw
Friday at 10:58am
Friday at 02:12pm
I don't often get all partisan/sincere on you, HIVE MIND, but these facts surprised
even me. http://bit.ly/aDkD5h—@hodgman
Friday at 03:25pm
Maybe print is dead, but at least when you finish reading a book, there isn't a string
of obnoxious comments waiting on the last page.—@hopelarson
In a conversation that started on Friday at 03:33pm
@noahmendelsohn Thanks ever so much for the feedback. Really useful.—@JeniT
Friday at 03:53pm
RT @gcarothers RT @hodgman: I don't often get all partisan on you, HIVE MIND, but these facts surprised even
me. http://bit.ly/aDkD5h—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 04:18pm
I hate to fly because I hate security theater and I hate the TSA even more. Stupid,
creepy losers, most of whom are sadists to boot. Ugh! :(—@kendall
Friday at 05:00pm
RT @fsf: VLC dev takes a stand against DRM in #AppStore -- http://fsf.org/sx-vlc001 -- VLC is #GPL. App Store contradicts #freedom—@gabrielsaldana
In a conversation that started on Friday at 10:35pm
XML-valid HTML5 tip: <script>/*<![CDATA[*/ alert("hi"); /*]]>*/*</script> thx @mattur heads up. http://ttk.me/t48X5—@t
Saturday at 04:01pm
On my new weblog, some Google maps work and others don't. No errors, just no maps.
Hmph.—@ndw
Saturday at 04:14pm
Somewhere in the basement, a mouse died. That is such an awful odor.—@ndw
Sunday at 03:08pm
About to leave BDL en route to LYS. Only IAD and FRA stand between—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 03:24pm
i decided not to play trick-or-treat with the TSA.—@ndw
Sunday at 06:33pm
I wonder if I'll like Adium as a Twitter client. Seems … odd at first glance—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 06:57pm
Mr. Pike, Tear Down This ASCII Wall! http://bit.ly/bDAFX6—@slashdot
Sunday at 07:28pm
Thoroughly confused by changes in behavior after moving a script element from in the
body to in the head. Globals vanished?—@ndw
Sunday at 07:36pm
<blush>Moved it before code it depends on.</blush> Silly programmer, no biscuit.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 07:50pm
Appropriate Halloween viewing tonight: Dexter followed by The Walking Dead. Hooray
for smart scary stuff!—@kplawver
Sunday at 08:35pm
Next (scheduled) stop, FRA. See you in the (GMT+1) a.m.—@ndw
Sunday at 09:41pm
New rule: Confederate States don't get to pick who sings "God Bless America". We'll
fly someone in from up north.—@gruber