The short-form week of 24–30 Oct 2011
31 Oct 2011; last modified 07 Nov 2011
The week in review, 140 characters at a time. This week, 60 messages in 47 conversations. (With 11 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 Wednesday at 05:07pm
Because the platypus both lays eggs and produces milk, it is one of the few animals
that can make its own custard.—@adzebill
In a conversation that started on Friday at 07:32am
XHTML or TEI to EPUB conversion toolchain (in XProc) by @grtjnhttp://t.co/Ekhp9gjX /via @gimsieke—@abdelazer
Monday at 06:30am
Measuring. Because if it takes this long to run, I must have done something stupid.—@ndw
Monday at 08:14am
RT @mikeloukides Infographic about Infographics: http://t.co/4lAOjI6q << Could be the most important infographic you see /via @monkchips—@ndw
Monday at 08:21am
ROTFL. Monday morning blasphemy. http://t.co/pd7HJPwY—@ndw
Monday at 09:33am
After all that animated flash crap, I have to download the menu as a PDF file? #restaurant #website #fail—@ndw
Monday at 09:47am
What a difference an operator makes: http://t.co/V7oBFijd—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 11:20am
If there's one thing from today's #RecSys2011 presentations you should remember...it's this http://t.co/7XCkqd8X—@alansaid
Monday at 11:32am
"It's not iterative if you only do it once"—@ph
Monday at 12:59pm
Productivity is a stupid goal if you're only making more crap.—@jessicahagy
Monday at 01:05pm
Pupils dilating. Dilating. Dila...aw, crud. I can't read that anymore.—@ndw
Monday at 06:09pm
Ask Slashdot: GNU/Linux Laptops? http://t.co/p7kUzFLE—@slashdot
Monday at 06:54pm
Analysis of Google Dart http://t.co/D560rGRd—@slashdot
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 07:58am
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 08:04am
Tuesday at 09:05am
elnode - emacs lisp nodejs clone http://t.co/ikLprHYo (via @ndw) - McCarthy may be dead, but Lisp lives!—@therealmaxf
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 11:30am
Tuesday at 12:54pm
With a 3:15a wake up call for tomorrow's depature, I'll be doing all my packing tonight.
Laptop included.—@ndw
Tuesday at 02:39pm
How long have we been able to style the <title> element and make it visible? http://t.co/Nn5mzn5X #missedthis—@andydavies
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 03:25pm
I don't care about business or entrepreneurship. Not interesting to me. Not at all.
Don't care.—@tommorris
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 03:37pm
Trying to convert DocBook RNG into DocBook DTD mechanically is a f'ing nuisance.—@ndw
@ndw lol #RNG is for people was can't understand schemas and DTDs. It's like a kids shaving kit,
they can't hurt them selves—@pmvallone
@ndw The obvious question is "Why would you need to do that?". But I suspect you have
an obvious answer.—@arh
@ndw I'm assuming you have an XSD version already converted from the RNG.—@kingargyle
@kingargyle No, the XSD and DTD versions are effectively the same thing.—@ndw
@ndw unfortunately that is the problem with RNG, while a better syntax most tools don't
support it.—@kingargyle
@kingargyle Most? What are the popular tools that don’t? I guess I’m out of touch.—@ndw
@ndw eclipse XML Tools doesn't. Only supports XSD and DTD, and that means tools built
off eclipse don't. Which means IBM, Oracle don't.—@kingargyle
@ndw a few niche tools like Oxygen XML and XML Mind do support it though. But again very
niche.—@kingargyle
Tuesday at 04:30pm
@ndw but XML Mind doesn't use RNG for guided editing, just for validation.—@kingargyle
Wednesday at 04:02am
I love the smell of airport at 5:00am. No. wait. That's not right...—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 05:25am
Hmm. Those jet engines with the funny external blade things again. Slow and noisy
FTW? Sigh.—@ndw
@ndw Generally go with seats and overhead storage that requires tall people to dislocate
their limbs before taking a seat.—@mvahowe
@ndw Is every aisle a window and every window an aisle on the plane with the external
blade things? ;)—@JeanKaplansky
@JeanKaplansky almost. It was 1 by 2, so I guess it could have been smaller.—@ndw
Wednesday at 06:56am
Number four on the waiting list for an upgrade. Hope springs eternal. EWR to LAS.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 07:29am
Oh, look, #Continental doesn't have economy plus seating. Kill me now.—@ndw
@ndw yes that really sucks. But 1st class on Continental has always been better than United—@brucesnyder
@ndw Are you flying to Santa Clara already?—@robinberjon
@robinberjon with a detour through LAS for company meetings, yes.—@ndw
Wednesday at 12:02pm
It's called tear gas because it usually means freedom is weeping.—@warwickp
Wednesday at 01:42pm
Hello LAS. Is it time to leave yet?—@ndw
Wednesday at 02:53pm
Coders are special. "We are expected to know how to do things we've never done before
and estimate how long they will take." @ultrasaurus—@jaimeohm
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 01:35pm
Kindle Format 8 (html5) looks interesting. Wonder how hard it would be to add support
to docbook.
http://t.co/lvxALah8—@edavis10
Thursday at 06:04pm
OH: What maps in Vegas, reduces in Vegas.—@ndw
Friday at 06:42am
The longer I observe US control at home and abroad, the more I think "top secret"
is just a cover for "the public would never allow this".—@AnonyOps
Friday at 07:27am
"Our best minds have gone into financial engineering instead of real engineering,
with catastrophic results for both sectors." G. Kasparov—@JohnDCook
Friday at 08:20am
"My new iOS app uses Facebook for logins" is the new "It only runs on Windows"—@danbenjamin
In a conversation that started on Friday at 10:41pm
Achievement fail: there is no longer a rollercoaster at the top of the Stratosphere.
Wish I'd thought to check before I schlepped up here.—@ndw
Saturday at 12:01am
There's a fake Arc de Triomphe under the fake Eiffel Tower. #thingsididntneedtoknow—@ndw
Saturday at 01:49pm
Protip: you can check restaurant reviews *first* #fromadinerinthemiddleofnowhere—@ndw
Sunday at 03:08am
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 10:35am
My weblog, the DocBook and XProc wikis, and maybe a couple of other things are down
until power returns to the northeast.—@ndw
@ndw thats why I gave up 15 years ago hosting servers at my house. They have a nasty
habit of breaking when I'm away ... :(—@DALDEI
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 01:03pm
@ndw For a moment, I read that as "Abandoning TUPAC," and I thought, "Don't give up on
hiphop, Norm! The world needs you...to DANCE!"—@pointybrackets
@pointybrackets Of all the great many things the world needs, seeing me dance does not number among
them.—@ndw
Sunday at 01:03pm
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 07:04pm
Sunday at 07:32pm
I did take out some extra cash planning on TPAC next week...damnit, the room has a
kitchen but no cutlery!—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 08:42pm
"Maybe the days of explaining the patently obvious to the transparently compromised
are finally over" http://t.co/a90SRE2d—@ndw
Sunday at 08:44pm
Sunday at 08:53pm
Plan for next summer: learn how to grow Thai eggplant.—@ndw