Twitterings - May 2008

• @strawpoll - sometimes half empty, sometimes half full, maybe just bigger than it needs to be. It depends on the day and what's in my glass. May 01, 2008

• Weird bugs in twhirl. It supports multiple accounts, but forgets the second every time. I'm getting tired of reopening and reconfiguring. :( May 02, 2008

• Second twhirl problem. It can't run under two Mac OS X accounts at the same time. It crashes. Not so for other apps. Maybe an Adobe AIR bug? May 02, 2008

• @strawpoll - 2. my email preference is and has always been for a desktop client. Though, I must admit web clients can be handy on occasion. May 05, 2008

• Synchronicity - @strawpoll recently asked: Is the glass half full or half empty? Half of respondents answered each way. 50:50 half 'n half. May 05, 2008

• Micro$oft walks away from Yahoo! - I'm relieved. I wasn't looking forward to seeing M$ devour another company, especially not a popular one. May 05, 2008

• End of work. On the train, heading home. DH returns tonight from a trip out of town. Looking forward to sweetie and cats. I dislike Mondays. May 05, 2008

• I've started using Twitterific for reading Twitter. I don't like the gray-on-black but am promised this will change in future version. Paid. May 06, 2008

• @megfowler - Happiness is a warm lap. Happiness is cats snuggled on me. Happiness is waking up wrapped in fur. Happiness is purrs and mews. May 06, 2008

• Our local Chinese restaurant agreed to make us Toffee Banana (we supplied the bananas). We used to get this in DC but not common around SF. May 06, 2008

• Riding the train. The man behind me has food. A strong smell of onions. At this time of morning! Why does Caltrain allow eating on trains? May 07, 2008

• We each have a "scratch 'n sniff" card in our mailboxes. It's a promotion for a new internal tool. This is a Very Weird Company I work for. May 07, 2008

• New workplace game, along the lines of Buzzword Bingo. Play "Spot The Typo" in the internal company promotional flyers. Nobody proofs these. May 07, 2008

• I can understand why some people make their Twitter feed private. What I can't understand is then publishing the Twitter link on your blog. May 07, 2008

• Dear co-workers: For business email, the word "your" should contain 4 letters, beginning with 'yo'. Please make a note of that. Thanks much. May 08, 2008

• @bharani1008 Welcome to Twitter. One way to find people is Google "Twitter", read some blogs, follow those people, then see who they follow. May 08, 2008

• @bharani1008 - You can has LOLCats in Twitter. Follow ichcheezburger for all teh cheezburger fun. Also icanhaschzbgr for news, info n stuff. May 08, 2008

• @megfowler - I think self-deprecation is silly. Is it pretense? Is it fear? Be confident! Self-promotion preferred, depends on circumstance. May 08, 2008

• @megfowler - never put yourself down. Someone else is always willing to do that. You're your own best advocate. Self-promotion plus honesty. May 08, 2008

• Saw a young boy, 9 or 10, with "hair tattoos". HIs head was partially shaved w/ geometric patterns, swirls shaved into the fuzz. Impressive. May 10, 2008

• It's so good (if historically uncommon) to have a reasonable manager. I can say "I need tasks" and not fear to be given busywork. Thank you! May 12, 2008

• Back from vet visit with two of the cats. Annual checkup. Poke, prod, & vaccine. Raven's "canine" teeth need rubbing of the gums, poor baby. May 13, 2008

• @pistachio - tchotchkes is easy to spell, you just need to get the rhythm rght. Tch O Tch. As for caipirinhas, though, you've got me there. May 14, 2008

• Walking back to my cubicle from the other side of the building, I like to take the scenic route. Outside, through the courtyard. Spring air. May 14, 2008

• Why do so many managers think they have to play "Mommy"? I don't need (or want) a mommy. I need you to confirm priorities and block for me. May 14, 2008

• Just keep the biggest obstacles out of my way and let me do my job. Don't tell me how I should have done it. Don't try to do it for me. May 14, 2008 from Twidget

• There's a facebook group with >200,000 members commited to panic-buying carrots tomorrow. I live in such a different world from some ... ... May 14, 2008

• @jwynia My all-time favorite vanishing bug did so when I inserted a single debug print statement. I left it in, printing nothing, commented. May 14, 2008

• I ran into an old friend this morning, a co-worker from my second job. He now works at the same company I'm at. Small Valley strikes again. May 15, 2008

• Meeting with HR in 5 min to discuss my job title/description. "Technical Writer" describes only a fraction of what I do. Content management. May 15, 2008

• Caltrain is on "Level 1 heat restriction" which means the tracks "are hot and they're wiggly". We don't want wiggling. So 60mph max speed. May 15, 2008

• We're having a heat wave. 83 F in my home office. Ceiling fan now running. Most days, we have natural AC, a steady 13 mph breeze. Not today. May 16, 2008

• I hate disappointing people, especially when I did something that's entirely in character for me but now I have to listen to "should-have"s. May 16, 2008

• So, do I nod and lie and say I'll try changing next time? Or am I honest and say "this is who I am, get used to it." I hate confrontations. May 16, 2008

• The latest heat wave is officially over. Living room is now down to 70. I'm watching fog roll in from the northwest. I love where I live. May 17, 2008

• @kplawver - Mmmmmm, cinnamon toast! I love cinnamon toast. Tell your boys a Twitter friend in California will eat theirs. Now I'm hungry. May 18, 2008

• @megfowler - I adore lilacs. I grew up with a purple lilac tree outside my bedroom window. Two stories tall. Huge blossoms. I envy you. May 18, 2008

• @missrogue - The Yoyo was a device that handled Caller ID for the Macintosh, but before its time. Caller ID not prevalent. Yoyo failed. Sad. May 18, 2008

• @TWalk - The SOunds of SIlence was my first owned single; 33rpm vinyl. Especially requested for Xmas. I think I was 13. Enjoying this topic. May 18, 2008

• My train just overshot the station, got stuck past the intersection, had to wait for traffic to clear, then backed up. Not the first time. May 19, 2008

• How difficult can it be to plan for, see, and stop at a station on a straight stretch of track in broad daylight? Regular weekday schedule. May 19, 2008

• It's been warm lately so I didn't grab a jacket when I left the house. It was windy at the train station. Now I'm chilled. More fool me. :-( May 21, 2008

• @acriley - online communities tend to form around areas of interest. "Real" communities tend to form around physical locale. Not as diverse. May 21, 2008

• Discussing community with @MWendyHaylett. Internet technology has not isolated people as is often discussed, rather has created communites. May 22, 2008

• @strawpoll - I generally buy and read paperbacks; more fit on the shelf. But for books I want to keep "forever" (or thick!), hardcover wins. May 22, 2008

• I've got Robert Jordan and Terry Goodkind in hardcover, partly by preference but also, a paperback that long can crack the spine on reading. May 22, 2008

• The ergo person is in my coworker's cube giving advice. When I was forced to endure the"ergo eval" I kept saying "I KNOW what works for me". May 22, 2008

• They keep giving "professional" advice. But I'm the one using the setup. Real life experience beats theory in my book. Left mousing fails. May 22, 2008

• Reading Twitter in twitterific. Noticing that @fncll 's icon seems to have multiple pulsing layers against the default #666 gray background. May 22, 2008

• @nazgul and @shermpendley tweeting about Twitter in Comics. I recently dscovered Geek and Poke. Lots of fun there. http://tinyurl.com/3bplmd May 22, 2008

• Lunch today featured "roasted chili marinated pork". Tasty but Picante. Chef says "I was trying for medium". This passed medium a ways back. May 22, 2008

• @tui7 - spouse and I call this kind of ambient music "Air Pudding" (a reference to a Doonesbury comic strip) http://tinyurl.com/69z3um May 22, 2008

• Testing the TWIki twitterfeed. If you use TWiki, follow @twikiorg to have TWikish tweets retweeted by @twikifriends. I use TWiki every day. May 22, 2008

• TWiki is an Open Source structured wiki. Well tailored for companies. So, what's a Wiki? I'm so glad you asked. :) http://tinyurl.com/52b7gf May 22, 2008

• My manager took a Leadership class; attendees were given a jellybean jar (sweet leaders?). JellyBelly beans. Save her from herself. Sugar! May 22, 2008

• Squeezing beautiful homegrown lemons. Not ours, more's the pity; these were a gift. 3 lemons = 1 cup juice. When FIL gives lemons, lemonade. May 23, 2008

• We live near Golden Gate National cemetary. For Memorial Day, a small American flag is planted next to every stone, an impressive display. May 24, 2008

• @Ihnatko - and here I really enjoy the idea that @marsphoenix is actually twittering for itself! Anthropomorphizing at its best. Go Phoenix! May 26, 2008

• I have upgraded to Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). There were some glitches, including a user error with Firewire, but I'm up and working, A-OK. May 27, 2008

• Time Machine is preparing backup 0 on Leopard. Why this is So. Very. Slow. I do not know. It's 10% finished and has been running for hours. May 27, 2008

• A small bird tried to land on our frontyard anemometer this morning. One loop around the carousel; small bird thought balloon said "Whoops!" May 28, 2008

• Today I will upgrade the at-Work computer to Leopard. First, a full backup of the internal disk. Have you seen the Maxtor OneTouch drive? May 28, 2008

• The cat is sitting just above my keyboard. This mean that, sometimes, his paws are on the keyboard. He gets comfier. I get strange typing. May 30, 2008

• I am really liking the new look of iCal in Mac OS X Leopard. "Show info" for an event took a little time to get used to, but I'm now a fan. May 30, 2008

• 12-pound dust moosie on our living room rug. Technically, it's a cat, but it looks for all the world like a dust moosie from this angle. May 31, 2008

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