The short-form week of 2–8 Dec 2013
09 Dec 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 10:40am
Monday at 12:08pm
I'm sure it's by coincidence that sharp-eyed journalists have spotted a cute Amazon
story on the year's busiest day for online shopping.—@htfb
In a conversation that started on Monday at 01:11pm
@DALDEI @coin what I want is a credit card that will handle my expense reports for me. do that
please.—@eedeebee
@eedeebee @DALDEI I just want a FREAKING chip-and-pin card. You know, something from the twenty-first
century.—@ndw
@ndw @eedeebee @daldei I'd say "get an overseas account" but banks are leery of "toxic us persons" these
days. http://exactcpa.blogspot.fr/2013/04/interview-andrew-f-quinlan-american.html—@aljopainter
In a conversation that started on Monday at 01:18pm
Is it me or are there dozens of reasons why Amazon Prime Air is not a good idea: Weather
conditions determine availability of service.—@philipfennell
@philipfennell It got their name all over the press on Cyber Monday. Mission accomplished.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 02:38pm
Is http://www.w3.org/TR/rdfcal/ still the state of the art in representing calendar data in RDF?—@ndw
@ndw State of the art? No. In some state, yes.—@alexmilowski
@alexmilowski Thanks. That’s very help…no, nevermind.—@ndw
@alexmilowski You jest. That’s not even close enough to be funny.—@ndw
@ndw I said "might" ... there isn't much out there besides things based on RFC 2554.—@alexmilowski
@ndw then art is in a sad state :-p—@hutchkintoot
In a conversation that started on Monday at 07:55pm
Assume I conclude that I can live w/o commercial apps (PS, Lightroom, …), I’m left
with contacts and calendars and Exchange and oh %#@$!—@ndw
Tuesday at 07:15am
XML Stars, the journal is out! http://paper.li/dominixml/1329135087 Stories via @ndw @XSLFO—@dominixml
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 03:26am
Devs, would really like your feedback with a W3C spec I'm working on for "installable
webapps". What do you prefer? https://t.co/PkyztYPAnb—@marcosc
@marcosc Complex syntaxes in attributes is generally a recipe for pain. Please no.—@robinberjon
@ndw @robinberjon please please please leave a comment in the gist as to why it's a bad idea. Would
be super helpful! Will owe you 🍺.—@marcosc
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 11:02am
Don't Panic! The Call for Papers for #xmlprague 2014 has been extended to 12th December: http://www.xmlprague.cz/call-for-papers/ #BeQuick #weListenToYou—@xmlprague
@ndw Maybe an intro to some of the next XProc version additions? Or the architecture of
Calabash?—@georgebina
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 01:51pm
OH “Inferencing is transformation you haven’t done yet."—@ndw
Wednesday at 02:07pm
Wednesday at 05:30pm
Apparently Mac now supports Windows https://twitter.com/GiveMeInternet/status/408362589182124032/photo/1—@GiveMeInternet
Thursday at 11:13am
RT @sally_lindsay: If we treated physical illness like we treat mental illness: http://t.co/rpHO2Yj6RT”
I think this deserves another retw…—@ndw
Thursday at 12:08pm
Thursday at 12:19pm
RT @wcandillon: Why well designed URLs matter https://t.co/SIJQxeytOo—@ndw
Thursday at 12:32pm
Thursday at 03:21pm
Thursday at 03:22pm
Thursday at 04:37pm
Updated #marklogic packaging tutorial courtesy of @ndwhttp://developer.marklogic.com/learn/packaging-tutorial—@eedeebee
Thursday at 05:27pm
Leaf blowers. Please go away.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 07:13pm
The extent to which I am incapable of design must be nearly immeasurably large. Simple
site, half a dozen elements, and it just sucks.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 07:48pm
I like the occasional cat video as much as anyone, but I’ve never found YouTube to
be an enormous time sink. Then I found numberphile.—@ndw
Friday at 07:15am
In a conversation that started on Friday at 01:57pm
Watching conversations about how to get a dev env setup on Windows always reinforces
my determination to never, ever have to go there.—@ndw
Friday at 02:30pm
Friday at 04:43pm
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 08:06pm
@ndw I have a 520 that I have been pretty happy with. It has been sturdy and performs
well.—@feralwriter