The short-form week of 25–31 Aug 2014
01 Sep 2014; last modified 10 Sep 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 09:42am
In a conversation that started on Monday at 01:42pm
What's the state of the art in universal remote controls these days? (TV, DVD, Roku,
etc.)—@ndw
Monday at 01:45pm
Screaming nutjobs quoting my nick again. I wonder who they really meant? No, I don't.
I really don't care.—@ndw
Tuesday at 01:05pm
If I'd known that an airline power adapter was unavailable for the Thinkpad W530,
I would probably have bought it anyway. Probably.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 10:15am
"An instructor at a shooting range died after a 9yr old girl shot him in the head
with the Uzi he was showing her how to use." #wordsfailme—@ndw
.@ndw NRA answer will probably be “To protect kids and adults, we need smaller guns, designed
for kids!”—@olivierjeulin
Wednesday at 01:40pm
XML Summer School starts in just over two weeks! Great material! Great instructors!
Register now if you haven't! http://t.co/jSpYJ1YXgt—@ndw
Saturday at 12:59pm
A turn-based strategy wargame where you start in the middle of an unwinnable conflict
and have to figure out how to de-escalate into peace.—@wileywiggins
Saturday at 02:31pm
Saturday at 03:10pm
Saturday at 05:39pm
RT @jwz: "The things that will last on the internet are not owned." Inessential: My blog
isn't part of a system where its... http://t.co/Sj…—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 05:43pm
@robinberjon it's a good ques. and I'm not disparaging it, but I fear anyone who doesn't understand
"don't be a jerk" is prob. gonna be one.—@ndw
@ndw It can also be good for people regularly at the wrong end of jerking that we've got
their backs.—@robinberjon
@ndw That came out all sorts of wrong, but you know what I mean!—@robinberjon
@ndw There is truth there, but it can be useful to have a policy you can point to to tell
jerks why they're being kicked.—@robinberjon
Saturday at 05:48pm
Saturday at 06:13pm
Saturday at 06:54pm
Saturday at 06:55pm
you can tell that I'm not smart because I keep doing whatever I think is the right
thing instead of what would get me a bunch of money—@garybernhardt