Abstraction Foundry

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-07-18

John T Davis — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:30:00 +0000

@tobyparkins I'm experiencing this too. Please let me know if you figure anything out. in reply to tobyparkins #
@fraserspeirs I should hope not. There will be swarms buying white iPhone 4s @ the end of month. New hardware in 60 days would be insulting. in reply to fraserspeirs #

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-07-04

John T Davis — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:30:00 +0000

RT @WSJ: BREAKING: Supreme Court strikes down Sarbanes-Oxley, the landmark anti-fraud law. Much more to come at http://wsj.com #
In re Bilski affirmed, with spongy "This is not the only possible § 101 test for process patents" language (paraphrased). Really surprised. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-06-27

John T Davis — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:30:00 +0000

Announcement today about the impending release of the 9th Edition of Black's Law Dictionary, including for iPhone. Excited. Need life. #
Reading ideas on federalism from a scholar named William Riker. Never figured Number One for a poli. sci. major. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-06-20

John T Davis — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:30:00 +0000

Wow. Can't log into AT&T to upgrade to new iPhone because a "system upgrade" in progress has the site "temporarily unavailable." Stellar. #
@legalgeekery Did that work for you? I can't even log into my AT&T account… in reply to legalgeekery #
Still can't access AT&T's wireless account page. Would really like to pre-order new #iPhone Can I do an upgrade from the Apple Store site? #
Totally wigged that I can't even pre-order a white iPhone 4. Yes, I understand that they're out of stock. I assume more stock will come? #
How can you prevent someone from buying something that is on *pre-order*? I'm trying to give #Apple cash to get in an infinite line. #iPhone #
RT @TUAW: iPhone 4 lineup starts in Texas http://bit.ly/9dfcQL | Proud of my state. Even crazy enthusiasts go to bigger extremes in Texas. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-06-13

John T Davis — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:30:00 +0000

Slashdot has become an almost totally irrelevant source of stale news and commentary by bitter nerds out of touch with practical realities. #
@thelindsayellis It could be argued the Holodeck was a storytelling crutch that did more harm than good; VOY's writers often used it badly. in reply to thelindsayellis #
@Nellachronism Perhaps you could agree P&K are jointly superior to poor, crazily written Janeway, whose tractor beam had a lock on crazy? in reply to Nellachronism #

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-06-06

John T Davis — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:30:00 +0000

@ebertchicago Not necessarily. If every possible reality branches off each decision, there's likely 1 where we pegged immortality. Or will. in reply to ebertchicago #
RT @BreakingNews: Coast Guard says saw has become stuck in riser pipe in latest effort to contain oil spill | Unbelievable. Voodoo curse? #
@danfrakes What if you choose to keep your grandfathered-in unlimited data plan? in reply to danfrakes #
RT @BreakingNews: BP CEO Tony Hayward issues apology via Facebook for 'hurtful and thoughtless comment': http://bit.ly/9IENI8 #

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-05-30

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

@ginatrapani Can it be upgraded to Froyo? It would seem strange if such a new phone could not be. in reply to ginatrapani #
Things I love: How eBay's photo upload popup window prevents me from interacting with the rest of my browser while pics upload. #sarcasm #
@mduncanvm Fantastic! VMWare 3.0 is so slow as to be completely unusable for me. in reply to mduncanvm #
@mduncanvm Just installed it. Also apparently got a feature to make it easier to use BootCamp partition without Windows activation issues. in reply to mduncanvm #
New Simplified #Facebook Privacy Controls, with "Why Are You Coming at Me with That Axe" Zuckerberg picture: http://is.gd/cqAFI #
RT @legalgeekery: Can we all agree that every fax machine should be destroyed immediately? Let's get on this, people. #
#ThingsILove Pt2: Memory-Alpha, Star Trek Wiki, is loaded w/ autoplaying Flash ads for some D-rank reality show "Married on Myspace." #rage #
#ThingsILove Pt3: "Married on Myspace" on Memory-Beta (2nd Star Trek wiki), too. Faboo. StarWars people don't have this garbage everywhere. #
@virginiasimms Obviously, Dr Crazo the Deranged has perfected his "Rip Scary People Out of TV" Ray. We are, in fact, doomed. #scarypeople in reply to virginiasimms #
RT @BreakingNews: Gay activists elude Russian security services to hold first gay protest in Moscow not broken up by riot police – Reuters #
I'm in the mood for Star Trek Tweet Trifecta, so, uh, Star Trek Fragrances! http://is.gd/cuQyk Anybody tried it?
"Set phasers to stunning." #
BP abandons "top kill" approach and will try new strategy. http://bit.ly/bwuYLm
"3 Stooges & the Oil Gusher" returns after these messages. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-05-23

John T Davis — Sun, 23 May 2010 11:30:00 +0000

@mduncanvm Thanks for the #ff rec. I should do more of those. in reply to mduncanvm #
@mduncanvm that's my plan, too. Don't know if I'll be able to hold out. Can't wait for iPhone next month; my 3G is really showing its age. in reply to mduncanvm #
@mduncanvm Indeed, i've noticed my home button setimes doesn't register clicks. And no multitasking support. I'm also seeing more lag. in reply to mduncanvm #

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-05-16

John T Davis — Sun, 16 May 2010 11:30:00 +0000

Downloading my free copy of Portal. Valve's servers are totally pegged. Gonna say Mac Steam is a big hit. #
Anybody on my flist play City of Heroes? Like/dislike it? Do you just run around beating up stuff in spandex or is there more complex plot? #
@danfrakes Is there a tutorial somewhere for doing this? Embarrassingly, I've managed to go 6+ years without having to symlink anything. in reply to danfrakes #
@ginatrapani Is that *always* a bad thing? Sometimes, I just need to see a shiny hero blow up bad guys. Reality is tense & dramatic enough. in reply to ginatrapani #
@mduncanvm #Smallville is very frustrating. The writing is normally subpar, but eps like Absolute Justice & the season finale come along… in reply to mduncanvm #

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-05-09

John T Davis — Sun, 09 May 2010 11:30:00 +0000

RT @wilw: RT @pattonoswalt: When's Tom Hanks going to do a 10-part SNOOPY VS. THE RED BARON for HBO? #
And … that's all, folks.
(Last exam complete. I'm going to go sleep for a week.) #

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-05-02

John T Davis — Sun, 02 May 2010 11:30:00 +0000

I love when politicians invoke the Chewbacca Defense. Do they think we don't notice they're dodging the issue? #
Where have you gone, Captain Planet? We need you now … #

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-04-25

John T Davis — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:30:00 +0000

@danielpunkass Where are you getting this? Did @Gizmodo publish how they got it? (Aside: Keep wanting to type "Gizmoduck".) in reply to danielpunkass #
@wilw Who publishes these albums? in reply to wilw #

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-04-18

John T Davis — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:30:00 +0000

@dmoren This does not seem to jibe with Twitter's official "You own your tweets" stance. I did not give permission to be archived by LoC. in reply to dmoren #

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-04-11

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

@danielpunkass Perhaps that's exactly it. No one can accuse them of anti-trust violations if they don't bundle iBooks. in reply to danielpunkass #
@thelindsayellis The song itself or her cover? Jill Sobule's version is nice and happy. in reply to thelindsayellis #
@Fisher12 Most of the professional reviewers (the "A List") have had them for a while, under NDA. So they have their review done in advance. in reply to Fisher12 #
@joehewitt How well does VNC work on iPad? Can you easily run 2 applications side by side? I'd like to do this; concerned re: small screen. #
Laptop: Barely 1 hour of life off a battery that reports itself 95 percent charged. Battery dying again? This'd be the 2d time in a year. #
@fraserspeirs First read that as "Master Chief." Had very strange mental image for a moment. in reply to fraserspeirs #
@wilw What Noise Canceling Headphones do you use? in reply to wilw #
@joehewitt Were there any other projects to develop iPhone apps without ObjC besides Adobe's Flash back door? Honestly curious. in reply to joehewitt #
Resetting U-Verse gateway's device list double-NAT'd Airport Extreme router. Trying to fix now. If I disappear from net, assume I exploded. #
… And we're back. Nothing exploded. Sparkles! Sparkles for everyone! #
@danielpunkass I'm curious, does Google/Palm allow any language to be used on Android/Pre, or do they give you a finite list of options? in reply to danielpunkass #
@danielpunkass It'd be anticompetitive if they targeted Adobe by name. A by-discretion provision that happens to cover Adobe is okay. in reply to danielpunkass #
@danielpunkass Not trying to be pedantic/argumentative. Curious how much non-academic devel. is actually done using non-supported languages. in reply to danielpunkass #
@danielpunkass I'm confused re: people's upset; its been rule since Day 1. What changed besides Apple rewriting the language to clarify? in reply to danielpunkass #
@danielpunkass Point. But I'm not sure that's enforceable. If result is valid ObjC, how'd Apple know? Adobe admits it, sells a way to do it. in reply to danielpunkass #
I think Apple will use the language to go after final product distributed to circumvent SDK (i.e.: Adobe). Otherwise, how would Apple know? #
#Tweetie can't follow @daringfireball short URLs on #iPhone when using 3G. Works on WiFi. Strange. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-04-04

John T Davis — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:30:00 +0000

RT @BreakingNews: U.S. Treasury announces it will sell entire 7.7 billion share stake in Citigroup acquired during bailout | Excellent! #
RT @AnnCurry: WSJ quoting unnamed sources: Apple developing new iPhone and "appears to be working" on an iPhone for Verizon Wireless. #
@chockenberry @gruber Autosave should only be default if document versioning is default. Otherwise risk of writing over good data w/ errors. in reply to chockenberry #
RT @BreakingNews: U.S. consumer agency says thousands of homes tainted by Chinese drywall should be completely gutted http://bit.ly/a6sYiE #
@BodyofBreen 720p HD? I thought that was impossible? in reply to BodyofBreen #

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-03-28

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

Is there a reason #Mac OS only supports WEP encryption on ad hoc wireless networks? Omission of WPA seems bizarre. Licensing issue? #
@thelindsayellis I loved Day After Tomorrow. I focused on wacky disaster movie hijinks rather than any underlying message. Evil snow wolves! in reply to thelindsayellis #
Just bought a ton of Sprint 3G/4G kit. Excited! … My wallet hurts. #
RT @levarburton: Happy Birthday, Bill… You're still a young man! @williamshatner 79 today. #
Dreamt I met @jeffjarvis, as if played by Robert Redford from "All the President's Men." We were @ a diner; he had plate of bacon & sausage. #
My Spring 4G wireless dongle has a $4.99 fee b/c it's a "spending limit" account, which allegedly pays for phone feature (didn't get phone). #
Sprint 4G wireless "spending limit" fee seems more like a "you should use autopay" fee (autopay waives fee). But no security deposit reqr'd. #
Largest web registrar, GoDaddy, to stop registering sites in China 2 protest government surveillance http://bit.ly/djtc8l /via @BreakingNews #
RT @danfrakes: If you'd invested 10k in AAPL in 1997, you'd have ~750k today #timemachinestocktips #
On laptop, live from my Sprint 3G/4G dongle. 3G reception appears to suck inside buildings, but works great in the car. 4G sucks everywhere. #
Key to getting Sprint 4G working is to gripe. Now getting 1 bar of 4G signal: 1.2 Mbps. Frustratingly weak; need more bars in more places. #
Sprint 4G: ping time of 369 milliseconds. For those who aren't nerds like moi, that is horrendously slow, and creates massive lag. #
Sprint 4G: for the record, when I was in a store parking lot and actually got GOOD signal, I was getting > 3 Mbps down. Impressive. #
Sprint 3G: Just tested the speed on this. Roughly half speed (750 kbps), but much better latency (177 ms). Still 1 bar. #
Occurs to me that even 5 years ago 768k download speed would've been considered blazing fast, and we would all be paying premo price for it. #
RT @BreakingNews: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says he will not accept election results showing victory for secular challenger – AP #
#Sprint 3G: One reason for the obscene ping times/latency might be that it assigns me a Kansas IP address (I'm in Texas). #
@jsnell I'm SO glad I'm not the only one who wants the iPad to be a portable AppleTV. With 720p video out + Frontrow/boxee, it'd be amazing. in reply to jsnell #

Twitter Weekly Updates for the Week of 2010-03-21

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

RT @Ihnatko: If there's some job you don't want to do today, tell them "I did it. But you can't tell, cuz the hour I did it in disappeared." #
RT @BreakingNews: 'Mission: Impossible' star Peter Graves, 83, found dead at his home in Calif. – LA Times http://bit.ly/cTf2zB #
@wilw Wesley Crusher required a muscle suit? Now I've gotta go rewatch TNG and stare at your torso. Did other actors wear them, too? in reply to wilw #
@joehewitt Indeed. Millions of people are buying iPhones and getting what they want. Safari is the whole internet, sans Flash. in reply to joehewitt #
ZenniOptical.com has tons of glasses starting at $8 a pair. Check out the #1 online glasses store! (Ad) #
I'm reading a case in which the Supreme Court apparently decides the English language cannot convey facts. Only more/less truthier opinions. #
Another XML-RPC error in @MarsEdit. Going to have to backtrack through all my posts looking for invisible characters. Again. Sad panda time. #

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 2010-03-07

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 2010-02-07

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

The Mouse is Dead. Long Live the Mouse.

John T Davis — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:21:10 +0000

After years of faithful service, my trusty Logitech MX Revolution (no longer made; replaced with the Logitech Performance Mouse MX) is finally going in the Great Peripheral Storage Closet in the Sky. The scroll-wheel has begun its death throes, sometimes scrolling up when I’m trying to scroll down, sometimes not scrolling at all, and so forth. Twice now I’ve inadvertently cranked the volume all the way up when trying to crank it down; I’m very lucky not to have blown my speakers out. The battery has also become anemic and unstable, sometimes outright refusing to charge for extended periods of time. Actually, I’ve decided to avoid wireless desktop input devices from here on. I’m not using my computer from across the room, so I don’t really need wireless, and batteries and charging are entirely too much of a hassle. One less wireless radio transceiver pair pouring radiation into the air won’t be a bad thing, either.

I can’t really complain about the hardware failing, as I’ve had this mouse at least four years now and used it for 8+ hours every day, but I thought this a good opportunity to try something new. I’ve read that trackballs are supposed to be more ergonomic, so I decided to try one. I went looking for four buttons (I’m a geek; two buttons is simply not enough) and a scrolling mechanism of some kind, and settled with the Kensington Expert Mouse, which has the most positive reviews of the models I looked at. One of my uncles actually had one of these when I was much, much younger (like, 12 or something), so there’s the added cachet of knowing I’m getting a very mature product. Another plus: trackballs don’t move. No more need for mousepad that takes up right half of my desk. Space!

Should be here Saturday. I’m excited. (Yes, you’re allowed to call me a dork for being excited about getting a mouse. I should put that on the About page.)

Edit (January 28, 2010, 2126 CDT): Edited some typos and added some clarification (and some missing words … oops).

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