Week ending Sunday 2011/06/12

Monday 08:43 · @chrisblizzard hmm I'll go poke around [Original, responding to @chrisblizzard.]

Monday 23:53 · @Scobleizer Tomi has no cred left. He pronounced N's strategy in perfect shape at apocalypse - 10 seconds [Original, responding to @Scobleizer.]

Monday 23:58 · Thinking that Klout is probably somehow evil [Original.]

Tuesday 00:25 · @Scobleizer Nobody know yet. They know how to do HW, and WP7 has real potential. If they execute on the combo they're in the game. [Original, responding to @Scobleizer.]

Tuesday 00:58 · Some iPad features that Android’s still missing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAhP-yLJJ9s [Original.]

Tuesday 10:10 · A historic post from 1991... but what's that round thing? [Original.]

Tuesday 11:20 · “Authorship markup” insidesearch.blogspot.com/2011/06/authorship-markup-and-web-search.html This is a big deal, the Web benefits from an authored-by relationship. [Original.]

Tuesday 11:37 · @kevinmarks For feeds, authored-by relation problem is solved. The big HTML web is poorly supplied with this stuff, though. [Original, responding to @kevinmarks.]

Tuesday 11:45 · @kevinmarks Consider the relative length and readability of www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=1229920 vs microformats.org/wiki/hatom [Original, responding to @kevinmarks.]

Tuesday 19:11 · Hey Samsung, way to go! arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/06/samsung-courts-modder-community-with-free-smartphones.ars?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+(Ars+Technica+-+Featured+Content) [Original.]

Tuesday 20:40 · @DonDodge well.... [Original, responding to @DonDodge.]

Tuesday 20:50 · Anyone know anyone at zap2it? Have 'em check this: google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?tpl=safari&site=tvlistings.zap2it.com&hl=en-us [Original.]

Tuesday 22:18 · @stevej That’s “ZOMGWTFBBQ”. Let’s get our pop-cultural imprecations right, please. [Original, responding to @stevej.]

Tuesday 23:30 · @headius You mean Dalvik bytecode [Original, responding to @headius.]

Wednesday 07:56 · @headius The way to do that would be to start with bitescript I assume? [Original, responding to @headius.]

Wednesday 09:05 · Emacs user at work: babbagefiles.blogspot.com/2011/06/emacs-user-at-work.html [Original.]

Wednesday 09:18 · @NickKristof Personal style/voice is huge. I follow *you* not @someNYTimesGuy People follow people not institutions. [Original, responding to @NickKristof.]

Wednesday 13:54 · If I feel like some tunes, I have GMusic beta, I have thesixtyone.com, I have turntable.fm, & lots more... #livingInTheFutureMoment [Original.]

Wednesday 14:02 · @hfiguiere is right :( [Original, responding to @hfiguiere.]

Wednesday 15:26 · @BWJones There's a way to get away from that, y’know. Couple of ’em, in fact. [Original, responding to @BWJones.]

Wednesday 17:26 · @duncan Better for your cardiovascular system that way [Original, responding to @duncan.]

Wednesday 18:36 · @sogrady There's also a Moscow, Idaho [Original, responding to @sogrady.]

Wednesday 20:02 · I blame Harper #canucks [Original.]

Wednesday 20:53 · Driftwood Triptych: www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/06/08/Driftwood-Triptych [Original.]

Wednesday 21:18 · @Straxus twbray at Google. But November's pretty busy [Original, responding to @Straxus.]

Wednesday 22:09 · @jackerhack Clearly you've never been in a room with me; I'm definitely a loudmouth. [Original, responding to @jackerhack.]

Wednesday 22:54 · Hanging in the Ambient Chillout, Trip Hop room on turntable.fm #turntable [Original.]

Thursday 10:27 · All the pieces so far on the diffs between the “Google cloud” and “Apple cloud” are spectacularly incoherent. [Original.]

Thursday 10:33 · @Stv www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/03/09/AngloFaces [Original, responding to @Stv.]

Thursday 11:42 · “@david_megginson: it's hard to invent a technical explanation for a fashion phenom-hipsters just prefer Apple like Tea Party prefers Palin” [Original.]

Thursday 11:55 · @nelson I make an effort to get there every time I’m in Portland. Once in, it’s impossible to leave without dropping a few bucks. [Original, responding to @nelson.]

Thursday 12:01 · Nice review of Twidroyd on Lifehacker: lifehacker.com/5810139/the-best-twitter-client-for-android It’s what I use. [Original.]

Thursday 19:04 · Anyone who predicts the 2015 mobile market is blowing smoke, and anyone who inhales the smoke is an idiot. allthingsd.com/20110609/idc-sees-windows-phone-nabbing-20-percent-of-smartphone-market-by-2015/ [Original.]

Thursday 19:27 · @dgentry Wouldn't be surprised either way. So many variables... [Original, responding to @dgentry.]

Thursday 21:17 · Cat turned off the TV. Not a baseball fan I guess. [Original.]

Thursday 23:03 · Finally switched over to NetNewsWire Lite 4.0. It’s awfully good. [Original.]

Friday 08:54 · @ksetyadi Thanks, will fix. [Original, responding to @ksetyadi.]

Friday 10:25 · @charlesarthur Probably he's referring to <snicker> allthingsd.com/20110609/idc-sees-windows-phone-nabbing-20-percent-of-smartphone-market-by-2015/ [Original, responding to @charlesarthur.]

Friday 11:33 · Now there’s a cool app: NFB National Film Board of Canada, 2000+ free documentaries & kid flicks & oddities [Original.]

Friday 16:32 · Ooh, that “Hello world” rush. [Original.]

Saturday 07:11 · RT @tsnotoole: Yep. Confirmed. Greatest picture ever: thechive.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/the-hq-dar-23.jpg [Original.]

Saturday 07:11 · @retomeier Go back, it’s a trap [Original, responding to @retomeier.]

Saturday 09:21 · Baseball-favoured fun tonight at Nat Bailey: www.eteamz.com/lmbll/ (scroll down) Drop on by! [Original.]

Saturday 12:38 · Was driving around and the radio played Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Sweet Little Thing”. Now I’m smiling; what a great tune. [Original.]

Saturday 12:49 · What's the right way to link to a mac app in the mac store? [Original.]

Saturday 13:07 · Reading Feeds: www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/06/10/NetNewsWire-Lite [Original.]

Saturday 14:04 · OK, so about eight thousand people are telling me “Reeder”. [Original.]

Saturday 16:26 · “@DMKrow: @timbray did you mean "Pride and Joy" by SRV?” [Original.]

Saturday 16:28 · @pragdave Wedding or funeral? [Original, responding to @pragdave.]

Saturday 16:30 · RT @segdeha: mothereffingunquotedattributes.com/ /via @paul_irish #TXJS [Original.]

Saturday 19:14 · Screenshots of Reeder look amazingly like NNW Lite. So I guess the big diff is GReader sync. [Original.]

Saturday 19:39 · No, Women Don’t: www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/06/11/No-Women-Dont [Original.]

Saturday 21:31 · @aaronvegh That’s backward; I picked Google because I liked Android. [Original, responding to @aaronvegh.]

Saturday 23:08 · @wiineeth Twitter won't show me peoples’ real names [Original, responding to @wiineeth.]

Saturday 23:39 · @wiineeth Don’t read reviews, write software. [Original, responding to @wiineeth.]

Sunday 09:16 · @jasonfried Ted Nelson used to say that a lot. Maybe still does. [Original, responding to @jasonfried.]

Sunday 10:13 · @nelson Terrorists are poor people, shabbily dressed. Didn't you know? [Original, responding to @nelson.]

Sunday 10:25 · @joshuatopolsky Weber's portable line is hard to beat. Dorky/retro not funky/retro looking, but works great. [Original, responding to @joshuatopolsky.]

Sunday 19:53 · So, is @mcuban the first tech tycoon to own a big-league championship franchise? [Original.]

Sunday 20:45 · Introduced to a new cause by the people next door: stopminingtibet.comhttp/stopminingtibet.com/ [Original.]

Sunday 21:14 · Last 2 languages I learned were Ruby and Erlang. I’m finding Go harder than either to get comfy with. [Original.]

Sunday 21:23 · @JohnWoodell @dhh That $3.4B figure seems unreasonably low; California corrections budget alone is ~$10B: www.ebudget.ca.gov/StateAgencyBudgets/5210/agency.html [Original, responding to @JohnWoodell.]

Sunday 21:53 · @lisarein The medium seems kinda ephemeral given Brewster’s track record [Original, responding to @lisarein.]


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