2011

January

Snorkeling in Oahu | January 3 | Tagged: travel vacation fun

I’m going to attend an exploratory jiu-jitsu lesson tomorrow. I’m excited to hurt in entirely new ways. | Tagged: tweet

Pride of Ignorance | January 8 | Tagged: idiocracy

In Which I Buy a Serious Comic: "Batwoman: Elegy" | January 8 | Tagged: books

I was really impressed by “Winter’s Bone.” Appalachian Gothic is right. A very intimate, tense, thriller. | Tagged: tweet

Discovering the Southern Gothic | January 10 | Tagged: personal music biography

Is the company destructive to productivity? | January 11 | Tagged: productivity

Mobile Upload: Hip Quaker Typography | January 11 | Tagged: mobile photography

Goals for This Year | January 11 | Tagged: personal

Saw "Winter's Bone" | January 11 | Tagged: movies

Myers-Briggs S types: I do not understand you at all. | Tagged: tweet

if there is any modern man meriting the noun “troubadour” in the archaïc sense, it is Paul Simon. | Tagged: tweet

In Ruby is there a way to catch every method execution (and its name?). Sorta like method_missing? I want to proxy some method calls | Tagged: tweet

Monkeying with Ruby Metaprogramming | January 19 | Tagged: modern_times programming

I so love Karen Elson’s “The Ghost Who Walks.” First album in years that I’ve just gone “DAYUM” over. | Tagged: tweet

Hi, I want a whole lot of storage in the cloud for photos, music backup. What’s the best way to get it that isn’t painful? | Tagged: tweet

Kid yelling at train station: headache; yelling “I love you more” to dad just boarded on the southbound before doors close…bwaaaaahhh. | Tagged: tweet

The Left-Rights | January 20 | Tagged: music

We walked to buy a multimeter via furniture store section of SoMa. We came home with the meter, a couch, tv console and ottoman ON SALE! | Tagged: tweet

Good Radiation: NPR fans | January 24 | Tagged: music

San Francisco: The Great Black North | January 25 | Tagged: san_francisco

The Decemberists’ new record (alt-countryesque?!) is available to stream at KCRW. Colin Meloy can write a great song. | Tagged: tweet

February

Really digging tift merritt’s “See You on the Moon” | Tagged: tweet

Legacy Photos of SF | February 1 | Tagged: san_francisco

I don’t think that it’s often enough said, but I love America. | Tagged: tweet

I noticed that Noë’s “Enter the Void” is on netflix streaming. I’m pondering when I will be able to take /that/ trip. | Tagged: tweet

Birthday Dinner in Sonoma | February 13 | Tagged: personal

Valentine's Day | February 13 | Tagged: personal

To say that tmux and iTerm2 have most changed my workflow since moving to Mac in 02 would be accurate. | Tagged: tweet

Mumford and Sons? I’ve been into Flogging Molly for years already. | Tagged: tweet

Sunny morning in SF and then it started hailing suddenly little pebbles of ice. It was like Texas came to visit for 1 minute. | Tagged: tweet

MAC, what are you doing to Wonder Woman? | February 20 | Tagged: modern_times

Mobile Upload: Snowpocalypse SF 2011! | February 26 | Tagged: mobile photography

The Big Bang | February 27 | Tagged: modern_times idiocracy

March

Mobile Upload: Hope More Woman Developers | March 1 | Tagged: mobile photography

Technology and "Theogeny" | March 2 | Tagged: personal apple

Speaking of Apple Hardware | March 2 | Tagged: san_francisco apple

I wish @pragprog would write an intro to c on osx. Teach the youngins about the machine, look relevant vs. k&r. | Tagged: tweet

My Charlie Sheen Mad-Lib | March 4 | Tagged: modern_times

Suzi Quatro: She Should Have Been More Famous | March 7 | Tagged: music

I wonder if Neal Peart uses vi or emacs. | Tagged: tweet

Use Vim like a boss: Llast ‘:’-command can be repeated with @: and further repeats can be done with @@; with Quickfix ftw. | Tagged: tweet

I can’t decide if I prefer Terence Stamp as cockney tough (The limey) or übermensch (superman, adjustment Bureau). Both? | Tagged: tweet

Had a fun .rb hack night at @carbonfive. Learned about gemsets, 1.9.1 quirks, startup exec hirirng and some @pivotallabs crossover. | Tagged: tweet

“If you got a problem with Willie Nelson, you got a problem with me.” – Snoop Dogg | Tagged: tweet

My new superhero idea: The Mad Wienerian: Pelts baddies with raw hot-dogs, menacing them with bruises and salmonella | Tagged: tweet

I secretly want absurd job working in a cafe where I will yell at people who don’t bus their table. “do you not have any manners, ape?” | Tagged: tweet

How can you spot facebook employees at cafés? They’re the ones not browsing facebook. | Tagged: tweet

Catfight in the past aisle at trader Joe’s. “move!”. “hang up your cell phone and steer!” | Tagged: tweet

Happy Ovid’s birthday. In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas corpora. The original sensitive bad boy poet. | Tagged: tweet

Changing the rhetoric: post-PC Era | March 21 | Tagged: internet_culture

New Bag | March 21 | Tagged: memes apple

Early 80's English Bass | March 21 | Tagged: music

I love Regina Spektor’s cover of Lennon’s “Real Love.” Somehow she brings a rich thickness to it Lennon and piano fury didn’t. | Tagged: tweet

tmux: A Screen Multiplexer | March 25 | Tagged: tmux productivity

On the death of Geraldine Ferraro: I recall the “Q-Zoo” in Houston in the 80’s making a bear called Geraldine Berarro. | Tagged: tweet

Mobile Upload: Oh my. Proof: We live in a hipster universe | March 28 | Tagged: mobile photography

Verb Vector Generator | March 30 | Tagged: linguistics programming

April

The Visual Effects of Tron: Legacy | April 4 | Tagged: modern_times programming film

No More Mr. Nice Guy Cover from the 80's | April 6 | Tagged: music

Just caught the swank bastards surfabilly show in north beach. Hula hoop dancers too at the bamboo hut. | Tagged: tweet

We saw Hanna and Arthur. I recommend both but especially Hanna. It was like “Lola Rennt” in snow; great music. | Tagged: tweet

Seeing Thee Swank Bastards | April 10 | Tagged: music

My dentist in the city plays Interpol in the waiting room. | Tagged: tweet

Happy Birthday to Ryan | April 14 | Tagged: austin kickinitwitdaleague

CSS issues | April 14 | Tagged: productivity

Mobile Upload: Northstar view of Lake Tahoe. | April 16 | Tagged: mobile photography

"Glee:" So Much Promise, So Much Disappointment | April 18 | Tagged: entertainment

One of the best visual explanations of git ever: http://www.ndpsoftware.com/git-cheatsheet.html | Tagged: tweet

I believe Jesus er Obama is in the hood. 2 blocks of Howard are blocked. Avoid soma if yer driving. | Tagged: tweet

In solario tabernae Panerae sol fulgens amicam Laurenam meque calit! | Tagged: tweet

I, too, am glad I did not come of age in the age of the internets | April 22 | Tagged: critique culture general life_and_death modern_times internet_culture

Birtherism | April 24 | Tagged: politics birtherism

@seaofclouds What is up with nail clipping in public? What’s next, public manscaping cc/ @dstafford | Tagged: tweet

Watched "Metropolitan" | April 25 | Tagged: movies

Sun drenched wonderland SF! Downside: Apparently sun makes residents jerks judging by the aggro honking and yellong on market. | Tagged: tweet

May

“Never Let Me Go” was a hard but rewarding movie. So much….tragedy. | Tagged: tweet

Any Grownups reading “Hunger Games?” looks interesting. | Tagged: tweet

Emma Stone = voice of the new Peppermint Patty. | Tagged: tweet

Do you realize what happened yesterday? The US president had Cobra Commander killed. Suck it, Destro. | Tagged: tweet

Grace potter. I love your music. | Tagged: tweet

Grace Potter! | May 10 | Tagged: music

#podiostore finished an app integrating @Twilio, @podio, on @heroku in Sinatra. I had never worked with these before today. Whew! | Tagged: tweet

The monitor I won at @podio’s hack day. That is mega vi in the background. Thanks to the for help, fun and generosity. | Tagged: tweet

Ladytron: White Elephant coming! | May 17 | Tagged: music

At Kapor center where Kapor himself is speaking. My first tech job was at Lotus in 1998 in Austin. Full circle. | Tagged: tweet

Muni driver greeted me with a smile, “good morning sir, everything good today.”. #5578 rt. 30 you are an example. | Tagged: tweet

@Twilio, I have learned, is pronounced like Dillyo. | Tagged: tweet

Gorgeous Ladytron Video | May 21 | Tagged: music

I Won the Podio API Release Hackathon Competition | May 22 | Tagged: design productivity ruby san_francisco software

SoMa Maps | May 24 | Tagged: sf

RT @Twilio: Steven Harms wins Podio hackathon! #twilioLAUNCH | Tagged: tweet

Summer in the south bay smells like these with a slight salt breeze and 72 degrees. | Tagged: tweet

We just saw kung fu panda 2: better story and artwork than the first. It’s very funny. | Tagged: tweet

@laurennroth and I paddled from Townsend to pier 39 (7 knots) today. SF, take time to remember you are a sea-faring city. | Tagged: tweet

@ingridmusic’s twitter banter is so good. | Tagged: tweet

"Thor:" My Big, Cut, Bearded, Dumb, Popcorn Movie | May 31 | Tagged: movies

Saw "Kung-Fu Panda 2" | May 31 | Tagged: movies

June

The New "Education-Meh" Line of Thinking | June 5 | Tagged: education

Anyone want tickets to Sunday Florence and the machine in Berkeley? You must pick up from my doormAn tomorrow in soma. | Tagged: tweet

Finished “The Hunger Games” in less than one day. This only happen with books I really like. Can’t wait for movie with Jennifer Lawrence. | Tagged: tweet

I’m thinking about a sci-fi story set on a planet in a permanent half daylight that orbits an aged star. Or set it in SF’s West Portal. | Tagged: tweet

Why isn’t there a #Ruby or #Rails conf in beautiful Victoria, BC this time of year? | Tagged: tweet

Fear and Expectations and the Ruby Job Market | June 15 | Tagged: ruby ruminations

Whole Foods Parking Lot | June 15 | Tagged: music funny

Reich on stagnating economy | June 17 | Tagged: economics politics

Dad's Spending Time With His Kids Is Not Comment-Worthy | June 17 | Tagged: culture

Look out Austin, I’ll be speaking at Lone Star Ruby Conf @lsrc in August on “Practical Metaprogramming: Modeling Thought.” See you soon! | Tagged: tweet

Saw "Submarine" | June 18 | Tagged: movies

@laurennroth hits Pandora, a chord plays. “That’s Rush’s ‘Red Tide’ from 1989’s Presto.’” She: “One chord?” Me: “One chord.” | Tagged: tweet

@elight @lsrc Count me as in on the AirBNB. Right by one of Austin’s best coffee shops as well. w00t Genuine Joe. | Tagged: tweet

@juliamae I only talked to you for 15 minutes at RubyConf, but I feel SF would be better off with your Markov creation here, not there. | Tagged: tweet

RT @Froda: From the #Twilio blog: “Developers Used Twilio to Win Podio API Launch Hack Day” | Tagged: tweet

Uptick in scads of hetero, scantily-clad young girls at #sfpride may portend the boys, fights, and bloodshed that ended Castro Halloween. :( | Tagged: tweet

@melbotis H. Potter is neither smart (like Hermione), or hard-working (Ron). He just has talent, luck, others or deus ex machinae save him. | Tagged: tweet

Only in Silicon Valley: “Yeah, I’m just now starting to trust compilers.” Me: “Against interpreted languages?” “No, against assembly.” | Tagged: tweet

Loneliest place at Rush concert? The women’s bathroom: via @sfgate | Tagged: tweet

Women's bathroom at Rush concert is abandoned and pristine | June 28 | Tagged: music

I wish there were a show called “Doing shit with Herzog” where people would do normal stuff, but with Herzog. “I, too, like bran flakes.” | Tagged: tweet

Revisiting ‘Zork’: What We Lost in the Transition to Visual Games - Philip Bump - Technology - The… | Tagged: tweet

July

If the “Dragon Tattoo” remake doesn’t feature a metal ABBA song, Fincher will have missed a golden chance. e.g. during the tattoo scene. | Tagged: tweet

Breaking up in Hi-Fi | July 1 | Tagged: music

Happy 4th from Pier 39. Note unclouded sky. | Tagged: tweet

I saw “tree of life” Sunday; fireworks Monday. In Malick’s world this is significant. Cue dinosaurs. | Tagged: tweet

Just for the record, we saw “Tree of Life” this weekend. It’s worth seeing, but only if you know what you’re in for. Beautiful though | Tagged: tweet

OHAI RubyConf 2011 New Orleans. I’ll be lecturing on Latin and metaprogramming in the French Quarter come November. | Tagged: tweet

@davetron5000 Can’t wait to see your pres. at #Rubyconf! You’ve been improving my CLI-fu since 2009. | Tagged: tweet

Visited @Twilio to pick up swag for @podio tool win. Nice to see @DanielleMORRILL and meet @genejo. Great loft with a “Tesla” conf room! | Tagged: tweet

It’s totally happening: @laurennroth is being treated to her first viewing of 1980 masterpiece “Xanadu.” | Tagged: tweet

Come to think of it, “Xanadu” might be the only fit chaser after that donkey-flop of suck called “The Green Hornet.” | Tagged: tweet

Late night eats in san Francisco: don’t forget your trench coat and scarf! | Tagged: tweet

Farewell you darling #potter children. Thanks for sharing your lives with us and ending in such a fine fashion. | Tagged: tweet

Things I love about SoMa life. 1 block to HP7 in IMAX, 2 blocks to apple store for better mouse. | Tagged: tweet

Ti Couz in the mission closed. ’twas a special place for us. Now where to go for buckwheat crepes?#nothinglastsforever #firstworldproblems | Tagged: tweet

I will be Flying @jetblue for the first time for @lsrc. First time for everything. | Tagged: tweet

I ran my first mile in Vibrams yesterday. My hamstrings are now 2 inches shorter. | Tagged: tweet

Reading Knuth’s paper on Literate programming. It recalls to mind Searle. Write code with “Intentionality.” | Tagged: tweet

@hayesdavis Teens have nothing to do all day but think about sex, drugs, and selfish wants. Best not to underestimate. | Tagged: tweet

Amy Winehouse Died | July 23 | Tagged: music

OH: “So what’s her deal? Single, straight, bi, divorced, open relationship?” #signsyouliveinSF | Tagged: tweet

Perhaps what’s best is that we barely fail, over and over. That we stretch, falter, then regain what bested us before as an afterthought. | Tagged: tweet

August

When i consider the whole debt ceiling debate the only voice I hear is that of Johnny Rotten: “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? | Tagged: tweet

@inkredabull Soma is definitely where to be if you want to work before work and work after work. | Tagged: tweet

I am dreaming of planning a European vacation. It is permanently night and purple neon lit like some sexy trance song that never ends. | Tagged: tweet

When entering times of uncertainty, “work harder” seems to be the only strategy that has consistently won out. | Tagged: tweet

Peter Murphy: "I Spit Roses" | August 6 | Tagged: music

So I’m going to Austin for @lsrc next week and the temps in ATX are roughly double our daily average in SF. Gonna need much sweet tea. | Tagged: tweet

Is there anything more beautiful, tragic, glam and sad than T. Rex’s “Slider” and / or David Bowie’s “Lady Stardust?” | Tagged: tweet

So the planet of the apes movie was totally dope. I recommend it. | Tagged: tweet

Happy birthday! Congratulations my debit card got hacked. | Tagged: tweet

People who hacked my account used it to buy school supplies and groceries. Something is systemically wrong here. | Tagged: tweet

I’m alone in a Bart car headed to SFO. Feels like Logan’s Run: ominous and efficient. | Tagged: tweet

Airbnb house is in hot Austin, smells like fresh paint, full of a/c. Smells like new school year apt. move-in | Tagged: tweet

100% if airbnb ruby hacker house has vibrams and MacBook pros. We think different, it seems. #switchingtosandals | Tagged: tweet

Learning the basics of Lexing and parsing with @elight. | Tagged: tweet

Took the east coasters to whataburger. | Tagged: tweet

JS Invasion Propaganda II: “Your fixie is not fast enough to outrun History, Javascripter. Ruby is coming.” #lsrc | Tagged: tweet

4 of my sessions at @lsrc are about Javascript. Something is afoot. | Tagged: tweet

Giant cockroach, junior brown live tomorrow, 90’s band bush, cold latte, Dale Watson Monday: you might be in Austin. | Tagged: tweet

@garannm thanks for meeting up I’m feeling soooo quesoy now. Best of luck with the new dreams. | Tagged: tweet

Presentation from Lone Star Ruby Conf V | August 14 | Tagged: latin ruby

Muralist is doing a painting of Quora from tron at 4th and Bryant. Walks to caltrain become 100% hawtter. | Tagged: tweet

Dolores park is a bit like pre-compression: poi, house music, juggling. | Tagged: tweet

Such a dork. Partied too hard for cab. Reading. Ovid. In Latin. Historia arachnis | Tagged: tweet

“Californication” was soooooooo good! | Tagged: tweet

Home safe and sound. Now. Sleep | Tagged: tweet

@jenifersf “it was a brave person who ate the first oyster.” | Tagged: tweet

Used @DanielMiessler’s lsof(1) guide to write a clever rc.d script to make sure the process locking the port was DEAD WITH FIRE. | Tagged: tweet

Watching Star Trek TNG: S1. ep 1. First time ever. | Tagged: tweet

Living in #sf means never, ever apologizing for Journey. | Tagged: tweet

The new #austin “how cool are you” measure will be “if you were here in the summer of 2011.” Everyone else will be “recent.” | Tagged: tweet

September

My friends are the kind of people for whom the obvious question to ask after someone says “Roll a fair die” is “how many sides?” | Tagged: tweet

@davetron5000 found my lazytwitter git help request when I was at Genuine Joe’s, Austin 2 years ago, and I will see him SF next month. | Tagged: tweet

Co-Worker: Origami is the art where you neither add nor remove anything from the medium. #zengong | Tagged: tweet

How amazing would it be if during a technical interview one side asked: “can I do it in awk?” | Tagged: tweet

Write with a fountain pen. #ThingsIveNotDoneToRushSongsTilNow | Tagged: tweet

I love my Lamy Safari. It’s a great day to day fountain pen. | Tagged: tweet

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I’m honored to be teaching at @railsbridge this w/e at @pivotallabs. @sarahmei and @ultrasaurus have started something great! | Tagged: tweet

Anti-Science as Political Virtue | September 8 | Tagged: modern_times idiocracy

Jobs and Subtleties | September 8 | Tagged: society

@pragmaticstudio @jimweirich @chadfowler great news! Jim taught me tdd at @lsrc III and it changed my life | Tagged: tweet

I stepped into my living room from my bedroom and i could smell something coming though the vents: fall. | Tagged: tweet

@melbotis no it’s more of somethignin the marine layer changed, smells more like Islay scotch and less of candy. | Tagged: tweet

More Ladytron Beauty | September 11 | Tagged: music

“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary." : Nassim Taleb via @eliasbiz | Tagged: tweet

When @LanaDelRey asks in “Video Games” if it’s true that he likes the bad girls, I can’t tell if she’s hopeful or disappointed. | Tagged: tweet

Only in SF: See great Nasim Taleb quote by @EliasBiz about heroin and salaries on Hacker news. See @EliasBiz on your block one day later. | Tagged: tweet

Judging by their video, “Foster the People” should have been called “Some dudes who work at Facebook who have instruments.” | Tagged: tweet

Really want high resolution pics of “Gravity The Seducer” album by Ladytron. | Tagged: tweet

At @truecar, I asked my Rails question and had an author of the Rails 3.1 book look at it with me…we found a bug. :) Feeling über. | Tagged: tweet

#gogaruco I can’t wait until ruby hackers start running for office. Ron Evans is killing it on “Kids Ruby”. Ron for education cabinet. | Tagged: tweet

RT @maccast: Valve makes Portal free for Macs through Sept. 20 http://j.mp/nWIOnc If you haven’t played Portal yet, now’s your chance. | Tagged: tweet

Mobile Upload: Half Moon Bay | September 18 | Tagged: mobile photography

This trader Joe’s is playing Rush! Not any rookie stuff either: “Distant Early Warning.” | Tagged: tweet

At #gogaruco we saw a GUI for interactive evaluation and 2 talks on Smalltalk. We have some serious Squeak-envy, it seems. | Tagged: tweet

Lucretius | September 20 | Tagged: classics

@judytuna is here at @carbonfive hack night! Representing the railsbridge. | Tagged: tweet

@garannm My heart is weeping over the words TAG / Telegard / and Celerity. | Tagged: tweet

Holy shit! Went into amoeba and met ladytron, bought autographed LP. | Tagged: tweet

Mobile Upload: Got an autographed "Gravity the Seducer". | September 26 | Tagged: mobile photography music

Not even at #rubyconf and I just ran into Michael Hartl whose Rails tutorial is the best on the market at the minute cc/@judytuna. | Tagged: tweet

Low rumbling thunder. Might be in the Gulf south. | Tagged: tweet

Popeye’s in New Orleans does taste better / cc: @davetron5000 | Tagged: tweet

@mirven @laurennroth arrives at 7ish. I/we will be over depending on her fatigue. So yes, eventually. | Tagged: tweet

Today ends with beignets and café du monde. | Tagged: tweet

Metaprogramming talk at 1300 is a huge rework from @lsrc: uses smalltalk message passing POV. It’s clearer! All levels will learn! #rubyconf | Tagged: tweet

#rubyconf do not use hotel’s magnification mirror. 15 minutes to shave, 1 hour of flaw finding, 1 hour of self-hate. | Tagged: tweet

October

“Practical Metaprogramming” slides, references, links at #rubyconf | Tagged: tweet

@juliamae, @mirven, @laurennroth: Man, last night was the most fun I’ve had on a sidewalk in a long time with ye. | Tagged: tweet

One last git push. Closed out my “rubyconfPreso” tmux session. That’s when you know you’re really done. #rubyconf | Tagged: tweet

I want next #rubyconf in the northeast. Brooklyn (dodge manhattan $) or Boston? | Tagged: tweet

Practical Metaprogramming (Ruby) #rubyconf | Tagged: tweet

RT @JEG2: I love how this slide deck from @sgharms begins by making fun of how bad the @rubyrogues are at giving definitions: | Tagged: tweet

@JEG2 Perhaps @rubyrogues are to be praised as well for resisting being narrowly defined! :) | Tagged: tweet

"Practical Metaprogramming" presentation from RubyConf XI | October 1 | Tagged: ruby video

#rubyconf ends but it was greatto see @carbonfive, @mirven, @drtoast, @mattt and @laurennroth on a magical night. | Tagged: tweet

We’re are spending the night in the Jesusland riviera (Miss. Coast) and got upgraded to fancy suite. Feeling like a GOP donor. | Tagged: tweet

The state of Mississippi: brought to you by Waffle House. | Tagged: tweet

Did a great swamp tour. Held a gator. | Tagged: tweet

Mufaletta lunch, tsa high theatre, bit now home to SF at last. | Tagged: tweet

You know that voice that says eat something bad and greasy for dinner? New Orleans has drowned that voice, for me, in butter. I want salads | Tagged: tweet

I gave notice at my job today. Time to make my passions for Ruby and teaching my livelihood. | Tagged: tweet

#ripstevejobs memorial at flagship store SF. Before Steve’s vision this was a collapsed building on Market. Vision is amazing. | Tagged: tweet

Forgot umbrella, back upstairs; out the door, hail. WTF, City? Upside, soaked Vibrams dry quickly. | Tagged: tweet

Let’s remember that OUR icon was someONE’s husband, father, brother or other intimate relation. Condolences to them. | Tagged: tweet

On October 24th, I will join the awesome team at @carbonfive in bringing you fine Ruby and Rails solutions! :-D | Tagged: tweet

A Season of New Beginnings: Joining Carbon Five | October 12 | Tagged: personal ruby ruminations san_francisco

Dennis Ritchie’s passing has earned a sleep(60000) of silence. | Tagged: tweet

I caught SNL last night and would like to say that Anna Farris is one of the funniest women ever. | Tagged: tweet

SF Superior Court Jury Duty is in SF: Starts after 12pm, has wifi. | Tagged: tweet

Jury duty in sf. Nice chairs, wifi, quiet…how many startups have come out of these I wonder. | Tagged: tweet

Another possible juror is reading the hunger games. #badideasinpunishment | Tagged: tweet

Congrats to @github on 1Mth user, but man that party is packed. Headed home, nice to see @freeformz and @leahculver. | Tagged: tweet

Meta-Post: Back to Blogging | October 18 | Tagged: personal productivity

The Punishment of The Single Ladies | October 18 | Tagged: modern_times

How many ST:TNG episodes devolve into Faust? | Tagged: tweet

My wineglass rack is also an earthquake detection device. I thought i had just set some books too hard on the kitchen table….nutty. | Tagged: tweet

Just got a halloween costume with @laurennroth. No telling who we are until later…. :) | Tagged: tweet

First day at @carbonfive has been successful up to lunch. Bonus, chipotle on the corner cc/@kylebrowning | Tagged: tweet

Hipchat! | October 25 | Tagged: internet_culture

First day at school work | October 25 | Tagged: carbonfive san_francisco

Just celebrated my first Diwali with my neighbors and @laurennroth. I hope you all are blessed with fortune. | Tagged: tweet

November

My best friend welcomed his second child to the world yesterday on 11/1/11. Happy life, binary baby. | Tagged: tweet

Twitter needs a way to say ‘read later’ to a tweet. Many things I favorite are for that purpose. | Tagged: tweet

My First Week of Development at Carbon Five: By the Numbers | November 2 | Tagged: agile carbonfive development rails

I was sad to finish “the hunger games” saga, but what a yarn! Farewell, Katniss. | Tagged: tweet

RT @Scott_Gilmore: Greece is collapsing, the Iranians are getting aggressive, and Rome is in disarray. Welcome back to 430 BC. | Tagged: tweet

Practical Metaprogramming Video Now Available | November 3 | Tagged: ruby video

“Puss in boots” was the perfect end to a busy, hectic, crazy week full of ruby, rails, and adventure. it’s adult friendly. | Tagged: tweet

It’s a great town in which you can have a skullcrusher of a Manhattan next to your barber, who plays “Karma Police,.” amid deco hotels. | Tagged: tweet

Mobile Upload: My new barbershop serves Hamm's (the beer refreshing, as mom taught me) and plays the Pixies. | November 6 | Tagged: mobile photography san_francisco

WTF: Re-implementing IRC with HTML interfaces around it is not a business. | Tagged: tweet

"Hunger Games" Movie | November 14 | Tagged: film

@spotify plays recruiting ads in the Trance radio stream. #knowustoowell | Tagged: tweet

Larry birdger st the Connecticut Yankee. Haven’t been here in ages. | Tagged: tweet

Proof that God loved America: a handsome quarterback with a surgical arm named “Joe Montana.” | Tagged: tweet

Heading down to the Savanna club to see my colleague Suzanna Smith sing some jazz. If you’re free hollah. // cc: @mperham | Tagged: tweet

Mobile Upload: Seeing some love jazz | November 20 | Tagged: mobile photography music san_francisco

Yep, I’m old. Gooey, lovely, rich French cheese, you and I shall ne’er meet again lest chaperoned by Lactaid. | Tagged: tweet

Surely I’m not the only one who wishes for modal text editing in iOS? Vi key bindings? Fix typos with “wwcwnewwor” instead of the bubble? | Tagged: tweet

Star Crash | November 24 | Tagged: film

Alternative images of David Bowie's "Heroes." | November 24 | Tagged: culture music

Go see the new muppet movie. It’s great | Tagged: tweet

She and Him Christmas | November 30 | Tagged: music

December

Darcy Penguin | December 1 | Tagged: literature

“Hugo” is a beautiful movie replete with the copper glow of Paris from “Amelie” and a sense of wonder and fun. Take kids. | Tagged: tweet

Wrote some vimscript like a boss. Shopping at Costco on Saturday. #daredevil | Tagged: tweet

Last minute decision to see noir city’s cruel Yule. Thanks @melbotis for the reminder! | Tagged: tweet

They just don’t make movie stars like Deanna Durbin anymore. | Tagged: tweet

“this…is…wamsutta!”. - Leonidas at Bed, Bath, and Beyond | Tagged: tweet

@dddagradi while in NOLA check out Bublé’s “Blue Christmas.”. It’s done NOLA jazz style. #srlsly #notjoking | Tagged: tweet

Why San Francisco invented noir: to get a watch battery replaced we walked down a hallway like this. | Tagged: tweet

Proof #2, a milliner. | Tagged: tweet

Not in Austin til I see the “Texas or Tuscany” art in the men’s room at AUS. | Tagged: tweet

Biggest Christmas present surprise from @laurennroth | Tagged: tweet

Back in SFO | Tagged: tweet

Lauren and I are going to be swinging into 2012 at Bimbo’s 365 club in North Beach. Swing, burlesque, fun. Tix still avail | Tagged: tweet