Twitter for Week of 20 July 2008
These are my lightly edited tweets for the week of 20 July 2008. Follow my microblog on Twitter at http://twitter.com/conrad_halling.
- 2008-07-20: I want what @codinghorror calls “a mobile device that replicates the desktop browser experience”, but without AT&T. I want an iPod Touch. [Long ago, I had ten cents a minute long distance service through AT&T. Except that they charged me about thirty cents a minute. They gave me the runaround when I attempted to get a refund. I have vowed never to be an AT&T customer again.]
- 2008-07-21: My latest audible.com audiobook is The Precipice, by Ben Bova. It’s entertaining and not as serious as what I’ve been reading lately.
- 2008-07-22: Today I learned how to use the Perl DBIx::Roles::Transaction module to manage database transactions.
- 2008-07-23: Last night I updated Vista on my MacBook Pro to SP1. My machine got so hot the fans were running full speed, but I’ve had no problems since. [I rarely use the Vista installation except for experimentation.]
- 2008-07-24: Twitter readjustment: My followers dropped from 33 to 22. Who was dropped? Twitter also says I’m following 59, but it shows avatars for 72.
- 2007-07-24: OK, that was a quick fix. 5 minutes after my last tweet, Twitter now says I have 32 followers and I’m following 72. Welcome back, everyone! [This was a Twitter problem that affected all users. See http://blog.twitter.com/2008/07/where-are-my-followers.html.]
- 2008-07-25: I had to miss both ISMB 2008 and OSCON 2008, which overlapped this year. They’re scheduled on different weeks in 2009, so maybe I’ll attend both. [ISMB 2009 will be held June 27 through July 2, 2009, in Stockholm. When I posted this tweet, I thought the dates for OSCON 2009 had been set, but now I can’t find a date on O’Reilly’s Conferences site.]
- 2008-07-25: At last, it’s Friday night. That means only two more working days this week. Weekends are when I get my real work done. [Eight weekend hours equal sixteen weekday hours in terms of productivity, because there are no distractions or interruptions.]
- 2008-07-26: @starstryder sends tweets, a “silly experiment”, in five, seven, five. [Dr. Pamela Gay, astronomer, college professor, blogger, and podcaster, has been tweeting haiku. Twitter haiku has been termed twaiku. Note that this tweet is also a twaiku.]
- 2008-07-26: Today I compiled and installed EMBOSS 6.0.1 for Mac OS X, then I installed mEMBOSS for Windows under Vista. http://emboss.sourceforge.net/ [I use some of the EMBOSS programs for my work.]
July 27 2008 12:30 pm | Microblog
