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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2008-09-14

  • Skool:Should I take the next CS course (Data Structures) or jump ahead over the pre-reqs and go for Theory of Computation? Last semester… #
  • Severe religious restrictions imposed on the Muslim desert region of Xinjiang, China, home to the Uighurs, during Ramadan http://is.gd/2mr2 #
  • Geopolitical Positive-Feedback-Loops and the Disruption of Gobal Oil & Resource Supplyhttp://is.gd/2mrk (@TheOilDrum) #Geo #
  • ZOMG! A free (opensource!) tablature editor! Reads GuitarPro & PowerTab files… http://www.tuxguitar.com.ar/ YES! #
  • “Give Peas a Chance” U.N. climate chief (IPCC head) urges eating less meat to combat climate change http://is.gd/2nvR (@grist) #
  • Oops “You’d like to thnk that someone who is going to be VP and conceivable president would know what Fannie & Freddie do” http://is.gd/2mpP #
  • Mapping Memory: Web Design as Information Cartography (A List Apart) http://www.alistapart.com/articles/mappingmemory #
  • ‘Does NPR have a leftward tilt? Or does it merely reflect Steven Colbert’s description of “reality’s well-known liberal bias?” #
  • Covering the RNC vs. Beijing “The Jail was a little nicer in Denver” http://tinyurl.com/64jafb #
  • Twin Cities #
  • McCain’s common touch http://tinyurl.com/6kocr8 #
  • The POW card: http://cartoonbox.slate.com/mikeluckovich/2008/08/27/ These cartoons make all this easier to swallow, for now… #
  • And the Oscar for best documentary goes to… John McCain: Reformed Maverick: http://is.gd/2i3O #
  • Palin bills state for nights at home, kids’ travel
    Officials defend reimbursements, but trips with children raise questions (@infodiva) #
  • Politics “Palin’s expense reports under scrutiny – Washington Post- msnbc.com” ( http://tinyurl.com/5c83jz ) (@infodiva) #
  • Why we shouldn’t panic despite the scary polls: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/8/155416/7498/595/591293 #
  • HURRICAAAAAAAINE! WOOOOOOOOOHOOO #
  • Would you take moral performance enhancers? via Mindhacks (@alexismadrigal) http://is.gd/2p3N #
  • @notasausage Why has no-one developed programmable windows for cubicles? Kinda like a big e-picture frame… in reply to notasausage #
  • The “cheating gene” coverage highlights the pitfalls that come with science journalism (especially genetics). Commentary: http://is.gd/2pf3 #
  • @alexismadrigal I don’t see anything in the bible about good grammar! Just another part of the liberal-commie-pagan conspiracy!! in reply to alexismadrigal #
  • The latest from the pundits, courtesy of dailykos’ round-up: http://tinyurl.com/6h6z8a #
  • Trying MacJournal (got in the MacUpdate bundle) and I think I’m in love… it has a writeroom mode (total full screen) and posts to blogs! #
  • A redneck writing for the BBC calls out the progressives on their PC-ness: ‘white working class voters’ = Proud Rednecks! http://is.gd/2mlb #
  • Scary stuff: Alaskans Speak (In A Frightened Whisper): Palin Is “Racist, Sexist, Vindictive, And Mean” http://bit.ly/2jwwZH #palin #
  • Just updated and reconciled my Palin posts (deleted the iffy one). http://tinyurl.com/6ne4c6 #
  • Net folklorist David Emery. “When you have all that pressure and very little info – that’s when the rumrs start flying.” http://is.gd/2qFU #
  • 13yr Gallop Exec: Pollsters don’t report public opinion, “they manufacture it.” And can define a campaign narrative. http://is.gd/2q7u #
  • RT @fakejohnmccain: BARACK OBAMA WANTS TO HAVE SEX WITH YOUR CHILDREN!!!!! Especially your WHITE children!!!!!! RUN!!!! http://is.gd/2pZx #
  • My brain is not absorbing anything. This is not good. Blah. Also not too psyched about having class from 9-4:30 straight (no lunch!) #
  • Global Cities: High-income gentrification that ultimately rests on the availability of vast supplies of low-income labor.” Sassen, 2006 #geo #
  • At a talk: Eric Schlosser: Fast Food, Slow Change. “You’d think my office was all black and that I listened to weird german thrash metal … #
  • Schlosser: Gets most satisfaction not from ‘changing the world’, but from trying to see the world clearly, not living in a state of denial #
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  • Mobile tweeting doesn’t seem to be working for me… it set my status, but to gibberish! Going to try Jaiku, I hear its >140? #
  • http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/ #
  • Testing out Ping.fm — What gives with Adium lately? Since the last update or so, it’s been SLOWWWWWWWWWWW. Takes a few seconds just to … #
  • Sweet! Even lets me post messages longer than 140! (UNLIKE twitterific. Hrmph). #
  • Only problem: No mobile posting. Which is the whole reason I went shopping for an alternative. Argh! #
  • Wow, firefox is SLOWWWW. Bloaaaated. Maybe cause of all my extensions. But I needs thems! #
  • RT @seanosteen @willotoons: OH: “We are so gonna open some “yes we can”s of whoopass on the GOP.” – I’m in! #
  • After an exhausting day, spent the evening baking pizzas in a brick beehive oven with weyfolk, beginning of a tradition? Pics coming soon… #
  • At a talk: Eric Schlosser: Fast Food, Slow Change. “You’d think my office was all black and that I listened to weird german thrash metal … #
  • On @politico as the future of journalism: http://tinyurl.com/5zfusy #
  • Off the Map Presents Top 25 Blogs in GIS, GeoWeb and Cartography: http://is.gd/2s25 #
  • Coolness: The Genetic Map of Europe: http://tinyurl.com/6kqwfj (freaks: Finns and Italians) #
  • Hilarious metal vids: Grindcore wedding: http://is.gd/2uej oh man, this is even better: The Twist http://is.gd/2ueA (crappy band tho) #
  • This stuff never gets old…. Sponge Bob goes F**ing Deathcore!! (metal): http://is.gd/2ujV #
  • In this hyperdemocratized society, the national conviction that anyone can succeed is morphing into a belief that experience and… #
  • ..knowledge may almost be disqualifying credentials.” –Marc Fisher after attending a Palin-McCain rally in Virginia http://is.gd/2vzU (2/2) #
  • Retweet @marcambinder: People: Obama guests on SNL Saturday #
  • RT @TheOilDrum: ~30% of US petroleum refining capacity (~6% global, 5-6m bpd) lies in Hurricaine Ike’s path http://tinyurl.com/6s85uk #
  • Have a dilemma: Thinking I want to switch from adyule to alex.yule@gmail.com but the first address is already everywhere! Is auto-fwd enuf? #
  • Pondering a Question: Is it a bad idea to have a “negative” domain, even if I’m being ironic? : My writing site is blog.writenothing.com #
  • Quotable: Former Republican John Cole on Sarah Palin: “Sarah Palin is the distilled essence of wingnut. She has it all…” http://is.gd/2xXo #
  • Über grassroots: Women against Sarah Palin, hear their voices, add your own! http://womenagainstsarahpalin.blogspot.com/ #activism #
  • My old blog is online at last after moving servers… Here’s a post to celebrate: 2007 – The Year in Metal. http://is.gd 2zKr #
  • Unfollow starzykat #
  • Holy Shit. David Foster Wallace found hanged in his home. He was 46 and the author of Infinite Jest. http://is.gd/2Ato (@Chrysaora) #

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