Smart folders

Smart Folders are awesome - the simplest ideas are often the best.

I created a Smart Folder that shows the files that were opened today. From this one can see that I opened ecto to make this blog entry, downloaded twitterific, archived mail messages that are older than 90 days, installed Emacs, etc. Sweet.

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Posted at 08:36AM Jun 18, 2008 by tgardner in General  | 

Father's Day Google Art

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Posted at 11:58AM Jun 15, 2008 by tgardner in General  | 

Friday the 13th.

There is only one Friday the 13th in 2008, but at least three in 2009.

Posted at 06:14PM Jun 13, 2008 by tgardner in General  | 

glassdoor beta available

Glassdoor beta is available. Talk about your company at Glassdoor, and see what employees are saying.

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Posted at 07:16AM Jun 12, 2008 by tgardner in General  | 

Friday morning DB problem

From the Twitter status blog: Friday morning DB problem

We’re experiencing a database problem similar to the one that affected the site last night. Working on the recovery now.

That's as opposed to the Thursday morning DB problem. I love these guys. We can probably safely assume that Twitter will never have an SLA.

TechCrunch says Twitter "suffered a minor period of uptime" LOL O RLY? KTHX.

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Posted at 01:05PM Jun 06, 2008 by tgardner in General  |  Comments[0]

US Congressman Tries Digg for Politics

From the article about US Representative Kuhl (NY's 29th) at ReadWriteWeb:

Last week, we mentioned Oh Boy Obama, a "user generated campaign think tank" that used Digg-style voting to seek campaign ideas for presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama. We said that even though the site's "users will be the most dedicated campaign supporters -- not representative of the country at large -- the site can be used as an early testing ground to gauge reaction to new ideas," and noted that it would likely energize the grassroots. But commenters were less sure.

"There is a certain element of mob mentality (ala Digg) that may ... hinder actual progress," said commenter Megatron. "The internet is great for giving everyone a say, but it tends to bring out the wackos." While commenter Morgan noted that you risk alienating many of your constituents if you pay too much attention to the type of people who would participate in a site like Oh Boy Obama -- which as we said would likely be the most fervent campaign supporters.

(italics mine)

What, us libertarian whackos don't get a voice? :)

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Posted at 12:03PM Jun 06, 2008 by tgardner in General  |  Comments[1]

AT&T TouchStar commands link

We have been receiving calls from FAX machines with caller ID disabled (never mind that our number is registered on the no-call registry). I could not remember how to disable anonymous calls, here is the link with the appropriate command. There is also a complete list of TouchStar commands.

I'm glad I found it, because I was about to throw the phone through the window.

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Posted at 09:46AM Jun 06, 2008 by tgardner in General  |  Comments[1]

Google art 2008-JUN-06

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Posted at 08:36AM Jun 06, 2008 by tgardner in General  |  Comments[0]

"Computer. Locate Commander Data"

In Star Trek: The Next Generation it became a common sight for a crewmember to be able to locate another crew member simply by asking the central computer, voiced by Majel Roddenberry. Here are samples of the dialogue that might take place:

Commander Riker: "Computer, locate Captain Picard."
Computer: "Captain Picard is not on the Enterprise."
at which point Riker turns to whomever is standing near with a meaningful look ...
Commander Riker: "We'll get him back."

or

Commander Riker: "Computer, locate Captain Picard."
Computer: "Captain Picard is in Dr Crusher's quarters."
Commander Riker: "Ah. Er. Very well."

This plot device may have found its way into our world. See the article at ReadWriteWeb.

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Posted at 07:05AM Jun 05, 2008 by tgardner in General  |  Comments[0]

Google Art 2008-06-04

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Posted at 07:27AM Jun 04, 2008 by tgardner in General  |  Comments[0]