The short-form week of 16–22 Jan 2012
23 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 Monday at 10:44am
Speakin of which: Today's officially my first day as a Sales Engineer!—@peteaven
@peteaven Congrats. Mayhaps your new duties will bring you over this side of the pond on occasion.—@ronhitchens
@ronhitchens thanks! that would be awesome. will let you know if it ever happens.—@peteaven
@peteaven I'm hoping the BBC will want to build a MarkLogic-based Dr. Who app, with Sharepoint
integration and an MSWord plugin.—@ronhitchens
@ronhitchens #awesome I'm down for Project Tardis! (Temporal and Related Documents in Search) ;)—@peteaven
@peteaven see you in Vegas then?—@leepollington
@leepollington fo shizzle mon brizzle! see you soon!—@peteaven
In a conversation that started on Monday at 11:22am
Vonage: where $24.99 plans really cost $38.25.—@elharo
@elharo All telcos lie about the cost of their plans. The “about the cost of their plans”
part of that sentence is probably redundant.—@ndw
@elharo Is Vonage still around?—@mikeloukides
Monday at 12:05pm
Today Is Religious Freedom Day http://t.co/2s5i1OId—@ndw
Monday at 12:51pm
In a conversation that started on Monday at 04:52pm
Theoretically, there are people who eat Milky Way or 3 Musketeers bars before they
are the last remaining option of Halloween candy.—@pgor
Monday at 05:17pm
That complex system I built to simplify my life? It’s not. Sigh. Reworking some http://t.co/YMJOWGmX build scripts.—@ndw
Monday at 06:20pm
Lots of jokes today about quitting or force quitting apps. I’ve obviously missed some
relevant bit of pop culture.—@ndw
Monday at 06:53pm
1/998001 = ... http://t.co/XNwFGV2J—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 09:38pm
Yay, wearing shoes for the first time in a week #ankesprain—@mdubinko
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 03:09pm
Wallet significantly lighter after having to replace the fan motor on my furnace—@hadleynet
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 03:54pm
me and Xcode are not friends—@dscape
Tuesday at 03:57pm
Tuesday at 04:03pm
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 04:04pm
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 04:30pm
I don't get people not tweeting tomorrow because of the sopa blackout. I would just
tweet extra about the topic instead of not at all—@vbsteven
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 05:37pm
From @ndw, how to set up a 503 redirect response in .htaccess http://t.co/2DET2MH #sopastrike—@whump
Wednesday at 04:57am
Xml Techno nouvelle édition http://t.co/uKBUc9XK ▸ Aujourd'hui à la UNE: @ndw @itinfoz @contentwrangler @listly—@dominiquepere
Thursday at 07:04am
Thursday at 07:34am
Thursday at 07:43am
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 07:44am
Holy cow! Just did some mental arithmetic. I’ve been using #Emacs #Gnus for email for 20 years. #oldfart—@ndw
@ndw Never got the hang of that newfangled fancy #Emacs so I've been using #vi for 25(+?) years #olderfart—@DALDEI
@ndw I wish I still used gnus, but never got good IMAP searching, and unplugged was always
a bit flimsy. Tell me you've sorted those out!—@therealmaxf
@therealmaxf I never tried, I copy all mail locally and delete it off the server.—@ndw
@ndw ah, so you're not a man of the cloud ;) And for search? find+grep?—@therealmaxf
@therealmaxf find+grep FTW! But really, I divide stuff into folders and rarely resort to that.
#Markmail is faster for public lists anyway.—@ndw
@robinberjon I’ve thought about it, but that’s as far as I’ve gotten.—@ndw
@ndw HARDCORE man. You and Haakon. You guys are nuts. I say this as a mutt user. @Hixie wins though; using pine, so crazier than all yall—@sideshowbarker
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 10:10am
@ndw Since you seem to be very happy with your email setup, how about you reply to those
I've sent you? ;-)—@robinberjon
@robinberjon On my list. For today. Well, yesterday, but my time machine is lost.—@ndw
@ndw Sorry to annoy, but Jirka said it has to be very, very soon now if it's to make it
to the printing deadline...—@robinberjon
@robinberjon Nothing to be sorry about and not annoying. I’ll look next, but if you’ve got something
and need to abandon me, I understand—@ndw
@ndw Given the time constraints, I was thinking that it would have to be a short paper
anyway.—@robinberjon
@robinberjon Ok. *Almost* off my fourth hour of telcons for today...—@ndw
Thursday at 11:21am
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 11:45am
vim .emacs - does that make me a bad person?—@vojtechtoman
@vojtechtoman Not bad, just a little misguided maybe.—@ndw
@vojtechtoman yes—@xquery
Thursday at 12:49pm
So long as they buy the library extra shelves too! :-} RT @ndw: What an #awesome idea. http://t.co/0G2yattV /via @elharo—@j4
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 01:27pm
Thursday at 01:44pm
OH “If you build something that sucks, you’re not going to get away with it."—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 01:54pm
I really *hate* wireless APs. Most solid state tech lasts indefinitely. Every AP I’ve
ever bought has failed within 12 months.—@ndw
@ndw RE Wireless AP's ... I'd say they failed within day 1 but I only gave up after 12
months—@DALDEI
@ndw Have your tries Apple's Airport? I have never had problems with them and they last!
They are worth the money.—@lcahlander
Thursday at 02:27pm
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 04:01pm
If Apple made vi, it would only license it to you for writing Objective-C http://t.co/Ojvoemic < conform, creators, conform!—@edd
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 05:02pm
@ndw I have a presentation for Demo Jam—@lcahlander
@lcahlander Sweet. You're in the mix!—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 09:59pm
While I was making dinner tonight, I almost used the phrase "too much garlic," but
I caught myself in time.—@ndw
@ndw was it the Provence chicken with 40 cloves of garlic? (Which is awesome...)—@MarieBilde
@MarieBilde No, just sauteed swiss chard with garlic and a few red pepper flakes.—@ndw
@ndw yummy!—@MarieBilde
In a conversation that started on Friday at 01:04pm
@ndw Congrats on 1.0!—@hunterhacker
Friday at 01:05pm
[cue cheering mob!] RT @ndw: RT @xmlcalabash XML Calabash 1.0.0 released, http://t.co/HQw7NAwU—@jeffsonstein
Friday at 01:09pm
Indeed. RT @timberners_lee Overbroad and arbitrary web takedowns by #usgov or by #anonymous -- no way to run a world—@ndw
Friday at 01:13pm
Junkyard Wars reboot, MythBuster’s style: http://t.co/GOJdRemi Should be fun.—@ndw
Friday at 01:33pm
Dates of my “monthly” offsite backups: 16 Apr 2010, 6 July, 16 Nov, 2 June 2011, 20
Jan 2012. Those are some damn long months.—@ndw
Friday at 01:41pm
#squee RT @ndw: Junkyard Wars reboot, MythBuster’s style: http://t.co/JpGs6LgH Should be fun.—@kiphampton
Friday at 03:15pm
Not sure where I found this link, but it’s very funny. https://t.co/J2ub9s2V—@ndw
Friday at 03:20pm
Friday at 03:24pm
Hilarious! >> RT @ndw: Not sure where I found this link, but it’s very funny. http://t.co/B8SJBVmF—@eliasisrael
Friday at 03:26pm
Friday at 04:39pm
Thierry Koblentz RT @ndw: Not sure where I found this link, but it’s very funny. https://t.co/IKlkgZdq: Thierry
... http://t.co/Q1I2ApnY—@jminkler
In a conversation that started on Friday at 04:46pm
Managed to get ten ice lanterns lit tonight, though some of the older ones won't likely
last long.—@simonstl
@simonstl picture?—@shelleypowers
@shelleypowers hopefully sometime after sunset. Right now, they're lit but invisible!—@simonstl
@simonstl Pointers to what they are/how they’re made? I can imagine, but they sound like fun
to make.—@ndw
@ndw Here's a pointer - don't let opening quote put you off. I've since added silicone
under candles, 1/2" drain holes http://t.co/hNK92LHg—@simonstl
In a conversation that started on Friday at 05:02pm
You know what’s great? When I leave my office at the end of the day now, it’s no longer
black dark outside. That’s great. #northernhemi—@ndw
Friday at 05:56pm
“@ndw: Not sure where I found this link, but it’s very funny. https://t.co/VwNfvEzS” Great.
JS: {} + {} --> NaN Wat??—@Kummerer94
Friday at 06:23pm
Saturday at 12:32am
Utter geeky brilliance! RT @eliasisrael @ndw: Not sure where I found this link, but it’s very funny. http://t.co/w54kwctE—@sixdeaftaxis
Saturday at 04:57am
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 02:01pm
Corporations are people; their $ is speech—actual people's speech is illegal harassment
and is constrained in countless ways.—@kendall