Week ending Sunday 2012/11/18

Monday 13:21 · Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to #devoxx I go. [Original.]

Tuesday 01:57 · Good cheap data SIM at Schiphol? Ortel seems like a lousy deal. [Original.]

Tuesday 02:11 · @lrz k thanks. NL not so good... [Original, responding to @lrz.]

Tuesday 02:23 · @hwstrbk I knew that but thought there might be something regional... [Original, responding to @hwstrbk.]

Tuesday 02:31 · Feaugh, all trains out of Schiphol delayed due to fire. May have to resort to beer. [Original.]

Tuesday 02:32 · @johnsto Tap a few times on the release name (beginning JO) [Original, responding to @johnsto.]

Tuesday 03:04 · To get at developer options in Android 4.2, tap a few times on the Build Number in Settings. [Original.]

Tuesday 04:24 · @lrz I'm on Thalys from Amsterdam to Paris, hoping train stops at Antwerp as advertised. [Original, responding to @lrz.]

Tuesday 05:12 · Hurtling across the Low Countries, flat country, green country, misty country. The view from the train flatters few landscapes. [Original.]

Tuesday 06:35 · @djco Antwerp, #devoxx. AMS is by far the best place to fly into, nice quick Thalys train (when not delayed by fire at Schiphol) [Original, responding to @djco.]

Tuesday 22:46 · @glaforge Ouch! Where you coming from? [Original, responding to @glaforge.]

Tuesday 23:07 · Thousands of people converging on #devoxx in Antwerp from all over Europe. Belgian railways on strike. #bewaregeekwrath [Original.]

Wednesday 03:35 · Wow, the WiFi at #devoxx is holding up under the strain. Way to go, guys. [Original.]

Wednesday 03:42 · StartSSL looks very good: www.startssl.com/ [Original.]

Wednesday 03:48 · Stuck my head into @mikewest’s security preso to see how things were going, got stuck. Strong stuff. #devoxx [Original.]

Wednesday 06:23 · @julien51 Grab the code & run it yourself. Somebody was DOS-attacking me. [Original, responding to @julien51.]

Wednesday 06:34 · @evanpro @julien51 rubyforge.org/projects/ape/ [Original, responding to @evanpro.]

Wednesday 08:32 · Seats just a little too comfy at #devoxx for jetlagged Pacific-timezone people… snoozed a little bit in a rather-good session :( [Original.]

Thursday 23:51 · On the ground in Gaza, live-tweeting: @pdanahar [Original, responding to @pdanahar.]

Friday 17:26 · Working on a little gem, decided to use YARD; markup is nice but the HTML it makes looks like ass. [Original.]

Friday 17:28 · Of course the mature thing would be to shut up and send patches. [Original.]

Saturday 15:13 · Spent last week in Europe: www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/11/17/Europe [Original.]

Sunday 10:47 · Thinking Sandman Slim would be a pretty good big-budget movie franchise. Plenty of big megastar-vehicle roles too. [Original.]

Sunday 14:05 · RT @ChemiShalev: Horrendous pic, no matter which side you're on: four siblings killed in Gaza today (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem) t.c ... [Original.]

Sunday 15:54 · When you hear the word “warmonger”, think of this: www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?ID=292466&R=R1&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter [Original.]

Sunday 19:30 · A good way to track the continuing disaster: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pillar_of_Defense#18_November [Original.]

Sunday 19:45 · Janis Joplin #BestRockVoiceEver [Original.]

Sunday 19:57 · @joshtpm Janis Joplin #BestRockVoiceEver Go listen to “Cheap Thrills” [Original, responding to @joshtpm.]

Sunday 21:42 · RT @segphault: BREAKING: John McAfee and Hans Reiser founding new startup to build killer app that will bury the competition /cc @NextTe ... [Original.]


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