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Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-03-14

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

Danny DeVito brand Italian lemon liquor. Just wanted to let you know this existed in the universe. Also, I want this picture on a shirt. http://yfrog.com/0awl7qj #
Just installed VMWare Fusion 3 and opened my VMWare Fusion 2 Windows XP image. Entire computer has slowed to a crawl. App unusable. #
Bought Star Trek from iTunes; 2+ hours to download on a 10 megabit connection. 4 GB hidef version + 1.83 GB SD version + 1.47 GB “extras.” #
Just to clarify: that’s over 7 GB of information downloaded in less than 3 hours. We live in the future, and it is awesome here. #
Prediction: The Apple/HTC patent spat will never be decided in court. HTC/Apple will work out a cross-licensing deal to avoid trial. #
APPL doesn’t want to go to court over this and give HTC a chance to invalidate their patents. Think of it as aggressive license negotiations #
Time change tonight. Everybody set your clocks an hour ahead before you crash. I hate springing forward, wabbit. #

Technorati Tags: Danny DeVito, HTC, iTunes, VMWare Fusion

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-02-28

John T Davis — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:30:00 +0000

RT @BreakingNews: UT Tyler student and another man arrested in East Texas church arson cases
http://bit.ly/d2FGv6 #
RT @BreakingNews: Pope Benedict XVI says he opposes full-body airport scanners: “Human dignity must be preserved” http://bit.ly/9SJJ2W #
The right lens in my glasses is covered in long, thin hairline scratches, or cracks, or something.Double plus ungood. #
Utah Bill Criminalizes intentional and recklessly induced miscarriage: http://is.gd/92NYL. Passed by Utah house+senate. Stunned. #law #legal #
Re: #Utah http://is.gd/92QPe. Pay attention to last 3 paragraphs. Suggestion to remove “reckless” language ignored for time considerations. #
One last tweet on this: the definition of legal “recklessness” in the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recklessness_(law) #
I think #lexis is transmitting userID/pass in cleartext in the URL at sign on. Redirects too fast get a screenshot to confirm. Unsafe? #
The ultimate olympic sport is back on the TV box. That’s right: CURLING on MSNBC. #olympics #curling #broomplusrockplusiceisawesome #
#Curling terms: stone, hammer, “Hard!”, “Whoa!”, “Line looks good!”, “Line looks great!”, “End”, “In the House”, “button”, “Yep”. #olympics #
It would be fun to be a hockey player named “Mr Lolwut”, if only because the back of your jersey would proclaim, to all the world, “LOLWUT”. #
General Motors to close Hummer unit after sale to Chinese company collapses, sources say http://bit.ly/cDx6my /via @BreakingNews #
I just heard the new Subway commercial, with the “Five Dollar Foot Long” song. ROFL. #fivedollarfootlong #
Reading Tome v. US 513 U.S. 150. Kind of surprised this isn’t per curiam. Evidence law requires an iron stomach and emotional distance. #
RT @BreakingNews: Bailed-out British bank RBS plans bonus payments of around £2 billion after posting £3.6 billion loss for ‘09 – BBC #
RT @BreakingNews: Iceberg size of Luxembourg breaks off glacier in Antarctica, could affect ocean circulation patterns http://bit.ly/a2EGTj #

Technorati Tags: arson, china, curling, Evidence, General Motors, glasses, Hummer, miscarriage, Olympics, pope benedict xvi, Privacy, Subway, utah

Strange Things to Buy

John T Davis — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:08:27 +0000

So, I’m doing Christmas shopping now. Among the various things I’m not buying from ThinkGeek this year, I’m seeing some really weird items. Figured I’d share them, in the hopes someone can be as wigged out and amused as I am. I’ll leave it as an exercise to my ~~nonexistent~~ readers to figure out what I would and would not want to purchase for myself.

Let’s call this a Holiday Gift Guide. That makes it sound all planned and stuff.

Swedish FireSteel: Start a fire in any weather, even in rain or snow, with this wonderfully dangerous sounding bit of Swedish metal. Creates 5500 degree F sparks, in abundance. The local fire departments must love these things like they love the whole turkey frying phenomenon.
ToolLogic FireSteel Knife: A sweet, small profile stainless steel folding knife with liner lock, with a Swedish FireSteel built in. Pretty svelte. Includes belt clip and emergency whistle. Bring a smile to the pyromaniac in your life who likes pointy things. I’m thinking of picking one up sooner or later.
Baconnaise: Exactly what it sounds like. Horrified and transfixed. Horrifixed? Transified? (And no, I have not tried it. You try it.)
Tac Bac Tactical Canned Bacon: Not even kidding. It is preserved so as to last for ten years. Apparently, the perfect thing to stock up on in case of Zombie Apocalypse. Actually want to try this, but can’t bring myself to spend money on it right now. Kind of dread the d ay when I can make myself believe it’s a justified expense.
Motivational Poster – Teamwork: “A few harmless flakes working together can unleash an avalanche of destruction”. Yay for destructive synergy!
Red Shirt Star Trek Cologne: “Smell like the future, because tomorrow may never come.” Scent: Bright, clean and direct with top notes of green mandarin, bergamot and a hint of lavender (your hope), finishing with base notes of leather and grey musk (your smoldering shoes after you’ve been vaporized).
OMGWTFBBQ Apron: To quote ThinkGeek: Be careful. Let your guests declare, “OMGWTFBBQ!” because your grilling reigns supreme, and not because you’ve lit the yard on fire. We thank you for your attention in this matter.
All Edges Brownie Pan: Avoid undercooked brownies or burned/dry edges. Create more delicious edges. Edge out the brownie competition. Trip the geeky cutting edge of culinary science! … And I’m out of edge puns already. Drat. But … delicious brownies! Also includes a “custom spatula” and recipes. Hand wash only, unfortunately.
Eric and the Dread Gazebo T-Shirt: It’s too late. You’ve awakened the gazebo.
Time Release Caffeine Capsules: 200mg of caffeine over eight hours. The greatest thing ever. The worst thing ever. And I mean that completely seriously.

Technorati Tags: Baconnaise, Brownies, Caffeine, Christmas, Gazebo, Poster, Shirts, Swedish FireSteel, Tactical Canned Bacon, ThinkGeek

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2009-08-02

John T Davis — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:30:00 +0000

August 2, 2009

Allergic reaction to lunch. Breathing faintly impacted. Won't be eating that again. #
Cable news sucks horribly during the weekend. Prison documentaries, Nancy Grace hawking books, and faux-important, epic celeb news. #

A brief note:

I have grown weary of inflating my post count with a bunch of daily Twitter archives. While I certainly want to archive (most) of my tweets to this space, I don’t want the vast majority of my posts to be regurgitated tweets. For one thing, my real updates, infrequent as they are, get lost in the flow. Also, part of me wonders if doing daily tweet posts for the last few months has led to my increasing spam comment problem. Not that I have any evidence on that point either way. Just a thought. To that end, I have switched to weekly Tweet digests. Since I’d already posted daily tweets up through August first, I removed those tweets from this week’s cumulative post.

Technorati Tags: Allergies, Celebrities, Documentaries, Nancy Grace, Prison

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-12

John T Davis — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:30:00 +0000

107 degrees F out. Went to Thai restaurant with horribly slow service (but delicious), and unairconditioned restroom. Urge to do violence. #

Technorati Tags: thai

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-05

John T Davis — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:30:00 +0000

About to eat delicious Thai food. OM NOM NOM. #
I love squirrels. I am terrified of spiders. I find this banner the most horrifying ad ever. http://twitpic.com/9g4yf #
Re: Last Tweet — Please, someone tell me that is not a real creature. #

Technorati Tags: squirrels, thai

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-02

John T Davis — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:30:00 +0000

@AnnCurry Was the missile supposed to do that? Or did it malfunction? That is, was this a successful test? in reply to AnnCurry #
Stepping out for food and notary. #
Chipotle: the sixth food group of college & grad students everywhere. #
Shall look into becoming a notary. Could be interesting. Also, I would get to stamp things with an official seal. #
Bought a can of York mints. Want to eat them all; I'm trying make them last. I can actually hear a voice in my head going "OM NOM NOM." #
Me: Restraint?! Where are you? I've already eaten all the mints! Restraint: What, boss? I'm sorry, there was a shiny thing over here. Me: #
In Texas? Apply online to become a Notary Public here: http://www.texasnotary.com/notary.asp #
MSNBC has new Jackson rehersal video. Ironic: Jackson singing "you don't really care about us" while shamelessly commercialized post-death. #
Breaking away from obsessive Michael Jackson coverage to talk about breaking news re: … Gov. Mark Sanford. … Fantastic. #
My Logitech MX Revolution laser mouse has taken to reminding me its dying by randomly double-clicking things. Hilarity ensues. #
@lazytwitter: is it possible to access a disk connected to an #Airport Extreme over the internet? #Apple #
@TychoBrahe He hasn't seen that horrifying Cambell's soup commercial, has he? in reply to TychoBrahe #
About to access JSTOR for the first time since 2007. Have fond memories of academic databases from college. I am such a nerd. #
@mduncanvm Is there a FAQ for that, somewhere? I'd love to have remote access to something like a Drobo or my 750 GB external. in reply to mduncanvm #

Technorati Tags: academia, Airport Extreme, Cambell's Soup, Chipotle, Drobo, JSTOR, Logitech, Logitech MX Revolution, Mark Sanford, Michael Jackson, Missiles, MSNBC, North Korea, Notary, Texas, York Mints

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-28

John T Davis — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Headed back to Dallas. Will be back in Houston early next week. #
Buc-ee's: Gas, grocery store, deli, animatronics. Advertises, delivers "fabulous restrooms." Got shirt. http://twitpic.com/8mioe #
Buc-ee's hot chocolate is also fabulous, and hopefully concludes my stress induced binge eating. #
MacBreak Weekly 145 includes some very interesting soft/hardware recs. First time I've used #iPhone as an iPod, but I've owned it 6 months. #
@lazytweet What does the #fb hashtag mean? #
Back in Dallas. Love my city's downtown skyline at night. #
Just ate ice cream. Stress-induced binge apparently not over. Poo. #
On a #Mac, there a way in #iPhoto to set whether or not location info is included in published photos on a photo-by-photo basis? Should be. #

Technorati Tags: Buc-ee's, Hot Chocolate, Ice Cream, iPhoto, MacBreak Weekly, Shirts

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-19

John T Davis — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:30:00 +0000

MSNBC Photoblog is #Safari incompatible, but at least they're chipper about it, and recommend #Firefox. http://tr.im/p5k1 #
TGIF! Now to find an awesome movie. #
I have 1701 rollover minutes available. I should call someone. Boldly. #
@choochoobear Isn't "Chunky Monkey" an ice cream flavor? I can't see that going over too well… in reply to choochoobear #

Technorati Tags: Ice Cream, MSNBC, Photoblog

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-15

John T Davis — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:30:00 +0000

My AT&T Wireless account manager used to show how many accumulated rollover minutes I had left, but not anymore. Anyone else see this? #
Missed the deadline for getting 700 Westlaw Rewards points. D'oh! #
Must stop watching Food Network right before I go to sleep. Though dreaming of food is preferable to insomnia. #

Note: Rollover minute display is back now. Strange.

Technorati Tags: at&t, food network, Westlaw

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-12

John T Davis — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Off to meeting. Yuck out. #
Meeting over. Lunch now, before second meeting. Also, now following @AllTheCheeses. Because how could I not? #
Lunch over. Carting leftovers home to get them out of awful heat. Back to work. #
@TRexing Are you sure it’s wise to post photos of what you’re doing? Also, it’s sweltering. Too hot for golf? in reply to TRexing #

Technorati Tags: Cheese, Golf

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-29

John T Davis — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Enemy whales! (At first I thought this was what Winter v. NRDC, Inc. was about, but no. You fail me yet again, #Lexis. #
Drinking Cranberry Juice. It tastes like liquid bitterness. Why must something so healthy taste so horrible? #

Technorati Tags: cranberry juice, lexis, whales

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-28

John T Davis — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:30:00 +0000

You fail me again, MS Word. When I put a window somewhere, I expect it to stay there, not randomly bounce around the screen. #
Just left infusion clinic. Elf needs food badly. #

Technorati Tags: microsoft word

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-27

John T Davis — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Top 10 iPhone Apps for Lawyers (and Law Students?): http://tr.im/mAnw #
I have Mega Man 2 on my #iphone now. I love this thing. Time warp! #
Just had some delicious breakfast food from Sonic. What? Yes, it is evening. But I had lamb for breakfast, so it evens out. Deliciously. #

Technorati Tags: lamb, mega man

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-25

John T Davis — Tue, 26 May 2009 02:30:00 +0000

#Lexis login randomly chokes when I adjust my browser settings* and forces me to clear all my Lexis cookies. Annoying. #
Choosing to spend the day watching Food Network (today, All-BBBQ-All-the-Time TV, with Bobby Flay) was quite idiotic. So hungry now. #
Would be very interested in a reading client for Macs that allowed you to download and read your Amazon Kindle purchases on your computer. #
Just put my brain through a sieve. Or perhaps a thresher. Yes. I’ve been threshened. #

*Using the latest version of Safari.

Technorati Tags: amazon, bbq, bobby flay, browser cookies, food network, kindle, lexis

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-23

John T Davis — Sun, 24 May 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Slo-Fit done. To Jake’s Hamburgers, for great justice (and burgers). #

I was sorely tempted to delete this admittedly lacking in meaningful content entry, but then I realized it plays to the pro-burger trend I’ve apparently got going on around here. Perhaps I should just cave and rename the blog Burger Time.

Technorati Tags: Burger, Jake's Hamburgers

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-13

John T Davis — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:30:00 +0000

I love how Adsense saw one post about burgers and now provides me with all manner of hamburger related ads, even on post re: scanner. Swell. #
Oh, crap. I just mentioned that particular foodstuff again. Now I’ll get even more of the ads. Oops. #
I know it’s not #followfriday, but everyone who loves Mega Man needs to follow @AlbertWily. He’s (evilly) awesome. #
DVD Drive on my #MacBookPro sounds ill. Need to find my hardware check disk… #
Snake has invaded my garage grate/back yard. Anybody know what this thing is? Besides huge and terrifying? http://twitpic.com/524mt #
#Mac OS 10.5.7 is out. Showing up in Software Update now… #
Snake identified as “rat snake.” It eats rats and mice. So, useful but terrifying. #
Eating delicious Thai food. Just, you know, thought the world should know. #

Technorati Tags: adsense, Burger, DVD drive, google, Mac OS, mega man, snake, thai

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-10

John T Davis — Sun, 10 May 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Headed to East Texas for Mother’s Day. Back tomorrow, Dallas. #
Kensington #Mac & #iPhone accessory maker has iPhone incompatible website. Suck. #
And now it’s working. Guess I just had to badmouth it a bit? #
Looking for the best #iPhone AUX car adapter in terms of audio quality. Needs to charge phone, too. Suggestions? #
Just used the #Amazon #iPhone app to buy a scanner. Very svelte interface and integration with the store, even over EDGE. Too easy to shop. #

Technorati Tags: amazon, auxillary, EDGE, iphone car adapter, kensington, mother's day, scanner

Purple Cows Taste Quite Good

John T Davis — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:45:32 +0000

Went to The Purple Cow for lunch today. Aside from the mass of squealing, writhing children running under foot/hanging off the chandeliers (not that I don’t like kids, but dozens of them hyped up on cola and ice cream in an enclosed space can be less than completely pleasant), a very enjoyable experience. As you might guess, 90 percent of everything in the restaurant is purple, from the walls to the menus to the milkshakes. What isn’t purple is a very nice, complementary blue.

Didn’t try one, but they also advertise “adult milkshakes.” Example: the Grasshopper cocktail in milkshake form. Non-alcoholic milkshakes are available, of course, in purple.

There’s also a jukebox and, perhaps, other fun things to play with. I’m not sure as, again, the place was crawling with kidlets and I didn’t feel like trying wade through them to get a better look.

The burgers are excellent. Huge and thoroughly cooked but not overdone. Very filling. Wheat buns and various kinds of cheeses are available. Definitely good enough that they’re worth going in and sitting down to eat, though they don’t necessarily taste like they came off someone’s backyard grill the way a burger from Jake’s Hamburgers would. On the other hand, they’re not super-greasy, either, and with the wheat bun you definitely feel like you’re eating at least a bit healthier than you otherwise could be. Also, they have potato chips available as an alternative to French Fries, so you can also feel a little healthier when it comes to your fried burgery side item.

Peace out.

Edit 17 Apr 2009 3:56 PM CDT: Fixed the Jake’s Hamburgers link. Was pointing at the wrong Jake’s. Oops.

Technorati Tags: Burger, Cocktail, Grasshopper, Jake's Hamburgers, Milkshake, Purple Cow