The short-form week of 28 Apr–4 May 2014
05 May 2014; last modified 12 May 2014
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 Monday at 11:32am
Friends out of town for a week. Tesla Model S in the garage. Ferris Bueller, anyone?—@ndw
@ndw I'm in if we can get a time machine before we pick up le'broc—@adamretter
@ndw I mean Sara, was confusing bits of it with Weird Science—@adamretter
@adamretter I can get it up to 88, but I've lost my oscillation overthruster. Can't afford the
http://t.co/uwd2So6Dtl fees to get it back.—@ndw
@ndw hahaha :-)—@adamretter
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 11:41am
Hypothesis: all telcons would be improved by taking them by the pool on a warm sunny
day.—@ndw
@ndw Taking the XProc call from the pool tomorrow?—@alexmilowski
@alexmilowski Alas, no. (Not) Taking it from a chair in the dentists office.—@ndw
@ndw @alexmilowski dropping the phone in the little sink won't be nearly as much fun as dropping the
phone in the pool.—@simonstl
@evan_l_williams oh dear. So sad. So...familiar.—@ndw
Tuesday at 02:53pm
Let's make more women writers and directors so we don't have to be upset there aren't
more women parts written in big movies, ok?—@feliciaday
Tuesday at 07:40pm
Again, if you think the tax code is too invasive, you probably shouldn't trust the
government to kill people.—@Heminator
Tuesday at 07:56pm
Another vile, contemptible god-bothering fool who ignores the Constitution if it gets
in the way of his savagery
https://t.co/a7UA8PwiXJ—@kendall
Tuesday at 09:02pm
Tuesday at 09:12pm
Wednesday at 03:25pm
RT @noahmendelsohn: RT @hiltzikm: Your compleat guide to the murder of net neutrality: http://t.co/6kAHNT2pWd (Excellent & worth reading: N…—@ndw
Thursday at 07:15am
XML Stars, the journal is out! http://t.co/rotnE9SrJr Stories via @ndw @JamieXML @xmlgrrl—@dominixml
Thursday at 08:46am
RT @jcoglan: Watch as platform vendors slowly reinvent the web at tremendous cost to the tech
industry and its users http://t.co/BSResNf7JZ—@ndw
Thursday at 11:21am
Its funny cause it's true. http://t.co/xYFNTPxKP0—@mikey_p
Thursday at 06:48pm
@evernote #EvernoteCollections Recipes (food and drink), places to visit, manuals for products I own, business cards
for restaurants.—@ndw
Thursday at 06:51pm
Thursday at 06:53pm
Thursday at 09:20pm
Q: How do you make a horse fly? A: You can't. We live in a dying universe devoid of
magic & miracles! #kidzkorner—@pattonoswalt
Friday at 03:37am
XHTML was too strict for the web - one little error and end users would get nothing.
That's why we rely on JS to be loaded and parsed now.—@codepo8
Friday at 09:10am
In a conversation that started on Friday at 06:00pm
@edd @kevinmarks @tomcoates I've never tried mine on vellum. Significantly different than fine paper?—@ndw
Friday at 06:12pm
Kind of exhausting cleaning up after other people when they have so much funding for
their FUD.—@kendall
In a conversation that started on Friday at 10:02pm
Saturday at 08:35am
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 08:38am
Obama bemoans Snowden leaks for causing tension between US and Germany. Really!? AYFI?
How about bemoaning the actual f*cking cause?—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 09:12am
Contemplating smaller "high end" camera. Good low light performance, interchangeable
lenses. Recommendations? #photography #lazyweb—@ndw
@ndw meant X-E1 rather than XE-1 of course :)—@stevemallen
@ndw Sony a6000 or, depending on your budget, even a Fuji.—@Shepard4711
@ndw another recommendation for Fuji X. My XE-1 is a constant companion.—@stevemallen
@ndw Fuji & Oly are excellent. I'd stay away from Sony, klunky ergonomics. X-T1 or OM-1,
either will make you happy.—@timbray
@timbray @ndw yes, Olympus m4/3 are good, and multiple sources of lenses (Panasonic and third party),
stabilization in body (pay once)...—@n1vux
@timbray @ndw for small, Oly PEN MINI E-PM2 (not PM1, poor auto focus), ISO 200-25,600. OM-D E-M1
bigger, SLR "look", peep finder included.—@n1vux
@timbray @ndw the newest median size Olympus PEN E-P5. So three great choices from @getolympus . I carry the E-PM2 daily.—@n1vux
@ndw Fuji X series (I have an X-Pro1 and an X-T1 of those I'd recommend the X-T1) X-E2
is cheaper and has same sensor as X-T1.—@tug
@ndw not sure about how high-end you want, but I'm quite happy with my Olympus E-PM2.
Have a look at the OM-D E-M10 or similar M4/3—@mstuehrenberg
Saturday at 11:33am
Saturday at 11:56am
Saturday at 03:02pm
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 04:26pm
@ndw three mint julep, Norm!—@alexmilowski
@alexmilowski Yes, obvliosfly...—@ndw
@ndw After three is when "Party Norm" comes out. ;)—@alexmilowski
@alexmilowski Shaddap .—@ndw
Saturday at 05:12pm
"Chicken fried bacon." That is all.—@ndw
Saturday at 05:56pm
Oh. There's another party? That's great. What could go wrong? #imnotdriving—@ndw
Saturday at 06:05pm
Saturday at 06:08pm
RT @Beyerstein: Vote in the midterms, you fuckers.—@ndw
Sunday at 07:14am
Sunday at 08:52am
Chrome’s obfuscation of the URL solves the security issue in the same way that decapitation
solves a headache.
http://t.co/PZRWtqJthc—@adactio