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Laughing at Texans complaining about how cold it is. Feh, you don't know from cold. Date: Thu Jan 03 04:47:45 +0000 2008
Missing ailing powerbook. Hoping ancient G4 tower with a screeching power supply fan will hold out. Date: Sun Jan 13 18:30:19 +0000 2008
What is up with this apple ad that you can't close overlaying nytimes.com? Date: Thu Jan 17 21:31:25 +0000 2008
The irony of trying to read 'designing usable electronic text' via NetLibrary is not lost on me. Date: Mon Jan 21 18:37:53 +0000 2008
@threefour @donturn Surprised there isn't more drug-induced/drunk tweets. Or maybe my assumption that everyone is sober has been incorrect. Date: Wed Jan 30 19:12:49 +0000 2008
82 degrees in Feb means go play outside no matter how much work one has to do Date: Sun Feb 03 21:49:17 +0000 2008
Airport express seems to have blown a fuse. Ahh the smell of burnt plastic. Date: Mon Feb 04 19:38:57 +0000 2008
Just saw biggest shooting star ever Date: Thu Feb 07 03:10:25 +0000 2008
I am the last person on earth to see the final episode of the Sopranos Date: Fri Feb 08 01:40:10 +0000 2008
Well, at least there appears to be new episodes of the Gambinos Date: Fri Feb 08 01:43:25 +0000 2008
@askrom definitely a toss-up at this point ;-) Date: Sun Feb 10 02:35:52 +0000 2008
I just _thought_ about doing my taxes and it gave me a headache. Date: Mon Feb 11 23:09:44 +0000 2008
@donturn CPA...I should consider outsourcing this task. On a positive note, hurray for Texas not having state tax! Date: Tue Feb 12 00:09:54 +0000 2008
It's only Feb. but I'm awarding the prize for statistically improbable phrase of the year to: "applescript lotus notes" :-) @ericscheid Date: Thu Feb 14 04:37:01 +0000 2008
@livlab I'd love an InDesign version too! Date: Fri Feb 15 21:38:04 +0000 2008
Rain calls for clair de lune. Need script that fetches NOAA data and selects itunes playlist accordingly, hmmm. Date: Fri Feb 15 22:51:02 +0000 2008
@jcrakow You weren't the one brandishing, right? Date: Sat Feb 16 04:43:28 +0000 2008
Feeding kitties for out of town owners who left me a key under a rock :-) Date: Mon Feb 18 00:16:34 +0000 2008
If you use the semicolon properly you can make the Times: http://tinyurl.com/2rw7f8 Date: Mon Feb 18 20:28:33 +0000 2008
@threefour The plaza tenants, oh how my heart bleeds for them. Strike up the violins. Date: Mon Feb 18 23:58:08 +0000 2008
Is the AT&T account management site only unreadable for me? Is it personal? Are they mad because I haven't bought an iPhone? Date: Sat Feb 23 18:50:31 +0000 2008
wondering where @threefour found a wild boar in brooklyn Date: Sun Feb 24 19:15:48 +0000 2008
J'accuse economists of trying to get in on the confuse people with excessive TLAs scheme. TLA for the day is FDI (foreign direct investment) Date: Thu Feb 28 23:10:03 +0000 2008
It's weird when a tweet is serendipitously exactly 140 characters. There needs to be a word for that. Date: Thu Feb 28 23:15:27 +0000 2008
Ah-ha. I have been informed that the word is twoosh. Of course there's already a word for it! Date: Thu Feb 28 23:29:45 +0000 2008
@donturn & @livlab your direction is nicer. Less sports oriented and more poetic. Unsure who the standards board is to appeal to. Date: Thu Feb 28 23:37:52 +0000 2008
It feels unlucky to do work on marchfirst. Date: Sun Mar 02 04:24:26 +0000 2008
@emalone last time that happened to me I discovered the piriform muscle (rollerblades + gravel = pain) Date: Sun Mar 02 04:52:48 +0000 2008
Failing google's Turing tests. Google is so rarely wrong so maybe ... Date: Mon Mar 03 04:29:41 +0000 2008
barack obama is on my phone Date: Mon Mar 03 22:27:49 +0000 2008
@livlab !!! "DJ soul was on a roll, I've been told he can't be sold he's not vicious or malicious..." Truly priceless lyrics. Date: Wed Mar 05 05:23:03 +0000 2008
It's much too early. Off to las manitas & I need coffee now! Date: Sun Mar 09 13:11:51 +0000 2008
PSA: It's an hour later than you think. Date: Sun Mar 09 13:51:01 +0000 2008
Rain not good. Date: Mon Mar 10 18:29:14 +0000 2008
Pimp hats for panelists - I'd like to see this at all conferences - not just for #SxSW anymore. Date: Mon Mar 10 22:31:03 +0000 2008
@t but it's good luck! Date: Wed Mar 12 02:52:51 +0000 2008
Gen X invented the web damn it. Automatic entry to the VIP @ SxSW Date: Wed Mar 12 05:27:37 +0000 2008
uh yeah, I leave @t and 2 seconds later he's hanging out with Moby. Typical. Date: Wed Mar 12 07:24:06 +0000 2008
Officially only person on earth without an iPhone. Date: Wed Mar 12 21:28:57 +0000 2008
Explaining physics to me in terms of economics, not so effective. Date: Thu Mar 20 18:12:47 +0000 2008
@bobulate careful there, it's that sort of grammatical nitpick that caused the rift between East and West. "One iota of difference" Date: Mon Mar 24 03:23:47 +0000 2008
Enjoying my new InDesign mousepad from EightShapes. Thanks @brownorama! http://eightshapes.com/mousepads.php Date: Tue Mar 25 00:48:18 +0000 2008
@livlab I am going to the Summit. Still organizing it, but doing it at the last minute gives it that extra edge of excitement. Date: Thu Mar 27 17:59:21 +0000 2008
NYC weather in March, not the best. Date: Mon Mar 31 19:43:33 +0000 2008
@mojoe whoohoo, it's on my shopping list now. Date: Thu Apr 03 21:24:24 +0000 2008
@donturn I was wondering about that trip :-) Date: Thu Apr 03 22:23:37 +0000 2008
Forgot both cell phone & ipod today. If I had an iPhone could I have left only one item at home? Would that make me more efficient? Date: Fri Apr 04 17:47:41 +0000 2008
@threefour oooo that is lovely! Date: Fri Apr 04 23:52:23 +0000 2008
Texas weather is wacky. *waits for locusts followed by rainbows* Date: Sat Apr 05 00:57:03 +0000 2008
@buzz Stipe and Batali are sitting together? Wacky Date: Sat Apr 05 02:52:22 +0000 2008
Every year when I answer no to sched C "did your biz engage in the production of maple syrup or wine?" I think, "hmmm, that sounds more fun" Date: Mon Apr 07 03:37:39 +0000 2008
@brownorama loquaciousness is even more obscure I suppose. Date: Tue Apr 08 00:08:47 +0000 2008
I'm so old that I can remember when Bravo played movies instead of reality shows Date: Wed Apr 09 04:40:55 +0000 2008
Having a fangirl moment: sitting across from lucy suchman Date: Thu Apr 10 18:28:23 +0000 2008
I think Frank McCourt is on my rather delayed flight to Miami. Why would he be in houston, though? I should probably stop staring. Date: Fri Apr 11 19:10:04 +0000 2008
If my flight would've left on time I would be in miami by now but it didn't so I'm not Date: Fri Apr 11 21:32:57 +0000 2008
#iasummit estoy aqui. Exhausted after airport fun. See y'all maÃ±ana. Date: Sat Apr 12 02:40:02 +0000 2008
IAs can't do basic math - you are my people Date: Sat Apr 12 13:42:57 +0000 2008
Damn the iasummit is good. Head so full of stuff I want to do. Date: Sun Apr 13 20:17:20 +0000 2008
Waiting in line for coffee @ cafe again. Coffee flow at iasummit needs improvement. Date: Mon Apr 14 13:34:23 +0000 2008
Jess slipped me a stack of service design UX cards so if you're missing that one & still collecting at the #iasummit, find me. Date: Mon Apr 14 15:18:59 +0000 2008
Real #iasummit theme: chill the hell out and eat some chunky monkey Date: Mon Apr 14 19:47:23 +0000 2008
If you were that form my doctor signed saying I had all of my childhood shots where would you be? (Might be time to buy a filing cabinet.) Date: Wed Apr 16 21:43:19 +0000 2008
Trying to understand cellular automaton. Pretty sure it involves math beyond tip calculation. Date: Thu Apr 17 04:24:36 +0000 2008
Looked at iCal and panicked - where did April go? Short-term solution is to quit iCal. Much better now. Date: Fri Apr 18 18:36:52 +0000 2008
Hurrah! The Flightpath hasn't run out of sandwiches for the day yet. Sandwiches always taste better when someone else makes them. Date: Fri Apr 18 20:26:51 +0000 2008
@t watch out for the sk8ter bois - although my info on e.vil tribes and their hang outs might be outdated Date: Fri Apr 18 22:37:36 +0000 2008
The HBO John Adams miniseries is great, but were the camera operators drinking and standing on inclines? I'm starting to feel seasick. Date: Mon Apr 21 00:31:39 +0000 2008
At LBJ Library for a talk: Internet Policy for the Next Administration. Should be pretty interesting - good panelists. Date: Mon Apr 21 22:19:08 +0000 2008
@curiouslee Profile pic of me eating ice cream with much enthusiasm is from @raygun - she's a great photographer. Date: Tue Apr 22 00:16:05 +0000 2008
Hot. Thinking about getting a parasol. Wouldn't that be precious? Date: Tue Apr 22 22:15:34 +0000 2008
@kaleemux Gloves for sure. Of course they make it terribly hard to text. Date: Tue Apr 22 22:24:47 +0000 2008
@donturn Wondered what you were doing on your sabbatical. :) Date: Wed Apr 23 04:03:27 +0000 2008
@louisrosenfeld Tell them cool URIs don't change http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html Date: Thu Apr 24 04:44:49 +0000 2008
@mojoe Don't know what aspect ur interested in - I gathered info on 'information ethics' courses for a certain dean here. Willing to share. Date: Thu Apr 24 19:47:48 +0000 2008
Things are not cheaper here. I just paid the exact same price for tix to see Thievery Corp in Austin as I paid last time in NYC *grumble* Date: Thu Apr 24 20:17:16 +0000 2008
@jspahr I always thought Oracle was a bit sanctimonious Date: Fri Apr 25 16:36:35 +0000 2008
Fav result from the austin pub trans site's trip planner, http://capmetro.org #20007--Trip not possible. IOW you can't get there from here Date: Sat Apr 26 18:00:22 +0000 2008
At the flightpath, sitting outside, eating a cinnamon roll the size of a baby's head Date: Sat Apr 26 21:16:35 +0000 2008
@kaleemux useful for measuring muffins as well as cinnamon rolls Date: Sat Apr 26 21:41:11 +0000 2008
I'm making a list of annual awards given for design of sites/info devices/etc. E.g. Jakob's top 10 intranets, Horizon Int. Any suggestions? Date: Mon Apr 28 19:03:52 +0000 2008
Listening to presentation about Korean karaoke company. (Apparently being drunk is not a prerequisite.) Wow they're taking it mobile. Crazy Date: Thu May 01 00:24:33 +0000 2008
Finishing a case study on a p2p system. Well, that's optimistic. Writing a case study. Date: Fri May 02 21:46:28 +0000 2008
@kaleemux Yes of course, that's exactly what I meant. There's another definition? Date: Fri May 02 22:15:38 +0000 2008
I need to learn to drink espresso straight. All of this milk just slows me down. Date: Sun May 04 21:20:34 +0000 2008
@jefflash Apparently firms now speak like lolcats...but anyway, this is for you http://buriedinthenoise.com/imgs/lolelsevier2.jpg Date: Tue May 06 20:48:15 +0000 2008
planning on pinching any IAs I see to determine if they're fake Date: Wed May 07 18:03:01 +0000 2008
@manya that's a difficult look to pull off Date: Wed May 07 20:12:31 +0000 2008
@donturn I had a great headset for my old desktop G4 then they changed the port on the newer macs. Been using earphones and a griffin iMic. Date: Thu May 08 18:04:37 +0000 2008
Pretty sure that the BBCnews article entitled 'great tits cope well with warming' is enjoying popularity due to a misunderstanding Date: Fri May 09 23:48:01 +0000 2008
@kaleemux ding ding ding! You guessed it. Perhaps I shouldn't underestimate BBC site visitors. (Still skeptical though) Date: Sat May 10 00:11:59 +0000 2008
@Digitrix6 are you in Austin? I'd say Salt Lick (it's a drive) Stubbs, I'm not big on barbecue though so http://tinyurl.com/6y7a88 Date: Sat May 10 18:03:43 +0000 2008
@austingovella iron works, although I now think they should change it to iron cactus :) Date: Sat May 10 19:10:28 +0000 2008
Watching things outside my window get hammered with hail. Nature never fails to entertain. Date: Sun May 11 00:25:54 +0000 2008
@peterme congratulations :) Date: Sun May 11 02:07:27 +0000 2008
Oh, that's why I didn't sleep last night. Apparently the Max in Diet Pepsi max is bragging about caffeine content-news to me. *feels stupid* Date: Sun May 11 20:20:32 +0000 2008
Calling the female parental unit. Date: Sun May 11 21:32:13 +0000 2008
@rashmi Do you mean something IRC-like? Define twitter :) Date: Tue May 13 03:05:21 +0000 2008
Drinking before noon not uncommon at the spider house (not me of course!) #austin Date: Tue May 13 16:31:01 +0000 2008
@zeldman You should see the docu "The Future of Food" about monsanto and "terminator seeds" Date: Tue May 13 20:24:12 +0000 2008
Okay, not cool when weather chick sounds scared Date: Thu May 15 05:34:50 +0000 2008
@donturn Yeah, I now realize her fear was mainly related to potential hail damage to her car Date: Thu May 15 06:05:08 +0000 2008
@donturn Now that's a real tornadic action Date: Thu May 15 06:11:17 +0000 2008
Think I might go on a hike tomorrow. Trying to remember what one wears on a hike. It's been a while. Date: Fri May 16 21:52:12 +0000 2008
@livlab I'm assuming this is a *technology* related conference phenom? Thus related to women and technology in general. Date: Fri May 16 22:06:33 +0000 2008
About to go on a hike. No really. There are cacti and everything. Date: Sat May 17 15:48:37 +0000 2008
Six mile hike. I lived. Yay. Date: Sat May 17 18:24:54 +0000 2008
@manya Thanks! Might try to learn the names of flora, fauna, and geological formations before next time. (Past 'deer' 'cactus' & 'rock') Date: Mon May 19 00:05:07 +0000 2008
Vanilla chai scented deodorant. What was I thinking? Date: Mon May 19 17:44:41 +0000 2008
@austingovella Ha, will suggest to Secret(tm) that they add that final touch. Date: Mon May 19 17:53:23 +0000 2008
Roman Holiday on TCM. Oh, those sexy vespas! Date: Tue May 20 03:56:16 +0000 2008
@kissane I'm not sure that works in NYC just in passing on the street. You gotta look without their knowing you've looked. :) Date: Wed May 21 22:17:13 +0000 2008
Nice article on the closing of Florent (alas!) in today's nytimes http://tinyurl.com/6ngwdu Date: Thu May 22 03:50:09 +0000 2008
Imagining Indy's write up and conference presentation of his most recent archaeological research. Date: Fri May 23 03:40:59 +0000 2008
Lost in a sea of wires. Hard drives, routers, monitor, printer, argh! Must organize somehow. Date: Sat May 24 16:59:34 +0000 2008
What crazy person buys $10 worth of cherries? Me apparently. Date: Sat May 24 23:10:06 +0000 2008
"Recount" on HBO is pretty good. They actually made the whole thing rather gripping. Date: Mon May 26 03:25:23 +0000 2008
Packing. Trying to remember what I wore for sub 80F temps. Date: Mon May 26 03:33:22 +0000 2008
Flying on northwest for the first time. Date: Mon May 26 20:12:29 +0000 2008
Detroit cab driver has one foot on the gas and other on the break. If I remember correctly, that was my grandmother's techique. Date: Mon May 26 23:27:13 +0000 2008
@threefour Very cool. NYC-London telectroscope is so steampunk. Date: Tue May 27 00:17:25 +0000 2008
I just bought spinach and ice cream at the grocery store. I need to reevaluate my diet and nutritional goals. Date: Fri May 30 01:18:53 +0000 2008
I give up. I will never understand Lost. Date: Fri May 30 01:33:31 +0000 2008
@ericscheid I thought it was blue eyes vs. brown eyes. "A class divided" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/ Date: Fri May 30 01:48:34 +0000 2008
@ericscheid I'll let it go since you're one of us, the superior detached earlobe clan Date: Fri May 30 03:44:47 +0000 2008
Still amazed that this korean air ad is selling airline tickets. At least I assume it is ... http://tinyurl.com/6phn6n Date: Sat May 31 19:53:02 +0000 2008
Ha! Track the maple syrup smell sightings, uh, smellings: http://tinyurl.com/65qtfj I miss NYC. Damn this fresh air and sunshine. Date: Sat May 31 20:34:21 +0000 2008
Apparently my tomatoes have been recalled. Seriously. Date: Thu Jun 05 03:16:58 +0000 2008
What's worse than the DMV? The social security administration center. I get to experience both. Yipee. Date: Thu Jun 05 20:56:19 +0000 2008
Amazon please come back. I'll stop criticizing your recommendation algorithm and I promise I won't ever bring up the whole tabs fiasco again Date: Fri Jun 06 18:46:02 +0000 2008
dear morons in cars on n. lamar I am not not ur mamacita #austin Date: Fri Jun 06 21:37:14 +0000 2008
@kaleemux clothing is message free as far as I can tell :-) Date: Fri Jun 06 22:14:39 +0000 2008
Kinda early for a Saturday but I'm at New Agendas for Media Literacy Conf. http://tinyurl.com/5z6u9w Date: Sat Jun 07 13:33:51 +0000 2008
@kaleemux Thanks for the heads up on VizThink. Goes nicely with architecture book I just checked out http://tinyurl.com/3oye55 Date: Wed Jun 11 03:39:09 +0000 2008
Just noticed the least of Twitter's problems. My "Favorites Page" spells favorite both with a "u" and without. Date: Wed Jun 11 16:16:46 +0000 2008
@austingovella Re: zaaz That is so much more effective than a bunch of screenshots. I love it. Date: Thu Jun 12 21:06:08 +0000 2008
Zone! Long time no see. You're looking well. I should visit more often. Date: Fri Jun 13 02:05:57 +0000 2008
Am much too knowledgeable about sunscreen now. Thanks Texas sun. Date: Fri Jun 13 17:27:51 +0000 2008
@hoyboy oh no! You're right :-( http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25145431/ Date: Fri Jun 13 20:06:23 +0000 2008
Just dropped my treo on hard concrete yet again and as always it's none the worse for such abuse. I wonder if the iPhone could withstand ... Date: Mon Jun 16 13:00:38 +0000 2008
@vanderwal Re Fridge door and gender detection. I've heard that it knows based on how long its held open. http://tinyurl.com/6j2d4w Date: Tue Jun 17 04:10:07 +0000 2008
Realized this morning that I now live in an apt where I can run the espresso maker & hair dryer @ same time w/o blowing fuse! Rather lavish. Date: Tue Jun 17 14:57:48 +0000 2008
@livlab Congratulations! Date: Wed Jun 18 01:53:10 +0000 2008
Accidentally bought the _jalapeÃ±o_ dolmas (no, really). That will clear your sinuses. Date: Wed Jun 18 05:45:37 +0000 2008
The way one calcs std deviation makes me think math on whole is snake oil. Surely whoever thought that up was makin it up as he went along Date: Wed Jun 18 19:13:42 +0000 2008
Length of time it takes you to answer the questions "so what do you do?' illustrated on a graph http://tinyurl.com/6czsa2 Date: Thu Jun 19 12:55:49 +0000 2008
@brownorama It's really debunking pop media's take on *sex* differences, right? Not gender differences. (Gender = social role not biology) Date: Thu Jun 19 13:03:03 +0000 2008
@brownorama translate to latin first and tell them it's greeked text Date: Thu Jun 19 19:34:24 +0000 2008
@vanderwal I recommend the Japanese Green Tea Kit Kat -- yummy and you can pretend it's healthy. Date: Fri Jun 20 15:27:14 +0000 2008
Whoo hoo passed motorcycle test at DMV on first try! Date: Fri Jun 20 22:56:37 +0000 2008
Dear thefilter.com your=your but you are=you're. Thx. Date: Sat Jun 21 17:09:03 +0000 2008
I like stem and leaf plots. No idea why - they just look cool. Date: Sun Jun 22 01:49:59 +0000 2008
If Yahoo astrology says I "can't take my finances too seriously" does that mean I should or shouldn't? Since when are horoscopes vague? ;) Date: Sun Jun 22 16:58:15 +0000 2008
@emalone I read some good things about rsync.net when I looked into offsite storage a year ago. (Still haven't gotten around to doing it) Date: Tue Jun 24 05:06:26 +0000 2008
Go @manya respect des fonds! (sanity is overrated) Date: Tue Jun 24 16:17:43 +0000 2008
Waiting for the show to start at stubb's. Thievery corp sold out Date: Wed Jun 25 00:17:55 +0000 2008
What up with all the people smoking cigars here? Date: Wed Jun 25 00:58:04 +0000 2008
Hoping my hearing returns. (Might want to consider earplugs if I'm going to stand in front of the speakers.) Date: Wed Jun 25 04:35:54 +0000 2008
Tonight's lead news story includes the quote: "the mayor has more to worry about than a bunch of nude people at a biker rally." Ah #Austin Date: Thu Jun 26 03:06:22 +0000 2008
Sometimes I think my job is "using nerdery to fight nerdery" http://tinyurl.com/6dq9dp Date: Fri Jun 27 22:53:01 +0000 2008
@threefour You were the running-a-red-light party? Date: Sat Jun 28 04:38:30 +0000 2008
@zeldman If you get her one too, I'm pretty sure she's cool with it. Date: Sat Jun 28 21:32:32 +0000 2008
retweet from @cchastain if you've got a 2-6 yr old kid please participate in our survey about Children and the Web http://tinyurl.com/6fws56 Date: Sun Jun 29 18:03:16 +0000 2008
@curiouslee Excellent. It occurred to me that I know a number of people who fit the profile (When did she get to be 4! how did that happen?) Date: Mon Jun 30 01:46:07 +0000 2008
Wow @whatsshakin I had no idea there's normally so much shakin going on Date: Mon Jun 30 07:03:20 +0000 2008
@kaniasty Yipes, it was her birthday? Ahem. Happy belated birthday @Manya Date: Mon Jun 30 13:53:11 +0000 2008
What's the minimum download speed for the roku netflix player to work well? I think my connection is dodgy. Date: Mon Jun 30 14:01:48 +0000 2008
@russu I have roadrunner through TWC and the speedtest I just performed while wired was 507 kb/s. (Sadly that's download not upload) Date: Mon Jun 30 14:14:15 +0000 2008
Argh! Too much. Okay deep breath. Make a to do list. Date: Mon Jun 30 16:12:57 +0000 2008
@kaniasty No WinPC at home and they don't have a Mac client. (No emulation environment available on my elderly laptop either.) :-( Date: Mon Jun 30 19:01:12 +0000 2008
@curiouslee *feels ancient* :) I'm going to hit you up with OLPC questions one day soon http://flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/tags/olpc Date: Tue Jul 01 03:28:33 +0000 2008
@jspahr You know it's a serious infotainment system if you need to wear a hard hat! Date: Tue Jul 01 15:18:24 +0000 2008
Tempted to go wade in the big fountain near football stadium. Not sure what its name is. Guess it will be on the ticket the cop gives me. Date: Wed Jul 02 17:51:21 +0000 2008
Do i need a failwhale t-shirt? I think I might. Date: Wed Jul 02 22:56:16 +0000 2008
@russu Yes! Teal failwhale shirt would be lovely! I was thinking the big square on white looked a little blocky. (But sweat? Me? noooo) Date: Wed Jul 02 23:09:18 +0000 2008
Predicting that @failwhale spawns many MBA case studies on convincing peeps that ur shortcomings are just part of cuddly branding initiative Date: Thu Jul 03 04:58:18 +0000 2008
What's worse than a paper cut? A tin foil from the top of a cup of yogurt cut. Poor me. Date: Thu Jul 03 14:09:12 +0000 2008
Failwhale artist http://yiyinglu.com/ Date: Thu Jul 03 14:38:12 +0000 2008
Wow, "Google will have to turn over every record of every video watched by YouTube users, including users' names..." http://is.gd/L6j Date: Thu Jul 03 14:58:39 +0000 2008
Love it. Already spammers on identi.ca. Or maybe I'm just being overly suspicious of user cialis's motives. Date: Thu Jul 03 16:12:53 +0000 2008
@livlab I think how you prevent it depends on how the macs are writing to the shared drives and how those drives are formatted. Date: Thu Jul 03 18:36:30 +0000 2008
@livlab a "resource fork" is what you're trying to prevent from being copied. So, that'd be a good keyword to google :) Date: Thu Jul 03 18:59:27 +0000 2008
Learning film lingo. Word for the day is logline. Date: Fri Jul 04 12:06:12 +0000 2008
Realized I'm no longer an early adopter. Now a wait until it sucks less adopter. Date: Sat Jul 05 05:32:27 +0000 2008
@zeldman Austinites. Oh wait. That's five abreast. Date: Sat Jul 05 18:29:21 +0000 2008
I love friendly error messages. ING direct: "we thought you left, so for your security we logged you out" better than "error #300 time out" Date: Sun Jul 06 18:27:07 +0000 2008
NYT is saying we're just bitter GFs "Instead of ... moving on with their lives .. users ... responded with rancor" http://tinyurl.com/6ojuqp Date: Sun Jul 06 22:32:32 +0000 2008
How can LexisNexis trademark "KWIC"? Their UI offers KWIC(tm). Date: Sun Jul 06 23:33:32 +0000 2008
Why is there no way to contact netflix online? I really hate having to talk to whichever teenager got stuck working the graveyard shift. Date: Mon Jul 07 14:58:57 +0000 2008
Rain on hot pavement. Date: Mon Jul 07 20:38:49 +0000 2008
@inkblurt There's something wonderfully summery about the smell and then the memories it conjures. Instantly transported. Date: Mon Jul 07 22:20:55 +0000 2008
It's late at night in Texas, I hear a chainsaw outside my door. What do I do? I step outside in my nightgown to see what the ruckus is. Hmmm Date: Tue Jul 08 05:43:12 +0000 2008
@austingovella It occured to me as I was doing it (not before). Guess I can't make fun of the choices teens make in slasher films anymore. Date: Tue Jul 08 05:49:23 +0000 2008
@austingovella The midnight chainsaw action was actually 6 cops and a large fallen branch in the street (one to use the chainsaw 5 to watch) Date: Tue Jul 08 21:12:04 +0000 2008
@kissane And some of them are ducks throwing hot bricks :\ Good luck. Date: Wed Jul 09 22:12:50 +0000 2008
Does Austin not have ice cream trucks? I neeeeed an ice cream cone. Date: Fri Jul 11 19:09:44 +0000 2008
Damn NYTimes, give Rangel a break. Anybody in the same building for 20 yrs usually has a jaw-dropping deal. Date: Fri Jul 11 22:11:24 +0000 2008
@kaniasty Great floors! It looks huge too. Date: Sat Jul 12 19:43:38 +0000 2008
I love Pine. GUI email apps are so sluggish & weak! I am getting in my time machine and setting it for 1994. See ya. Date: Mon Jul 14 19:12:06 +0000 2008
@threefour @jamesspahr "No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it." - A.Cooper Date: Mon Jul 14 20:37:31 +0000 2008
@livlab @askrom @mmilan Maybe some sort of support group. I'll head up central time. Date: Tue Jul 15 06:03:05 +0000 2008
My phone is malfunctioning. It's just begging to be replaced by an iPhone. Date: Tue Jul 15 22:44:01 +0000 2008
@jspahr I for one welcome our new ICT overlord. Date: Tue Jul 15 22:56:06 +0000 2008
@russu Started to call grammar cops on you, but since you're selling an iron bed, "intensive purposes" is probably good marketing. Date: Wed Jul 16 21:38:10 +0000 2008
@russu Kinda works in that context though. Especially if there are at least six exclamation points. Date: Wed Jul 16 21:50:16 +0000 2008
Does the max width thing in CSS work in whatever version of Win IE is widely used today? Date: Thu Jul 17 12:57:17 +0000 2008
On Netflix, giving The Battle of Algiers a high rating makes Paris is Burning turn up in your film recommendations. Hmmm.... Date: Mon Jul 21 05:18:13 +0000 2008
Once again, try to buy song on iTunes, TOS rolled instead, and then not put back into the buy flow. "Please try your purchase again." Ick. Date: Wed Jul 23 03:24:53 +0000 2008
@threefour cart for intangibles bothers me too but has instant recognition. A tangible symbol for something intangible-common in pictograms Date: Thu Jul 24 20:29:03 +0000 2008
Video games and the Cultural Record - I'll be working with Dr. Winget on this one http://tinyurl.com/5enjb2 Date: Thu Jul 24 23:21:01 +0000 2008
@kissane That's so hard. Who am I going to in a year and will she be mad at me for getting rid of "500 Latin Verbs" & the size 4 jeans? Date: Thu Jul 24 23:31:34 +0000 2008
@inkblurt I know! Very excited about it. I like the "...increasing number of digital products have no definite completion." :-) Date: Thu Jul 24 23:52:17 +0000 2008
New (to me) acronym of the day "BRIC" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIC Date: Fri Jul 25 15:25:38 +0000 2008
@jasontroj Great! In Austin permanently? Date: Fri Jul 25 15:56:17 +0000 2008
Enjoying @hoyboy 's unapologetic chronicling of his adventures with slim jims. By enjoying I mean postponing lunch until I feel less queasy. Date: Fri Jul 25 16:34:50 +0000 2008
@manya Are you sure it started out as coffee? Date: Fri Jul 25 20:22:04 +0000 2008
Austin pub trans tip: downtown is a destination not a direction. So a bus marked 'downtown' might actually be going uptown :-/ Date: Sat Jul 26 21:44:10 +0000 2008
@manya Ha! You'll note I managed to maintain control of the cup throughout. Date: Tue Jul 29 23:05:54 +0000 2008
First ride on my new-to-me vespa Date: Wed Jul 30 13:11:21 +0000 2008
@Manya Pics to come soon! Smoosh avoidance is definitely a priority. Date: Wed Jul 30 13:31:26 +0000 2008
@blumysden She's pretty sweet! Keeps trying to make me go outside and play when I need to be working though. Date: Thu Jul 31 02:26:50 +0000 2008
I'm all registered for the Austin Game Developers Conference. It's work, really. I swear. Anyone else going? Date: Thu Jul 31 03:21:22 +0000 2008
Considering organizing intervention for @hoyboy 's slim jim habit Date: Fri Aug 01 21:11:25 +0000 2008
I really hate the big box of miscellaneous cords/adaptors/chargers. Date: Tue Aug 05 16:40:37 +0000 2008
@cchastain As I stared at the PB520c adaptor I thought could be a new game. Have a few folks over to play "what did this originally go to?" Date: Tue Aug 05 17:04:53 +0000 2008
feeling convinced that scanner software is designed by sadists Date: Tue Aug 05 20:11:12 +0000 2008
Ack, facebook UI different -- no. I'm old, things that change frighten me. (But seriously "boxes?" Maybe if there were some arrows.) Date: Wed Aug 06 03:47:39 +0000 2008
Oh I get it. Facebook to users: "Here's a big box of miscellaneous, you sort it out." I got plenty of boxes of misc at home to sort out. Thx Date: Wed Aug 06 03:53:20 +0000 2008
There's no regret like post chocolate cheesecake regret. Date: Thu Aug 07 01:30:26 +0000 2008
Household now Tivotastic! Date: Thu Aug 07 04:12:01 +0000 2008
@kaleemux Logan's Run implant dating chip displays black when participant is a) over 30 b) married c) toxic d) knows 2 much abt Logan's Run? Date: Thu Aug 07 04:38:43 +0000 2008
@donturn Trying to enter my season passes wisely. Ooo lookey, a whole series on the history of water & another on extreme roller coasters... Date: Thu Aug 07 05:21:19 +0000 2008
I think eBooks are designed by people with stock in paper manufacturing companies. Date: Sun Aug 10 18:27:37 +0000 2008
Newsflash! Fashion headline for the NYT this week is that new yorkers wear black http://tinyurl.com/6dbmvj Date: Sun Aug 10 23:17:46 +0000 2008
@Manya More burnt orange than should be legal and, on the whole, Austin appears to be on its way to the gym, in flip-flops. #fashionreport Date: Mon Aug 11 00:09:01 +0000 2008
@mojoe Hope you have lots of reflective tape on. Then again, I guess Dutch drivers aren't quite so oblivious to bike riders as here. Date: Wed Aug 13 20:56:19 +0000 2008
@donturn Toronto? Did you actually unpack here in Austin or did you just decide to stay at the airport? Date: Wed Aug 13 21:10:45 +0000 2008
@kaleemux Of course I would ... but ... I need considerably more notice to be spontaneous. One week of planning minimum for capricious acts. Date: Wed Aug 13 21:33:03 +0000 2008
@magnolia More hiccups? I gots lots 'o stuff to bookmark! Brain full. Date: Thu Aug 14 20:18:17 +0000 2008
@livlab So hard to watch though. I completely lose it when her prof reads a children's book to her & says oh a little allegory of the soul. Date: Fri Aug 15 03:47:18 +0000 2008
*hands @livlab a kleenex* Date: Fri Aug 15 03:53:16 +0000 2008
Actually had to put some gas in the scooter. I think she runs on love and hotness. Date: Sat Aug 16 23:31:50 +0000 2008
Thx for ur hard wrk now get out "Execs said that cuts were a standard practice after the launch of a new game" http://tinyurl.com/69hkbn Date: Sun Aug 17 05:13:37 +0000 2008
A student just called me ma'am. Several times. Time to pop open a bottle of Geritol. Date: Tue Aug 19 19:28:49 +0000 2008
Mundane weather observation #224: There appears to be no such thing as a 'rainy day' in Texas. Apparently it's just a 'rainy hour' Date: Tue Aug 19 22:40:08 +0000 2008
It was cupcake week on Martha Stewart & I missed it. Tivo, I thought u knew me. Guess we're not as close as I thought. Forlorn, off to web. Date: Fri Aug 22 02:08:03 +0000 2008
@threefour MS's stats? Should've been cupcake month then! Date: Fri Aug 22 02:14:53 +0000 2008
@kaleemux I'm usually disappointed to hear "that would be a great blog post." I always want to say "but I'm telling just you - feel special" Date: Sun Aug 24 04:41:31 +0000 2008
@kissane I sent 12 boxes and my experience was the same. Apparently media rate means they ride on the outside of the truck. Date: Tue Aug 26 01:02:03 +0000 2008
@manya I can't really tell what their strengths are from their portfolio. Well, other than how to take a concept way too far. Date: Tue Aug 26 19:02:46 +0000 2008
@kissane I think you have a craig's list missed connections post. "Stuff looking for its nerd. We last saw each other at the post office..." Date: Tue Aug 26 19:17:27 +0000 2008
@curiouslee Wasn't it? Great speech by HRC! Date: Wed Aug 27 03:16:56 +0000 2008
@hoyboy That sounds like they sent it media rate. Ask @kissane about the level of service to expect for it. Date: Wed Aug 27 17:14:56 +0000 2008
I wish I had a dollar for every billing address entry form I've wiredframed. Oh wait, I do. Yay! Date: Wed Aug 27 20:43:25 +0000 2008
Strawmatoes? Really? Didn't those scientists have something better to engineer that day? Date: Thu Aug 28 19:05:09 +0000 2008
@threefour Madness? It's an abomination. Does the religious right know about these shenanigans? Date: Thu Aug 28 19:19:50 +0000 2008
Love the pink color coordination. His pink tie & the dresses on Michelle and girls. This has been the #DNC fashion report. That is all. Date: Fri Aug 29 02:50:21 +0000 2008
@Manya I believe @askrom contributed to tonight's fashion report. We got it covered. http://twitter.com/askrom/statuses/902443070 Date: Fri Aug 29 03:21:29 +0000 2008
@mmilan Seen it 100x because of mom too. Few years ago though I realized it was about a man who throws over his older gf for the babysitter. Date: Sun Aug 31 00:15:03 +0000 2008
@threefour Well of course the babysitter is young and hot and the GF is neither. Time to ditch her...with catchy tunes. Date: Sun Aug 31 01:02:44 +0000 2008
I upgrade BBEdit for the first time in five years and they release a newer version right after. Destined to always be at least one behind. Date: Sun Aug 31 22:09:30 +0000 2008
Almost finished marking up a 74 page word doc in HTML. Sigh. Date: Sun Aug 31 22:26:50 +0000 2008
@vanderwal I had a poster of the SR-71 in my room when I was a kid. My dad worked for Lockheed. Date: Mon Sep 01 23:45:10 +0000 2008
Hospital mottos that don't scale: "leaders at heart...and stroke" Date: Tue Sep 02 23:01:35 +0000 2008
I really hate clicking through these mandatory training modules. Part 3 "slide" (lame text image) #103. Sigh. Date: Wed Sep 03 03:46:00 +0000 2008
@vanderwal You know it's a real winner when the last slides are just screenshots trying to explain how to use their site on the intranet. Date: Wed Sep 03 04:16:13 +0000 2008
Warning SxSW goers, Las Manitas shut :( http://tinyurl.com/58nguc Date: Wed Sep 03 16:41:09 +0000 2008
Documenting the same stuff different ways for different people. Date: Wed Sep 03 21:26:36 +0000 2008
Love reading tweets on favrd after events like the RNC http://textism.com/favrd/ Date: Thu Sep 04 04:11:37 +0000 2008
Okay Appadurai, half of these words are not in my dictionary. If this were scrabble you would lose. Date: Thu Sep 04 06:10:41 +0000 2008
Vespa on incline+swarm of bees (ok just 2)=dropped vespa. It's unharmed thanks to my cushioning it with my left leg. Left knee not so happy. Date: Thu Sep 04 19:32:05 +0000 2008
@kaleemux Knee slightly injured but pride more so. Date: Thu Sep 04 21:38:30 +0000 2008
@livlab Ha! No wonder they came after my vespa! I wondered why they seemed so aggressive. Date: Thu Sep 04 21:50:16 +0000 2008
Consoling self with new iPhone. I can't wait to whine about how much it sux ;-) Date: Thu Sep 04 21:51:41 +0000 2008
@curiouslee I'm next to last I think. Farewell faithful (though temperamental) Treo! Date: Thu Sep 04 22:38:44 +0000 2008
@jessmcmullin Ziya Oz is his real name. I've worked with him. Got pics too :) Date: Fri Sep 05 02:59:08 +0000 2008
@vanderwal Eh, why not? I'll email you one. Date: Fri Sep 05 03:05:02 +0000 2008
@jessmcmullin He's rather effective at shaking things up and earning the trust of management by not, well, mincing words as you can imagine. Date: Fri Sep 05 04:39:37 +0000 2008
I subscribed to http://twitter.com/whatsshakin for a while but quickly learned there's always someplace shakin' somewhere Date: Sat Sep 06 04:36:17 +0000 2008
@kaniasty Yay for new iPhones :) Date: Sat Sep 06 21:07:21 +0000 2008
@meyerweb You're not truly addicted unless you're considering italkies.com Date: Sun Sep 07 01:45:07 +0000 2008
Still confused by Seinfeld Gates commercial. Date: Sun Sep 07 16:45:41 +0000 2008
@ paramount for lawrence of Arabia Date: Sun Sep 07 19:05:04 +0000 2008
1st iPhone complaint: SMS better on my treo because I could save frequently used phrases as "quick text" as well as copy/paste Date: Mon Sep 08 00:52:27 +0000 2008
In case anyone is wondering every discipline/field/practice has its endless musing on defining the damn thing. Oh goody I get to read it all Date: Mon Sep 08 02:16:51 +0000 2008
Soma made Gawker! http://tinyurl.com/5czuma Date: Mon Sep 08 21:40:53 +0000 2008
@raygun Hilarious comments there "... so the powerful correlation between people who are bad at both statistics and analysis strikes again!" Date: Mon Sep 08 22:08:21 +0000 2008
@jamesmelzer You can "group" objects in Illustrator and InDesign. Date: Mon Sep 08 22:34:13 +0000 2008
More iPhone whining: it doesn't work with mac address book's bluetooth link like my sony ericsson T610 did (sms, incoming call info, etc) Date: Tue Sep 09 15:00:01 +0000 2008
At my desk, looking out the window & appreciating my neighbor's bougainvillea as it crawls over our wooden fence. Date: Tue Sep 09 17:13:03 +0000 2008
Well, I guess eating a whole bunch of chips wasn't the answer to my problems but it seemed worth a try. Date: Tue Sep 09 22:59:29 +0000 2008
checking if we're still here: http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/ Date: Wed Sep 10 17:12:19 +0000 2008
@threefour I was mainly worried about the weekend. I don't plan much further ahead than that. :) Date: Wed Sep 10 18:13:32 +0000 2008
Wondering what the difference is now between Backpack and Basecamp? Date: Wed Sep 10 18:51:50 +0000 2008
I love how all the different things I follow and am involved with seem to occasionally converge. Date: Wed Sep 10 19:28:39 +0000 2008
@austingovella That's interesting! Product differentiation based on organizing scheme instead of feature set. Date: Wed Sep 10 20:01:49 +0000 2008
@threefour Yeah but whatup with the camping/hiking bit? I'd prefer a luxury boutique hotel metaphor. Date: Wed Sep 10 20:20:40 +0000 2008
@vanderwal Personally I need clean sheets, room service, hot water & 1 of those fancy TVs hung on the wall. Wait what were we talking about? Date: Wed Sep 10 20:41:14 +0000 2008
Best thing about working from home is turning down the A/C and keeping the room above at 80F. Date: Wed Sep 10 21:32:50 +0000 2008
@JetBlue Name it 'Jetblue' to differentiate it from all the rogue hotspot networks. By context on our laptops we know it's a wifi hotspot. Date: Wed Sep 10 21:43:38 +0000 2008
Wouldn't it be ironic if the thing that blew up the world actually did emanate from switzerland? Neutral, my ass. Date: Wed Sep 10 23:43:36 +0000 2008
Bellydancing. Date: Thu Sep 11 00:45:27 +0000 2008
@marlaerwin It cracks me up too. Clever line and she's pretty good with the comedy. Date: Thu Sep 11 04:36:46 +0000 2008
Hey, I didn't say no. http://xkcd.com/474/ (More fun with the LHC) Date: Fri Sep 12 05:16:52 +0000 2008
At la zona rosa helping with zein's putamaya acoustic Arabia cd launch and show. Date: Sat Sep 13 00:42:51 +0000 2008
Selling raffle tix not one of my better skills Date: Sat Sep 13 02:23:40 +0000 2008
@pzriddle mac the ripper Date: Sat Sep 13 22:50:18 +0000 2008
Orgs & companies offering grants make the 1st challenge finding info about applying on their sites. That's one way to narrow down applicants Date: Mon Sep 15 01:09:40 +0000 2008
At the GDC2008 keynote Lane Merrifield "At Their Service: Making a Difference by Putting Players First" Date: Mon Sep 15 16:06:12 +0000 2008
@donturn Surprisingly humble keynote. Kinda sweet. Canadians ;-) http://tinyurl.com/5qau37 Date: Mon Sep 15 16:41:36 +0000 2008
Seems like most speakers come from either huge corps or are solo consultants. Where r small studios that haven't been bought yet? #GDC2008 Date: Mon Sep 15 20:12:06 +0000 2008
@irwin Wear a helmet next time? Rim shot...here all week, tip your waitress. Date: Tue Sep 16 01:30:24 +0000 2008
I will now say a positive thing about the iPhone. It fits perfectly in my Marc Jacobs clutch. Date: Tue Sep 16 03:04:24 +0000 2008
"If you put a big gaming front end on financial services - some people will save for retirement." Bruce Sterling #GDC2008 Date: Tue Sep 16 16:32:22 +0000 2008
@zakiwarfel re: online learning/tutorials. Youtube Date: Wed Sep 17 17:42:41 +0000 2008
"Fun" isn't a predictor of sustained engagement -Scott Rigby http://www.springerlink.com/content/h8u63440vl4q6534/ #GDC2008 Date: Wed Sep 17 19:15:31 +0000 2008
People keep waving at me like they know me at this conference. It's starting to freak me out. Who are you people?! Date: Wed Sep 17 20:27:28 +0000 2008
It's 80F & overcast so I'm freezing of course. Date: Wed Sep 17 21:24:03 +0000 2008
@cwodtke You should check out @lotd Date: Thu Sep 18 00:50:05 +0000 2008
@meyerweb That's exactly where I am. Not sure how much longer I can put up with my sluggish laptop. Date: Thu Sep 18 02:52:20 +0000 2008
Taking my vespa in to have the swingarm replaced. No I don't know what that is. Just know bad ones squeak. We can't tolerate squeakiness. Date: Thu Sep 18 19:04:18 +0000 2008
MIS literature is so grim. "user acceptance theory" Ugh. Not a lot of concern for delight there. Date: Thu Sep 18 21:37:21 +0000 2008
@mantruc You only have a gazillion? You're sooo lucky! Date: Fri Sep 19 01:01:12 +0000 2008
@kaleemux When visiting the video games archive here @ UT they mentioned they had some donor's work on Jaz drives! http://tinyurl.com/4why6l Date: Fri Sep 19 04:38:27 +0000 2008
@russu I assume the defining design question referred to this looong exchange on the listserv? http://tinyurl.com/4nt8c5 Date: Fri Sep 19 19:02:46 +0000 2008
Hmmm Dean Dillon seems to have grown a soul patch over the summer Date: Fri Sep 19 23:40:38 +0000 2008
I'm on 6th st. I blame joe & Snowden Date: Sat Sep 20 02:38:06 +0000 2008
For the record, Snowden's top level of hotness is Mexican soap opera hot. Date: Sat Sep 20 03:11:42 +0000 2008
@russu Now you're just making me jealous. Wish I were there! Date: Sat Sep 20 16:46:38 +0000 2008
Betty Page bangs: We put that chrome on ur vespa for u. Ur going to really like it. Me: Uh, where is it? BP bangs: oh wow, he didn't do it. Date: Sun Sep 21 00:22:21 +0000 2008
I scored a 4 on the color hue test. Ironically my favorite part of the spectrum is where I had difficulties. Date: Sun Sep 21 00:54:26 +0000 2008
Still puzzled by my upstairs neighbor's blasting Morrissey at 3:30am. Not so much the blasting part as the Morrissey of course. Date: Sun Sep 21 19:18:11 +0000 2008
OH: (guy) If u were a girl & that hot what would u do? Go get a degree from Stanford? (I'm going to pretend that he was suggesting Columbia) Date: Tue Sep 23 18:19:13 +0000 2008
@jarango I had a six year old ezquest firewire drive die yesterday. What's the normal life expectancy of these things? Date: Wed Sep 24 03:01:09 +0000 2008
It's handy to have a couple pairs of glasses so you can wear one while looking for the other. Date: Wed Sep 24 03:54:18 +0000 2008
@jcrakow Somewhere that they don't have Mexican food! Date: Wed Sep 24 04:10:26 +0000 2008
@MoJoe You and @threefour on one bike? I hope so -- that would be just adorable. Date: Fri Sep 26 00:30:07 +0000 2008
Real YouTube comment #238 "BARACK OBAMA is the physical manifestation of SATIN!" Date: Fri Sep 26 03:47:06 +0000 2008
Doing some reading at a starbucks without my laptop. Feeling kinda naked. Date: Sat Sep 27 21:19:55 +0000 2008
@cwodtke You just got bonus freak points for calling it IR Date: Sat Sep 27 21:31:29 +0000 2008
@zakiwarfel Be sure to define what you mean by prototype for your purposes in the book. Doesn't matter what others mean in other contexts. Date: Mon Sep 29 16:13:12 +0000 2008
@KXAN_News Oh the irony. Date: Tue Sep 30 15:40:36 +0000 2008
You know, between bands bars should turn up the lights so you can read. Well OK, so *I* can read. Date: Wed Oct 01 03:13:25 +0000 2008
Just realized the only items I seem to post to a food related forum I frequent is "I've just done <food thing> will it kill me?" Date: Wed Oct 01 23:12:37 +0000 2008
@pzriddle It would take at least two hours to get to NYC and then back to Newark. If I had a 6 hr layover I might try it. Not less. Date: Sun Oct 05 01:40:10 +0000 2008
The one Briticism I'll never understand is using the word revise instead of review. How'd that happen, linguists? http://tinyurl.com/5yb6cm Date: Tue Oct 07 02:29:16 +0000 2008
I wish Tim Gunn were in my department at school. Don't know what he would teach, but I'm confident he would be fabulous. Date: Thu Oct 09 02:09:42 +0000 2008
They can't get rid of the traders on the floor, what would they show when the market makes the news? Date: Thu Oct 09 22:38:54 +0000 2008
Diagramming. However, seriously considering going outside to shop for shoes in the real world. Might diagram it first though. Date: Sat Oct 11 19:29:55 +0000 2008
I don't think there have been attractive athletic shoes since the 80's. What is up with all the netting? Date: Sun Oct 12 00:27:43 +0000 2008
@livlab Books - Post-it flags as I read. When finished I'll write a few notes from what seems useful to retain and put them in devonthink DB Date: Sun Oct 12 01:27:33 +0000 2008
@donturn Blue suede with three white stripes - oh yeah. Date: Sun Oct 12 03:03:23 +0000 2008
@rhh Quirky hotel in Austin, try the Hotel San Jose http://tinyurl.com/3smd5u Date: Sun Oct 12 23:21:33 +0000 2008
@k Congrats! - when will the video be on youtube? ;-) Date: Mon Oct 13 02:24:14 +0000 2008
@nbarday Happy birthday! Saw some video of the Banksy show. Chicken nuggets were kinda disturbing. Date: Mon Oct 13 02:48:01 +0000 2008
Pollsters should stop assuming one's phone number indicates where one lives. Date: Mon Oct 13 22:08:28 +0000 2008
My powerbook is going to have a meltdown coinciding with the new macbooks being announced. She's always been a little melodramatic like that Date: Mon Oct 13 23:49:16 +0000 2008
@buzz After a while I didn't equate the PM sound of summer with cicadas but instead the squeaky brakes of the M96 bus outside my open window Date: Tue Oct 14 15:09:18 +0000 2008
When my google search returns less than five hits, I start to wonder if my interests have become just a bit too quirky. Date: Thu Oct 16 19:32:17 +0000 2008
"And so on and so on..." is probably not appropriate wireframe annotation, huh? Date: Sat Oct 18 04:13:21 +0000 2008
@nbarday Okay, okay, how about "second verse same as the first?" Date: Sat Oct 18 04:21:36 +0000 2008
@nbarday BTW, get a twitter avatar already. Sheesh. I'm starting to think of you wtih googly eyes. Date: Sat Oct 18 04:28:31 +0000 2008
@toddsieling Very chancy. There are worse placeholders to absentmindedly leave in though, so I've heard anyway. Date: Sat Oct 18 04:54:26 +0000 2008
Mystified by Genius. How did it know to put Band of Gold with a Macy Gray theme song to a short lived tv show that I borrowed from interwebs Date: Sun Oct 19 01:02:04 +0000 2008
@Digitrix6 The name alone -- seamstress + Triangle __ Factory doesn't seem like it would've been a harbinger of good times ahead. Date: Mon Oct 20 01:17:50 +0000 2008
@greghoyboy Sadly I did know that. Was it one of the episodes where they have groovy music during the chase scene? Those are the best. Date: Wed Oct 22 02:54:31 +0000 2008
More fun w/ human body=computer trope "this shuts down the immune system allowing it to re-boot without the original fault" http://tr.im/id2 Date: Thu Oct 23 04:31:10 +0000 2008
@nbarday Much better. Approved. Date: Thu Oct 23 04:47:48 +0000 2008
OMG it's so friggin' cold. Date: Thu Oct 23 12:26:24 +0000 2008
@jspahr Still in TX. I now freeze to death at 60F though. Well okay -- I always have. Date: Thu Oct 23 17:57:17 +0000 2008
@donturn Do you have TWC? I want my NBC back. Buy OTA antenna for my Tivo? Date: Thu Oct 23 21:44:52 +0000 2008
@gsmith Wouldn't presence and reputation just be a way to increase precision? Date: Thu Oct 23 21:47:01 +0000 2008
@gsmith Oh wait. Never mind -- you mean posing a question to your followers. Got it. Date: Thu Oct 23 21:48:48 +0000 2008
@gsmith "search" threw me off - @ query ? Date: Thu Oct 23 21:52:37 +0000 2008
@gsmith Yes, crowdsearch is great! It sounds like a wisdom of _your_ crowds thing. Date: Thu Oct 23 22:11:00 +0000 2008
Recalling a book from another person at the library always feels so selfish. Date: Sun Oct 26 21:09:58 +0000 2008
Jungle disk seems like a good off site backup solution. Too bad it's going to take me a week to transfer my data with this slow connection. Date: Mon Oct 27 06:34:12 +0000 2008
@jessmcmullin I worked on a new system for those very S&P folk. They were kind enough to let me lurk at their desks for hours. Date: Tue Oct 28 05:23:51 +0000 2008
Heh "[IBM] cornered the market on a certain type of oddball" - Benoit Mandelbrot on PBS Nova concerning IBM's late 1950s hiring practices Date: Wed Oct 29 05:22:50 +0000 2008
Little girls hanging out yellow schoolbus windows yelling at woman with a cell phone, "hey lady, text me!" Date: Thu Oct 30 17:40:02 +0000 2008
@nbarday have you moved on from that method or is it still your go to line? Date: Thu Oct 30 17:51:32 +0000 2008
@IC2GCG You mean like http://www.citeulike.org/ ? Date: Thu Oct 30 19:53:55 +0000 2008
@betsyweber Hey there! That shot of Thriller looks kinda scary for a few reasons. Date: Thu Oct 30 21:10:48 +0000 2008
@betsyweber Still catching up on the evening's tweets. Hope you found good BBQ and got an interesting tattoo! Date: Fri Oct 31 03:19:54 +0000 2008
@magia3e Yes there's a US version of kath & kim. Not half as good as original. For 1 thing actress playing kim is too glam to pull it off :P Date: Sat Nov 01 12:06:30 +0000 2008
New cocktail idea: Emergen-C and gin, yes? Date: Sun Nov 02 03:16:19 +0000 2008
@threefour I think we're on to something. Date: Sun Nov 02 03:34:01 +0000 2008
Anyone know of any scripts or software for analyzing email (from a listserv)? Who posted when, whether it was a reply or new post, etc.? Date: Sun Nov 02 21:53:41 +0000 2008
Flightpath, pls lay off the classic country music. The "my wife left me the dog died & I hang out by the RR tracks all day" is geting to me. Date: Sun Nov 02 23:43:33 +0000 2008
Austin's Fox channel has a "I hate new york" theme for their station promo. Offensive, annoying. Just ran it before going to Seinfeld rerun! Date: Mon Nov 03 04:37:29 +0000 2008
@saleemkhan I don't know. But I do know Fox Austin loves irony. Perhaps it's some sort of method for confusing the terrorists. Date: Mon Nov 03 04:54:47 +0000 2008
@mmilan I think @mikekuniavsky was the victim of Dspace's overengineering try http://tr.im/r4u ? Date: Mon Nov 03 06:14:26 +0000 2008
No line at my precinct. Boring electronic voting machine. I miss the steam punk levers at my old polling location on the UWS in Manhattan. Date: Wed Nov 05 00:12:42 +0000 2008
@threefour I'm jealous. Electronic feels so sterile. Date: Wed Nov 05 00:22:52 +0000 2008
@threefour I'd miss the trip to a polling place to see all of my neighbors too! Sigh. "Bowling Alone" Date: Wed Nov 05 00:45:23 +0000 2008
There was a ballot measure to make English the official language in MO? It's passing. Well alrighty then y'all are gonna hafta learn it now. Date: Wed Nov 05 05:13:50 +0000 2008
Damn, he almost makes me want to believe in something. Date: Wed Nov 05 05:17:33 +0000 2008
Turning the A/C on in November just feels so wrong. Date: Wed Nov 05 18:51:13 +0000 2008
@semanticwill See e.g. @Mojoe http://tr.im/uif Date: Thu Nov 06 05:01:16 +0000 2008
@threefour That's not true. I'm sitting in a seminar right now with an anthro prof talking about studying aspects of american culture. Date: Thu Nov 06 17:07:48 +0000 2008
@threefour She's studied it, is studying it, and we're presenting our data. Using political boundaries is a limited view of 'culture,' btw. Date: Thu Nov 06 17:14:44 +0000 2008
I'd kinda like the cops to capture the guys running around in bullet proof vests with AK47s before I return home tonight http://tr.im/v33 Date: Thu Nov 06 19:16:33 +0000 2008
@austingovella Nervous New Yorker accustomed to wimpy, smaller caliber weapons. :P Date: Thu Nov 06 19:26:05 +0000 2008
"The rejection of pretensions to which more complex writing is subject becomes a rejection of any ideas at all" B. Street Social Literacies Date: Sat Nov 08 19:42:08 +0000 2008
I realize the irony of my posting that last tweet on twitter but I ran out of characters to explore such nuances ;-) Date: Sat Nov 08 19:45:44 +0000 2008
Still not sure I can be trusted with semicolons. Date: Sun Nov 09 23:59:57 +0000 2008
Printing out an article doesn't seem to actually help me better understand it. Maybe I'm just annoyed and taking it out on the environment? Date: Tue Nov 11 04:00:22 +0000 2008
@MoJoe Sounds good, except wave 5 isn't as well articulated as the others. When was seeing not believing? What's new here exactly? Date: Tue Nov 11 11:30:13 +0000 2008
@MoJoe So #5 relates to 2! (Do I win a prize for being up early? Or do I just get to feel smug about it?) Date: Tue Nov 11 11:41:04 +0000 2008
@kaniasty Yay! See you in Austin then. Date: Tue Nov 11 16:14:15 +0000 2008
@marlaerwin Thought I was the only one who even knew about Tanita Tikaram. Tip: Toni Childs=less mopey more ass kicky Date: Wed Nov 12 18:11:38 +0000 2008
Group of law students near me all seem to aspire to be Elle Woods. "Can, like, a chihuahua mate w/ a great dane?" Intense debate ensues. Date: Fri Nov 14 22:33:27 +0000 2008
The problem with bringing only print matter with me to a cafe is that there's no battery to run down so I know when to go home. Date: Fri Nov 14 23:12:02 +0000 2008
Oxford Reference has a fact of the day. Today's: in architecture, affronted=2 figures facing each other addorsed=back to back. Now you know. Date: Sun Nov 16 21:22:56 +0000 2008
@threefour Hmmm, do you mean like Favrd? http://textism.com/favrd/ and favotter http://tr.im/158t Date: Sun Nov 16 23:47:03 +0000 2008
LA fires are scary and tragic, but this photo, uh, anyone you know? http://tr.im/158y Date: Sun Nov 16 23:54:08 +0000 2008
is feeling bourgeois for worrying so much that favorite jeans might wear out Date: Mon Nov 17 22:46:52 +0000 2008
@vanderwal Actually things like bookstores are open limited hours compared with the burbs. Booze and hookers are 24/7 tho ... or so I hear Date: Tue Nov 18 04:06:44 +0000 2008
Word of the day: nosology - the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of diseases. Date: Wed Nov 19 15:52:21 +0000 2008
Trying to remember how to search non-full text DBs. Let's see, article uses "listserv" and DB uses "electronic discussion groups." Sigh. Date: Thu Nov 20 03:54:16 +0000 2008
Oooo, excited because @hotdogsladies tweet reminded me it's Padma spits night! The heck with this academic stuff. Date: Thu Nov 20 03:58:46 +0000 2008
Wondering if I should've gotten a flu shot today. I've only had it once that I remember. Never want to repeat that experience. Ugh. Date: Thu Nov 20 06:37:45 +0000 2008
Disgusted with my inability to resist purchasing DRMed music. Date: Thu Nov 20 20:04:42 +0000 2008
When reading an academic article, I imagine the author speaking it aloud & using air quotes rather excessively. Surely I'm not the only one? Date: Fri Nov 21 01:53:48 +0000 2008
@smartex Ha! Endeca - solving the real problem. Date: Fri Nov 21 16:47:02 +0000 2008
@marlaerwin That's so sad. Great - another thing that requires Austin folk to crowd into downtown or take to the highway. Date: Fri Nov 21 16:50:46 +0000 2008
@smartex Oh, now that we can't have! Date: Fri Nov 21 16:52:24 +0000 2008
@livlab Happy Birthday! Date: Fri Nov 21 16:53:22 +0000 2008
If I don't admit to myself that I have a cold that means I won't really have a cold, right? Isn't that how it works? Date: Sat Nov 22 22:28:01 +0000 2008
Taking enough antihistamines to supply mini meth lab brings on rather exhausting nightmares. On the bright side, I kicked some spectral ass. Date: Mon Nov 24 02:02:41 +0000 2008
@zakiwarfel Someone who has been forced to change their password 5X (& being instructed to make it different). Cognitively #slanty #design Date: Mon Nov 24 22:39:29 +0000 2008
Who was asking about repeated words in various languages the other day? I just learned linguists call it "reduplication" Date: Wed Nov 26 21:47:25 +0000 2008
@nbarday http://tinyurl.com/6jcgbr Date: Wed Nov 26 22:05:10 +0000 2008
@meetar Ha! From that page: "Latin schmatin, a slang phrase for binomial nomenclature." Those crazy biologists and their hip slang phrases. Date: Thu Nov 27 01:30:27 +0000 2008
Where am I taking @kaniasty for dinner? Apparently she's been exploring caves and counting tattoos this afternoon in Austin. Date: Fri Nov 28 23:11:46 +0000 2008
@Manya we're having margaritas now. What tattoos should we get? Date: Sat Nov 29 02:56:44 +0000 2008
Was confused, unsure which of the many social networks to use to wish @bobulate a happy birthday. Date: Sat Nov 29 18:31:52 +0000 2008
@zeldman Oh, @bobulate totally knows I'm stalking her so I don't have to worry about that. Date: Sat Nov 29 19:18:34 +0000 2008
@kaniasty Cupcakes?! Please test and report back. Date: Sat Nov 29 22:30:50 +0000 2008
@meetar I thought it was the tiki idol the Zeldmans got on their Hawaii surfing vacation. Oh wait, wrong show. Date: Sun Nov 30 18:18:05 +0000 2008
Sometimes I'm just overwhelmed by how generous people can be. Someone who just met me spontaneously lent me an XO. Now to find time to play. Date: Wed Dec 03 23:00:37 +0000 2008
Naming and framing. Date: Thu Dec 04 19:32:53 +0000 2008
Have ya ever spent the evening in the linguistics lab discussing Goffman & got the feeling people were tweeting about you & @manya? Me too! Date: Fri Dec 05 04:40:31 +0000 2008
I fear the interlibrary loan staff is sick of seeing my name. Date: Fri Dec 05 06:00:45 +0000 2008
As I enter hour 22 of acute sinus headache from hell, I'm seriously considering self-trepanation. Overdosing on NSAIDs is so not rock star. Date: Sat Dec 06 18:27:36 +0000 2008
@nbarday If a certain neighbor complains about the noise tell her it's saturday and she should be out having fun anyway :-) Date: Sat Dec 06 22:47:53 +0000 2008
@nbarday If that is what it takes to get her down here, please turn it up to 11! Date: Sat Dec 06 22:52:44 +0000 2008
Seems like a lot of tweeps have young kids. I predict this will take being ashamed of your parents to a whole new level. Date: Sun Dec 07 06:22:00 +0000 2008
Dearest ancient G4 laptop, please do not die before I can finish this work and send it. TIA, your grateful servant. Date: Thu Dec 11 22:03:40 +0000 2008
Y'know what's wrong with videos today? Not enough 18th c. fashion & cake eating e.g. The Fall http://tr.im/26sx & Adam Ant http://tr.im/26t2 Date: Fri Dec 12 06:03:28 +0000 2008
What is everyone using to make their slides these days? PPT, Keynote, InDesign, html? Date: Fri Dec 12 23:09:31 +0000 2008
These girls talking loudly to each other at the Flightpath need to get on separate computers and IM quietly like normal people. Date: Sun Dec 14 02:13:02 +0000 2008
Was imagining @jarango belly dancing, then decided I should probably take into consideration the punctuation of his tweet. Funnier other way Date: Sun Dec 14 03:03:44 +0000 2008
@Digitrix6 Habitat for Humanity? That's so great. I'd like to do that. Date: Sun Dec 14 19:48:37 +0000 2008
Listening to @nbarday's Bollywood mix, about to go see Slumdog Millionaire. Date: Sun Dec 14 20:11:49 +0000 2008
Lovely warm day & Slumdog Millionaire was excellent. Date: Mon Dec 15 02:50:44 +0000 2008
Ugh, looking at weather forecast. Will be 24 degrees warmer at 4AM than at 4PM. Date: Mon Dec 15 04:00:42 +0000 2008
Installing iPhone update. Hopeful google maps item about adding mass transit info means scheduled bus departure times. Date: Mon Dec 15 13:57:47 +0000 2008
On iPhone google maps, why can't I just select the little bus icon and see when the next one is scheduled to depart? So simple :-\ Date: Mon Dec 15 14:38:43 +0000 2008
Is there some way to geo tag the newly added NYPL photos on flickr? Would be nice to view recent photos of the same spot. http://tr.im/2d6q Date: Wed Dec 17 02:08:54 +0000 2008
@kaniasty Skype! Date: Wed Dec 17 20:29:04 +0000 2008
E-book publishers should be forced to read 1 of their books weekly. Whole book - no giving up when 'check-out' expires & you lose your place Date: Thu Dec 18 02:47:14 +0000 2008
@t "The User Interface of URLs" from 1995 http://tr.im/2f0i Date: Thu Dec 18 07:53:19 +0000 2008
My vitamins say to take with a full glass of water. How many glasses of wine does that equal? Date: Sat Dec 20 03:37:23 +0000 2008
@threefour I guess the other email services require you to address your messages with the recipients' exact longitude and latitude? Date: Sun Dec 21 23:48:15 +0000 2008
I love Texas. Local news wanting us to let them know if we see any ice! I think I have some here in my drink. Date: Mon Dec 22 14:01:43 +0000 2008
Riding a scooter when it's 34F, not as much fun as it sounds. Date: Mon Dec 22 23:21:59 +0000 2008
TV is trying to convince me that I haven't experienced true love until it arrives in the form of a car with a giant bow on top. I'm dubious. Date: Tue Dec 23 21:42:40 +0000 2008
36 hrs without TV or net access. iPhone is poor substitute. Trying to plow thru books, but that just made me want to buy an Iris pen online Date: Thu Dec 25 07:45:14 +0000 2008
I think I'm getting a pie making lesson today. We'll see how that goes. Date: Thu Dec 25 20:22:55 +0000 2008
Eartha Kitt :-( http://tinyurl.com/a33p3k Date: Thu Dec 25 23:41:26 +0000 2008
Pie! http://flickr.com/photos/pixelcharmer/tags/pie/ Date: Sat Dec 27 06:10:40 +0000 2008
Is it possible to rotate a photo on flickr from my iPhone? Can't seem to find that feature. Date: Sat Dec 27 20:25:50 +0000 2008
Is very full of pie. Date: Sun Dec 28 04:48:59 +0000 2008
No matter how brilliant my shower-born ideas, it seems wrong to charge clients for time I've spent naked. That's a different business. Date: Tue Dec 30 02:59:26 +0000 2008
@jessmcmullin Adorable! Plus just showed my Mom the point of Twitter - baby pics. Date: Tue Dec 30 08:00:58 +0000 2008
Always find it difficult to sleep the night before traveling. Tsk. Date: Tue Dec 30 08:24:13 +0000 2008
TSA agent at gate exclaimed "good girl" when he saw I had my ID out. I feel like a house-broken puppy. Date: Tue Dec 30 21:32:33 +0000 2008

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