Benson's Blag: Archive

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2009-05-27 19.40.21

May 29th

RT @elliottkember: Another one! http://bit.ly/ouOqJ - People like @garymccaffrey are ruining...

May 29th

RT @elliottkember: Ah, this is where the Twitter spam is coming from! http://bit.ly/dpkkz

May 29th

RT @reybango: Watch Video…without Flash. Open video is making inroads. Daily Motion now supports...

May 29th

http://twitpic.com/63dr4 - 2009-05-27 19.40.21.jpg

May 29th

RT @al3x: I don’t know if the browser is the new operating system, but I’m damn sure my...

May 29th

Fremont Bridge: Slows down the commute a bit…

May 28th

RT @arbornetworks: Understanding the spreading of mobile phones viruses http://is.gd/Fhe4

May 28th

http://twitpic.com/624tc - Fremont Bridge

May 28th

Java’s package system is pissing me off. Why can’t it have modules like a real language?

May 28th

Spent the long weekend working our asses off on the boat. Should be ready to bring down on Friday.

May 26th

RT @wailinglist: “Twitter is a legitimate marketing tool.” - Some Marketing Tool.

May 23rd

RT @burke_eric: Concurrency comic: http://twittch.com/16/

May 23rd

From the end of the last track on LTE1: “I believe that will suffice as a record…”

May 23rd

Liquid Tension Experiment FTW.

May 23rd

After killing the “virus scanner gone wild” process, my computer is responsive and...

May 23rd

RT @ryanaraine: anyone who logs into tvvitter.com deserves to be phished. i mean, c’mon.

May 22nd

RT @NathanFillion: Nuclear. New-clear. Noo-kleer. NOT new-cue-ler. NOT noo-que-lr. TWO friends. TOO...

May 22nd

RT @overtfascist: Right to repair law for cars http://tr.im/lVoB Govt. should only be allowed to...

May 21st

Lots of people don’t seem to be getting the message. OSX USERS PLZ TO TURN OFF JAVA APPLETS...

May 21st

Here’s a quick highlight of the places to check for java applets in firefox on the mac:...

May 21st

After discussion with @autumnspirit, I think ruby’s coersion of 0 to “true” is...

May 21st

RT @azaaza: Please help spread the word of Jetpack. http://bit.ly/u3u4o

May 21st

Glad I don’t use Mint. RT @yauba: Mint may sell customer data to generate revenue...

May 20th

RT @azaaza: Microformats and the semantic web will only take off when people get value from...

May 20th

I think we should have a day called Talk Like A Ninja Day wherein everyone shuts the fuck up.

May 20th

RT @cwgabriel: I Love the way Kurtz draws Gabe and Tycho http://www.pvponline.com/

May 20th

Why the hell are there so many competing and argument-incompatible implementations of netcat?...

May 20th

Sunburned the hell out of my neck this weekend painting the boat.

May 19th

RT @mike9r: The American Airlines website sucks so Dustin Curtis (@dcurtis) decided to redesign it...

May 19th

http://twitpic.com/5fzvn - @ryanaraine Did I really see your face/name in an ad for...

May 19th

RT @electrcspacegrl: I like “I’ll be in my bunk.” May it never go out of...

May 19th

If you work 40 hours a week, $58k/year is much better than $75k/year at 60 hours a week. Keep in...

May 19th

RT @Furyofsolace: Thanks to the season 2 pickup, Dollhouse ep 13 to air on Fox after all, date TBD:...

May 19th

Dollhouse. Awesome.

May 17th

RT @overtfascist: This just in: Teacher reading aloud Dr. Seuss book to children punched in throat...

May 16th

Must Have G1 Apps: Locale, ConnectBot, AndFTP, PixelPipe, Toggle Settings, Klaxon, ShopSavvy, My...

May 16th

RT @dalmaer: Aaron reminded me of the blue screen of death JavaScript library. http://bit.ly/1wlc74

May 16th

Been so long since I’ve known how to use CVS properly I completely forgot about the mandatory...

May 16th

There’s much anti-cyclist angst in Seattle, largely because cyclists act like self righteous...

May 16th

RT @bs: via @aedison “Study shows that 90% of students own a cellphone. I’m assuming the...

May 16th

RT @electrcspacegrl: @Dichenlachman @drhorrible @ElizaPatricia @miraclelaurie Go Dollhouse!...

May 15th

RT @dakami: http://tinyurl.com/p8ddg5 Props to DLink for addressing default password attacks by...

May 15th

Is MSN down for everybody? I hear rumors on the internets.

May 15th

Looks like some people are moving over to identi.ca. Anybody following me have an account over...

May 15th

I wonder if users with replies on was 3% of all users, or 3% of active users. I’d guess the...

May 15th

I’m having a hard time grokking the “it didn’t scale” argument. I’d...

May 14th

As great as it is that people are working around the @ reply thing, Maybe I don’t want to see...

May 14th

RT @dacort: Old: Overhear friends/strangers if desired. New: Overhear friends only. New new:...

May 14th

RT @rstevens: When I can’t think straight, I go for a walk. I go through a lot of shoes.

May 14th

Hour and a half or so getting my license renewed. Got to love the Dept of Licensing.

May 13th

I’m trying not to win @elliottkember’s copy of Vista at http://bit.ly/VBbXD - help me...

May 13th

LMAO RT @fuzzy_waffle: i wish i could go back in time and teach james gosling about compilers and...

May 13th

Hilarious. RT @hdmoore: why you shouldn’t ask for help with interview questions on irc...

May 13th

RT @nikolawannabe: Modal dialogue boxes should burn in hell.

May 12th

RT @dhh: I’ve just removed the excuse for putting seed data in your Rails migrations:...

May 12th

I love frink, but it lacks readline support. I threw together a couple of hacks to fix that:...

May 12th

Loving having @netvibes in its own process. Running it inside prism is really sweet.

May 10th

Bug in the twitter @netvibes widget when running on prism. When I click reply it opens twitter.com...

May 10th

Congratulations! Where? Doing what? When do you start?

May 10th

RT @ryancarson Products that warn you about police speed traps should be illegal. “Let’s...

May 10th

The user experience on the G1 must have improved, because I just sat at my computer and read email...

May 10th

For some reason Beak is completely bombing on the Mentions tab. Growls that I have 50 mentions,...

May 9th

I’m fairly impressed with Prism, especially on the mac. I might have to try using it for...

May 9th

RT @davewiner:This never happens but today people on Twitter are talking about how FriendFeed is...

May 9th

RT @ColinAC: For anyone that doesn’t get twitter or realize its potential, play with this:...

May 9th

I’ve been really impressed with PostgreSQL’s docs so far. Props to whoever wrote them.

May 9th

I love deadpan humor… RT @jonathancoulton: Eating a sandwich. #unfollowfriday

May 9th

I’m amused how compelling free food is, even to people who make a good salary.

May 9th

My New RAM (8 GB): Holy hell that’s a lot of ram.

May 8th

RT @hdmoore: i love hacks like this: http://bit.ly/17PgFN (via @gdfuego)

May 8th

http://twitpic.com/4p2i1 - My New RAM (8 GB)

May 8th

I have 8 gigabytes of memory in my computer. I’m not entirely sure what to do with it all.

May 8th

RT @overtfascist: Get ready to short News Corp http://is.gd/xl85 consumers won’t suddenly...

May 8th

RT @NathanFillion: Thank you, PRACTIKILT, for providing my wardrobe for the Late Late Show last...

May 8th

Just in case anybody’s wondering, Dollhouse is a fantastic show. Genius storytelling with...

May 8th

RT @NoisyAstronomer: Dollhouse is trending on twitter. Maybe because it’s awesome. Maybe...

May 8th

iTerm seems to have some serious font rendering issues. Anybody else seen that? Know any...

May 8th

New Keyboard Hotness

May 7th

Got my new keyboard set up and got my media keys set up to work with mpd. I love unix.

May 7th

http://twitpic.com/4mv29 - New Keyboard Hotness

May 7th

Awesome story on the evils of patents. http://bit.ly/6bEnP (via @intel)

May 7th

Took a bunch of photos of Ashleigh’s boat, mostly details of things that need fixing:...

May 7th

Android’s desktop widgets are really awesome and super handy. I wish there were more...

May 7th

Trying to no avail to get a recent version of ruby and a working gem command running on red hat...

May 7th

Compared to programmer time, hardware is cheap. If you employ programmers, buy them nice hardware....

May 7th