My tweets on 2008-08-20

August 20th, 2008
  • Struggling to wake up & go to work again, not cuz I’m tired, but cuz I don’t want to do that work. Must intervene there or else BAD THINGS. #
  • Best way to get the development team better testing tools: make your managers be your testers. They’ll hate it, and want you to automate it. #
  • Realizing that I need a bit of a refresher on Python’s standard distribution model because it’s not really all that standard to begin with…. #
  • @grantyoung FTFF. It’s worst with WebDAV volumes and is for some reason seems even more noticeable with Apple’s own iDisk volume. Go figure. #
  • Haha! The fast, good, cheap triangle is the biz version of the tired, hungry, and horny triangle in D/s relationships; you can resolve any 2 #

Posted in General | No Comments »

My tweets on 2008-08-19

August 19th, 2008
  • Today’s plan of action: Wake up, go to work, wake up, do some work, wake up again, then maybe go to @WSG meetings later in the day. Maybe. #
  • Getting more ppl on a project makes for more talking and less coding. I’m reminded yet again of why I want to move to SF and join a startup. #
  • Finally feel like I can make real progress trying to learn Deliverance. Deliverance seems F’IN AWESOME: http://tinyurl.com/6mfntn XPath FTW! #
  • OMG, really. Up in arms about writing valid XHTML but then give me templates like this: <img … width=”139px” /> 139px? Srsly, WTF? #
  • Debating whether or not to go to the @WSG meeting tonight. Don’t want to miss keep missing them but unsure if I have the mental energy. #
  • Now I’m actually AT the @WSG meeting and can’t decide whether to STAY. Looks like biz geek city. I’m in the wrong mood for this thing. #
  • Speak of the devil. I just ran into like 5 coworkers and two acquaintences from a Drupal meeting. And still, I’m debating leaving. #
  • I ran into enough people I already know that leaving is weirder than staying. I’ll stick around after all. Why not, right? Sigh. #
  • The value of staying at this for me would be social, not technical, and I’m about ready to hit someone. That means it’s time to go. #
  • Wandering around downtown Sydney, grabbed some fast food, listening to Security Now to feel better. Great tech http://grc.com/feedback #
  • Wandering around downtown Sydney, grabbed some fast food, listening to Security Now to feel better. Great tech at http://grc.com/securitynow #
  • Shite! I’ve had a screwy email rule diverting msgs to the wrong place for a few days = I’ve probably missed your mail! Sorry, please resend! #
  • Submitting errata for my own book is amusing. In brighter news, the first Amazon review gives it a solid 4/5 stars http://tinyurl.com/5zglrv #

Posted in General | No Comments »

My tweets on 2008-08-18

August 18th, 2008
  • Finally got the author copy of http://tinyurl.com/mywebbook this morning. I spent ten minutes flipping through it, made me late for work. #
  • Had a tough morning, had lunch with @BloodyLaughter, then came back and initiated a much-needed red-flagging discussion with @factorypreset. #
  • I am reminded of the time when I heard someone say, “If you are angry at someone, it means you haven’t given them enough time to get it.” #
  • Left work earlier than normal in effort to make tonight productive on personal project front. It’s more interesting than work stuff. #
  • Do you think it’s sexist that the supermarket layout puts baby food right across the aisle from makeup and tampons? #
  • Made progress on the freelance gigs but not as much as I’d hoped. I am blocked by a headache, low energy, and a foggy brain. Solution? Food. #

Posted in General | No Comments »

My tweets on 2008-08-17

August 17th, 2008
  • About to start presentation on D/s relationships, but can barely think straight thanks to last night’s booze and cookies. Meep. #
  • Oh. That didn’t in very well at all. At least it’s good that I am incredibly harsh on myself. Maybe it wasn’t that bad…. #

Posted in General | No Comments »

My tweets on 2008-08-16

August 16th, 2008
  • @stefsull I called my health insurer, during call it became clear they had 2 records of me in their DB. Can we say data integrity problems? #
  • @ferric The thing about the git screw ups is that we lost no code, it was just not in the right place; git worked IN SPITE of its crazy use. #
  • @echomikeromeo I have never done that. Where are you going? Wherever it is, have a great time! Bring us pictures! #
  • Got a 2nd invite to a group sex blog, wants me to crosspost from my own. 1) that is bad for my SRPs and 2) that’s why I publish an RSS feed. #
  • @ferric No, I set up native git but am considering setting up a gitsvn conduit for our contractors who like svn. Me http://github.com/meitar #
  • At a cafe in Glebe watching the male half of a heterosexual couple humor the female half on her new dress purchase. So cute! #
  • Writing about interpersonal relationships as complex adaptive systems for our upcoming presentation on D/s Relationships. #
  • Exploring Sydney’s Camperdown and Leichhardt neighborhoods with @BloodyLaughter. It’s kind of really ugly here. #
  • Woah, we just stumbled across a gigantic beads store. I’ve spontaneously decided to buy @BloodyLaughter a present here. #
  • Holy craps @BloodyLaughter and I spent the last 2 and a half hours getting complimented on our presentations at a party. That’s weird. #

Posted in General | No Comments »

My tweets on 2008-08-15

August 15th, 2008
  • http://twiddla.com/ + Jabber voice chat = free remote conference call + interactive whiteboarding applications. Very, very cool+very free! #
  • …still writing internal documentation so that our rapidly growing number of developers all understand our semi-atypical git workflow… #
  • @ferric That’s cuz vi users are more practical than emacs’. It’s like the secular vs. religious parties. Emacs is religion, vi is real life. #
  • OMG TGIF. That is all. #
  • Cracking up at http://xkcd.com/463/ because it’s exactly how I feel about so many other things I witness every day…. Shall I count the ways? #
  • Reading Wikipedia page on “Virtual function”s the relationship between abstract classes, interfaces, and polymorphic inheritance dawns on me #

Posted in General | No Comments »

My tweets on 2008-08-14

August 14th, 2008
  • I like that I am very clearly no longer the disgruntled young boy, but rather the unafraid, vocal advocate for myself I always wanted to be. #
  • “Things should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” -Einstein. An oldie but a goodie from XML.com on SOA http://tinyurl.com/ome7j #
  • Trying VERY hard to tone down the irritability in my emails today. I suspect I’m failing, but then again maybe that’s actually a good thing. #
  • @CatalinaLoves Feel free to send an email my way whenever. I’d be utterly thrilled to get a not-business-related email right about now…. #
  • Possibly unconventional looks I love: t-shirt and undies, ribbon in one’s hair, sweater over collared shirt, plaid shirts on girls. #
  • Enjoying the realization of how much I’ve learned in the last 3 months while working with new tools. Not enjoying resistance to said tools. #
  • Rewriting git repository history in a project that has became way more complicated than it needed to be. Hopefully this should help…. #
  • Just finished untangling our repository’s messed up development branches. Coworker said: “Wow, it used to look like the London underground.” #
  • @stefsull That is a pet peeve of mine. Whenever I experience I lose confidence in the company’s technology and organizational ability. #
  • @ferric With great power comes great responsibility. SVN gives you less control over repo than git so harder to screw it up due to ignorance #
  • Bracing for the day by wearing my diplomat’s hat. I sense I will need it on at least two fronts of my job today. Crap, where’d I put it?! #

Posted in General | No Comments »

My tweets on 2008-08-13

August 13th, 2008
  • Fixing people’s tech issues one after the other. As usual, causes are almost always between the desk and the keyboard, but I won’t get mad. #
  • Reason 73 why I <3 Trac for IT: When my boss asks me “Why hasn’t X happened?” I can show the ticket he owns that hasn’t updated in 5 wks. #
  • Enjoying homemade pasta with chilli, onion, fresh tomato, and cheese for dinner tonight. Cheap, fast, yummy, and most importantly, relaxing. #
  • As if I needed any more convincing that tech support was mostly about figuring out what the hell people are asking for, I get another email… #
  • I feel disappointed in myself that, once again, I have let it become late, late at night and I have spent the entire evening at my computer. #

Posted in General | No Comments »

My tweets on 2008-08-12

August 12th, 2008
  • Tweet poll: What is the no. 1 thing you wish someone could have told you about D/s relationships before you knew much about them yourself? #
  • Trying to get Plone site running with buildout on Mac OS X, which is not as simple as it should be. Conclusion? Plone still has a way to go. #
  • Why Google rocks: http://tinyurl.com/639pvs Google Calendar now supports CalDAV, can do bi-directional sync to iCal! GREAT for small groups. #
  • How documentation saves money: your colleagues don’t spend 5 hrs each running into the same build problems as you did but didn’t write down. #
  • @CurvaceousDee Yeah, ESX Server 3.0.3 was just released. Very cool product but if all you want is a VM machine VMware Server works for free. #
  • Life changing git experience: client finds bug in code, I checkout new branch of code to fix, push changes—all remotely! Moral? Branch A LOT #
  • Fan of Skype? Use Skype over a LAN via Bonjour on Mac OS X: Skype → Preferences → Privacy → Enable Bonjour, then Skype → Window → Bonjour. #
  • Given up trying to keep up w/the things that used to be routine information and apologize if this means you. I’m still reading email, tho. #

Posted in General | No Comments »

My tweets on 2008-08-11

August 11th, 2008
  • This is not the parallel universe I wanted to wake up in today. Gonna go try to find myself a universe jumping machine. ….. #
  • Feedback from a blog reader: “Thanks for all the laughs and interesting thought provoking pieces.” :D Thank you for making my day better! #
  • Trying to get out of the studio before something else blows up and going to lunch with @BloodyLaughter to attempt to rectify a bad morning. #
  • @essinem They were probably spammers, the bastards. Twitter routinely gets rid of accounts that are spam, and I say good riddance to them! #
  • Chinese takeout and old video podcasts are not exactly how I envisioned this night, but there are worse things. Anyway, I got me some booze. #
  • Watching Mike Cohn speak about “transitioning” http://tinyurl.com/6c7v68 and I don’t mean gender. #
  • Choice excerpt of mine from a convo w/colleague tonight: “The only silver bullets are the things we can do ourselves to reduce complexity.” #

Posted in General | No Comments »

« Previous Entries