Twitter Archive - April 2011

Twitter Archive - April 2011

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Replying to @metz123

I do enjoy Clark Kellogg, but I still don’t know what “spurtability” means...same as NFL’s “escapability”.

Tue Apr 05 04:12:28 +0000 2011


Setting up new Amazon Kindle - text legibility is most impressive.

Tue Apr 05 04:17:19 +0000 2011


Replying to @kstewart

Interesting tweets are seriously impeding my working.

Fri Apr 08 03:27:01 +0000 2011


HTTPArchive is great infovis project: http://j.mp/dV09fk

Fri Apr 08 17:01:36 +0000 2011


802.11n at 5GHz is no match for concrete walls

Sat Apr 09 23:26:17 +0000 2011


MacPorts + Ganglia + Stress testing MacBook’s fan = gmond for OS X. Finally.

Tue Apr 12 03:54:38 +0000 2011


Why does looking for a Windows laptop feel like rummaging through a bargin bin? http://j.mp/1v59MS

Thu Apr 14 05:18:32 +0000 2011


Replying to @kstewart and @metz123

No kidding - not to mention trying to find one better than WXGA. Resolution isn’t measured diagonally, BestBuy.

Thu Apr 14 20:21:06 +0000 2011


Fry’s is to quality laptops what Olive Garden is to Italian food.

Fri Apr 15 00:21:52 +0000 2011


Replying to @tharkad

Which was the winner. Looking to see if MBA gen2 screen is stronger than gen1. If not, then Macbook. VMWare/Bootcamp if I must.

Fri Apr 15 02:26:04 +0000 2011


Larry Summers: Literally, an existence proof that intelligence is not wisdom. http://j.mp/e2jo4n

Fri Apr 15 02:37:21 +0000 2011


Replying to @tharkad

BTW, there’s now 1 Windows machine that coulda been a contenda: http://www.samsung.com/us/news/newsRead.do?news_seq=19774

Fri Apr 15 02:43:05 +0000 2011


Replying to @kstewart and @tharkad

MBA, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD FTW...AGW: Acronyms Gone Wild...

Fri Apr 15 03:25:09 +0000 2011


Replying to @kstewart, @tharkad and @metz123

MBA 13" is for the wife/home computer. Between streaming/Dropbox I think 128GB will be enough...

Fri Apr 15 03:49:53 +0000 2011


@kstewart @tharkad @metz123 Somewhat nervous about SSD long-term reliability, though...FUD-based?

Fri Apr 15 03:51:44 +0000 2011


Replying to @shelleypowers and @gcarothers

Agreed - see also http://www.wheredidmytaxdollarsgo.com/. If only infoVis translated into logicalArgumentVis..

Mon Apr 18 18:51:46 +0000 2011


Replying to @metz123

Probably, but I’d probably go with MBP for extra horsepower (especially for demos :) ).

Mon Apr 18 18:57:02 +0000 2011


Under 400 lines of Scala = DSL for JCR traversals: jcrNode/“child*”/@(“key” -> “value”). #lessIsMore #scala

Tue Apr 19 04:04:39 +0000 2011


Hey pundits, It took a while for electricity to become a utility. (http://j.mp/huHlf6). Relax on the Little Chicken AMZ Cloud is falling...

Fri Apr 22 16:35:01 +0000 2011