Week ending Sunday 2013/07/07

Monday 13:46 · To the 2 (?!) who bought Neato XV-21 Pet & Allergy Automatic Vacuums @ Amazon after visiting my blog: Thanks for next months’ books! [Original.]

Tuesday 08:01 · @feedbinapp @scrosland I'm not going to have time to add xml:base handling to Feedzirra in the near future. [Original, responding to @feedbinapp.]

Tuesday 10:06 · A really first-rate stone-simple app: “Our Groceries.” Does one thing really well: shared shopping lists. [Original.]

Tuesday 10:11 · @DaxFrost 1. with my wife/kids 2. people I’m going camping with 3. organizing Christmas dinner. etc etc [Original, responding to @DaxFrost.]

Tuesday 11:16 · An apparently-serious argument for abolishing the Internet: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/robert-samuelson-of-internet-threats-and-cyberattacks/2013/06/30/df7bd42e-e1a9-11e2-a11e-c2ea876a8f30_story.html [Original.]

Tuesday 13:35 · Meta meta meta! [Original.]

Tuesday 14:09 · App is crashing as though Sinatra were losing sessions… searching reveals that yeah, Sinatra loses sessions. Feaugh. [Original.]

Tuesday 19:45 · Listened to “Bitches Brew” recently? [Original.]

Tuesday 21:40 · @BrentToderian It’s not the number of followers, it’s who they are. What proportion of urban-policy influencers follow you? [Original, responding to @BrentToderian.]

Tuesday 22:03 · @BrentToderian Cool. So only follow people who contribute to your ability to add value. Well, or who are just smart/entertaining. [Original, responding to @BrentToderian.]

Wednesday 08:19 · The war for the free and open internet — and how we are losing it | Sue Gardner's Blog - suegardner.org/2013/06/26/the-war-for-the-free-and-open-internet-and-how-we-are-losing-it/ [Original.]

Wednesday 10:45 · “Snowden should seek asylum in the only place on the planet that is completely beyond reach of US law enforcement.” [Original.]

Wednesday 10:53 · RIP Doug Engelbart. A sad day. [Original.]

Wednesday 11:04 · @artlung Email from his daughter to the IETF, should be in the archive soon: www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/maillist.html [Original, responding to @artlung.]

Wednesday 11:37 · Official word on Engelbart: www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg80472.html [Original.]

Wednesday 12:47 · It’s a miracle the Internet works at all: rssdateformats.tumblr.com/ [Original.]

Wednesday 20:04 · @tenderlove The real question is, whose Amazon Associates cookie were you carrying so they get 6% of your undie juice? [Original, responding to @tenderlove.]

Wednesday 20:11 · I got a 4th-of-July-eve present; Feedly fixed their Atom parsing so my feed (www.tbray.org/ongoing/ongoing.atom) works again. Thanks! [Original.]

Wednesday 20:17 · @therealfitz @twleung Meanwhile in Fuji-X-land… & www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/xf_lens/roadmap/ [Original, responding to @therealfitz.]

Thursday 22:02 · @veganstraightedge Use a validator too. [Original, responding to @veganstraightedge.]

Friday 08:33 · Spies, hypocrites, and fools: [Original.]

Saturday 00:02 · RT @c_pruett: Maybe instead of difficulty modes we should have lifestyle modes. "College student," "Working Parent," etc. [Original.]

Sunday 17:12 · Name of a boat I saw today: “A l’eau c’est l’heure”. Took me a minute or two to get it. Really not bad. [Original.]

Sunday 19:50 · @colbycosh If you were doing political violence, you probably wouldn’t pick Lac-Mégantic for a venue. [Original, responding to @colbycosh.]


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