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6/3/2010

Twitter Digest for 2010-06-03

small world: @dylanw and @lloydbrown were both there the night griffey broke his hand (at the Dome!). (I was not.) #
RT @BPGlobalPR: Here is a new link for the Press Release: Meet Leroy Stick. Please pass it on. http://tinyurl.com/24ohsfu #
indeed. RT @dylanw: This weather in Seattle has me wondering if it's June 2 or April 63. #

6/2/2010

Twitter Digest for 2010-06-02

@olyhillary \m/ rock on! in reply to olyhillary #
RT @emmettoconnell: Yelm Highway Project has a blog http://ow.ly/1SKj6 and a twitter acct @YelmHighwayInfo #olympia #
@simonstl @shelleypowers also, author (at Oil Drum) needs editor. good writing about complex topics is HARD. in reply to simonstl #
Your contact page is a PDF? Really? Really?! ::rolls eyes:: No wonder your web app is broken. You have failed the internet. #

5/29/2010

Twitter Digest for 2010-05-29

"every feature is going to be abused by shitheads to the maximum extent possible" http://bit.ly/axuq7z relevant to html5? #
@pat_ramsey surely there is a middle ground? in reply to pat_ramsey #
50F and rain. what is this, March? #
@shelleypowers in that case… ::sigh:: in reply to shelleypowers #
@shelleypowers I read someplace (can't remember where, alas) that federal law requires BP run the cleanup. Irritating, but there it is. #

5/28/2010

Twitter Digest for 2010-05-28

@johnnycoke o god no. (why is that building not a protected historic landmark already?) in reply to johnnycoke #
have been emailing w/sis trying to remember various disastrous childhood camping trips. (re oil on beach) fascinating to reconstruct. #
#olympia am thinking abt going downtown & picking up ciders. suggestions for good take-out to go with? (am biking, but it's the behemoth.) #
@jbertrand did you create a business account to claim locations? (am wary abt mixing personal acct w/work stuff.) in reply to jbertrand #
@shelleypowers may ask sis (better memory) if she remembers where/when that was. in reply to shelleypowers #
@shelleypowers that MJ story suddenly reminded me of some childhood beach trips in So Cal, getting oil on our bathing suits. in reply to shelleypowers #
@markmessinger this would be an interesting spot for EV testing, in re longer-distance travel, being a stopping point between SEA & PDX. in reply to markmessinger #
@dylanw re quake: "The odds that a mega-quake will hit the northern segment [Seaside, OR to BC] are more like 10 to 15 percent." whew. #
@dylanw maybe there's a few other web folk at UW who'd be into it? after all, y'all have a zillion people. If I were still HE, I would. in reply to dylanw #
@Oakwright could definitely be into that. still also want to get together a D&D game. am noodling around with campaign ideas. in reply to Oakwright #
@heyrocker you've seen the South Park Guitar Hero episode, yes? in reply to heyrocker #

5/27/2010

Twitter Digest for 2010-05-27

Wtf is that giant ball of light in the sky?! 😉 #
. @jrdixey that was fun, also, cool to see @agathafrye respond there! 🙂 in reply to jrdixey #
@Matt_Vance reformats existing content to look good on small screen, but also a bit of hiding/showing to be more useful. in reply to Matt_Vance #
@FakeAPStylebook when I was a kid in So Cal it was "Fire, Flood, Earthquake and Drought." (mudslide being a subset of flood?) in reply to FakeAPStylebook #
@einmaleins there's lots of research on parking pricing. free is expensive. http://bit.ly/ckTaZc (from 07, refs a study in Oly!) in reply to einmaleins #
@Matt_Vance I've got a mobile stylesheet for ours. in reply to Matt_Vance #
WTF? what happens 2 the meters? RT @markmessinger & @LivingInOlympia: Olympia council kills plan to charge for parking http://bit.ly/b4pKTo #
@AncillaDeAzul happy birthday! in reply to AncillaDeAzul #
@johnnycoke OMG it was insane. possibly heaviest rain I have ever ridden in. socks were still wet this morning. in reply to johnnycoke #

5/26/2010

Twitter Digest for 2010-05-26

oh yeah. of COURSE the rain comes in hard right when I need to leave work. :\ this weather is the pits. #
@morrischris O.M.G. I owned that camera (or similar)…in 2002. it was humongous! in reply to morrischris #
forgot to publish story on site before sending newsletter. 🙁 thankfully it's just the A/B test group that got the brokenness. #

5/25/2010

Twitter Digest for 2010-05-25

"burn down hot topic burn it down don't let it take your soul" sometimes south park is f'ing awesome. #
@myerman the elbow/impossible thing. in reply to myerman #
@Oakwright haha! I worked out a bunch of it on the ride home, tho. in reply to Oakwright #
@myerman that prompted some serious hilarity in our house. @olybuzz sorta kinda did it! #
@Oakwright am actually thinking about diagramming it out ala D&D encounter. in reply to Oakwright #
need to actually figure out what happens in the hand-wavey bits. no, srsly, what IS happening? (self: nice dodge, making POV char pass out.) #
finally finished read-thru/edit of my #nanowrimo climactic battle not that exciting. 🙁 ending needs MASSIVE work, but am excited to do it. #
@jbertrand honestly I don't really miss managing a really large site. (there were lots of subsites that I had to give up on.) in reply to jbertrand #
@jbertrand I think that's a boss-to-boss conversation, altho it probly helps to have an embarrassing situation to point out. (seriously) in reply to jbertrand #
@jbertrand I used to have a quarterly reminder system when I worked at Pierce, just to make sure everything was correct. in reply to jbertrand #
@dylanw srsly. anti-vaccine folk shd have to take a tour of a 19th century cemetery. get a little perspective for crying out loud. in reply to dylanw #
@mkelley lots of people (much to my surprise) – I have a mailing list (15K+) that's 15% hotmail addresses. in reply to mkelley #
@myerman I swear I remember hearing that once attributed to Rumsfeld. great advice anyway. 🙂 in reply to myerman #

5/22/2010

Twitter Digest for 2010-05-22

so, this or formspring? http://bit.ly/bDH0It #
had a nice day walking around Olympia with Mom. very chill, actually, and not really any rain. #
@Oakwright re yelling at computer: I go with cursing in a low voice. much more effective. 😉 in reply to Oakwright #
RT @emmettoconnell: Book donations to Friends of the Olympia Library are down, so please donate yr old books. It's easy! http://ow.ly/1OnP5 #
@olyhillary if u are on FB, there's a thread on the oly library's page looking for feedback abt the system. (attn @agathafrye) in reply to olyhillary #
@lloydbrown that looked like fun! was hanging out with my mom visiting from So Cal. in reply to lloydbrown #

5/21/2010

Twitter Digest for 2010-05-21

@rshevlin I dunno…I think in a HH that's all cell, more than 1 person usually has a cell line. (we've been just cell for a while now.) in reply to rshevlin #
I can haz spring back plz? #
@einmaleins I know! coming back from lunch we could just see it coming up behind us. then: boom. curtain of rain. in reply to einmaleins #
@russ668 who's the speaker? (am totally jealous, btw.) in reply to russ668 #
@einmaleins catchy, alas. I actually do ok with journalistic, but creative…. 80% of my poetry is "untitled" as is my nanowrimo novel! in reply to einmaleins #
@einmaleins trying to come up with a subject line for an email newsletter. I suck at titles, headlines, etc. #
@poptopvw ages ago a friend w/dental anxiety introduced me to her dentist, who had tv in the ceiling. a truly brilliant innovation. in reply to poptopvw #
watching daily show on tv-in-ceiling at the dentist is kinda awesome. a bit awkward, but still awesome. #

5/20/2010

Twitter Digest for 2010-05-20

got a quick walk in during break in the rain…started pouring about a block away from the office. on the way *back* thankfully. #
@olyhillary bummer. 🙁 in reply to olyhillary #
@Oakwright I don't ever *open* them! more like a string of beads, really. in reply to Oakwright #
doodad (safety pins) has been located. now I can stop fidgeting with everything else on my desk. :\ #
@Oakwright it's a bunch of safety pins strung together. also, u inspired me to go look over by donuts…there it was! yay! in reply to Oakwright #
the doodad I keep on my desk specifically to channel my fidgeting is gone. 🙁 WTF? #
@jbertrand yep. saw raindrops on the windows here in Lacey. in reply to jbertrand #
I really, really, really wish they would change the name of all this "Bike to Work" stuff to "Bike to Anywhere" or something. #
RT @wsdot: Cliff says the latest photos show the impending storm is stronger than originally thought http://bit.ly/3FEjbZ #MayStorm #
@Oakwright oh, so very good. I dunno, maybe I should call a meeting over here? 😉 in reply to Oakwright #
we're having bike to work day 2 days early here. I brought donuts from Twister (nomnomnom) – thank goodness for the #xtracycle #