Friday, July 10, 2009 - Posts

Friday, July 10, 2009

a day in a life 2009.07.10

via @fractalnavel: in the last 24 hours:
  • 2009.07.10 13:50: @SowaJF
    @fractalnavel what's your insight on Google's upcoming (2010) Chrome OS? also; compared to Windows7 (220ct09), linux on netbooks -instant on
    http://twitter.com/fractalnavel/status/2532324166 echo echo echo ......
  • 2009.07.10 14:06: RT @slicknet Updated information about the Firefox 3.5/Firebug issue that causes XHR objects to misbehave: http://tr.im/rFBn
  • 2009.07.10 14:19: added a gae emailer handler to the python logging in my app. now it can call home if it's in distress. slowly cutting the apron strings...
  • 2009.07.10 14:27: a good practice i often forget: when there's a need to use a built-in class as a base class in multiple places, wrap it first & use wrapper
  • 2009.07.10 14:41: hmm - thinking of doing some serious refactoring, in the request handling layers
  • 2009.07.10 14:41: "if it ain't broke, you're not trying hard enough"
  • 2009.07.10 14:44: of course, there's always leaving well enough alone, & chalking it up to a learning experience.
  • 2009.07.10 14:46: refactoring gestalt: it's kinda like not wanting to date a woman because you don't like the way her internal organs are arranged ....
  • 2009.07.10 14:46: .... and then offering to "fix" things for her
  • 2009.07.10 14:48: of course, after you're done she'll be some sort of species / borg mash-up, but hey - that's cool
  • 2009.07.10 14:49: on the other hand, there's a 50-50 chance you'll turn her into a brick
  • 2009.07.10 14:50: ... and you still wouldn't want to date her
  • 2009.07.10 14:50: @craigg75
    @fractalnavel "wrap that rascal!"
    that does seem to be the theme of the day
  • 2009.07.10 14:54: yeah - this isn't new, people have been trying to remake each other in relationships forever
  • 2009.07.10 14:56: new book title: "codependent with your code: learning the difference between hacking & hurting"
  • 2009.07.10 14:59: rather than trying to "fix" this beast, maybe i should just sit back and admire its organic beauty
  • 2009.07.10 17:46: budget breaker: the cheap chinese buffet place is next door to the expensive beer/wine/liquor/tobacco/coffee place
  • 2009.07.10 19:06: well, my error email thingy works ok - be careful what you wish for...
  • 2009.07.10 19:22: gae: cool post-mortem on last week's outage: http://bit.ly/2tYIPL ?
  • 2009.07.10 19:54: @craigg75
    @fractalnavel don't bounce the emails between servers with rules like you did that one time :P
    huh - thanks for reminding me, i'll add that feature ;-)
  • 2009.07.10 21:47: regular expressions is starting to feel like vectors & arrays in physics: every course / book seems to want to include a chapter on them
  • 2009.07.10 21:47: yeah, like - if you haven't gotten that already, you're sure as hell not going to get the rest
  • 2009.07.10 21:48: @klaatu
    You know you're a geek if you mention your vinyl toy collection to a girl & then try to convince her you meant sex toys to cover it up.
    eh - you know you're a geek if it doesn't even occur to you to try
  • 2009.07.10 21:50: geekness is very zen - awareness is both required and prohibitive
  • 2009.07.10 21:51: once you're aware you're a member of the club - you're out
  • 2009.07.10 21:51: this is where "political leadership" gets it all wrong
  • 2009.07.10 21:53: example: geek moment: having a pi fight. moment over: someone points it out.
  • 2009.07.10 21:54: quantum physics is pretty much the same thing
  • 2009.07.10 21:55: along these sames lines, nike's "just do it" is an anthem for losers
  • 2009.07.10 21:58: i feel a koan coming on ... urp ... ok, i feel much better now...
  • 2009.07.10 22:01: "joiners" and "clubs" and "trends" are the anti-be's - in a truly healthy universe, that right column would not exist
  • 2009.07.10 22:02: ... nor would the column's container.
  • 2009.07.10 22:03: yet proclaiming "health" or otherwise of creation is empty - the machine marches on
  • 2009.07.10 22:06: @klaatu
    Berlin "sex academy" offers tantalizing tips for visitors: http://om.ly/?pkL
    coool, ti..s - er ... darn :-(
  • 2009.07.10 22:07: [this message brought to you by miscellaneous malt beverages]
  • 2009.07.10 22:22: rain - relief
  • 2009.07.10 23:08: @klaatu
    Database of sex positions http://bit.ly/4XE7M
    eh, every minor bend is considered a "new" position. proper sex is a continuum, not a collection of discretes
  • 2009.07.10 23:32: dogfishhead brewery has been doing some really amazing things with beverages lately
  • 2009.07.10 23:36: "theobroma", i think, is the name of the current sipping stock
  • 2009.07.11 00:00: flavor theme of the day sems to be leading me to some sort of mole sauce related dinner
  • 2009.07.11 01:41: damn good prices for steak & shrimp and mole chicken enchiladas, damn good chips & salsa too.
  • 2009.07.11 01:41: now its time to sit on the porch & drink chile & chocolate beer
  • 2009.07.11 02:41: sanity is that which is left after all the painful alternatives are discarded ... or is it the other way around ?
(pulled direct from twitter via custom job)
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