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Re: Coolest thing my father did (Scripting News)

dave — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:35:22 -0000

Yes. I was drinking wine before school.

I was an idiot -- or put it another way -- I was 15 years old. :-)

Re: Coolest thing my father did (Scripting News)

dave — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:15:47 -0000

Pretty good chance I was also doing acid and smoking reefer too. But those aren't quite as obvious as drinking wine. And as I reported -- I stole the wine from my dad, he wasn't a beer drinker, and I thought, even then (for other reasons) that hard liquor was pretty unclassy.

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

dave — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:14:51 -0000

Buzz is a funny thing, it might have been luck or the ads or Motorola. Timing matters too and the sense that it's going to be a while before Apple ships an exciting new iPhone

Re: Introducing listbrowser.org (Scripting News)

dave — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:11:13 -0000

Click on the name of the list at thetop of the page

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

dave — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:31:55 -0000

Thanks! I just added you as an author -- which means you can create posts and publish them. Please write some cheat sheets and howtos! I'll continue asking dumb questions. :-)

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

dave — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:50:31 -0000

Oy. It turns out I need your email address not username. Sorry for the runaround.

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

dave — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:18:53 -0000

Here's the site.

http://droidie.com/

If you have a wordpress.com account, let me know what it is and I'll set you up as a contributor.

Re: Lost Remote: Local Online News, Advertising, Hyperlocal and Neighborhood Blogs

DeRushaJ — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:32:58 -0000

I understand what you're saying, Tracy, and it points to the difficulty of applying these labels. In Minneapolis, where I live, I can tell you who I consider to be "trusted sources" of information. Some are MSM, some are independent media organizations, some are hobby bloggers.

In an index, that includes all of those, I do think there needs to be some useful shorthand. Maybe the labeling is being done in reverse. Maybe they should label the blogs that are edited or done by "professionals."

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

dave — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:56:36 -0000

Okay, let's work on this.

I'll set the site up right now.

Dave

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

dave — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:45:29 -0000

If I started a Droid blog on wordpress.com, would you be willing to post
that stuff there?

Re: Peek was worth a peek (Scripting News)

dave — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:36:03 -0000

That was my idea.

Hard to say, my eyes are only 54 years old, but they're not in great shape
and I had no trouble reading the screen.

The only way to tell is to try it out, I guess.

Dave

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

dave — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:25:42 -0000

Thanks for the tips.

Is there a good website or book to read about Android from a user point of
view?

There's a lot of culture to absorb all at once.

A cheat sheet would be nice! :-)

Re: Twitter needs a command-line (Scripting News)

dave — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:51:38 -0000

Still need the ability to do a sequence of them.

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

dave — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:12:31 -0000

Actually I'm really beginning to like the keyboard. I really like the way it
suggests words, much much much better than the iPhone.

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

dave — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:01:44 -0000

Thank you! It worked. I can now see the DROID on my Mac desktop.

Re: Twitter needs a command-line (Scripting News)

dave — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:57:05 -0000

It needs to be available for everyone if we're to build on it.

So I don't want to sound unreasonable, but until everyone uses Firefox, no
-- that's not good enough.

It has to be a website, imho.

Re: Twitter needs a command-line (Scripting News)

dave — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:51:58 -0000

Any work in this area should work *exactly* like these commands.

We need some more now, and it appears Twitter is focusing elsewhere...

Prior art is essential.

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

dave — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:47:50 -0000

I don't see the SD card. Here's a picture of the Droid with the battery removed:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scriptingnews/4080...

Am I missing something??

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

dave — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:47:04 -0000

Thanks for the tip, now a dumb question -- where is the "notifications shade?"

I've been looking for that for other purposes.

Also how do I get it to stop chiming at me when an email comes in -- I get a lot of email! :-)

Re: Twitter needs a command-line (Scripting News)

dave — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:45:45 -0000

Maybe I should have made the headline -- "For the application I'm thinking
about if there were a CLI for Twitter I wouldn't have to subject the user to
OAuth"

But somehow I hoped they would read the story, so I chose a snappier and
shorter headline.

Re: Let The World Change You (Scripting News)

dave — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:28:12 -0000

Yeah that's a commercial. You are aware of that, I'm sure.

Re: Let The World Change You (Scripting News)

dave — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:15:08 -0000

1. Sigh. I didn't have a heart attack.

2. I was writing this kind of stuff before I had the surgery.

Re: 5 Tips To Avoid Being Filtered From Twitter Search

Corvida — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:49:25 -0000

Mapper,

You might want to check out Chad's comment above or reach out to Chad for more specific details.

Re: 5 Tips To Avoid Being Filtered From Twitter Search

Corvida — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:48:16 -0000

Persistence seemed to pay off very nicely for you Chad. Thanks for sharing some of the steps you took for those who have had questions on how to get back in once you're out.

Re: Share Your Latest and Favorite Twitter Lists!

Corvida — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:47:21 -0000

Do you care about them now? Have you started creating your own?