The short-form week of 12–18 Nov 2012
19 Nov 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 Tuesday at 09:48am
Totally not interested in Petraeus crap; I don't even care if he leaked classified
info to his mistress. DON'T WANT OR CARE!—@kendall
Tuesday at 10:23am
Reconstructed server: http://t.co/O6rl4TDC and other sites now back online. If you see anything weird, do tell.—@ndw
Tuesday at 10:32am
Pro: I’ve figured out how to turn on the heat in my apartment. Con: everytime it fires
up, it sounds like someone knocking on my door.—@ndw
Tuesday at 01:53pm
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 03:18pm
So, yeah, maybe I shouldn't have had that *whole* pot of coffee to myself. #vibrating—@kiphampton
@kiphampton I used to drink two (12-cup) pots a day. The vibrations stop, but the withdrawal
headaches set in. Avoid that fate!—@simonstl
@ndw @simonstl Heh. I usually limit myself to 2 cups a day plus the occasional espresso shot. Not
today, though! #stillvibrating—@kiphampton
Tuesday at 03:42pm
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 09:42am
Anyone who thinks print books are just fine as-is hasn’t observed the ginormous font
sizes that ordinary people use with their ereaders.—@liza
Wednesday at 10:18am
Oh noes! http://t.co/ELDAHkpC—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 10:22am
I’m tired of ripping my headset off my ears periodically. Recommendations for a really
good (maybe stereo?) bluetooth headset?—@ndw
@ndw How about tackling the problem from another angle: find a good bluetooth headphone
amplifier and put it in your pocket like iPod.—@RobbertAtWork
Wednesday at 11:34am
I wonder if there will ever be an official Google API for Google Voice. Please?—@ndw
Wednesday at 02:24pm
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 06:50pm
Software patents are horseshit.—@kendall
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 02:30pm
Angry Birds Star Wars. Shark jumping?—@ndw
@ndw No, it's completely awesome!—@sarahokeefe
@sarahokeefe I’m not actually disputing that.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 06:15pm
Indian School Textbook Says Meat-Eaters Lie and Commit Sex Crimes http://t.co/6zxeUr2E—@slashdot
In a conversation that started on Friday at 08:52pm
A note to big pharma: Jonas Salk when asked about a patent for polio vaccine: “There
is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”—@ndw
@ndw let-s try-—@drabshadow
Friday at 08:58pm
RT @ndw: A note to big pharma: Jonas Salk when asked about a patent for polio vaccine: “There
is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”—@kiphampton
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 09:05am
Debating the benefits/disappointments of indoor fireworks.—@JeniT
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 01:43pm
Note to self: $result except $node puts the results in document order making all your
careful sorting of the $results moot. #xpath—@ndw
@ndw for $r in ($results) return $r[. intersect $node] ?—@WendellPiez
@WendellPiez That might work, I just moved the test down into the expression returned.—@ndw
@ndw That's a better way.—@WendellPiez
@ndw does it? good gotcha that one...—@andrewwelch
Saturday at 04:12pm
RT @RichardDawkins: Prison or church? Americans worry about constitutionality. I worry how such a fatuous
idiot could become a judge
htt ...—@ndw
Saturday at 04:39pm
Saturday at 04:56pm
Note to spammers, real bankers don’t describe the amount of my outstanding deposit
as being “to the tune of 12.5 million dollars”.—@ndw