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The short-form week of 23–29 Jun 2014

30 Jun 2014; last modified 09 Jul 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.

Monday at 07:50am

One Bumper Sticker I Actually Agree With #atheismhttp://t.co/54COEwFIgM—@denyreligion

In a conversation that started on Monday at 03:46pm

Yes, http://t.co/7VkDHvuyzXX, http://t.co/QtPeHMVdVII, http://t.co/oIQZ2WfagBB, and a few other sites are down. Should be back tomorrow.—@ndw
@ndwhttp://t.co/jB2OMjPDUA is down (used in your flickr1.xsl library). Is this related to the other sites?—@erikespana
@ndw I noticed it today. Do you have an estimate of when that file will be back online?—@erikespana
@ndw What about hosting the file on your github account, until your websites are restored?—@erikespana
@erikespana I'll see what I can do today. Not sure what the story is...—@ndw
@erikespana I didn't think that was down. Other sites still are :-(—@ndw

Tuesday at 02:06am

Brilliant. RT @rachelcdavies RT @pgmrsbeingdicks You know what they say: Don’t fuck with The Culture. http://t.co/WC8UsyIiAA—@tastapod

Tuesday at 12:17pm

Tuesday at 07:47pm

* balance 12 turtles in a pile * balance a wine glass on top * leave for a day * work out which turtle broke the glass #SoftwareEngineering—@yoz

In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 09:16am

Looking for a project for a summer intern? How about an XInclude 1.1 implementation? I'm just sayin'...—@ndw
@ndw I'll send a feature request to @oxygenxml. The idfixup stuff is in https://t.co/K3U8sSyCob, but oXygen can't validate docs that use it.—@cramerdw

Wednesday at 10:45pm

@laurendw @timbray Australian, Singaporean, and Welch, were it's top three guesses for me!—@ndw

Thursday at 04:02pm

I have learned that being a technical leader means you must delegate solving complex problems, but you cannot delegate understanding them.—@hillbrad

Thursday at 05:38pm

Space exploration makes a lot more sense when you think of it as humanity's off-site backup plan.—@codinghorror

In a conversation that started on Thursday at 05:57pm

Toothpicks soaked in Islay single malt then kiln dried. Because you can never be too hipster.—@ndw
@ndw now you need to make them and report back!—@alexmilowski
@ndw You have my attention, sir. :)—@mdubinko
@mdubinko Perhaps I should have been more clear. I saw an ad for a $35 box of toothpicks, I didn't actually buy them!—@ndw
@ndw I thought you made them…—@laurendw
@laurendw @ndw I thought he was sneaking liquor into somewhere it shouldn't be!!!—@dpawson
@ndw Ahh, I thought you were describing a maker-style project you undertook.—@mdubinko

Friday at 10:58am

Friday at 04:19pm