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gormsby

  1. "-bash: wget: command not found" - WHOSE COMPUTER IS THIS AND WHAT DID YOU DO WITH MINE!? about 14 hours ago via web
  2. OMG We're all going to DIE! Oh...wait. Sounds kinda cool. In the meantime, back to work. bbc.co.uk/news/science-e… about 16 hours ago via web
  3. @saralovesyou @OpenStreetsMPLS I'm a "maybe" - barring any last minute trip prep. about 17 hours ago via web in reply to saralovesyou
  4. @cmcfadden Apple's good and all, but I doubt that even they could come up with a "high end Dell." about 17 hours ago via web in reply to cmcfadden
  5. @webchick demos draft 'edit in place' implementation for Drupal. Cool stuff: buytaert.net/spark-update-i… about 23 hours ago via web
  6. Basic document management is not rocket science. We *know* how to build and launch rockets. 12:52 PM May 30th via web
  7. @meyerweb No video? Then it didn't happen. 11:06 AM May 30th via web in reply to meyerweb
  8. @heidiesch Nice. Can't tell if few goofs I see are deliberate or accidental (e.g. 'Big thing'='stortingen'; 'stortinget' is parliament.) 10:54 AM May 30th via web in reply to heidiesch
  9. @chad_fennell and @WLClark Thanks for the @Habitat500 support! 6:59 AM May 30th via web
  10. @amandaesque I'm sure it'll click at some point. Just...hang tough. 1:46 PM May 29th via web in reply to amandaesque
  11. @amandaesque Took 10 days to get mine. I used the estimator. I think "Being alive" gets you 5,000 right off the bat. 11:31 AM May 29th via web in reply to amandaesque
  12. Another one for the 'hope and change' files: is.gd/0XAKgN . @ggreenwald on the broadening of definition of 'militant'. 5:56 AM May 29th via web
  13. Remember when Minneapolis had a storm sewer system? That was cool. Oh well. Hey! New football stadium, right guys?! 1:46 PM May 28th via web
  14. USD slightly up against NOK and DKK. Fingers crossed... 11:03 AM May 27th via web
  15. @MinnPost @Jvnord Wonder how often real vikings (longship-sailing kind) enlisted local collaborators to help pillage (viz. @MayorRTRybak). 1:09 PM May 25th via web in reply to MinnPost
  16. Towels: They're technology, just as much as computers are. Or chairs. douglasadams.com/dna/19990901-0… Happy Towel Day! 12:03 PM May 25th via web
  17. @dbrauer @JKealing Confused by term. Is single-sort same as co-mingled? SS implies at least one round of sorting - recyclable vs non? 11:59 AM May 25th via web in reply to dbrauer
  18. @truetone I believe there was also *fire* involved. Fire is kinda cool, in certain circumstances. (80's metal videos, cooking) 7:41 AM May 25th via web in reply to truetone
  19. @klayon I think the upgrade to Web 2.4.12.7 was released last week. Get on top of your updates, people! 2:19 PM May 24th via web in reply to klayon