Disorderly Content
One Silicon Valleyite's perspective on life, politics, tech toys and whatever else comes by his desk.
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2012-07-20
| 09:41 | Ketchikan. Gray, chilly and soggy. Finally we gave real Alaska weather. Canada tomorrow, then Seattle and home on Saturday. |
| 09:42 | Real photographers don't let a little rain stop them. Clearly, I am not a real photographer. http://t.co/U1e2y0vL |
| 14:03 | Leaving Ketchikan. Next stop, Victoria, BC. |
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2012-07-19
2012-07-17
| 14:04 | Juneau! |
| 14:14 | Internet access sucks. I thought we were in America, darn it! |
| 15:05 | Did someone ask for a picture? http://t.co/ReQvoQij |
| 16:18 | Top of the world, MA! http://t.co/ZJNm5F7J |
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2012-07-15
| 00:34 | FInally in my hotel. And looks like my laptop charging problem at SJC was at their end, since the charger's working now. Excellent. |
| 08:12 | @pourmecoffee Who's a bigger unitard than Mitt? |
| 08:25 | Car coming at 11 to take me to the boat. That leaves 2.5 hours to kill in a particularly anti-scenic part of Washington State. |
| 09:14 | So Mitt Romney is a selfish insensitive asshole. But is he the selfish insensitive asshole America needs? (Oh hell no.) |
| 11:44 | Checked in and waiting to board. http://t.co/NQTtnTFW |
| 12:11 | Boarding time. Hello, Westerdam. We meet again at last... http://t.co/P4PnPN0y |
| 13:50 | Two Bloody Marys later, my holiday has truly begun. |
| 14:15 | Okay, so I'm on the Westerdam. WhereTF are @paulandstorm and @wilw? Not the same without them. |
| 14:26 | Last cruise had 550 Sea Monkeys. This one has 600 devout Christians. Oh Lord, why hast thou forsaken me? |
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2012-07-14
| 15:38 | 3 status update calls from Southwest for my 8:20 flight tonight. First delayed to 9:20, then 8:45, now back to 8:20. Are we done now? |
| 19:31 | Through security and at my gate at SJC. Flight's delayed a little over an hour. But WiFi's free, and I'm comfortable. |
| 19:48 | First crisis of the trip: power brick is failing. Bad brick or bad power here? May be laptopless if I can't find a replacement. |
| 20:37 | @IsobelCarr no. Do you also use who for people and that for things? |
| 20:47 | @IsobelCarr Well of course he (or she) is! Dogs have more personality than a lot of people. |
| 21:20 | On the plane. An hour late, but we'll be on our way pretty soon. |
| 23:28 | Hello, SEA/TAC! |
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2012-07-13
| 06:01 | Holy kwap! Want! (But don't need. And certainly don't want to haul around.) http://t.co/vimjgL9j |
| 07:19 | Listening to a webcast about Big Data. So many jokes come to mind, mostly in an effort to stay awake. |
| 13:59 | I never argue with a fortune cookie. http://t.co/NxE1SPT2 |
| 19:30 | @Lomara Wish I could be there, Kim. Darn day job. (And other stuff.) #w00tstock |
| 20:07 | @Lomara Thanks! And at least I'll see some of those folks on the cruise in February... |
| 22:06 | @neiltyson No worse than The La Brea Tar Pits. |
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2012-07-12
| 06:04 | @alwayscoffee But gosh, Ali; if Tosh wasn't an asshole he'd have no act at all. |
| 06:08 | @alwayscoffee Touché. I meant act as performance, that thing you do in front of people that they pay you for, not act as masquerade. |
| 06:09 | @alwayscoffee And you do it so well. Okay, them: both play with words and amuse. |
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2012-07-11
| 06:53 | Today's phishing attempt: a phony bill for my Citibank MasterCard. The numbers didn't match up, but it was a pretty fair attempt. |
| 09:07 | Here I sit in our trade show booth. Where the heck is anybody who might give a damn? Gonna be a long, long day. |
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2012-07-10
| 06:45 | Working a trade show in SF today and tomorrow. Expect to spend lots of hours waiting in vain for someone to talk to. A lot like Junior high. |
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2012-07-09
| 20:31 | Found a great way to drain an iPad's battery: accidentally leave a game of Battleship in progress for 12 hours. Oopsy! |
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2012-07-08
| 06:58 | @VictoriaDahl How well *do* you have to know someone before obscene pranks are appropriate? @veronicawolff |
| 20:12 | Somebody else at the shoot had the same camera bag as me. Luckily, the inevitable mixup turned out to be entirely evitable. |
| 20:33 | Pretty good shoot today despite shaky start. Only two of my four 1-1 shoots showed up, but I arranged one substitute. Lots to edit now. |
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2012-07-07
| 13:28 | At the gate at SJC, waiting for a flight to Ontario. Photo shoot tomorrow in Riverside, which has become an annual thing. |
| 14:08 | So now I know: my new camera backpack will indeed fit under an airplane seat. That's a relief. |
| 14:47 | On the one hand, do I really need WiFi on a one hour flight? On the other, it was only $5. So here I am, tweeting from the stratosphere. |
| 20:40 | Driving a rental & using TomTom app to navigate. It made random loud gong sound. I wasn't speeding, so what? I passed a church? WTF! |
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2012-07-06
| 16:14 | See, Mitt? These are proper Venn diagrams. http://t.co/851P1SiB |
| 18:16 | Hah! http://t.co/ijMWRvx1 |
| 19:30 | Pale Reader #worstwesternsever |
| 20:33 | True Grout #worstwesternsever |
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2012-07-05
| 07:10 | Right winger at 13, Obama supporter at 17. Guess even Conservatives are capable of growth. Some of 'em, anyway. http://t.co/gAqZdrPU |
| 14:44 | Drove down to Morgan Hill to test out my new camera. So far I like it a whole lot. http://t.co/2irWvAjx |
| 14:55 | PowerPoint rule #1: Never *ever* use Comic Sans in a presentation. Ever. |
| 14:56 | PowerPoint rule #2: Every transition & animation style you use loses you 5% of your credibility. |
| 15:11 | PowerPoint rule #3: Funny pictures on your slides are a bad idea. Imagine a painful silence in the room. Now prepare to live it. |
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2012-07-04
| 10:44 | RT @byobrooks: Oh my God! They killed Sean Bean! You bastards! http://t.co/kfuiznr2 [At least he survives Sharpe's Rifles. My favorites!] |
| 14:49 | @macosken Wizmark? Seriously? |
| 15:35 | I'll be damned! There really is a urinal communicator. From a company called Wizmark! Now that's marketing! http://t.co/kGuocH1D |
| 15:36 | @macosken I think you meant sights. But wow, they really do exist. |
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2012-07-03
| 11:17 | New phishing email this morning, phony flight details allegedly from American Airlines. Anyone else getting these? |
| 15:06 | How the Innovator's Dilemma guy got the iPhone so horribly, laughably wrong. http://t.co/2AvvoHIZ |
| 16:38 | Extra points to the Apple Store. Dropped off my MacBook for touchpad replacement yesterday. It's already done & ready for pickup! |
| 20:02 | Cartoon voice actors perform Star Wars at Emerald City Comic Con. Best. Thing. Ever. http://t.co/kLnGmaVx |
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2012-07-02
| 11:38 | My MacBook's trackpad is tracking randomly or not at all. Waiting at the Apple Store for my Genius Bar appointment. How's your Sunday going? |
| 13:12 | Quick visit to the Apple Store. It'll take a few days to get my MBPS back, but it'll be free. Lucky trackpad died with a month of warranty. |
| 14:38 | There are far too many dark gray Camrys around here. |
| 15:55 | RT @pourmecoffee: Kudos to this guy for playing it ultra-straight: http://t.co/Njmi0SfW [Explains the Amazon outage.] |
| 20:35 | Great. Rob Schneider is the new Jenny McCarthy, a thought that makes me a little bit nauseous. And I watched ¡Rob! http://t.co/MO7c7wrB |
| 20:55 | What to use while my MBP is in repair? Work ThinkPad? I think not. Old MacBook? Could do, but I'm spending all my time with my iPad. |
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2012-07-01
| 08:11 | MSFT Surface: when even your biggest fans think you're full of crap. http://t.co/ArRutI0S |
| 09:24 | Finally have my cabin assignment for my Alaska cruise. Two weeks from today! |
| 09:28 | @JustaSunGod We go as far north as Glacier Bay. Stops in Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan & Victoria, BC. Finally, my 50th state! |
| 09:36 | For some reason, the phrase "putting all your eggs in one basket" comes to mind. The downside of the cloud: http://t.co/gSeK3Hbx |
| 12:47 | Thursday night at dinner in Boston we were puzzling over a photo of Paul Newman wearing a Star of David. Just figured it out. So proud. |
| 15:41 | Reading the D800 manual while I wait for the battery to charge. Wait... wait... wait... Still not done? |
| 15:53 | I just backed Marian Call European Adventure Quest!!! on @Kickstarter http://t.co/qFCZfHIn My mom taught me to share. Even with Europeans. |
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2012-06-30
| 04:03 | Texas GOP on record against critical thinking. Yep, sounds about right to me. http://t.co/pmH4xR7I |
| 04:14 | Just about done with the Red Hat conference. Flying home this afternoon. Wish I could stay longer in Boston, but home & new camera await. |
| 07:08 | JetBlue, we need to talk. Requiring Flash to check in to my flight? So not cool. (iPhones rule; Flash, not so much.) |
| 07:20 | RT @JetBlue: @disorderly - We're working on it! [That was quick. I so love Twitter.] |
| 07:30 | @Brian_Cowie Sorry we missed each other, Brian. Didn't have much free time this trip. |
| 07:33 | @Brian_Cowie Nikon D800. Supposed to arrive today. |
| 22:21 | Home after a long day flying. Hope jetlag doesn't keep me from sleeping. That would just be cruel. |
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2012-06-29
| 05:10 | Thought for today: Mitt Romney is Richard Gere before he met hooker Julia Roberts. |
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2012-06-27
| 05:10 | Sitting at BART, waiting for an SFO-bound train. Gonna be a long day. |
| 06:05 | My new camera shipped! It'll get here right around the time I get back from my trip. How cool is that! |
| 06:25 | Here's irony. SFO has free WiFi if you watch an ad. The ad never showed up, but the free WiFi did. |
| 14:40 | Boston looks nice from up here. http://t.co/eNnFsukw |
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2012-06-26
| 20:22 | Responding to report that Orbitz steers Mac users to better/costlier hotels: https://t.co/qKztrptu |
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2012-06-25
| 07:54 | Why won't the press acknowledge what's obvious: that Mitt's campaign sits on a mountain of lies? http://t.co/R56x3qxx |
| 14:58 | Back from shoot #1 today. Supposed to have another this afternoon, but model still hasn't said where we're to shoot. Color me irritated. |
| 14:59 | When is a hands-on review not remotely hands-on? When it's a MSFT product. Surface reviews only scratch the surface. http://t.co/DjK5X521 |
| 15:18 | 18 reasons Obamacare is a good thing for the Middle Class: http://t.co/kIwINLmg |
| 15:44 | Who cares about Dems, women and minorities? Obviously, nobody in network news gives a shit. http://t.co/txetfazM |
| 19:40 | @Molly23 Have you been overdosing on caffeine pills? |
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2012-06-23
| 08:38 | Work laptop wakes from sleep after a few hours and drains the battery by morning. Stupid Windows ThinkPad. Yeah, I know that's redundant. |
| 19:53 | "FINAL WARNING: YOU WILL BE ARRESTED AND JAILED IF YOU FAIL TO READ THE ATTACHED E-MAIL AND COMPLY" And yet I didn't do either. |
| 19:56 | @VictoriaDahl Unexpected and uncomfortable. Show me, don't tell me. |
| 20:03 | @VictoriaDahl I never got into that. Sweet talk, funny talk, but not dirty talk. |
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2012-06-22
| 07:34 | Heading to RIverside in a couple of weeks for a shoot. Was going to drive until @Southwest came up with a cheap flight. DING! for the win! |
| 07:37 | Don't think @Southwest is really into this Twitter thing. 2200 followers and not a single tweet. |
| 11:21 | The emperor has no clothes. MSFT showed the Surface way too soon. http://t.co/7Eg8Bksh |
| 18:26 | Just listened to the last of @yakkopinky and @PFTompkins podcasts. There's no more? *sob* *snif* Fix this! I demand amusement, dammit! |
| 21:37 | "Oh no, Mr. Bill!" (Weird stuff from Japan via @VictoriaDahl.) http://t.co/7QqVHTnh |
| 21:40 | Anyone who got a Windows Phone 7 phone to be screwed by MSFT. Show of hands: who saw that coming? http://t.co/p5FQBAez |
| 21:46 | "Instances of design brilliance, like that kickstand"? Really? This is brilliance to you? Oh, Cringely. http://t.co/vnCDdLG4 |
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2012-06-21
| 10:34 | @JustaSunGod No, different conversations. The accusation came to my website. No reply to my rejection of their claim, at least not yet. |
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2012-06-20
| 05:42 | Just received an email accusing me of plagiarizing a photo, which is a lie. Heck, it's not even that great or original a photo. |
| 17:21 | @shelbyfero What's wrong? You have a problem with smirky aging frat boys? |
| 17:39 | @lizbelsky We're not? Hey, now that you mention it, we're really not. |
| 20:28 | Thanks to @yakkopinky's podcast, listening to Julie & Steve Bernstein's music at http://t.co/WePkSYgo Why is none of their work on iTunes? |
| 20:46 | @cschweitz So it's all trashy and glamorous, except for the glamor part? |
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2012-06-19
| 17:32 | @kevinpollak On @yakkopinky's latest podcast, it's dueling Chris Walkens. You have competition! http://t.co/AmgaOnzX |
| 21:08 | @paulandstorm @AnneWheaton Oscar Mayer? |
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2012-06-18
| 18:27 | Today's lesson: Father's Day is *not* a good day to drive up to Napa. |
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2012-06-17
| 12:48 | Just saw the retina display MacBook. Should not have done that. |
| 12:49 | Presenting to my company's exec staff is like being pecked to death by ducks. |
| 21:08 | Groucho sings about Father's Day, which seems appropriate somehow. http://t.co/lc5Vx0gc |
| 21:10 | Ann Coulter describes Mitt as having the Midas Touch. Guess she doesn't know that's not a good thing. http://t.co/4n27EEXm |
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