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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 2010-02-07

John T Davis — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:30:00 +0000

RT @BreakingNews: Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown of Massachusetts says he supports abortion rights http://bit.ly/co8PSi | Unexpected. #
Just had great idea for iPad app. But: no developer account, hardly any free time, and don't know Objective C. Best book for iPhone/ObjC? #
My 26th birthday is in exactly 4 weeks. How did *that* happen?! #
In love with new ExpertMouse (trackball). The action is smooth, & it it's much less work to manipulate a ball than sling a mouse around. #
Also, in an emergency, you can throw the trackball … ball component at your enemies. Trebuchet! #
Star Trek Online hits tomorrow. Cool! #
New #iPhone software is live. Bugfixes and security updates; nothing terribly sexy unless one of the bugs was bothering you. #
Simplenote is amazing. Totally changed the way I keep notes on my #iPhone #Mac No excuse not to keep notes, & they're always w/in reach. #
Wal-mart to layoff 300 workers at Bentonville, Ark., headquarters to trim costs – AP /via @BreakingNews | Apocalypse? #
Bankruptcy Court judges write some of the most interesting, well-written, witty opinions I've had the pleasure of reading. #
Toyota to recall Priuses — report http://bit.ly/bONpDf #
Finally had time to work my way through the rest of the Scrivener tutorial. Excellent. #
RT @BreakingNews: January unemployment rate in U.S. drops unexpectedly to 9.7 percent; employers cut 20,000 jobs – AP | Yay. Also, boo. #
45 pages of Patent Litigation reading to go. Roll out. #
Laches sounds like some sort of steamed coffee drink that you can only get at Starbucks for exorbitant fees. #legalwordsarestrange #

Technorati Tags: Abortion, Bankruptcy Court, Birthday, iPhone OS 3, Kensington Expert Mouse, Laches, Patent Litigation, Prius, Scott Brown, Scrivener, Simplenote, Star Trek Online, Toyota, Wal-Mart

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. #

Technorati Tags: AppleTV, Disney, eHarmony, Evidence, Fantasy, Football, Ford, General Motors, Google Voice, Haiku, Hot Tub Time Machine, Internet Explorer, John Mayer, Mars, New Orleans Saints, Oil and Gas, Saab, Spirit, Spyker Cars, Texting, Unicorns, United Kingdom, Weekenders, wordpress

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 2009-09-06

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 #

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