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arfon

mza New! #AWS VM Export Service for EC2: aws.typepad.com/aws/2012/05/vm… 3:48 PM May 25th via Twittelator Neue Retweeted by arfon and 3 others
RadioAstrology The #SKA will be in both Australia & South Africa. The birth chart is going to be really complicated. Going to need some HPC to crunch this. 5:46 AM May 25th via web Retweeted by arfon and 12 others
billl_murry 20 years ago we had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Steve Jobs. Now we have no Cash, no Hope and no Jobs. Please don't let Kevin Bacon die. 5:36 PM May 23rd via web Retweeted by arfon and 8245 others
@jatorre it's you! twitter.com/arfon/status/2… 1:12 PM May 23rd via web
@KateClancy Everyone loves Justin... 6:03 AM May 23rd via web in reply to KateClancy
@KateClancy Happens to the best of us: arfon.org/getting-starte… 6:01 AM May 23rd via web in reply to KateClancy
Require free access over the Internet to scientific journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research. wh.gov/6TH 8:45 AM May 22nd via Tweet Button
github Announcing GitHub for Windows! github.com/blog/1127-gith… 9:17 AM May 21st via The Danger Room Retweeted by arfon and 1121 others
@timothyclem congrats! 12:36 PM May 21st via Tweetbot for iOS from Chicago, IL in reply to timothyclem
@caio2themax and I have been building (and destroying) towers... youtube.com/watch?v=uRCQRo… 3:00 PM May 20th via web
If you have the misfortune of using TimeForce for work this Ruby script may help you fill in your timecard: github.com/zooniverse/Eat… 1:36 PM May 20th via web
@PenguinGalaxy That happens a lot too... 6:07 PM May 19th via web in reply to PenguinGalaxy
About a year ago I said I'd release the code for arfon.org. Apologies for the delay: github.com/arfon/arfon.org 5:50 PM May 19th via web
orbitingfrog The @openpathscc account activation emails are still not getting through. Anyone out there able to fix this? Such a shame for a great idea. 3:49 AM May 19th via Tweetbot for iOS from West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire Retweeted by arfon and 1 other
@RadioVicky fair point. 3:35 AM May 19th via Tweetbot for iOS from Chicago, IL in reply to RadioVicky
Rooftop gardens at the California Academy of Sciences. twitter.com/arfon/status/2… 3:31 AM May 19th via Camera on iOS
Redefining ugly twitter.com/arfon/status/2… 3:31 AM May 19th via Camera on iOS
I saw it moving with my own eyes but there's no way these can be real: twitter.com/arfon/status/2… 3:30 AM May 19th via Camera on iOS
Wish me luck getting back home tomorrow morning in the Chicago NATO madness. 10:30 PM May 18th via Tweetbot for iOS from San Bruno, CA
cta @coachjudyg No, CTA isn't planning to restrict what u can bring on trains during #NATO beyond normal rules & policies ow.ly/aZMTw 5:33 AM May 18th via HootSuite in reply to CoachJudyG Retweeted by arfon and 4 others

Name Arfon Smith
Location Chicago
Web http://arfon.org
Bio Director of Citizen Science at The Adler Planetarium & Zooniverse technical lead. Views expressed here are mine, not my mum's