Twitter: 2016-10-31 Mon 07:31

After a week listening to “Psychobilly / Gothabilly” and “Metal Xplorer” playlists my Spotify suggestions finally moved past earnest indie.

Twitter: 2016-10-31 Mon 07:37

Took advantage of @OReillyMedia “Best of October” to get @practicingdev’s “Programming Beyond Practices”

http://shop.oreilly.com/category/deals/best-of-oreilly.do?code=DEAL&imm_mid=0ea17b&cmp=em-na-books-videos-lp-dod_october_best_20161031_deal

Twitter: 2016-10-31 Mon 09:41

Sure. Yes. Ok. Perl is practical and more widely used than anyone cares to admit. But the Acme modules make it fun.

https://opensource.com/life/16/10/trick-or-treat-funny-perl-modules

Twitter: 2016-10-31 Mon 10:49

Ordered though budget is tight because this shirt makes a point that cannot be ignored.

https://twitter.com/JacobyDave/status/793146615133507584

Twitter: 2016-10-31 Mon 11:56

Touch Band controls arranged in an aesthetically pleasing but out of the way strip around the base of the tree.

https://twitter.com/thurrott/status/793163840590639104

Twitter: 2016-10-31 Mon 12:59

Marking the holiday.

Twitter: 2016-10-31 Mon 17:48

WTF applies

https://twitter.com/Rainyday8169/status/793250149283749888

Twitter: 2016-10-31 Mon 19:19

I put my makeup on myself!

Twitter: 2016-10-31 Mon 19:58

The goal was ritual more than costume. Still fun of course.

Twitter: 2016-10-31 Mon 23:18

What if I just left the black color in the - no.

showers

Twitter: 2016-10-30 Sun 00:46

Hm. I reached the end of my attention span for this picture.

Twitter: 2016-10-30 Sun 10:50

No and tbh if one did that would be a significant enough aberration that I’d send it back.

https://twitter.com/adereth/status/791999792746491904

Twitter: 2016-10-30 Sun 15:30

Laughed enough at intro to latest @greaterthancode episode that I crashed the thunderbolt hub. No I don’t know how.

Thanks a lot, folks.

Twitter: 2016-10-30 Sun 16:07

My new hobby: skimming for clumsy customer service replies to angry customer tweets. Okay, mainly just Sprint.

https://twitter.com/sprintcare/status/792860950596612096

Twitter: 2016-10-30 Sun 16:52

Time to ask what code does every time I see it until somebody documents it. If “somebody” is me I’m taking the rest of them down with me.

Twitter: 2016-10-30 Sun 17:41

okay no point in spending any more of my Sunday screaming at this code. Time to scream at some other code instead.

Twitter: 2016-10-30 Sun 17:42

I will never run out of code that I want to scream at.

Still - good to know, thanks.

https://twitter.com/mmastrac/status/792889260609196032

Twitter: 2016-10-30 Sun 19:16

Less sketchy more code-y this evening. Playing with Elm.

Twitter: 2016-10-29 Sat 09:34

Currently: dissecting art blogs.

Well, they’re not dead so I suppose it’s not dissection. Just close examination.

Twitter: 2016-10-29 Sat 12:13

When a platform’s power users can’t figure out how to use your thing, you’ve improved your thing beyond repair.

Thanks, Twitter.

https://twitter.com/sarahmei/status/792440378683109376

Twitter: 2016-10-29 Sat 15:54

Deathgasm. Very entertaining.

Twitter: 2016-10-29 Sat 19:20

Just doing some plain old fashioned drawing-of-things right now. https://t.co/vInQh3riDp

Twitter: 2016-10-28 Fri 00:33

Strange things pop into my head when I should be sleeping.

Twitter: 2016-10-28 Fri 07:36

Trying to write a thing about 2016. Quick question: is the correct usage “a historic dumpster fire” or “an historic dumpster fire?”

Twitter: 2016-10-28 Fri 14:01

“Mistakes were made.”

Twitter: 2016-10-28 Fri 18:00

Hey it’s Friday night let’s get drunk and try to make hardware work with Linux.

Twitter: 2016-10-28 Fri 18:27

I’ll forgive the blasphemy against the one true holiday because it’s otherwise a valid point.

https://twitter.com/jonnysun/status/792175511615209472

Twitter: 2016-10-28 Fri 19:20

Damn. I didn’t have enough beer to get the Bluetooth headset mic working. Oh well. Maybe next week.

Twitter: 2016-10-28 Fri 21:38

It was dry enough out and I had enough energy to go for a walk. That was nice.

Twitter: 2016-10-27 Thu 08:10

Mailed in my ballot the other day. As a white male without a college degree I should mention that I did not vote for the cheeto.

Twitter: 2016-10-27 Thu 09:31

I finally think of a use for Vine and they shut it down.

https://medium.com/@vine/important-news-about-vine-909c5f4ae7a7#.14bs1xfie

Twitter: 2016-10-27 Thu 09:36

Could those damn birds chirp a bit more quietly?

You know, a hangover wouldn’t be so bad if I’d actually had anything to drink last night.

Twitter: 2016-10-27 Thu 10:07

holy crap are they holding family members of the audience hostage or something? #appleevent

Twitter: 2016-10-27 Thu 10:15

oh hey it’s that guy from that company that just laid off 10% of their workforce and shut down a popular service. #appleevent

Twitter: 2016-10-27 Thu 10:21

Watching #appleevent show us TV stuff that I have no interest in, while my mind wanders. https://t.co/SgHZT9YK35

Twitter: 2016-10-27 Thu 10:24

No but I do know folks that will like the #appleevent TV. I’m just not one of them.

Twitter: 2016-10-27 Thu 10:33

Well at least there’s an Esc thing to tap. #appleevent

Twitter: 2016-10-27 Thu 10:40

Yes, yes. Touch Bar is lovely. Beautiful feature.

What? Sorry I was distracted.

Please continue the enthralling #appleevent https://t.co/bLV6ghXuQK

Twitter: 2016-10-27 Thu 10:46

Can’t help noticing the hunt-scrub-peck Touch Bar experience in the #appleevent demo.

Yeah I think I’ll tune out now.

Twitter: 2016-10-27 Thu 10:47

Let’s just hit Esc to close the full-screen player and get back to work

#appleevent

Twitter: 2016-10-27 Thu 10:54

glances over to see no ports for any device he has

shakes head

Oh, Apple.

keeps typing

#appleevent

Twitter: 2016-10-27 Thu 10:57

quits Safari

turns music back on

I’m sure you’ll all let me know if anything interesting happens in the rest of #appleevent

Twitter: 2016-10-27 Thu 16:54

🤔 on when Apple had the smoothest presentations & we were just happy if Microsoft didn’t accidentally light themselves on fire on stage

Twitter: 2016-10-27 Thu 17:46

I’ll keep my now obsolete MBP, with function keys and all, thank you very much. I just got Linux working on it.

Twitter: 2016-10-26 Wed 07:10

Consciousness is overrated.

Twitter: 2016-10-26 Wed 07:50

The Microsoft AR / VR creation demo reminds me of building in Second Life. Suddenly I realize this could be a new dawn for furries.

Twitter: 2016-10-26 Wed 08:01

Remote meeting.

Camera on.

Me, thinking: don’t pick your nose. don’t pick your nose. don’t pick your nose.

Twitter: 2016-10-26 Wed 11:38

SEATTLE WEATHER ALERT

life is bereft of meaning and purpose

there is no coffee

it might be raining

who cares

CATCH OUR LIVESTREAM

Twitter: 2016-10-26 Wed 14:49

Sometimes I get flashbacks to using Word on a PS/2 while using Vim in a terminal. Feels like death by a thousand “good enough” solutions.

https://twitter.com/garybernhardt/status/791395177390714881

Twitter: 2016-10-26 Wed 15:32

Current mood encapsulated by Tom Waits - Filipino Box Spring Hog

https://youtu.be/LuRfJDYl6Ts

Twitter: 2016-10-26 Wed 16:59

within half an inch of the October record. With a cheery note that November is when we get the real rain.

https://twitter.com/Q13FOX/status/791427675084554240

Twitter: 2016-10-26 Wed 17:06

We have over 40 descriptives for precipitation in the pacific northwest

https://twitter.com/ScottSKOMO/status/791430723811106816

Twitter: 2016-10-26 Wed 18:08

Tonight on “Hello old people why are you still up it’s nearly 6:30”

Yes I should be going to bed soon to dream of horrible TV I enjoyed.

https://twitter.com/RetroNewsNow/status/791446133893570560

Twitter: 2016-10-26 Wed 18:37

#firsthiphopmemory “The Message” - Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five

In Idaho then. Yay cable! (MTV + Night Flight)

https://youtu.be/O4o8TeqKhgY

Twitter: 2016-10-26 Wed 19:07

Me with LRT https://t.co/rVx4vU1YPq

Twitter: 2016-10-26 Wed 21:08

SEATTLE WEATHER UPDATE

a lot of rain

which is almost as confusing as a clear day

where is my fine constant mist

Twitter: 2016-10-26 Wed 23:16

Sometimes I just want to make squiggly lines that almost look like something https://t.co/jBsjRo50XB

Twitter: 2016-10-25 Tue 06:04

Panicked canceling renewal of individual dental account before it gets deducted & leaves other bills in the lurch.

FAX?

Oh whatever. Fine.

Twitter: 2016-10-25 Tue 07:12

ah, budgeting.

Twitter: 2016-10-25 Tue 08:59

Oh hey a rainbow.

Twitter: 2016-10-25 Tue 19:12

I’ll drive there faster with car keys

Twitter: 2016-10-24 Mon 10:48

#goals

https://twitter.com/seldo/status/790602429054070784

Twitter: 2016-10-24 Mon 12:12

WE COULDN’T FIND A CAT

USED A LOBSTER INSTEAD

BECAUSE THAT MAKES IT SECURE

https://twitter.com/alexcrdean/status/790494111396691968

Twitter: 2016-10-24 Mon 12:16

Jack Chick died.

Ah.

Well.

Okay 2016, you can have that one.

Twitter: 2016-10-24 Mon 14:44

“Would you describe yourself as a gamer, Brian?”

Well let’s see what the profile has to say about that.

Twitter: 2016-10-24 Mon 16:44

There I voted

Twitter: 2016-10-24 Mon 17:30

BMMR ATH MOM

https://twitter.com/fake90skid_/status/739847398940368896

Twitter: 2016-10-24 Mon 18:29

I skip straight to the cleanup and apology, myself. Gotta be me.

Sorry.

https://twitter.com/tw2113/status/790726777198907392

Twitter: 2016-10-24 Mon 19:11

yep that sounds like sex all right

https://twitter.com/sextsbot/status/790736842878488577

Twitter: 2016-10-24 Mon 20:10

I got an idea

Twitter: 2016-10-24 Mon 22:58

Dunno but pretty sure it’s a bad kitty. https://t.co/J2PnK1jbZH

Twitter: 2016-10-23 Sun 08:59

They: “Do you remember when you were a kid and life seemed so much easier?”

Me: “No.”

mainlines candy corn

https://twitter.com/JT_Grimes/status/790220863538802688

Twitter: 2016-10-23 Sun 14:04

TFW you see someone that looks like a person you know online but haven’t met in person.

I squeaked out a “hi” which is huge progress.

Twitter: 2016-10-23 Sun 14:24

Tribby takes an ominous turn

https://twitter.com/godtributes/status/790302819953864704

Twitter: 2016-10-23 Sun 15:31

switched from brew to macports a bit ago. Forgot to clean out the Cellar until today. Now everything crashes.

Oops.

Reinstalling.

Twitter: 2016-10-23 Sun 17:17

Friend gave me their homeopathic tincture. 5x dilution something making me feel good or maybe the 27% alcohol content.

Barely a gulp though

Twitter: 2016-10-23 Sun 23:04

Amazing what you can accomplish when you give up on drawing a straight line.

It me btw.

Twitter: 2016-10-22 Sat 10:01

This morning: coffee and adapting Ubuntu notes to fine-tune my openSUSE install.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro11-1/utopic

Twitter: 2016-10-22 Sat 10:15

Some dogs have an amazing ability to sense illness.

Dog has an amazing ability to sense productivity.

Time for a walk.

Twitter: 2016-10-22 Sat 11:04

And now errands. Kind of hate my day now.

Twitter: 2016-10-22 Sat 11:50

Where was I?

Reading about systemd.

Um.

Maybe I can find another errand to run.

Twitter: 2016-10-22 Sat 13:00

Having a hard time filtering stimuli today

Twitter: 2016-10-22 Sat 18:01

Been 8 hours. Those few minutes of being in the zone for the first time in weeks are a vague memory. But hey a lot of daily tedium is done.