The short-form week of 8–14 Jul 2013
15 Jul 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 12:19pm
Burned my thumb. BBQ ain't free.—@kendall
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 05:24pm
In a conversation that started on Monday at 08:59am
So. @exploregod made the front page of the Austin paper. For the record, I have absolutely no questions
about your imaginary friend.—@ndw
Monday at 03:58pm
The increasingly ubiquitous social sharing prompts at the end of user workflows are
the “exit through the gift shop” of consumer computing.—@al3x
In a conversation that started on Monday at 04:23pm
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 06:52am
“For instructions … follow this link to our video.” Oh, puleeez. Yes, video can be
a boon for some instruction, but for most things: words.—@ndw
@ndw yup, recently I have the feeling that the “young generation” lost the ability|concentration
to read more than 3 sentences—@olivierjeulin
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 08:17am
"source ~/.bash_history" <- A colleague just recounted the story of when he ran this.
You shouldn't.—@DRMacIver
Wednesday at 10:27am
Democracy: the idea that the people who write YouTube comments should be able to choose
who runs the country. Be ... http://t.co/hb6rH1Vtas—@tommorris
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 11:47am
Gas pumps that blare commercials at you. #hatefulthings—@ndw
Wednesday at 01:09pm
Stop Glorifying Hard Work and Long Hours http://t.co/iY4s6utUsn—@lmorchard
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 06:04pm
A journey that would have taken months 200 years ago and I'm annoyed by a 4 hour delay.
#airtravel #firstworldproblems—@ndw
@ndw Hans Rosling's TED talk "The magic washing machine" also puts these things into perspective.—@EileenOttawa
Thursday at 10:13am
RT @chris_biow: @cdhayes I'm concerned with future misuse of surveillance by people who wrote policy based
on a legal declaration that tort…—@ndw
Thursday at 05:33pm
Colleague "You spelt analyze wrong" Me "Your whole country spelt analyse wrong"—@RobVesse
Friday at 09:50am
2003: "I replaced you with a set of very small shell scripts."
2013: "I replaced your scripts with a six-figure enterprise DevOps platform."—@NeckbeardHacker
Friday at 12:37pm
In a conversation that started on Friday at 03:22pm
The Texas legislature is an embarrassment to the entire Universe. http://t.co/KT6A2OOMai—@BadAstronomer
@BadAstronomer Pretty much. I feel so much better about the TX drivers license that arrived in the
mail yesterday. :-/—@ndw
Friday at 03:44pm
Use less JavaScript.—@defunkt
Friday at 03:50pm
BREAKING: @TheOnion tearfully announces they're ceasing publication immediately, explaining that they
can't compete with the #txlege—@HCookAustin
Friday at 04:44pm
A what point does the mockery of a parody of a mockery of a parody of a sham in #texas cause a black hole to form: http://t.co/lhY6C7o7m2—@dhmspector
Friday at 05:12pm
seen on FB: Keep Calm and Tamp On #TamponGate—@jahendler
In a conversation that started on Friday at 05:22pm
I am totally unimpressed by being told I'm naive & most cricketers do it. That just
means most cricketers are dishonest, which is even worse—@RichardDawkins
@RichardDawkins I tend to think "everyone else does it" must be the single worst reason for doing
anything.—@jcrichards1976
In a conversation that started on Friday at 05:38pm
Why is winning so important. Why is winning more important than decency? Wouldn't
you rather lose honestly than win dishonestly? Seriously?—@RichardDawkins
@RichardDawkins If you win dishonestly, I can't believe that you really FEEL as if you've won—@OllieThorpe97
@OllieThorpe97 @RichardDawkins if you accept the philosophy "by any means necessary", perhaps you lose the notion
of "winning dishonestly".—@ndw
@RichardDawkins Somewhere along the line we seem to have forgotten that "it's not whether you win
or lose, it's how you play the game."—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 06:35pm
Another parental setback: at 6 years old, my daughter has decided that she likes mustard
on her hamburgers.—@siracusa
Friday at 07:31pm
If you like Ayn Rand go fuck yourself.—@tunixman
Friday at 09:13pm
bureaucracy: job centers with no jobs for misfits. misfits create their own jobs:
entrepreneurs. government support for them? bureaucracy.—@dscape
Saturday at 03:11am
Descartes walks into a bar. “Beer?” asks the barman. “I think not” replies Rene, who
disappears. http://t.co/Lfr6QIHFcS—@JohnRentoul
Sunday at 02:21pm
It's raining glass. HD 189733b: It is a huge gas giant orbiting very close to its
host star. The planet's... http://t.co/bA3828qi1C—@jwz
Sunday at 03:39pm
“This is what the worship of death looks like.” RT @JWilliamJames: bell hooks says a great thing http://t.co/atXZiwUw3S—@neilio
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 03:47pm
Nine Random Misconceptions About Atheists http://t.co/3ucQ3wkNcL—@LeaVerou
"We don’t think we have the answers. We don’t think you have the answers" Misconceptions
about atheists via @LeaVerouhttp://t.co/pUZE3GYFBI—@amyvdh