- @rothgar Have you tried homebrew yet? in reply to rothgar #
- @rothgar Creative people realize sometimes shelling $$$ for a software helps ensure it'll remain a 1st class app. 🙂 in reply to rothgar #
- Neat song! Savlonic : The Driver http://t.co/Y7d3tlpQ #
- Haha! Did Bleach really end? Maybe I should catch up. #
- @rothgar did you ever figure it out? in reply to rothgar #
- @gltovar Nice! Did you draw that? in reply to gltovar #
- @hungtruong It's a ManWolfPig! in reply to hungtruong #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-25
- Seriously!?! Excel for Mac can't open 2 files with the same file name?!?! http://t.co/CCs4zyk8 #
- @ellism Yeah I found this on WIkipedia: https://t.co/xBlFeygX in reply to ellism #
- @ellism "Microsoft Excel will not open two documents with the same name […] The reason is for calculation ambiguity with linked cells." in reply to ellism #
- @rothgar Can't the same argument be applied to Superman? Or he an alien too and not a superhero? ;p in reply to rothgar #
- http://t.co/E4NdXOYI First thing that popped into my head: Spidey-Sense is telling me I'm getting a call from X #
- @fearthecowboy default fix width font is 8 pixels wide? in reply to fearthecowboy #
- @rothgar Hehe. Reminds me of the Improv Everywhere where they dressed up to look like Best Buy employees. http://t.co/07xLt5uT in reply to rothgar #
- @fearthecowboy Neat! in reply to fearthecowboy #
- @rothgar I assume the parentheses are giving you trouble? Try: /[(]1900[)]/ in reply to rothgar #
- @rothgar Make that /[(]1990[)]/ in reply to rothgar #
- So is there a way to win @ DrawSomething? Or is the goal just to have fun drawing/guessing with friends? #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-18
- Facebook's translate button have spoiled me. Was sad when I couldn't find it on Twitter. Had to copy and paste into Google Translate. #
- @jani_s I'm not sure if Barton forwarded the message, but Siri supports Japanese now. 🙂 #
- Microsoft is incentivizing people to change their Xbox Gamer Tag. I guess they do make $10 a pop if you change it. http://t.co/UccnzBov #
- In order to stand out in the mass of blue social network icons, Google+ has switched to red: http://t.co/na2D5BXd http://t.co/huQwLkGU #
- @hungtruong My friend has a rule that every $1 he spends on an apple product, he needs to invest the same amount in AAPL. ;p in reply to hungtruong #
- @gltovar I'm still waiting for wireless power! 😀 in reply to gltovar #
- @hungtruong You never sell AAPL ;p in reply to hungtruong #
- @rothgar It would be funny if the husband got her that license plate. ;p in reply to rothgar #
- @jani_s Good luck! (^_^x) in reply to jani_s #
- Interesting… Facebook comments on sites apparently merge all !s into 1 !. e.g. Thanks!!! => Thanks! #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-11
- Decided to try out iTunes Match. Nice thing is it deducts the $25 from my iTunes GC balance. #
- I thought Master Chief dies at the end of Halo 3. Is Halo 4 going to be a prequel? #
- @fearthecowboy When are you going to convince them to switch from source depot to github? 😀 in reply to fearthecowboy #
- @Namecheap I'm trying to register a new domain, but I keep getting Unable to Process Request (tried it with me logged in and logged out) #
- @fearthecowboy Not sure if they make a mix, but I really like Lipton's Diet Citrus Green Tea in reply to fearthecowboy #
- Interesting… @AmericanExpress and @twitter join up for special offers: https://t.co/NDvsKUEV #
- @echofon You should enable a mode to automatically report spam if someone's tweet mentions me and only includes a link and other people #
- @hungtruong Or any game consoles. in reply to hungtruong #
- Get Coldplay's newest album Mylo Xyloto for just a quarter: http://t.co/xu0G3Ku0 #
- It's a pity Siri on the iPhone 4S doesn't deal with voicemails. Is it a lot harder to play newest voicemail than say read my newest text? #
- In times when the internet connection is horrible, I remember I have a Kindle. 😀 #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-04
- @ralphlee Can they do that if you're leasing the place…? in reply to ralphlee #
- @dcurtis @rothgar Sounds more like someone changed their user agent to do some testing as an iPad. The Dell 30" LCD has that resolution. in reply to dcurtis #
- @dcurtis I wouldn't say it has to be a prank. I change my user agent to iPhone/iPad all the time to test how my site will look. in reply to dcurtis #
- @dcurtis Then I forget to change it back until I load something like YouTube and wonder why it looks all weird. in reply to dcurtis #
- @ralphlee Ah. Gotcha. in reply to ralphlee #
- Was listening to David Guetta – Turn Me On ft. Nicki Minaj all day and for some reason some guy w/ a funny face kept popping into my head. #
- @krunk4ever Wasn't the music video. After pondering all day, I finally remembered. It was @ruferg in Mattstache: http://t.co/zUAXBZXH in reply to krunk4ever #
- Sweet! Google Analytics and Facebook Insight no longer requires flash. 😀 #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-26
- started hearing about Obama/Biden 2012 campaign and that's when I remembered that Biden was our Vice President. What has he done in 4 years? #
- Roger is back http://t.co/alEBdC6m Don is back http://t.co/pOb2ftol Mad Men is back http://t.co/sa3lUfht #
- Surprised that Costco at 6pm on a weekday is rather empty. Half the parking lot is empty and the experience is one of the more pleasant. #
- @shawboy78 MakeMKV 🙂 in reply to shawboy78 #
Yahoo! IM Links broken in Messages Beta
So I’ve been playing with the Messages Beta and it’s pretty neat.
Messages is touted as the replacement for iChat for its upcoming OSX release. Not only will it support existing IM networks, but you will now be able to chat with people on its iMessage network, where anyone using an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch running iOS 5.0 is already on.
I’m currently attempting to switch completely from Adium to Messages and see how that’ll work out. Messages currently supports AIM, Yahoo! IM, and Google Talk. The only obvious missing network is MSN/Live Messenger.
It obviously doesn’t have all the plugin support such as OTR (Off-the-Record Message), but for a beta, it’s actually working pretty well. I understand this is still in beta and any of the problems I see will probably be fixed by the time Mountain Lion comes out.
One annoying thing is there’s no way to disable all sounds. If you’re a fan of the beeps and boops you get with text messaging on the iPhone, you’ll probably enjoy it. The preferences allows me to disable sounds for each event individually, but I can’t seem to find a way to disable sounds globally.
An issue that my only friend on Yahoo! keeps reminding me is that they appear to have broken the Yahoo! IM protocol for links. Whatever it’s doing, the links are showing up multiple times on their end. I’ve confirmed this by doing a test with my dad’s Yahoo! account also. Here’s what happens when I send a simple http://www.example.com/ link:
One rather cool thing is that you can link up your IM contacts with your address book entries. Took me quite some time, but I’ve finally mapped out most of my IM contacts. Previously I would attach a note/comment on the user in case I forgot who they were (which happens to people I don’t talk to frequently).
I had hoped that conversations would be synced to the cloud, but unfortunately it doesn’t look like it’s happening yet. Something I was hoping to see was if I was having a conversation on my laptop, I would be able to see the full conversation in Messages on my desktop (and vice versa).
All in all, I’m enjoying Messages and looking forward to see it in its final form when Mountain Lion is released.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-19
- Okay. What happened? Downton Abbey's been out for 2 years, but why is everyone suddenly talking about it? It's even infiltrated my webcomics #
- I think I'm going through this bag of Halls Breezers way too fast, even with a sore throat… They shouldn't make it taste so good. #
- RT @Cut_The_Rope: Happy Valentine's Day from Om Nom & Zeptolab team! http://t.co/taIBVC7K http://t.co/tqCMZq6r #
- @hungtruong Hey, when all the big guns are at version #s higher than you, you've gotta think of a way to catch up, no? ;p in reply to hungtruong #
- @hungtruong It's not so much a feature/bug as it's UI design change. Just like having no file menu, this follows their minimalistic approach in reply to hungtruong #
- @hungtruong Isn't that a similar argument people were making when they didn't have a file menu? What about the novices? in reply to hungtruong #
- @hungtruong I would argue that it's similar to the hidden scrollbar. When you know it exists, you'll know what it does. 🙂 in reply to hungtruong #
- @hungtruong I'm actually surprised so many people use the + tab button. I don't recall the last time I clicked on it. I always just ⌘+t. in reply to hungtruong #
- @fearthecowboy This feels like an Onion article. in reply to fearthecowboy #
- @angelgrrl813 Hanging out by the kitty litter bin? :p in reply to angelgrrl813 #
- 'A bunch of friends and we did X' OR 'We and a bunch of friends did X'? #
- @ryandjohnson @loganb Context: Do you remember my roommate Andrew? We and a bunch of friends took a trip down to California this summer. in reply to ryandjohnson #
- Does anyone know why the US$1 bill has 72.3% cotton/28.7% linen while all the other bills have 75%/25%? My googlefu is failing me. #
- @krunk4ever My only guess is cotton is more expensive than linen and this helped cut costs on the most produced bill (42% in 2009). in reply to krunk4ever #
- @ryandjohnson Maybe you have to initiate the conversation in the other direction. in reply to ryandjohnson #
- @digadeesh Interesting… maybe it's a cost saving in that they don’t have to reprint as many for damaged bills. in reply to digadeesh #
- Free MP3 via @amazon: http://t.co/i6R5JZEO AWOLNATION – Not Your Fault #
- Free MP3 via @amazon: http://t.co/i6R5JZEO AWOLNATION – Not Your Fault http://t.co/IPPtSEnh #
- @krunk4ever Another favorite of mine from AWOLNATION is Sail: http://t.co/1mRZmoBM in reply to krunk4ever #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-12
- @kellyoxford @ryandjohnson I'm surprised at how much better it looks in Firefox than in Chrome. in reply to kellyoxford #
- @rothgar Not really the service provider's fault so much as the manufacturer, no? ;p in reply to rothgar #
- @daringfireball Who's need to pay for a super bowl ad when it's free? http://t.co/kJ6YmCRD in reply to daringfireball #
- @rothgar Super compression! in reply to rothgar #
- Haha. I chuckled. http://t.co/DpErVP53 http://t.co/SpIf5VAA #
- @matthewbaldwin @ralphlee Thanks for sharing! 😀 in reply to matthewbaldwin #
- Fans of WOTE's cover of Gotye's Somebody That I Used To Know definitely needs to check out this week's Key Of Awesome: http://t.co/bMXHmrQQ #
How To Fix The Shopping Tote Bag Problem
I generally try to be environmentally friendly, but I just can’t seem to remember to ever bring in my tote bag into the grocery store. Maybe it’s because it’s so infrequent that I ever go to a supermarket. I always have a tote bag in the back of my car, but 90% of the time, I only remember it when I’m checking out. By then, I’m too lazy to just drop everything just to retrieve my tote bag from my car.
I know some stores have a small monetary incentive for you to use your tote bag instead of using their plastic bags, but do people really care about the quarter they just saved by using their tote bag?
What they should do instead is at EVERY entrance of the store, have a giant sign reminding people about their tote bags. When I don’t actually have anything picked out yet, I’m a lot more inclined to head back to my car to get my tote bag.
What would be better is they have some sort of tote bag program, similar to milk that comes in a glass bottle, where you’re charged a nominal fee for the glass bottle, but will be refunded when you return the bottle. So by the time I accumulate 20 or so tote bags, I can just return them all at once. If people like the tote bags, they can opt to keep them and it’ll be cheap advertising for your supermarket.