The short-form week of 16–22 Nov 2015

23 Nov 2015; last modified 14 Dec 2015

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 Friday at 10:21am

Delightful tour de force: "HTML5 is the New Flash" @stevenpemberton #XMLAmsterdam —@ndw
@ndw @AlainCouthures @stevenpemberton Found link to talk material: #HTML5 is the new #Flash https://t.co/bbMTN7WRAC https://t.co/l8b6OKzbXv—@MartianOdyssey
@MartianOdyssey @ndw @AlainCouthures I guess I'm missing some context on this tweet...—@stevenpemberton
@stevenpemberton @ndw @AlainCouthures That's a snippet from talk material posted at https://t.co/bbMTN7WRAC . Different Steven Pemberton?—@MartianOdyssey
@MartianOdyssey @ndw @AlainCouthures No that's me. It just wasn't clear to me in what context you were posting this.—@stevenpemberton
@stevenpemberton Just thought I'd track down post-conf link for yr talk & give shout out as @ndw's initial tweet prob too early to give URL.—@MartianOdyssey
@MartianOdyssey @ndw Ah! Now I understand. Cool. Thanks!—@stevenpemberton
@ndw @peteaven @stevenpemberton I would love to have heard that talk!—@SirRocket

Monday at 07:12am

XML Stars, the journal is out! https://t.co/P1ZOtFjUsB Stories via @ndw @james_clark @georgebina —@dominixml

Monday at 01:53pm

RT @nazgul: It’s the spherical cow of rugged individualism against government oppression. https://t.co/evyO3J4HaW—@ndw

Tuesday at 07:52am

RT @goldietaylor: People in country founded by people fleeing religious persecution now refuse to open doors to people fleeing religious pe…—@ndw

Tuesday at 09:12pm

.@slightlylate No, it isn't, but unfortunately, it's a fine excuse. More scary is the question to which mass surveillance is the answer.—@ndw

Tuesday at 11:57pm

RT @mnot: In the interest of science and better standards, I will be sampling a bar or two in Sydney tonight. #cocktailStandards —@ndw

Wednesday at 12:37pm

RT @KateRothwell: States that have surrendered to the terrorists. https://t.co/VKtyhwiZCS—@ndw

Friday at 08:31am

RT @m_clem: As a child I wondered how Americans had supported Joe McCarthy's hysterical, cruel scapegoating of the innocent. I don't wonder…—@ndw

Friday at 08:55am

@benosteen I WILL LIVE FOREVER!!!—@ndw

Saturday at 12:12am

RT @neiltyson: 3,400: Americans who died by Terrorism since 2001 3,400: Americans who died by household Firearms since five weeks ago.—@ndw

Saturday at 12:17am

@neiltyson @ndw makes you wonder why the terrorists are interfering with such a crowd..—@dtnameh

In a conversation that started on Saturday at 03:26pm

Hobnail cookies! https://t.co/Qevrf47eFC—@ndw
@ndw Identical pic. Name:choc chip biscuits. Someone tell ndw what a hobnail is please? https://t.co/K3cHuy9Obl—@dpawson
@dpawson basically choc chip with raisins instead of choc chips.—@ndw
@ndw Oh! You're deprived. Raisins, chocolate chips and walnut bits!—@dpawson

Saturday at 06:38pm

Fonts matter. https://t.co/6A46jlX3Tg—@rodeokitten

Saturday at 09:10pm

RT @denyreligion: Superman had the right idea #atheism https://t.co/ljQc81Hx7i—@ndw

Saturday at 09:14pm

RT @trevortimm: Paris attackers were 1) known to intel 2) bragged in IS's mag 3) met via Facebook 4) used SMS. But ban encryption!! https:/…—@ndw

Saturday at 11:54pm

@roessler You can send a physical drive to Amazon.—@ndw

Sunday at 07:12am

XML Stars, the journal is out! https://t.co/AbGPxFHPFY Stories via @ndw —@dominixml

Sunday at 05:24pm

RT @Spacekatgal: America. https://t.co/GOyKzQNuyI—@ndw

Sunday at 05:36pm

There's a Verizon ad that uses the phrase "Happy ThanksGETTING" and it makes me want to burn down everything—@rebeccawatson

Sunday at 07:05pm

RT @jwildeboer: #nuffsaid https://t.co/6z15y8MI1v—@ndw

Sunday at 08:02pm

RT @mattblaze: Given how poorly recent anti-crypto rhetoric lines up with known facts of the Paris attacks, I assume it was on the shelf & …—@ndw

Monday at 07:05am

Resonates with @stevenpemberton's talk: #HTML5 is the new #Flash https://t.co/bbMTN7WRAC /cc @ndw @AlainCouthures https://t.co/dfQtEFr9QV—@MartianOdyssey

Monday at 08:42am

RT @linnyitssn: Since the Paris attacks, about 800 Americans died from gun violence. A hundred will follow them today. In case you're worr…—@ndw