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Elliot’s Short Updates for 2009-06-06 via Twitter
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Elliot’s Short Updates for 2009-06-01 via Twitter
- Packing for my flight to OAK – Oakland Airport. I’m going to the Bay Area for the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference from June 8-12. #
- Arrived in OAK, now staying with relatives in Alameda. It’s comfy here. I’m about to try a CALPICO drink. #
- Signature line of an email I just received: “Sent from my iPhone. Sorry about typpos.” [sic] #
Elliot’s Short Updates for 2009-05-30 via Twitter
- “Making Work Pay Tax Credit”? If the government REALLY wanted to make work pay, they’d eliminate the income tax. #
- I love Microsoft’s Laptop Hunters comls. So far, they’ve shopped in Fry’s Electronics & Best Buy. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/ #
Elliot’s Short Updates for 2009-05-29 via Twitter
- Dell Latitude 2100: Netbook for Education with a Touch screen. Sliding the netbooks into a rack is a great idea. http://tinyurl.com/kj9vlg #
- Interview with Chris Costello, creator of the Papyrus font – http://bit.ly/nn1rv #
- The Onion video: Police Slog Through 40,000 Insipid Party Pics To Find Cause Of Dorm Fire – http://preview.tinyurl.com/pq62xd #
Elliot’s Short Updates for 2009-05-14 via Twitter
- Reading “Why Circuit City Failed, and Why B&H Thrives” by Joel Spolsky – http://bit.ly/q087E #
Elliot’s Short Updates for 2009-05-13 via Twitter
- UPS (United Parcel Service) is the world’s largest package delivery company. It was founded in 1907 by a 19-year-old and an 18-year-old. #
Elliot’s Short Updates for 2009-05-11 via Twitter
- “The most important thing you learn in college is how to learn on your own.” – Steve Yegge, Practicing Programming http://bit.ly/MYL7q #
- “The saying ‘practice makes perfect’ is inaccurate, as any music teacher will happily tell you. Perfect practice makes perfect.” #
Elliot’s Short Updates for 2009-05-10 via Twitter
- Laptops bring lessons, maybe even peace – I participated in the first OLPC G1G1 program. It was the first netbook. http://bit.ly/UBc0L #
- Microsoft has its good points, but the worst of Microsoft can be stated with two letters: IE. Please switch to Firefox, Chrome, or Safari. #
- Microsoft would be the world’s best company if they made Internet Explorer open source & included Firefox with Windows. Not going to happen. #
Elliot’s Short Updates for 2009-05-08 via Twitter
- In vim, all I know are the basics, like :wq. “How I Learned to Stop Killing Myself and Learn Vim” http://bit.ly/uBilP #
- “We learned nothing from Vietnam coverage. The media led us right into the 2003 Iraq War.” Panel on the role of media: http://bit.ly/11ozoJ #