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Comment on Patriot Day? Really? by verso

verso — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:41:46 +0000

I agree, Brian. It isn’t that we shouldn’t mark the passing, nor that it shouldn’t have a name besides “nine eleven.” I just think lately that word is so charged it shouldn’t be an option. I find that frustrating.

Comment on Patriot Day? Really? by Kristine Laird-Abplanalp

Kristine Laird-Abplanalp — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:59:50 +0000

I think “Patriots Day” is a stupid name for it as well. I think the day should be marked (as Pearl Harbor is by flags at half staff)

However we do have to come up with a name for it. 9/11 day sounds redundant. Perhaps a National Day of Remembrance. Or something like that. You can remember 9/11 or Grandpa Joe. Your choice. With a moment of silence to pray, sleep count the specks on the ceiling or write a letter to dear Grandpa Joe. Your choice.

More to the point of the post, sadly being patriotic is now somehow a political statement. Being a patriot spans the aisle and should encompass everyone who loves their country.

Comment on Patriot Day? Really? by Brian Enigma

Brian Enigma — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:55:15 +0000

Oh no! You’re against patriots? You must be one o’ them terra’ists!

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I hear you on the whole “Patriots’ Day” thing. To me, it feels like a manufactured Hallmark holiday. Any possible earnestness about the day itself feels cheapened because of that.

Comment on Common Courtesy: No Longer Common by verso

verso — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:28:43 +0000

I think that was part of my issue with it, he can’t even stand up for himself which just makes him look WORSE. He called Obama a liar in front of the whole world (do you think nobody outside the US watches an address to a joint session?) and it turns out he’s wrong? If he was right he shoulda stuck to his guns, and if not he shouldn’t have said anything. He comes out looking bad either way.

Comment on Common Courtesy: No Longer Common by Scott Roche

Scott Roche — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:22:46 +0000

Good words. No matter who the president is or what sort of margin he won by, when the man (or one day woman) is talking keep your yap shut. If you want to speak you’ll be given an opportunity.

Oh and if you are fool enough to say something (a premeditated something) don’t be a punk and offer up some lame apology that you don’t really mean.

Comment on Common Courtesy: No Longer Common by fadda

fadda — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:50:36 +0000

good one, @verso. good one.

oh, @CongJoeWIlson’s site? down, down, down… (but not before i got an e-mail off to him, going, “shame, shame, shame…”)

and his washington office phone number? bizzy, bizzy, bizzy…

heh.

Comment on Common Courtesy: No Longer Common by Jandroid

Jandroid — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:42:49 +0000

Amen sister! You tell ‘em like it is. I’m SO disgusted with the Repugnicans right now – they can dish it, but they can’t take it. Democrats are way too polite for their own good. But, hopefully civility will win out in the end. Both common sense and common courtesy are misnamed – they’re not at all common any more. (Someone wake me when this nightmare is over – oh wait, I’m not asleep, damn!)

Comment on Twitter + Mac Clients != Crazy Delicious by strangeways

strangeways — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:31 +0000

I always end up going back to Nambu. I haven't found any Adobe Air apps that I actually like, and I think Nambu's interface is fairly intuitive. I do need to make sure the currently-selected tweet is at the point I'm reading so that I don't lose my place when it updates, but otherwise I don't have major issues with it. Some other clients: Mixero in an Adobe Air app that has a ridiculous number of features, but the interface is a bit much for me. Lounge has a desktop beta client that looks good. There are lots of screenshots in this review. EventBox looks promising and also functions as an RSS reader with support for syncing with Google Reader. The Adium beta has Twitter support now. On the iPhone I use TweetDeck and Twittelator. Nambu has an okay iPhone app, and I have yet to try Lounge's.

Comment on Going, Going…: Gramma Edition by KLMartini

KLMartini — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:12:58 +0000

I’m glad you liked the post. Almost every good thing in my life has come to me via the internet. It makes me crazy when people say things like Twitter/FB/Blogs, etc pull people apart. I have more friends since social media than before and they are amazing friends who are always just a tweet away!

Comment on Going, Going…: Gramma Edition by The Queen of Chaos

The Queen of Chaos — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:06:57 +0000

Twitter and other friends on the other side of the screen can be amazing! I would not have survived the past 3 yrs without them. I continue to pray for your family!

Comment on Sweet Pea by Kristine Laird-Abplanalp

Kristine Laird-Abplanalp — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:54:44 +0000

Aunt Sharon…I miss her. I was always Frissy. To this day I don’t know why. She really was full of life. And yes, you did look just like her. “Extra related” I like that.

Comment on Twitter + Mac Clients != Crazy Delicious by Andrew Hedges

Andrew Hedges — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:12:38 +0000

About 6 months ago, I started to create my own Twitter client out of frustration with the “state of the art” at the time. Tweetie for Mac cured me of most of my motivation. I have many accounts for various purposes (e.g., http://twitter.com/itlt to support a website I run) and Tweetie does a great job of making that painless. The thing I dislike about the app is that there are still things you have to do through Twitter.com. As long as that’s the case, I don’t consider it “full featured.”

Comment on Health Care Debate: Doing It Wrong by Just Fucking Get It Done. – The PDX Experience

Just Fucking Get It Done. – The PDX Experience — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:03:51 +0000

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Comment on Twitter + Mac Clients != Crazy Delicious by verso

verso — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:34:37 +0000

I sort of forgot it, I don’t know a lot of people who use it so I don’t see it talked about much. I tried it once and never went back mostly because the thinking at the time (some months ago) was “Why use that when there’s TweetDeck?”

Comment on Twitter + Mac Clients != Crazy Delicious by groonk

groonk — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:44:13 +0000

you forgot https://destroytwitter.com/

Comment on Twitter + Mac Clients != Crazy Delicious by mklprc

mklprc — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:52:52 +0000

My biggest complaint with Tweetie for Mac is the limited buffer. After a few hours (3 to 9 depending on how many tweets appear) it cuts old ones off the bottom. I want an unlimited buffer that saves all tweets for a couple of days, with an option to clear old ones out myself. It seems to have its own ideas about which mentions and DMs to save as well, and no preference to adjust.

Otherwise, I like the app and in conjunction with the Twitter web page, which I always keep open, most of my needs are met.

Comment on Twitter + Mac Clients != Crazy Delicious by John DeRosa

John DeRosa — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:00:09 +0000

Nice summary. Two comments:

Nambu seems to be headed to history’s dustbin. The last three http://blog.tr.im/ blog posts contained many questions about the future of the Nambu app, and I take note that none, repeat none, of them were answered unambiguously by anyone from Nambu (the company). In fact, in http://blog.tr.im/post/159489555/tr-im-to-december-31-2009 there’s this comment: “Nambu will very likely be discontinued too, in that there will very likely be no more updates released, but no final decision has yet been made.”

All of which says to me that either (a) a decision’s been made to terminate Nambu (the app) and they’re waiting for the tr.im decision dust to settle before announcing it, or (b) at the very least Nambu’s (the app) neck is on the chopping block and a decision is imminent.

Tweetdeck requires installing Adobe Air. Some of us don’t want Adobe Air (*cough* bloatware *cough*) on our Macs. Different users will have different opinions on this, of course, but I think it should be noted as a “flaw” of Tweetdeck for some users.

(EDITED: John commented again with corrections to the grammar at the top of the post.)

Comment on Well it made ME think anyway. by missburrows

missburrows — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:36:25 +0000

I love me some Craig F. He recently wrote a book, too. If all goes well Martin becomes and American citizen next Monday. Ok, gotta get back to helping him study!

Comment on Sweet Pea by camikaos

camikaos — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:06:59 +0000

Comment on It’s public record anyway… by patty

patty — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:26:05 +0000

Awesome letter!! My husband wrote a letter on our behalf in regards to this situation. We actually got a response, but they feel they voted what the people wanted. Funny though, each local television station placed a poll that indicated over 80% were opposed to the renaming. Go figure.