zzamboni’s Twitter Archive

Tweets for 2009-03

1. Back online after a month of vacation (wohoo!) and a total machine failure (motherboard died).
   Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 10 Mood -5 🙁
2. …in reply to @ikawnoclast
   @ikawnoclast thx. My machine died 4 days into the vacation, so I was really disconnected. Nice for relaxing, but lots of catch-up to do now
   Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 10 Mood 0
3. Oh wow. There must be about 5000 unread items in my Greader.
   Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 10 Mood +4 🙂
4. …in reply to @PaulDJohnston
   @PaulDJohnston Imagine the feeling after a month off twitter (just came back from vacation)
   Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 10 Mood +1 🙂
5. My MBP's motherboard died while I was traveling. Yesterday I swapped its disk with another machine. They were both already out of warranty.
   Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 10 Mood -3 🙁
6. Installed Safari 4 beta last night - I'm liking it so far. The top sites view is neat, and it does feel faster than Safari 3
   Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood +4 🙂
7. Anyone knows how to properly unmount both a Sony Ericsson phone AND its mem card from a Mac? It only unmounts one, the other is stuck
   Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood -2 🙁
8. …in reply to @undefined
   @vkoser that would work... ;-)
   Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood 0
9. Does the Messenger client for Mac support video chat? Is there any client that supports it?
   Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood +4 🙂
10. …in reply to @undefined
    @vkoser Certainly there will be a few 3rd-party headphones with the controls built in. But sucks that you need special headphones to use it
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood -3 🙁
11. …in reply to @undefined
    @Shrdlu That is so true: every child is different. My 3-yr-old still wakes up during the night...
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood +2 🙂
12. …in reply to @davehull
    @davehull I'd love to know how
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood +3 🙂
13. …in reply to @SifuMoraga
    @SifuMoraga yes. umount -f does the trick. But it feels clunky.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood +1 🙂
14. …in reply to @davehull
    @davehull Right. I've been told that before (and I know it's true), but I'm not sure how to teach it.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood +2 🙂
15. …in reply to @davehull
    @davehull Any particular techniques that you have used?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood 0
16. …in reply to @davehull
    @davehull We tried that for a while (~2 weeks) when she was younger, but the crying never got significantly better, and we gave up.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood 0
17. …in reply to @davehull
    @davehull And now she's 3 and able to get off her bed and go to our room by herself, so it wouldn't work.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood 0
18. …in reply to @davehull
    @davehull I've seen it suggested to lock her door, but that honestly seems cruel.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood -3 🙁
19. …in reply to @undefined
    @Shrdlu That's what we are mostly doing at the moment. We've taught the oldest to just go to our room instead of screaming, and she does it
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood -2 🙁
20. …in reply to @zzamboni
    @zzamboni the youngest still sleeps in our room, so that's what has given us best results - everyone rests better
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood +5 🙂
21. …in reply to @undefined
    @Shrdlu Fully agree
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood +1 🙂
22. …in reply to @MrRooni
    @MrRooni I bought a 1TB Western Digital MyBook, Studio Edition. It has worked very well.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood 0
23. Whoops - 3GB free on my 160GB disk. Time to do something about it
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood +1 🙂
24. Interesting page I had never seen: http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood +2 🙂
25. burn a dvd + restore a VMware VM from sleep = not a good combination
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 11 Mood +4 🙂
26. Long time no see! Short update. http://tinyurl.com/auh5g4
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 12 Mood -1 🙁
27. …in reply to @security4all
    @security4all Corollary to rule #1: make sure the laptop is actually getting power (e.g. outlet is not dead - this happened to me once)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 13 Mood +3 🙂
28. …in reply to @PurpleCar
    @PurpleCar It means reviewers don't get to see author names when choosing or reviewing, and authors don't know who reviewed their paper.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 16 Mood 0
29. Want: http://tinyurl.com/bucda6 Sadly not available in Switzerland yet
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 17 Mood -1 🙁
30. @andysc Your twitter icon reminded me of http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama
    Permalink On twitter.com Mention 2009 Mar 17 Mood 0
31. …in reply to @andysc
    @andysc Really? Awesome - never thought of using it as a ringtone
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 17 Mood +4 🙂
32. …in reply to @latone
    @latone Thanks! Maybe I'll take you up on the offer - I'll let you know later.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 17 Mood +2 🙂
33. Is macupdate.com reaaaally slow lately (last few days) for everyone, or is it just me?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 18 Mood 0
34. …in reply to @alexhutton
    @alexhutton @Shrdlu Exactly what I thought as well. Mashed carrots and sweet potatoes = my baby daughter's favorite food at the moment :-)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 18 Mood +4 🙂
35. Speaking of which: lunch time!
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 18 Mood 0
36. …in reply to @DocDamo
    @DocDamo But no Mac version yet. Booo.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 18 Mood -1 🙁
37. …in reply to @DocDamo
    @DocDamo True. I'm grateful for that every single day :-)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 18 Mood +5 🙂
38. …in reply to @gattaca
    @gattaca Last tweet: 23 minutes ago. Are you still conscious/alive/free?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 18 Mood +2 🙂
39. …in reply to @EduTechSmith
    @msmithpds Hi - I'm from Mexico, living in Switzerland.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 18 Mood 0
40. RT @msmithpds Please reply where you are from. Using data to present how global Twitter is to board members.
    Permalink On twitter.com Retweet 2009 Mar 18
41. Coooffeeeeeeee
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 19 Mood 0
42. http://twitpic.com/28nwz - My latest GTD gadget - bending the 2min rule to 3min. Problem: you can't reset an hourglass if you finish bef ...
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 19 Mood -2 🙁
43. @andysc Thanks for the idea. My new ring tone: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/audio/llama
    Permalink On twitter.com Mention 2009 Mar 19 Mood +2 🙂
44. The cartridge of my space pen finally died, after ~2 years of continuous use. Happily, I had a replacement at hand.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 19 Mood -3 🙁
45. …in reply to @undefined
    @rodet I've always found it funny that we set our goals in March and evaluate them in October - a 6-month "year" :-)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 19 Mood +4 🙂
46. I'm feeling strangely productive today. Must be the coffee ;-)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 19 Mood 0
47. …in reply to @undefined
    @rodet I know ;-) It's the same for me, but the set/evaluate meeting dates make it look strange
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 19 Mood -1 🙁
48. …in reply to @andysc
    @andysc Congrats to her. What is the degree she is getting?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 19 Mood +2 🙂
49. …in reply to @chrisjager
    @chrisjager "Mark all as read" FTW
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 19 Mood +3 🙂
50. Doing initial prep work for internal security conference. Setting up web pages, inviting PC members, etc.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 19 Mood +1 🙂
51. Also - reviewing very first (pre-alpha) draft of a paper about some of the work we've been doing using VM introspection for security.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 19 Mood 0
52. Feels good to finish a well-overdue weekly review. Going home for lunch as reward :)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 20 Mood +5 🙂
53. OpenOffice 3.0 shows fonts all squashed when I have my external monitor in portrait (rotated) mode. In landscape, or without it, works fine
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 20 Mood +2 🙂
54. …in reply to @SifuMoraga
    @SifuMoraga I'm using 3.0.1, and this happens consistently. I still prefer NeoOffice.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 20 Mood 0
55. …in reply to @SifuMoraga
    @SifuMoraga BTW, your Twitter icon is broken
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 20 Mood -1 🙁
56. …in reply to @SifuMoraga
    @SifuMoraga Hrm... Syrinx still shows it empty, even after a restart - must be cached somewhere.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 20 Mood -1 🙁
57. Trying @evernote for the first time. Locked up my machine when capturing a screenshot (dual monitor, one in portrait mode). Not nice.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 20 Mood -3 🙁
58. Upon restarting, it _did_ capture the screen, though.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 20 Mood 0
59. @Beaker Before you leave for France - I'm wondering if you got an email I sent you a couple of days ago, inviting you to Zurich
    Permalink On twitter.com Mention 2009 Mar 20 Mood 0
60. …in reply to @Beaker
    @Beaker Will you have time to sightsee? Mont St. Michel is not too far away, and it's a great place to visit
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 20 Mood +3 🙂
61. …in reply to @Beaker
    @Beaker That's great! Thanks!
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 20 Mood +5 🙂
62. …in reply to @undefined
    @Shrdlu Bwahaha - will do
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 20 Mood 0
63. …in reply to @undefined
    @Shrdlu Hm.. I don't know that one.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 20 Mood 0
64. If you have a baby, read this: http://tinyurl.com/azy6ey It's an important cautionary tale, don't let it happen to you (via Schneier's blog)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 21 Mood +2 🙂
65. Warning: it may make you cry. I was in tears just reading some of the stories.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 21 Mood -6 🙁
66. …in reply to @Scobleizer
    @Scobleizer Congratulations on the new baby!
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 21 Mood +2 🙂
67. We bought our daughter's first bike today. Pink, of course.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 21 Mood 0
68. …in reply to @sergio_avila
    @sacbert Suena increible, pero pasa, desafortunadamente. Que edad tiene tu niña? Yo tengo dos, 3 años y 8 meses.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 22 Mood 0
69. …in reply to @sergio_avila
    @sacbert Y que milagro! Me dio gusto que me encontraras en Twitter. Cómo te va?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 22 Mood 0
70. Beautiful day outside - just finished doing spring cleaning in the terrace.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 22 Mood +3 🙂
71. On the ferry crossing lake Zurich. Nice view, but still cooold.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 23 Mood +3 🙂
72. OK, this is weird: my Mac just started opening PDFs with QuickTime Player. When I hit "Play", it goes really fast through the pages. WTF
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 23 Mood -6 🙁
73. Just configured my home network to use OpenDNS.com. Looks very nice so far.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 24 Mood +3 🙂
74. …in reply to @SifuMoraga
    @SifuMoraga Just testing it for now - seems to work fine. What are the disadvantages?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 24 Mood +2 🙂
75. …in reply to @SifuMoraga
    @SifuMoraga I guess it would be no more SPF than my ISP's web servers. The filtering and so might be a nice service.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 24 Mood +2 🙂
76. …in reply to @SifuMoraga
    @SifuMoraga Maybe some privacy issues with their proxy service (e.g. automatically send things to a search engine), but that can be disabled
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 24 Mood 0
77. …in reply to @geekgrrl
    @geekgrrl It's probably a launchd agent or daemon. Easiest way to look at it: use Lingon http://www.tuppis.com/lingon/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 24 Mood 0
78. @geekgrrl Indeed: http://tinyurl.com/ck2emw (search for "launchd")
    Permalink On twitter.com Mention 2009 Mar 24 Mood 0
79. Weather is crazy today: rain. sun. snow. sun. hail. snow. sun. And now it's cloudy again. WTF.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 24 Mood -4 🙁
80. …in reply to @hotdogsladies
    @hotdogsladies She is so cute. And this comment you wrote is great: http://tinyurl.com/csdrsa
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 24 Mood +5 🙂
81. …in reply to @cerias
    @cerias Wishing I was there #cerias
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 24 Mood +1 🙂
82. Agh my eyes hurt RT @nematome Website design FAIL! http://www.havenworks.com/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 25 Mood -4 🙁
83. …in reply to @MRRSoftware
    @MRRSoftware I just did - it tells me I'm up to date (1.3.1)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 26 Mood 0
84. …in reply to @MRRSoftware
    @MRRSoftware never mind, found the Beta page. Getting it now
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 26 Mood 0
85. …in reply to @MRRSoftware
    @MRRSoftware Thx - reading the list of new features, looks very very nice
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 26 Mood +3 🙂
86. …in reply to @MRRSoftware
    @MRRSoftware I've been away from Twitter - somehow I had completely missed the Syrinx beta. Using 2.0b5 now, looks/feels very nice
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 26 Mood +1 🙂
87. …in reply to @MRRSoftware
    @MRRSoftware All the new Tweet commands are great. I'd been wishing for something like Mail's Cmd-click to open links in background
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 26 Mood +6 🙂
88. …in reply to @Beaker
    @Beaker So you _do_ have twitter access in Jersey after all :-)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 26 Mood 0
89. I knew it! RT @almightygod: Mac (Reply to "Do you use divine packet data,or an actual computer? If a computer, what brand does G-d prefer?")
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 26 Mood 0
90. Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #security #virtualization #mac
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 26 Mood 0
91. …in reply to @Beaker
    @Beaker Bentleys - wooha!'
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 26 Mood 0
92. Lazy Tweeter: is it possible to "deactivate" an account in Mail.app's preferences _without_ deleting it?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 26 Mood -1 🙁
93. …in reply to @MRRSoftware
    @MRRSoftware Duh. How did I miss that? I need more coffee. Thanks! :-)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 26 Mood 0
94. Beautiful photo: http://tinyurl.com/cskgy9
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 26 Mood +3 🙂
95. …in reply to @Beaker
    @Beaker Living in Switzerland, I can attest to the gurgling noises ;-) But being Swiss, I would expect him to speak English as well
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 26 Mood 0
96. …in reply to @Beaker
    @Beaker LOL The wonders of technology!
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 26 Mood +3 🙂
97. Oops - I was just about to leave when I realized I still have another conf call.. sigh
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 26 Mood -5 🙁
98. Obscure useful Mac app of the day: Menuola (http://geocom.co.nz/programs) Shows a single-letter menu, to maximize space for menubar icons.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 27 Mood +2 🙂
99. …in reply to @wimremes
    @domdingelom FileZilla: http://filezilla-project.org/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 27 Mood 0
100. …in reply to @wimremes
     @domdingelom sorry, I thought you were looking for a client
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 27 Mood -1 🙁
101. …in reply to @wimremes
     @domdingelom for server, I have no idea
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 27 Mood -1 🙁
102. …in reply to @wimremes
     @domdingelom Cool! (re: FileZilla server) I didn't know either :-)
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 27 Mood +1 🙂
103. What the heck, I'll cave: @Shrdlu @Beaker @cwalken @robluketic #followfriday
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 27 Mood 0
104. RT @rmogull: All you bloggers who obsess about numbers need to read this: http://tinyurl.com/cler5v
     Permalink On twitter.com Retweet 2009 Mar 27
105. …in reply to @catalyst
     @catalyst Love the challenge - I just posted my submission
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 27 Mood +2 🙂
106. My oldest daughter has chickenpox. It's going to be a long night. And the youngest will certainly get it in a few days....
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 28 Mood 0
107. The night and today were better than expected. Not too much fever nor itching, but many more red spots. Off to see her pediatrician tomorrow
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 29 Mood 0
108. …in reply to @undefined
     @Shrdlu I also had it older (7 yr old), and remember it mostly as a vacation from school.
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 29 Mood 0
109. …in reply to @undefined
     @Shrdlu Also - are you ALWAYS on Twitter? ;-)
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 29 Mood 0
110. Wife: let me check those red spots you have. 3-yr-old daughter: "NO! They are mine!" Good thing she's taking it in stride so far.
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 29 Mood +2 🙂
111. I'm so used to my external monitor always in portrait mode, it now looks really weird in landscape mode (preparing a presentation)
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 30 Mood -2 🙁
112. Strange - NeoOffice 3.0 (based on OO3.0.1) doesn't have the font-squashing problem that OO3.0.1 has. I guess I'm still staying with NO.
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 31 Mood -4 🙁
113. …in reply to @SifuMoraga
     @SifuMoraga For me, with my external monitor in portrait mode, fonts look all squished. Doesn't happen in landscape mode.
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 31 Mood 0
114. …in reply to @davideisert
     @davideisert ????
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 31 Mood 0
115. …in reply to @davideisert
     @davideisert Ah - sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you :-)
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 31 Mood -3 🙁
116. …in reply to @andrewsmhay
     @andrewsmhay Speaking of horrible people in this world: http://tinyurl.com/ckb8et
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 31 Mood -3 🙁
117. …in reply to @undefined
     @Shrdlu Also, the arm and leg flailing while asleep is scary - nothing like being awoken by a kick in the face
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Mar 31 Mood 0