The short-form week of 11–17 Jan 2016
18 Jan 2016; last modified 02 Feb 2016
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 Sunday at 12:55pm
Been hacking #Emacs again the past few days. Serious fun. Also: finally became a helm convert. Seriously
productive.—@ndw
@ndw Curious: what language do you write most of your code in? Are you doing that coding
in Emacs as well?—@avernet
@avernet Day job is mostly XQuery. I also do XML, XSLT, JavaScript, Java, Scala, and others.
#Emacs for everything but Java and Scala.—@ndw
@ndw BTW, if you're interested in digging into ENSIME, I'd recommend this talk by @fommil and @a_dev_musing. https://t.co/3AlYltY0BS—@avernet
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 11:10pm
@ndw Last year i nagged him yet again to write it up properly. He did. Finally sent link
over weekend. cc: you as our FAQ editor emeritus:)—@n1vux
@ndw @hoover_dam the beginning was on Comp.Fonts 20+ years ago.
Pete Zelchenko and Kibo got the clue on Hobo's origin ~ 1992.—@n1vux
@n1vux @ndw @hoover_dam Interestingly, I only noticed the irrefutable egg-shaped "O" coincidence last week,
which is why I am reposting.—@pzelchenko
@pzelchenko @ndw @hoover_dam probably the first thing Kibo noticed but didn't itemize. (Driving with him was weird.)—@n1vux
Monday at 01:21am
RT @gimsieke: Dreaming of an alternate universe in which XQuery, XSLT, and XProc do away with
all these makeshift JS approaches. https://t.…—@ndw
Monday at 01:30am
Monday at 05:06am
@gimsieke @ndw "React says imm. when you forget to close a tag or ref a nonexistent prop. This radically
speeds development." XML anyone?—@stevenpemberton
Wednesday at 04:35am
@ndw Interested in finding out the easy way to grow a startup? Come to a free workshop
Feb 3rd: https://t.co/ecW69k0wXC—@vdignan
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 02:08pm
Dear @MarkLogic I still own a MarkLogic group on linkedin, how do i transfer it to you? cc @ndw @peteaven—@dscape
@peteaven @ndw @dmcassel can you confirm this is the correct person to transfer to? https://t.co/Ai7JgUg061—@dscape
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 01:06pm
Inspired by @n1vux attempting to update the comp.fonts FAQ, I put it up on github. Pull requests welcome:
https://t.co/UVKRM2MkZ5—@ndw
Friday at 04:12pm
He was heavily into BDSM - Batman, Dungeons & Dragons, Star Wars and Mathematics.—@50NerdsofGrey
Saturday at 12:03am
RT @lecanardnoir: Rickman’s “secret” battle with cancer and Bowie’s “secret” cremation.
Word is “private”, newspapers. You have no automat…—@ndw
Saturday at 09:39am
I had a dream I was drowning in orange soda. It seemed so real, but when I woke up
I realized the whole thing was just a Fanta sea.—@beckycloonan
Saturday at 03:24pm
Republicans are so angry about Obama freeing U.S. prisoners you'd think he'd given
them health care.—@LOLGOP
Sunday at 12:00am
You might want to let this one marinate. https://t.co/9d2c1ogtkc—@codepink
Sunday at 12:23am
@dweinberger Probably not, but it's a lot less profitable for their friends.—@ndw
Sunday at 10:46am
Ugh. Pixel perfect, two-factor defeating LastPass phishing. https://t.co/oQkUIPLUEN #security #fail—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 12:13am
Monday at 12:14am
Monday at 12:20am
My new favorite poem! https://t.co/4qee7X9Ogz—@ndw
Monday at 12:20am
RT @cczona: Conferences: STEAL THIS IDEA. Talk time slot on badge! My speaker anxiety and my
networking impulses both thank you. https://t.…—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 12:28am
Monday at 12:32am
RT @ACLU: You may not understand #trans people, but we too deserve privacy, fairness, & liberty by @xychelseahttps://t.co/iLFmm7YkJW—@ndw