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From Twitter

  • 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 mañana. 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 _jalapeño_ 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

Notes from Fieldnotes

Mad TV iPod Feist commercial
Puhlease, they are teh funny
I want to believe
He himself liked the variables best
A culture that contributes to self-reflection
An Education Project