The short-form week of 9–15 Apr 2012
16 Apr 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 05:17am
...there are actually many options by now, the VPS landscape has changed considerably
since I last had a good look.—@marjoleink
@marjoleink Please report what you find. I’d like to do a VPS, but they’re all too expensive
for any real amount of memory.—@ndw
Monday at 10:05am
No more TOS cameos in Star Trek movies says the report. No duh! Those characters don't
even exist anymore in that universe.—@ndw
Monday at 11:47am
A 25Mb zip file in email. Deeee-lightful.—@ndw
Monday at 12:42pm
So I hear Facebook is acquiring Instagram. I never got around to trying it out, and
now I know I don’t need to bother.—@ndw
Monday at 01:05pm
Weird driver issue (64 bit scanner driver not loaded). Rebooted. System forgot that
capslock is mapped to ctrl. #ihaveabadfeeling #osx—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 01:44pm
LOL! RT @simonstl If Instagram went for a billion, would Instakilo go for a trillion? No, I don't want
to imagine that either.—@ndw
@ndw @simonstl I would think that Instakilo would end up being harassed by the DEA no matter what
the product/service was.—@lcahlander
Monday at 01:46pm
Expense report completed. Achievement unlocked, for small values of achievement.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 02:52pm
Monday at 02:59pm
In a conversation that started on Monday at 03:17pm
In a conversation that started on Monday at 03:20pm
code in the current project != what I have installed. finally found the source. next
up: figure out what the hell i was thinking a year ago—@peteaven
In a conversation that started on Monday at 08:28pm
Men's rights groups are a thing? Really? Really!? Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 08:51pm
@ndw come on! it'd be a larf!—@nicferrier
@nicferrier If it is *at all* within the range of possibility, I’m there!—@ndw
Monday at 09:42pm
Tuesday at 03:05am
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 07:38am
Ralph laughs and adds: "probably 83 of them" (re: pianist of considerable note).
he's sharp—@amyvdh
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 08:43am
Dessert at Bo.lan http://t.co/4KkTxTLU—@james_clark
@james_clark Where’s the sticky rice and mango? On a banana leaf. A la Baan Khanitha.—@ndw
@ndw No sticky rice and mango on this occasin.—@james_clark
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 09:11am
With 8,675 photos (staged, not published), I’m still happy with the performance of
http://t.co/PLLRkHSSS. Needs metadata cleanup, though.—@ndw
@ndw You're gonna share the code for http://t.co/keTAI9jzz, right? I'll bug you about it @Balisage if you don't ;-)—@whovingh
@ndw i-m interested in the type of cell phone application you used for your panoramic
photos back in nineteen-ninety-eight-—@davidpflaherty
@davidpflaherty I doubt any of them were taken on a mobile phone back then. So I’m confused.—@ndw
@ndw i was trying to imply that you must have made a concerted effort to construct the
panoramics- thanks for sharing with these biased eyes—@davidpflaherty
Tuesday at 09:30am
I rebooted my Mac. It forgot some settings (CapsLock was not Ctrl). Now click+drag
doesn’t highlight, it pops up a context menu. W.T.F.!!!—@ndw
Tuesday at 09:31am
Heh. Been there. RT @vojtechtoman One of those days when my brain refuses to use an index and performs brute force
I/O on each request.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 09:34am
http://t.co/hRxhOlru in a tweet: provide good food, rock-solid network, reach out, be inclusive, don't
be a dick, communicate clearly!—@tommorris
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 09:43am
Best part of living in the caribbean -- I was bored so I went and signed up for a
night dive.—@wmperry
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 09:51am
Tuesday at 12:09pm
Poignant. RT @stephenfry The comfort of strangers - so different to the discomfort of those who are supposed
to be close to one...—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 12:37pm
Just done a test for a new potential client, here's a sample question: http://t.co/3jWGpnM (you have to give an answer)—@andrewwelch
@andrewwelch Uuummmm....—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 12:42pm
I had to go with the answer I think they were expecting, rather than the right answer
which wasn't there—@andrewwelch
@andrewwelch Just out of curiosity, did you think it was E?—@ndw
@ndw i think that is what they are expecting...—@andrewwelch
@andrewwelch Maybe it's a meta-test to see whether you will point out the test is faulty?—@JeniT
Tuesday at 12:52pm
Triumphs of design: The Tribeca Film Festival logo and the cover of Madonna’s new
album.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 01:19pm
@ndw Not to worry, HTC One S is coming at the end of this month (around the 25th). It's
getting great reviews. http://t.co/aos0kw0o—@kingargyle
@ndw You can Galaxy Nexus untethered, no? It certainly works on tmobile, since I'm using
it.—@tabatkins
@tabatkins Yes. I suppose I could just buy an unlocked phone and swap SIMs. But the full list
prices are a bit steep.—@ndw
@ndw @tabatkins Surely paying up front is cheaper than paying in pieces? Or is the U.S. carries system
so bad that even that's not true?—@hsivonen
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 01:54pm
#Oracle's plan to dominate the market. Expensive proprietary hardware designed to mask inadequacies
in 30 year old tech.http://bit.ly/IJmAkk—@cdhayes
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 04:06pm
If I worked at Apple, I'd go around favouriting people's tweets about future Apple
products, just to fuck with people.—@tomcoates
Tuesday at 07:31pm
Eight thousand photos on http://t.co/PLLRkHSSS, though you can only see 6,794. Lots of metadata cleanup to do next.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 10:28pm
"It’s true. I have a little altar next to my computer, and I burn fruit flies on it
to honor my intellect." http://t.co/lAhhqARy—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 04:30am
the meme 'pixels > the web' is true, flood of html5 tech is turning html page into
the 'pdf of the day', the browser is ready for disruption—@xquery
Wednesday at 06:27am
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 07:46am
I am a daddy now. God's gift: Gorgeous little girl delivered safely. Mother is well.—@ond1
@ond1 Yes, congrats and felicitations. Very quick work, too!—@aljopainter
@ond1 Congratulations! What's her name?—@AlainCouthures
@AlainCouthures thanks. I will soon let you know name of baby—@ond1
Wednesday at 09:01am
Gorgeous. http://t.co/jM8CWCqH—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 10:04am
*snort* “Vote for Cthulhu for when you’re tired of voting for the lesser of two evils.”
/via comment at http://t.co/ZAmixLR5—@ndw
@ndw 'Campus Crusade for Cthulhu: It found me!' 'Cthulhu Saves … for lunch!'—@lcahlander
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 10:20am
Wow, G+ did a huge layout revamp. It's looking good https://t.co/uHu5yUTy—@vbsteven
Wednesday at 10:40am
Wednesday at 10:49am
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 11:15am
Finally found something to cover up that glowing apple logo (tinfoil under the sticker
for light blocking). http://t.co/YkiujiJM—@ndw
Wednesday at 11:18am
“@ndw: … found something to cover up that glowing apple logo (tinfoil under the sticker
for light blocking). http://t.co/OkIHGiwP” //Nice!—@whovingh
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 12:07pm
Because I'm a grown up. Apparently.—@JeniT
Wednesday at 12:54pm
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 01:54pm
Has anyone tried Mosh (http://t.co/cVPWnPtp))? It's an SSH replacement that seems credible and interesting.—@robinberjon
@robinberjon I kicked tires a bit. Haven’t tried to learn its more interesting features yet.—@ndw
@robinberjon seen it, read it, but didn't install because the value proposition was not worth
the effort of installing on my server/client—@karlpro
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 02:44pm
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 02:48pm
I’ve come to the conclusion that even my mostly deaf ears can tell the difference
between @pandora_radio and iTunes. Will upgrading help?—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 02:04am
Kellblog: The Final Post | Kellblog http://t.co/DL41LBRM—@Kellblog
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 04:48am
Wondering about providing an estimate without units on the numbers.—@JeniT
@JeniT I've got some opinions agile estimating... the main one being don't bother. It's
a waste of everyone's time.—@andrewwelch
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 08:56am
Dear people spamming me with offers to translate documents: go die in a fire.—@mnot
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 09:00am
OH: "There is no "I" in "Team," but there are four in "Platitude-Quoting Idiot."—@fishmark
@fishmark @ndw This is a reasoned response to that phrase: There is no i in team, but there is a
u in c**t, so dont you be a c**t—@andrewwelch
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 09:55am
If your mail is apparently going into someone’s spam folder, how do you send them
email to tell them to check their spam folder?—@ndw
@ndw Is this today's version of Schrödinger's cat?—@shelleypowers
@shelleypowers I guess so. Unfortunately some spammer forged my email address recently. And I won’t
change it. Ever.—@ndw
@ndw @shelleypowers I've had people forge my email for spamming in the past. Any spam service that is
server-siding on address is wrong.—@morbusiff
@morbusiff @ndw Yup, same here. That's why I'm in process of switching everything over to gmail email—@shelleypowers
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 10:37am
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 11:06am
Take one glass of lightly sugared water. Add a piece of cardboard. Wait 10 minutes.
Voila! Your own Blue Ice Beer! http://t.co/AD1fqkn4—@larsga
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 01:07pm
Formatting code samples with line numbers is tricky because it can interfere with
cut&paste. Tables seem ugly. Better solutions?—@ndw
@ndw Show/hide line numbers with JS so ppl can remove them for c&p? Not sure that isn't
uglier than tables though! :-}—@j4
@ndw I've seen several people use http://t.co/0tl62G7I which does a line number/text wrap version and a raw version for cut&paste—@efreese
@ndw see the HTML in google code, there's no problem with the line numbers : e.g: http://t.co/Wic8GUBf—@yokofakun
@ndw With Virtual Formatting copy/paste just works - line numbers can also follow the
indentation - like in a document http://t.co/nC1PqII4—@pgfearo
@ndw turns out Blogger simply converts pasted RTF margins from my editor print preview
to margin-left CSS style properties—@pgfearo
@ndw Not sure about the HTML - I just paste rtf from my editor print-preview into blogger
and it does the rest - I'll mock something up...—@pgfearo
@ndw Just posted a test blog with line-numbered + indented XSLT code - it's at: http://t.co/tWNGH4Lg—@pgfearo
.@lcahlander Hmph. That’s tables too. I’m seeing a pattern.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 01:46pm
on the blog: JSON or XML: Just Decide http://t.co/HwpwRk5P—@mnot
@JeniT Oof. That's a big question. Do you mean in "APIs" (I know, bad term), or on the open
Web?—@mnot
@ndw @mnot re JSON or XML ... pretty obtuse argument IMHO. JSON lacks data binding tools so
its better for web service data ?—@DALDEI
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 02:20pm
RT @mnot on the blog: JSON or XML: Just Decide http://t.co/HwpwRk5P <-- lots of comments on twitter, none on the blog. Hm.—@mnot
Thursday at 02:50pm
RT @ndw: Basically, “yeah.” RT @mnot on the blog: JSON or XML: Just Decide http://t.co/0L3BDPXT—@OlegFirstov
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 03:01pm
If I upgrade to Lightroom 4, I”m basically admitting that I’m going to buy another
Mac, right? *Sigh*—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 03:05pm
Still can't get my damn phone unborked. Any aid much appreciated. Discussed here:
http://t.co/IKAIAydg—@mc_frontalot
Heh. Turns out I have the same phone as @mc_frontalot. That must make me cool. Too bad I can’t help with his problem: http://t.co/ELFyQ0dG—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 06:41pm
Hah, headhunters was excellent. Very silly. Understand what @jenit meant now though—@libbymiller
@libbymiller Did you have to hide your face too?—@JeniT
@JeniT yes in two scenes :-)—@libbymiller
@libbymiller Glad it wasn't just me :)—@JeniT
@ndw @JeniT I really enjoyed it -the tone is a bit varied, veering from broad comedy to very
violent. Also the plot makes no sense. But yes.—@libbymiller
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 09:43pm
Sample Nook book is a shambles. Indicates the whole thing a shambles too? Or separate
process? I wonder.—@ndw
@ndw which book? I wanna see...—@JeanKaplansky
@JeanKaplansky It’s the sample of Heinlein’s Methuselah’s Children. Several big chunks of the first
80 “pages” are repeated.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 07:15am
Privacy-protective ISP raises over $43,000 in donations in one day http://t.co/zEI1848h—@mikeloukides
.@mikeloukides And another $50 from me!—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 07:37am
Email sent from my phone (through gmail) arrives arbitrarily later. Seconds sometimes,
tens of minutes other times. #debugging #emailgateway—@ndw
@ndw have you cracked the code of sending to protected mailing lists at work from laptop
or desktop without outlook?—@mathling
@ndw You need to use the 'refresh' menu item after you send your email (from your phone)
to get it to send there and then.—@andrewwelch
Friday at 08:33am
I’m thinking the code to support multiple users at http://t.co/PLLRkHSS is stupid complexity. Different users = different subdomains.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 09:51am
“@gillianmsmith “@k Amazing long exposure of tonight's lightning storm hitting the Bay Bridge. (cont)
http://t.co/RggFmPlD—@mathling
In a conversation that started on Friday at 10:31am
So, The Avengers opens this weekend. I hope they got someone good to play Emma Peel.—@kiphampton
@kiphampton That’s my first thought ever time I see the movie title too.—@ndw
Friday at 12:41pm
Friday at 12:42pm
Saturday at 04:30am
Rukun Tetangga ??? hahaha RT @gilbertsirait RT!! Haha @RevenRVN: galauuuu gara" hari senin hahahahaha RT @ndw ... "http://bit.ly/HBJ9b8"—@RevenRVN
Saturday at 06:39am
My #Balisage paper is finally starting to come together in my head. And not a moment too soon!
#7daysandcounting—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 07:12am
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 11:23am
OH: "Anyone who believes in perpetual growth on a planet with finite resources is
either a) insane or b) an economist."—@mnot
Saturday at 11:44am
Pitch perfect. http://t.co/gDVzB4Zk—@ndw
Saturday at 01:35pm
The Sharon Burton Daily is out! http://t.co/qGG96bmz ▸ Top stories today via @ppf_digital @docxter_de @ndw @paul_useraid @cschweitz—@sharonburton
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 01:56pm
6yo has cleared space on bedside table for Buddha statue given to her by grandmother.—@JeniT
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 02:56pm
I've never understood white crayons.—@peteaven
Saturday at 03:05pm
There. I can now upload to http://t.co/PLLRkHSS by email and there’s a feed of recent photos. Enough hacking?—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 03:18pm
RT @girlnotes: THAT ONE PERSON whose presence just instantaneously pisses you off.—@FrancescaHoule
@FrancescaHoule That *one* person? If only.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 03:56pm
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 06:09pm
@ndw @sixty4bit think the white on color paper is an #edgecase considered by adults but not really used by kids #thinkingabouthiswaytoomuch—@peteaven
Sunday at 03:39pm
A @PaulasTXSpirits PTO margarita is its own reward, but this one is for my first ride of the season
(17.6 mi).—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 03:53pm
Oh drat, I seem to have made *two* margaritas. What to do? What to do?—@ndw
Sunday at 05:40pm
I'd go for the CEDET session http://t.co/t4RhcFMOO: ♺ @ndw: OMG! I might *have* to go! http://t.co/h8OP5s1A #emacs—@MenteaXML