The short-form week of 22–28 Jul 2013
29 Jul 2013; last modified 30 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.
Monday at 04:35pm
I'm going to sell UK Govt some porn blocking software. If they've believed people
telling them that job can be done they'll buy any old tat.—@bengoldacre
Monday at 05:52pm
How bad are things in the US? The films ROBOCOP 2 (1990) and ENEMY OF THE STATE (1998)
are now mostly-accurate prophecies.—@pattonoswalt
Monday at 06:20pm
In a conversation that started on Monday at 06:54pm
I’ve been busy. It’s July. This stuff about banning porn in the UK, that’s all an
April fools joke right? I’m just catching up late. Right?—@ndw
Tuesday at 09:20am
Tuesday at 05:19pm
1 bit of news today (the baby's sex). Which decompresses to about 1000 hours of video.—@michaelhkay
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 07:05pm
Tuesday at 07:10pm
There are 80,658,175,170,943,878,571,660,636,856,403,766,975,289,505,440,883,277,824,000,000,000,000
ways to put deck of cards in order—@dcm
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 07:47pm
Mobile versions of Firefox and Chrome both display table cells in a smaller font,
despite explicit CSS for “table tr td”. WTF?—@ndw
@ndw Because they don't like you. If user=Norm, then ...—@alexmilowski
@alexmilowski You’re not good for my paranoia, you know that?—@ndw
@ndw is there a tbody being inserted in there?—@andrewwelch
.@andrewwelch I think I’m pleased that “table tbody tr td” didn’t help.—@ndw
Tuesday at 11:47pm
AK-47 underwater at 27k frames per second https://t.co/1lHXEFHbQm—@codinghorror
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 10:00am
Waterboarding seems just like gentle torturing method compared to solving issues related
to Java classloader, JAXP and Ant.—@jirkakosek
@jirkakosek Wait until they throw Maven into the mix.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 10:40am
Hmm. http://t.co/hSXA6NfJAA is down and not just for me. Someone’s having a fire drill.—@ndw
@ndw Chase Online is functional. We apologize for any inconvenience. Pls let us know if
you require additional assistance. ^SF—@ChaseSupport
@ChaseSupport Looks to be down again, though it was up briefly when you first replied to my tweet.—@ndw
Wednesday at 04:08pm
"I am not an enthusiast for diversity of opinion where factual matters are concerned."
-Richard Dawkins—@pkedrosky
Wednesday at 04:09pm
There should be an export ban on America democracy until a few quality control issues
are sorted out!—@petecordell
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 06:05am
Get up. Scoop whole coffee beans into french press. Stare at it for several seconds
trying to figure out what’s wrong. Oh, right. Grind 1st.—@ndw
Thursday at 06:35am
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 12:35pm
More evidence of intent to remove #XML support in Blink.
https://t.co/y9A4UBxWLq—@alexmilowski
.@alexmilowski I have that “I told you so” token around here somewhere. I’ll find it later.—@ndw
Thursday at 11:01pm
"Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits." -Mark Twain—@jchjackson
Friday at 04:28am
"All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand" - Steven Wright—@marcuschown
Friday at 06:42am
What part of "respect for law" does the GOP respect? No part.—@kendall
Friday at 07:08am
So right wing Christians hate health care for poor people because fuck Jesus and his
libtard concern for the least of these, amirite?!—@kendall
In a conversation that started on Friday at 10:01am
My frequency of backing out a local commit seconds after doing it, and the fact that
I have to look up how every time, is a little alarming.—@ndw
Friday at 10:41am
http://t.co/Q4G9zpBjVw looks interesting, but my every experiencee with ruby, rake, and such things has
ended in a painful mess.—@ndw
Friday at 11:20am
In a conversation that started on Friday at 01:47pm
If you've never heard of the greatest mathematician of the 20th century, Paul Erdös,
you must read this http://t.co/mOyt3bxPG2—@larsga
In a conversation that started on Friday at 02:20pm
How did I not know there was a Frank Willison Award? Or did I know and forget? Great
editor, wonderful man. We miss ya Frank.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 02:28pm
Saturday at 07:12am
XML Stars, the journal is out! http://t.co/gsRNgt1v4z ▸ Top stories today via @ndw @JamieXML—@dominixml
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 03:14pm
WTF is "Newark Penn Station"?—@ndw
@ndw Newark, NJ. It's a stop or two from NY Penn Station.—@andersoncliffb
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 05:28pm
A Manhattan in Manhattan. Hello New Yawk City. #potentpotables—@ndw
@ndw jealous—@alexmilowski
Sunday at 06:36pm
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever."
- George Orwell, 1984—@gabrielsaldana
Sunday at 08:07pm
When I see lovers' names carved in a tree, I don't think it's cute. I just find it
strange how many people have knives on a date.—@BiIIMurray
Sunday at 09:25pm
Young woman asked for a coke. Bartender said they're $6, suggested she go to machine
downstairs where they're $2. I added a $ to my tip.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 09:29pm
Also:$6 for a coke? WTF? It's sugar, water, caramel color, and a few impurities for
crying out loud!—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 09:40pm
You’re a restaurant. You have a website. And no where on your website do you list
the address of your physical location. You are idiots.—@ndw