Twitter posts from 2008

1. I am dissapointed in the kids in my neighborhood this year. We had at the most a dozen stop by, what gives?

2. Pho Huong Moi stomach distension mission accomplished.

3. Wilco tickets sold out in 3 minutes? Did anyone manage to get any? Ticketmaster is not finding any for me ☹

4. Class note taking solution search: moleskine, vim, textwrangler, word, omnioutliner.

   Omnioutliner is amazing. http://is.gd/5ht5

5. http://xefer.com/twitter/grantstavely must rectify 3AM gap this weekend.

6. RT @TheOnion Struggling Lower-Class Still Unsure How Best To Fuck Selves With Vote http://twurl.nl/wdenvu

7. Hi guys! Long time listener first time caller! I called to¤BATTERY TOO LOW FOR RADIO USE¤

8. The supply side of supply and demand of digital content is dictated by storage, bandwidth, and paradoxically, (ignoring IP law) demand.

9. I’m Grant Stavely and I support this massage.

10. One round on Don Julio reposado and Mex is out. Worthless. On to their blanco. Die Mex die.

11. Tickets go on sale Friday for Wilco’s 12/14 Baltimore show. @vurtyou are going to try to get a pair. Interested? http://is.gd/57SD

12. Anyone know Prospect? I just got some MessageLabs marketing and I would like to pass it on to the intended recipient. http://is.gd/57wj

13. Manning a security awareness booth as usually, no literature means I get to ask lots of questions instead; learning a lot

14. I need help making this costume (specifically the hemet) by Saturday http://is.gd/55VP

15. Hating the tradeoff of my panic-proof mellow 'tude with complete inability to silence brain and sleep: been up since 2-ish

16. Inbox 500+. ×delete× you are my only friend right now.

17. @commonwombat flattery will get you nowhere, @ssoper I won’t be back in Gburg for DFH Ale House tonight, it was just a one-day thing ☹

18. Continuing @gadievron’s thought, sites that lack https: flickr, picasa, my university (UMBC) library, forums.somethingawful. Short list!

19. Tried Flock; Skin UI, default browser begging, yet another aggregator, ⌘-q, default browser begging again, gross, ☹, trashed

20. Botnets preso is stale. Yes, we get what c&c is, yes protocols used can vary, yes Brant told me, something something matriculates on a rug…

21. http://twitpic.com/ih18 - NIST historical standards of measurement, 19th and 20th century

22. Am @ NIST for Techno Forensics 2008. They bragged about the accuracy of their digital watches on the wall. HHGTTG was right, as usually.

23. @will_torres and I will be at Techno Forensics 2008 tomorrow http://is.gd/4SNM Anyone else going?

24. Firefox 3 caches very aggressively, frustrating to use when developing dynamic content

25. How many useless local disk revision snapshots of http://is.gd/4QhD rainbow tables does it take to fill /snapshots? 2. Weekend sysadmin FTW.

26. http://is.gd/4Qcx what my old Open Source rants must have sounded like to others. (video link)

27. Carving pumpkins with friends. Mine is empty but I’m not carving a design until I get home because I want to use my powertools on it.

28. Rotary-hammer drill, 6 lag bolts, lead lag shields, and lots of brick dust: TV is now wall mounted in 90yr-old bricks. Fear of failure: high

29. Posted textpattern linkedin plugin to textpattern.org, impressed that they eat their own dogfood, and at their trust in the txp community

30. Pandering eh? http://is.gd/4M7m I never knew that alternate definition.

31. @will_torres says “Click here to help fight click-jacking”

32. Annoying office-mates with only bearable Shaggs song ♬♫♪ My pal’s name is foot foot ♪♫♬ http://is.gd/4JjO

33. http://is.gd/4x16 Early voting in MD is prohibited by state constitution. Amendment will be the first Q on the ballot. PS http://is.gd/4FbJ

34. Manning a security awareness booth passing out identity theft and phishing awareness documents (and passing out schwag) REDACTED etc…

35. Converted a Wordpress hresume microformat parsing plugin into a Texptattern plugin last night. Of course the css is the hardest part =/

36. Once the music industry falls apart, will this autotuned, normalized, compressed, maxed-levels trend finally die? So bad.

37. As I was saying: http://is.gd/4ApL earnings calls around the world are rolling out this week, maybe it will turn around now? Nahhh…

38. The Walkin’ Blues http://is.gd/4AoM has to be the lyrical inspiration for The Air is Getting Slippery http://is.gd/4AoW

39. http://xrl.us/oupne Leech gmail from memdumps. @electricfork and I did this last year for Google spreadsheets from memdumps but much lamer.

40. Pepsi’s new branding work is at the USPTO. The Max/Pepsi/Diet Pepsi concept should have been carried to MtnDew http://xrl.us/oupjj

41. Thursday: sushi lunch, friday: sushi dinner, monday: sushi and thai lunch, tuesday: sushi lunch, tomorrow: attempt to breathe under water

42. Wife’s red-state grandparents are going blue for the first time in their lives because of concerns re: Palin and McCain’s debate performance

43. Unsubscribed: Engadget, Techcrunch, /., boingboing, k10k, favrd, and minor others.

    Survivors: http://grantstavely.com/blogroll

44. Information overflow: today between serious REDACTED, I will be unfollowing you on twitter and deleting your RSS feed. Me, not you, etc

45. This class is a vocabulary drill; teaching strat: say “stop and think”, then ask people what a term is until someone gets it right. Ugh.

46. Writing a paper for ECAD210, taking a contrarian BS-calling approach as usually.

47. Sunglasses at Night: Unintelligible chorus “something something die in shades” FTW. I thought riff was from Thriller, but it’s a year older

48. Germans playing what looks like 2v2 indoor soccer, on fixie bikes, with a kickball. http://is.gd/4nJz http://is.gd/4nKH

49. Darwinports and yum both have fish, http://is.gd/4nH7 three years after I gave up on it, like it++, regret not staying w/ it. chsh’d to it.

50. Bastement doors are leaning in place. Furniture, tv, audio, guitar gear in basement - main floor is ‘normal’ for the first time since March

51. @fbcj non sequiter: http://is.gd/4kle, http://is.gd/4klp

52. Splitting firewood all day in Glen Burnie with Francis G. & Amanda for winter stashes; anticipate running the wood stove a lot this winter

53. I’ve said it before, but if you only listen to one mix, it should be DJ Food’s Raiding the 20th Century. http://is.gd/4fCw It’s brilliant.

54. Mail.app IDLE support + Cyrus IMAPD is excellent. I can’t find a reason why typing in the new-message window lags to 20wpm.

55. To date, man has made no better use of technology not in physics textbooks than automating pre-tech systems. Only an AI will change that.

56. Any technology evolves until it supports messaging. It is then abused until it reaches a commons dilemma. A replacement is created. Repeat.

57. Classmate suggests a company use ‘a little screen hooked up to a dsl line to push promotions to customers’. Didn’t mean TV or PC. Amazed.

58. https FBI site ssl is broken, and then the site is broken. http://failover.fbi.gov/failover.htm

59. Neighboring cubicle dweller is dusting his desk for fingerprints using artificial creamer and packing tape. Dude passed a psych screen?

60. $FREAKOUT=echo -e “\007” in shell script alert, PuTTY using Super Mario Bros. 1 ‘brick.wav’ bell, cranked Tivoli speakers.
    So.
    Nerdy.

61. If my server is in a cloud and I type "echo -e “\007” does anyone here the system bell?

62. Italian friend: No Internet? Want me to run yoa phone? You could dial up your 56k and use what is it? Goofer? Me: gopher? Him: Yes, goopher.

63. Doing REDACTED with REDACTED at REDACTED. Whoa! Look at that load average REDACTED good thing REDACTED doesn’t know about this

64. Repeat: I can tell it’s election season because pot holes on East Fayette Ave are getting filled. Yeah, we should re-elect these guys!

65. @commonwombat help the rest of us understand your one-man Genovese Syndrome: leave bait (erasable spray paint?) and take pictures.

66. RT @fakejohnmccain: OK, I suppose it was only a matter of time until shit like this started showing up: http://is.gd/49MY (hat tip @_huny)

67. New rule: no martinis on debate-nights.

68. SNL could get by this weekend just on sketches featuring, McCain’s ‘incredulous-face’,

69. This shit almost helps me understand religion. Or, following a good priest at least. It doesn’t, but it’s right there, I think.

70. I’m a jerk to my own friends. I’m a reformer.

71. Ignoring the shovels full of bullshit on both sidesof the TV, I came home at 9PM to a hot meal my wife made: amazingly awesome. <3

72. I don’t watch 60 minutes very often. When does the ‘not taking a dump, leaving a dump’ guy come on?

73. My respect for security professionals goes up with they describe crimes without making up a new name for the same crime on the Internet.

74. Dark Side of the Economy debates tomorrow. Seats are still available.

75. So me writing here is like stalking? I must not understand stalking, it looks so much more sinister on America’s Most Wanted re-enactments.

76. Returning to work after nearly a week out. I’m not looking forwards to inbox madness and hoping it’ll be in the dozens before lunch.

77. GRANT BLAH BLAH TO ‘user’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘foo’ is equivalent to “passwd user foo”. I love keeping sysadmin a hobby!

78. University comedy: class and teacher stumbling in a dark room toward the difference between opportunity and weakness. This class needs a bar

79. “What specific is the best example of embodying foo?.. No…that is right but not what I want… No… No. Nobody knows? Specific!” - ECAD210

80. @commonwombat Thanks, I think @hodgman has the market cornered. Remind me to lend you my copy of /The Areas of My Expertise/

81. Little-know fact I just made up: Jimmy Page thought the chorus to The The Yardbird’s ‘A Certain Girl’ was so cheesey he slmost didn’t join

82. I wish there was a unix ‘undo’ kernel module.

83. Broke the morning silence by putting on Sandinista!. The Boy, who had been napping, keeps looking at the speakers like they are crazy.

84. Anyone want to take a weekend trip to Iceland? Join a paramilitary? Have you read Dhalgren? I’d be OK w/ an Orchid. I hope. Economy ☟

85. @fbcj Lets meet tuesday for regex review - you need to keep the /'s on the outside for starters, and $ is end of line, ^ is the start

86. @johnconstable which cat got lost? 😦

87. Boarding a flight out of Denver for Baltimore. Homework tonight. Glad we didn’t go out last night, sweared at the 4:3AM alarm anyway.

88. Our cabbie is an amazing atonal whistler comping over smooth jazz, impressive

89. Just had my picture taken with Charlie Papazian at GABF, now for dinner

90. Michelob is giving out small vac-packs of hops at the GABF so I tried their Pale - not bad, like an SNPA only less so

91. Denver is lousy at street signs. Unrelated: wet and cold from wandering to sushi, bookstore, bookstore in the drizzling rain

92. http://twitpic.com/fmba - @Celtic Tavern - smoking inside is very strange. Enjoying a Murphy’s and the fireplace

93. Nice to see Heavy Seas eye patches represented at the GABF in Denver - had a Loose Cannon for Baltimore, almost feels like Fells

94. Just has Sam from Dogfish Head sign my GABF tocket

95. http://twitpic.com/fl3p - Taking a petty-cab (bike rickshaw) to the GABF allup hill with four guys in a two seater - awesome

96. @rodizio for brazilian protein gorge before our second night at the GABF

97. Bjorn Melhus ‘Captain’ installation / video piece at the Denver Art Museum: very cool mix

98. The Denver Art museum would be a great set for the stronghold intellectuals holed up in after predicting Asimov’s Nightfall

99. Walking past the Denver Mint - all those weeks of Penny Collecting come full circle #9yearsold

100. Bartender says I should be Keanu Reeves for Halloween. I prefer Bill to Neo. I’ve got ‘Whoa!’ Going for me either way

101. World Bank breach vector and timeline would be interesting. Best regards to their SIRT team. Odds the attacker was a paniced state entity?

102. She: Thinking about an IUD instead, it’s–Me: I know what an IUD is, I read Snow Crash, sheesh.

103. @fbcj Go to bed!

104. @sx3200 I didn’t see Stone, was looking for new stuff and trying competitors. Getting Thai somewhere uptown now

105. Halp I’m stuck in the Pacific Northwest Section of the GABF and can’t get out… OOOHH is that Full Sail?

106. Belgian Sour palate clenser: GFY

107. http://twitpic.com/fe0s - At the GABF and John is playing Guitar Hero at a radio statio booth

108. http://twitpic.com/fdxh - At the Great American Beer Festival - just enjoyed a pro-am ‘Bad Penny Double IPA’

109. http://twitpic.com/fcql - Touring New Belgian. I love the smell of wort.

110. http://twitpic.com/fcb4 - @New Belgian Brewing in Ft. Collins, home of Fat Tire. Impressive and massive operation

111. The Tommyknocker east coast sales rep has owned my ears for an hour, leaving for Red Rock tourism action next

112. http://twitpic.com/fazq - @Breckenridge enjoying a pint with the boys

113. My metabolism gave out around the 10th mead sample, following that with Avery samples and ribs, then staying out till 1:30 my time: pwnie

114. @basicbrewing I enjoyed the pinot blend as well, nice to see I am going the same places you are, must be on the right track

115. http://twitpic.com/f6rs - @ Redstone Meadery sampling honey wines and berry meads

116. Seated on my flight to Denver for the Great American Beer Festival with an Auster novel and a largish collection of short stories. Sleepy.

117. Debate continues, The Dark Side of the Town Hall does not. ♬ There is no dark side of the town hall really. Matter of fact its all dark. ♬

118. ♬ Eclipse ♬ ends as McCain comments on environment. Nuclear power, or something like that.

119. Obama describes his tax plan to ♪ Brain Damage ♪, then McCain plays up his maverick record to the same.

120. McCain on nailing Jello to the wall as ♪Any Colour You Like ♪ begins (I’ll take Lime with vodka, in a dixie cup) then describes his tax plan

121. ♪ Haven’t you heard it’s a battle of words
     the poster bearer cried
     Listen son, said the man with the gun
     There’s room for you inside ♪

122. McCain describes eliminating government departments by specifically solving defense spending problems to ♬ Us and Them ♬ Clinton-omics?

123. Obama compares himself to JFK as ♬ Money ♬ winds down. Really? /that/ JFK? Really? Giving none away. ♬ ‘Giving none away.’ ♬

124. As the sax solo winds gives way to guitar solo in ♬ Money ♬ McCain describes order of priorities. He’s really good at this. Gilmour I mean.

125. ♬ Money ♬ and McCain’s rebuttal sync perfectly. “Let’s look at our records instead of rhetoric” “Money…root of all evil today”

126. Obama makes promises of investment (with what $?) to Ms. Finch during mellow lull in ♬ The Great Gig in the Sky ♬

127. McCain rebuttal backed by Clare Torry. Oohhh ‘The American workser are the best in the world’

128. Obama rebuttal during solo refrain, nicely synced, contine through last verse of Time and end right as the song ends

129. McCain on Obama’s cronies as the Gilmours’ solos in ♫ Time ♫ “Buy up these bad loans” wailing blues

130. Obama “other folks” eh? Oh all of them that come across your desk? ♫ Time ♫ is revving up - clauses end in that droning low E

131. “Not You Tom” didn’t synch, then he pauses, then the plane wreck sound effect at the end of ♫ On The Run ♫, then McCain’s answer.

132. McCain answers his first question to creepy synth pattern of ♫ On The Run ♫

133. Obama answers his first question to the first stanza of breathe ♫ ‘don’t be afraid to care’ ‘look around, choose your own life’ ♫

134. Awesome: They shook hands just as Breathe kicked in. IT WORKS!

135. Started Dark Side right when Tom Brokaw said ‘Good Evening’ - the pulse background is kinda creepy, laughing, screaming

136. I’m watching tonight’s debate on mute with Dark Side of the Moon playing. I call it Dark Side of the Town Hall.

137. Slinky at my desk: fun. Slinky at my desk with an empty styrofoam cup stuffed in one end: PEW PEW PEW fun

138. You can’t spell ‘down’ without DOW

139. Last day of work before I head to Denver for the Great American Beer Festival!

140. Blasting a vinyl rip of 11th house after a long day http://is.gd/3D9A, so cheese but also so great. stfu this is the fourth wank solo! _\m/

141. In an era of ipods and xm radio, construction workers next door have stuck w/ a CD changer. Zep III, Skynard, ZZ-Top, and The Who. ALL DAY.

142. IN GENERAL (not specific to where I work), This quarter’s financial reports will be post-crisis while last quarters were pre-. Expect FAIL

143. @will_torres The fox will go to the henhouse to fix the gate; Please use newspaper personals for future comms. 1SWM 28yoa etc…

144. Anyone need anything from Home Depot?

145. @electricfork It’s a ticking time-bomb in my basement. Beltway was picked clean, had no SNPA. 60min is too much for a session beer imo

146. 1/2 barrel of 60 Minute IPA tapped, lines cleaned, finally grilled salmon & asparagus for dinner at 10. Exhausting day.

147. Cleaning kegerator lines in prep for a new keg pick-up tonight

148. 11 hour-housework day; relocated LAN, new firewall, ran outlets in conduit for kegerator, patched mortar, wife cleaned EVERYTHING ELSE

149. Relocating home network to basement rack, swapping pix for netscreen, networking the printer, reconnecting UPS w/ new battery, work, work

150. http://is.gd/3w0e It’s neat to run through from the US’s first election and note when new states pop up vs. how they vote

151. NB: Most sculptors get their marble and assignments from others, employ assistants, and live on castings of the same idea for years

152. I have way more fun writing, coding, and designing via subtraction - my job title should be “Sculptor” http://is.gd/3uC1

153. Did she really just ask ‘What is your biggest weakness?’: Perfectionist! Say perfectionist! ‘I just cant’ leave well enough alone Gwyn!’

154. It’s not in the rules but Joe gets a social for that sly middle-finger ‘clearing his eye’ move. Stay classy Joe!

155. Nuclear pronunciation: With so many actual faults, don’t get sidetracked by style. Also, Biden is a live-action Waldorf http://is.gd/3soz

156. nom nom martini olives #LosingVPDebateDrinkingGame

157. The medium is the massage. Truth is the size of the flag pin, the attractiveness of the smile, the tone of voice. Facts are boring.

158. Joe Biden strings words together like Porky Pig moonwalks

159. I’m going to practice my patronizing false-excitement voice, if it’s anything like my false-Robert-Plant singing you are all doomed

160. Keg empty, enjoying a dirty martini w/ VP debate game, worried I’ll run out of Gin and vermouth, only have a full bottle each. Cheers!

161. Public Television: HD, full screen, no analyst chart-chunk, no animations

162. @commonwombat I haven’t blinked in the 40 minutes since you tapped me for B.S. '08 - bring on the cat jokes & @shmausen impersonations SNL!

163. I’ve talked to people in Sweden and Israel today on the phone today. Quick somebody tap me to be their Vice Presidential nominee!

164. Next time I’m a high school student playing in a rock band, we are totally going to cover Bubble Puppy’s ♬ Hot Smoke and Sassafrass ♬

165. Sips tonight for every GOP ‘ya’ and Dem ‘change’. Chug for ‘in what respect’ stalling. Socials for eye-rolling. Call out sick on Friday.

166. @thefrontrowe is to @BaltimoreMD as Clark Kent is to… Lois or Superman? I think Lois.

167. @charmsec is halfway down the bar, look for the bald guy (@philip_daigle) and the figlet sign on our table

168. @electricfork I will be at The Wharf Rat tonight for @charmsec 7 along with @philip_daigle, drinking your rounds

169. I lucked into a bottle of my IPA that doesn’t taste like yeast, great stuff. The basement will be ready for brewing soon to replenish!