Big Bang Theory on Twitter -or- Sheldon vs Wil

Normally, I tend to avoid 30-minute sitcoms. There are two, though, that get an exception. The first is How I Met Your Mother, which I may go into detail about in the future. The second is Big Bang Theory. This is a great show that is incredibly nerdy and extremely funny. Despite being a smart … Continue reading Big Bang Theory on Twitter -or- Sheldon vs Wil

Shortening with YOURLS and Tweetie 2 for iPhone

A few months back, around the possible demise of the tr.im URL shortening service, there was a sudden rise in popularity with running your own URL shortener on your own boutique URL. That was when I set up Ninja Me (nja.me) using YOURLS. At the time, I reverse-engineered the undocumented API enough to hack Twitter-Tools … Continue reading Shortening with YOURLS and Tweetie 2 for iPhone

Twitter’s @reply fail: a screenshot of hasty decisions

So it looks like Twitter took out an option in people’s user settings. This setting let you see or not see conversational replies to which you only follow half the conversation. It is a little confusing and an example would help paint the picture. Let us say this is a conversation on Twitter: Costello: @Abbott … Continue reading Twitter’s @reply fail: a screenshot of hasty decisions

Son of Apple and other things

It feels like it’s been a while since I posted something here, so I will start with a few cool things and then drop into the various and sundry items. First! My second ever Etsy purchase arrived last night. I know Etsy to be the land of puffy-paint, glitter, and rhinestones; of “fashion” sweatshirts; of … Continue reading Son of Apple and other things

Why I prefer Nambu as a Twitter client

For a long while, I used Twitterrific as my only Twitter client. It is a great, well written, application that nicely integrates into OS X. Unfortunately, I outgrew it. The people I follow in Twitter generally fall into three groups: the Portland tech scene, the ARG scene, and “other” (which includes friends that fit in … Continue reading Why I prefer Nambu as a Twitter client

Portland Monkey Business

I do not know what surprises me more — that OHSU is performing research on monkeys here in vegan, hippie, granola, animal-rights Portland or that several of said monkeys have escaped. 3 escaped monkeys spotted near Hillsboro research center Of course, Twitter is going bananas over the monkeys: #pdxmonkey (see also: #pdxtmt and #monkeypocalypse). And … Continue reading Portland Monkey Business

In which I try out barefoot shoes

Not too long ago, I was referred to a New York Magazine article about shoes. More specifically, it is about not wearing shoes and how everyone walks wrong. It was intriguing, and while I am not yet ready to jump on the crunchy-granola, dirt-worshiping, tree-hugging, long-hair-hippie bandwagon (heck, I just cut off all my hair!), … Continue reading In which I try out barefoot shoes

My Ignite Portland 5 Recap

It’s okay to do a recap a week late, right? Last week was Ignite Portland 5, the night of 5 minute talks, each accompanied by twenty 15-second slides. Although I really loved IP2 and 3, I was a little disheartened by IP4. This was for no one specific reason — the organization and timing seemed … Continue reading My Ignite Portland 5 Recap

Twitter updates from near and far (but mostly near)

If we filter out all of the BrightKite checkins, replies, and things that are no longer as interesting as I originally believed them to be, then we end up with this little set of tweets (since my last Twitter-to-blog cross post): I need carbon nano tubesocks. [*] Oregon has crappy butter geometry. [*] (this was … Continue reading Twitter updates from near and far (but mostly near)