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The short-form week of 22–28 Apr 2013

29 Apr 2013; last modified 06 May 2013

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 Sunday at 08:17pm

@ndw is there an xslt-hl formatter for HTML that you know of?—@bphogan
@bphogan “xslt-hl”?—@ndw
@ndw it’s a syntax highlighting util for docbook. And I found my answer - it “just works” and I’m an idiot.—@bphogan

Monday at 05:38am

Phone says "time to home 17 minutes." That's just mean. AUS-SFO at o'dark thirty. *yawn*—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Monday at 05:46am

Screaming children on a 6:03a flight. KMN.—@ndw
@ndw You have my sympathy.—@lcahlander

Tuesday at 04:51am

"Knock, knock" "Who's there?" "Bug in your state machine" "Who's there?"—@ceterum_censeo

In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 04:58pm

[giggle] RT @ndw: ROTFL! http://t.co/kYhrxe0WuU—@jeffsonstein
@ndw I'd love to RT that.. but.. #WithGreatRetweetingComesGreatResponsibility—@_mlDev
@ndw @gclaramunt that shit's evil—@diegsv

In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 05:04pm

@ndw @stevej ummm, it told me my password wasn't secure, what do i do next? :(—@joshbuddy
@joshbuddy @ndw it’s ok, I already suspended your account.—@stevej
@stevej @ndw SIGN UP FOR FREE PORN NOW—@joshbuddy

Tuesday at 05:11pm

OMG RT @ndw: ROTFL! http://t.co/AncMBSUrQX—@ener

Tuesday at 05:35pm

Haha, Is your Twitter password secure? http://t.co/gNHNWeV7nU Zeker ook even proberen iets in te vullen :) (via @ndw)—@nvh

Tuesday at 05:44pm

RT @robinberjon You should … see if your Twitter password is secure using this great service: http://t.co/w9uE9dsYe6 /@ndw—@chaals

Tuesday at 05:50pm

Doh! @AP didn't use this! "@ndw: ROTFL! http://t.co/ao6q9qAhhN"—@nightshiftc

Tuesday at 06:10pm

RT @robinberjon You should … see if your Twitter password is secure using this great service: http://t.co/kXHR5i7qZs /@ndw—@ourmaninjapan

Tuesday at 06:23pm

"@ndw: ROTFL! http://t.co/PElfj3QbrO" so funny :-)—@rfrasur

Tuesday at 06:31pm

Is your Twitter password secure? Check it for free! RT @ndw: http://t.co/usoObDTP6H—@PavelAnni

Tuesday at 06:46pm

“@ndw: ROTFL! http://t.co/hbt4KkJ6c1” - love the second screen after starting to type some garbage into the input field :)—@fjhirsch

Tuesday at 07:52pm

Awesome “@ndw: ROTFL! http://t.co/JXVBkoJUy2”—@joemfb

Wednesday at 01:32am

Hahahah! > @ndw 33m ROTFL! http://t.co/Z2bg1m41iL—@OnlineMarketeer

Wednesday at 01:58am

Wednesday at 12:48pm

Wednesday at 01:08pm

I'm creating a new proposal for an additional X-* HTTP request header; X-I-Dont-Want-Your-Goddamn-Iphone-App: true.—@asterick

In a conversation that started on Thursday at 04:38pm

So, if you’re thinking of buying a new MacBookPro, there’s that website that estimates when the next refresh is likely. That’s where again?—@ndw
@ndw Also, there are rumors of a MacBook Pro refresh to be announced in June, for WWDC. http://t.co/4DavouMIwZ—@avernet
@ndw I'm also due for a MacBook Pro refresh this year, and wondering if this time I won't go with an iMac+Air instead.—@avernet
@avernet I like having a single machine that's the same wherever I am.—@ndw
@ndw Certainly. I've been using only 1 laptop at a time since 1999, and maybe just forgot how inconvenient switching between computers is.—@avernet

In a conversation that started on Thursday at 04:55pm

@semweblongshot That’d be the one. Thanks!—@ndw

Thursday at 10:57pm

If we prosecute a man for selling fake bomb detectors, how are homeopaths in business? - Willard Foxton - Telegraph http://t.co/CVSnUZEc2G—@rdfrs

Thursday at 11:20pm

Saturday at 08:56am

Emng loe sampah?haruskah semua terserah loe?"@ndw_novia: Engga bisa begitu ! harus terserah gue ! @Kurniantydm: Terserah awoh o:) "@ndw—@Kurniantydm

Saturday at 05:42pm

So now they have a Pirate Party MP in Iceland! And they jailed bankers. I like Iceland....—@PaulbernalUK

Sunday at 03:32pm

I met Don Knuth this weekend and asked him if he's still using TeX. ProTip: Don't ask Don Knuth if he's still using TeX.—@paultyma

In a conversation that started on Sunday at 07:07pm

@ndw don't get me started. I'm going on 2 weeks of deafening congestion.—@JeanKaplansky