BillSaysThis

Twitters for 2011-10-01

Hey @joetek we'll come visit on weekends, love America /@CBCNews #
"The mobile web empowers a fundamental piece of web, links." Link me to the world http://t.co/sT6r1ZhJ via @BradBirdsall /cc@fahrni #
@TwBootstrap GH not responsive, are the CSS files accessible from a CDN yet (per issue 221)? #
In Mountain View, CA @LFC bright and early, Silicon Valley Kop #
@chriseppstein not if we could get off this ball of mud in numbers #universeisbigassbig #
@chriseppstein Or we need to push the pedal on SpaceX et al… #
"Meyerside" autocorrect for the ROFL #ynwa RT @kyleshank Meyerside derby @ 7:30am #

Twitters for 2011-09-29

@kmartino just wait for a rainy day, even better #gladyoujoinedtheclub #
Government has been lying about the scope of their PATRIOT Act spying. Read more and fight back: http://t.co/jp3QSALP via @demandprogress #

Twitters for 2011-09-28

@DelrayDiva Today says thank you 😉 #
Not to mention E Street!! @LouBrutus @Fahrni #
@derickbailey My Motorola headset much worse than my Magic Trackpad #
@derickbailey Ha! I need a new stereo BT headset, I guess #
@daringfireball Twitter Bootstrap library has similar, if not as pretty, functionality #

Twitters for 2011-09-27

@kmartino What it is ain't exactly clear #
What do you think of JLG's note on #HP and Ray Lane, @furrier ? http://t.co/YHfQvEjS #
Well she married an inv banker, right? @joetek @mathewi @peterlattman #

Twitters for 2011-09-26

@TwBootstrap Will this be webcast? Or video available after? @twitter @mdo #

Twitters for 2011-09-25

Why software patents need to end, today's chapter: IBM Seeks Patent On Retailer-Rigged Driving Routes: http://t.co/lMiiLiL0 #
Putting my money where my mouth is: Direct the Patent Office to Cease Issuing Software Patents http://t.co/kfsrdHPj #
Saw Killer Elite, lots of killing but not so much elite. #movies #

Twitters for 2011-09-24

@derickbailey E=MC2 #
It's Fall in the Valley, or Second Summersies as we like to call it #lotr #
Gay soldiers don't make me sick hypocritical morons do RT @ggreenwald ACLU victory, ugly outburst by Chief Judge speaks volumes is.gd/XVstwt #
@furrier Have you seen their page design? Surprised your site isn't 100x revenue #
.@TheTweetOfGod So you made a son but never considered a wife? #

Twitters for 2011-09-23

People like to hear from… real people! | The Power of B2B Word of Mouth http://t.co/TfpTiKQv via @zuberance #SocialMediaROI #
Speed-of-light MAYBE not such an absolute after all, experiments give baffling result at Cern http://t.co/SeW1IwIi #
Doctors: Our bureaucracy is more important than patients' comfort, anesthetist only available at 3:30 #fail #
Hey @josevalim, you sold movie rights to your language? http://t.co/4mvO7M2s http://t.co/rROcg6zl #

Twitters for 2011-09-22

Sad, RIP Robyn RT @kachingle In Memoriam: Robin Meyer-Lucht, founder of Carta.info [1973-2011] shar.es/HMHGS @carta_ @romelu #
Woah, funny! RT @FrankDenbow "A book commits suicide every time you watch Jersey Shore" – @dN0t #twiliocon #

Twitters for 2011-09-21

Umm, have you seen RT @freebsdgirl Linux t-shirt size graph: http://j.mp/na2lZt, @joseicosta @dabit ? #
@perezd dude, link? #
@perezd no, but I can Google okay 😉 #

Twitters for 2011-09-19

Syd is loving the @billfloat rubber ducky from #gogaruco #
OH at dog park: (Woman 1) I checked in on #fb last night & before I left [my fb stalker] showed up, he was sweet & a total dick #

Twitters for 2011-09-18

@digableB I believe he did but why a problem if done properly? #
1st talk by @jcasimir was outstanding, full of #learn looking forward to my boy @chriseppstein up next #gogaruco #
Job board #ftw “@gogaruco: unemployment? it's good to be a Ruby developer! http://t.co/R2ZhwEUA” #
@springsteen meets #sciencefiction in spot on, hilarious spoof by @TheOnion http://t.co/PQke5ptm #
@alexch I believe you are correct, sir! @j3 @jcasimir #
corrected: “1st talk by @j3 was outstanding, full of #learn looking forward to my boy @chriseppstein up next #gogaruco

Twitters for 2011-09-17

@lucasleiva87 is a surprisingly hard man RT @LFC fact of the day: Lucas Leiva made the most Premier League tackles this season #
Here in SF #gogaruco just started with @deadprogram #
Sweet, @deadprogram giving first US demo of #raspberrypi $25 computer at #gogaruco running #kidsruby #
Now up at #gogaruco Dave Copeland of @opower to talk about TDD of Ruby command line apps 😉 #
Assumptions Probably Incorrect (API) from @geemus will be handy soon for me 😉 #
Love this movie poster http://t.co/rvh8cxoU /cc @dangerousmeta #
Difficulty in creating a good test is a bad design smell, says @coreyhaines #gogaruco #
@josevalim talk was great but more talks on other langs, Go, Smalltalk, not really looked for in a Ruby conference #gogaruco #

Twitters for 2011-09-16

BillSaysThis made enuf social cents from 20 Kachinglers for 25 latte(s) http://t.co/xwQkJKLi #socialpayment #
New Facebook competitor? @astrojenny @amendlocke #
@whump You going to @Gogaruco tomorrow? #
Crisp clear explanation of #jQuery data functions, relation to HTML data attributes from @davemethvin http://t.co/I5Qoqhtx #
@beaulebens +1 for not being able to reveal even under torture! @1Password #
Asking because I'm hoping to carpool from MV @purp @whump @gogaruco #
Upcoming Sept 21 Webinar: Secrets of B2B Social Media & Word of Mouth Marketing #B2BWOM http://t.co/eCDDijME via @zuberance #SocialMediaROI #
@drnic will you be back for/at @Gogaruco tomorrow? #
@AndrewMueller that is so 2010! I tweet from the daily scrum. #
Hi @Gogaruco I thought you were sending spiffs in advance of the show, only rec'd Square dongle 😦 #
Sweet! And typo alert RT @perezd Wow! @orhestra is currently featured on the iTunes app store! #

Twitters for 2011-09-15

@ozjimbob not likely. Where in US will you be? #
What about SimpleForm/Formtastic? Or am I missing the focus of your question? @chriseppstein @superninjarobot #
@chriseppstein sorry, thought you were thinking futures since clearly what you want not in 3.1. #
SimpleForm has a Haml form generator, @josevalim http://t.co/1BPd3W2k #LOL #
hi @heroku, does Bamboo support Rails 3.1? Need to upgrade an existing app. #

Twitters for 2011-09-14

My big boss gets the @zuberance WOM out | 5 Ways to Boost Holiday Sales by Unleashing your Brand Army http://t.co/Uoie4gP on @socialtimes #
@github Looks like your back 🙂 #
Still time to get $10 for $20 to Spend at Whole Foods Market with @livingsocial http://t.co/K0OhwV8 #
At CMU to hear @josevalim talk to #svruby #exciting (video may be available later) #
Check out Color Picker Pro at Fructivity.com! http://t.co/ujaHHQg via @oscardelben #

Twitters for 2011-09-12

Colts down 34-0 at the half? #indyreallymissingpeyton #
@gruber Ari spinoff coming? #
@josevalim San Francisco greets you and thanks you for the enthusiasm #imhereallweekfolks #

10 Years On

I just reread my posts from Sep. 2001 and a few from friends. Hard to miss today, as it should be; 0/11 was a milestone in history on par with Aug. 14, 1914 and May 14, 1948.

I found out about the horror when my sister called around 7:45 my time that morning. I’d just got up and was eating a bowl of cereal–what mundane things we remember–and Joanne asked if I’d seen. She said turn on the TV, I said what channel and she said it doesn’t matter. I watched as the second Tower fell and cried. I was scared for her, since she was only 50 blocks or so north and she saw with her own eyes.

Later I learned that one person I knew passed when the Towers were destroyed, Ruth Lapin, a wonderful warm, smart woman who was married to one of my mentors, David Chazin. I’ll always remember our last dinner together at a Thai restaurant. When the hostess asked Ruth how spicy to make her dish she said four, which was code for “the chef goes crazy and laughs at how many Scovilles go in the pot.”

So much has happened on the national and world stages since then, very little to my liking. But I don’t feel the need to go on another useless blog rant. I’ll just think about Ruth and David and all the other people who lost their lives that day and since.