awkward.org T & M – Thoughts & Musings

• Man – that was nasty! 50 mins looking at wonky stack pointers only to realize I *wanted* a crash, just not the one I was seeing! #
• @fraserspeirs BA is offering crossgrades to ocean liners now ? in reply to fraserspeirs #
• @mattgemmell Bond has been delayed: http://bit.ly/b4amla in reply to mattgemmell #
• Winchester station closed due to accident – southbound trains running soon #mbta #
• @aschmitt Yep, it was not a good scene at the station this morning. Those on the Haverhill express were stuck for at least 90 mins. in reply to aschmitt #
• @aschmitt reports seem to suggest a suicide ('not an accident') but no name has been released AFAIK in reply to aschmitt #
• @kylesm ouch! That sounds as though it might be expensive! in reply to kylesm #
• @mikebernardo and on a poorly surfaced downhill street with a sharp turn and a big wall at the end? in reply to mikebernardo #
• Hmm… rumor is Apple wants to acquire ARM ? Perhaps they shouldn't have sold their stake back in the 90s after all! http://bit.ly/aXiNBW #
• Managed to dodge one thunderstorm on my ride to the station. I wonder if I'll be as fortunate on the next leg from station to home? #
• I think @fraserspeirs might have misplaced a 'd' in that last tweet about @danielpunkass ? in reply to fraserspeirs #
• Grrrr…. iTunes/Applescript is really p***ing me off ! I can't get it to do a simple 'tell … add POSIX file "/path/to/movie.mp4" no errors! #
• @cdmnky What's the magic for alias conversion ? I tried alias("/path/to/movie.mp4") and didn't get anywhere in reply to cdmnky #
• @cdmnky Turns out the problem was nothing to do with the script. iTunes will silent fail to add *video* files with an mp4 suffix! Use .m4v in reply to cdmnky #
• @gruber Isn't it just a 'rumor' according to CNet? You can't expect a paragon of journalism such as Gizmodo to report on rumor and innuendo. in reply to gruber #

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• @jtrainer Congratulations on the acquisition ! Sounds like a fun product to develop *and* use ! in reply to jtrainer #
• @gruber Of course 10 years ago JLG's company was working hard to get Flash on the BeIA. Times *have* changed, and he's correct today #
• @dsandler @emilsit Theres a prize for the first person to hack the new displays in the elevators in our building #
• At East Coast Grill for Hell Night. Just signed my life & more importantly my bowels away with the Pasta From Hell consent form. #
• @cdmnky are you using visual studio or windbg? Windbg is a 'power tool' vis studios debugger has always been good to me. Email me for tips? in reply to cdmnky #
• @dsandler During Tuesday apparently! Bldg mgmt should expect someone to get creative with them given the tenants:VMware,Google,MIT Game lab in reply to dsandler #
• Survived Hell Night at ECG, I 'lost' meatball roulette (hiccups), pasta was a little hotter than my meatball. Chile rubbed steak was awesome #
• @erik_price yeah, bit of 'ring of fire' this morning, but I was expecting worse. Perhaps it's still too early? #mysteriesofthedigestivetract in reply to erik_price #
• Eyjafjallajoekull is causing flooding (http://tinyurl.com/y4q3kg9), the waterfall in the bkgd is (I think) http://tinyurl.com/y5o87u4 #
• @postmechanical @jeremykezer BBC reporting suggests that the ash cloud should subside in a week or so (perhaps less) in reply to postmechanical #
• @jimcorreia welcome back to New England ! It's saying goodbye with one last reminder of what we live with here! in reply to jimcorreia #
• RT @reitshamer: 30 seconds of 500 frame/sec video of Saturn V launch from launch pad camera: http://vimeo.com/4366695 – Wow ! Just Amazing! #
• @herrod But Eyjafjallajökull is such a good codename for a product ! Or jökulhlaup (the flood caused by the eruption) ? in reply to herrod #
• @dsandler @emilsit Nice! Someone stuck a piece of paper with 'SPAM' on it over one of the new acreens in the elevators. #notquiteahack #
• @BastardMachine NBC finally 'fesses up: http://www.theonion.com/articles/nbc-admits-to-never-actually-making-an-episode-of,17241/ #
• Damp & Dreary in LI – sad to be missing @barcampboston – ah well… next year #
• @dlouhy Be proud of what you do & who you are ! Wolfram didn't 'spring forth fully formed', everyone starts somewhere and grows from that ! in reply to dlouhy #

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• For my little brother : http://bit.ly/cgSQKa (hat-tip to @siegel) #
• @dsandler My office-mate with a natural keyboard agrees completely (if he taps really loudly I wonder if you can hear him 7 floors down?) in reply to dsandler #
• @kylesm Cool ! Like to take a look one was 720p24 the other though is 720p30 (essentially). AppleTV ONLY does 720p24 and rejects others #
• Cool! Thanks to @kylesm I can be sure that my (phantom) iPad will be able to play 720p 30fps video (AppleTV can't do that !) Looks good too! #
• @chockenberry I thought at all AppStore apps (including Apples) obeyed the 'no private API' rule? It was the bundled apps that are exempt? in reply to chockenberry #
• RT @emilsit: Maven's local repository is not thread-safe? And no parallel builds? Uh, wow. http://bit.ly/9q3IOF Uh @evanscha !? #
• Feeling left out at this Cocoaheads – approx 40% of attendees have iPads out! #
• @cdmnky well now you can comiserate with @jtrainer neither of you willget the goodness of iPhone OS 4.0 in reply to cdmnky #
• @danielpunkass I think that is entirely the point, the language gives Apple freedom to make choices. They can say "We warned you" if needed in reply to danielpunkass #
• RT @danielpunkass: New on Red Sweater Blog, a debugging story – http://bit.ly/auKAhh. As Kon & Bal would have said "Nasty!" #

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• @postmechanical Congratulations to her for getting into grad school ! And congratulations to you for being closer to some sweet snow! in reply to postmechanical #
• Scons is way too smart for it's own good. Just spent 2 hours looking at 'cannot find <X>' failure during compilation … 8-( #
• @jimcorreia I hear you have a new job ! Congratulations ! #
• @bbum I've not usually had to remove mine (numerous MRIs) do you have ferrous metal in yours ? Or an MRI of the hand/wrist/forearm ? in reply to bbum #
• @bbum History of working with metal ? Metal particles (filings etc) embedded into the skin in minute quantities? It is a **big** magnet!8-) in reply to bbum #

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