Week ending Sunday 2013/02/03

Monday 07:52 · @svgeesus Doesn’t feel like a biggie to me: www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/04/26/UTF#p-9 [Original, responding to @svgeesus.]

Monday 07:53 · @svgeesus Don’t know that joke. Do share. [Original, responding to @svgeesus.]

Monday 18:25 · @fabulavancouver Please don’t stop writing about Vancouver for us. [Original, responding to @fabulavancouver.]

Monday 18:38 · And I just abandoned Courier New for my source-code work last year. Check out Courier Prime: quoteunquoteapps.com/courierprime/ [Original.]

Monday 18:41 · @shanebee Looks good on you. Seriously. What’s Ms A say? [Original, responding to @shanebee.]

Monday 18:43 · @wingedpig From 2005: www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0ca549d2-25a9-11da-a4a7-00000e2511c8.html#axzz2JKR2AMNq [Original, responding to @wingedpig.]

Monday 18:43 · @jdunck That what I switched to from Courier, actually. [Original, responding to @jdunck.]

Monday 21:15 · Got my Twitter archive. 1. Thanks, Twitter. 2. My very-early contributions were pedestrian, lackluster, grey, gerund-infested. [Original.]

Monday 21:18 · @shanebee @AllysonMcGrane She’s right. [Original, responding to @shanebee.]

Monday 21:31 · An optimistic take on Israel's future is a damn rare thing these days, so enjoy this one: www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/opinion/global/roger-cohen-sitting-down-with-amos-oz.html?partner=rss&emc=rss [Original.]

Tuesday 09:02 · @stshank Oh, I’m still with Consolas/Inconsolata for the moment anyhow. www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/09/24/Typographic-notes But Courier is historically important. [Original, responding to @stshank.]

Tuesday 09:22 · @stshank I almost always use “paste and match style” [Original, responding to @stshank.]

Tuesday 09:48 · @defrag Hm, seems like I should make sure I’m in sync with whoever’s giving that [Original, responding to @defrag.]

Tuesday 10:04 · @defrag Oh, it’s Brian, that’s cool [Original, responding to @defrag.]

Tuesday 10:14 · @pphaneuf t.co/0QlFX7bP [Original, responding to @pphaneuf.]

Tuesday 10:23 · @stshank Hah, seems not on any menu. Command-option-shift-V. [Original, responding to @stshank.]

Tuesday 10:28 · @stshank Dunno Windows. I think on mac C-O-S-v matches the formatting at the cursor. [Original, responding to @stshank.]

Tuesday 10:43 · @weeUnquietMind Potentential for lots of overlap. Let’s sync up a little closer to the date. [Original, responding to @weeUnquietMind.]

Tuesday 11:51 · The @marcoarment “Anger” piece is good. Wrong about the sensation of being mauled online by angry Apple partisans; but how would he know? [Original.]

Tuesday 15:08 · @tenderlove NOT TRUE www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/06/08/BitBucket [Original, responding to @tenderlove.]

Tuesday 21:14 · Hmm… every Zipcar location in the West is now an #Ingress portal. [Original.]

Tuesday 21:27 · @gruber @duncan I’m a prime-lens weenie, but want a zoom on my pocket cam. Most interesting sony is RX-100: t.co/cAqrZzu8 [Original, responding to @gruber.]

Wednesday 08:26 · Ingress, month 3. With commercial developments: [Original.]

Wednesday 16:49 · On carrying around a maxed-out N7 with GSM: [Original.]

Wednesday 22:13 · @dsmcl I thought Samsung was batshit crazy with the whole Note line, but they sold millions, people love them. [Original, responding to @dsmcl.]

Thursday 09:37 · @johnsheehan done. twbray at G, if that doesn't get through for some reason [Original, responding to @johnsheehan.]

Thursday 12:33 · @aurynn Currently using Falcon Pro, it’s OK [Original, responding to @aurynn.]

Thursday 12:44 · The sort of thing programmers actually do for a living: www.markbernstein.org/Jan13/HowSoftwareIsBuiltToday.html #stillactuallylikemyprofession [Original.]

Thursday 14:05 · On the Rails SNAFU; apocalyptic but (I think) fair: www.kalzumeus.com/2013/01/31/what-the-rails-security-issue-means-for-your-startup/ [Original.]

Thursday 16:54 · @jeresig My family’s watching Voyager the last few weeks, and I’ve been sort of sucked in. Much better than my recollection of it. [Original, responding to @jeresig.]

Thursday 17:00 · @pkedrosky If we never see another tweet from you, we’ll know what happened. [Original, responding to @pkedrosky.]

Friday 08:22 · @bertlamb I enjoyed DS9 when it was on, but haven’t seen it for so many years. So… jury is out. [Original, responding to @bertlamb.]

Friday 11:24 · #ff @SelfAwareROOMBA (scroll back a few pages and follow the story) [Original, responding to @SelfAwareROOMBA.]

Friday 14:54 · @rabble It’s where you stash all the junk you don’t otherwise have room for [Original, responding to @rabble.]

Friday 20:46 · So if it was 250K Twitter accounts, how come everyone I talk to is among them... [Original.]

Friday 21:07 · BTW, because I use a password manager, my Twitter password was 14 random chars, not duplicated for any other account. [Original.]

Friday 21:17 · @GamerOfFreedom Yep. Syncs through DropBox. [Original, responding to @GamerOfFreedom.]

Saturday 07:51 · If you're even slightly interested in either sports or statistical reasoning, you'll want to check out www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/02/randumbness-the-new-nhl-is-less-predictable-than-you-think/ [Original.]

Saturday 07:53 · Now here are some people who take their #Ingress seriously: blog.ingressdata.com/2013/02/operation-penknife-covers-london.html [Original.]

Saturday 09:05 · @nosuchuser @rcarmo @chbm @bbarao @PCalcao Toads. [Original, responding to @nosuchuser.]

Saturday 17:07 · @xmlgrrl With stiff upgrade charges every time you have a professional transition! [Original, responding to @xmlgrrl.]

Sunday 11:55 · A brief plug for Gun Machine by @WarrenEllis: Good stuff! [Original.]

Sunday 13:36 · RT @jacknutting: Most days belong to the Superb Owl, but not today: for today is the Superb Owl's Unday. #superbowlsunday [Original.]

Sunday 20:44 · The hair and thighs at halftime were excellent, too. [Original.]

Sunday 20:45 · Wondering who those guys were in the Samsung ad. [Original.]

Sunday 20:52 · The saving of Timbuktu’s manuscripts: www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/war/conflict-zones/130201/timbuktu-manuscripts-saved-mali-al-qaeda Heart-warming! [Original.]

Sunday 22:01 · For reasons that seem good to me, I want to make the EXIF data in a photo tell a lie. Or, just remove some fields. Tool recommendation? [Original.]

Sunday 22:04 · @snipeyhead Mac [Original, responding to @snipeyhead.]

Sunday 22:08 · @zrail Yeah, but it tells me certain fields are “not writeable” [Original, responding to @zrail.]

Sunday 22:22 · @eltiare Mac or linux. Don't need programmatic [Original, responding to @eltiare.]

Sunday 22:36 · Aaand… thanks to @atotic! brew install Exiv2 exiv2 rm file.jpg [Original, responding to @atotic.]

Sunday 22:41 · @eltiare exiftool refuses to update the value of certain fields [Original, responding to @eltiare.]

Sunday 22:48 · @eltiare Anyhow, exiv2 does what I want [Original, responding to @eltiare.]

Sunday 22:48 · @pphaneuf It can’t have been very authentic then. [Original, responding to @pphaneuf.]


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