Thursday, May 15, 2008

Tweets for Today

  • 15:19 2nd SATA drive mysteriously unmounted; kernel panic from SATA driver a few minutes later. So long, 68 days of uptime. #
  • 15:36 Funny how people are really latching onto the concept of a 720x480 screen for the rumored offspring of the iPhone and the Newton. #
  • 15:45 Vampire Weekend reference in "Sally Forth"? WTF? tinyurl.com/6rj6dy #
  • 16:02 Seems like once an afternoon, around 3 or so, I have one Time Machine backup that takes *forever* to finish. Like >1 hour. #
  • 16:56 Uverse is being such a pain in the ass about this service transfer that I am *tempted* to go back to Comcast. And I really hate those guys. #
  • 16:59 Really wanting to strangle someone at AT&T right now. a) they don't list my new apartment; b) have to return all old equipment and get new. #
  • 17:01 If they can't schedule service installation close to my current move date, maybe I'll take whatever Comcast's current promo is. #
  • 17:05 Downfall of AT&T will again be their customer service. Haven't forgotten those 1 hr wait times for ATT mobile customer service in '03-'04. #
  • 01:01 Trying Hulu out for the first time to watch the Office episode I missed last week. Bad compression + hand camera = unwatchable. #
  • 02:00 This might be my worst nightmare: tinyurl.com/5qtv85 #
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Tweets for Today

  • 11:45 No Age album is alternately Broken Social Scene and Tines New Viking. Odd combo, but it's synergistic: more PB&J than nuts & gum. #
  • 12:54 Ugh. Getting the feeling transferring Uverse service is going to be a pain. They have to confirm availability at new apt. #
  • 12:54 And God knows when I'll be able to get an appointment. #
  • 13:08 Claims that Death Cab have gone in some new direction on "Narrow Stairs" must primarily be from people unfamiliar with their back catalog. #
  • 13:54 Been observed before, but "You Can Do Better Than Me" is *very* Pet Sounds. Organ, sleigh bells, timpani in part give that effect. #
  • 14:26 Bah. Go so long without using Awk that I have to brush up anytime I want to use it. Might be faster to write Perl. #
  • 15:39 Just had a meeting about our web server's hard drive being full. They were talking in circles until I showed up. #
  • 15:39 At which point I pointed out that either a) there's junk on there that needs to come off or b) we need a bigger drive. #
  • 15:41 So the next step would be to figure out exactly where all our space was going. Logic saves the day! #
  • 16:15 1 seminar on a new genetic technique, 1 on getting a job. Guess which I chose? First one has dinner, so I'll try to sneak in there later. #
  • 16:19 but I prioritized the one that could *help get me a job*. #
  • 18:19 Just turned on EQ in iTunes to add a little bass boost to the AKGs. Feeling a little dirty... #
  • 18:58 Starting my pre-concert Radiohead retrospective. Today: The Bends. (no real reason to listen to Pablo Honey, right?) #
  • 20:04 Didn't expect much from the new Spider-Man cartoon, but it's actually pretty good! #
  • 01:00 Watched Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie tonight. It was what I expected: intermittently entertaining. 15 minutes is the ideal length for ATHF. #
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Tweets for Today

  • 11:21 Ugh. Boss just gave me the "I want everyone to come in earlier" talk. He usually gets over it in a week or two... #
  • 11:22 He doesn't seem to understand the substantial difference between 9 & 10 on my productivity. But I never *agreed* to 9, at least. #
  • 11:30 Think we left it at "do the best you can". Fine, as long as he realizes 10 is the "best" that I "can" do. #
  • 12:19 Pitchfork's not crazy about the new Death Cab album. I shouldn't be surprised: tinyurl.com/4cozxe #
  • 13:32 One day, soon, I will never have to hear the phrase "Western White House" again. #
  • 15:03 I don't buy it: tinyurl.com/52ktgw #
  • 15:31 Uptime on the work machine is at 66 days. Pretty sure that's a record. #
  • 15:33 (personal record, that is. I really only restart it for software updates, and I haven't applied any lately) #
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Monday, May 12, 2008

Tweets for Today

  • 16:36 yesterday: lots of Mario Kart, Graham/Angela's graduation bash with great food. This afternoon: symphony. #
  • 22:01 had dinner @ 100% Taquito. The barbacoa was particularly good. I'd go back. #
  • 22:02 At Walter's for Blood on the Wall. #
  • 00:03 first show in a while. Feels good. Shame there aren't more people here. #
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Sunday, May 11, 2008

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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Tweets for Today

  • 11:05 Woot! Tax refund! Bad for the poor, good for me! #
  • 11:09 Well, not directly. But anytime I get government money, I assume it's taken from the poor, not, say, the military. #
  • 11:10 I feel like I should re-enact that episode of Futurama where Fry uses his refund to buy $300 of coffee, and then uses it to slow down time. #
  • 11:32 Sort of wishing we had Advanced Topics today just to score some free pizza. #
  • 16:46 Off to iron a shirt and then go to Sabrina's graduation dinner at Pappa's Steakhouse. Mmm... steak... #
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Friday, May 09, 2008

Tweets for Today

  • 14:12 Seminar on "protein design using evolutionary information". #
  • 15:35 Death Cabbing it again. Amazing what a difference full CD quality can make. #
  • 15:35 Using the AKGs doesn't hurt either... #
  • 15:39 Couldn't watch Jeff Bridges in Iron Man without thinking of Lebowski. #
  • 18:16 Either the encoding on this Wolf Parade album sounds like crap, or this Wolf Parade album sounds like crap... #
  • 01:02 Protein folding powered by human intuition: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080508122520.htm #
  • 01:16 The wonderful weirdness of Mazda's RX-8: tinyurl.com/6yl6vf #
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