? Alan Porter (@rockhopper)

Raleigh, NC, USA

The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @rockhopper ever

September 5th, 2011

I notice that Google is increasingly searching for what it thinks I want, rather than for what I typed.

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Writing a script to strip the “rotation” EXIF bits from my photo gallery images, because Apple browsers get confused and double-rotate them.

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Just to be clear, taking out the trash is no “get out of jail free” card. I could still be subject to yelling-at in spite of my trash deeds.

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It’s Monday night — trash night. As a kid, I got 50¢ for taking out the trash on Monday nights. Now, I just get “not yelled at”.

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@mikbre Hand-me-down 2nd-gen (2GB) Shuffle.

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My 8yo now has an iPod. I suppose now that she’s “plugged in”, we won’t hear much from her again until she’s ready for me to buy her a car.

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@bobbyllew US viewer: It would help if CarPool <descrip> told guest’s claim-to-fame, not just “the lovely Mr XYZ”. We don’t know them. Thx!

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I think the restaurant drugged our food… so sleepy… kids seem to be immune from the effects.

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@mikbre I’ve not been paying attention to the Apple ecosystem lately. Now I see all the buzz over A6 Airs, convergence, etc. Reading more.

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@mikbre Interesting thought - They ported OSX from PowerPC to Intel, and iOS runs on ARM already. Suppose they could make an ARM-based Mac?

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Looking forward to the day that I can buy a high-performance ARM-based laptop. These Intel CPUs are like space heaters. #linux

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