“groovy mother” :: Entries for week beginning July 26, 2009

➠ August 1, 2009

Anyone who bitches about TechCrunch’s lack of journalistic expertise then gleefully links to the unfounded Palin divorce report is a douche.

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Posted to Twitter at 1:14 p.m.

➠ July 31, 2009

I just ousted @ar3te as the mayor of Lava Lounge on @foursquare! http://bit.ly/VHvd

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Posted to Twitter at 8:11 p.m.

TMBG are doing a science album? NERDGASM! (Also ace: it includes a fact-checked update to “Why Does the Sun Shine?” http://rdbgb.us/FGH)

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Posted to Twitter at 5:32 p.m.

OK, this made me laugh: “Martinez leaves Cleveland a day before the Indians were to hold Victor Martinez Bobblehead Night” #redsox

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Posted to Twitter at 2:41 p.m.

Got a good feeling about the V-Mart trade. #redsox Of course, I felt that way when we got Eric Gagne two years ago. *sigh*

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Posted to Twitter at 2:39 p.m.

Move to Windows 7

From the “Holy Shit! Are You Fucking Kidding Me‽” department: Windows XP users will have to format their hard drives and do clean installs to upgrade to Windows 7 — there is no “upgrade” option that keeps their installed programs intact.

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Filed under : microsoft : windows 7 : wtf

Anatomy of a feature

Great description of all the thought that is needed for “a quick feature”. Just gone through implementing one of these this evening!

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Filed under : design is hard let's go shopping : programming : software development

Apple Claims New iPhone Only Visible To Most Loyal Of Customers | The Onion

The packed auditorium, which had been listening to Jobs in hushed reverence for several minutes, then erupted into applause, with hundreds of men and women suddenly jumping to their feet and shouting, “I can see it!” “Look, there it is!” and “God, it’s so beautiful!”

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Filed under : apple : funny : iPhone : the onion

➠ July 30, 2009

Anyone know if the current rash of make.money.fast-esque Twitter spamming is happening through username-and-password, or a rogue OAuth app?

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Posted to Twitter at 2:42 p.m.

Amused at Red Sox fans. Now that Manny & Ortiz were named, they want the full 2003 steroid list published. Weren’t so keen when it was A-Rod

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Posted to Twitter at 2:26 p.m.

Report: Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003 - ESPN

*le sigh*. The inevitability of this news doesn’t really take the edge off the sadness. The Red Sox had been lucky with the steroid testing leaks and reports so far. Now, the 2004 & 2007 World Series wins are _officially_ tarnished.

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Filed under : baseball : boston : david ortiz : manny ramirez : mlb : redsox : steroids

ZOMG! The Pixies are playing Doolittle at the Fox Theatre in Oakland for two nights. I MUST BE THERE! http://rdbgb.us/p0E

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Posted to Twitter at 2:07 p.m.

May have to ban @LaughAtlantis from playing Uno on Facebook. She keeps getting hit on.

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Posted to Twitter at 12:30 a.m.

➠ July 29, 2009

My Xbox 360 just RROD’d. Having to ship it back to Microsoft for repair. MLIA.

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Posted to Twitter at 10:13 p.m.

This is a fabulous SPP habitat: http://chintzy.spp.com?t=1 Ghostbusters done SuperPoke Pets style! Yay our users!

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Posted to Twitter at 8:34 p.m.

Upgrade Xbox 360 hard drive

How to upgrade an XBox 360 hard drive from 20Gb to 120Gb without paying MS a stupid amount of premium for it coming in a plastic shell. I just did this and it was a pain in the ass, but I saved over $100. I think that was worth it!

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Filed under : hard drive upgrade : microsoft : xbox360

Just reached agreement in a product discussion with the sentence “It’s more of a KittenWar than a HotOrNot”. I love my job sometimes.

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Posted to Twitter at 7:08 p.m.

Bug found and fixed. Obscure IE6 SSL quirk overridden. Feel mildly victorious. Unrelated: Fuck you, Microsoft. Fuck you very much.

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Posted to Twitter at 12:03 a.m.

➠ July 28, 2009

BootXChanger

Replace the Apple graphic on OS X boot. Being a traditionalist, I’ve got with an old school Happy Mac.

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Filed under : download : free : os x

Creating a virtual machine for some IE testing. I wonder how many Windows XP installs I’ve done in the last 8 years. Probably over 100.

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Posted to Twitter at 9:28 p.m.

Gah. Because today’s Red Sox game is against the A’s, I can’t get the NESN feed. Praying that CSN shows the pregame Jim Rice ceremony.

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Posted to Twitter at 3:44 p.m.

Burrito first, ask questions later. (@ Mexico au Parc in SF) http://bit.ly/5q9EJ

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Posted to Twitter at 1:37 p.m.

➠ July 27, 2009

Considered doing a juice fast to lose some weight until realizing there’s no caffeine allowed. Now contemplating effects of Red Bull fast

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Posted to Twitter at 6:42 p.m.

Introducing Internet Garage Sale

Steven Frank of Panic has created a small-scale invitation-only geek auction site. I can confirm from selling an Airport Extreme base station on it last week that it was less hassle, and probably got me a better price, than eBay or Craigslist would have been.

Ping me if you’d like an invite.

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Filed under : craigslist : eBay : internet garage sale : steven frank

Yeah, I’ll accept “Professional Geek” as my title. http://www.refinedgeek.com/twitter.jpg (via @arielwaldman)

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Posted to Twitter at 1:38 p.m.

A friend’s startup is looking for a great Ruby on Rails developer in Boston. Want to work on something Twitter-related? http://rdbgb.us/JN7

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Posted to Twitter at 1:12 p.m.

➠ July 26, 2009

Upgraded my Xbox’s hard drive from 20 to 120Gb. Now watching the 15Gb of HD Torchwood I bought on the Xbox Marketplace.

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Posted to Twitter at 9:05 p.m.

Tonight’s realization: Michael C Hall is a different person from Anthony Michael Hall.

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Posted to Twitter at 1:50 a.m.