Merlin Mann @hotdogsladies:
Went ahead and starred all the *most important* unread emails in my “Important” Gmail Inbox.

So, yeah, now THAT’s done.

#ProductivityGuru

@hotdogsladies That’ll be a tasty sandwich when it’s done.

Kirk McElhearn @mcelhearn:
If you’ve never read the extraordinary A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving, it’s only $3 from the iBookstore: itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-pray…

@mcelhearn I’m *really* trying to keep from having my ebooks in two different silos. But tempting nonetheless.

Tonight, in solemn remembrance of my parents, I’m off to a casino buffet, followed by penance with a minyon around a deck of cards.

Susanna Calkins @scalkins3:
@jeffporten nice! Red 19!

@scalkins3 Pretty sure that’s black. But i’ll check into it.

Rob Griffiths @rgriff:
One downside to golfing with a no-service iPhone: GPS acquisition takes a _long_ time. If phone powers down, you wait and wait and wait…

@rgriff Supposed to take 1-2 minutes. Are you sure you’re under low Earth orbit?

Rob Griffiths @rgriff:
@jeffporten 1-2 minutes is a lot—especially as it seems to take that long every time the phone powers down. With cell, it’s a few seconds.

@rgriff There’s a hardware mechanism to make subsequent locations faster, but I have no idea how that interacts with iOS power saving.

Kirk McElhearn @mcelhearn:
The excellent TuneSpan is on sale today for only $2. See my Tech Hive article: techhive.com/article/116772…

@mcelhearn Can I use TuneSpan to make them all available? What happens when ext. drive not attached?

Kirk McElhearn @mcelhearn:
@jeffporten It puts them on other disk, and iTunes can find them. No need for symlinks. If drive not on, of course they’re not found.

@mcelhearn 30+ gigs on external, 10 gigs on internal. End up with 40 gigs in iTunes, and 30 gigs of “!”s when drive unattached?

Kirk McElhearn @mcelhearn:
@jeffporten Yes, but just quit iTunes, mount the drive, and relaunch, and it’s fine.

Pamela L. Gay @starstryder:
New geo term: dehydrated hydrous rock. This is rock that formed of minerals that request water, but the water was later baked out.

@starstryder I vote we just call that “ous rock”.

Alex Kudera @kudera:
perplexing activity at amazon as 1 new and 4 used copies disappear: amazon.com/Alex-Kudera/e/…

@kudera Indie booksellers do very strange things to manage inventory and promote sales. I don’t pretend to understand it.

Alex Kudera @kudera:
@jeffporten it’s an extremely tough business; my understanding is that House of Our Own and Pa. Book Center survive on textbooks & prayer.

Peter Cohen @flargh:
Really looking forward to the new Doctor Who episode, “The Muppets Take Manhattan.” Wait, what? Angels?

@flargh Burn all pictures of Sam the Eagle.

Safari 6: View Source, save as HTML, AppleScript all retrieve original HTML only. Inspect Element shows post-AJAXed HTML. How to retrieve?

Same problem with Chrome: save as HTML and view source both force a reload of original document. Is this a WebKit thing?

And the same problem in Firefox. What am I missing here? Feels like something obvious.

And the answer seems to be encapsulated JavaScript: set theSource to do JavaScript “document.documentElement.innerHTML”

Peter Cohen @flargh:
I have an overabundance of grape jelly. Besides making lots of PB&J’s, any ideas on recipes with it?

@flargh @scalzi has been waxing rhapsodic on DIY PB&J Oreos.

Peter Cohen @flargh:
@jeffporten @scalzi Jesus that sounds awful.

@flargh @scalzi The creme filling is removed first, if that wasn’t clear.

“@TheDemocrats: You grow the economy from middle out, not top down” // Some still believe “bottom up”, but fuck the poor, they don’t vote.

woodmuffin @woodmuffin:
Frosty the Snowman came to life when he wore the magic hat. What happens if ur already alive and u put the hat on yourself?? #doublealive

@woodmuffin @ryankelly Frosty the Highlander: The Quickening

Brett Kelly @inkedmn:
Wondering when the “all-in” and “double down” crowd will clumsily attempt to co-opt another perfectly sensible gambling term.

@inkedmn “On tilt” occasionally shows signs of going mainstream. But it’s odd how much slang comes from 19th-century gambling.

Greg Minton @gregminton:
@GlennF I just noticed that you follow over 1,000 people. How do you even begin to keep up with that many tweets?

@gregminton @GlennF I suspect neural implants.

Ralf Bendrath @bendrath:
Love it, but devil in detail makes my head explode. RT @europeanprivacy What do [you] think about EU Data Protection Regulation? #EUdataP

@bendrath Tweet from @starstryder said her wifi AP says that EU requires cell phone # for wifi access. True?

Robert Guerra @netfreedom:
@jeffporten public wifi access password often sent via SMS in Europe @bendrath @starstryder

@netfreedom @bendrath @starstryder But there’s no requirement to log a phone number for public access points, right?

@netfreedom @bendrath @starstryder‘s tweet noted that Google Voice number didn’t work for wifi, which I thought was odd; implies db check.

Scott McNulty @blankbaby:
As a user I don’t care why Apple changed maps, just that they aren’t as good as they were before I upgraded.

Greg Minton @gregminton:
@blankbaby The I’m happy with maps in and around Philly, but I miss transit maps. None of the SEPTA apps quite cut it for me.

@gregminton @blankbaby Haven’t been in Philly since iOS 6 drop. Anyone try SEPTA mapping via maps.google.com yet?

Greg Minton @gregminton:
@jeffporten @blankbaby It works, but it’s not fun to use. I’ve settled on Embark for Regional Rail and Transit for everything else.

@gregminton @blankbaby Noted. I use MetrO for offline transit, but doesn’t have “which route is fastest from arbitrary location.”

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
Romney being unfairly said to want to roll-down windows. No. He wanted to open them in emergencies. TO LET MORE OXYGEN IN FOR THE BREATHE.

Kevin van Haaren @kvanh:
@GlennF just private planes where they may not bother explaining onboard oxygen (if they have it)

@kvanh @glennf Interesting theory. IIRC, many private planes fly low enough that they’re not pressurized.