The short-form week of 6–12 Dec 2010
13 Dec 2010; last modified 13 Mar 2011
The week in review, 140 characters at a time. This week, 42 messages in 47 conversations. (With 5 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 04:15am
I keep trying to zoom my paper map with my thumb and index finger, but it seems to
be stuck at one resolution. Stupid reality.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 01:24am
Guess I must not expect #wildlife support from @NDW RT @renosparksnews: Panel establishesNevada's first bear hunt: http://dlvr.it/9ksSD—@DesertPlaya
@ndw thanks—@DesertPlaya
Monday at 03:52pm
Shall we make today "International Check Your Backup is Working Day"? Nah, let's do
it tomorrow.—@avon
Monday at 03:54pm
Monday at 04:01pm
Back in the US. IAD now, BDL later. Then home proper. Fsck! I've got a sh*t load of
work to get finished this week.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 05:49pm
Is there some theory of ads that says you news to broadcast two of your ads during
each commercial break? See that a lot.—@cote
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 11:48am
Having not yet bought a Galaxy Tab, do I now choose to wait for the "Honeycomb" tablet
instead?—@ndw
@ndw life's short. Get the toy and have fun!—@JeanKaplansky
@ndw or you could wait ten years, six months at a time, continually waiting to see what
the next upgrade cycle brings...—@laurendw
@ndw The 8-ball says make like a bee and wait for the honeycomb. It's a larger 8-ball
than normal.—@TerrisLinenbach
Tuesday at 02:59pm
Must write important document. Deadline imminent. Brain. Will. Not. Focus. Fscking
brain. #postvacation #jetlag—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 04:43pm
I like that large chunks of HTML5 are no more about HTML than Javascript is about
Java.—@kendall
Tuesday at 04:48pm
@ndw especially considering the slimeballs are the alleged creators of jobs and Everything—@TerrisLinenbach
Wednesday at 08:53am
Spent 20 minutes with Jolicloud (under VMWare). Interesting.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 09:27am
"XML community seen as a bunch of sanctimonious old men, antiquated poseurs, & apostates.
XML is the devil incarnate." http://bit.ly/e425bW—@simonstl
@simonstl I'm inclined to agree with Kurt even if it makes me seem like a sanctimonious, antiquated
old man.—@ndw
@ndw @simonstl XML has always had a bit of the revenge of the 30-/40-somethings aura about it.—@james_clark
@james_clark @ndw @simonstl ... extending that analogy would imply we are having a mid life crisis over XML
...—@xquery
@simonstl BTW, loved Kurt's response.—@shelleypowers
@simonstl Ouch—@james_clark
@james_clark I wish my experience didn't confirm Kurt's account. Though Mozilla a bit more interested.—@simonstl
@simonstl Trying to figure out whether I fall in the sanctimonious or poseur category (or both)
:-)—@james_clark
@james_clark Dunno. I won a nice iPod at an Ajax conference in a trivia contest for knowing you
edited XSLT, so you may be exempt.—@simonstl
@james_clark @simonstl There really isn't any point in being a poseur if you can't be sanctimonious about
it.—@robinberjon
@simonstl Should comment: No, seriously, tell us how you REALLY feel—@shelleypowers
@shelleypowers I was just quoting Kurt Cagle... full content even more interesting, I think.—@simonstl
@simonstl Most definitely agree -- I was just chortling at his comment—@shelleypowers
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 01:22pm
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 01:48pm
Oh fer cryin' out loud! How many USB ends are there!? I know there are at least four
because none of the three at hand fit! #standards—@ndw
@ndw Archie can think of 6. I know of A, B, AB, mini B, and micro B. Apparently there's
also a micro AB. I have no clue what the ABs are for—@JeanKaplansky
@ndw LOL it's a conspiracy I know...I am fine at work as I can direct policy but at home,
anarchy of the USB reigns.—@gregghoulden
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 01:50pm
Wednesday at 02:51pm
"200 years of cheap abundant fossil fuel energy has transformed this country into
something completely different." - http://bit.ly/hHiIBl—@simonstl
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 03:06pm
#YouKnewThisWouldHappen and #RunAwayScreaming: YAML / JSON files are invalid the only indication are cryptic random failures #XML—@TerrisLinenbach
@TerrisLinenbach I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you. Who could have imagined such a thing?—@ndw
Wednesday at 03:32pm
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 03:53pm
You cannot DM someone who isn't following you. But I thought he was. Oh well. No DM
for you, pal.—@ndw
@ndw It must be stalkers beware: If u r not following another, either u do not know the
person or s/he is not important to get DMed from ;)—@umityalcinalp
@ndw Logic tells me he didn't see your tweet. :)—@hunterhacker
@hunterhacker S'awright since he'd have had no way of knowing it was addressed to him anyway.—@ndw
Wednesday at 05:11pm
The challenge of international street art: funky art or horrifying political association?—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 07:22pm
@timoreilly Any clue if they're being read any more or less than traditional print books?—@ndw
@ndw nah, our Printalytics account is on the fritz :)—@andrewsavikas
Wednesday at 09:59pm
"The plural of anecdote is not data." Harriet Hall, Skeptical Inquirer, Jan/Feb 2011.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 09:25am
@skwlilac Yesterday's Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/dec/08/hash-symbol-twitter-typography—@der42
Thursday at 10:29am
Thursday at 10:38am
Just refilled my stapler. I wonder if my box of staples dates back to the 90's or
the 80's. Still half full.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 01:41pm
Dear LazyWeb: Good OS X screencast options?—@timbray
Thursday at 04:43pm
RT @textfiles ALL of "Connections" online for free! All! You MUST watch this. http://bit.ly/flfyRv—@ndw
Thursday at 05:21pm
A must see. World Transformations http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/james-burke-connections/ via @ndw—@karlpro
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 05:38pm
freezing night and the central heating picks this time to pack up...new gas valve
required. looks like a cold start tomorrow...—@docum3nt
Thursday at 06:27pm
Cool! RT @ndw: RT @textfiles ALL of "Connections" online for free! All! You MUST watch this. http://bit.ly/flfyRv—@StephenBuxton
Thursday at 10:56pm
Friday at 06:12am
While I'm mildly curious about Edd's http://oreil.ly/eIT2Mg I don't think I've ever had a 'gem install' command succeed.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 06:24am
sudo apt-get install rubygems1.9.1; sudo gem install twitter => ... requires RubyGems
version > 1.3.6. Screw it. I wasn't that interested.—@ndw
@ndw System ruby can get messed up real quick. If you're truly interested, look into
RVM (virtualenv for ruby essentially).—@pfhawkins
@ndw I think that with a recent Ruby you don't need rubygems — maybe that's the problem?—@robinberjon
Friday at 07:53am
RT @textfiles ALL of "Connections" online for free! All! You MUST watch this. http://bit.ly/flfyRv (via @ndw) // Yes! This is great stuff.—@ronhitchens
Friday at 09:27am
Ways to tell if it's cold: if the frost on your windshield sublimates when you drive,
it's freaking cold.—@ndw
Friday at 10:39am
I wholeheartedly endorse the first comment on this post: http://www.tor.com//blogs/2010/12/coming-soon-dirk-gently-trailer—@ndw
Friday at 10:55am
YEAH! RT @ndw: I wholeheartedly endorse the first comment on this post: http://www.tor.com//blogs/2010/12/coming-soon-dirk-gently-trailer—@semantosoph
Friday at 02:22pm
That quote I just retweeted is from Charlie Stross' great rant: We've been invaded
by aliens http://bit.ly/hASFRh #whatswrong—@timoreilly
Friday at 11:38pm
A blog I enjoy - Flight Level 390: http://flightlevel390.blogspot.com/2010/12/sounding-like-robert-stack.html—@timbray
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 04:39pm
Vacation photos sorted. Captions and metadata, then I can publish. Not tonight, I
don't think.—@ndw
@ndw More of your fantastic trees in silhouette? http://norman.walsh.name/2007/03/16/trees I had loved those.—@lawouach
Saturday at 04:52pm
Working on converting my Google Maps V2 code to V3 instead of captioning pictures.—@ndw
Saturday at 05:21pm
I wonder what happened to the Google Maps V2 "GLog" functionality in V3. Can't find
any trace of it...—@ndw
Saturday at 05:29pm
V3 maps: check. Bounding box: check. Airports: check. Great circle arcs: check. G&T
kicking in: check. More coding: erm, not so much.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 05:39pm
Saturday at 05:40pm
Sunday at 03:12pm
Paying the price for failure to adequately separate data from code.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 04:18pm
Luminaries say what's been clear for years: XML is a poor data language. @ndw: http://bit.ly/bUVVdG @james_clark: http://bit.ly/iaF9nd—@toddjonker
@toddjonker Uhm. I think that's a pretty significant overstatement of what I said. I have no
trouble with XML for all my data.—@ndw
@ndw Sorry, you're right. Would you agree with "XML isn't always the best-choice structured
data language"?—@toddjonker
@toddjonker No, all I said was some folks are using JavaScript instead of XML and I'm not losing
any sleep over it.—@ndw