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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-05

Slava — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:05:00 +0000

Flying on the jumbo airbus 380. It is definitely jumbo. #
Why do I always get confused with gate signs at Spb airport?
they have different numbers in English and Russian. http://twitpic.com/2ki5j1 #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29

Slava — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:05:00 +0000

Not sure what to expect, but installing the super sad true love story app #
RT @lennyzeltser: "Computer-side reading" = a book you read in snippets while waiting for programs to start or for the system to reboot #
Grease lightning on AMC. #faves #
today's lunch reading – http://bit.ly/aTsZlY #
The World’s Worst Traffic – By Jared Mondschein | Foreign Policy – http://goo.gl/1Hcz #
small steps: finally managed to move J. off Palm Desktop last updated in 2006. Whew. #
new work from @fridfurniture – http://t.co/V2n3E6H #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-22

Slava — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:05:00 +0000

note to street card: egg and cheese w/ salt, pepper, ketchup is not nearly as good without salt, pepper or ketchup #
"Super Sad True Love Story" is truly sad. #
trying out @zemanta plugin for wordpress. Wish there was one for #LC – enterprise market could certainly use something like that. #
RT @nickgiglia: Love this quote: "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."- T. Edison. #
argh. with no amazon prime I must now wait until I need *2* books before shipping them. Oh the humanity! #

Room Planning with Autodesk Homestyle

Slava — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:20:44 +0000

Longer post to follow, but initial playing with Autodesk Homestyle beta led to this picture:

that acts as a validation of my inept measurement — stuff mostly fits. Of course, it fits even better since we only have the TV and the couch right now. Art, vases – are a nice touch in the software that takes modeling a step (or 10) beyond what you can buy in Staples. Its catalog of “real” items provided in 3D by manufacturers is the real draw. It is high time these were available – ideally not just for proprietary software solutions. The 3D model is accessible here

Prior to Autodesk I was using Google Sketchup which is great – if you have a LOT of time to get good at it. I got the link and idea of using Homestyler from the DYI Stackexchange site.

Twitter Updates for 2010-06-26

Slava — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:05:00 +0000

youtube channels for products are always great, when they have good content. Lotus Mashups do. #

Twitter Updates for 2010-06-25

Slava — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:05:00 +0000

seriously Penn. I cannot remember my PennKey, and this should somehow disqualify me from donating money over the web? #upenn #

Twitter Updates for 2010-06-24

Slava — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:05:00 +0000

Gemini is looking for a f/t senior technical recruiter. Email with recommendations. #
No longer homeless. In hock to bank now. Vivat capitalism. #

Twitter Updates for 2010-06-22

Slava — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:05:00 +0000

It took a decade for XSD and WS-* to raise and fall, but it will take 2*decade to undo the damage they did to the mind. (via @sallamar) yes! #

Twitter Updates for 2010-06-20

Slava — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:05:00 +0000

Toy story 3 – not a dry eye and applause when over. First time I've seen that at movies. #awesome #

Twitter Updates for 2010-06-18

Slava — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:05:00 +0000

bad sign? when your mortgage banker calls you in Russia to double-check your credit history. Luckily – nothing new there. #

Twitter Updates for 2010-06-16

Slava — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:05:00 +0000

You know you are in Moscow when ride from airport takes far longer than the actual flight. #
tech star – that's what I want to be when I grow up – http://youtu.be/Xed8eVUvm_E #
big news from IBM – buing Coremetrics. http://bit.ly/c43XXd #

Twitter Updates for 2010-06-15

Slava — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:05:00 +0000

loving skype when I am away from home. Spoke to kids, parents – good night to all. #

Twitter Updates for 2010-06-13

Slava — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:05:00 +0000

and an even bigger one today… RT @mgualtieri: … Reminded how amazing the engineering feat it was to put a man on the moon 40 years ago #

Twitter Updates for 2010-06-12

Slava — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:05:00 +0000

Really?! Can't book a flight because Finnair does not recognize my phone format, yet provides no help on what it should look like. #ux #fail #

Twitter Updates for 2010-06-11

Slava — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:05:00 +0000

loved this — NIKE FOOTBALL WRITE THE FUTURE – FULL LENGTH VERSION http://youtu.be/idLG6jh23yE #

Twitter Updates for 2010-06-10

Slava — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:05:00 +0000

RT @arkady_n: Shallow DOF, framing, tilt, creamy bokeh, all comes together for an excellent portrait : http://nyti.ms/c9fTPE #photography #
remembered that tinyeye can search for images by URL and see if other sites on the web link to it. http://www.tineye.com/ #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-27

Slava — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:59:59 +0000

great presentation RT @fredwilson: I am showcasing a couple things i read today and liked Digital Strangelove http://bit.ly/Ks6V0 #
spot-checking new production release. the toil and trouble of daily routine… #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-22

Slava — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:59:59 +0000

I do not understand Friedman’s references to untouchables in his op-ed – http://bit.ly/1wNHrD. Wikipedia doesn’t help – http://bit.ly/4JPga #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-21

Slava — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:59:59 +0000

$2.49/mo for Slate on Kindle. Is that because there are no ads on Kindle or because of bandwidth costs? #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-20

Slava — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:59:59 +0000

after days of being remote and VPN, it is nice to be on a LAN and have things load quickly for internal resources. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-17

Slava — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:59:59 +0000

playing with new IBM Portal beta on Amazon EC2 #
only $20 difference between US Only and US+International coverage for kindle – http://bit.ly/1VEprc, seems like a good deal for travelers #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-16

Slava — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:59:59 +0000

downloading conference materials… hopefully every session is in there! #pec09 #
ok… google wave is a bit buggy so far :) #
one of my favorite columns, because nothing in law-land is as simple as it looks – http://bit.ly/4s7uiJ #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-15

Slava — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:59:59 +0000

watching a demo of Portal theme “ExtremeBlue” written entirely in Flex, using JS and REST services for portal data. very cool!!! #pec09 #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-14

Slava — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:59:59 +0000

cloud services – great presentation so far. and a full room. heard animoto story before, but it never stops to amaze. #pec09 #
new new thing for demos – do not bother with VMWare – just host it on amazon. #pec09 #
Why don’t status messages just expire after 12 hours? #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-13

Slava — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:59:59 +0000

anyone organizing tweetups at #pec09 ? #
great line, “[sametime/uc2] designed to help eliminate human latency” very good point #pec09 #
people are building *really* cool sametime plugins. bluetooth + radio location services for sametime. #pec09 #
WCM portlets also supposed seedlist 1.0 – awesome. #pec09 #
theme development for 6.1.5 is finally what it should be — simple and powerful. #pec09 #
definitely drinking the cool-aid. Client-side analytics microformat FTW! #pec09 #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-12

Slava — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Mildly disturbing & accusatory posters at LaGuardia. “Lotus knows who will miss you.” & how to reach me? http://pic.gd/9f386f #
Very impressed with iphone photoshop mobile app. #
If you attend a conference, but it does not have a real #tag, did it really happen? #
IBM, Coke, and Microsoft are top brands worldwide? Really? Should we be more concerned about the world… #
More stalker sppech from lotus, “lotus knows… Reach them where they live and work” seriously??? #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-10

Slava — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:59:59 +0000

ant-trust violation for mainframes? http://bit.ly/boHWx #
pretty interesting stackexchange site for just “users” – http://bit.ly/mW4ly #
heh. finally registred for Portal Conference a day before actually flying out to it. Now for those #ls10 abstracts… #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-09

Slava — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:59:59 +0000

RT @fredwilson: OH at #usvsummit “we tried charging for our api without much succes, then we paid developers to use it and it took off” #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-08

Slava — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Thinking of teamwork and marketing on the way home from the Yankees game after a customer event. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-07

Slava — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:59:59 +0000

of all airlines, only Delta has e-tickets that are classified as spam by gmail… #ls10 #
Sounds silly, but cannot wait for Spolsky/fogcreek announcements from their dev days. Are they on their way to ecosystem like 37Signals are? #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-06

Slava — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:59:59 +0000

considering going to see http://bit.ly/WtHva – Serizawa:Master of Japanese Textile Design #
so I got to do #Lotusphere abstracts, but is there really a point? I *never* get in #ls10 #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-02

Slava — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:59:59 +0000

proposed onion headline… “local teacher from elite university confused by two welcome emails” #

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-26

Slava — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Last leg of the trip. AMS to JFK. Airlines must be making a mint – every flight I’ve been was full. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-25

Slava — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:59:59 +0000

What’s the difference between getting on a plane and missing your oversold flight? American passport, apparently, really helps. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-24

Slava — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:59:59 +0000

if you are a 3 days late on a 3-week iteration, is not that a 20% overrun? Or just 3 days late and it is not a big deal? #

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-23

Slava — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Listening a customer talk about our solution at an IBM forum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Always fun. http://myloc.me/J3KG #
Didn’t realize they had 100 people just uploading content into WCM all day long. #
just bought skype credit for calling into conf calls while away. will see how well it works… #

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-22

Slava — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:59:59 +0000

At breakfast. Place called elki-palki. http://pic.gd/994e00 #
really, really using up those 24 hours of internet access (RUB 900 at the hotel, free across the street) #
inbox zero? not really, but getting better. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-21

Slava — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Transferring at Paris CDG. Why would a french airport have no sit-down full service restaurant? #
Back in ussr. Broken escalators and a huge line to enter. Par for the course, that. Just hope 05.11.09 on my visa is nov 5, and not may 11. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-18

Slava — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:59:59 +0000

a bit excessive? .”wearing fine gloves collect the sole pekoe…with golden scissors…. At no moment do the hands …touch these leaves…” #

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-17

Slava — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:59:59 +0000

today is quickly shaping up to be a ‘what’s wrong with DB2 now” day. 3 different problems in 3 different environments on the same day. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-11

Slava — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:59:59 +0000

heh. me like! RT @KathySierra: The FizzBin Secret Tech Support Handshake? I Want To Believe. http://tr.im/yjfg (thx @Wolfbyte @sajidnizami) #

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-10

Slava — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Dropping kids off at school. First time to first grade. freaky… #
just having major problems lately working with Windows and some websites. They are clearly designed for some strange breed of people. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-09

Slava — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:59:59 +0000

external drives making unhappy noises. I think it is time I bought new ones.. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-05

Slava — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:59:59 +0000

RT @debedb: … biographies of the First Family’s pets: http://bit.ly/FAKQO, and then, “Where did Vice President Cheney meet his wife?” #
Weirdly excited about stackoverflow becoming a platform (http://stackexchange.com/). Now to mash it with uservoice/getsatisfaction… #
ha! cheaper to print, store AND ship a book then to send a few bits over the wire? http://bit.ly/2OgzTs #

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-03

Slava — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:59:59 +0000

trying to find a good way to provide previews of many different document formats. iPaper/scribd is very nice, but cannot be locally hosted #

Twitter Updates for 2009-08-29

Slava — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:59:59 +0000

heh RT @debedb: Give a man a credit card, he’ll eat for a day.Teach a man to phish… #

Twitter Updates for 2009-08-27

Slava — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:59:59 +0000

very very good – http://bit.ly/i4SMJ RT @KathySierra: @bokardo, … Thanks @DHS for link to his slides: #
does twitter effectively replace delicious if I tweet about all/most links I care to save for later? less tagging, but more context? #

Twitter Updates for 2009-08-26

Slava — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:59:59 +0000

For years, I loved to read Slate’s “Morning Edition”. The new “Slatest Morning Edition” is what I did not like . All links, no context. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-08-25

Slava — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:59:59 +0000

continuing on my sick obsession with buying books facilitated by kindle. just. too. easy. #
trying to call WaMu again. 5th time to talk to someone about my mortgage tonight. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-08-19

Slava — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:59:59 +0000

RT @debedb: Today’s curmudgeons suck.I walked to school uphill both ways thru corpses of those who died saying”over my dead body” #
like the phrase, wish it was real – “Some are just here on a thirty-day ‘have fun storming the castle!’ visa” from (http://bit.ly/20Tmd2) #