The short-form week of 30 Apr–6 May 2012
07 May 2012; last modified 09 May 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 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
@pgfearo But when I cut-and-paste that, I get line numbers in the cut-and-paste, that’s what
I’m trying to avoid.—@ndw
@ndw Found any better code-numbering cut-and-paste solutions? CSS counters are another
option, simplistic sample: http://t.co/Hs1Dchmi—@pgfearo
.@lcahlander Hmph. That’s tables too. I’m seeing a pattern.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 07:18pm
OK, so is there actually an XML-ER proposal? Half an hour of searching, and I can't
find the spec they're talking about.—@masinter
Can't tell from that the simplest thing properties of XML-ER... like is it self-delimiting?
http://t.co/jxKpMGLP @sideshowbarker—@masinter
Monday at 01:47pm
In a conversation that started on Monday at 01:58pm
Google’s geocoding-by-wireless-AP service thinks the Ronald Reagan Building is in
Kissimmee Florida.—@ndw
@ndw yeah, had a similar thing, but thought I was in Talahasse when checking in from Ohio.—@kingargyle
Monday at 02:05pm
In a conversation that started on Monday at 02:30pm
That thing where your tethered phone out performs the hotel wifi and you don’t notice
the attachment is 4.2M until after you hit send...—@ndw
@ndw you know when you notice the attachment is over four megs after you hit send and
your tethered phone out performs the hotel wifi- #That—@davidpflaherty
In a conversation that started on Monday at 03:20pm
Euphemism of the day: “Human Capital Management”. Ugh.—@ndw
Monday at 03:22pm
In a conversation that started on Monday at 10:48pm
Park Hyatt D.C., your wifi could suck a golf ball through a garden hose.—@ndw
@ndw funny... I just said same about Hyatt La Jolla Aventine, where they only had pay
per day wifi - in con rooms and out.—@JeanKaplansky
Tuesday at 06:06am
Holy cow. Radio ads for military helicopters. Only in DC, I suppose.—@ndw
Tuesday at 06:21am
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 09:25am
Except I'm not a Dr. RT @ronhitchens: Norman Walsh, ready for brain surgery: #MLW12http://t.co/bb1SWSus—@ndw
@ndw Sorry, Mad Scientist Norman Walsh—@ronhitchens
Tuesday at 09:57am
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 12:07pm
. @ndw broke out the #awesome tardis cuff links for the occasion #MLW12http://t.co/XV53sLP6—@peteaven
Tuesday at 02:22pm
Tuesday at 02:40pm
Got some advice about the proverbial glass that is half empty and half full: All you've
got to work with is the half that's full.—@dschatsky
Tuesday at 03:03pm
"Hey, how much is that sandwich?", "Two likes, a follower, and a check-in!".—@dhh
Wednesday at 02:50am
Wednesday at 09:40am
Wednesday at 12:36pm
+1 RT @robinberjon: Sigh. I wish I had enough parallel lives for all the cool projects there are out
there.—@ndw
Thursday at 01:42pm
Thursday at 01:43pm
Thursday at 02:07pm
Thursday at 10:31pm
Crowded. Noisy. The hip and the beautiful. And the paunchy middle aged white guys
in expensive suits. DC?—@ndw
Thursday at 11:12pm
OH "last time I was here, I was running around and mutants were trying to kill me."—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 10:47am
Dear TSA, I always arrive early. Making me wait 15 minutes isn’t going to discourage
me from opting out.—@ndw
Sunday at 06:42pm
@ndw did u see the big bang on thursday??? I was dying, it was hilarious—@FrancescaHoule