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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

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-01-31

John T Davis — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:30:00 +0000

Cleared 74 pages of Oil and Gas reading (1 week's worth) today. 62 pages of Evidence (1 week's worth) yesterday. Yay, productive weekends! #
Saints win. See you all at the Superbowl. (Seriously, this has been one of the hardest fought football games I've ever seen.) #
Just saw commercial for "Hot Tub Time Machine". Everything I've accomplished and had happen to me this weekend gone in a wave of fail. #
RT @BreakingNews: U.K. officially exits 18-month recession with figures showing 0.1 percent growth in last three months of 2009 – AP #
RT @BreakingNews: The U.S. government bans texting by drivers of large commercial trucks and buses with immediate effect – Reuters #
RT @BreakingNews: General Motors close to announcing a deal to sell Saab division to Spyker Cars NV http://bit.ly/6YeUhl #
RT @BreakingNews: NASA ends effort to free Spirit rover from Martian sand
http://bit.ly/9wwoHC #
RT @BreakingNews: Dating site eHarmony settles law suit, agrees to make Web site more "welcoming" to gays, lesbians http://bit.ly/cIN7g7 #
Anticipation.
Will existence morph again?
iThing is coming.
#haiku #apple #
RT @BrentSpiner: Didn't Captain Picard used to play with a pad like that in his ready room? STAR TREK STRIKES AGAIN!!! | #apple #ipad #
#iPad as ebook reader: should be able to have an ebook open on 1/2 of screen, and notetaking app on the other. I do this on Macbook w/ PDFs. #
RT @BreakingNews: Ford announces a profit of $2.7 billion for 2009, its first annual profit in four years – AP #
Just overheard someone who sounds *just* like Lor from #Disney #039;s Weekenders. Cool! #
RT @BreakingNews: GDP grew at a faster-than-expected 5.7 percent in the fourth quarter, the quickest pace in more than six years – Reuters #
RT @BreakingNews: U.S. wages and benefits for 2009 rise by the smallest amount on records going back 27 years, Labor Department says – AP #
#iPad will eventually have a dock-connector-to-component/HDMI video adapter. With the right software, you can then replace entire #AppleTV #
Evidence class is a lot like Criminal Law class. Reading admission rules/cases for prior sex crimes now. Flesh-crawlingly horrid stuff. #
More fantasy epics should feature heroes who ride into battle atop muscled, fire breathing winged unicorns. I have spoken. #unicornsareneat #
RT @BreakingNews: Google dropping support for Internet Explorer 6, still used on millions of computers worldwide http://bit.ly/9C9DrU #
Wanted to share some articles I've been reading around the 'Nets on the #iPad so I rounded them up and blogged them: http://is.gd/7kwbx. #
Just used Wordpress 2.9's built in WYSIWYG editor to compose a blog post. I haven't used it in years. It's gotten really nice. #
I've never stopped and listened to the words, but John Mayer's "Daughters" is one of the most sexist songs I've ever heard. #
Incredible sexism couched in a surrounding "Be a good Dad!" message. Impressive. #
Biting the bullet and starting a clean up of my OTHER email box. … 2700 messages. Oy. #
Just found a Google Voice invite in my mailbox. … How long has this been in here? I am a packrat. #
And, done. Gone from 2700 emails in my inbox to <300. Not bad at all. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2009-10-04

John T Davis — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:30:00 +0000

RT @twitter: New mechanism for discovery and curation coming soon! http://bit.ly/JKMbK | Buddy list groups for Twitter! Seriously awesome. #
@samsf2la I'm most excited about "User Groups" becoming a part of the Twitter API. Prolific followees are currently unmanageable. in reply to samsf2la #
@GMFett Joss Whedon? in reply to GMFett #
Oldest human-linked skeleton found http://bit.ly/1jImGu #
@legalgeekery How about something to do with the 9th's Circuit's recent evisceration of the Plain View Doctrine? in reply to legalgeekery #
Overslept severely today. I must conclude I need an alarm clock capable of physical violence when ignored. Screw the first law of robotics. #
Adorable ghost girl sells candy at CVS. Ambiguous: is her name Candy? I demand answers. Also pie. http://yfrog.com/16o73uj #
#Mac Gripe 354: Turn your system volume all the way down. It'll still make (very quiet) sounds. Lowest volume setting should ALWAYS be mute. #
I've been hearing good things about Top Men. If you are a Top Man interested in a position full of excitement & cheeses, send your resume. #

Technorati Tags: Alarm Clock, Fossils, Halloween, Plain View Doctrine

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2009-09-20

John T Davis — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:30:00 +0000

@ElizabethKnox Switching to Squarespace? in reply to ElizabethKnox #
@ElizabethKnox I'm waiting for Twitter integration before I contemplate a switch. in reply to ElizabethKnox #
Someone left this hairclip on the bathroom sink. Thought it was a spider. Too tired to panic. Though. http://yfrog.com/03y7rj #
RT @tabinstyle RIP Mr.Swayze RT @PhoenixArizona: PHX-AZ: Publicist: Actor Patrick Swayze Has Died http://bit.ly/23DhEb (via @mduncanvm) #
#iPhone Help Needed: I don't have any accessibility options under my General Settings on OS 3.1. What am I doing wrong? #
Wait. Is #iPhone OS 3.1' accessability stuff only for the 3GS? I have a 3G and can't see any of the options. #
@danielpunkass And everyone talks about how the web will become the OS. I really don't get why so many people think this is a great idea. in reply to danielpunkass #
My #Macbook Pro no longer puts itself to sleep when the battery gets low. It just shuts off. Is my battery dying? Help? #
@danielpunkass You make an interesting point, even if in jest. The fact that everyone's so eager for the web to be the OS is mind-boggling. in reply to danielpunkass #
Battery died and now claims only sixteen minutes to charge. Yeah. It's definitely busted. #
Is your bank ‘underwater’? Check its debt level here http://bit.ly/1QP3fU #
Saw Facebook singles ad w/ topless woman holding basketball over chest. Facebook ads == wannabe softcore porn. Why do we put up with this? #
That these ads are supposedly targeted is insulting. #Facebook must know business/pro users will never take them seriously w/ ads like this. #
@ElizabethKnox I fear those thumbs-down things. What if it's like trying to opt out of spam? "We've got a live one! Fire the missiles!" in reply to ElizabethKnox #
@ElizabethKnox I'll start doing it, then. Still, I maintain most of these ads aren't very classy at all. I think I'm having nerd rage. in reply to ElizabethKnox #
@Ihnatko How is that different from (at least a substantial percentage) of pro football? in reply to Ihnatko #
Staying up late to do Secured Transactions homework. #
Reading about farmee and farmor, which are just the assignee and assignor in a farmout agreement. Helpful terminology? Confusing? #
Just got done w/ Remicade infusion. Should be able to go another 8 weeks w/o turning into a pumpkin. #
Somewhere on the Internets, a giant mob of escaped Twitter avatars has gathered. There are many copies, and they have a plan. (via @wilw) #
Productivity. Already cleared Secured Transactions and some of Oil and Gas Contracts. Also got Remicade and laid siege to Kinko's. Svelte. #
Missed Kanye West outburst. For days, been seeing "Yo. Imma let you finish…" & wondering if someone dropped a language bomb on the 'nets. #
Everyone who thinks we can categorically say there isn't alien life just b/c we can't find it, see: http://is.gd/3qbeg. We're cosmic ants. #
@danfrakes I have an MX Revolution. Great mouse. I use the Mac's built in mouse controls and can control everything save the thumbwheel. in reply to danfrakes #
In Oil and Gas, "Support Agreements" are sometimes called "Letter Agreements," presumably b/c their function was otherwise too obvious. #
My #MacBook battery holds only 30% charge after 66 cycles. It's warranted to hold ~80% charge after 300 cycles. To the Apple Store. #
@choochoobear Is that a little or a lot for con tables? in reply to choochoobear #
On phone with Apple. Less than 2 minutes to get on the phone with a real live person. AppleCare is awesome. #
iStat Server thinks my iPhone's name is "Buffy's Phone." This is not at all the case. What's going on? #

Technorati Tags: Aliens, Cloud Computing, Facebook, Financial Crisis, Hairclip, iPhone OS 3, iStat Server, Kanye West, Logitech MX Revolution, MacBook Pro, Oil and Gas Contracts, Patrick Swayze, Remicade, Secured Transactions, Squarespace

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 2009-08-30

John T Davis — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:30:00 +0000

First class of the year. Off to Secured Transactions. #
Just got delivery estimate from #Amazon for #Mac OS X Snow Leopard. September 1! Woo! #
Is #Tweetie on #iPhone broken again? #
@GMFett Ditto. I know I used to know how to do this efficiently and w/o too much stress. That know-how has hidden itself in my brain. Faboo. in reply to GMFett #
@legalgeekery I actually think that's a wonderful idea. Too many people fail to pay child support, apparently with little or no penalty. in reply to legalgeekery #
@eboehnisch am I correct in thinking DevonThink Pro Office is Mac OS 10.6 compatible? #
@legalgeekery task input in Things: cmd-shift-enter. Also, cmd-arrow key to switch virtual desktops, & cmd-space for Spotlight. in reply to legalgeekery #
@eboehnisch Cool. Thanks for the Snow Leopard compatibility info. in reply to eboehnisch #
@mduncanvm Mail Attachments Iconizer not functional in Snow Leopard yet? Boo. in reply to mduncanvm #
Things 1.2 released — Fasten your Keyboards! http://tinyurl.com/ndmu6d (via @culturedcode)| Snow Leopard & quick note autofill are svelte. #
FTC to ban most 'robocalls' Sept. 1 http://bit.ly/c7OdN #
@mashable RT Dual-Screen Laptops?! Yes, They’re Real (and Coming Soon) – http://bit.ly/ioE6E This is phenomenal. (via @mikervosters) #
Great read from @gruber on how to upgrade to a new release of Mac OS X. http://bit.ly/nupJb #
Just realized I need a working DVD drive to upgrade to Snow Leopard. My DVD drive is currently hosed and unusable. Crap. #
Saying something is "highly illegal" makes about as much sense as saying someone's "very pregnant." These are atomic states; all or nothing. #
RT @culturedcode: SyncTip: You can sync Things for Mac and Things for iPhone via USB or Bluetooth using tethering. http://tinyurl.com/ncnq6h #
My copy of Snow Leopard just shipped! Estimated arrival August 31. #
@fraserspeirs I just imagined Tintin's faithful pet attached to wires, as a Matrix-like node in a digital media ctr. Nightmares forever. in reply to fraserspeirs #
@eboehnisch Just to double check, how well is the version of ExactScan bundled with DevonThink Pro Office working w/ Snow Leopard? in reply to eboehnisch #
@maclawstudents I loved #snowcrash, but it seemed to end with a huge sequel hook. I wanted more Hiro and YT, and what happened to Enzo? in reply to maclawstudents #
Astrophysicists Puzzle Over Planet That's Too Close to Its Sun: http://is.gd/2ES9Q. #
Goodnight, Neverland. #
@fraserspeirs Is there a guide for installing from a portable drive? My DVD drive is hosed. in reply to fraserspeirs #
@eboehnisch I figure it's somewhat out of your hands too, since you don't develop ExactScan. It's been working fabulously lately, though. #
@maclawstudents I'd love to see YT and Hiro wreaking havoc together again. They're Crazy Awesome. Kind of like surreal Batman and Robin. in reply to maclawstudents #
@BodyofBreen What do you think of Carbonite? Aside from the fact I can't manage my own private key on a Mac, I like it pretty well. in reply to BodyofBreen #
Others have surely done it better, being that they are geniuses, but someday I'm gonna break down and deliver an epic rant on "the cloud." #
Programmers who are legal people: Do you find your bgnd helps in comprehending law? (e.g.: grantor-grantee index == linked list of trees) #
RT @whitehouse: Full video of the President's eulogy for Senator Kennedy, now up: http://bit.ly/AZ6NV #Kennedy #
Loading up #Things with my assignments for this semester. It's simultaneously reassuring and a bit overwhelming when I do this. #
@TUAW Totally agree. The animated Sun Maid is terrifying. in reply to TUAW #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2009-08-16

John T Davis — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:30:00 +0000

This is cool: Dogs as Intelligent as 2 Year Old Children: http://tr.im/wbs3. I love this kind of research. Brings respect for fellow beings. #
The http://tr.im URL shortening service is dead, and will offline by year end. At some point I need to salvage all my Twitter links. #
Protip: Putting ™ in your username on Twitter is a sure way to make me almost instantly want to block you. #
#Mac #Microsoft Office 2008 users: "Critical" software update out from MS today. Check your Office Update thingie. #
Digitizing a bunch of paper documents laying around my office. Been putting this cleanup off for months. Scanner making troublesome noises. #
@Ihnatko I'm probably missing something obvious, but why do you need to disable wake on lid open? in reply to Ihnatko #
Microsoft Word Track Changes feature + footnote/endnote autonumbering feature = massive fail. #
Make your Studying More Tech Friendly (Part I in a Series) – http://bit.ly/2kAve (via @legalgeekery) #
Regulators shut Colonial BancGroup http://bit.ly/19PyEO #
@cwgabriel is the new basestation running at the same speed (e.g.: N only) at the same frequency (e.g.: 5 GHz? Mismatch slows the network. in reply to cwgabriel #
Monitor shopping. Anyone got any feedback on the Samsung 2243BWT (http://is.gd/2kntv) for heavy business use (8+ hours/daily)? #lazytweet #

Technorati Tags: Colonial BancGroup, Dogs, Intelligence, Microsoft Office, microsoft word, Samsung 2243BWT, WiFi

Not dead. Also, science.

John T Davis — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:17:51 +0000

Hello, internets!

Just a brief note to let everyone who reads this blog (so, me and my split personality, Captain Spatula-Q of the Fourth Dimension) that I still breathe. I’ve been crossing swords with 1L exams since the 28th, and take the last one tomorrow. Can’t believe I’m about to be done with one whole year of law school. Where did the last ten months go? It’s certainly been a wild ride, at any rate.

While reading a snarky* article about the use of the exclamation mark in modern prose and written communication, came across a reference to an article entitled “Gender and the Use of Exclamation Points in Computer-Mediated Communication: An Analysis of Exclamations Posted to Two Electronic Discussion Lists,” published in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communications**. I was a computer science major and political science minor, and took a couple sociology courses on race and gender equality, and a political science class on women and politics. I kinda really dig this stuff. Unfortunately, I don’t have time to read the article right now, but I plan to eventually, so I figured I’d put it here to remind myself and perhaps direct any other interested persons to it.

* My spellcheck says “snarky” is not a word. What foul strategery is this, Language Lords?

** Didn’t know this journal existed, either. It sounds awesome.

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