The short-form week of 21–27 Feb 2011
28 Feb 2011; last modified 13 Mar 2011
The week in review, 140 characters at a time. This week, 58 messages in 51 conversations. (With 10 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 07:18pm
Should EPUB 3 force the XML version of HTML5 (esp post HTML/XML Task Force, @ndw)? http://bit.ly/epub3-html-xml #eprdctn—@abdelazer
@ndw signed up and getting my exercise on http://xrl.us/turbofirefitnessprogram?=mtg0—@LucindaSpraqui8
Monday at 01:02pm
Annoying Mac AddressBook bug where international addresses are identified as "us"
in the ZCOUNTRYCODE table.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 03:29pm
Protip: never assume someone else makes your backups. Apparently ibiblio have lost
the #DocBook wiki and have none. Fuck. Me.—@ndw
@ndw are you kidding?! I wondered why it's down... but I really need it back up to finish
my bachelor thesis... Damn it! :(—@mediaversal
@adamwitwer I'm reasonably confident I have something more recent than that.—@ndw
@ndw oops :/—@hughmcguire
Monday at 03:44pm
Monday at 04:49pm
RT @ndw: Protip: never assume someone else makes your backups. Apparently ibiblio have lost
the #DocBook wiki and have none.—@UWMadRschSvcs
Monday at 04:49pm
Monday at 05:09pm
RT @RepoRat: RT @ndw: Protip: never assume someone else makes your backups. Apparently ibiblio have lost
the #DocBook wiki and have none.—@shadowspar
Monday at 05:48pm
Twitter spammers, I am not in the fscking mood. Go. Away.—@ndw
Monday at 06:05pm
Tuesday at 03:32pm
If at first you don't build the right source, build, build again!—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 03:41pm
@ndw any reason why your blog does not enable feed auto-discovery? Wish hrefs on http://norman.walsh.name/subscribe have equiv link tags.—@sallamar
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 06:41pm
1. Lower teacher pay, crush unions, slash investment in education & science, 2. something
something, 3. WIN THE FUTURE!—@drgrist
Wednesday at 06:31am
RT @buffalogeek: I think this about sums up America's political confusion right here. http://i.imgur.com/iJsvE.png—@simonstl
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 10:52am
Sentenc.es - A Disciplined Way To Deal With Email http://bit.ly/fXsneg—@Kellblog
Wednesday at 12:42pm
Wednesday at 02:17pm
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 05:25pm
Why must schemas be "invented" when standards exist that can accomplish 99% of what
needs to be done. Ignorance shouldn't be the answer.—@mariannemyers
@mariannemyers re schemas. Because like all standards, the great thing about them is there are
so many. Its easier to write then to choose—@DALDEI
@mariannemyers Because the last 1% (which I expect is closer to 10%) is where your projects unique
requirements lie. (If it has any, but...)—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 05:27pm
sorry @ndw now I can't resist making another recursive reference to your short-form week http://bit.ly/e7HYCP #BigRedButton—@danja
@danja Nah, you want to reference @ndw 's short-form post this'll appear in: http://bit.ly/gorBdR—@ed_davies
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 06:18pm
Wednesday at 06:42pm
If you don't hear the phone ringing, you have the music too loud, right? Screw it.
Sometimes the speakers need a workout.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 08:18pm
I *have* to drink more Newcastle for the empties to bottle my first batch of home
brew, not that I expect it to be bottle worthy #woeisme—@MattioV
@MattioV Good luck with the homebrew. I tried it ~10 years ago. Was kind of fun. I made a
bad mess of hops all over the stovetop though. :(—@jasoncbooth
@jasoncbooth Ha. Thanks! Yeah, one thing I learned quick: the kit said one pot was enough. I needed
4!—@MattioV
@MattioV Yeah, lots of hardware. Let me know how it turns out. Hmm? Now I'm getting thirsty.
Gonna look for an IPA in my garage fridge. :)—@jasoncbooth
@jasoncbooth @MattioV Yeah, if I had only one piece of advice it would be *DO NOT* let the wort boil over!—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 12:44am
If you watch 127 Hours backwards it's an uplifting story about a disabled man finding
an arm in the desert. #moviesbackwards—@macleanbrendan
@macleanbrendan *chuckle*—@ndw
Thursday at 06:59am
I haven't been able to think of a good abbreviation for asymptote, but I'm getting
closer.—@hoop33
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 10:01am
Hmm. My command line Google Voice dialer doesn't like the new two-phase authentication
stuff. Mmrph.—@ndw
Thursday at 11:38am
WANT: a device of the lightness and build quality of the Apple MacBook Air 11" but
without the need to join some sort of bizarre cult—@psd
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 02:57pm
Children really enjoying playing Androidify http://t.co/Gg78x16 on the Tab—@JeniT
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 03:46pm
The upside is that eventually reality will force the Right to do the right thing (single
payer health system); there is no alternative.—@kendall
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 03:54pm
Republican fantasies are to slash non-defense discretionary spending to zero; but
that's just 12% of federal spending. The math won't work.—@kendall
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 04:35pm
Just got GB on my day-to-day N1. 1st time for major release on everyday phone. No
drama, everything a bit quicker.—@timbray
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 05:20pm
Multi-core Macs are so you can give Time Machine one all to itself, right? Or does
it want more?—@simonstl
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 06:02pm
Poked at fluidinfo today. The example in the API docs returns 404. Meh.—@ndw
@ndw hmm... ok, the HTTP examples in the API docs aren't real & for illustrative purposes.
We obviously need to make that clear.—@ntoll
@ndw really..? Sorry you had a problem with #fluidinfo Hmm... could you tell us which example..? Pretty certain it'll be easy to fix.—@ntoll
@ndw nevertheless, you're probably right. It'd be a *lot* better if they worked. I've
opened a ticket to make sure this gets fixed.—@ntoll
@ndw thanks for inadvertently helping in a "meh" sort of a way. :-) All feedback most
welcome & apologies again that it wasn't clear.—@ntoll
@ndw all feedback (+/-) most welcome. Currently writing interactive tutorial for our website.
I'll tweet when done. Perhaps more helpful?—@ntoll
@ntoll Perhaps. I just wanted to curl/wget a few object to see what the results looked like.
The HTTP API made me think I could do that.—@ndw
@ndw understood. I'll add curl/wget examples to the api docs / tutorial. Along the lines
of this: http://paste.pocoo.org/show/344452/—@ntoll
Thursday at 07:56pm
BACKGROUND: why David Icke's theory that Rumsfeld is an Annunaki lizard from the 4th
dimension isn't that crazy: http://t.co/whJpMYq—@aaronsw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 02:17am
XQuery tip: need to use braces in your markup ?.... double em up to escape em e.g.
{{ }} and XQuery will ignore them—@xquery
Friday at 04:25am
wanted MOM they gave us SOAP; berate Steve Jobs for an iPhone SDK he gives us the
App Store; complain about Flash and we get HTML5. Oh heck!—@psd
Friday at 10:22am
Friday at 10:48am
Gnus + emacs-w3m FTW! Slower than ignoring HTML mail, but much better than the text/plain
alternatives provided by some clients.—@ndw
Friday at 10:55am
Friday at 11:06am
Folks, the retweet contract is that you exercise some editorial discretion to make
sure the whole thing isn't pointlessly truncated, mmmkay?—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 11:09am
Friday at 11:11am
@ndw: Folks, exercise some editorial discretion to make sure RTs re not truncated.. via
RT @hung727.. (cont) deck.ly RT—@nottinhill
In a conversation that started on Friday at 01:06pm
You want to use Twitter (or insert other service here) for auth, fine. Stop asking
for the ability to update my sh*t. Ain't gonna happen.—@ndw
@ndw Isn't this sorta like saying, "Stop asking to use the service I get for free for
your marketing needs," even tho that's Twtr's revenue?—@pointybrackets
@pointybrackets What prompted my comment was an unrelated site just using Twitter for auth but wanting
update access to my account.—@ndw
@ndw Sure, but isn't that essentially part of Twitter's business model? They get more
eyes by allowing auth-based apps to update. eyes=$$$—@pointybrackets
@pointybrackets Maybe, but I don't see how it's in the third party apps best interests to discourage
me from even signing up.—@ndw
@ndw If the app in question abuses your Twitter timeline, delete the Tweet and remove
the app. Why not support Twitterr's business model?—@pointybrackets
@pointybrackets My tweets are part of my reputation and a guard it jealously. Not giving some random
app a chance to screw with it.—@ndw
@ndw I'm suggesting that being annoyed at a free service for their business model's intrusions
seems counterintuitive.—@pointybrackets
Friday at 01:39pm
RT @ndw: You want to use Twitter (or insert other service here) for auth, fine. Stop asking
for ability to update my sh*t. Ain't happening—@TrackerNews
In a conversation that started on Friday at 03:37pm
@ndw Of course, this whole discussion makes me think I ought to make an "I Post Rude Things"
app. Just to see how many people install it.—@pointybrackets
@pointybrackets I've already spent more time in this conversation that I was willing to give the
app in question, auth issues aside :-)—@ndw
@ndw Re: this chat - That's because we're both towering intellects who pare the world's
important issues down to their essentials. #supafly—@pointybrackets
Friday at 04:02pm
I can't decide if I think @diveintomark's avatar being a qcode is cool or not, nevermind why it points to the google jobs
page.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 04:15pm
So glad the GOP is bravely taking on the people who caused the total collapse of our
economy: teachers, union members & women. #hahahano—@dorothysnarker
@dorothysnarker My worry is about how many of them believe that's actually the case.—@ndw
Friday at 04:19pm
Fscking wikis. Shoot me now. A para is text delimited by 2 NL, but you don't wrap
the lines in the para? WTF!?—@ndw
Friday at 04:37pm
Oh, for pity's sake. Anyone hacked confluence-mode to just do the markup/longlines
stuff and not all the login/load/save nonsense?—@ndw
Saturday at 05:07am
every iTunes update is a gentle reminder to move back to Linux—@psd
Sunday at 06:01am
Protip: If your tweet is nowhere near 140 characters, there is no need to use short
forms such as "2" for "to" and "r" for "are".—@ebuie
Sunday at 03:44pm
Public union employee, tea partier, & CEO sit near 12 cookies. CEO takes 11 & hands
1 to tea partier & says, "union guy wants a piece yours"—@David0Monroe
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 05:19pm
Old pro-tip: don't fly early Monday morning. Plausible new pro-tip: don't fly Sunday
evening.—@ndw