http://www.toppa.com Mike Toppa's Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:33:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.toppa.com/2012/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2012-02-05/ http://www.toppa.com/2012/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2012-02-05/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Mike http://www.toppa.com/2012/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2012-02-05/

Finally got the NoMeansNo Tour EP 2. This song is a little masterpiece – song: http://t.co/rSWsnVNZ – lyrics: http://t.co/GtwwLueW #fb #

Great interview – Luke covers a lot of usability topics – RT @lukew: Thinking about mobile? I think this will help: http://t.co/gTfLCkO8 #

Writing code fast and messy will ultimately slow your project to a crawl. This cartoon explains it perfectly http://t.co/h3TuSbqV #

RT @Jtsternberg: http://t.co/9Fzk2aKu – amazing letter from a former slave, replying to his former master's request to come back #fb #

Wow, I didn't know the Muppets did press conferences – Fox News should know better than to mess with Miss Piggy http://t.co/bai8QTBb #

I need to figure out how to work back near Penn occasionally, so I can satisfy my craving for a Hemo's chicken sandwich http://t.co/ZjtDQ6ii #

RT @jtsternberg This video made my day! http://t.co/p3hM8Ny7 #fb – mine too #

Just responded to another batch of Shashin support requests. I deserve a prize, or some donations (cough, cough) http://t.co/1Orx8brr #

The boys & I have been re-watching Avatar: The Last Airbender. I mean the amazing anime series, not the awful movie http://t.co/ZQkYkpmQ #fb #

@speno for the kids we kept it simple – some onigiri had shiso salt and others had green tea salt. For the teachers, we used saury fish in reply to speno #

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They say good painting is 80% preparation. Getting this room ready to paint is enough work that it feels more like 280% preparation. #fb #

The Japanese reaction to the SC Republican primary results: Newt-o? Newt-o? dono yoo na namae daroo? #

Just finished catching up on Shashin support questions, and made a bunch of updates to the Shashin documentation http://t.co/1Orx8brr #

"Kodak acted like a stereotypical change-resistant Japanese firm, while Fujifilm acted like a flexible American one" http://t.co/s7caSAbG #

I'm doing some Facebook integration for a site and just discovered the URL "localhost" has 2K "likes" on Facebook. I just added one more! #

With @williamsba and @zamoose, setting up for tonight's WordPress meetup, and getting an early start on the pizza http://t.co/pNmUBLCs #

US drops way down to 47th for press freedoms, mainly for the many arrests and beatings of reporters at OWS protests http://t.co/S1i7dOTR #fb #

Nice work! RT @somiswebteam: Our Site is Now Responsive http://t.co/XsoBOyPO #

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If you've added a comment to my site or sent me an email for Shashin support, I haven't forgotten you. I'll catch up over the next few days #

Fixed my first Extensible HTML Editor Buttons bug. When http://t.co/Gi0D4ZfY's SOPA blackout ends, you can download it http://t.co/Ts0c3kGX #

The limits of Google search: how do I give users an embed dialog in the Google map on my site? I already know how to embed the map itself. #

…Turns out another reason why it's hard to find in search is because that feature isn't available in the Google Maps API! #

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Great article on my brother's organic farm in RI (half-brother, if you're wondering why his last name is different) http://t.co/6zwBJH10 #fb #

Maria was surprised to see my shower and shave this morning, like working at home would instantly turn me into a feral creature #fb #

…I am wearing the same clothes as yesterday though #fb #

@hakjoon ask me again in a week in reply to hakjoon #

I am deeply honored that the great philosopher and poet of our time, @Mikey_Hanson, is following me #

Working at home means IM overload: I'm now on AIM, Yahoo, Google Talk, IRC, and Skype. I almost need a separate monitor just for IM! #fb #

My http://t.co/REx8Dr7j "about" page was 5 years out of date, so I finally updated it http://t.co/RGHbohnr #fb #

No one beats the Japanese when it comes to putting English words on signs without having any idea what they mean http://t.co/LWWIXjdb #fb #

Damn, I will miss this by one week RT @AtTheDriveIn_ We are playing Coachella Sun April 15 & April 22…See you there!! http://t.co/B8wTzV4x #

My new WordPress plugin, Extensible HTML Editor buttons, lets you add custom buttons to the WP HTML editor http://t.co/Ts0c3kGX #

Making my Extensible HTML Editor Buttons plugin flexible enough to support any possible custom modal dialog was a real adventure in jQuery #

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Maria and Kai at the Skatium yesterday (after living here 9 years, we finally went the 5 blocks to get there) #fb http://t.co/KNLrzLnU #

And 7 years after I put in new drywall, I'm finally putting in the trim and baseboards (I'm re-using the old ones) http://t.co/cDLe1j2s #

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This David Sedaris bit is fun, especially his singing "Away in a Manger" the way he thinks Billie Holiday would sing it http://t.co/JOlCD1uZ #

Newport docks in the winter – quietly empty http://t.co/COgBdDqK #

The 19th century railroads -funded by corrupt gov't subsidies- was hardly the golden age of capitalism some wish it was http://t.co/9mfENja2 #

Newport's People's Credit Union closed & is now the People's Cafe, with a big bank vault right in the middle of it http://t.co/5WNlFzml #

It's great how none of the highway signs in Rhode Island acknowledge the existence of Newport #fb #

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Eidan and I have arrived in Newport. I think he was playing "stupid zombies" for the entire drive here. Maria and Kai arrive on Saturday #fb #

@olmillos Please give me a link to your site so I can see. The most common problem is Google Anaytics plugins messing with Highslide. in reply to olmillos #

@olmillos I looked around and found http://t.co/9i2iWGiX and that page looks ok. Can you give me a link to the page where there's a problem? in reply to olmillos #

A beautiful December day in Newport – Eidan and I had the playground to ourselves #fb http://t.co/2UQepEKG #

I'm not a boat expert, but if I were, I'd tell you this is a fine example of a mid century something or other #fb http://t.co/4iYaBzha #

The Newport Bridge on Christmas Eve http://t.co/QLCE1bIG #

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I've always wished my computer would be as easy to use as my phone. My wish has come true.I no longer know how to use my phone. B.Stroustrup #

I just uploaded Shashin 3.0.9, to make it compatible with WP 3.3's new media menu. Beware forthcoming rant on how arcane the media menu is. #

For Shashin users, if you're wondering where its media button went, the Shashin menus are now tabs under WP 3.3's new, unified media menu #

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I'm hoping the Japanese government approves the budget for this, so I can sign up! http://t.co/JIdhQXja #fb #

A great story of reverse corporate espionage. For programmers, it'll make you want to write clean,self-documenting code http://t.co/8Yt4sowo #

Great, now I need to build a 2nd kitchen, for preparing inadvertently stimulating vegetables – thanks @CatWarr http://t.co/CpNdaOGe #fb #

Too bad the Republican candidate with the most sensible economic ideas is the least likely to get the nomination http://t.co/M4zedNpO #fb #

"The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves." Logan Pearsall Smith #fb #

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Good article on iCow (a mobile app used by Kenyans to manage their herds) and iHub, Kenya's high-tech incubator http://t.co/2k7YLg1o #

hmm… @williamsba is it your code that's awesome, or the beer you're drinking while writing it? in reply to williamsba #

If, after sitting on the toilet a bit too long, your 6 year old shouts "I must focus!", you'll know good things are not about to happen #fb #

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