The short-form week of 18–24 Jun 2012
25 Jun 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.
Monday at 11:53am
"Nebraska" is Latin for "to the left of Iowa". #NebraskaKloutFacts—@BadAstronomer
Monday at 04:34pm
Good thing nobody ever misled congress about evidence of Iraqi WMD programs. Just
imagine that prosecution.—@mattyglesias
Monday at 06:24pm
"We see a tablet that's designed the way Windows has been designed."
Unfortunate choice of words for the new Microsoft Surface tablet—@talkingfrog1950
Monday at 06:39pm
So Microsoft's iPad surfaces. Looks nice hardware except for the "it's a PC" and "runs
Windows" parts.—@dajobe
Monday at 06:43pm
Ah, the joys of early arrival: hanging out on the tarmac waiting for your gate to
open up. http://t.co/lhe9k9ov—@ndw
Monday at 06:58pm
Lets just tablet the puns until the price surfaces.—@dajobe
In a conversation that started on Monday at 08:29pm
Guy hassling the gate checkin agent about the layout of information on the boarding
pass. #flying #clueless—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 10:02pm
Purity was always already not an option.—@kendall
In a conversation that started on Monday at 10:36pm
Amenities I demand in a hotel: electricity. "We think it should be back by 3am." Uh.
No. #unreasonable #bastard—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 05:55am
Yesterday marked 5 years at #MarkLogic for me. Longest I've been anywhere. So busy I missed the anniversary. The tech
kicks ass!—@peteaven
@peteaven And the next 5 get even better! Thank you for being an integral part of the team.—@MarkLogic
@peteaven very cool - congrats, bro! :)—@jasoncbooth
@jasoncbooth thanks dude!—@peteaven
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 11:25am
#Stardog 1.0 is now available; see http://t.co/yJ18RX6d for download, docs, info, etc. #faints #wedidit—@kendall
@kendall Congrats, man. Big day.—@kiphampton
@kiphampton Thanks, Kip. Feels good to fucking ship!—@kendall
Tuesday at 11:47am
Pollution persists because entropy requires no maintenance - Bruce Sterling—@windley
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 12:01pm
How long before there are XML-style namespaces in JSON? I'm guessing not long.—@kiphampton
@kiphampton I can hardly wait.—@ndw
@ndw Seems inevitable. I'm watching the fights start about JSON hypermedia types and one-size-fits-all
specifications.—@kiphampton
Tuesday at 12:33pm
Stardog 1.0 software engineering porn for all the geeks: 4033 commits; 64 KLOC for
the core; 45 KLOC comments; 4047 tests (45 KLOC).—@kendall
Tuesday at 02:22pm
It was never Microsoft's problem that they were uncool. Most people are uncool. Uncool
sells. The problem was that their stuff didn't work.—@iA
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 04:27pm
Will Obama authorize rendition or drone strikes if Ecuador grants Assange asylum?
How fucked is it that this is even a question?—@kendall
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 05:14pm
@ndw Oh, you might do a wget http://t.co/MsP0y6q7 too for flight. We don’t distribute them (yet) in the ZIP.—@kendall
Tuesday at 06:40pm
Blessed are the bond holders and the protectors of corporate profit, for they shall
inherit the earth. — Right Wing Jesus—@kendall
Wednesday at 11:12am
Need something to read on yr next long plane ride? Try the print-friendly #Stardog 1.0 docs as a PDF: http://t.co/gyoPfDEy /cc @ndw—@kendall
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 04:05pm
What is it. Er, was it? http://t.co/5I6csg0A—@ndw
@ndw They're spying on you. Quick, get your tinfoil hat!—@alexmilowski