The short-form week of 1–7 Aug 2011

08 Aug 2011

The week in review, 140 characters at a time. This week, 26 messages in 42 conversations. (With 1 favorite.)

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 Saturday at 09:39am

And the usual open, tolerant, and mature reaction from WHATWG to the Assoc of American Publishers feedback http://t.co/qrGdhpR—@shelleypowers
@shelleypowers I'm afraid to look.—@ndw
@ndw It was more annoying than anything. Biggest org of publishers and all they can do is complain about feedback in a word document.—@shelleypowers
@shelleypowers The Association of American Publishers should stop messing around and make the Web better!—@kendall
@kendall Yeah, shame on them for attempting to provide feedback in the only way the HTML WG allows--and then for using Word. Well, tsk.—@shelleypowers
@shelleypowers Anyone who even owns Word hates the Web and is hurting the Web because...sniff...there are no URLs in Word.—@kendall
@kendall And it's Microsoft, don't forget. So what if there's OpenOffice and LibreOffice and converters...it doesn't matter!—@shelleypowers

Monday at 02:12am

Monday at 06:32am

RT @sivangreenberg: RT @unixland: RT @ndw: @marjoleink @gomerx FVWM was my window mgr of choice for years. Will probably go back to it.—@unixland

Monday at 07:33am

I see in spam that my good friend 'residual income' has asked my other good friend 'cash flow' to start making recommendations.—@ndw

Monday at 08:16pm

RT @sivangreenberg: RT @unixland: RT @ndw: @marjoleink @gomerx FVWM was my window mgr of choice for years. Will probably go back to it.—@unixland

Tuesday at 09:48am

RT @ndw: @marjoleink @gomerx FVWM was my window mgr of choice for years. Will probably go back to it.—@unixland

Tuesday at 09:59am

Bestill my fluttering heart, Eric van der Vlist has implemented practical support for multi-ended (X)links in HTML. #Balisage—@ndw

Tuesday at 10:00am

@evlist - GREAT paper and presentation! @ndw pledges support in docbook. #balisage—@cdavisafc

Tuesday at 10:50am

♺ @ndw: Bestill my fluttering heart, Eric van der Vlist has implemented practical support for multi-ended (X)links in HTML. #Balisage—@evlist

Tuesday at 02:32pm

"If you look for another mechanism that isn't as grotesque as the 'class' attribute ..." @ndw questioning EK at #balisage.—@harveybetty

Tuesday at 04:10pm

"What do you mean by people?" @ndw—@harveybetty

Tuesday at 04:10pm

@ndw declining to define what he means by "mean" #balisage—@smyles

Tuesday at 04:41pm

xml editors past & future "what will it take to get (end user) xml editors that people will use?" by @ndwhttp://bit.ly/oGlA1o #balisage—@smyles

Wednesday at 12:00am

RT @sivangreenberg: RT @unixland: RT @ndw: @marjoleink @gomerx FVWM was my window mgr of choice for years. Will probably go back to it.—@unixland

Wednesday at 08:01am

A new experience. I won a game of werewolf...as the last surviving wolf. #werewolf #Balisage #latenight—@ndw

Wednesday at 01:40pm

RT @ndw: @marjoleink @gomerx FVWM was my window mgr of choice for years. Will probably go back to it.—@unixland

Wednesday at 02:44pm

"If XML is interchange, then running a closed XML system is like listening to the voices in your head." #overheard #Balisage—@ndw

Wednesday at 03:41pm

. RT @ndw "If XML is interchange, then running a closed XML system is like listening to the voices in your head." #overheard #Balisage—@tigracc

In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 04:38pm

...so I missed @cdavisafc 's pres. on RESTful services using XProc. I was looking fwd to it, and to its relationships w/ Servlex! #balisage—@fgeorges
@fgeorges Ah, crap. So did I. Damned multiple tracks.—@ndw

Wednesday at 04:54pm

"Once you get to decision trees, the anecdotes just keep multiplying." #overheard #Balisage—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Thursday at 12:37am

"Who would pick on Norm just for fun?" "Isn't that everyone in the room?" #werewolf #Balisage #overheard #killedonthefirstnight—@ndw
@ndw Again?(but for real this one) :-D—@fgeorges

Thursday at 12:39am

"I always thought you were the sort to sprinkle fairy dust." #overheard #Balisage #werewolf—@ndw

Thursday at 03:16am

RT @sivangreenberg: RT @unixland: RT @ndw: @marjoleink @gomerx FVWM was my window mgr of choice for years. Will probably go back to it.—@unixland

Thursday at 09:25am

@ndw Compact syntax for XML? Isn't that called SGML? #balisage—@fgeorges

Thursday at 09:28am

More carrot discussion @ndw expressing concern that different compact syntaxes for different #XML toolsets fragments the space #balisage—@cdavisafc

Thursday at 10:15am

"We have the source and we know how to use it." #overheard #Balisage—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Thursday at 11:53am

Have just received my instructions for helping out @NDW race13th Aug will be there from 4am til the last runner comes in can't miss anyone!—@Marvellousmimi
@Marvellousmimi @ndw glad you'll be there to help out:) what CP will you be at?—@ragalbraith
@ragalbraith @Marvellousmimi I don’t think @ndw is who you think @ndw is. :-)—@ndw
@ndw sorry Norman. I realised that as soon as I replied to that tweet.—@ragalbraith

In a conversation that started on Friday at 10:10am

When does "metadata embedded in the resource" cease to be metadata and become data?—@michaelhkay
@michaelhkay When it’s embedded in the resource? :-)—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Friday at 11:32am

Further evidence, were any needed, that “Tea-Party thinking” is an oxymoron: http://goo.gl/CasZ5—@timbray
@timbray Good evidence, indeed, but none was needed. Alas. Sigh.—@ndw

Friday at 11:52am

#balisage: Tommie Usdin is the start tag and C. M. Sperberg-McQueen is the end tag says @dalapeyre—@evlist

Friday at 02:20pm

Among the things I hate: missing cmsmcq’s closing keynote. Anywhere, really, but especially at #Balisage—@ndw

Friday at 02:28pm

RT @kensall: C. M. Sperberg-McQueen at #balisage : "I have seen the future and it will require better documentation." via @ndw—@arh

In a conversation that started on Friday at 02:29pm

Abso-freaking-lutely! RT @timoreilly Really important post: Refuse to be terrorized http://bit.ly/qjyg58 Politicians should take heed!—@ndw
@ndw I reckon the TSA must be the biggest promoter of anti-government feeling... set up by the anti-government party :-)—@petecordell

In a conversation that started on Friday at 02:32pm

We have a test that fails if you're at your mom's house. Seriously.—@liza
@liza Any test that requires an internet connection fails at my mom’s house. :-/—@ndw

Friday at 02:52pm

RT @ndw Among the things I hate: missing cmsmcq’s closing keynote. Anywhere, really, but especially at #Balisage <- me too. :(—@fiberartisan

Friday at 03:06pm

RT @kensall: C. M. Sperberg-McQueen at #balisage : "I have seen the future and it will require better documentation." via @ndw (via @arh)—@4JsGroup

In a conversation that started on Friday at 04:08pm

Ah, garage sales. Collection of "inoffensive clip earrings suitable for conference wear" has been replenished.—@RepoRat
@RepoRat You have offensive clip earrings unsuitable for conference wear?—@ndw
@ndw Heh. Yes, I do!—@RepoRat

In a conversation that started on Friday at 04:57pm

@ndw @fiberartisan That's not all you missed -- I heard some of the talks at the end were just dynamite! ;-)—@Klortho
@Klortho @fiberartisan yeah, I could tell from the agenda. Sigh. Perils of running WG meetings and conferences back-to-back. :-(—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Friday at 06:32pm

RT @ndw: Abso-freaking-lutely! RT @timoreilly Really important post: Refuse to be terrorized http://bit.ly/qjyg58 Politicians should tak ...—@dckc
@ndw @timoreilly @dckc should be required reading on a monthly basis… "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself" "Fear is the mind killer…"—@christo4ferris

In a conversation that started on Friday at 09:05pm

I've been using Ubuntu as my OS exclusively since Jan. 2007 and I have to say using 11.04 is almost intolerable. 11.10 doesn't look better.—@RussB
@RussB Yes. It's a real mess.—@ndw
@ndw @RussB Not sure I understand the feeling. Because it's not all 100% open source?—@ebruchez
@ebruchez @ndw No, it's not about being open. It's about being usable. Android is semi-open I just think it's clunky.—@RussB
@ebruchez @RussB Just because I can fix the disaster of a UI doesn’t mean I necessarily wanted to take that project on.—@ndw
@ndw Sure was not suggesting that, just trying to understand where the problem was.—@ebruchez
@ebruchez And FYI, I was referring to Ubuntu, I think android is just fine.—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Saturday at 04:44pm

Friends computer: windows print spool crashes repeatedly even after reboot. Any hope at all, or reinstall from scratch?—@ndw
@ndw Printers, networking (especially sharing) and the file system is completely broken in Windows and gets worse with every release.—@asbjornu

Sunday at 11:49am

RT @dalapeyre: From the podium: "The one way to be sure to get it absolutely wrong is to say [or do] nothing." --CM SperbergMcQueen at # ...—@ndw