zzamboni’s Twitter Archive

Tweets for 2008-08

1. I watched The Matrix with my wife last night after many months of not seeing it. We both still know all the lines :-)
   Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 2 Mood 0
2. …in reply to @funkatron
   @funkatron Ouch! What happened? Hope you are OK
   Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 4 Mood 0
3. …in reply to @funkatron
   @funkatron I just looked through your past tweets - hope your parents are OK. The crash looks pretty bad.
   Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 4 Mood -2 🙁
4. I haven't been keeping up with twitter lately. Still two more weeks of vacation!
   Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 4 Mood 0
5. Went to do the paperwork for birth certificate and passport for Fabiola today. Hating paperwork and bureaucracy right now.
   Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 6 Mood -3 🙁
6. Catching up on email, twitter, etc. The little one is sick with fever. Really, babies this young shouldn't get sick, it's not fair.
   Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 10 Mood -8 🙁
7. …in reply to @undefined
   @fraserspeirs I agree, but at 30 you're still a young'un. Happy third decade!
   Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 10 Mood +4 🙂
8. I had to come in to work for a bit today for a meeting and some other paperwork. Going back home now, I still have one more week of vacation
   Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 11 Mood 0
9. …in reply to @raffaelmarty
   @zrlram Got your book yesterday - very cool, congrats!
   Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 13 Mood +3 🙂
10. About to tackle the storage closet under the stairs, in need of some serious cleanup.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 13 Mood 0
11. Mission accomplished
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 13 Mood +2 🙂
12. http://twitpic.com/7yk7 - Amazing place found nearby: the Bruno-Webers Sculpture Park in Dietikon http://www.bruno-weber.com/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 16 Mood +4 🙂
13. http://twitpic.com/7you - Another photo taken at Bruno-Webers Sculpture park
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 16 Mood 0
14. Evening of the last day of vacation. Sigh...
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 17 Mood -2 🙁
15. Monday morning: Welcome... to the real world
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 18 Mood +2 🙂
16. …in reply to @codinghorror
    @codinghorror Could it be that it depends on you localization settings?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 18 Mood 0
17. …in reply to @codinghorror
    @codinghorror For example, in Perl it does, I would assume in other languages it's similar: http://tinyurl.com/zxmjd
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 18 Mood 0
18. …in reply to @macdevnet
    @macdevnet I think the best is if you can really devote 2-3 days (I used a whole weekend) to do the initial dump, as suggested in the book.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 18 Mood +2 🙂
19. …in reply to @macdevnet
    @macdevnet And I would second the recommendation of Things, it's very nice.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 18 Mood +3 🙂
20. …in reply to @codinghorror
    @codinghorror Wow, that's way more than I can bring myself to care about fonts. Interesting read, though
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 19 Mood +8 🙂
21. …in reply to @VMwareFusion
    @VMwareFusion If I buy Fusion today (1.1), will I get a free upgrade when 2.0 comes out of beta?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 19 Mood +1 🙂
22. I really should do more with my free time at home, instead of plopping myself in front of GReader and Twitterrific.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 19 Mood +1 🙂
23. Opening Things, looking at my "home" context now.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 19 Mood 0
24. …in reply to @undefined
    @SourceGirl Subversion for now. Although I am seriously considering giving git a try.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 20 Mood 0
25. So, that wasn't so bad, I actually finished a few smallish tasks that had been pending for a while. Off to bed now.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 20 Mood -3 🙁
26. Moving to FeedBurner http://tinyurl.com/5lufey
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 20 Mood 0
27. …in reply to @undefined
    @vkoser The answer is "yup" http://twitter.com/vmwarefusion/statuses/892924679
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 20 Mood 0
28. Just ordered VMware Fusion. I need it mostly to run the VI client for my tests with VMware ESX server
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 20 Mood 0
29. Setting up a test IBM xSeries 335 server in my office. This thing is REALLY noisy.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 20 Mood -1 🙁
30. Reading "The Diamond Age" and really liking it. I want a Matter Compiler.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 20 Mood +5 🙂
31. Trying out TweetDeck. Looks nice.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 21 Mood +3 🙂
32. …in reply to @Pro
    @TweetDeck Started using it today, I like it very much. It would be nice to have smooth scrolling, easier to follow in long lists.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 21 Mood +5 🙂
33. Feeling in a dark mood today
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 22 Mood +1 🙂
34. …in reply to @lulugirl896
    @lulugirl896 How old is he? My daughter (2.5 yr) is going through a similar phase right now. As a dad, it's very satisfying :-)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 22 Mood 0
35. Finished making last round of changes requested by published on AIsec paper. I hate widow and orphan lines.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 22 Mood -3 🙁
36. I tried Feedly. It looks very nice, but makes it harder to see at a glance where in GReader I have unread stuff.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 22 Mood +3 🙂
37. I also don't like that it creates some extra folders in GReader, for favorites and recommendatons and stuff.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 22 Mood 0
38. I hate Mac programs that assume you are on a case-insensitive filesystem. MS Remote Desktop Client, I'm looking at you.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 23 Mood -3 🙁
39. …in reply to @davideisert
    @davideisert You are an early bird. Isn't it ~4AM for you?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 25 Mood 0
40. Too many layers: My Mac -> RDC to a virtual Windows machine -> VMware client -> my virtual machine's console
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 25 Mood 0
41. Finally sitting down to take a serious look at VMware ESX documentation
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 25 Mood 0
42. Just got my VMware Fusion license. Happy happy.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 26 Mood +6 🙂
43. Looking at a new Twitter client: Syrinx. Looks neat.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 26 Mood 0
44. …in reply to @macdevnet
    @macdevnet You mean any developer quotes, or Cocoa developer quotes?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 26 Mood 0
45. Dear Twitter client developers: please add a feature to automatically filter out those faceyourmanga avatars everyone has these days.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 26 Mood +3 🙂
46. …in reply to @lulugirl896
    @lulugirl896 Impressive video
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 26 Mood +3 🙂
47. …in reply to @spaz
    @spaz Trying Spaz again - both the followers and friends tabs show up blank - any ideas? I just installed the latest version.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 26 Mood 0
48. Finally booked plane tickets for our next vacation to Mexico (next year). Woohoo!
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 26 Mood +3 🙂
49. Of all the Twitter clients I've tried, @twhirl is the only one that provides the "in reply to" link, but I find the interface a bit loaded.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 27 Mood 0
50. Finishing slides for a big presentation tomorrow. I'd rather be sleeping.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 27 Mood +1 🙂
51. Maybe I'm just not so used to the controls, but I'm finding making slides with drawings in OpenOffice much slower than with PowerPoint.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 27 Mood 0
52. NTFS-3G now allows formatting NTFS filesystems from Disk Utility - neat! And the disk mounted nicely on a Windows machine.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 27 Mood 0
53. Retweet @dacort: @JoeCascio New alpha high-powered firefox toolbar from Mozilla Labs http://tinyurl.com/5veytu
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 27 Mood 0
54. Heading off to a patent evaluation meeting. Oh joy.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 27 Mood +3 🙂
55. New avatar time. If you are really bored, read the story behind that photo: http://tinyurl.com/6jsdue
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 27 Mood -2 🙁
56. Done with the talk I had to give today. Back to work, need some caffeine first. Time for some mate tea.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 27 Mood 0
57. "Pomp & Circumstance" is etched on my mind as, of all things, the music from the C64 game "Ace of Aces" http://tinyurl.com/6ar8rw
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 27 Mood 0
58. VMware ESX is cool, but way too slow on my current test system. New server should be here in 2-3 weeks.... sigh
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 27 Mood -1 🙁
59. …in reply to @ginatrapani
    @ginatrapani After all the noise today about Ubiquity, results might change if you re-run the poll.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 28 Mood 0
60. Biked to work for the first time in months... uphill... out of breath...
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 28 Mood 0
61. I want a Mac app that remembers my window positions when I switch from dual monitor to single and back.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 28 Mood +1 🙂
62. Testing posterous http://tinyurl.com/64lboc
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 28 Mood 0
63. …in reply to @MRRSoftware
    @MRRSoftware It's real. They asked me to put CopperExport in one of their issues, they even sent me a copy (I asked them for it)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 28 Mood 0
64. …in reply to @MRRSoftware
    @MRRSoftware It took a while to get the magazine (~3 months I think) and then it took me a while to find where my program was listed
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 28 Mood 0
65. Installing ext2/3 support for MacOSX. Let's see if it works, needs a reboot.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 28 Mood +2 🙂
66. …in reply to @AlecMuffett
    @AlecMuffett It never worked for me. I use the postalicious wordpress plugin, which works well: http://poprl.com/X9
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 28 Mood 0
67. …in reply to @hotdogsladies
    @hotdogsladies With phone conf systems, they can ensure many people aren't working at the same time. Or paying attention to each other.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 28 Mood +1 🙂
68. What a sad state of things: there is no filesystem type beyond FAT that is mountable by default in OSX, Windows and Linux.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 28 Mood -3 🙁
69. So many things to do today, it doesn't even feel like Friday
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 29 Mood +2 🙂
70. Do I really have to partition my external disk in 3 (HFS, ext3, NTFS) if I hope to be able to use it with Macs, Windows and Linux systems?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 29 Mood +2 🙂
71. Filing the purchase order for my new ESX server
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 29 Mood 0
72. …in reply to @MRRSoftware
    @MRRSoftware Why are @SyrinxApp updates protected?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 29 Mood +1 🙂
73. …in reply to @MRRSoftware
    @MRRSoftware Have you seen this: http://tinyurl.com/6ztmzh I agree, and I like the Syrinx "pause" feature very much.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 29 Mood +3 🙂
74. …in reply to @macdevnet
    @macdevnet I like it
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 29 Mood +2 🙂
75. After reading @hotdogsladies' http://tinyurl.com/6ztmzh I find myself craving for a Pause button also in Mail.app. Plugin idea?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 29 Mood 0
76. Trying to setup a local Windows VM so I can use the VI client without logging into a remote Windows machine first.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 29 Mood 0
77. Wow, vmware fusion crashed my mac while importing a disk
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 29 Mood +4 🙂
78. Again!?! Now i hadn't even started the conversion, was in the file selection dialog
    Permalink On twitter.com 2008 Aug 29 Mood 0