@RobertFischer That 140 limit is not for YOUR benefit - it’s for OURS. Thanks for keeping it concise.
Trying out TweetDeck.
@nivex “Mrs rockhopper” has been happy with her new ipod touch (replaced her old palm zire), does a good job with PDA functions, and more
Theme song at the Ringling Brothers Circus is “Do Not Try This At Home” - with good reason!
Thanks @rhettmc & @linklamont, for making us laugh, and especially for being kid-friendly.
According to my kids, “serving suggestion” means free license to stack food up in any combination, for art’s sake.
22 years ago today, Foong did not have the good sense to say “no”, and she’s been stuck with me ever since.
The raffle is about to start! Salem Elementary “not-so-spring” event, celebrating 10 years.
@fmedlin I wonder if we could do roller-curling at the local bowling alley??
I bet if I switched from :-) to ^_^ my neck might feel better.
MS Windows has conditioned users into running “clean-up” SW, now they’ll run one bad SW to try to eliminate another! http://bit.ly/dxGvKf
@frijole Not sure what is funnier, the bad pun or the bad geography.
@bobbyllew re diesel emissions, friend and I visited London in 1992, his summary “pulled out some big black boogers that day!”
To @pwbrewer: You post a CAMERA SHOT of one page of a Businessweek article?? How about this link instead? http://is.gd/96paV
“Just shy of 98% of mobile devices that connect to public Wi-Fi are made by Apple.” - http://bit.ly/9zadWQ - I find that hard to swallow.
@doctorow Why Lenovo? Plenty of nice netbooks out there.
To @frijole, my daughter asked me what the ‘i’ in ‘iGovernment’ is for. I told her that ‘i’ stands for ‘Apple’.
Wondering how long it will be before “he was like” replaces “he said” in formal written English.
Making words out of crackers - http://twitpic.com/14t39v #CheezIt #scrabble
I think someone keeps unplugging a network cable in our lab. Mental image from “Airplane” (1980), Johnny says “Just kidding!”
Due to time zone differences, @newlywedsontjob are always “on the job” while I am ACTUALLY on the job (at work).
Yes, @jbroome, March *is* Convention Month: Ignite Raleigh (3), TEDxTriangleNC (6), Fizzled Durham (8), PechaKucha (20), CarolinaCon (19-21)
TEDxRTP 2hrs & 4 min of registration, and we are SOLD OUT! Thanks everyone!!!
@frijole Manual transmission + roll start FTW
The family is walking 1.5 miles to the Mexican restaurant, eating supper, and walking back. Is this trip “calorie neutral”?
The last tiny little chunk of snow in our yard. http://twitpic.com/14lwi7
“Time Bandits” (1981) has been sitting on my shelf, unwatched, for a long time. Perhaps I should have left it that way. Not so sure.
The kids and I are watching “Real Genius” (1985), an essential movie of my teenage years.
Swimmin’ with the Indian Princesses at the Polar Bear Swim. Brrrr!
@Sheamus Important to note that the 1995 Newsweek article was written by Clifford Stoll (“Cuckoo’s Egg”), promoting a new book.
In the office, listening to the left hand fighting the right hand.
My internet-conditioned brain is as water-tight as a colander.
@waynesutton Local company in downtown Raleigh (transloc.com) sells the bus GPS systems to cities and campuses, might be an idea for them.
Today would’ve been a good day to work from home.
The two plug-ins that kept me with Firefox were FoxyProxy and FireBug. Now using @ChromeLinux with Proxy Switchy and Developer Tools.
I just spent entirely too much time setting up a simple database where folks could leave comments on a web site… it’s a favor for family.
@BostonMerlin you should keep your endpoints in some kind of sorted array, inserts cost a lot, lookups are fast
haroonmeer S.O.P for compromised server is flatten & re-install. Why is this not the case for a PC thats been virus/malware infected?
Sheamus And they wonder why people don’t buy their movies. http://bit.ly/bVt785
makerfaireNC Ladies and Gents: We have a Date! MF:NC Is a Go! http://tinyurl.com/yfnnu…
@steveburnett You always look photoshopped in.
Sheamus “The problem with quotes on Twitter is that it’s very hard to verify their authenticity.” ~ Mark Twain.
Argh! (1) @IgniteRaleigh is the same time as my daughter’s stage REHEARSAL (2) @TEDxRTP is same time as her PLAY! #doah
Seneca5 hosts monthly LabVIEW user group in Morrisville. Time to learn, no sales. Tues 2/23 11:30am-1pm | register -> http://bit.ly/9l78bn
@nivex Did you forget an ‘a’ in there?
Is @TEDxRTP going to be an all-day event? Half day? Evening?
Looking for a good code editor for Mac OSX to replace/supplement Xcode. Custom key bindings, white space options, open source if possible.
@nmarisi I am using Linode, and I really like them! My referral code -> http://www.linode.com/?r…
@Sheamus OMG, he’s from right here in my home district. A district, I should note, that is a HOTBED of TECHNOLOGY.
@Sheamus Of all of the idiot politicians in all of the redneck backwater states, you had to pick one from mine. Sigh.
Ouch! Firebug v1.5 causes Firefox 3.5.7 to crash on 64-bit systems. Works OK if you downgrade Firebug to v1.4.
Why, oh why, would Google Chrome and Pidgin use the same proxy settings? Change one and the other changes too!
@frijole I eagerly await the day when my job DOES involve a phone.
Sudden proliferation of phone OS’s: iPhone, Android, Windows 7 Phone, Samsung “bada”, Nokia/Intel “MeeGo”. All but one are Linux/unix based.
@mikbre Good thing your daughter does not follow you on Twitter, potty mouth.
Gong xi fa cai. Hong bao na lai.
@ginatrapani I’m devoting Saturday to catch up, re-tool, read lifehackerbook web site. Wonder if you’ve ever used TiddlyWiki? You’d love it!
If you’re going to drive like an A-hole in Cary, don’t get an easy-to-remember license plate like “BEAVER”. Traffic hotline = 919-319-4521
@chromelinux surely there is a way I can launch chrome from the command line and get a new window (like FF —new-window $url) ???
Taking the stage at #TED in 5 minutes or so…. wish me luck!
FF miles are going to expire, options: (1) pay $40 (2) fly (3) FF visa (4) shop w/partners (5) redeem (6) shop on web (7) lose ‘em | me = 7
Kids vote: play in the snow - or - stay inside and be warm.
One vote for “warm”.
One vote for “both”.
RT @MarthaLaneFox cost of educ every child in developing world = approx 1/6th of total of iraq war: http://bit.ly/o62S6
Went to go peek outside to see if I could see a flake or two falling from the sky… the whole yard is covered in fresh white snow!!!
@coxn Citibank offers “virtual account numbers”, disposable one-time-use CC numbers that are great for “crappy” online retailers.
. @nprnews I noticed this morning that we still have a teeny weeny bit of snow in our front yard.
@mikbre @pwbrewer Fossil also keeps your wiki and bug tracking database with your source code repository, all distributed and synced.
Richard Hipp sure did deliver at the @trilug meeting last night. Lots of good stories about SQLite, and also his new project, “fossil”.
@gillijp Well, don’t keep us all guessing… DID you get home OK?
Wind blows, shingles blow off of the roof, we get a crew to replace them. Repeat. Eventually, the entire roof will be new.
[TONIGHT @ 7pm] Richard Hipp, author of SQLite, speaks at @TriLUG (http://trilug.org), Red Hat HQ in Raleigh.
@bobbyllew Wow, nice way to mis-lead your audience into thinking Twitter is like a human-powered Google. That only works if you’re famous.
@mikbre Would be nice if this Hulu/noflash trick worked on the iPad nano (ahem, iPhone) also!
@mikbre Replace “Mason” with “Ike”, “Google” with “Apple”, and “Buzz” with “iPad”. I’m just sayin’.
[TOMORROW] Richard Hipp speaks at @TriLUG (http://trilug.org). He wrote SQLite, used in iphones, embedded, eclipse, firefox, and everywhere!
@Sheamus Just like postal mail that says “important”… it’s not.
The Jinx machine is out of order, please insert another quarter.
coxn Could we have this in Carrboro please? http://googleblog.blogsp…
Video ‘vloggers’ and news media: when I am at work, I am more likely to read your text than watch your videos.
@frijole Awesome teaser site… the artwork on the app and the web site both look really nice!
@frijole Got a teaser web site? What does it do? How much does it cost? MAKE ME WANT IT!
How deep is your twitter client’s scroll-back? Do you “catch up” in the morning, or just start with new tweets?
@fieldse I only found out about the arduino hack night at the last minute, so I did not go. Some of my friends did.
Jumpin’ Junebugs! I challenged my 7yo to jump rope. 100 jumps (first try, w/o a mistake) wins $1. She did 147, a personal record!
Yabba Dabba Do!
Sheamus From what I’ve seen, Google Buzz is already the new Google Wave! (i.e, despite the hype, nobody is going to use it.)
(Countdown = 2 days) D. Richard Hipp, author of SQLite, speaks at @trilug on Thursday 2/11 at 7pm, Red Hat HQ in Raleigh - http://trilug.org
To @carrborocowork: got details on tonight’s #arduino hack night?? Please share!
@Sheamus Thanks, BTW, for being a blabbermouth. I really love the things that you share.
@Sheamus Sure… I follow folks like Stephen Hawking, might tweet once a year. I want to see it. Not just the blabbermouths like you and me.
@pwbrewer Hulu has ‘em. http://www.hulu.com/adzo…
Is it just me, or does the “Picker View” widget look out of place on the iPhone UI? You’ve seen it. It’s that big ugly wheel widget.
@Sheamus If the users are inactive, why cull them out? I only cull out noise-makers or irrelevant posters.
ginatrapani if the GoDaddy SuperBowl commercials made you think you’d like to take your domain registrar business elsewhere http://bit.ly/c1enbO
Yikes, voice mail box has been “clogged” since Thanksgiving, I just now noticed. Sadly, only 7 messages waiting for me, mostly about lunch.
It seemed like a good idea at the time. The girls needed to burn some energy. So we WALKED home from the pizza place. 1.2mi, 27°F, and dark.
I see that the #SB44 half-time show is sponsored by Geritol.
The mouths of babes: my 7yo just asked “what if Obama were playing in the Superbowl, and…”
Re-creating my online photo albums, that were somehow smashed by my latest server upgrade. (groan)
The Raleigh Academy of Chinese Language (RACL) puts on their annual #CNY show - http://twitpic.com/11rw6z & http://twitpic.com/11rwer
Co-branding at its finest: after I eat a Dove dark chocolate, I need some advice from Martha Stewart - http://twitpic.com/11rec9
@BostonMerlin It crashed on me a couple of times today. Made my own POP-goes-weasel app, and then sample alarm clock would not launch.
Anyone who thinks that Apple stuff “Just Works” has obviously never worked with their iPhone software development environment.
Ending the work week on a high note… my software works, don’t touch it, just walk out the door!
@alanjporter not #technologyfail, but #fate
I don’t do folding umbrellas. It just ain’t right.
I should somehow capitalize on the work of my namesake @alanjporter. Google me, find him! His/my arstechnica article -> http://is.gd/7HqCa
One year without a wrist watch.
Apple Now Lets You Preview iPhone Apps In Your Browser http://techmeme.com/s?=8… (via @techmeme) / my Tipster app -> http://is.gd/7GRMA
@mikbre Wow, how did I NOT know that the world’s first web server ran on a NeXT?
So much for expecting the Mac to “just work”. Mine froze up in the middle of upgrading to Snow Leopard.
This just in: Wake Schools Open on One-Hour Delay Thursday
@alanjporter Remember, “scented candles” == hiding pet stains!
@bobbyllew If you’re really feeling wild, maybe we can set you up with a CUBICLE.
The Indian Princesses played “stone face” tonight. Princess Puppy and Diamond Sparkle were motionless, like staring robots! How How!
This just in: Wake Schools Closed Wednesday, Feb. 3
@ypwhirlwind ISS will cross your sky early in the morning. It comes up in Southwest at 6:42 am. Details: http://twisst.nl/30676
@ncsalamander ISS will cross your sky early in the morning. It comes up in Southwest at 6:42 am. Details: http://twisst.nl/30676
@Sheamus email aliases FTW! (1) Create “blogs2010feb@sheamus.com”. (2) Expire it in May. - Computers never
forget!
@clubjuggler Usually, the tooth fairy leaves a “golden” dollar coin.
Weird, app store showed my new app v1.0 was available. Download showed new v1.0 icon while “loading”, but it downloaded the old v0.x app.
We’re having a two-fer (a “tooth-er”)! Two daughters, each lost a tooth tonight. The Tooth Fairy’s gonna be workin’ overtime.
It took Apple 7 days to approve the v1.0 update to Tipster, my first iphone app.
Many believe Google email attacks: (1) carried out by the Chinese gov’t (2) used back doors required by US gov’t - Who’s driving this bus?
Wonderful is your gift of knowledge / the more we share, the more it grows / the more we hoard it, the more it diminishes.
Making fiends, making fiends, Vendetta’s always making fiends, while Charlotte makes friends. ♫
This just in: Wake Schools Closed Tuesday
Rut roh! “A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the license for this computer. Error Code: 0x80004005”
@spiffytech I gave up wearing a watch last year… band broke and I never replaced it… have not missed it. #naked arms
@mikbre I am not sure what I am supposed to “get”. To me, it’s too small to use at home, and too big to keep in my pocket.
“Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode: or, How Not to Design Authentication” - http://bit.ly/8dyu8H