Apparently, it was Colonel Mustard, in the Conservatory, with a lead pipe.
Water cooler question - is it “white=ice, blue=water” ? Or is it “white=neutral, blue=cold” ? http://twitpic.com/3bmk5d
My kids and I edited a wikipedia article… because we CAN.
@beley Woah, automating ssh/scp is really easy, no messy expect scripts, use public keys! http://blog.alanporter.c…
@DaveTaylor How about some SQLite action? Nice b/c you can access it from bash, C/C++, Java, PHP, whatever! I used it on embedded Linux.
@DaveTaylor How about some SQLite action? Nice b/c you can access it from bash, C/C++, Java, PHP, whatever! I used it on embedded Linux.
LaughingSquid - @Bruce_Schneier on TSA’s Security Theater “This is a stupid game, and we should stop playing it.” http://nyti.ms/e1FmoB
Sweet, I just made macros in @tiddlywiki! I use TW to keep notes at work, the macros make links to our bug tracker and code review tool.
techdirt Who Needs COICA When Homeland Security Gets To Seize Domain Names? http://dlvr.it/9Nsqx
wilw “The traditional media has become so toothless it is reduced to attacking Wikileaks for doing its job properly.” http://bit.ly/gko7DL
Impressed that “Digitally Imported” (di.fm) was playing a song from my collection. Then saw my player had dropped di.fm, playing local mp3’s
News of Leslie Nielsen’s passing comes hours after I quote “Airplane!” on Twitter (not his line, but still). He will Shirley be missed.
We have clearance, Clarence.
Roger, Roger. What’s our vector, Victor?
It’s the holiday gift-giving season in the land of plenty. Consider donating to Wikipedia or the Electronic Frontier Foundation instead.
New blog post by me, “Disabling Linux user accounts - passwd & chage” http://blog.alanporter.c…
Drat, Mac won’t print document. Solution: save file to @dropbox, open file on Linux and print. Voilà !
motersho 4th amendment x-ray scanner metallic ink http://goo.gl/VJB7z
@carleemallard If you pick #4, you might want to adjust the color, less blue, more red, warm it up (I prefer #2, myself)
House hunting? http://twitpic.com/39u924
Cool, I just discovered several months worth of photos which I thought were deleted. They were hiding in a “sort me” folder.
Knobee Body scans and genital fondlings would save more lives if our Government was paying to have them done in hospitals rather than airports. #FB
ddemaree Step 1: Go to me.com. Step 2: Start typing an email address from somewhere other than me.com. Step 3: Enjoy.
Watching my iPhone reboot into iOS 4.2. That silver/white logo never really looked 3D/reflective to me. It looks like a slash in the apple.
pourmecoffee National Turkey gets a pardon from execution this week, but will still be indefinitely detained without trial.
“NotScripts” for Google Chrome is a lot like NoScript for Firefox - a must-have browser entension
txflygirl Planepooling: One Mode of TSA Resistance http://bit.ly/daruhI #tsa #wontfly #optout /via @wewontfly
Twix shows off his mad hacking skillz. Sadly, he had to return to school today. http://twitpic.com/396tx0
Kids loved the skating party. Rink staff: if you find any kids, they’re prob’ly mine, I lost count. Just put ‘em on a school bus tomorrow.
Quote of the day: “Daddy, you are not the master of FunkyTown” #rollerskating
Twix really responded to “curious” on Piggies by @frijole #CrypticTweets
Weekend house guest http://twitpic.com/38c496
Looks like mine is the last car in the parking lot… so I am the winner! #loser
Using the “triple equals” operator in PHP, because (array()==NULL) is true, while (array()===NULL) is false. #ugh
tonychester You Park Like an Asshole - http://www.youparklikean…
@motersho I would say “night”.
Note to self - Wake County library hours are designed to frustrate. Fridays open an hour late, 10am. #inconsistent
Fresh eggs from our neighbors! http://twitpic.com/386syx
News flash: the term “graphic novel” = “comic book” - great fun, but not suitable for 4th grade book report. D’oh!
I wonder if we could see the Leonids meteor shower tonight…
@robertryals @pwbrewer That explains the yellow buds, but I guess I need to quit sticking that rubber cable in my ears, too!
The rubbery bits on my Apple iPhone earbuds are starting to turn yellow. I must be “doing it wrong”.
Our build tools suck. They just plain suck! I’ve seen build tools suck before, but they are the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked. /H
@jbroome I’ve started collecting screenshots of coincidentally neighboring tweets
Just noticed a similarly-spec’ed MacBook pro would cost a cool grand more than the Dell, plus then I would be stuck with OSX.
I hesitated to send that last tweet, knowing that it would draw fire from the Apple fanboi club, a.k.a. “Brewer boys”.
Found out my company has an “Employee Purchase Plan” deal with Dell. End result - I saved 30 lousy bucks & delayed my order by 1 week.
Jupiter is peeking through the misty clouds.
@RobertFischer Same for me… except “un”… and “exhausting”.
@pwbrewer Flywheel is good, smoothes out cycles, runs at constant RPM for a long time. I wonder about ignition, spark plugs w/o wires.
chuck_kesler So which will generate more traffic on iTunes today: downloads of Beatles songs, or downloads of the just-approved Google Voice app?
@splat_space Up next, how to share your wifi SSID and passphrase with the entire internet!
@mikbre I can feel your envy.
If you don’t mind, I think I’ll just sit here on Dell’s order status page and press “refresh”… #toys
THIS -> “please add [e-mail address removed] to your address book or safe-sender list.” won’t work if you redact the email address! #fail
. @pwbrewer @frijole - No, not a Wankel (RX7) engine. Airplanes used these -> http://www.animatedengin…
zefrank if you tweet my junk i will have you arrested.
My wife misplaced her iPod Touch. Her nerdy husband confirmed that it was in the house (somewhere) by checking the DHCP server.
Stranger than fiction! I knew old planes had RADIAL engines, but I never knew about ROTARY engines. Two totally different things!
School bus #1 broke down. School bus #2 took a wrong turn, missed our stop. So school bus #3 was my minivan.
@base10 Excellent open letter, thank you. It would be nice to clarify “open letter” vs “(c) 2010” for those want to reprint and send to DC.
base10 An open letter to Senators Burr and Kagan and Representative Miller regarding the TSA: http://bit.ly/a9SI4w
Whew! Had to rush at the Lie-berry… they close early on Sundays.
@anjibee panic! trying to download song 4 (Gekko) from chillcast 239, but the link is to song 3! (239 is an awesome mix, BTW)
I guess it really *is* a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
Cinnamony sea anemone!
@mammalpants FAA regs require 500ft from any person, vessel or structure… take a picture and report his tail number to the FAA #flysafe
trilug Tonight’s the night! TriLUG meeting 7pm at Red Hat HQ (see trilug.org for map). Topic: makin’ music with open source software!
schneierblog Securing the Washington Monument: Good article on security options for the Washington Monument: Unfortunately, t… http://bit.ly/aprKEF
That sure is a big box to ship 19 grams of plastic! http://twitpic.com/35pe02
WeldPond Do we have a mobile malware problem yet? “Hackers Hijack 1 Million China Cell Phones, racking up $300K per day.” http://bit.ly/cZWEKY
trilug Mark your calendars. TriLUG meeting tomorrow night, and we plan to make some NOISE. Free / Open Source software for musicians!
Twitter seems to have forgotten all of the DM’s I sent/received since March.
Sheamus Twinkie diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds in 2 months, much to his chagrin. http://bit.ly/a9W7c8
Wonder if @pknraleigh is going to be OK for kids. PKN4 was aimed at adults: potty mouth MC, bar venue (even tho the best speaker was 12yo).
. @motersho was right… it was not the flux capacitor… I just needed to replace the box of lightning.
clubjuggler This has to be one of the worst miscarriages of justice I’ve seen yet - http://bit.ly/bE8JnT - avoiding felony charges by being a banker!
Civil Liberties v Nat’l Security http://is.gd/gQgmi “Terrorists are criminals & should be treated in the same manner as any other criminal.”
johndoerr How Obama Saved Capitalism and Lost the Midterms - http://nyti.ms/by1SUI
@llorenzin and @cyberbiota - sounds like a twitter tryst
@msteelePMP stay still,cover the wound, EMS has been dispatched to your IP address location
Car would not start this morning… I think it needs a new flux capacitor.
The Thunder and Lightning Bugs welcome the 110 new first-year Y-princess tribes into the @ArapahoeNation!
Getting ready to light the torches at Y-Princess “Fall Outing” http://twitpic.com/34vza7
Möbius strips with the kids! #geekdad
Looking forward to “falling back” to our so-called “Standard” Time. #DST
Looking forward to Fall Outing with @ArapahoeNation on Sunday. It looks like the weather will be cool, but drier than today.
Primetime television has stolen two things that I used to enjoy on the internet: @shitmydadsays and #carpool. #IdontWatchTV
42°F and raining… sure am glad we decided not to go camping yesterday!
robertryals Glitch will make iPhone alarms late Monday - http://bit.ly/cM7VO9 #cnn
With the #STS133 launch delayed until 11/30, I wonder what happens to the #NASAtweetup… crossing fingers for another chance at tickets!
NASA NASA managers have decided to postpone the next launch attempt for space shuttle Discovery to no earlier than Nov. 30 at 4:05 a.m. EST.
Remember, after spending 2/3 of the year under the Daylight Saving mind-trick, we’re supposed to switch back this weekend.
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
mkapor Chatbot Wears Down Proponents of Anti-Science Nonsense - Technology Review http://t.co/ZcHkT6C
@atulshri (1) screenshot JPG (2) PosteRazor, print on 9 pg (3) tape to poster board (4) cut hole (5) play ♫ on ipod w/FM xmit (6) loud radio
DieLaughing I can’t wait to start blaming the GOP for everything wrong in America not being magically fixed upon their election to office.
nasahqphoto STS-133 Discovery on pad 39a as the RSS is rolled back! See the pick! http://flic.kr/p/8Qy8fz
“If he was too stupid to be a bank robber, perhaps he was also too stupid to know he was too stupid to be a bank robber” http://is.gd/gGPGg
I need a protractor! http://twitpic.com/33nzrw
Is it time to upgrade my toilet to Windows 7 ? http://twitpic.com/33nxl6
Unemployment is like landing a plane. It is guaranteed. It’s just a matter of how and when!
@denisleary You COULD just stop paying the cable bill (I did, and I have never regretted it).
I am so proud. My daughter worked the word “robots” into her homework paper, just because I challenged her to it. #geekdad
NC polls are now closing. Huge thanks to all of the volunteers that worked a long day at the polling stations!
NASA 196 different people representing 15 countries have visited the International Space Station since Expedition 1 arrived on Nov 2, 2000
unitednuclear The hospitality and culture of NASA rivals Disney. Only with NASA the magic is real. #nasatweetup
browntown Today is the Cookie Monster’s birthday. So…you know…freak out and smash cookies in your face without actually eating any.
Yup, I voted.
@mikbre Cool, you can go from straight to gay and back again, effortlessly!
haroonmeer on the ground 2 hours into scheduled flight to Scotland. Pilot now shutting down & restarting entire electronic system. Dark, confidence++
Been listening to music all day, trying to get “White & Nerdy” out of my head after a night of Trick-or-Treating (http://twitpic.com/32ph4y)
Jaku Get your Shmoocon tickets right here. Just @ or DM me your credit card!