@rosso well, damn, you couldn’t have waited for me? ; ) 8:02 AM Oct 17th in reply to rosso
“…open source is on a run away adoption curve and will relegate companies relying on software licensing revenues to history’s scrap heap.” … 8:09 AM Oct 17th
caricature artist in action 9:20 AM Oct 17th
@missbhavens that would be way worse if there were flies already on them 12:31 PM Oct 17th in reply to missbhavens
Looking for cupcakes and Wiis. Don’t ask. 12:32 PM Oct 17th
@alanc actually, I was just wondering whether there’s any beer left in the lab fridge over here at BRM… 1:51 PM Oct 17th in reply to alanc
Does anybody really care about politicians’ sex lives? So bored of the panting hypocrisy around these things. 3:19 PM Oct 17th
came home to find flowers had arrived from my dad. Very sweet. 5:47 PM Oct 17th
@jowyang your equation would need to take into account the many countries where there are few pianos and very few tuners 5:49 PM Oct 17th in reply to jowyang
@billstreeter almost as scary as the larger version 5:50 PM Oct 17th in reply to billstreeter
@Cinegage I have rarely seen anyone as vapid-looking as that Bachmann 8:31 PM Oct 17th in reply to Cinegage
looking forward to chatting with my vlogger buds in 12 hours. hope I can wind down enough to sleep tonight. beer wore off 8:53 PM Oct 17th
“Republicans Rain Negative Automated Calls on Voters in Swing States” – glad I don’t have a home phone! only the Obama campaign has my # 8:55 PM Oct 17th
The Streets of Colorado 9:34 PM Oct 17th
just back from videotaping people about why they’re working for the Obama campaign. Powerful stuff 1:04 PM Oct 18th
wow, I’d be cringeing if I were from Johnstown PA http://tinyurl.com/65z5tm This is not the America I want to be part of 2:37 PM Oct 18th
my Obama volunteers video is compressing now. 7:02 PM Oct 18th
“Why I’m Volunteering for Obama” 8:27 PM Oct 18th
@ThinGuy I am SOOOO jealous. Saw him in Austin and embarrassing number of years ago 8:46 PM Oct 18th in reply to ThinGuy
@jowyang probably basic salaries for wait staff are actually enough to live on in Japan. Also helps when businesses are family-owned. 10:48 AM Oct 19th in reply to jowyang
if I ever watched TV with ads, I wouldn’t right now: http://www.nytimes.com/2008… 11:07 AM Oct 19th
I hardly need to look at Google News anymore, let alone TV. I get all the important stuff, including good links, from my Twitter buds. 1:21 PM Oct 19th
“…all towns have values, not just small towns…” – Why isn’t Colin Powell running for president? 1:54 PM Oct 19th
some actual data on votes: http://tinyurl.com/4ofnwj 2:19 PM Oct 19th
I got the band I wanted for the SC08 party: http://www.thesinghsband.com/ yay! 7:58 PM Oct 19th
it’s warm enough tonight to have the windows open, so I can hear coyotes yipping down by the lake. American wildlife amazes me 8:03 PM Oct 19th
@DavidHowell Americans’ Phobia of Socialized Medicine 9:41 AM Oct 20th in reply to DavidHowell
@Cinegage botched healthcare happens everywhere, regardless of system. No system is perfect, but some are fairer than others. 9:42 AM Oct 20th in reply to Cinegage
Jon Stewart, my hero: http://tinyurl.com/6j7pvt (born the same day as me, too) 10:02 AM Oct 20th
@DavidHowell gee, I had no idea I was so divisive. ; ) for anyone who’s wondering, here’s the URL Americans’ Phobia of Socialized Medicine: 10:04 AM Oct 20th in reply to DavidHowell
@DavidHowell it would be more interesting if @edubya put a comment on my article 10:06 AM Oct 20th in reply to DavidHowell
@Cinegage for the value of “better” where better= “available to all”, yes, it’s better 11:46 AM Oct 20th in reply to Cinegage
@Cinegage why shouldn’t health care be a universal right? Clean water is. Police and fire protection are. 12:40 PM Oct 20th in reply to Cinegage
@cristianconti mh, potrebbe sempre cambiare in peggio. E’ questo che vorrei evitare. 1:42 PM Oct 20th in reply to cristianconti
@Cinegage so that should only be available to some people? it ain’t easy, but other countries manage to share that wealth of skill 1:43 PM Oct 20th in reply to Cinegage
supportive working environment = your boss provides whiskey (the good stuff) and chocolate on request 3:03 PM Oct 20th
@Cinegage again: no system is perfect, but this system could be a lot more equitable 3:04 PM Oct 20th in reply to Cinegage
just had a thought: constitutionally, what would happen if McCain dropped dead before election day? 3:23 PM Oct 20th
@deirdresm yes, but who then gets the position? The VP-elect? 3:42 PM Oct 20th in reply to deirdresm
@lbridenne76 in reference to the whiskey? dunno about the best job (tho I love it), but certainly one of the better bosses 7:11 PM Oct 20th in reply to lbridenne76
the kids gunning down the road are probably in the same van I noted earlier with a grenade sticker on the back window. American yobs. 7:26 PM Oct 20th
I feel sick: http://tinyurl.com/56zz33 7:36 PM Oct 20th
why expats go to a lot of trouble to vote: http://tinyurl.com/64hhr6 7:56 AM Oct 21st
contemplating an escape to an island8:20 AM Oct 21st
@trine Nope, someplace warm, where I can drink vanilla rum on a beach and sleep a lot 9:04 AM Oct 21st in reply to trine
@Chuckumentary does anyone ever ask these people (a) define socialism and (b) why is it so scary? 9:32 AM Oct 21st in reply to Chuckumentary
ugh. Apple hold music is a really smarmy version of “Forever Young”. Some songs just don’t need to be redone, ever. 9:55 AM Oct 21st
I need a Halloween party to go to so I don’t have to spend all night giving candy to kids. Yes, I am the Halloween scrooge 11:27 AM Oct 21st
crunching video of Bill Moore talking about SSDs 11:32 AM Oct 21st
came home early for a rest, last-ditch attempt to shake this cold. I can’t be sick now! 1:46 PM Oct 21st
“Are we like getting closer and closer to like socialism and stuff?” http://tinyurl.com/6j7pwk 9:28 AM Oct 22ndIn the office, trying to believe I’m not really that sick. Have to fly to Minneapolis this afternoon. 7:57 AM Oct 23rd
are any of my followers TCKs? http://www.beginningwithi.c… 9:50 AM Oct 22nd
(actually, can think of two off the top of my head – Tim Bray and Rick Ramsey aka BigAdmin) 9:51 AM Oct 22nd
the Google news thumbnails showing Palin are starting to look like the ones I used to see for Hillary: strident, ugly, aggressive… 11:26 AM Oct 22nd
@dfugate I assume you meant INcompetent beauty queen…? ; ) yeah. I don’t like her, but this treatment looks misogynist to me 11:34 AM Oct 22nd in reply to dfugate
video: The Solid State Storage Revolution, Andy Bechtolsheim: http://tinyurl.com/6bsj67 11:35 AM Oct 22nd
revisiting very old pages as I (slowly, painfully) move my site, here’s a classic 12:48 PM Oct 22nd
@markramsey wow, that’s amazing. My dad, 69, ran the (failed) campaign to try to elect a black mayor in Beaumont, TX ~1965 12:50 PM Oct 22nd in reply to markramsey
looking at very complicated travel arrangements, but worth it if we can make it work 3:37 PM Oct 22nd
tired of everyone claiming to be or know or speak for the “real” anywhere. There is no single reality, or viewpoint, anywhere in the world. 4:35 PM Oct 22nd
In the office, trying to believe I’m not really that sick. Have to fly to Minneapolis this afternoon. 7:57 AM Oct 23rd
today’s vids on http://blogs.sun.com/storage/ – ZFS Boot in Solaris 10 Update 6, Flash Performance in Storage Systems 10:35 AM Oct 23rd
Twittamici italiani: figlia cerca forum dove italiani discutono l’elezione americana. Lasciate un messaggio http://www.fotolog.com/ross… 11:23 AM Oct 23rd
comment on my site: “you say litrally WAY TO MUCH it annoys me so yea just thought id let you no” Uh, honey: writing about TRANSLATION 3:14 AM Oct 25th
just got a call from the Obama campaign in Alaska. We Colorado voters are certainly getting a lot of attention. 3:25 PM Oct 25th
Always pleased when I put friends together and they really click. Two martinis make me very mellow too 8:08 PM Oct 25th from twitterrific
geez, I’m missing all the fun in CO – could have gone to a “Women for Obama” house party with Kevin Costner Monday. And missed Hillary yday 10:12 AM Oct 26th
rebuttal to Palin’s fruit fly remarks 8:43 PM Oct 26th
@Cinegage given the hysteria over the label “socialist” in the US, neither side can admit that their proposals and actions are, in fact… 9:34 AM Oct 27th in reply to Cinegage
@italylogue for many years Castroni was the only place in Italy to get exotic spices, that’s far from true anymore 9:34 AM Oct 27th in reply to italylogue
the smells of a Minnesota hot dish lunch are overwhelming 8:47 AM Oct 28th
feeling like crap. Maybe I can take a day off and sleep on Friday before filming all weekend… 11:04 AM Oct 28th
“If Italy managed to make everyone pay taxes, or collect only half of the 100 million euros evaded, it would be a very different country.” 12:56 PM Oct 28th
for my fellow antique business machines fetishists: http://tinyurl.com/5twrze 1:20 PM Oct 28th
Arrived Denver too tired to stand in the aisle as usual. Learning experience? 10:11 AM Oct 29th from twitterrific
@Happen2bBlack I’m not typical but i consider the attempt to define “real” Americans, unamerican 10:33 AM Oct 29th from twitterrific in reply to Happen2bBlack
moving into a new office. Windows! Sunlight! 2:42 PM Oct 29th
@italylogue thanks, enjoyed that! 6:53 PM Oct 29th in reply to italylogue
temp over at NREL http://tinyurl.com/6o8lgz is climbing rapidly – something on fire over there? 7:08 PM Oct 29th
@ThinGuy Halloween is Nevada Day? There’s something way too appropriate in that, at least as concerns Las Vegas. 7:19 AM Oct 30th in reply to ThinGuy
home sick, trying to wake up enough to face a long and very complex mail-in ballot (which I will hand carry in) 7:24 AM Oct 30th
trying to understand the welter of amendments and referenda in this Colorado ballot 12:25 PM Oct 30th
next up: benefits enrollment. Life is way too complicated. 12:28 PM Oct 30th
I went, I saw, I voted. Well, turned in my mail-in ballot by hand. (I’ve been living in Italy, I don’t trust postal systems.) 2:42 PM Oct 30th
interesting the number of people who are photographing and posting their completed ballots this year 3:11 PM Oct 30th
thoughts for the day: http://tinyurl.com/5kz2hv and http://tinyurl.com/yfaqsg (need I say it: tongue in cheek!) 5:25 PM Oct 30th
followed this http://tinyurl.com/6l6dfx to https://implicit.harvard.ed… 8:03 PM Oct 30th
dunno why I’m subscribing to food blogs. No time to cook anymore. 8:23 PM Oct 30th
at least for me, online ad revenues are plunging. Traffic is up, clicks are up, but earning is way, way down. Damn. 8:52 AM Oct 31st
my feelings exactly: http://tinyurl.com/5jfzhj 9:57 AM Oct 31st
!@#$@!#$ Dopplr doesn’t know where St. Barth’s is. Trying to send me to Arhus, Denmark. ?!? 12:26 PM Oct 31st
dopplr is missing the entire FWI? 12:28 PM Oct 31st
@smaragdis if you continue trying to give her freedom, yes. Worked with mine! (19 now) 12:36 PM Oct 31st in reply to smaragdis
I’ve been heroic enough for today. Let this next video finish uploading and I’m outta here. Besides, working Saturday and Sunday… 2:26 PM Oct 31st
harangued my daughter about why this would be a really bad time to walk away from a scholarship. 3:59 PM Oct 31st
the Obama campaign has done some of the cleverest marketing I’ve ever seen. My marketing hat would be off even if I didn’t want him to win 4:04 PM Oct 31st
we’ve lost a great one: http://tinyurl.com/5akmem 4:16 PM Oct 31st
The Economist endorses Obama: http://tinyurl.com/5gl2yg 4:41 PM Oct 31st
@trine I once saw a pediatrician dress up as a beaten baby. 4:51 PM Oct 31st in reply to trine
