The short-form week of 9–15 Jan 2012
16 Jan 2012
The week in review, 140 characters at a time.
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 Thursday at 07:27pm
@ndw - any input into this discussion of docbook sect1/2/3/4/5 vs section issue? http://t.co/SYLmHNHd Is the former more legacy?—@bdarcus
Monday at 07:34am
Security theater: asking for my boarding pass then accepting "it's on my phone" as
a reason not to show it.—@ndw
Monday at 12:47pm
Yeehaw! RT @xmlcalabash I believe XML Calabash now passes 100% of the test suite. Again. At last.—@ndw
Monday at 06:20pm
What happens when you arrive at your gate 50 (fifty) minutes early? You wait 35 minutes
for the ground crew, naturally.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 10:17pm
One of the great things about having a trending tweet is the opportunity to zap a
few spammers...—@webmink
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 03:53am
I live in the future! Galaxy Nexus power plug is standard micro USB that also fits
my mouse and camera. Thanks @NeelieKroesEU—@martin_probst
@martin_probst Do you like the Nexus? I’ll be tempted when they release GSM versions in the US.—@ndw
@ndw Galaxy Nexus is the best phone ever, better than iPhone 4. For people with big hands
though. I'm biased though ;-)—@martin_probst
@martin_probst I feel the temptation getting steadily worse.—@ndw
Tuesday at 08:32am
Dang it. I left my power cord at the office. I guess I’ll be skipping breakfast and
going into work early this morning.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 09:51am
Can I force Lion to use the UK store rather than the Italian one somehow?? (I'm in
Italy...)—@libbymiller
@libbymiller And my sincerest sympathy for your troubles, Libby. Losing an encrypted disk sucks
big time.—@ndw
@ndw thanks Norm. I'll get over it. Perhaps I'll even learn something!—@libbymiller
Tuesday at 10:14am
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 10:23am
well that was fun. Thanks all. I erased the disk, lost apple id password, failed to
retrieve it, made another, rebought Lion, downloading..—@libbymiller
@libbymiller you pay for your operating system? How quaint!—@9600
@9600 not ready to run linux on a lappy. Or is it easy now? I recall @therealmaxf getting as stabby as he ever does over it a few years ago—@libbymiller
@libbymiller Not anymore! I get stabby over Android these days—@therealmaxf
@therealmaxf heh. Improvement?—@libbymiller
@libbymiller Nope. Still stabby as ever...—@therealmaxf
@therealmaxf @libbymiller Modern linux distros have worked reasonably well on laptops for years in my experience.—@ndw
Tuesday at 10:25am
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 10:27am
Another reason to hate the “app store” RT @libbymiller Can I force Lion to use the UK store ... somehow?? (I'm in Italy...)—@ndw
@ndw @libbymiller my macguru sez Lion uses store assoc w/account that's logged in. So a UK account
should get you the UK store. WTF?—@docum3nt
@docum3nt @ndw It was user error. I have 3 accounts and was using the wrong one (the one I was trying
to use was my ios dev account)—@libbymiller
Tuesday at 10:41am
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 02:31pm
Lanes? There are no lanes. This is NYC! #airplanesaresafer—@peteaven
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 02:41pm
I maintain that any tax code that doesn’t fit on two sides of a single 8.5x11” piece
of paper (in 10pt type) is too complicated.—@ndw
@ndw basic German income tax regulations clock in at a couple of hundred pages, w/ commentary
easily thousands :-(—@martin_probst
@ndw Should all food be taxed? Should there be a tax incentive for starting a new business?
Foreigners working here? Foreign tax paid?—@abdelazer
@abdelazer The implication being that it’s necessarily more cmplx. Maybe. I’m not convinced.
You can say a lot in two pages of clear prose.—@ndw
@ndw I'm all for overhauling it and distilling it to absolute fundamentals. Having anything
that small for 300mm seems ... unlikely—@abdelazer
@ndw The shortest path may be to limit the number of classes of things-to-be-taxed and
the # of tax brackets, but how to not be regressive?—@abdelazer
@abdelazer @ndw I think a tri-fold 8x10 complete form and instruction for ALL individuals would be
fine. The code can be whatever size.—@gcarothers
@npilon @gcarothers @abdelazer @ndw I thought the Canadian method was a form of birth control?—@wholewheattoast
Tuesday at 04:18pm
Tuesday at 04:19pm
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 04:20pm
Wednesday at 08:55am
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 12:40am
@ndw Thanks! I'll try to behave (a little).—@robinberjon
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 12:46am
RT “@ndw: Congratulations to @robinberjon & Henry on their election to the #w3c #tag.” +1, have fun and good luck—@johnlsheridan
@johnlsheridan Thanks :)—@robinberjon
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 12:53am
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 04:22am
So it seems that I've been elected to the W3C TAG. http://t.co/fqHhrqG5 Many, many thanks to all those of you who helped!—@robinberjon
@robinberjon Congratulations. Now I need to make sure to attend TPAC to see you dance.—@hsivonen
@hsivonen If it makes you come to TPAC then it's definitely a good thing ;)—@robinberjon
@robinberjon congrats—@xquery
@xquery Thanks!—@robinberjon
@robinberjon so I heard you promised dancing girls at XML Prague this year ... we will let you
go with free pints—@xquery
@xquery Has there ever not been dancing girls at XML Prague? (Well, at least outside the
conference).—@robinberjon
@robinberjon ummmm ... I think you mean dancing Moz !—@xquery
@robinberjon congrats! You deserve it.—@tobie
@tobie Deserve it? I don't think I've been *that* bad! Thanks ;)—@robinberjon
Thursday at 05:30am
Thursday at 09:36am
Thursday at 12:53pm
Thursday at 02:24pm
OH "Fiveify it"—@ndw
Thursday at 02:31pm
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 05:34pm
Can't I just attend all @xmlprague pre-conf sessions? :-P cc: @adamretter @ronhitchens @wcandillon @christiangruen @xquery @ndw etc..—@grtjn
@grtjn @xmlprague @adamretter @ronhitchens @wcandillon @xquery @ndw ...you are welcome ;) would be great to have all of them streamed..—@christiangruen
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 06:13pm
Walking down ramp and into O'Hare. Brrrr http://t.co/orTdkH0l—@eedeebee
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 10:36pm
My fiancée was surprised by my suggestion to change the time of our wedding reception
in order to improve the typography of the invitations.—@james_clark
@james_clark Congratulations.—@hsivonen
@james_clark I'm waiting to hear that the invitations were in Thai? That would impress us!—@dpawson
@james_clark what geek wives will never understand. at least they still love us—@DALDEI
@james_clark We’re not surprised. And heartiest congratulations, James!—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 11:41pm
meow! http://t.co/UKa5chPC—@katyperry
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 11:47pm
Friday at 12:10am
If the leading digit in your alarm is a “3” and you’re not planning to get up in the
afternoon, you’re doing it wrong. I’m doing it wrong.—@ndw
Friday at 05:01am
Friday at 07:09am
If there's no one at the front desk at 4am and I find you wandering the halls, you
don't get to be snippy when I ask about the front desk.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 07:37am
What's more, "on-background" material was perfectly banal. How can you be in public
relations game *and* demand your utterances be secret?—@doctorow
Friday at 08:44am
In a conversation that started on Friday at 11:44am
In a conversation that started on Friday at 11:48am
After 8 great years @MarkLogic, today is my last. Next week I join a great team @HearsaySocial - this should be a very fun ride.—@sayveiga
@sayveiga You'll be missed.—@leepollington
@sayveiga I'll miss working with you - the geekiest sales guy I know. (That's a compliment.)—@hunterhacker
Saturday at 07:20am
Google’s clearly confused this morning; I’m getting “You’ve been tagged in a photo”
messages for pics that I’m not in.—@ndw
Saturday at 06:49pm
Saturday at 09:16pm
Sunday at 01:01pm
Reading http://t.co/GOsRrVnV (excellent, btw) makes me want to do the upcoming bathroom tile job using a De Bruijn
sequence pattern.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 01:07pm
@ndw Can you spare me 10 minutes via Skype text chat to discuss pro's and con's of the
built in HTTP API's in MarkLogic (for Prague paper)?—@adamretter
@adamretter Sure. Ping me tomorrow. You have my IM, yes?—@ndw
@ndw erm dont think I have your IM—@adamretter
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 01:08pm
Enjoying Solarized color schemes in #Emacs, except for the awful defaults for #Gnushttp://t.co/OLJONEX9—@ndw