Saturday, March 07, 2015
@jessicabrookman @gettingsome I guess I need to start working out. To stand a chance as a labour drone. Before being replaced by a robot.
@justkelly_ok It feels horrible to hear that you had to endure all this. Hopefully your opening up will result in concrete improvements.
Friday, March 06, 2015
Spectacularly written piece on ISIS: http://t.co/p2GK5qa5I1
Thursday, March 05, 2015
@cdedaj @SaraJChipps @simeonvisser But if it's a question of degree, non-technical ones are much more likely to lack empathy.
@zachinglis @SaraJChipps But if it's a question of degree, non-technical ones are much more likely to lack empathy for actual makers.
Wednesday, March 04, 2015
"No animal products were used to make this LSD-laced cupcake."
RT @existentialcoms: "What do you want to be when you grow up?" "An honest, brave, compassionate human being." "No…I mean, how do you want …
@mm I prefer reading in sans-serif and writing in serif. As @nbashaw put it, serif just feels classy.
Tuesday, March 03, 2015
@jessicabrookman So strange.
Hugo doesn’t seem to like Led Zeppelin II. I’ve just become a father and already failed.
Monday, March 02, 2015
My favourite websites are the ones that make you login to your account to unsubscribe from their spammy mailing lists. ♥️
http://t.co/C7Bc3zD2eH You’re welcome.
Sunday, March 01, 2015
@CruzToTheEdge @gameofwar Yes.
“I think socializing is a way to waste time,” Zhang says. “Also, maybe I’m a little shy.” http://t.co/FdrUxo2Flk
@AMatthiesen Beautifully melancholy.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
RT @_dte: git brunch
Thursday, February 26, 2015
@Falkowski @zeldman Design is about how it looks and feels, not how it works.
@jessicabrookman Gorgeous!
Today I threw out food that *might* have expired. Is there such a thing as "too white"?
Monday, February 23, 2015
It turns out that partially digested breast milk doesn’t taste as bad as I imagined.
Some people are claiming that some movies are better than others.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
@AMatthiesen Beautiful photograph!
Friday, February 20, 2015
@marcoarment @johnroderick This is one of the most beautiful things I've heard. Thank you.
.@jessicabrookman "I'm on their side. And they're too stupid to see it. Because vagina."
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Sometimes I forget that my favourite t-shirt was produced by tiny little Vietnamese fingers.
@jessicabrookman I'm in the wrong line of work.
@replyall @Gimletmedia Excellent episode that triggered all sorts of melancholy thoughts.
Monday, February 16, 2015
Fun with GIFs: A preview of the next update to my family blog coming soon to a browser near you. http://t.co/mlOX2UIZHp
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Have you ever met a man that cares about a woman's manicure?
On a whim, @wisdemy is now @copingbear.
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Overpromise and underdeliver.
Friday, February 13, 2015
@unixtooltip Way to kill a dream.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
The only time my kid is ever going to see a screen is when he's trying to get my attention and I'm busy staring at my phone.
@jessicabrookman Yes, I did understand your point. And it did remind me to appreciate what I have. For which, thank you.
@jessicabrookman A thousand times this. If it weren't for this emotional buoy, I'd have sunk a long time ago.
RT @searls: Open Source Software, a one-act play, starring @domenic: http://t.co/Loc0GPWG05
@rowrocka @roujul @iamdevloper I think we've reached peak Kanye.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
@hugopdmagalhaes Cool! I've noted your email will write to you soon with my current #sidies, and you can tell me if you're interested. :)
Anyone need help with the development of their #sidies and interested in helping me research/design mine? @ga_london @london_cm
Inspired to offer and ask for help after last night's event at @GA_London @London_CM along with other #sidies!
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
It's nice to think that there's something chemically wrong with me, as opposed to something being spiritually wrong with me.
@fucktheory @groditi I'm seriously under-charging.
@jessicabrookman I've said it before and I'll say it again: Honesty harms people.
@Nicoooooooon @zeldman @simplebits And kept reminding me I'm one of the crotchety old men now.
Monday, February 09, 2015
@adamspelbring I too am catching up from the very beginning. Only 142 - 21 episodes to go! @roderickon
Honesty harms people.
Saturday, February 07, 2015
Put up another batch of stories on the baby blog: http://t.co/AMkkLaAdwN Now only 3 weeks behind real time. http://t.co/emY28MLm9D
Wednesday, February 04, 2015
If you're 10% bisexual does that make you 5% gay? Or is that reductive?
Tuesday, February 03, 2015
@jessicabrookman I have some reading to do. Thanks!
@jessicabrookman To stable equilibrium? (I guess I'm trying to ask: "permanently"?)
I have a trillion neurons firing in my brain. Why should I have a single, fixed personality?
@mattcutts But someone is wrong... on the Internet!
Monday, February 02, 2015
@olasitarska @djangoproject @potatolondon Excellent, I will do my best to make it. Exciting!
@olasitarska @djangoproject @potatolondon Is this open to multiple skill levels? I'd love to join.
@patrickbjohnson @monteiro Typography, not grammar.
Sunday, February 01, 2015
@jessicabrookman Desperation?
RT @bobpoekert: Parking spaces are for closers RT @mcclure111: Oh for fuck's sake Berkeley http://t.co/xHBddBIcS6
Saturday, January 31, 2015
"Well, actually" is a synonym for "fuck your opinion and let me tell you how correct I am."
Friday, January 30, 2015
@hotdogsladies Is that one that deletes all incoming email to maintain a state of nirvana?
If I were to say that applies equally well to people as it does programs, then I would be superficial, not wrong.
Generally, a good interface at an appropriate level of abstraction is so much more important than a specific implementation.
While I wasn't looking, shpotify learnt to do this: ./spotify play the commander thinks aloud https://t.co/2Vsp4AYNas
@jessicabrookman I don't think a day goes by where I'm not lamenting this fact. And I'm neither high IQ nor a woman.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
And now, my life is complete: http://t.co/P2jumYE0a6
@_danilo @jessicabrookman Preferably as a listicle.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Bubbles are awesome. Until they pop.
When wealth accumulates so spectacularly by doing nothing, there is less impetus to invest in genuine innovation.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
@Encosia I don't disagree with you but it's surprisingly hard to make a nuanced point about this in 110 characters. @SaraJChipps @voxdotcom
@Encosia As stated in the article, maybe it hints at misplaced priorities. Or at least a lot of people in prison. @SaraJChipps @voxdotcom
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
To commit murder over a cartoon is almost cartoonishly stupid.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Just tell me you don't want to pay me for my work. I'm a grown man, I can take it. To court.
"If I could do what you do, I would do it myself… and if I could do what you do, I would do it for free."
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
@jessicabrookman And they can afford healthcare. I guess the system works.
Monday, January 12, 2015
RT @badbanana: Defacing Subway Poster By Drawing Swastika On Baby's Forehead Rule No. 1: Know how to draw a swastika. http://t.co/8H4Nrqbghl
@AMatthiesen My belly agrees.
Wednesday, January 07, 2015
@jessicabrookman This tweet triggers melancholy thoughts in me.
@AMatthiesen This makes me sad :(
Sunday, January 04, 2015
@jessicabrookman Such a beautifully composed photograph.
Friday, January 02, 2015
I am not sure anymore what people mean when they talk about "sleeping like a baby."
@oscargodson @SaraJChipps SAAS: servers as a service
Thursday, January 01, 2015
@Gimletmedia @replyall I spent like 15 minutes trying to figure out what an (sic) HNY is. I don't feel particularly bright right now.
Perfect way to enter the new year.
Soaking in a warm tub all evening, weeping to melancholy thoughts while listening to @johnroderick's "The Commander Thinks Aloud" on a loop.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
@drderekjsmith @nntaleb I too have this query.
@jimbiancolo @roderickon @johnroderick I am nodding profusely at this… with my head lowered and eyes locked at my twitter client.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Meritocracy. I do not think that word means what you think it means.
"Yet, we know that many of America’s best engineers are never even given the chance to work in our industry, left behind by the meritocracy"
@joshuajuran @garybernhardt Have we, really? (Also your broth humour-fu wins you 10 internets.)
RT @mikeleffingwell: STOP TELLING ME YOUR NEWBORN'S WEIGHT AND LENGTH I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT INFORMATION.
@caseyjohnston apropos: https://t.co/xYx7y6eohY
RT @caseyjohnston: it's almost 2015. have your children learned to code?
Monday, December 29, 2014
@AMatthiesen Which is how I feel about delicious snacks in general. Too bad Hansel and Gretel didn't follow this strategy.
@JamieJWong I find this a lot more useful than the less-actionable "Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry alone."
Sunday, December 28, 2014
@sarajchipps Asimov's Foundation series. Blown away as a teen, and it still brings me to smile when I reminisce about it as an old man.
@OvercastFM and in that time, Smart Speed has saved me an extra 15 hours beyond speed adjustments alone. And so, thank you!
Joyful east-German cake box. http://t.co/BDvVqYH7vR
Saturday, December 27, 2014
@narayanan Hi, if you aren't using this twitter account and don't care about losing it, would you mind transferring it to me? Thanks!
Correct me if I'm wrong but nobody needs a website anymore. Haven't we moved beyond websites? Aren't we living in a post-website world?
Everyday I struggle to redesign my personal website and everyday I have the same internal dialogue:
Monday, December 22, 2014
I am pretty certain Sarah Koening did it for that sweet sweet MailKymp money.
Sunday, December 21, 2014
@hnarayanan Hi Hari. If you aren't using this twitter account and don't care about losing it, would you mind transferring it to me?
Friday, December 19, 2014
RT @daveanthony: Instead of giving to charity this holiday season, consider buying a lot of cocaine for yourself.
Late last night, the latest batch of stories went up on the family blog, including the hospital emergency episode: http://t.co/yer8YIbiMH
Thursday, December 18, 2014
@Greensngluttony @evrenk @monteiro I want to laugh, but also feel saddened by this thought. Machine learning ftw.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Taking care of a kid means you can score over 300 on #crossyroad! http://t.co/EQQ8BpxTN5
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Both were great in their own way, but one was super insightful and challenging: http://t.co/RQfZUu96h8
I'm proud to report that I finished another couple of classes even with a baby appearing on the scene. #stellarparenting
Tuesday, December 09, 2014
I am now the ambivalent owner of a certificate from a class where the professor sexually harassed his students. https://t.co/aViGSE04nR
RT @AnnaHolmes: This is basically not true. http://t.co/lOXEw4IBZP
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
First there was Google Docs. Then that was supplanted by Google Drive. Now they both exist side-by-side. Confusing branding is confusing.
Friday, November 28, 2014
RT @Charalanahzard: Sometimes young boys on Facebook send me rape threats, so I've started telling their mothers. http://t.co/0Cbs81eXiE
Discovered @Somewhere at an inspiring talk this morning @London_CM. Time to put all this inspiration to work!
Friday, November 21, 2014
Turns out you can `ln -s any_folder` into your Dropbox folder to back it up. In 28 days, I'll have a complete backup of my Pictures folder.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
@virginmedia Much better. Turns out there was something you guys needed to fix AND my Mac has a known WiFi bug with Yosemite. Double whammy!
@virginmedia I tried this earlier, but did so again. I now see reported problems that are going to be fixed in few hours. Fingers crossed!
@virginmedia Our internet connection (in NW3) has been quite unstable since yesterday. Is this a known issue?
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
@karthix Upgrading Macs suck just as much. For weeks, I've been syncing up a new Mac to bring it to the level of utility of an older one.
@karthix This was from 12.x LTS -> 14.x LTS.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
It's not that there's something wrong with diffeomorphism. I just think that the cops should learn about it.
I used the word diffeomorphism. Quick, someone call the cops.
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Who am I kidding? I don’t leave the house.
Finally, I can leave the house with my new phone without being embarrassed by its ugly antenna lines. http://t.co/mRMw7lG0dW
Something is off here; can't put my finger on what. http://t.co/uKdtxYXqxx
Friday, November 14, 2014
@caseyliss As parents of a newborn boy too, I'm proud to report my wife hums the @atpfm theme song each time we have a changing accident!
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Nothing of value is free. Except Ubuntu.
What do you get if you take Debian, add a bunch of proprietary software, and then later remove it all (at great expense)?
I had a remote dist-upgrade fail on me today, leaving one of my machines in some crazy inconsistent state. Ubuntu = Debian - upgradeability
And another upgrade in the family! http://t.co/l3pzCMJt0C
Sunday, November 09, 2014
@virginmedia It seems to have resolved itself this morning. Thanks!
Saturday, November 08, 2014
@virginmedia Are you guys having some DNS issues this evening? I can't get many sites to work without switching to Google's public DNS.
Friday, November 07, 2014
For those interested, baby-related news will be reported on the newly-retooled family blog: http://t.co/OpXwIcLSPl Enjoy!
Thursday, November 06, 2014
Is an economic recovery still an economic recovery if the only people who notice it were rich enough not to notice the original downturn?
Monday, November 03, 2014
I look about as good naked as Lena Dunham in my new show, 'Boys'.
Thursday, October 30, 2014
So it turns out it's not cool to A/B test potential names for your kid on social media before officially registering it with the government.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Just informed by town hall that our baby’s birth isn’t considered official until it's been tweeted. So, here's Hugo! http://t.co/UH8dLccXav
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
@codinghorror @discourse iPhone 4 forever!
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Safari is a fine browser… to get Chrome on your machine. http://t.co/yprBAJyQfo
Sunday, October 19, 2014
@garybernhardt Apropos: https://t.co/pJnYzGJZaA
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Yes, it's pretty fucking ugly. http://t.co/7EThzHU8AA
Monday, October 06, 2014
Investors bet on people, not on business plans, because they know successful people will find a way to be successful.
Sunday, October 05, 2014
http://t.co/qLmafzytVN You're welcome.
Friday, October 03, 2014
So it turns out it's easier to get Ebola in Texas than an abortion.
Saturday, September 27, 2014
RT @philip_roberts: Functional programming suffers from the owl problem: Step 1. map a function over a list Step 2. build the rest of your…
Friday, September 26, 2014
I’ve spent less time thinking about the name of our unborn baby than I have about some low-level function in my code. #StellarParenting
Thursday, September 25, 2014
@garybernhardt @mornje Then again, it's not like my baby is so cute that her pictures matter.
@garybernhardt @mornje And since I've been using HFS+ as my primary filesystem for over a decade now, no amount of checksumming can save me.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Unbeknownst to me, @edgefolio has had decent unicode support all this time. May a thousand funky usernames bloom! http://t.co/UqBKzyV6Nv
A fing-longer if you will.
Monday, September 15, 2014
Kickstarter idea: A relatively painless finger-extension in order to be able to use the new iPhone.
Sunday, September 14, 2014
You're welcome. http://t.co/2w7pJBJ7vh
Saturday, September 13, 2014
One of these things is not like the others: · iPod · iPhone · iPad · ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜ
Friday, September 12, 2014
I'm glad they understood what I truly wanted when I didn't sign up for their newsletter. http://t.co/Py8PpuXpoY
@TheRowen Hell no! They convert to even more ridiculous salaries for the prime cog in the university machine, the administrators.
I forced powered down both computers and it's still convinced it's nearly done.
I yanked out the cable after 10 hours of "less than a minute remaining." It's still convinced it's nearly done. http://t.co/choErehv32
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Did I say joy? I meant rage.
Since it's been stuck on "less than a minute remaining" for some hours now, 15 hours is starting to look likely. Macs fill me with joy.
Migration assistant can't seem to decide whether the sync between my old and new Mac is going to take 40 minutes or 15 hours and 4 minutes.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
"So occasionally this happens, that the Google Apps charge all of a sudden appears as Google AdWords instead." — Actual quote from Google.
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
My local store has begun throwing out all their pants and replacing them with new ones with correct sized pockets.
Saturday, September 06, 2014
It saddens me to report that our unborn child doesn’t seem to appreciate the once-in-a-generation creative brilliance of @kanyewest.
@frathgeber @utropstegn @gerardjgorman Congratulations Dr. Rathgeber!
Thursday, September 04, 2014
Seems legit. http://t.co/mmO30kCXBg
Wednesday, September 03, 2014
@anderslogg @garth_wells I've heard that some Emacs shortcuts can be particularly dangerous.
Tuesday, September 02, 2014
I was saddened to find that my name was not in the list of celebs whose nude pics had been hacked. Maybe it's because I don't use iCloud.
@kristinsvendsen Congratulations! :)
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Today I f'ed up by offering my seat on the tube to a woman I thought was pregnant.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
RT @garybernhardt: always make sure to return your printer carriage between vim commands
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
OH: "Have you thought about lying? Not lying per se, but, you know, not telling the truth?"
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Placenta recipe.
Friday, August 22, 2014
They say that Guardians of the Galaxy is the Star Wars of this generation. They say it like it's a good thing.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
'murica: http://t.co/PiuuLZOex4
Thursday, August 14, 2014
@SteveStreza @bodil This tweet was brought to you by Coca Cola ®.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
The best camera is the one that you have with you... that has an f/1.4 prime lens.
Tuesday, August 05, 2014
Most product feedback: - You MUST add this feature. - How much $ is it worth to you? - Oh I don't need it, I just thought it's a good idea.
Monday, August 04, 2014
If no one comes from the future to stop you from doing it, then how bad of a decision can it really be?
@anderslogg Cool! But the first image and the last couple (the ones that aren't IMAG*.jpg I think) seem to not exist when clicked.
Sunday, August 03, 2014
Maturity: That moment when you forego the perfect font for your personal website because you'd rather spend the £540 on anything else.
Friday, August 01, 2014
Turn to the internet for inspiration with mixed baby names. Keep getting directed to white supremacist forums. Technology is awesome.
If a kid "grows out" of autism, it wasn't autistic to begin with. Diagnoses are handed out like candy these days.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Note to self: Don't use the words "differential largeness" in conversation with your pregnant wife ever again.
@mcculloughsean @garybernhardt I hate copy and paste so I always turn this option off when I compile my vims.
Sunday, July 27, 2014
A vector of length one is scalar enough.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
@karthix Thanks, and hopefully not!
My Chrome installation is now complete: https://t.co/Y2CixZ7ALZ
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
@aterrel I knew this was coming! But the Bing translation I did not. http://t.co/UwRb7ohsCc
@aterrel After an easy_install pip. (140 characters is not enough to do a nuanced take on the state of Python installers.)
@aterrel Given my ctrl-r habit I'm pretty certain I never knew.
@aterrel If it doesn't, that history is dead to me. ;)
@aterrel Since a capital S is quite uncommon in shell commands, once you've typed "python -m SimpleHTTPServer", you can always return to it.
@aterrel Any reasonable shell (Bash, Zsh) etc. has recursive backward search a la Emacs.
@aterrel Or as I know it: Ctrl-r S ↵ :)
Monday, July 21, 2014
... learning Swift so I can build an app to help us decide.
After spending months unable to come up with a name for our unborn child, I'm doing what every other self-respecting geek would do...
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Covering all bases. http://t.co/bwmueHNXnp
Friday, July 18, 2014
@virginmedia One of the highlights of moving to London has been your brilliant broadband service. Thank you! http://t.co/oLrxJxVKW8
Thursday, July 17, 2014
User feedback: We understand that integrating all this feedback would make it a completely different product, but boy would it be great!
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Macs are awesome because they're intuitive and they just work. http://t.co/aBpzl2QfdX
Just in time for Yosemite, I upgraded to Mavericks. Cause that's how you ride the tail end of technology.