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Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-02-14

John T Davis — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:30:00 +0000

The Chocolate Rain Guy and the Numa Numa Guy just showed up in the same Super Bowl Commercial.
… So awesome. #
Interception + Touchdown NO. Shazam! NO is in ur passes, stealing ur footballs.
Also, I love Tim the Crazy Dorito Assassin Guy. #
Really interested in using Mint.com for personal finance management. … How does it get away with being free? #
Twitter, for reference, is free and non-ad supported b/c VCs and other sources infuse it with cash.
I need to find a VC to fund me. #
Breaking on TV: Iraq has ordered 100s of former/current Blackwater employees out of the country. #
RT @BreakingNews: #Iran says it will shut down access to GMail, launch own e-mail service – Wall Street Journal #
RT @jeffjarvis: WABC preempts soaps for snow but not Oprah. Thus Oprah > Snow > sex. #
"Google Buzz: Privacy Nightmare" by Molly Wood. This is terrifying. Worse than Facebook by default. Who wants this? http://is.gd/87UdC #
RT @Ihnatko: I think Apple's going to sue Marvel Comics. "Shake to undo" was an iPhone feature before it was Marvel's policy re: continuity. #
Spam of Day @ my blog: "* * * [t]here is always a person who likes you, hates you, and pretends to know you I will be back."
He'll be back. #
Really interested in the new pistol-grip #bloggie but I've heard the video quality isn't that good in "low light." Thoughts/alternatives? #
Trying my first composition (a blog post) in #Scriviner Loving it. #

Technorati Tags: Blackwater, Bloggie, Chocolate Rain, Doritos, Facebook, Gmail, Google Buzz, Iraq, Marvel, Mint.com, New Orleans Saints, Numa Numa Dance, Oprah, Scrivener, Snow, Super Bowl, youtube

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2009-09-13

John T Davis — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Anybody familiar with #GoDaddy's Universal Terms of Service? ¶4 ("Account Security") looks ominous. Standard for domain registrars? #
@dotinvesting Thanks! When I get one before I spend money, I try to read the EULA/TOS, even if it's like eating angry bees. Not fun. in reply to dotinvesting #
Why do casebooks never specify defendant & plaintiff? Case names are inconsistent; reading a few ¶s to figure out who's suing who is ungood. #
Beautiful! RT @jramey A pizza with radius "z" and height "a" has a volume calculated by pi*z*z*a. (via @danfrakes) Math is delicious. #
So Don Cheadle will be playing Jim Rhodes in Iron Man 2. I personally think this is interesting and probably awesome. Thoughts? #
AT&T Announces Rollout for 7.2 Mbps 3G service: http://is.gd/354R2. Service in some cities by year-end. #
@wilw Amazon tries to get me to buy organic oatmeal and ricecakes now. No idea why. All I buy is scifi, fantasy, and computer equipment. in reply to wilw #
Downloading #iPhone OS software update. Incredibly slow. 2+ hours to get it. Is #Apple having load balancing issues? #
@fraserspeirs Could you elaborate on this? I haven't listened to #MBW 156 yet. in reply to fraserspeirs #
iTunes 9's Home Sharing auto-copy feature only supports stuff bought through iTunes. Lame. What about CDs I own & convert to AAC/AL/MP3/WAV? #
RT @daringfireball: More Logical File System Organization With iTunes 9: http://✪df.ws/dqw #
@jsnell How does Sizzling Keys compare to Cover Sultra? in reply to jsnell #
@ElizabethKnox When 9/11 happened, I was sitting on my bed tying my shoes getting ready to go to class (high school). Watched 2d plane hit. #
RT @NASA: Image of the Day: A Day of Remembrance: Visible from space, a smoke plume rises from Manhattan .. http://bit.ly/K60gS #
RT @patricknorton: NYC as seen from space on 9/11 2001 by ISS Expedition 3 … http://bit.ly/3u4Lba (via @NASA) | Better link. #
RT @danfrakes: Confirmed with Apple: iTunes 9 Home Sharing's auto-transfer feature works only with iTunes-purchased media. #
@ElizabethKnox At least you still make them. My blog has devolved into little more than weekly archive posts of my tweets. in reply to ElizabethKnox #
Mac Users: Option+R makes the Registered Trademark symbol: ®. Just … thought I'd throw that out there. #
@ElizabethKnox I think I'd be better about it if anyone besides viagra/cialis and mortgage spam bots commented. in reply to ElizabethKnox #
Ever notice courts interpreting laws never consider that lobbyists might have been hosing money around to get a result? Guess they can't. #
Reading about how to build an "oncomouse." Patent law is awesome. #
@_Rockman_ She wanted self-defense weaponry and you gave her a vacuum? Is it combat capable? Liking the flowers, though. Very Jubilee. in reply to _Rockman_ #
@_Rockman_ That IS impressive. I'm certainly feeling less pleased with my vacuum that struggles to pick up popcorn bits. in reply to _Rockman_ #
Help! What's the easiest way to restore default carrier settings on an #iPhone? After updating to 3.1, I can't get any voicemail. #
Haven't been getting voice mail for two days. Trying to fix now. Not good. #
In search of the Big Fish. #
Using #Apple Numbers.app to put together a very simple spreadsheet. No formulas. Mostly text. Horrible, horrible lag on every operation. #
Ten percent of mammoth spreadsheet thingie done. #
Numbers.app seems to have recovered from the super lag flu it had yesterday. Thank the heavens. #
Crazy Spreadsheet Happy Time: 20% done. #
Crazy Spreadsheet Happy Time: 40% done. #
@Ihnatko Is anyone talking about football while decorating an unrelated extravagant cake? That would clearly be the 9th Circle. in reply to Ihnatko #
Crazy Spreadsheet Happy Time: 80% done. #
Crazy Spreadsheet Happy Time: 100% done. Finally. Eugh. #
Anyone else seeing snail-speed downloads from #iTunes? Or is my connection just borked for the evening? #
Banner weekend for getting stuff done. Reading in 4/5 classes done for week; Trademark assignment very close to finished. Now: exhausted. #

Technorati Tags: 9/11, amazon, at&t, Casebooks, Don Cheadle, GoDaddy, iPhone OS 3, Iron Man, iTunes, MacBreak Weekly, Patents

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2009-09-06

John T Davis — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:30:00 +0000

@choochoobear Why Baloo? Wouldn't Kit be more fitting for that role? Baloo could still be his murdered dad. Where do Rebecca and Molly fit? in reply to choochoobear #
I'd like to auction off a domain name I'm no longer using. Any guides/advice to picking a service to do this? #lazytwitter #
@louarmstrng Thanks, but I'm not looking for hosting (already using Dreamhost). I've got an extra domain I'm not using I'd like to sell. in reply to louarmstrng #
@jsnell are you envisioning Pixar-style Marvel movies, too? in reply to jsnell #
Canadians bristle over U.S. health care rhetoric http://bit.ly/vLSE7 #
For blind Facebook iPhone users: Voiceover support is coming … 3.02 update out soon which supports accessibility. (via @joehewitt) #
@legalgeekery For one, bannings don't account for disabled students (like me) who could not work without one (or less optimal substitute). in reply to legalgeekery #
Got Snow Leopard today. Can't wait to install it once I know my critical apps all work. Nice box art, too. #
Not a fan of the legal doctrine of laches, if only because I've yet to break myself of typing "latches" every time I try to talk about it. #
Am stupid. Just realized the bad but flaccid "Trade Federation" in the Star Wars prequels was likely a dig at flagging Star Trek franchise. #
@choochoobear Well, they've got to repel demonic forces *somehow.* I personally would've also included mystic runes on the doorframe. in reply to choochoobear #
Off to IP Licensing. Excelsior! #
@joehewitt I may have to use Romote Disc for my MBP, as the DVD drive is borked. in reply to joehewitt #
@joehewitt are there instructions somewhere for using a USB image? in reply to joehewitt #
Quick survey, because I'm curious: How common is the word "vacay" to refer to vacation(s)? Just heard it in a commercial. #
Overwrote all my Secured Transactions notes by accident. Autobackup would've sealed my doom, but luckily it failed to run and I got em back. #
To clarify, if my backup system had worked right, I'd have been hosed. Suddenly understand why Time Machine is awesome and I should use it. #
And now my mouse appears to be failing. Oh. It's gonna be one of *those* days. #
Just now got my Secured Transactions notes back to where they were Monday (backup was a bit out of date). So much for starting early. #
Update: Mouse not non-functional as originally thought. Desk surface so dirty mouse can no longer track movement. That's encouraging. #
I can haz brownout? #
§ 547 (Preferences) of the Bankruptcy Code makes the computer scientist in me cry. Overly long statutes are like overly long functions. #
Bankruptcy Code § 548 is little better. Eek. #
It'd be really svelte if #Apple rolled the #iTunes Remote app into #iPhone's iPod app so I could control iTunes w/o changing apps. #
UCC Art. 9 & Bankruptcy Code more like water & oil in a drill rig than peanut butter & chocolate. You need both, but they dirty each other. #
@mduncanvm do you have some articles for this. Sounds awful. I use VMWare. in reply to mduncanvm #
Terrifying moment earlier while typing when my hand completely locked up. Had to flex it to get it moving again. Hope it was a just cramp. #
@legalgeekery What are you replacing your MBP with? in reply to legalgeekery #
@TRexing Did you get a new computer? in reply to TRexing #
RT @TUAW: Cartoon Creator – a great introduction to animation in an app http://bit.ly/KcSYj [post] #
Amazon has started recommending various brands of oatmeal & rice cakes to me in email. Insulted in various ways, even though I like oatmeal. #
SuperDuper! has stopped running automatic nightly backups. Wonder if it has anything to do w/ the exclusion list I set up. Not easy to do. #
Is there a #mac app for wiping the empty space on a harddrive? #lazytwitter #
I'm getting very frequent "secure connection failed" errors in #Tweetie for #iPhone by @atebits. Is anyone else seeing this? #
AppleInsider – AT&T agrees to first constantly connected third-party iPhone app http://bit.ly/1NmLHD (via @AppleMacGeek) #
AMBER ALERT: Jourdan Keel, 4yr old, Trotwood, Ohio. http://bit.ly/v2qSZ #amberalert #ohio #missing PLEASE RT (via @dlayphoto) #
@ElizabethKnox Can't you just shoot in color and give the client the option of which they prefer afterwards? in reply to ElizabethKnox #
@ElizabethKnox I think your best bet is to provide both. People are weird about photos. What you think looks better they might think worse. in reply to ElizabethKnox #
@ElizabethKnox I'm definitely a fan of B & W photography, myself. in reply to ElizabethKnox #
Late Friday night, and I'm elbow-deep in an opinion re: California's … odd … Parole Evidence Rule as applied to license agreements. Oy. #
Oh, that's gotta hurt. The court changes/clarifies the law in your favor, and then dismisses your claim w/ laches and abandonment estoppel. #
Couple Enjoy Fantasy Wedding in Front of Huge Gundam: http://is.gd/2U6Ue. Quote: "I swear my everlasting love to Gundam in front of Gundam." #
South Dakota Supreme Court Limits Interrogation of Travelers: http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/28/2883.asp #
"Plain Talk on the 'Plain View Doctrine" http://is.gd/2U7vW 9th Circuit requires gov't to waive reliance on PVD in digital evidence cases. #
Looks like I'm not the only one having DVD drive problems. Seems endemic to several kinds of Macs. Not svelte. http://is.gd/2Uacn #
About to spend some time playng with LyX. Might be useful for drafting license provisions. Word makes life frustrating. Send pie? #
Gone through the LyX introduction and tutorial. Awesome ready to try whipping up a beautifully typeset document. Great to have a geek day. #
Any legal writers out there using LaTeX to format your docs? What templates/classes/etc. are available? #
Cannot believe I just wasted the last four hours banging my head against a typesetting program before deciding it was overkill for my needs. #
@Fisher12 That's awesome. I'm a huge fan of stylish high-contrast UIs. Reminds me a bit of the Mac OS System 1.0 Control Panel. in reply to Fisher12 #
@fraserspeirs Don't you just have to run the one-click software update thingie from the Dashboard? in reply to fraserspeirs #
#lazytweet What's safe to use to clean an LCD besides water? #
Watching Band of Brothers. Damian Lewis (Lt Dick Winters) should be cast as Captain America. That is all. #
Just discovered that staplers exist that cost over $400. I need to go lie down for a while. #
SpikeTV is running the same five commercials over and over. NOT AWESOME. #
@Pogue If you put them all in one place, don't you risk creating some sort of reality-destroying singularity? in reply to Pogue #
@Pogue For HDTVs & displays generally: can we move beyond the need for color calibration? It's non-trivial & displays ship w/ horrid color. in reply to Pogue #

Technorati Tags: amazon, Band of Brothers, Bankruptcy Code, Captain America, Damian Lewis, Disney, DVD drive, Facebook, Gundam, Healthcare Reform, Laches, LaTeX, LyX, Mac OS, MacBook Pro, Marvel, Pixar, Plain View Doctrine, Secured Transactions, Snow Leopard, Something*Positive, SpikeTV, SuperDuper!, Tale Spin, Tweetie, Visual Impairment, VMWare Fusion

Marvel Japan’s Iron Man Anime

John T Davis — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:35:20 +0000

Found this on the Internets via a friend. As someone who really enjoyed the recent Robert Downey Jr. Iron Man movie, I love seeing such a beautifully animated feature that apparently follows the same aesthetics. Can’t tell much about the story-line yet, but from what I can see, things should be awesome. The Iron Man armor is articulated and weaponized in a way that’s just not practical in live action media (and looks gorgeous), there’s an armored magical-techno-pirate-with-missiles-and-a-cool-hat bad guy (and, I’m hoping, some kind of evil boat, but that part’s a bit ambiguous), and Pepper is her usual awesome self.

Pepper also has green hair. Ah, Japanese animation. I’m actually not sure why they didn’t just go ahead and make it blue. I wonder if hair color has some special cultural/character development significance in anime that I’ve never become aware of.

Technorati Tags: Anime, Iron Man, Pepper Potts, Tony Stark, youtube

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-07

John T Davis — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:30:00 +0000

@kodra22 No. I could have gone forever without seeing that. I'm now sure that Spider-Man + Squirrel Girl = the greatest superhero ever. in reply to kodra22 #
RT @AnnCurry: Reuters: Obama says if Iran stops its nuclear effort there would be no need for a missile defense system in europe. #
RT @AnnCurry: Shrewd. Remember Iran's Amadinejad is an ally of Russia's Medvedev, who does not want missile system. #
RT @rocketmatter: RT @StephKimbro: Reading "As BigLaw Stumbles, SmallerLaw Picks up the Pace" http://bit.ly/F2AhG (RT @raniacombs) #

Technorati Tags: Amadinejad, Iran, Medvedev, Obama, Russia, Spider-Man, Squirrel Girl