Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

  • Google Earth Car spotted on Queen K at North/South Kona border... #
  • Hope new credit card law means that I get MORE incomprehensible pamphlets with important updates about my agreement. Fingers crossed. #
  • Haven't even dl'ed the demo, but suspect the next time I'm doing hard JavaScript code, I'll use JetBrains WebIDE http://bit.ly/hyE5q #
  • (Assuming that d/l counter, while fake, is calibrated to Apple's expectations...) #
  • We "have to keep healthy people in the risk pool, which means requiring that people purchase insurance." Yep. http://nyti.ms/c24iGj #
  • Good article on Flash UI assumptions (mouseover, hover) vs. slate form-factor: http://bit.ly/bII5sk Applicable to iPad / Tablet PC #
  • I wonder what correlation there is between readers of this article http://bit.ly/bsJbtV and "enjoys scatter graphs and regression analysis"? #
  • Photosynth to 3D Conversion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuHJUS2olyc I'd love to do that with a reef... #
  • Silverlighttoys.com just crashed my Firefox. Oopsie! #
  • Happy Birthday SD Times http://www.sdtimes.com/ZEICHICK_S_TAKE_HAPPY_BIRTHDAY_/By_Alan_Zeichick/34143 #
  • Dude, Where's My Cdr? #filmsaboutsoftware #
  • I'd love to think that Prolog is going to have another day in the sun. LINQ and RX promote central idea of "query as control structure" #
  • Problem with Prolog is that it's depth-first search. Oz allows choice of search strategy. #
  • 17-year-old killed by drunk driver in Hawaii last night. Ugh. http://bit.ly/b1KwBZ #
  • Just discovered that desired level of precision allows about 1KLoC (including multiday perf pass) to be factored away. #bittersweet #
  • Blog about a woman in technology or science you admire on Ada Lovelace Day, 24 Mar 2010, details at http://findingada.com (\@findingada) #
  • Orca kills trainer http://bit.ly/cNybe5 No surprise this would eventually happen. (Must. Resist. Neko Case Reference...) #
  • Lingerie model runs one of world's largest drug gangs http://bit.ly/cmzdP7 In other news, 1000000 would-be screenwriters started new scripts #
  • HD makes such a difference for watching hockey... \<2 minutes left in US vs. SUI #
  • USA vs SUI was good hockey game. I prefer Olympic-sized rink, though. I think hockey benefits from more room relative to player sizes... #
  • A Johnny Cash song was the 10,000,000,000th song sold on iTunes. Nice. #
  • I just coded "System.Console.WriteLine("#{t},#{pt}"); Sadly, it #
  • Sadly, it's a C# program, not Ruby. #
  • It will be interesting to see how the news covers the health care summit. Wait. Not "Interesting." What's the word? Utterly predictable. #
  • AWWW! Baby elephant! http://bit.ly/7f7CXV #
  • New Quicken Essentials for Mac doesn't export to Turbo Tax. #fail #
  • 3.9 ms? Thank heavens I profiled that code before optimizing... #
  • Pacific Tsunami Center has NOT issued a tsunami warning as of 9:44 AM Hawaiian (2044Z). http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/?region=0 #hawaii #
  • Woke to tsunami sirens. We are very high and safe. #
  • Hawaii County Civil Defense: All in evacuation zones are ordered to evacuate no later than 10:00 AM. #
  • Spam rationing @ Safeway: http://t.ourtown808.com/fht0 #
  • Lots of fishing boats leaving Honokohau Harbor #histunami #
  • Just heard KOA airport is operating normally? WTF? It's right on the shore. #
  • Marquesa tsunami smaller than initial forecast. Good news for #hitsunami #
  • MacSpeech Scribe not scriptable, making workflow automation difficult / impossible. Bummer. Impressive product otherwise. #
  • Appreciating scientists, tsunami warning center, civil defense prep. #
  • Water receding in Hilo Bay -- Tivo clearly shows receding pulse. #
  • Surge beginning to fill in Hilo Bay. Wow. #
  • Now it's beginning to recede in Hilo again. Fuh-reaky. #
  • Honokohau Harbor (Kona Side) looks normal from a distance. Can't tell if there's small-scale disturbance yet. #
  • Tsunami scientist saying "2m at Kahului" and "may get worse in Hilo" #
  • Tsunami scientist refers to Hilo and Kahului as "resonant harbors" that can amplify tsunami action. #
  • So far tsunami has been awe-inspiring but non-damaging. Fingers crossed for more of the same... #
  • West Hawaii Police reporting water receding 4.5ft Kona / Honokohau #hitsunami #
  • Water now beginning to surge in Kona. #
  • That's the way all #hitsunami s should be. Thoughts turning to victims in Chile... #
  • Police scanner reports surge covered Kailua Kona pier #hitsunami #
  • My dramatic tsunami video: http://bit.ly/bPi3gX #
  • Tsunami watch lifted on Big Island. #

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