zzamboni’s Twitter Archive

Tweets for 2009-06

1. Bah. I had planned to go swimming before work, but just realized I have an early meeting :-(
   Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 2 Mood 0
2. Very nice. RT @fraserspeirs: Ooh: self-hosted version of @github: http://fi.github.com/
   Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 2 Mood +3 🙂
3. Attended the laying-of-the-first stone ceremony (plus free food) of the new nanotech research center. http://bit.ly/GH0bn
   Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 2 Mood +1 🙂
4. …in reply to @ax0n
   @ax0n Very much agree with your rant at the end.
   Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 2 Mood -2 🙁
5. …in reply to @mpb
   @mpb Maybe I'm insensitive, but I don't think that qualifies as animal cruelty - it's nature.
   Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 2 Mood -5 🙁
6. …in reply to @undefined
   @Shrdlu What was the first one?
   Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 3 Mood 0
7. Proof that Twitter has really gone mainstream: http://bit.ly/7lsMh
   Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 3 Mood 0
8. Very nice idea. RT @zambonini: Boone Oakley's "website-as-a-youtube-video" is genius - http://www.booneoakley.com/
   Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 4 Mood +3 🙂
9. Oh noes - Diego Zamboni (the italian singer) is again top on Google search for my name http://bit.ly/3vfXcw Must do something about it!
   Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 8 Mood +2 🙂
10. Playing with the Google Chrome beta for OSX. Feels very fast. I don't care much for flash, but I _do_ need @1Password to support it :-)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 8 Mood 0
11. Trying to set up my Win VM to participate in a video conference that requires Windows-only software. How painful.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 8 Mood +2 🙂
12. Reading status update slides for a project at work. IN COMIC SANS. Why do people do this?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 8 Mood +1 🙂
13. RT @zambonini: Nice bit of mobile-phone Russian doll design from a Brighton student - http://bit.ly/x2omN
    Permalink On twitter.com Retweet 2009 Jun 8
14. I was expecting an OSX-related link. Nice though :) RT @the_real_r2d2: Mouse stealing from Leopard: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/a/5443342
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 8 Mood +1 🙂
15. Awesome. See also http://bit.ly/HX0iD RT @zefrank: one more HD clip from the kaguya probe :: http://bit.ly/nAXGF :: incredible "earth set"
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 8 Mood +4 🙂
16. So, the tabs in Safari 4 final have moved off the title bar. I sort of ended up liking them there- probably the old hidden pref still works.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 9 Mood +2 🙂
17. …in reply to @undefined
    @fraserspeirs Paris? How come you are not at WWDC?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 9 Mood 0
18. Hrm... no, setting defaults com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4TabBarIsOnTop to TRUE doesn't work.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 9 Mood +1 🙂
19. …in reply to @undefined
    @fraserspeirs Nice! Cool school trip. I love Paris.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 9 Mood +7 🙂
20. @1Password I love you. 1) Discover you don't work on Safari 4 final 2) Check updates 3) There it is, a new update adding support.
    Permalink On twitter.com Mention 2009 Jun 9 Mood +5 🙂
21. "iPhone 3G S will launch on June 19th in ... Switzerland" w00t to be in the first group
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 9 Mood 0
22. …in reply to @digitalfemme
    @digitalfemme Oh yes. I've been holding back from buying one, but this might be it.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 9 Mood +1 🙂
23. Still not pricing announcements for iPhone 3GS on Swisscom nor Orange, though.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 9 Mood 0
24. …in reply to @tveskov
    @tveskov Very cool. The poster was also awesome: http://www.sonypictures.net/movies/terminatorsalvation/poster.html
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 9 Mood +5 🙂
25. …in reply to @undefined
    @Darknater Maybe they'll have some form of upgrade plan?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 9 Mood 0
26. …in reply to @bauxring
    @bauxring No preorders or pricing information in Switzerland yet.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 9 Mood -1 🙁
27. Just watched Iron Man for the first time, finally. Really enjoyed it.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 9 Mood +2 🙂
28. …in reply to @librarythingtim
    @librarythingtim Very cool, the collections feature. It even put my "now reading" books in my "Currently reading" collection automatically!
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 10 Mood +1 🙂
29. …in reply to @culturedcode
    @culturedcode Congrats! Well deserved.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 10 Mood +2 🙂
30. Nice service I learned of today: http://sprunge.us/ via http://bit.ly/WU2xh
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 10 Mood +3 🙂
31. …in reply to @undefined
    @andrewkhunn Maybe too late to be of use, but anyway: http://zzamboni.github.com/things2thl/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 10 Mood 0
32. …in reply to @davideisert
    @davideisert Why not? It's really very dangerous to text or call while driving.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 10 Mood -2 🙁
33. Damn! Second kp of the day. What's wrong with my machine today?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 10 Mood -4 🙁
34. Why is Spotlight indexing my two external disks if I have them both excluded in the prefs?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 10 Mood -2 🙁
35. …in reply to @davideisert
    @davideisert Would you say we cancel drunk-driving laws as well? Would you drive drunk in that straight road? http://bit.ly/yKm93
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 10 Mood -2 🙁
36. …in reply to @davideisert
    @davideisert But you will also be penalized if caught drunk driving even if you are not driving recklessly, just because of the huge risk.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 10 Mood -5 🙁
37. …in reply to @davideisert
    @davideisert But what happens when something unexpected (kid, cow, roadkill, drunk driver) happens on your straight road?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 10 Mood -1 🙁
38. …in reply to @davideisert
    @davideisert Yes, but looking is not the problem - is being distracted. I just found this link, which makes the point: http://bit.ly/13g6GW
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 10 Mood -3 🙁
39. …in reply to @mattgemmell
    @mattgemmell I sort of like the look of it. Bad thing is it doesn't give you a progress indicator.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 10 Mood +1 🙂
40. …in reply to @jack
    @jack Really looking forward to your talk - sadly I won't be able to catch it live, will watch the replay later.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 10 Mood -2 🙁
41. …in reply to @zambonini
    @zambonini Why? What's happening in London today?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 11 Mood 0
42. WTF? Ran fetchmail -q and my session crashed
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 11 Mood -4 🙁
43. …in reply to @MacFormat
    @MacFormat Wow, I want one of those. My first HD was 20MB, IIRC
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 11 Mood +5 🙂
44. RT @MacFormat: Why you should never put arrows to the edge of your mag's cover: http://bit.ly/nd84I
    Permalink On twitter.com Retweet 2009 Jun 11
45. …in reply to @Beaker
    @Beaker Nice post, takes courage to accept and apologize like that.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 11 Mood +7 🙂
46. …in reply to @davideisert
    @davideisert They're all looking for you to see if you are TWD'ing ;-)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 11 Mood 0
47. …in reply to @Beaker
    @Beaker Very important lesson, one we often learn the hard way (I know I have)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 11 Mood +1 🙂
48. Almost forgot to start charging my spare battery before I got to an all-afternoon meeting. Done now.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 11 Mood -1 🙁
49. …in reply to @undefined
    @Shrdlu Guete Morge
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 11 Mood 0
50. Really, stupidity knows no limits RT @almightygod: Texas solves another important problem: http://is.gd/YS0x
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 11 Mood -4 🙁
51. Kernel panic. Reboot, another kp. Getting worried.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 11 Mood -6 🙁
52. Mac came up after 2nd reboot, but it's the 5th crash in 3 days. Time for a clean install?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 11 Mood 0
53. Amazingly cool video RT @zefrank: if post-it notes could talk :: http://bit.ly/pqrT7 :: fun stop motion
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 11 Mood +4 🙂
54. …in reply to @davideisert
    @davideisert Ice in Guinness? I think that would be considered a death-sentence crime in Ireland. Also: Hmmmm, Guinness
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 11 Mood -3 🙁
55. …in reply to @AlecMuffett
    @AlecMuffett Winning quote from comments: "We didn't invent stone knives and axes to harvest broccoli, we invented them to kill animals."
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 12 Mood +1 🙂
56. Seems I'm not the only one suffering with 10.5.7 (I've had frequent KPs since the update) http://bit.ly/5CAvY
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 12 Mood -2 🙁
57. …in reply to @mattgemmell
    @mattgemmell Just did, thank you very much.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 12 Mood +2 🙂
58. #followfriday Welcoming friends of mine new(ish) to Twitter: @undiu @UZurutuza @triki_bert @XabbuTardis
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 12 Mood 0
59. Background music from "mission impossible" RT @Shrdlu: Attempting to "work" from home today with the kids in the house.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 12 Mood 0
60. …in reply to @undefined
    @Shrdlu Also: http://bit.ly/pOWTv
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 12 Mood 0
61. …in reply to @wimremes
    @domdingelom Thanks!
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 12 Mood +2 🙂
62. More #followfriday: @pilky @domdingelom @myrcurial @davideisert @vkoser @funkatron @zambonini @Documentally @mattgemmell
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 12 Mood 0
63. Interesting, nice idea: iPhone "emergency call mode" http://tinyurl.com/navltg (via @mattgemmell)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 12 Mood +3 🙂
64. WTF another kernel panic?!
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 12 Mood -7 🙁
65. …in reply to @wimremes
    @domdingelom Bug I guess you've seen the followup too? http://bit.ly/rnY31
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 12 Mood 0
66. …in reply to @wimremes
    @domdingelom s/Bug/But/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 12 Mood 0
67. w00t I was late but I still grabbed my favorite username on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/zzamboni
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 14 Mood +2 🙂
68. Yum, dinner and a movie
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 14 Mood 0
69. So, Opera Unite == running web services on your machine through a nice GUI. Possibly nice, but certainly not new http://unite.opera.com/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 16 Mood +6 🙂
70. Also, bring on a whole load of new security problems...
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 16 Mood -2 🙁
71. …in reply to @undefined
    @fraserspeirs The Hit List is also very nice - I have switched from Things to THL.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 16 Mood +3 🙂
72. Lazy Swiss Twitter: if you buy the prepaid iPhone plan from Swisscom, can you use it with any SIM card, or is it bound to Swisscom cards?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 16 Mood -1 🙁
73. Finally, Java security update from Apple: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3632
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 16 Mood +2 🙂
74. Funny, the Java update gave an error when installing it from SW update. Had to download and install the package manually.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 16 Mood +2 🙂
75. …in reply to @undefined
    @fraserspeirs You can also have repeating projects (that's how I scheduled my weekly review, for example)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 16 Mood 0
76. "Obama [said] it was up to Iranians to choose their leaders" - that's a first, U.S. not going in to "fix" things? Wow http://bit.ly/15Jbaa
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 16 Mood +4 🙂
77. …in reply to @undefined
    @fraserspeirs They _charge_ people to download the trial version of _your_ software? Wow.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 16 Mood +4 🙂
78. I think I need this sometimes: http://bit.ly/i7rgT
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 16 Mood 0
79. Trying to schedule a worldwide virtual conference so that (a) talks are grouped by topics, (b) times are reasonable for speakers. Not easy.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 16 Mood -1 🙁
80. …in reply to @coyut
    @coyut Even if you buy the prepaid plan?
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 17 Mood 0
81. Finally finished scheduling that conf and making a nice web page with the schedule. Now: sleep
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 17 Mood +3 🙂
82. How did they know? The Astounding World of the Future: http://bit.ly/kRS5b
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 17 Mood +3 🙂
83. …in reply to @mattgemmell
    @mattgemmell Nice for tea (/me ducks)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 17 Mood +3 🙂
84. Now off to make some real coffee, unlike @mattgemmell's "coffee light"
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 17 Mood 0
85. …in reply to @steipete
    @studpete I use facebook's "selective twitter update", which only pulls tweets if they are flagged with pound-fb
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 17 Mood 0
86. …in reply to @undefined
    @vkoser Right. LT is nice because you can query from all sorts of different sources (even Purdue's library, for example). And it's online.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 17 Mood +3 🙂
87. …in reply to @undefined
    @vkoser You can transfer data between LT and DL, but I'm not sure how reliable the process is (I think it involves CSV export/import)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 17 Mood +2 🙂
88. …in reply to @undefined
    @Darknater Puedes mandarlo por Twitter? ;-)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 17 Mood 0
89. …in reply to @mattgemmell
    @mattgemmell I would second the suggestion of putting it in GitHub (or any other hosting site, e.g. Google Code or even sourceforge)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 17 Mood 0
90. …in reply to @andrewsmhay
    @andrewsmhay The Talon Swords looks the scariest of the lot IMO, like a gun-loaded weird bug.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 17 Mood 0
91. …in reply to @undefined
    @vkoser @RyanAdams I've never been able to reliably scan barcodes with the camera. I much prefer a CueCat scanner, which LT supports nicely.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 17 Mood +4 🙂
92. …in reply to @RyanAdams
    @RyanAdams They sell them on LT, I've been meaning to get one, but in the meantime I borrow one from a friend.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 17 Mood +1 🙂
93. …in reply to @RyanAdams
    @RyanAdams I actually got one for free back in the day, but threw it away when I moved - now I regret not having kept it.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 17 Mood -1 🙁
94. OK now, it's more coffee plus intense focus (that means off-Twitter) for a while. BBL.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 17 Mood +1 🙂
95. Setting up recording for an internal conference. I have a newfound respect for people who do podcasts. Recording good audio is tricky!
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 18 Mood +5 🙂
96. Very very nice RT @epredator: fanstastic video editing of guitar performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuU00Q3RhDg
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 18 Mood +3 🙂
97. I love my IS department. I asked today, and they already set me up with a cool brand new VoIP line.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 18 Mood +4 🙂
98. I love The Onion RT @gabvirtualworld: Fun video on dorm fire in USA : http://bit.ly/SI3oq
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 19 Mood +5 🙂
99. …in reply to @macdevnet
    @macdevnet Guard of honour was seen standing in line at the O2 store.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 19 Mood +2 🙂
100. It's really nasty outside, glad I'm indoors.
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 19 Mood 0
101. Just learned that I can get iPhone 3GS through our "Corporate Mobile Network" plan with Swisscom. The pricing is very nice.
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 19 Mood +3 🙂
102. Most people don't know, nor particularly care RT @zambonini: [...] 8% of people interviewed knew what a 'browser' was - http://bit.ly/vrl8n
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 19 Mood +2 🙂
103. …in reply to @lmacvittie
     @lmacvittie Great post - Opera Unite gives me the shivers.
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 19 Mood +3 🙂
104. I'll be off Twitter most of the week, since this week I'm running the internal IBM Academy of Technology Security and Privacy conference.
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 23 Mood 0
105. …in reply to @jaimico
     @jaimico Thanks, it's going well but very work-intensive. Good to see you on Twitter!
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 24 Mood +5 🙂
106. …in reply to @undefined
     @Shrdlu It is quite interesting, but also exhausting. One of the sessions is midnight-3AM local time (problem of a worldwide, virtual conf)
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 25 Mood 0
107. Why does stuff clump together? This week: CCSW paper deadline, AoT SP conf, baby birthday party, my student's last day. Other weeks: nothing
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 25 Mood 0
108. Many fire trucks, ambulances through our street yesterday afternoon. The cause, I found today: fire in a lacquer factory http://bit.ly/mw6Iy
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 25 Mood -4 🙁
109. Importing Quicktime clips into iMovie'09 takes a looooong time. Somehow I would've imagined it to be painless.
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 25 Mood 0
110. (I would say "stupid", but still funny) RT @AlecMuffett: creative: http://imgur.com/OBKyC.jpg
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 25 Mood +4 🙂
111. …in reply to @lmacvittie
     @lmacvittie Bad morning to you! #rudethursday
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 25 Mood -3 🙁
112. …in reply to @Zyote
     @Zyote Indeed. And you HAVE to spend at least a couple of minutes listening to all the instructions (which you've most likely READ already)
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 25 Mood 0
113. iMovie QT import ETA went from "about one hour" to "about 60 minutes". Progress?
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 25 Mood +2 🙂
114. RT @rands: Text utility nerdery: http://bit.ly/UpgSg
     Permalink On twitter.com Retweet 2009 Jun 25
115. …in reply to @undefined
     @quine Nice co-workers you have
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 25 Mood +3 🙂
116. I want one of these! New MacBook hidden feature: http://bit.ly/uicV2
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 29 Mood +1 🙂
117. Doing video editing with iMovie is when I have discovered how powerful my MBP is _not_. I need a big Mac Pro tower.
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 29 Mood +3 🙂
118. Lazy twitter: is there some app for doing simple editing of QT files (splitting, cutting, etc.) without going through iMovie?
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 29 Mood -2 🙁
119. At the rate things go in iMovie on my machine, it'll take me a month to get all the videos for last week's conference done.
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 29 Mood 0
120. …in reply to @SifuMoraga
     @SifuMoraga Problem is I have the clips in QT already (screen recordings). Import into iMovie takes ages, re-export takes ages again.
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 29 Mood -2 🙁
121. …in reply to @nazgul
     @nazgul Can you add titles (e.g. at the beginning of the video) with QT Pro?
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 29 Mood 0
122. According to Swisscom support person, iPhone 3GS stays always SIM-locked, even after the 2-yr contract expires, or if you leave CH. Bummer.
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 29 Mood -1 🙁
123. …in reply to @undefined
     @fraserspeirs You're changing the Prius for a VW?
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 29 Mood 0
124. Great video RT @mroesch: RT @NASA: See the entire 2008 Atlantic hurricane season from space in one time-lapse video. http://tr.im/qcmX
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 29 Mood +3 🙂
125. I'm falling asleep. I should've worked on finishing this paper draft _and then_ watched an episode of House, and not the other way around.
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 30 Mood -1 🙁
126. I just took the "Which Content Management System are you?" quiz and got: EMC Documentum! Try it: http://bit.ly/r54H2
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 30 Mood 0
127. So, that thing tweeted without telling me it was going to. BAD.
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 30 Mood -3 🙁
128. …in reply to @twitlonger
     @twitlonger Tweetie/Mac already has Twitlonger support - and I'd call it "big" :-)
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 30 Mood +3 🙂
129. I finally bought mate again, at the Mexican store in Zurich (they do sell Argentinian food as well). Nice. http://post.ly/11iB
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 30 Mood +3 🙂
130. …in reply to @twitlonger
     @twitlonger OK, just checking :-)
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 30 Mood 0
131. @tweetie It would be nice if posting images to Posterous included the tweet text in the post, and not just the image. Also, img rotation.
     Permalink On twitter.com Mention 2009 Jun 30 Mood +3 🙂
132. …in reply to @SifuMoraga
     @SifuMoraga Is it? For me, it's (a) my Argentinian origins, and (b) it's LOADED with caffeine (more than coffee, I think) (c) It looks cool.
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 30 Mood +1 🙂
133. I asked, and they gave me access to an Xserve to do my iMovie import/export. 7-min vs 3-hr video import. Did I mention I love my IS people?
     Permalink On twitter.com 2009 Jun 30 Mood +3 🙂