The short-form week of 4–10 Nov 2013
11 Nov 2013; last modified 13 Nov 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 Tuesday at 05:23pm
I have two branches at github and to local dev branches. Merging one “just works”
merging the other forces a new commit msg. Huh?—@ndw
Monday at 09:05am
RT @alan_uplc: Teacher screamed at by Gov. Christie has her turn. http://withabrooklynaccent.blogspot.com/2013/11/letter-to-governor-christie-from-new.html Please share widely, so her voice is heard http://…—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 09:11am
Now the hard part, trying to decide if a tricked out Laptop will successfully run
Linux or not.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 09:19am
In a conversation that started on Monday at 11:21am
Looks nice tricked out, http://www.malibal.com/notebooks/nine-x570se/ but 12 pounds is heavy. Though the 2.5” thickness concerns me more, knasack-wise.—@ndw
@ndw The latest Lenovo T440s can be configured for performance, for 3.5lbs/0.8in. The
T540p is the same in 15in. http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/t-series/t440s/?cid=EDM_20131030_NA_US_CON_TP_TseriesNotifyMe_CB&RRID=NOTIFYME0000101138&esrc=NOTIFYME#customize—@ColinMaudry
@ColinMaudry Thanks. If I’m going wintel, I’m leaning towards the 17” flavor; the 17” Lenovo’s
are only 1600x900 which seems just silly.—@ndw
@ndw Back in the days I had a Sager computer, which was a similar brick (with a desktop
P4!). I wouldn’t want that again.—@ebruchez
@ndw I just have a Satori which is 3.5lbs lighter than the 9x and 1.8" high. Hit a sweet
spot for me—@distobj
@ndw does it have a good processing cycles / weight ratio? I guess it must to be worth
carrying 12 pounds!—@simonstl
@ndw Do they have some lead weights in there?—@alexmilowski
Tuesday at 07:12am
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 05:55pm
The Lenovo W530 with all the knobs turned to 11 might work. Linux driver reports for
the Intel wifi are mixed. #newlaptop—@ndw
@ndw if you're not afraid of the weight & bulky look, have a look @ clevo barebones https://t.co/3jwOvSaNwS
should be 100% linux compatible—@olivierjeulin
Tuesday at 05:55pm
(Yes, that assumes I give up on a 17” screen and settle for a 15” screen at 1920x1080)—@ndw
Tuesday at 07:12pm
RT @xproc: XProc V2.0 Requirements published as a W3C Working Draft, let the comments roll
in! http://www.w3.org/TR/xproc-v2-req/—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 11:37pm
Wednesday at 03:38am
Wednesday at 06:45am
If it quacks like a duck, but looks like a cat with a horse head, it must be JavaScript.—@rodneyrehm
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 11:07am
Twelve hours later with the Nexus 5, enjoying it a lot. Beautiful screen. Friend said
it made his new iPhone 5S feel old fashioned.—@edd
Thursday at 03:27am
Amazing to watch a 37-year-old piece of software get better every day. Emacs shows
clearly that useful software is never finished.—@sanityinc
Thursday at 09:19am
what idiot called them creationists instead of primate change deniers—@dandouglas
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 01:51pm
The prospect of getting a laptop completely and perfectly setup with Linux is still
daunting after all these years.—@ndw
@ndw But the stickers… What about the stickers?—@mstuehrenberg
@mstuehrenberg I have more stickers.—@ndw
@ndw did you look at this? http://www.dell.com/uk/business/p/xps-13-linux/pd not checked US availability though—@ldodds
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 02:35pm
(tabulating the unfollows for speaking heresy against coffee)—@scalzi
Thursday at 06:33pm
Drawing fractals in meetings helps me focus. And I could go on forever.—@therealmaxf
Friday at 07:04pm
Looks like new laptop models coming from Lenovo and DELL this month. I suppose I can
wait a little longer.—@ndw
Sunday at 11:20am
Well played, steam :) https://t.co/JNQgprWjWW—@codepo8
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 03:11pm
One would think that gathering decent-quality travel videos in one spot would be a
good opportunity for a startup, no?—@RussB