Week ending Sunday 2013/05/12

Monday 09:24 · Best Twitter faux-follower account name of the day: Deterring Wainscot. [Original.]

Monday 09:26 · @pamelafox I’m the opposite; got 2 kids & weekends are when I’m most needed. Often just can’t attend interesting weekend meetups :( [Original, responding to @pamelafox.]

Monday 21:50 · Two tab sweeps for the price of one! and [Original.]

Monday 23:05 · Some remarkable photographs; Wonderland by Kirsty Mitchell: www.kirstymitchellphotography.com/collection.php?album=5 [Original.]

Monday 23:12 · Pictures by a Vietnam-War helicopter pilot: charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2013/steve_vietnam_2/ [Original.]

Monday 23:47 · @carlmalamud Carve that in stone and pour yourself a drink, man. [Original, responding to @carlmalamud.]

Tuesday 00:00 · Woah, can this be real? Star-Trek-lovin’ judge wins the Internet: www.popehat.comhttp/www.popehat.com/2013/05/06/does-prenda-believe-in-no-win-scenarios-because-judge-wright-just-gave-them-one/ [Original.]

Tuesday 10:37 · English pronunciation in North America: aschmann.net/AmEng/ … must look away or I’ll spend the next hour here ... [Original.]

Tuesday 10:55 · The CSS Zen Garden is back! mezzoblue.com/archives/2013/05/07/10_years/ Few young webfolk understand how massively influential the Garden was. [Original.]

Tuesday 11:10 · @mezzoblue Oops. I assume that, just like me, everyone who was a CZG fan 10 years back threw links in every direction. [Original, responding to @mezzoblue.]

Tuesday 20:35 · Woah, only 2 weeks to Gluecon www.gluecon.com/2013/ Outstanding general-purpose-geek-conclave; can’t wait. [Original.]

Tuesday 21:42 · @defrag Toss in some Boris and Sunn O))) [Original, responding to @defrag.]

Tuesday 23:52 · It’s 23:51 and I’m still working. Incoming Google IO... [Original.]

Wednesday 10:10 · Seems routine these days, if you enjoy a book by someone you should follow them on Twitter. Just followed @laurenbeukes [Original, responding to @laurenbeukes.]

Wednesday 10:10 · I wonder if there are interesting authors who are boring/lame/putrid on Twitter? [Original.]

Wednesday 10:35 · @_sc I’m a blogger not an author you peasant. [Original, responding to @_sc.]

Wednesday 18:06 · The last time I wrote 500 lines of Java code in a day, I’m pretty sure I was using a stone axe. #brainfeelslikewetkleenex #notdoneyet [Original.]

Wednesday 18:12 · @tenderlove Never been good at abstractions [Original, responding to @tenderlove.]

Wednesday 18:13 · I do however remember “Visual J++”. That was before stone axes were invented. That’s unfair, it was actually pretty good. [Original.]

Wednesday 21:30 · Cheery spring flower pix: [Original.]

Thursday 08:19 · Late last night, I posted some extremely colorful & cheery spring-flowers shots. Good morning! [Original.]

Thursday 08:47 · @tenderlove Possibly he had an alternative lifestyle. [Original, responding to @tenderlove.]

Friday 00:03 · Not remotely ready for IO. #jointhecrowd [Original.]

Friday 18:17 · Dear OS X, please don’t park windows under the dock where I can’t get them when I unplug the outboard screen. kthksby [Original.]

Friday 23:12 · @juliaferraioli So, I take it you don’t just throw a few things in a rollie. [Original, responding to @juliaferraioli.]

Saturday 08:51 · RT @AllysonMcGrane: @timbray Did you know that walking dogs who pee on the territory of other neighbourhood dogs is a lot like playing Ingr… [Original.]

Saturday 09:33 · @colbycosh Feels super close. People had it with Libs but Dix a ho-hum salesman. [Original, responding to @colbycosh.]

Saturday 09:36 · Beating up on Dan Brown: www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10049454/Dont-make-fun-of-renowned-Dan-Brown.html [Original.]

Saturday 18:23 · @nelson Teslas are greener up here in the Pacific-NW, electricity is largely hydroelectric. Cool calc, thanks. [Original, responding to @nelson.]

Saturday 18:24 · Check out @nelson doing the numbers on Tesla mileage: www.somebits.com/weblog/tech/tesla-vs-gas-car-cost.html [Original.]

Saturday 20:33 · @finitor @avibryant @nelson The zero-carbon-load number is nice. And we have enough rivers we can afford to interrupt a few. [Original, responding to @finitor.]

Sunday 00:41 · Workshop at a farm I visited: [Original.]

Sunday 10:48 · idontwantyourfuckingapp tumblr: idontwantyourfuckingapp.tumblr.com/ [Original.]

Sunday 10:57 · This geek switches to a tablet as a full time programming/writing workstation: bergie.iki.fi/blog/six-weeks-working-android/ Don’t think I could, but cool. [Original.]

Sunday 15:25 · Chris Hadfield signs out with a song. Hokey, granted, but sort of moving: [Original.]

Sunday 15:39 · When you need creative-commons-licensed UNICORNS AND RAINBOWS for conference slides, where are they? Stupid Internet. [Original.]

Sunday 15:40 · Wait… there it is! www.thingiverse.com/thing:49952 [Original.]


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