January 2012
1 post
RT @marcprecipice: I hate that this was announced today to bury it, @BarackObama. MT @ACLU: Obama signs NDAA into law: http://t.co/ThdZbOO8
December 2011
7 posts
RT @LoveGod50: PROOF that the earth is only 6000 years old - http://t.co/KO6d7iG4
Another airport security checkpoint, another aggressive pat down. Fortunately, standing on the ends of my jeans kept his hands off my junk.
Do people even care to edit their articles anymore? I can’t get through a reasonably-sized article without encountering a few typos.
Somehow never realized that Harriet in “So I Married an Axe Murderer” was unaware that her sister Rose was killing her husbands.
In a dream ran into two guys doing pair programming behind a POS device in a colorful sporting goods store they formed under the GG bridge…
RT @jack: Great article about @Square in today’s @USAToday. http://t.co/udAvKVS4
Looking for a good iPhone 4S case. Grippy rubber, good quality, low profile.
November 2011
10 posts
Madeline, after me calling Thanksgiving “Turkey Massacre Day”, called it instead “Turkey Population Control Day”. Still sounds bad…
First day at @Square rocked.
RT @KagroX: Told the kids to stop watching cartoons and get dressed this morning, but they just sat there. So I pepper sprayed them.
Anyone interested in some JS/CoffeeScript consulting?
RT @SenatorSanders: Today, the richest 400 American families own more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans. #supercommittee
RT @indirect: OTHER PROGRAMMERS ARE JUST YOU IN THE FUTURE
Looking for custom online Save the Date cards. Any favorites?
RT @nachof: Today in history: November 5th 1955: Dr. Emmett Brown hits his head and invents the flux capacitor.
Dear Apple: I will never say estimation point when using dictation. Please consider this to always be “!”.
The back of an iPhone 4S could slip off of a table topped with superglue.
October 2011
10 posts
More people have guessed I’m Kevin Bacon than anything else tonight. Doctor Who?
RT @mgarfias: This is vile: http://t.co/ESRkLlu0 #were_here_from_the_fbi_to_screw_you_over_for_life
Oh yeah, the world ending is about a week overdue. How time flies… http://t.co/4JT3mglD
Well, that decided it: I’m keeping my emergency kit with me the rest of the night. #earthquake
Holy shit! Siri is amazing, I can’t wait to see what APIs become available to third-party developers.
It just occurred to me - have we all just accepted that the executive branch can conduct wars without approval from congress? #iraq #wtf
UPS and Apple did their jobs, now I can’t use my new phone because AT&T refuses to do theirs. Good job, guys.
If you’re like me and have to use both Xcodes 3 & 4, here’s an icon for 3 so you can tell them apart: http://t.co/fqQXlyJU
RT @neiltyson: For math geeks only. No, I’m serious. For math geeks only: http://t.co/tVNaXZIs
September 2011
3 posts
Morning sun through the fog. http://t.co/dxZ7E9Sg
RT @tdreyno: You know, a system that tracks your every movement for your whole life used to be called “Orwellian.”
RT @ararubyan: “I refuse to believe corporations are people until Texas executes one.”
August 2011
3 posts
Which would you rather have: a wedding or a down payment on a house? #wtf
A little image for the next time someone tells you to use Eclipse. http://t.co/cn5vI6r
PDX TSA agents: very friendly. Also, apparently flying without an id is much more of an ordeal than it used to be (2007).
July 2011
7 posts
Not flying @United again if I can help it.
Walked out of the house with two pairs of sunglasses: one on top of my head and one in hand. Diagnosis: distracted and missing Lake Shasta.
Pretty impressed with OS X Lion overall. Scrolling is going to trip me up for a while, though.
More patent bullshit? These patent trolls have got to be dealt with if we don’t want our good developers to leave the US or go into farming.
Got two extra tickets to see Eddie Izzard at the Shoreline 7/16. Row P, $60 each. Email at me@brian-donovan.com if interested.
Asked Madeline to marry me yesterday and she said yes! Elated and relieved that months of planning worked out so well.
Wow. Pat-down at SFO was _very_ invasive. Jostled my balls, put fingers an inch down my pants all the way around. Very different from before
June 2011
3 posts
The modern browser war: http://t.co/LxBxqGj
My new lens arrived! (Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 m4/3) So far, it’s awesome. Can’t wait to shoot more this evening.
Can everyone get an iPhone so I can use iMessage exclusively and just be done with SMS? Typing and read indicators are really useful.
May 2011
3 posts
Who wants to have a “we’re still here” brunch tomorrow? #rapture
Sen. Schumer: “I hope that you narrowly look at this app. You agree it is a terrible thing, and it probably causes death.” Exaggerate much?
Awesome weekend in NY w/host @marcprecipice, many thanks!
April 2011
6 posts
Best NY iPhone apps?
RT @github: Merge pull requests with a single click! https://github.com/blog/843-the-merge-button
RT @dresdencodak: In 2012 Kanye West will reunite with the the Three Lost Kanyes (North, South & East) and the world will be cleansed in …