2011 06 01 tweets
Replying to @ddchamberlain
Doubtless.
RT @SHAQ: im retiring Video: http://bit.ly/kvLtE3 #ShaqRetires
Replying to @amyeetx and @triproftri
Yes. "But what have you done lately?" is endemic.
Replying to @mmwwah
Have I not told you about my deep tie to Shaq? He defended my sister from her raging asshole bf. I am honor-bound to root for him.
Replying to @mmwwah
\(Thus the announcement comes as a bit of a relief\.\)
Replying to @mmwwah
To be honest, it would be impossible to have been at LSU during 1989-91 and not be something of a fan.
Replying to @mmwwah
Yeah, that would make it a lot harder.
Replying to @mmwwah
Personally, I'd start with the ADs, but the coaches \(of men's football and basketball\) are next in line, fer sure.
Replying to @barbarahui
Is prednisone driving you to talk to yourself? :)
Replying to @barbarahui
I can only imagine. I've had to take prednisone before and I can say that I'm not a huge fan.
Replying to @barbarahui
\(Actually, it was the reply to yourself that had me wondering\.\)
Replying to @RepoRat
If only they would follow it off with a little lemon sorbet.
Replying to @captain_primate
It would be great, if you could figure out how to type a really good raspberry.
Replying to @captain_primate
Ugh, crossed pop cultural references. I was imagining a GIlda Radneresque "and that's the truth phbbbbbt."
Replying to @captain_primate
God, another crossed reference. I was thinking Emily Litella. But that's the "never mind" conclusion.
Taking care of some last business before hitting the road \(or the rails, more precisely\) for Baltimore and #aaup11.
Very sorry to be missing #thatcamp this year, but I'll be there in spirit!
Replying to @sramsay
There may be a mole on site willing to help.
Replying to @mamamusings
I'll be thinking about you today. Take care of yourself!
Replying to @acavender, @nowviskie and @academicdave
Absolutely! I'll be reading along from afar.
Replying to @amyeetx
The future of the diss is being explored by an #MLA working group led by past president Sidonie Smith. Hugely impt. #9sinst11
Replying to @amyeetx
Cool! There will be a panel discussing the working group's efforts at #mla12. More TK! #9sinst11
Replying to @dancohen
ORCID promises to be enormously important for scholarly networks.
@NewYorker: Having trouble downloading the June 6 issue to my aypad - getting a "file is missing or invalid" error. Any ideas?
@NewYorker: And just like that, it's working. Thanks, or never mind - whichever applies!
On the Acela to Baltimore for #aaup11. Hooray for public wifi and a working VPN.
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
Many thanks! I appreciate what sounds like some awfully heavy lifting.
RT @lexinyt: Our new executive editor and I have set a Twitter date. I predict she will be a champion tweeter. #twittermakesyousmart
Replying to @shanakimball
Indeed. Sending nothing but good vibes Michigan-ward.
Replying to @shanakimball, @moncia and @ericzinner
I was thinking about that amazing dinner we had just today. I think I'm the only one of us here this year!
Replying to @ericzinner, @shanakimball and @moncia
Indeed. In future years, though. And -- hey, in New York!
Replying to @gmbritton
Nitpicking: hasn't NAP been completely OA for a bit? They're making downloadable PDFs \(instead of online images\) free. #aaup11
Replying to @parezcoydigo
Word.
Replying to @moncia and @gmbritton
Yes, that's a huge move! Just clarifying that they were technically OA all along, if only in less desirable formats.
Really, really hoping that that odd rattling hum coming through my ceiling is a vacuum cleaner. #ahhotels
Tonight's keynote at #aaup11 from David Simon about to begin. Simon has donated his fee to the Ella Thompson Fund. http://parksandpeople.org
Replying to @jmittell
Nice!
Simon is fascinating: at once a defense of noncommercial values in journalistic/cultural production & an impassioned defense of IP. #aaup11
First plenary at #aaup11 beginning: Grant McCracken, "The 'shapeless problem' problem."
McCracken: Degree of change in contemporary culture is resulting in our culture's signature phrase: "Wait, what?" #aaup11
Wait, what? Malcolm Gladwell is the answer? Steve Jobs is the answer? #aaup11
Replying to @JenHoward
Ditto.
Aha. It's the liberal arts that's McCracken's answer: the ability to give shape to a seemingly shapeless problem. #aaup11
Replying to @JenHoward
That is indeed what it begins to sound like! #aaup11
Replying to @JenHoward
Steve Jobs can solve that problem. #aaup11
Okay, massively reductive rendering of what postmodernism is. One might have noted that Jameson was *critical* of the postmodern. #aaup11
So what we need is a business school embedded within the liberal arts. \(What could possibly go wrong?\) #aaup11
Wait, did he say that we need to reform the university by ending tenure and bringing managers in and kicking scholars out? #aaup11
Is that meant to re-liberal-arts-ize the managers and let scholars loose upon the business world? #aaup11
Replying to @lwaltzer
I guess it's a good thing I missed it the first time!
Replying to @jmittell
Ire. Dismay. Exhaustion. Whatever.
I am interested in the fact that he's told the attendees at #aaup11 to disintermediate the publishing process between ideas and practice...
...though I don't think that's going to get a lot of uptake here.
Replying to @synch101
What you said.
Replying to @medeamalmo
Thank you! I'd love to hear how your journal develops.
Interesting response to an earlier version of this McCracken keynote: http://cac.ophony.org/2011/05/20/the-qidz-are-alright/ #aaup11
Replying to @synch101
I am mildly surprised to find myself on the publishers' side in most of this.
Replying to @JenHoward
You know, I'm all about disintermediation in publishing, and even I don't love it. #aaup11
Replying to @JenHoward
There's a slippage from "get ideas out more quickly" to "get rid of publishing" that's really problematic. #aaup11
Okay, here I'm on his side. "Most blogs are not good" is true, but no more true than "most books are not good." Has ever been thus. #aaup11
Replying to @RepoRat
Exactly. Had he gone for "disrupt" it would have been a far more nuanced and arguable point.
Replying to @RepoRat
A bullet point suggested we "move from ideas to practice w/o going through the finding, reviewing, editing, publishing process."
Replying to @RepoRat
Rethink that process, yes. Disrupt that process, yes. Eliminate that process? Dunno.
Replying to @kwissoker, @noctambulate and @jenhoward
While simultaneously mistaking a *critic* of a phenomenon for a *cause* of that phenomenon. #aaup11
Christie Henry of UChicago introducing session on List Building for the Digital Age. #aaup11
Replying to @mmwwah and @jenhoward
Not disinter-mediation, I don't think, but dis-intermediation. Cutting out the middle man, as it were.
Why are my ears burning? #thatcamp #mighthaveaunipresspublishedbook4u
Replying to @jbj, @tcarmody and @ayjay
I did once tweet that I was being introduced, yes, but I ceased tweeting thereafter!
Replying to @dancohen
I suspect we'd have found common ground in responding to this morning's plenary. This one, maybe not so much. #aaup11 #thatcamp
Replying to @tcarmody, @rgfeal, @jbj and @ayjay
I think @briancroxall did that for his #dorkshort at some regional #thatcamp.
The "must encourage production!" defense of copyright rings untrue when scholarly authors are required to sign over all rights. #aaup11
Which is to say, must encourage *whose* production? And are there different means of encouraging different producers? #aaup11
Replying to @JenHoward
We've also lost all sense here of the value \(economic and cultural\) that inheres in a strong public domain. #aaup11
Replying to @msbonn
Yay! Welcome home, Maria!
Jonathan Band suggests that "is piracy good for sales" may not be the right question; rather, what's good for scholars and students. #aaup11
Band: open access tipping point may have been reached; how do publishers live with the new OA environment? #aaup11
RT @ljndawson: I think the Attributor guy is making a bigger problem out of piracy than it is; which of course serves his business. #aaup11
In fact, a recent study by Envisional showed that ebooks and audiobooks together represent 0.2% of torrent-based filesharing [+] #aaup11
and 2.6% of cyberlocker links. Nowhere near as massive a problem as it sounds here. [-] #aaup11
A link to the Envisional report: http://documents.envisional.com/docs/Envisional-Internet_Usage-Jan2011.pdf #aaup11
Replying to @halavais
The speaker claims a significant post-e-reader/tablet increase, but doesn't cite data to support.
Replying to @halavais
Sorry not to see you here this year, by the way!
Band: law works by the consent of the governed; if law is routinely violated, it loses credibility. Must adjust. #aaup11
Replying to @JenHoward
I do believe that there are real problems, but this felt a bit overplayed, and a somewhat counterproductive approach. #aaup11
Replying to @JenHoward
He did say that it was the most obscure stuff. So I wonder how much in the way of sales is actually being lost. #aaup11
Replying to @JenHoward
Might making those texts partly available online actually encourage non-infringing use? #aaup11
Ah, the royalties question. Many faculty would happily forgo their vanishingly small royalties in exchange for greater openness. #aaup11
Replying to @JenHoward
Heh.
Replying to @mamamusings
Sending good peaceful vibes your way.
Replying to @CopyrightLibn and @jenhoward
Though what Bob meant was the creation of specific services unique to non-infringing copies as a viable biz model.
Replying to @cjprender
Me too. His book is available OA & for purchase on the MITPress website.
In the 1.5 seconds it took me to open a new tab in my browser, I forgot what I'd opened it for. #goingtobeoneofTHOSEdays
Related: the plenary panel I'm speaking on at #aaup11 is in an hour. Increasingly curious to see how that goes!
Replying to @CatinStack
Belatedly: Subsidy is required for the press to do its work, period. But openness can coexist with sales under some biz models.
@CatinStack The trick is figuring out what those new biz models might be. \(Service rather than product oriented?\)
Replying to @CatinStack
Exactly! The answer isn't locking down content, though, but finding new biz models that provide services around content.
Replying to @CatinStack
I'm thinking about ways to connect with a community through that content, ways of interacting with that content, etc.
Rumor has it #aaup11 may be sending a small trade delegation to #thatcamp this evening. Would be good to know where & whenabouts of events.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Excellent! Looking forward, too.
Replying to @TAC_NISO
Rats. Another time!
Replying to @foundhistory
Likely the #aaup11 delegation will not arrive before 7pm, possibly even later, depending. Will keep in contact. #thatcamp
Replying to @dancohen
I'm still back on the Reese's peanut butter cup model. \(Hey, you got traditional publishing in my unconference\!\) #aaup11 #thatcamp
Replying to @foundhistory and @dancohen
If such a form were available at the #thatcamp/#aaup11 trade talks, I'll happily sign then!
Replying to @samplereality
Not yet. Will let you know when we head out.
Callaway: UPs made a crucial misstep in deciding that keeping to themselves would allow them to be left alone on their campuses. #aaup11
Replying to @samplereality and @tjowens
One wonders if a scholarly org, say, might be persuaded to help create a peer-reviewing process. #unpress #thatcamp
Replying to @samplereality
Actually, July 5. But who's counting. #unpress #thatcamp
Replying to @tjowens and @samplereality
Hmmmm. **strokes imaginary beard**
Replying to @mcclan
Thank you!
@Mdigitalculture I am trying to change the license on Planned Obsolescence \(the blog\); when I manage it it'll be CC-BY 3.0. #hackacad
Related: Anyone who can help me figure out why no WP CC plugins are working with my theme gets a cookie.
Replying to @cjprender
Jonathan Band. Book = Interfaces on Trial 2.0.
Replying to @gmbritton
I found something about the distance between the dais and the audience as well as the length of the room deadening. #aaup11
Replying to @gmbritton
Very hard to maintain energy in here without charging up and down the aisles. #aaup11
Okay, @Mdigitalculture, everything on PO is now CC-BY. Let me know if there's anything else!
Sinuses in massive freakout. May have to stop for Sudafed before beginning the #aaup11/#thatcamp trade delegation journey.
Replying to @shanakimball
Okay! We're on the 95.
The #aaup11 trade delegation is on the 495, headed to the Auld Shebeen unless we receive alternate instructions. #THATCamp
Replying to @shanakimball
20 minutes-ish?
The #aaup11 trade delegation is parking the car. #thatcamp
The #aaup11 trade delegation has been persuaded to seek quieter accommodations at The Well.
Sooooo fabulous to see so many of the #THATCamp folks!
Hey, awesome seeing all of you #thatcamp folks this evening. Have a most fabulous day tomorrow!
Replying to @surlyF
It looked like things might get hung up on the definition of "publishing," but we all had a beer and got past it.
Replying to @samplereality
It's continental! What's not to enjoy?
Replying to @shanakimball
Me too! Thanks for facilitating the trip. I'll look forward to seeing you at SCI!
Have you ever done that thing where you see someone you've met before, only you mistake them for a whole other person you've met before? +
And then you say something that would be perfectly reasonable to say to the person you thought they were? But probably not to them?
That must be really awkward.
Replying to @hollykruse
Eh, it wasn't so terrible. Just awkward and mildly embarrassing. Happily, it passed quickly.
Replying to @hollykruse
You know, I'm discovering that while midlife memory loss can produce embarrassing moments, it also erases them. So there's that.
Replying to @brettbobley
Must be a relief to have a photogenic memory like that!
Replying to @tcarmody
Aw, man. Now I'm blushing! Really fantastic to meet you in person.
Replying to @tcarmody
Perfect! Have a great one, and definitely let me know when you're in NYC.
Replying to @tcarmody
Thanks!
The really great thing about that fake sudafed is that while it doesn't actually help my allergies it does still make me grind my teeth.
Replying to @brettbobley
Indeed. And I'm not sure what's in the air right now, but these things sure don't care about that.
Replying to @wynkenhimself, @dancohen, @foundhistory and @shanakimball
Hey, so let me know what you guys come up with! #thatcamp
Replying to @briancroxall, @rgfeal, @nowviskie and @amandafrench
Oh, there will be shenanigans, all right. :) #mla12
I do not normally respond to travel this way, but today I hate everyone.
Replying to @tcarmody
Worse: BWI > IAH > ONT.
Replying to @karikraus
@sramsay's right; I was lousy company. Fortunately for you, my plane had already taken off for IAH. Sorry not to see you, tho!
Napped a little on the plane. Only had to go around the corner to get to my next gate. Maybe things aren't as dire as they seemed.
Then again, it is 102 degrees in Houston. Which, yuck.
Replying to @midwinter_
I can imagine hating everyone in Dulles. This was BWI, IAD's poor country cousin.
Replying to @captain_primate
Go, Ethan, go!
On board my flight to ONT. Haven't been home since early August, and am only headed there now to pack up and move. A real stew of emotions.
Replying to @captain_primate
Your travel karma is well intact!
So. Yesterday: BWI to ONT. Tomorrow: LAX to JFK. New York real estate. Enough said.
Replying to @moncia
The co-op board called this morning, as I knew perfectly well they would. *sigh*
Replying to @jasonrhody and @rgfeal
Probably not that much; the shorter the print run the \(significantly\) higher the per-copy cost.
Replying to @moncia
Thanks much. And yeah, for a rental. Completely nuts!
LAX > JFK. Back on Thursday. Thank goodness for frequent flyer miles.
Pro tip: if you're writing to ask me to do something, I'm more likely to say yes if you get my name right.
Replying to @nancybaym
Oh, that's merely descriptive accuracy! I'm likely to say yes to this request, despite it being sent to someone named Katherine.
Replying to @nancybaym
They left my last name out \(just "Dear Katherine"\) but my money says that's what it would have been.
Am home. For some value of "home," at least.
Replying to @tcarmody
Whoa. </keanu>
I was mildly surprised to wake up in my New York apartment this morning. Not quite sure where I expected to be.
Replying to @mmwwah
Or a plane, yes.
Replying to @tcarmody
My dream: of all those years of grad school and professordom. I have a sad unconscious.
Replying to @ibogost
Shortened endnote refs w/full bib. It's a pain to hunt down the right note with the full ref once you've passed the orig citation.
Replying to @samplereality
Hey, if you're willing to kill them by flinging vegetable matter their way, I might have an option!
This has not been a good day for errand-running. #melting
Replying to @avunque
Actually not great timing; I'm away most of the month. Email me?
Replying to @rgfeal
Amazing. 70s in SoCal. Why did I have to fly back to NYC for *these* two days again?
Replying to @rgfeal
Ayup. And the third is not out of the question.
Replying to @tcarmody
It's that kind of day. I believe the beverage I am drinking is emerging directly on my skin.
Replying to @rgfeal
La la la la I can't hear you....
The premier security line at JFK terminal 7 is about the most goofed up security experience I've had that didn't involve being groped.
Replying to @moncia
Hey, I didn't know you were at JFK! I'm about to board a flight to LAX. \(Operation Ridiculous Trip to NYC accomplished\.\)
Replying to @moncia
Woo-hoo! Have a great trip, and I'll see you back in the city in a couple of weeks.
Replying to @nancybaym
Wow, great cuts!
RT @rgfeal: Sid Smith: shift from scholarly publication to schol communication is shift from product to process. #ADE #ADFL
Tried to tweet about 15 minutes ago that we were on the world's longest taxi. The joke was that we were like 82nd for takeoff.
That tweet got eaten by AT&T, despite the pilot telling us after the security video that we may as well just turn our phones back on.
Now, however, we're totally stopped, engines & seatbelt sign off, and they've broken out the wine. Not a good sign, I think.
Replying to @veek
It's a big storm system that apparently dropped the temps in the midwest by 30 degrees as it passed through- & it's just getting here.
This United flight crew is taking the passengers' bill of rights regulations super seriously. Beverages, snacks, bathrooms, etc. Good on em.
2 hours since leaving the gate. No engines. A bajillion planes ahead of us. Sigh.
Replying to @jmittell
Oh, yes. Though it's now suddenly 73 here. Thanks, storm!
Replying to @KelliMarshall
That's hilarious. If you think about it just right.
Hey, we're moving forward "several hundred yards"! And I just heard a plane take off! That's something, at least.
2:25 and counting.
Okay, 2.5 hours have passed, and back we go to the gate.
Replying to @nancybaym
Yes, yes it does.
Again, they're serious about passengers bill of rights: came back to the gate within allotted time, giving everyone the right to deplane.
But there's a lot of uncertainty yet about whether we're getting out tonight, and if so when.
Replying to @nancybaym
No, no vouchers as yet. But there were granola bars! :-/
Replying to @nancybaym
Good to know. I'll fuss.
Four. Hours.
Replying to @eetempleton
I am not far from it.
First pushback: 5.50pm. Return to gate: 8.20pm. Second pushback: 10.30pm. Takeoff: 11.20pm.
I need food. And sleep. Will be arriving at LAX at something like 2am local. And I have a 10am diss defense.
Replying to @parezcoydigo
It started today with a series of awful subway delays in 100 degree heat. And then this. Suspect it's my own karmic issue.
Replying to @moncia
OH NO. That's horrible! We made it to LAX shortly after 2am. I do hope you're able to sleep today...
Thanks for putting up with my flight saga yesterday, folks. 5.5 hours on the ground; 5.5 hours in the air. Got to LAX just after 2 am.
That said, @moncia totally has me beat: her SFO flight, sked for the same time as mine, returned to terminal 2x & didn't get in until 4am.
Trying very very hard to figure out how to keep this move from killing me. Sheer force of will does not seem to be cutting it.
Replying to @jmittell
That's my basic theory. And boy is the money flying around.
The worst of it yesterday was the way my renters left things. Had to clean & reorganize before I could begin thinking about what to pack.
Tackled that today & sorted through a chunk of the house, boxing & bagging stuff to get rid of. A fair bit of that to go, but getting there.
Replying to @midwinter_
Crazy as this will sound? That would have been an improvement. I had to reorganize my kitchen so I could find all my plates.
Replying to @midwinter_
And much of my furniture is in a different room from where I left it.
Replying to @parezcoydigo
You go.
Okay, full day of move preparation number 2, and I feel much less like I'm going to die. So maybe it'll work after all!
Replying to @rgfeal
"Excited" is not exactly the word I think they'd use, no.
Replying to @rgfeal
Mildly freaked, with a healthy dose of blissfully oblivious, perhaps.
Trying to time a Goodwill pickup, the movers, carpet cleaners, cat transport, the sale of my car, and my own departure is a bit crazifying.
Replying to @bukuwawa
Yeah, I'm donating furniture. My Goodwill requires that you haul your stuff in, so I'm going with Salvation Army who will pick up.
Replying to @bukuwawa
You just have to call and find out the local policies; some require long reservation times.
Replying to @RepoRat
Oy. I send you better luck than mine...
For my next trick, I will call every mover in Southern California in order to find one with availability between now and the end of June!
Replying to @mmwwah
Gah!
Replying to @wynkenhimself
That I miss. Quite a lot actually. But then I was a pile-on-my-head-every-day kinda girl & figured I may as well chop it off.
Replying to @wynkenhimself and @mmwwah
I've actually been letting it grow a little, but am close to ready to buzz it again...
RT @jmittell: Very interesting story of academic publishing & copyright from old friend @jpom: http://bit.ly/l8Py0U
Replying to @mamamusings
Congratulations!
Woo-hoo! I have movers! And they're going to pick up and deliver at appropriate times! And they only want an obscene amount for it!
Replying to @ncecire
Oh, yes.
Replying to @LaceofBase
Nice! I like that.
Replying to @KelliMarshall
Thank you! Definitely worth it.
Replying to @mmwwah
Yes, it's them, and they pick up on the 24th. And amazingly, drop off on the 28th or 29th!
Replying to @mmwwah
Apparently! Seems how all of this is working, of late.
The Salvation Army pickup guys confirmed today what yesterday's calls to movers suggested: folks are moving out of California in droves.
Replying to @trevormunoz
Congratulations to you and to @umd_mith! Fantastic news.
Replying to @brettbobley
We'd be rolling in it!
Replying to @academicdave and @georgeonline
Heh.
Replying to @ryancordell
Have you looked at the Pearson Custom Intro to Lit? Disclosure: I'm on the ed board. But it's a custom database anthology [+]
Replying to @ryancordell
that lets you put together the pieces you want in the order you want & custom print \(on better paper than most anthologies\).
Replying to @ryancordell
Heh. Should have known I'd have mentioned it. Yeah, they can get pricy, though usually less than some of the big ones.
Replying to @ryancordell
But the no sell-back is an issue some places, definitely.
Replying to @boone and @mikhailg
I for one would love to attend your webinar.
Replying to @jonathanagray
Congratulations!!!
Replying to @KelliMarshall
Thank you! More by email.
Replying to @mmwwah
Ayup.
On plane at ONT, headed to a too-brief foray at #dh11. Will attend the ACH exec mtg tmw & fly back. Too much moving to do to stay, sadly.
Replying to @midwinter_
I happily do guest lectures! Email me?
Hey, this Stanford place is kinda nice.
Sitting under an umbrella in a Munger Graduate Residence courtyard. If I had a power outlet, life would be complete.
Replying to @cjprender
You'd think, wouldn't you.
Siphoning laptop battery to give the phone a little juice. Seems a reasonable short-term trade. #digitallife #dh11 #wheresmywirelesspower
Replying to @westcenter
If only someone could find a way to harness its rays to power our devices!
RT @unsworth: Happy to announce that DH2013 will be at the University of Nebraska, in Lincoln. #dh11 // Excellent!
Managed to eke out two hours of sleep. This promises to be an interesting day.
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
At least it wasn't an e-bolus.
Very sorry to have had to leave the ACH exec meeting to catch a train back to SFO, and even sorrier to be missing #dh11. But my move awaits!
Have a great conference, friends. I'll see you in Hamburg for #dh12! #dh11
R. has ridden off for parts east. Now it's just me, the cats, and the packing.
Replying to @mmwwah
Yeah, about 6.30am. Cool enough here, but once he hits the desert, he could use all the breezes you can conjure.
The schedule from here: last pickup by the Salvation Army guys tomorrow. Thursday I drive the cats to the boarding facility. [+]
Friday, movers come early to pack up my kitchen, and then later in the day load everything up and roll out. Saturday, carpet cleaners [+]
and key transfer. I fly out Sunday. Monday, I move out of the studio in NYC and the cats are delivered to me in the new apartment. [+]
And, if I'm lucky, my stuff shows up at the new apartment Tuesday or Wednesday. \(The movers claim I'm the last pickup & first dropoff\.\) [+]
Cross your fingers for me. [-]
Sigh. Driver's license expires in August. First available appointment for renewal is in July. Must renew in person to take vision test.
Do I have the time available to go wait in the no-appointment line? And if I do will the new license actually find me in the mail?
Replying to @mmwwah
Dunno. But there are Implications to moving my license to NY that I'm not yet entirely ready to consider.
Replying to @grammarsnark
Hmmm. There's one sooner at another location, though not soon enough. But the sooner makes me think the wait will be shorter.
Replying to @cjprender
Am selling the car, def. But need a license to drive nonetheless.
Pulled the mysterious box of ancient history down from the top of my closet. It'll end up at the top of my next closet. Just can't toss it.
Replying to @publichistorian and @tcarmody
That's lovely. Sort of Pandora meets time capsule.
Replying to @cjprender
Well, family there, thanks. But there's also the renting a car when I travel thing.
Replying to @cjprender
Sorry, yes. The old sense of humor has taken several major body blows; it can't even recognize when it's being called upon!
Replying to @sramsay
Wow. That looks like it would make espresso REALLY REALLY FAST.
Replying to @JenServenti
Ooh, thanks for reminding me. ::adds to list of stuff to do before leaving SoCal::
Replying to @mamamusings
Thank you! Surprise-free would be most awesome. :)
I have reached the hour at which not having any beer in the house has revealed itself as a key strategic error.
Replying to @themba
This is true. Chalk one up for west coast civilization.
Replying to @shanakimball
That would be AWESOME.
Replying to @shanakimball and @msbonn
One of the many amazing features of life in NYC.
Replying to @mmwwah
Worry not. I shall rectify. The only question is whether I shower before or after obtaining supplies.
A huge percentage of my tweeps are posting from the #dh11 opening keynote. Wish I were there - but happy w/ my super-productive packing day!
Replying to @KathrynTomasek
Thank you!
Now for another four just like it. :-/
Replying to @briancroxall
Boy, DHers really *are* nice!
Replying to @KathrynTomasek and @briancroxall
Okay, *most* of them are nice. ;)
Replying to @veek
Good luck with yours! You going far?
Replying to @veek
So far, so good, though not without some heart-stopping moments. Looking forward to getting it done! Good luck to you, too!
\[Insert predictably whiny tweet about how much I do NOT feel like packing/moving/cleaning today\.\]
Replying to @veek
Thanks; I could use a cheering section!
Replying to @briancroxall
Not a bad idea at all.
NB: it's much harder to pack up my whole life and move it across the country now than it was at 30. And not just because I have more stuff.
Seriously, parts of me hurt that I'd entirely forgotten were there.
Replying to @briancroxall
Hypnotic is good, but less noisy may be better. Will find something appropriate!
kfitz to movers: My building's super has you down to arrive on the 28th or 29th. Movers to kfitz: No, we're not loading you until July 5.[+]
::kfitz has heart attack; dies:: [+]
kfitz to movers: Um, you said June 24; can you check again? Movers to kfitz: Whoopsie! See you Friday. [+]
Enough with the cardiac events already. [-]
Replying to @RepoRat
O. M. G. \(I will ask about this at some point after my stuff shows up in NYC\.\)
I think I am going to like having a carpenter for a tenant.
Replying to @RepoRat
Yeah, I had a long background conversation with @jryoung about it as he was doing the research, which grew out of that Twitter xch.
Why I didn't hate the finale of The Killing anywhere near as much as the twitters led me to expect: http://justtv.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/killing-surprises/#comment-7975
\(PS: Read Jason's fantastic analysis first: http://justtv\.wordpress\.com/2011/06/20/killing\-surprises/\)
Replying to @KelliMarshall
Yeah, I actually kinda dig it. #justfinishedwatchingtoo
Replying to @jmittell and @kellimarshall
A very good question. I will admit to having been braced for disappointment. And while I don't think it's a good +
Replying to @jmittell and @kellimarshall
episode overall, and while there are tons of plotting problems, I didn't hate it the way I expected to.
Replying to @JenHoward and @briancroxall
Hey, "works and plays well with others" was a key category of evaluation in my education. Um, a while back. :)
Replying to @jmittell
That I totally agree with. But then I tend to think that AMC was wrong in focusing its ad campaign on "Who Killed Rosie Larsen?" +
Replying to @jmittell
My feeling is that the show was never really about who killed her, but about what her killing did to everyone around her.
Replying to @xina
I don't know. It's super imperfect, but lots of contrivances and holes, but I think it's playing interestingly with the question of +
Replying to @xina
how and why we think we know. A question that's a little smarter than some of the episodes are capable of sustaining, granted.
Replying to @pmhswe and @reporat
I'm exploring those options, too. I'll miss Dropbox's integration with a bunch of my mobile apps, but must move, alas.
Hey, conveniently, my Dropbox paid account expires in three days. So, @spideroak and @wuala users - what should I know?
Replying to @captain_primate, @dropbox and @spideroak
Am in the process of ship-jumping myself. I was worried before, but this is beyond the pale.
Replying to @captain_primate
I hear that, though @spideroak's paid plan provides 100GB for the same $ as Dropbox's 50GB plan...
Replying to @tcarmody
GAH.
So, I've signed up with @spideroak, and am starting the migration. Thanks for the referral, @jcmeloni.
Replying to @briancroxall
Really more security than privacy, but yeah. And my deep unhappiness with how Dropbox has handled these crises.
As long as I'm at it, my @spideroak referral code: https://spideroak.com/download/referral/525c5656d1c56eccf12b5a466f7553ca
Replying to @briancroxall
I'm worried about that, but I'll find a workaround for now. And @spideroak seems committed to expanding their integration.
Replying to @wynkenhimself and @briancroxall
I've been syncing @1Password via Dropbox, and while it's password-protected, I'm not happy about poss exposure.
Replying to @jmittell and @spideroak
You can use this: https://spideroak.com/download/referral/525c5656d1c56eccf12b5a466f7553ca Thanks!
Replying to @samplereality
True, though I'd rather no one have access to the files in the first place.
No appt DMV wait, when I left the house, according to website: 24 mins. No appt DMV wait, on arrival at DMV, according to website: 50 mins.
This DMV line is a great opportunity for an unexpected sunburn! Just looking at the bright side. So to speak.
Replying to @tcarmody
I'd write them and raise a fuss. No automatic re-up dated yesterday of all days should be uncancelable.
50 minutes later I've made it through less than 1/2 the line. And they've just warned us that everything is about to slow down due to lunch.
But an appointment opened up for Thursday afternoon. So I'm outta here.
Soothing my DMV-related irritation with In-n-Out. No better balm for SoCal annoyances.
Wow! An email from someone at microsoftoffice dot org telling me that my "Webmail" account will be closed unless I update my info. +
And the message conveniently includes a link to a Google Forms document! How thoughtful. -
Replying to @cjprender
I would not be the least bit surprised.
Replying to @surlyF
Oh, yes. And all without the sunburn. Of course, without the In-N-Out excuse, too.
Replying to @tcarmody
Dude. You are SO lucky.
Replying to @JenServenti
Nothing quite like it! Thanks for tweeting your visit there; I could have missed it in the chaos of the move.
Replying to @cjprender
Nice! That's what having kids is all about.
Replying to @cjprender
Ha! I credit how busy my mother was with most of my teenage spending; she paid me to do all kinds of stuff. But not shut up. :)
Replying to @cjprender
\(Though I'm sure if she'd thought of it she would have\.\)
Hour spent in blazing SoCal sun + yummy In-N-Out burger = nap now. Kthxbai.
Replying to @rgfeal
Indeed. But all is well so far!
Replying to @rgfeal
Indeed!
This I will say of my @spideroak experience so far: It's *fast*. 4.5+ GB uploaded so far. \(Lots to go, though\.\)
Replying to @GeorgeOnline, @nowviskie, @briancroxall and @brettbobley
I keep thinking about a Zampanò prize, for a project that's bigger on the inside...
2 @spideroak problems so far: \(1\) it's sucking down MASSIVE processing cycles, even though done uploading, slowing & overheating the MBAir +
and \(2\) @spideroak's DB has taken up the same amount of disk space as what I've asked it to back up - and I don't have it to spare.
A-and now @spideroak is crashing every tine I start it up. And my CPU usage is still at 200%.
Replying to @spideroak
Will do so happily! Thanks.
Okay, uninstalled and reinstalled @spideroak and after resyndicating and rescanning all seems to be behaving!
Replying to @sivavaid
Wow. Congrats. I'm certain you'll do something awesome with that!
Replying to @spideroak
Thanks!
RT @nowviskie: Just launched! Alt-Academy: alternative academic careers for humanities scholars: http://is.gd/ncuKi3 #alt-ac #dh11 //YAY!!!
Replying to @jmittell and @spideroak
It was one of two SpiderOak processes plus kernel_task. And the DB is in ~/Library/Application Support/SpiderOak. +
Replying to @jmittell and @spideroak
The tss_external_blocks_pandora_sqliite_database folder was ginormous. Removing SpiderOak and the AppSupport folder +
Replying to @jmittell and @spideroak
and then reinstalling and choosing the "existing user" and "reinstall on same device" options cured the problem.
Replying to @jmittell
Yes, mine was pretty much exactly as big as what I'd asked it to backup!
Enormously honored that @mediacommons could be part of @nowviskie et al's brilliant #alt-ac collection! http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/alt-ac/
Using Screen Sharing to remotely install @spideroak on my desktop in NYC. Once that machine's backed up, the other service gets downgraded.
Replying to @spideroak
The internets are pretty awesome!
RT @pressfwd: PressForward: Scholarship and publication, the web way. Launches today with major funding from @SloanDIT: http://bit.ly/mHoFiH
Super excited about @pressfwd and really honored to be part of the advisory board. Congrats, @CHNM and @SloanDIT!
@spideroak: Quick Q: if I move files to new folders or rename existing folders, are the files uploaded again? Or does the scan catch & move?
Replying to @RepoRat
Super cool! I'll look forward to hearing more.
Replying to @spideroak
That is exactly the answer I was hoping for. :)
RT @shepdl: #dh11 #alt-ac #altac Q: how to allow altacs to develop own research reputation? A: @dougreside: 20% time for own research.
RT @briancroxall: .@nowviskie mentions that even the admin assistant at @scholarslab has 20% time for research. #dh11 #alt-ac
Replying to @therefore
Sounds like one of those logic puzzles. If it's Tuesday, the one in the purple tie is having the pastrami.
High today: 85. Current temp: 91. The forecast here is never right in the summer. You know how unpredictable SoCal weather can be.
Replying to @thanvolk
True. But the forecast is pretty predictably 6-8 degrees short of the high we actually hit. Why not adjust? Is it a psych thing?
Replying to @newkidonthehall
Indirectly, it is bar review; it's over-caffeination that produces the eyelid twitchies. \(So sorry \- I hate that\!\)
Clearing all of my data off my Pomona computer. Uncomfortable but liberating.
Replying to @tcarmody
I have exactly the same response to the way my students use "female" as a noun. Makes me nuts.
Replying to @tcarmody
I tell them that unless they can reasonably insert "of the species" after "female," they're talking about *women.*
Replying to @tcarmody
My bet is that they equate its biologistic use with a kind of objectivity that they mistakenly think they need in formal writing.
Replying to @tcarmody and @triproftri
It all relies on disappearing nouns. "Dead white male [author]"; "female [suspect]"; etc. Nominalization results.
Yes, I am drowning today's sorrows in another In-N-Out cheeseburger. Or perhaps smothering would be a better word choice.
Replying to @xina
Hmmm. Perhaps. But I bet they never ask if you'll be enjoying your burger in your car.
Today has been a difficult day. Tomorrow will be better. \(Please\. Please let tomorrow be better\.\)
Replying to @ernestopriego
I'm 5 hours late, but congratulations!
Replying to @sleonchnm
Thank you. For reals.
Replying to @RepoRat
Really, really awful trip to deliver cats to transport agent. Big kitty went positively psychotic with fear. I feel TERRIBLE.
Replying to @sleonchnm
Thanks. Am planning for lots of Feliway and maybe even a bit of catnip for their arrival in NY.
Replying to @sleonchnm
Interesting! Mine haven't ever had that. At least not from me. But I'll find something good.
Replying to @tcarmody
I choose to subscribe to your optimism.
Replying to @shanakimball
Thank you! We will obtain one of those in the next few weeks.
Replying to @jmcclurken
Thank you! I'm pretty sure it will, once I recover from today.
Wow. Just downgraded Dropbox to a free account. And as a result, they're eliminating my "packrat" feature. [+]
All my versions and deleted files will disappear tomorrow. Nice. [-]
Replying to @jbj
**sigh**
My sound system uses proprietary cables. It's made by a company I swore years ago I'd never give another dollar to\(http://wp\.me/pw5Qv\-bj\). [+]
The wonderful guys who built the shelves in my living room integrated the sound system. Really integrated it. The cables are stuck. [+]
So. Abandon the sound system? Or suck it up and buy more stupid proprietary cables? [-]
The decision may be made for me; searching turns up zero opportunities to purchase new cables. My tenants may be inheriting surround sound.
Replying to @samplereality
Indeed. Seriously tempted just to walk away from it.
I can't do it. I'm cutting the wires, keeping the proprietary connectors, and will hook them to some generic cable.
Tomorrow will either be really easy or really not. And I'm at the point at which I can't tell which. Which I think means I should go to bed.
Replying to @eetempleton
Me, too -- and backatcha!
Replying to @Scrivenings
Thanks. I could definitely use it.
Movers are moving.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
It is certainly better than the alternative!
RT @RepoRat: Sometimes throwing stuff out is the most satisfying activity EVAR. // Amen.
The things one finds when the movers take the bed: a business card for a woman whose tag line is "full service a d u l t entertainment." +
She takes all major credit cards, and kindly noted that "if paying by credit card nature of business will not be reflected on statement."
One of many surprises left by my tenants. Sigh.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
I Do Not Want to Know.
Good news about that business card? It's a Vegas area code. So I can persist in believing that everything stayed in Vegas except the card.
Replying to @midwinter_
True. Though I still have some squeamishness about why it was kept, and how it wound up under my bed.
A teeny bit nervous about the current take-apart-the-dining-table project. Hope the guys on the other end can put it back together.
Replying to @rgfeal
Don't think I did, though I did see the prof's prostitution ring story.
Replying to @rgfeal
Indeed! I missed that one; the one I was thinking of was the physics prof with the website.
Replying to @rgfeal
Oh, wait. Is that the same story, but two different profs?
Need burrito. And beer. And cigarette. And tranquilizer.
Okay, really, everything is going spectacularly. But the dining table thing... The way it's been taken apart is not a way I've ever seen it.
Replying to @mandellc
You will understand, no doubt. I'm moving! And am amazed by the new sources of stress I keep discovering!
Replying to @briancroxall
Seriously, I keep looking at the pix of the new apt online, so I can remember where I'm headed.
Replying to @mariabustillos
Merci! By the by, did you see that your Julie Taymor piece got Bylined?
Replying to @mariabustillos
Yes, completely!
Replying to @fearv
Aw man! When are you arriving?
Replying to @fearv
I fly out that morning at oh dark thirty. :(
Replying to @samplereality
I *totally* believe it.
Replying to @samplereality and @tcarmody
No kidding. I will henceforth stop whining and instead send good wishes your way!
Replying to @amandafrench
I will accept that critique with something like relief.
Movers have moved. Now I need food and a shower, and I need each badly enough that I can't figure out where to start!
Replying to @cjprender
Sadly, there is zero delivery here. A good reminder of the good stuff ahead!
Replying to @mmwwah
You're too kind! I'm showering first - feel too yucky to go out like this. But then burrito!
Replying to @cjprender
Sadly, no! I have several days to go as yet. :-/
Replying to @mmwwah
I have been thinking of that for a couple of hours! Alas, car delivery must happen first.
Replying to @cjprender
Oh YES!
Replying to @rgfeal and @mmwwah
Heh. It is California, land of the medicinal solution, but no.
Aw yeah. #burrito
There are some SoCal things that NYC just can't match. The burrito is one of them.
Lying on my bedroom floor, waiting for word from the woman who's buying my car. I am really going to miss my condo.
Replying to @patrick_mj
You are absolutely right. And what's ahead is going to be amazing.
Looks very strange in here! http://yfrog.com/khmqndj
Replying to @amandafrench
It's srsly nice. With the best kitchen EVAR. http://yfrog.com/h2j9foirj
Replying to @amandafrench
The good news is that the NY place has an awfully nice kitchen, too.
Replying to @amandafrench
Yeah, it's an awesome feature. :)
Replying to @mmwwah
Yup, the car is no longer mine!
Replying to @rgfeal
Indeed. And a terrace! Did I mention the terrace? It has a terrace!
Replying to @mmwwah
So far, so good. I expect to sleep well tonight. \(PS: Thanks so much again for the help and company today\!\)
Replying to @rgfeal
So. Awesome.
Come on, NYS: make me proud I'm moving there.
Replying to @crazymonk
That's what I'm seeing, too. Puzzled.
Replying to @gjaxscott
Not yet. Only the amendment has passed. They have the votes, but the vote has not yet been taken.
Replying to @mariabustillos and @crazymonk
Actually, he's right; the vote is still forthcoming \(but they've got the votes\).
Replying to @mariabustillos and @crazymonk
:)
So sorry not to be in NYC tonight, but thrilled to be on my way there. And hoping California follows suit soon.
Back in the empty condo, awaiting the carpet cleaners, and then the new tenants. Ready to get back to NYC and into the moving IN phase.
Replying to @triproftri
A fair bit smaller, but still fab! Great appliances, enough counter space, and an actual pantry!
Replying to @mamamusings
Alas, yes. I made it through, though, and after a good night's sleep, all is much better today. I hope you're doing well.
Replying to @triproftri
I think it should be! After a year of the kitchen for which they developed the -ette, I'm ready for a proper cooking space.
Replying to @mmwwah
Oh, yeah. That'll happen.
Replying to @mmwwah
Astonishingly low. I've watched four hours of video and had 86% battery left.
Foursquare says my "most explored category" is airports. Why am I not surprised.
Capped off the move out today with a 90 minute Thai massage and a great dinner with great friends. Now to get up at 4 and go to the airport.
It is alarmingly light out for 5 am.
Replying to @karikraus
Thanks! The massage did help enormously, though I've actually got a couple of bruises from it!
Thanks for bearing with all the moving stress tweets, folks. Hoping for a swift return to the usual fare of links and snark.
Replying to @Scrivenings
Thanks! I actually don't mind helping other people move; just hate doing it myself.
Replying to @triproftri
Yes, that's it. I'm both thrilled and sad about it.
Replying to @mkirschenbaum and @dancohen
On it!
Replying to @moncia and @mkirschenbaum
Yay, on both counts!
Replying to @mkgold and @rgfeal
That would be awesome - can't wait to get there!
Replying to @kathiiberens and @pressfwd
Indeed. Thanks so much!
Replying to @rgfeal
Now that's a nice bit of synchronicity.
On board for LGA. Excited about the next phase of this move. Tomorrow: Operation Move Out of Sabbatical Studio.
This phase promises to be less complicated in all ways except for the driving a van across Manhattan part.
Replying to @nancybaym
Uh oh.
Replying to @nancybaym
Though at least it wasn't the gymnast who split and popped.
Replying to @rgfeal and @cjprender
It's certainly an awesome day to return to NYC and look back on a fab year in the WVillage...
You know you've made a good choice in new jobs when your boss-to-be shows up with excellent Szechuan takeout on your arrival in town!
Replying to @rgfeal
How could I forget! I was being discreet, lest the membership worry we were having too much fun.
Okay, it's just hit me: I've got a metric crap-ton of stuff to do this week, but tomorrow I get to move into a most awesome apartment.
And then next week, I start the world's coolest job.
AM EXCITED.
Replying to @KelliMarshall
The #MLA! Working with amazing folks to change the world. \(Or at least our corner of it\.\)
Replying to @CapitolClio
Thanks! If my cats and my stuff actually make it here, I'll feel like I hit the lottery.
Replying to @AlxJrvs
The #MLA! I'm starting as the director of scholarly communication week after next.
Replying to @AlxJrvs
Thanks!
Replying to @Petunia621
Thanks!
Replying to @nowviskie
You two ARE so awesome. It is mere fact, and sensible of her to insist upon it.
Replying to @nowviskie
Nice.
Replying to @nowviskie
That sounds like a great project! I'm happy to be on to the fun part of moving...
Have obtained coffee. Have obtained boxes. Have two hours to pack up the last of the studio before getting the van to take it across town.
Replying to @mickimcgee
Thank you! Very happy to be here.
It's amazing how much easier it is to pack when the guiding principle is "get it across town" rather than "survive a cross-country move."
RT @briancroxall: Convincing others open peer review works depends on our reading other's stuff and commenting! Do that for #alt-ac, plz ...
Replying to @samplereality
Oh, I only mean literally the act of throwing things into boxes, about which I'm being much less careful than I had been.
Replying to @samplereality
Otherwise, yes, the cross-town move does provide a false sense of security. "How hard could it be?"
Replying to @publichistorian
Why yes! I will hope to hold onto it for a while, and remember how small most problems really are.
Replying to @samplereality and @cjprender
Wow. I can completely imagine. Having spent so many days carefully wrapping and taping, though, it's nice just [+]
Replying to @samplereality and @cjprender
to throw things in boxes in no particular order, knowing I'll be pulling them out again in five hours.
Replying to @samplereality and @cjprender
Also, this part of the move is way more akin to changing hotel rooms than it is a move per se.
I accumulated an untoward number of boots this year.
Packed. Have truck. Upon arrival of volunteer moving assistants, will be underway!
Replying to @CCdiglib
I'm not sure at this point. I hope so - but the college has given me a two year leave to decide.
First, the good news: I'm in, the move was super easy thanks to my pals, and the apartment is even more awesome than I'd remembered. [+]
Now, the bad news: the CA shipment is not arriving until next week sometime. So no furniture \(or pots, pans, dishes, etc\) for a bit. [+]
On the other hand, they're charging me less rather than more for the service. So I'm not complaining too much. [-]
Replying to @PacificPet
Hey awesome! Thanks so much. I hope Henry calmed down.
In other news, hooray for having mailed the air mattress. Also, hooray cheap lightheadedness from blowing up the air mattress.
Replying to @savasavasava
They may now. Back in 1998, the cheap ones from Walmart apparently did not.
Replying to @samplereality
Truly. I will at least eat very well.
Ahhh. Open wifi, finally. Thank you to the owner of the open belkin 54g out there.
Replying to @wynkenhimself and @samplereality
I actually love a good working vacation, when R is working, too. If only one of us is working, it blows.
Replying to @samplereality
My Race, Gender, & SF syllabus. Some things on it are more fun than others, but it's all pretty great. http://machines.pomona.edu/55-2008/syllabus/index.html
Replying to @samplereality
It takes a bit to work past the simplistic species = race assumption, but Butler complicates it quickly. It's really great.
Replying to @samplereality
In that case, Lilith's Brood would be perfect, absolutely.
Replying to @RayS6 and @uvichumanities
Congrats, Ray - fabulous news!
Replying to @moncia
Oh, you are so nice! I think I'm okay for the moment. Will let you know if the air mattress & delivery get old!
Not for nothing, but the view from my terrace. \(Did I mention I have a terrace?\) http://yfrog.com/kiw44nj
Replying to @bighandsome
I will confess: this place pretty much rocks. Let me know if you pass through the city; a terracy beverage is in the offing.
The kitties just arrived! Both seem a little agitated but otherwise good!
Can tell I'm going to have a hard time keeping big kitty in the adjustment room.
Little kitty, on the other hand, has found a safe spot from which she is giving me the "I know what you did" look.
By special request: big kitty. http://yfrog.com/kjcg5foj
And little kitty: http://yfrog.com/kio1sggj
Replying to @savasavasava
He is, isn't he? He'd tell you so himself.
Replying to @sleonchnm
Me too. After Thursday's adventure, I was worried how they'd take the trip.
Replying to @rgfeal
They did get delivered to the bldg, though I met them in the lobby. Both seem happy with the view from here.
Replying to @rgfeal and @briancroxall
Exactly. She's NYC apt ready. He's more of a sprawler.
Replying to @patrick_mj
So far, so good!
Replying to @shanakimball
Thank you! The vibes all feel good now.
Replying to @acavender
Yeah, she gets a cross little look when she stops to consider it. :)
Replying to @rgfeal
By keeping the door to the terrace closed?
Replying to @RepoRat
Don't know about Mouser, but big kitty has a healthy strain of Russian Blue in him. Makes him ornery.
Replying to @rgfeal
Worry not; they can't get anywhere. It's totally latticed in. And I managed to keep them off my SoCal balcony for six years, so...
Replying to @AlecHosterman
No, they're litter mates. Both 11 years old. She's increasingly tiny, while he's just increasing.
Replying to @shanakimball
Murray Hill.
Replying to @rgfeal
Trust me, I got it covered.
Replying to @rgfeal
Ha! Alice climbed up on top of my china cabinet the other day and faced the same puzzle. But she'd gotten herself up!
Replying to @RepoRat
Aw, sweet. I love white patches!
Replying to @newkidonthehall
Why thank you!
Breakfast on the terrace. Will be even more awesome once I have a chair.
Replying to @boone
Aw, little peanut! Congratulations to all of you!
Replying to @jmittell
Have a great trip! I hope settling in there goes quickly and well.
It looks like my stuff is not going to show up until a week from Friday. Far more importantly, the internet should arrive day after tmw.
Replying to @midwinter_
Big pipe-laying truck, yeah.
Replying to @jmittell
Augh! I'm so sorry. How utterly frustrating.
Last night's sleep option - air mattress topped with memory foam - was too soft for comfort. Tonight, I test the memory foam on the floor.
\(If it works, this means I can use the air mattress as a temporary sofa\. Two comfortable spots\!\)
Replying to @amandafrench
I find it a little too... springy. But that's the next stage of the experiment. Tonight, it's a fat hunk of memory foam.
I love my apartment. I will love it more with furniture.
Replying to @jwolman
This is a problem Google's had for a while - Wave & Buzz were both flawed & a startup might have been given time to sort them out.
Replying to @sivavaid and @briancroxall
The evals that haunted me all the way through my tenure review were in my 1st year & were all about tech failure.
Replying to @sivavaid and @briancroxall
One failed video conference \(in 1999\!\) and all of my review letters said "she should scale back on the technology."
Replying to @briancroxall and @sivavaid
They stuck so long bc of the "we have never done it that way before" factor. SLACs are lovely but slow to change.
Replying to @johnmjones and @briancroxall
"I said no pencils in this room!"
Replying to @johnmjones and @briancroxall
You kids and your "automatic ball-point ink pens." Sheesh.
Replying to @JenHoward
I'm with you. I like my hyphens whether the compound modifier precedes or follows the noun!
It appears that Google+ invites have gone wide. I've got them, too, if you want one.
Replying to @adarel
Send me your email?
Replying to @westcenter
Done! You should have it shortly.
Replying to @wynkenhimself and @shanakimball
Invites appear to be unlimited, as opposed to the Gmail/Wave rollout. Interesting.
Replying to @heathermwhitney
Have walked away from the computer for a sec, but will send ASAP.
Replying to @wynkenhimself and @shanakimball
Yes, and particularly a social network that didn't have anyone you wanted to be social with.
Replying to @jvinopal
They must have shut down invites for the night; everyone's reporting that theirs are gone. I'll send one when they come back, tho!
Replying to @jvinopal
Got invites back, apparently. On its way.
Replying to @midwinter_
Yes! Sending.
Replying to @kakennedy
DM me your email and I'll send!
Replying to @seth_denbo, @briancroxall and @johnmjones
I had invites earlier this morning, but now they're gone again. Will let you know if they reappear.
Replying to @midwinter_
Excellent!
Replying to @jwolman
shift-refresh... shift-refresh... shift-refresh...
Replying to @tcarmody and @jwolman
It's... not bad. Way less ugly than the old layout. But things feel really spread out, even in the dense version.
Replying to @tcarmody
Not unlike the revamp of OS X Lion to be consistent with iOS.
Replying to @dancohen
EVERYWHERE.
Replying to @juliandibbell
You can definitely add people to more than one circle! Just check multiple boxes.
Hey, I just realized! I'm actually not employed from tomorrow through Monday. Weird.
Replying to @plragde
Good point: I have a job; I just won't be doing it.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Woo! I'm in if you are!
Replying to @captain_primate
Coincidentally, also my favorite Muppet Show bit! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltlPINPn8UU
Replying to @captain_primate
Indeed!
Replying to @cjprender
I suppose I'll survive the four days...
Replying to @cjprender
Hmmm. Probably not. I think I'll just store up a few days' worth of sleeping in, as that's about to be history.