Week ending Sunday 2012/10/14

Monday 08:10 · @donpark Have you tried using the Intel system image? Way faster. [Original, responding to @donpark.]

Monday 08:27 · @donpark Yeah, Google it, there's another piece of Intel goo you have to install [Original, responding to @donpark.]

Monday 15:59 · “OAuth 2.0 and TLS must always go together like curry and chutney.” www.darkreading.com/identity-and-access-management/blog/240008647/infosec-slowly-puts-down-its-password-crystal-meth-pipe.html [Original.]

Monday 16:24 · OS X incantation so you never see Dashboard again (yee-hah): defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES [Original.]

Monday 16:25 · (BTW, you have to killall Dock for it to take effect.) [Original.]

Monday 16:54 · @pmhsfelix Hey, I think TLS should be used for everything without exception all the time. [Original, responding to @pmhsfelix.]

Monday 17:07 · @mariosangiorgio I never use it, it slows the system down, and I sometimes start it accidentally. [Original, responding to @mariosangiorgio.]

Monday 17:57 · Ichiro! [Original.]

Monday 18:10 · @doctorow It’s a message from the universe telling you to fixate less on material things. #probablynot [Original, responding to @doctorow.]

Tuesday 12:55 · You keep using that word “exciting”. I do not think it means what you think it means. [Original.]

Tuesday 13:20 · “W3C teams with Apple, Google, Mozilla on WebPlatform”… or we could all just sponsor a tag on StackOverflow. [Original.]

Tuesday 14:18 · Does Pandora have the cash flow to support those payments? I.e. is the model sustainable? [Original.]

Tuesday 17:08 · Just what is LinkedIn up to? [Original.]

Tuesday 20:08 · @bobdc s/Beatle// [Original, responding to @bobdc.]

Tuesday 20:10 · RT @NekoCase: I never get tired of this.. drawn.cahttp/drawn.ca/archive/u900/ [Original.]

Tuesday 20:30 · @fakedansavage Seems weak: lotsa straights don’t like football. And I suppose gays are allowed to like it (not that I know any who do). [Original, responding to @fakedansavage.]

Wednesday 00:27 · @chadfowler @nzkoz Being in the nice cabin at the front is a symptom of money, nothing else. My toddler’s is just as good as yours. [Original, responding to @chadfowler.]

Wednesday 07:12 · Why I'm thinking of moving from Mac back to Linux: www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/10/09/No-Takebacks [Original.]

Wednesday 07:15 · Petty pictures of trees! www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/10/09/Waiting-for-Rain [Original.]

Wednesday 08:20 · @pmhsfelix Working on it. [Original, responding to @pmhsfelix.]

Wednesday 12:44 · That Pinkie Pie, what a dude. #inawe arstechnica.com/security/2012/10/google-chrome-exploit-fetches-pinkie-pie-60000-hacking-prize/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+(Ars+Technica+-+All+content) [Original.]

Wednesday 18:58 · @chadfowler Work on those slack-key stylings, right? [Original, responding to @chadfowler.]

Wednesday 20:42 · Sad that only one of Tigers & A’s can advance. [Original.]

Wednesday 21:59 · Damn entertaining, this baseball stuff. [Original.]

Wednesday 23:44 · Zu Zu Mamou! [Original.]

Thursday 07:56 · @mezzoblue Use Tripit [Original, responding to @mezzoblue.]

Thursday 08:06 · the-magazine dot org by @marcoarment — writers whom I read regularly, only on iOS. Have fun in the hall of mirrors, guys. [Original.]

Thursday 10:53 · Help me plan my 2013: [Original.]

Thursday 10:56 · I look at Lanyrd and feel like my head’s going to explode. I mean, wow. [Original.]

Thursday 12:51 · @dangillmor Yeah, and the cellular-data signal in there is full of holes, too. [Original, responding to @dangillmor.]

Thursday 21:35 · Love the A's, but Detroit earned that fair & square. [Original.]

Friday 11:03 · Strong piece from @duncan on practical network neutrality: duncandavidson.com/blog/2012/10/connect_the_dots [Original.]

Friday 20:02 · I'm shocked... Shocked! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2012/10/12/ns-drunken-sailors.html?cmp=rss [Original.]

Friday 21:14 · This baseball thing... You know, it might catch on. [Original.]

Saturday 09:01 · “... at times heavy.” We know what that means. twitter.com/timbray/status/257148990175457280/photo/1 [Original.]

Saturday 09:57 · Enough on trolls, let’s pause and think of the trollfood, the victims. Amanda Todd, dead at 15. [Original.]

Saturday 10:03 · I’m a two-spacer myself: stevelosh.com/blog/2012/10/why-i-two-space/ [Original.]

Saturday 10:08 · Seems wrong to me that in the Gawker story, the troll’s victims are entirely absent. “People got mad” is all we hear. [Original.]

Saturday 19:02 · TV announcers are dissing the Yankee hitters, but it seems to me that Fister is on a streak, that’s all. It happens. [Original.]

Saturday 19:46 · @MattioV Facing October-quality pitching probably has an influence on that. [Original, responding to @MattioV.]

Saturday 19:51 · @fabulavancouver Prefer my cognac at room temperature… oh, OK [Original, responding to @fabulavancouver.]

Saturday 20:36 · 78: 9th-inning HR hitters’ aggregate age. [Original.]

Saturday 21:26 · RT @greenfield64: Somebody needs to tell the MLB script writers that no one will believe the post-season 9th innings they're writing. WA ... [Original.]

Sunday 17:27 · TIL that in Team Fortress 2, in one scene there’s a gnome you can pick up. It’s called Chomsky. <snicker> [Original.]

Sunday 22:32 · HOWTO make Lightroom automatically apply lens corrections on import: www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/10/14/Lightroom-hint [Original.]


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