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Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-03-07

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

SciFi Channel (excuse me, Syfy) is running Stephen King’s “The Stand” on the day before my birthday. Omen? Should I be worried? #
Parents and aunt just surprised me with early birthday cake. Shining light of awesome in otherwise horrid weekend. http://yfrog.com/3l36fclj #
On TV: “Twister” and “Day After Tomorrow.” Choices, choices.
“Twister” is about sentient tornados who will hunt down and kill you, isn’t it? #
Is there a male-oriented equivalent of the Lifetime [Movie] Network? I do not think this would be possible. #
RT @BreakingNews: Roman nail dating from time of Christ’s crucifixion found in ornate box at Knights Templar stronghold http://bit.ly/cw9rtf #
Supreme Court refuses to stop D.C.’s gay marriage law http://bit.ly/91FNAW /via @BreakingNews #
“This is where WE fight! This is where THEY die!”"…I came for brownies and cocoa. Are we not still doing that?”
- Hugh Grant’s “300″. #

Technorati Tags: 300, Ancient Rome, Birthday, Day After Tomorrow, District of Columbia, Gay Marriage, hugh grant, lifetime, Stephen King, SyFy Channel, The Stand, Twister

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 2010-02-21

John T Davis — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:30:00 +0000

#NBC needs to stop using words like “tragedy” and “death” to describe bad #Olympics outcomes, since an athlete has actually perished. #
Speaking of which, here comes the #Olympics men’s luge competition. Hopefully we can get through it without anything too crass. #
#Olympics I love that Shen and Zhao, the married Chinese pair skating couple, skated to beautiful “Who Wants to Live Forever” instrumental. #
#Olympics Shen and Zhao win gold. Incredibly romantic. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. (Yes, it’s belated, but this is worth it.) #
RT @BreakingNews: UK’s Barclays bank … doubled profit of £11.6bn ($18.2bn) for 2009; CEO and president forgo bonuses http://bit.ly/bdhPEj #
They’re everywhere. Watching. #squirrels http://yfrog.com/4evbkej #
The latest on the Google Buzz privacy debacle: http://is.gd/8Hjv4. Now with real off switch: http://is.gd/8Hjv5. #
RT @BreakingNews: Update: FBI opens crim. investigation into Pennsylvania school system that took photos of students on webcams at home – AP #
RT @BreakingNews:Bush admin. lawyers didn’t break ethics rules by OKng harsh terror interrogations.- Justice Department http://bit.ly/bD50bm #
Post on Google Wave for Law Students: http://is.gd/8KMJI. Sad there’s no comments. #
Google Buzz Opinion: http://is.gd/8KOtl. G meant to expose everyone’s gmail addressbooks on Buzz to build 175M+ network overnight. No error. #
Problem w/ rollout of #Google #Buzz: your email addressbook was completely public by default. Unsafe privacy, confidentiality violations. #
Every safety, privacy, confidentiality problem w/ #Google #Buzz rollout came from address book exposure. If they hadn’t done that, no prob. #

Technorati Tags: Bush Administration, Google Buzz, Google Wave, Legal Ethics, Luge, NBC, Olympics, Privacy, squirrels, Terrorism

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 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

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2009-12-28

John T Davis — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:30:00 +0000

Is it me, or does being on an EDGE network make #iPhone battery drain really fast? #
Just ordered myself a new #AppleTV. #Apple will now probably refresh the thing in a week. #
#iPhone battery life is abysmal. Can't even survive a 24 road trip. Really hope the next model fixes this. #
Watching Disney Christmas Parade. Most captivating thing is Kelly Ripa's way-buff arms. They're comic book superheroine arms. Wow. #
Feeding cardboard (e.g.: from a shipping box) through a paper shredder really cleans out the treads. Like fiber for office equipment. #
Hooking up new Apple TV. Just saw this electrical fire waiting to happen. I don't even know what that plug is. http://yfrog.com/3nqflhj #
Snag. I have no AV cables, & no Ethernet cable. Found two phone cords, a speaker set, playing cards, & a DSL modem. Also, a surge protector. #

Technorati Tags: AppleTV, Christmas, Disney, EDGE, Kelly Ripa, Paper Shredder, Parade

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2009-12-20

John T Davis — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:30:00 +0000

@GMFett Indeed. It should not be so fun to watch a serial killer. Certainly shouldn't root for him. But I do. Excellent writers. #Dexter in reply to GMFett #
@ScottBourne Do you have any suggestions for books for consumers looking to get the best out of their new DSLR? Thanks for your time. #
I finished my last exam yesterday. I'm out for a month. Have I mentioned that yet? Now, just have to wait a month for grades. #
Win a new Nikon D300s (or 2000 photo scans) from @ScanCafe & Scott Bourne. Pls RT. Details here: http://bit.ly/8SJuMT #
RT @wilw: The best thing about Avatar is that it imagines a world where a program to breed Thundercats with Smurfs has been successful. … #

Technorati Tags: Avatar, Dexter, Nikon D300S, Scott Borne

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 2009-12-13

John T Davis — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:30:00 +0000

I will begin a crime novel. With protagonist Det. Seymour Stabbins, Robbery-Homicide. (Exams make my sense of humor terrible & cheesy.) #
@GMFett I haven't seen Dexter in three weeks. Still excellent, I assume? in reply to GMFett #

Technorati Tags: Dexter, Seymour Stabbins

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

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 #

Technorati Tags: amazon, Astrophysics, Carbonite, Child Support, devonthink pro office, Dual Screen Laptop, DVD drive, ExactScan, FTC, Kennedy, Mac OS, Robocalls, Secured Transactions, Snow Crash, Snow Leopard, Sun Maid, Ted Kennedy, tethering, The Matrix, Things, Tintin, Tweetie

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 2009-07-28

John T Davis — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:30:00 +0000

RT @jsnell: Dear Newsweek: You don't "graduate" from "Buffy" to "Twilight." You regress. #
Been working solid for 7.5 hours. Just felt my brain literally jerk to a halt. Need to get it running again; gotta proof this thing. #

Technorati Tags: Buffy, Twilight

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-24

John T Davis — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:30:00 +0000

@kodra22 Since Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, if not earlier. http://bit.ly/mg5MF in reply to kodra22 #
"Would I rather be feared or loved? Uh, both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me."
-Michael Scott, The Office #
@levarburton I loved Reading Rainbow. I do miss it & regret my kids won't get to have such quality programming. Helped me love books. in reply to levarburton #

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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 #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-29

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

Yes, there's even a bar prep app for the iPhone now http://tr.im/q7Je (via @maclawstudents) #
Supreme Court rejects appeal on Cablevision network DVR: http://bit.ly/nTST3 #
Love Exchange support on my iPhone. Makes the lack of it in Mac Mail jarring. Can't wait for Snow Leopard. #
Travel + allergies + stress = massive headache. #
@TychoBrahe Could you give the title/author/ISBN for this? Looks like I really cool gift for kids who love books. in reply to TychoBrahe #
Finally downloading my #MacHeist 3 merch. I bought it in April. I'm not sure if this is evidence of my being stupid busy, or just stupid. #
Just discovered that Inquisitor stashes your entire search history in the Safari prefs plist. That's kind of uncool. (via @jsnell) #
Just brought Windows up for the first time in a month. It sputtered, downloaded updates, re-validated itself, and demanded a restart. Faboo. #
Now it wants me to download more security updates (why weren't these in the last batch?) and buy another year's virus/spyware protection. #
Terrific. It's done. Except, now I can't remember why I wanted to boot into this thing in the first place. #

Technorati Tags: Allergies, Bar Exam, Bar Prep, Cablevision, DVR, Exchange, Inquisitor, MacHeist, supreme court

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 2009-06-17

John T Davis — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Just lost the ability to give keyboard input in the file manager. So, for example, I can't give names to new folders. What's going on, #Mac? #
@wilw is that likely to show up in broadcast?* in reply to wilw #
Updating iPhone firmware to 3.0. Please keep working, iPhone. I need you to live. #
@legalgeekery Interesting. Have you tried that yet? in reply to legalgeekery #

* Wil Wheaton will be appearing in an episode of Leverage!

Technorati Tags: iPhone OS 3, Leverage, tethering

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.

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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-14

John T Davis — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Reading the comments about #twitterfail/#fixreplies on TechCrunch, here: http://tr.im/ll2w. Some of the comments are good, too. #
Just got DevonThink Pro Office (my document manager) to talk to my scanner. Bit finicky. It scans in and creates searchable PDFs on the fly. #
And now DevonThink has decided it can’t talk to the scanner again, and has taken the scanner software down with it. Great. #
Fellow law students, be sure to make sure you sign up for Lexis summer access if you need it. #
Must conclude that DevonThink + My Scanner == massively unstable. The software crashes, which hangs the scanner, which means a reset. Grrr. #
Watching _Love Actually_ on #Lifetime. Can’t believe I’m watching Lifetime, and kind of embarrassed to admit it. Great movie, though. #
My scanner fu grows. Why must OCR make things look crappier? Cranked the DPI to 600. Should I be using Grayscale instead of b/w? #

Technorati Tags: devonthink pro office, epson perfection 4490, lifetime, love actually, ocr, pdf, scanner, techcrunch

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-08

John T Davis — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:30:00 +0000

This is it. Glad to be ending it with Civ Pro. The world looks different now. See potential legal actions everywhere, for one. #
After 2 weeks of exams, finally memorized my PIN (for anonymous grading) today. It expires this afternoon. Awesome. #
Star Trek takes in $7M Thursday night http://bit.ly/uPgph (via @TrekMovie) #
All exams completed. 2L now. Awesome. #
I’m digging the Cold Case theme music. Never actually seen the show, but this is nice. #
Hate for WinUpdate burns with the fiery passion of a thousand suns. It asks to download updates then sits there for an hour doing nothing. #
The virus protector updates itself properly. Yay. That’s another thing. Boot to Windows after two weeks and there’s a 100 security fixes. #

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