May 2009
232 posts
Some of my clients seem to have trouble understanding invoices with “due-by” dates: You owe me money. Pay me by then. Was that so hard?
Criticism of Wikipedia: “This article may be too long to comfortably read and navigate.” http://is.gd/KVkX (via @codinghorror)
WTF?! Pandora not working because it doesn’t like the fact that I’m out of the country?
I’ve had a very tiring day. Two and a half days left to what has been a great vacation, even if it wasn’t one. :)
Explaining @twitter to my cousin. She’s intrigued. ;)
I’m currently addicted to NFS: Undercover. Too bad the only PC I have capable of playing it is 6,000 miles away from home.
Evening, tweeps…
Happy holiday, to those of you who are doing that sort of thing… ;) #shavuot
Heading out of town…
Yikes. My internal clock is having serious issues. I keep thinking it’s Wednesday, and I just realized that it’s almost 1PM here.
#guruwednesday @twitterapi gurus: @jmathai @arikfr (yes, I’m making up a meme; deal with it ;)
Back hurts.
Twitter API best practice: schedule your cron jobs randomly. http://bit.ly/ZDdPK ^DW (via @twitterapi)
Slumdog Millionaire had some good cinematography, but the essential storyline was nothing new or special. They rarely are.
I love talking on the phone in public where nobody understands a word. (I was advising a friend on the construction of a shell script.)
Wow and it’s free! — Twitter on Paper “Putting Tweets On Paper Since May 26, 2009.” http://top.sampottsinc.com (via @juliaroy)
use Nike Plus to unlock your car… FTW! http://bit.ly/nKH5i (via @Stammy)
Heading for the hills… of Jerusalem.
To be perfectly honest, I’ve always preferred “write it from scratch” to “use a library”. Lately though, I’m beginning to see the light…
I think EpiCode is the framework I once dreamed of writing. Still do…
May 2009, Week 4: Dignity →
Miscommunication: starting wars since…now (via @noaheverett)
Accuse me of something I did: Fine. Accuse me of something I didn’t: Not fine. #youwouldntlikemewhenimangry
I have an extremely large craving right now for a drink with bubbles in it. Sadly, it is nearly 1:30AM - I’m going nowhere fast.
PubliciTweet, a new social marketing tool from @jmathai, is now open for business. Looks very promising.
Explaining Twitter and social marketing concepts over ice coffee in Center One (Jerusalem).
Fucking Facebook PHishing #ffph (via @abraham)
Why is truncating database tables so gratifying? :)
is there any reason not to put framebreaker code in every website? (via @codinghorror)
Design patterns that do not exist, but should: I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means. #fb (via @kevinmatheny)
Finally at the bus station/mall. Bus took forever, even by rush hour standards. Eating breakfast, then on to my first destination.
Heading out for the day. I’ll be in Jerusalem if anyone wants to meet up.
Up early. Seeing sister off to the airport.
rt @jzy “The Male Programmer Privilege Checklist” http://lafalafu.com/krc/privilege.html (via @codinghorror)
Doing absolutely nothing FTW :)
Just got back from fun near the Yam HaMelach (Salty Sea).
Bleh. 5:13 AM here and I haven’t slept yet. Putting music on, although I have to get up in an hour anyways… :(
I seem to have magically lost my cookies (again) in Safari on my iPod.
Can’t sleep. It’s 2:06 AM, and I’m still in jetlag hell. Beginning coding of http://lo.am/
Great! My idea for protecting my portable hard drive (enclosure w/ loose drive) worked: Stuff bubble wrap in :)
kthxbai
I just bought lo.am - now I have to figure out what to do with that fertile piece of ground ;) #playonwords
The bus drivers in this country are INSANELY GOOD drivers.
Just got back from my second awesome day in the Holy Land. It’s almost 1:00 AM here. Not tired *at all*. That could be a problem.
My internal clock is all messed up. I just slept like a rock for seven hours, and now it’s 7:20 AM.
Tweeting from the central bus station in Jerusalem. Shalom from the Holy Land tweeps!
May 2009, Week 3: Miracle →