Week ending Sunday 2010/06/13

Monday 09:19 · Google Hackfest and Reception at #RailsConf - googlecode.blogspot.com/2010/06/google-hackfest-and-reception-at.html [Original.]

Monday 11:13 · Hm, @penmachine is having way too much fun with #fakewwdc, shouldn't be allowed. [Original, responding to @penmachine.]

Monday 13:09 · How to save the news: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2010/06/how-to-save-the-news/8095/ [Original.]

Monday 14:15 · Dots Per Inch: www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2010/06/07/DPI [Original.]

Monday 15:57 · ProTip: On Android, "ill" doesn't autocorrect to "I'll", but "ull" does. [Original.]

Monday 23:30 · @morrildl Fuckin-A well spoke, Bubba. (OK, stolen from Tom Wolfe) [Original, responding to @morrildl.]

Tuesday 17:20 · Beauty and deep, deep craziness: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQITWbAaDx0 [Original.]

Tuesday 17:22 · @al3x Emacs doesn't even breathe hard over that kind of thing. [Original, responding to @al3x.]

Tuesday 20:41 · Pocket-size devices have a huge advantage & only one truly serious drawback: input awkwardness. Solution? [Original.]

Tuesday 23:47 · Gonna fire up my new Lightroom 3 and import/beautify some pix. Mmmm [Original.]

Wednesday 17:04 · @sayrer I just like the way it sounds. [Original, responding to @sayrer.]

Wednesday 19:54 · OK, this is cool: www.marca.com/deporte/futbol/mundial/sudafrica-2010/calendario-english.html Interactive World Cup schedule. Extra points for replicating it in HTML5. [Original.]

Wednesday 20:49 · The touchy-feely side of Android programming: android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/06/making-sense-of-multitouch.html [Original.]

Wednesday 23:09 · @Scobleizer Hey Rob, I can arrange to get you kicked out of Moscone at our next event. Wouldn't want the competition to get ahead... [Original, responding to @Scobleizer.]

Wednesday 23:13 · Slide 20 in that Meeker deck (www.scribd.com/doc/32736867/MS-Internet-Trends-060710) is astounding. Hey Apple, pleeeeeeeeeeease don't forget computers. [Original.]

Thursday 10:15 · @StationA Missing the Good Old Days when you could just blame Microsoft for everything. [Original, responding to @StationA.]

Thursday 10:48 · Twitter acquires some first rate people & tech, and I have to make a disclosure: www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2010/06/10/Twitter-Disclosure Congrats Avi & Andrew! [Original.]

Thursday 12:08 · @headius Anybody who schedules opposite RubyConf is gonna have problems anyhow... you gotta go to RubyConf [Original, responding to @headius.]

Thursday 13:03 · Wouldn't mind a @FoundersCard invite. [Original.]

Thursday 13:03 · That should really be _Whyday, n'est-ce pas? Anyhow, sign me up: whyday.org/ [Original.]

Thursday 13:22 · Got the invite, thanks. [Original.]

Thursday 14:11 · Now there's some real industrial design, makes the iPhone look clumsy: tsutpen.blogspot.com/2010/06/future-is-now-26.html [Original.]

Thursday 16:08 · @GreatDismal BitTorrent is your friend. [Original, responding to @GreatDismal.]

Thursday 17:20 · @rww billion not million [Original, responding to @rww.]

Friday 06:52 · Sitting down to watch me a little Fútbol. [Original.]

Friday 07:22 · First blatant dive of the tournament. Shame on SA. [Original.]

Friday 07:27 · Twitter Web-site all dressed up for #worldcup - cute twitter.com/#search?q=%23worldcup [Original.]

Friday 12:06 · One nice thing about the French team is that they're generally kinda ugly-to-ordinary guys, don't look like TV stars. #worldcup #fra [Original.]

Friday 12:48 · Nexus One + WiFi + Froyo + Flash 10.1 + cbcsports.ca = #uru vs #fra at #worldcup on my phone. A bit of lag & jag but watchable. [Original.]

Saturday 06:06 · So is #kor really as great as they're looking, or is #gre just having a really bad day? #worldcup [Original.]

Sunday 08:10 · #gha vs #srb big yawns at the #worldcup Vuvuzelas don't make up for inspiration [Original.]

Sunday 11:56 · Germany is scary-good. Ouf #worldcup [Original.]

Sunday 13:19 · Good on the ref for yellow-carding sleazy #ger diver. Doing that late in a wipe-out, what a no-class move. #worldcup [Original.]

Sunday 14:27 · Grrr... Lightroom 3 doesn't have built-in profiles for any Pentax lenses. Bad, BAD Adobe. [Original.]

Sunday 20:46 · @alexwh I'm not sure since I haven't tried it yet. But initial reviews of whatever-it-does are positive. [Original, responding to @alexwh.]


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