The short-form week of 2–8 Jul 2012
09 Jul 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 Wednesday at 07:10am
Norman Walsh and me, journal nouvelle édition http://t.co/cd9sLTFc ▸ Aujourd'hui à la UNE: @sull @ndw—@dominixml
Monday at 09:07am
Monday at 10:48am
Most favorite weather forecast ... ever http://t.co/lhiFc89M—@shelleypowers
In a conversation that started on Monday at 12:14pm
Thanks to some tactful nagging by @ndw, Stardog 1.0.1 will serve its documentation out of the box on http://server/docss. Enjoy, Norm!—@kendall
In a conversation that started on Monday at 02:43pm
It's the largest tax increase in what now? http://t.co/YF1I7vX1—@kplawver
In a conversation that started on Monday at 04:52pm
TODO: drink more alcoholic beverages.—@kendall
Monday at 05:35pm
The Only Advanced Country Without a National Vacation Policy? It’s the U.S.: http://t.co/jewdstRZ—@MotherJones
In a conversation that started on Monday at 06:27pm
Yes, everyone does. RT @Salon: Did Anderson Cooper have a moral responsibility to come out? http://t.co/tcF1c5vn—@kendall
@kendall To fight discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation? Or...why? Why that and
not my favorite ice cream flavor?—@ndw
@kendall I might keep any number of things private, including my sexual orientation and my
fav. ice cream flavor. Why moral resp. for one?—@ndw
@ndw General moral obligation to not degrade oneself by acquiescing to illegitimate shame-inducing
social conventions, esp oppressive ones.—@kendall
Monday at 06:45pm
The camera is much more than a recording apparatus. It is a medium via which messages
reach us from another world. - Orson Welles—@photoquotes
In a conversation that started on Monday at 09:44pm
License plate seen today:
OFFBYON—@hunterhacker
@hunterhacker +1000 points for cleverness—@ndw
Monday at 10:25pm
Her: “I don’t want to put too much basil in…” Me: “I don’t understand what you are
saying…”—@bsletten
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 06:53am
Dear internet, could we all please stop using the “X can die in a fire” metaphor?
It’s really grim and ugly.—@ndw
Tuesday at 06:57am
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 09:13am
“@migueldemelo: Stephen Hawking held a party for time-travellers - but no-one turned up...” They
did, but in a different timeline!—@philipfennell
@philipfennell only the future can tell, or maybe the past?—@migueldemelo
@philipfennell Why are we always in the losing timeline? I want the timeline with the time machines,
flying cars and jet packs, damnit!—@ndw
Tuesday at 10:09am
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 11:14am
Sambuca good, but this sambuca bad: http://t.co/f11lalFK—@rem
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 08:21pm
Why have I just today learned about The Codeless Code? http://t.co/BCHYNlpi—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 08:40pm
Mac installer put crap on my desktop. WTF?—@ndw
Tuesday at 11:35pm
Life is not fair. It is not fair to you. It is not fair to others. Knowledge of this
fact is remarkably unsatisfying.—@ndw
Tuesday at 11:43pm
Where the colors of fireworks come from http://t.co/vxO9PR2a—@ndw
Wednesday at 01:47am
RT @ndw: Why have I just today learned about The Codeless Code? http://t.co/BCHYNlpi—@herrkerzenbaum
Wednesday at 10:11am
Turned down opportunity to go on 1-hour radio programme to discuss the religious significance
of the Higgs particle since there isn't any.—@marcuschown
Wednesday at 10:20am
This manual is “reversible”. In the PDF version, all the pages in the second half
are ... upside down!—@ndw
Wednesday at 11:15am
Wednesday at 11:16am
Wednesday at 11:22am
Brilliant !! “@ndw: Why have I just today learned about The Codeless Code? http://t.co/CFFdPtmf”—@kiyanwang
Wednesday at 11:48am
"I’m not convinced that issue needs to be addressed at the federal level" = I benefit
from the status quo and know the states can't fix it.—@ronmichael
Wednesday at 11:58am
To my friends: "Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start
from now and make a brand new ending." -- Carl Bard—@iand
Wednesday at 12:16pm
RT @kiyanwang: Brilliant !! “@ndw: Why have I just today learned about The Codeless Code? http://t.co/CFFdPtmf”—@mauvedeity
Wednesday at 03:49pm
LOL! ♻ @jwildeboer: stuck in the toilet for 3 days as the door has a "slide to unlock" thingy. And as
I do not want to get sued by Apple ...—@gabrielsaldana
Thursday at 01:47pm
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel
Beckett.—@vojtechtoman
Thursday at 02:34pm
Sometimes I think GOP exists only to give me so many lulz; then I remember that they
fuck shit up for people every day and I'm sad panda.—@kendall
Friday at 08:16am
RT @ndw: Combining maps and timelines. Clever bit of kit: http://t.co/PKfSZshI /via @collwhit—@tingenek
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 03:20am
OnePassword or Last password? Or another?—@robinberjon
@robinberjon I’ve been very happy with OnePassword. Nice Mac app, integrates well with browsers,
and has a useful Android app (& IOS).—@ndw
Saturday at 10:52am
Dear spammers: “GOOGLE INCORPORATION”. Really?—@ndw
Saturday at 01:23pm
Typography-inspired nail polish: wow, it's like Silly Putty for your nails… http://t.co/5MfkMslz h/t @eliasisrael cc @ndw :)—@xmlgrrl
Saturday at 03:58pm
Sunday at 01:49pm
"I don’t think you’ll ever have to write assembly language in your day job" - get
a better day job! /cc @geekable—@0xabad1dea