2011 07 01 tweets
Hey, happy birthday @amandafrench and Canada! One of you is 144 and the other really really is not!
Replying to @amandafrench
Thanks! Seriously, I hope you have a fantastic day.
Replying to @rgfeal
Ha. Somebody might have a generous future employer who allowed her insurance to become effective a couple of days early.
Replying to @rgfeal
Hey, if we can have it at eomega.org, I'm in!
I have never been more ready to have some damn furniture in my house. And yet there are Six. Days. To go.
Replying to @jbj, @tcarmody and @paleofuture
It does need a certain breadth. The part that grates with me, though, is the security stuff, which basically +
Replying to @jbj, @tcarmody and @paleofuture
says that if things go wrong, it's your fault, and don't come crying to them. Not a good PR move. -
Replying to @paleofuture, @jbj and @tcarmody
I'm fine with the "publicly display" in theory, as there is a Public folder to be accounted for. But the last +
Replying to @paleofuture, @jbj and @tcarmody
couple of weeks have made me profoundly unsettled by "to the extent we think it necessary for the Service." +
Replying to @paleofuture, @jbj and @tcarmody
I do not trust their judgment about what's necessary at this point. -
Replying to @jmcclurken and @academicdave
In fact, I'd suggest that the new TOS/Privacy/Security policies make things worse. The default position is that +
Replying to @jmcclurken and @academicdave
security is your responsibility, and that they have the right to do whatever they think best with your stuff.
Replying to @shanakimball
Have a fabulous trip! If you've never read David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, I'd highly recommend it. Excellent jetlag reading.
Replying to @shanakimball and @sleonchnm
CLOUD ATLAS. I liked JdZ a lot but... CLOUD ATLAS.
All this Googlemania inspired by G+ has me testing out Tasks again. So far, I'm liking it; stripped-down, non-fussy, multiple to-do lists.
I will also confess to buying a few new-apartment/new-job presents for myself. Fancy new pots to replace the ones my tenants destroyed. +
A soda machine I've had my eye on. And a Roku box, which I'll hook to my TV if it ever actually shows up here...
Replying to @hollykruse
One could, perhaps, wash them very badly and then repeatedly cook with them in the unwashed state, leaving them uncleanable.
Replying to @hollykruse
Though I will confess to being very fussy about my pots, these were really disgusting, and no amount of scouring helped.
Replying to @annehelen
I have been DYING for one. So excited.
Replying to @hollykruse
Go, go, go!
Replying to @LyonCommaRachel
Yes, it will be! I'm very fired up about it.
Replying to @hollykruse
Perhaps you could fantasize about having ice cream and hot fudge WITH IMPUNITY post-gym.
Replying to @hollykruse
I can see that. I often find myself thinking about things like that "oh, I could do that anytime" and so never doing it.
Replying to @samplereality
Ooh, thanks - I'll do that!
Replying to @mmwwah
Yes, Soda Stream. And All-Clad stainless, which I'm beside myself with excitement about.
You know, I thought my email had gotten awfully light. Turns out Gmail hadn't picked up messages for one of my accounts in a week.
And now I have 100+ messages to wade through. 30+ of them categorized as "important." Most awesome.
Replying to @CapitolClio
SpiderOak! It's a little more complex to set up, but because it's far more flexible and powerful. https://spideroak.com/download/referral/525c5656d1c56eccf12b5a466f7553ca
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Clearly!
Replying to @CapitolClio
Everyone says great stuff about it. Very much looking forward to testing mine out!
Replying to @audreywatters
Am working on doing the same.
Among the casualties of my email fiasco: just now getting to read Matthew Reisz on alternatives to the monograph in THE: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=416572&c=2
Replying to @KatharineKLiu
It actually works pretty well for me but it takes a little training. Make sure you mark as unimportant stuff that's not, etc.
Little kitty does not like New York thunderstorms. Found her wedged in between the wall and the refrigerator.
Replying to @jaltreuter
Boy, wouldn't that be something!
Replying to @GeorgeOnline
She seems to be better now that the lightning has stopped. And since she figured out how to get out from next to the fridge.
Replying to @jaltreuter
Catnip for everyone!
Replying to @msbonn
Happy 4th, Maria!
Reading your completed book manuscript can be exciting! Reading it the twentieth time as you review the proofs... less so.
I've made it to page 121 of 231, and am about to take the rest of the evening off. Thoughts of tomorrow are becoming too distracting.
I'm at work! In a new job! With a new office! It's possible I'm a little excited!
Replying to @rgfeal
Blue sauce?! Wow.
Replying to @nowviskie and @backtype
Ooh, that sucks.
Replying to @soleysomma and @rgfeal
Thank you! I'm very excited about what's ahead. I'll hope to meet before long as well.
Thanks for all the good wishes yesterday, folks. Surprisingly enough, I'm back in my office again today!
\(And have been since 8am, and this is the first chance I've had to look at the twitters\. Tons of fun here so far\.\)
Replying to @briancroxall
The MLA offices. I'm sure folks on the twitters are having loads of fun, but I've missed it, alas.
Day 2 at the MLA, successfully navigated. Tomorrow? The movers come! There. Will. Be. Furniture.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
You know, I told someone this afternoon that I can imagine feeling nostalgic for the empty apartment. Someday.
Anyhow, that's the up side. The down side is that I still have 100 pgs of proofs to get through, and am too exhausted to contemplate it now.
Replying to @surlyF
"I did a bunch of really awesome stuff over the last few years. I've got more awesome stuff to do. Promote me!" Done.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
I'll say to myself, "ah, those were the salad days." Something like that?
Replying to @wynkenhimself
\(I was mostly thinking that the place is about to feel a lot smaller, but I like your version better\.\)
Replying to @surlyF
Mwa-ha-ha.
I'm happy I have a little Irish whisky left. But it's reacting unpleasantly with my paper cup. Would it be bad to drink it from the bottle?
Replying to @sleonchnm
I always did like you.
Replying to @kikidotca
Smart. And thrifty!
Replying to @sleonchnm
Precisely what I'm enjoying here. Will be even better when I have glass glasses.
Replying to @sleonchnm
I thought I was safe with my paper cup, but it turns out the bottom of the cup is wax-coated. Blech.
Replying to @JenHoward
Are you sure it's not because you're in her seat?
Replying to @sleonchnm
And so it is now being done. Very happy there's no one with a camera here.
Replying to @patrick_mj
Ha! I would never have attempted a Dixie cup. This was a higher-end cup that I thought was all paper - but I was so wrong.
Replying to @sleonchnm
Oh, they are! I'm sure the honeymoon part will fade, but I'm thrilled so far.
Replying to @patrick_mj
You're right. 100%.
Replying to @tcarmody
My family got some lace curtains a couple of generations back, but you can't take the Irish out of the Irish, that's for sure.
PS, for those who might be concerned: we're talking about less than 1/2 inch of whiskey left in the bottle. Neither I nor it will be harmed.
Replying to @captain_primate
You are not kidding. It's lovely on the iPhone, but with a freaking full-size browser, why default to the mobile version?
Replying to @captain_primate
No, exactly. The desktop version on my iPad refuses to scroll. Srsly, scrolling! How hard is that?
Replying to @sleonchnm and @alienweedman
I can think of several worse things.
Replying to @halavais
Given that we are now post hoc, I cannot help but agree with you.
I defy one of you to explain to me why Hall & Oates's "Private Eyes" is stuck in my head.
Replying to @hollykruse
You may be on to something there.
Replying to @hollykruse
PS: I am hoping we did not just trade. I'll stick with mine, thanks.
Replying to @hollykruse
I would say that I could only imagine, but I got curious. That was worth the potential earworm.
Replying to @Cosmosis
Aw, man! That's exactly what it was - I don't follow him, but somebody RT'd him.
If you were curious? It's Wil Wheaton's fault: he's been tweeting the lyrics, and somebody RT'd him. DIE, WESLEY CRUSHER, DIE!
Ah, aerobed of my friend Stephanie, I will remember fondly how you rescued me from the floor, but it's time for us to go our separate ways.
Replying to @tcarmody
Yeah, I have to say, Steph's is nothing like the pool float I bought in 1998.
Replying to @stevebrier
Oh, awful. I have a sure-fire cure: one rousing chorus of "Lonesome Loser." Strong enough to drive anything else out, but +
Replying to @stevebrier
weirdly, not strong enough to take up residence itself.
Replying to @stevebrier
Pretty close. I keep expecting it not to work, and yet it keeps working.
At home this morning, waiting for the movers. Please please let them show up on time. And let them put my tables back together properly.
Yay, movers! RIght on the dot!
Replying to @mmwwah
You said it!
Not exactly a false alarm: the movers are here but are now wrangling with parking. Sigh.
Replying to @cjprender
Nice!
Okay, guys. Don't tease me like this.
Phew, that did it. Have seen a mover. Stuff is about to appear.
Replying to @cjprender
Thanks!
Awesome to see that my living room rug arrived with all the cat hair still intact.
31 of 114 items, now in the apartment. Mostly boxes, but at least the rugs got down first.
Replying to @mmwwah
Many thanks. The parts box has been found, so I'm hopeful about the rest.
Like a cat, I find myself sitting in each new chair as it arrives. Chairs! Amazing!
Replying to @micahvandegrift
Hi! Not yet, alas, but soon. Email me? kfitzpatrick at mla.
Replying to @buridan
It's both territoriality and amazement at the invention, after ten days on the floor.
One hour into actual delivery, close to two-thirds done. The tables issue is yet to be faced.
Replying to @rgfeal
They're closed up in the room of adjustment. Would freak them out to much to be in the middle of this.
Replying to @rgfeal
Alas, that is not to be. But the room of adjustment is pretty awesome in its own right, if a bit small.
Replying to @jmaxsfu
Heh. I wish that were solvable in one hour.
The putting-together of the tables has begun.
Movers gone. Just enough time to shower and get myself downtown for a 4pm meeting. Whew.
\(PS, for those following at home: the tables mostly came back together fine\. The coffee table isn't right, though, and will take work yet\.\)
Replying to @Ed_Raso and @darenchapin
Hey thanks! Would love to come but my pal Megan Abbott is having her book release party at the Strand at 7. Next time?
Replying to @Ed_Raso and @darenchapin
\(On Megan: http://www\.meganabbott\.com/\)
Everywhere I turn it looks like this. Don't even know where to begin. http://yfrog.com/kehnesgj
I decided to start with the kitchen. Just grabbed the first box I saw. I *swear* it did not have "wine" written on the outside of it.
Replying to @pgilbert142001
It's called Office2HD - it works well with straightforward formatting, but beware: it eats footnotes, track changes, etc.
Replying to @pgilbert142001
PS: Hi!
Unpacked yesterday from 8am to 10pm nonstop. Crashed at midnight and slept until 10am. Could use another day like that but everything hurts.
Replying to @jwolman
Interns! Why didn't I think of that? Unpaid labor operating on the vague promise of future employment... it's just the thing!
Replying to @rgfeal
Yes, major progress. And am gradually making more today. One room at a time!
Okay! Project Splice Together Functioning Speaker Wires from Bits Hacked Out of Living Room Shelves, accomplished! Surround sound achieved.
Replying to @alanbenson
Point well taken. Operation Sound Future is pretty good, but perhaps too subtle ideologically. Operation Audio Freedom?
Despite the fact that I only got out of bed 11.5 hours ago, I am completely crashing. Another successful day of unpacking.
Replying to @shanakimball
Thanks, Shana! Looking forward to seeing you in a few days.
Replying to @rgfeal
Everybody's a critic.
Replying to @samplereality
I hate it when that happens.
Replying to @acavender
Apparently the drop date is the 14th. So yes on the first part, but not so much on the second.
Replying to @acavender
Yeah, I'm feeling a bit impatient; ready to get these various upgrades underway already.
Replying to @samplereality, @ernestopriego and @digitaldigs
Oy. As soon as they describe PO as "wildly popular," you know there's something wrong.
Cooking! In my apartment! For the first time! \(At least for values of "cooking" equal to boiling pasta\!\)
Replying to @Ed_Raso
I completely agree!
Replying to @cscannella
Hey, little steps. It wasn't delivered or microwaved. :)
Replying to @jmcclurken
Really painful, isn't it? I've been having to say no to amazing stuff, which is really, really hard. Ah, life choices.
Replying to @samplereality
Cool! Can't wait to hear more about it.
Replying to @fraistat
Yay! I'll be in around 11. See you tomorrow.
Replying to @moncia
My bet is #sci9.
Replying to @shanakimball
Yay, Shana! Looking forward to seeing you.
Replying to @vszabo
I can hardly wait! #mla12
RT @vszabo: My #mla12 session on 'Digital Humanities v. New Media' will be at 515p Saturday. Let's have a big fight then make up over dr ...
Hello, CHO!
RT @tmcphers: #sci9 lively + far-ranging bunch o' folks in the room: should be an interesting 2 days
One hope of #sci9 is to establish the necessary conditions, incl infrastructure, for conducting humanities scholarship in the digital realm.
Abby: imagine we are not attached to the institutions we work for, but rather to the *ends* of those institutions. [+] #sci9
How might we reimagine paths to a goal if we focus on the goals rather than the paths? [-} #sci9
Replying to @foundhistory
Certainly meetings and conferences should be included, in that vein; those will change in the same ways publishing has. #sci9
How do we re-engineer systems of credit in scholarly production? \(NB: \*not\* just about tenure and promotion\!\) #sci9
@rgfeal @dancohen His was a direct quote; mine was a paraphrase of a longer thought.
Replying to @rgfeal and @dancohen
I'm less sure of that. Abby's point was that we get so focused on institutions - "the way things have been done" [+]
Replying to @rgfeal and @dancohen
that we can't imagine change. If we detach our thinking from those institutions and focus on their ends, what might we do?
Replying to @rgfeal and @dancohen
Exactly. "Institutions" understood very broadly.
RT @dancohen: My answer to how to get an audience for new academic pubs/networks: highlight high-quality niche content for scholarly com ...
Replying to @nowviskie
Interestingly, that divide isn't always tied to $$, but sometimes to institutional size and type. #sci9
Replying to @kfitz
Absolutely! // RT @nowviskie @kfitz Or even just to priority-setting \(and policy\-setting\) within a given institution. #sci9
RT @rgfeal: What if you printed books and nobody read them? @RepoRat @JenHoward #sci9
Fantastic afternoon and evening with the #sci9 folks, leaving me really enthusiastic for tomorrow's unconference sessions!
Replying to @tcarmody
I'm a little behind the times, but this is great news - congrats!
Collaborators' Bill of Rights \(from MITH\-hosted Off the Tracks workshop\): http://mith.umd.edu/offthetracks/recommendations/ #sci9
RT @tanyaclement: @kfitz the entire #trx4hx recommendations are also up at http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/offthetracks/ #sci9
Replying to @tanyaclement
Thanks!
Replying to @nowviskie and @shanakimball
MediaCommons would be very happy to help build that discussion. We got awesome feedback on the AAUP report...
Replying to @nowviskie and @shanakimball
Fantastic! Let's make a plan. #sci9
We need "deliberate but flexible" models for scholarly communication; make purposeful choices but keep them from becoming fixed. #sci9
Replying to @briancroxall
Online! http://www.mlahandbook.org
Replying to @briancroxall
Not exactly paywalled; your account is free! But passwordwalled, yes. Do make an account when you have your copy on hand.
Replying to @briancroxall
It's a phenomenal resource. \(And we'll be talking about what's next\.\.\.\)
Replying to @briancroxall
Among other bodies, yes!
Happily seated on the Terrace of Awesomeness. Glad to be home, if only briefly.
Processing the amazing conversations at #sci9 and looking enormously forward to what's next. Thanks for everything, @nowviskie & UVa!
Replying to @miriamkp
Oh, no! I hope you're on your way home now...
Replying to @miriamkp
Absolutely! Beyond "Dead to Me."
Replying to @nancybaym
I've been listening to your Faves playlist!
Replying to @nancybaym
Will do!
Replying to @nancybaym
Yeah, I'm only seeing 4 public playlists now, and the Faves is not one of them.
Replying to @nancybaym
Hmmm. A puzzle! Thanks for making the others public, though - lots to try out!
Replying to @nancybaym
Excellent - thanks!
Replying to @nancybaym
I think I will! Am about to have to stop playing with Spotify for a bit, but when I get back on I'll put something together.
Dear @continental: Thanks for texting me my flight info! Even more awesome would have been not getting the time wrong by an hour. xo, @kfitz
Sooooo not happy with how it looks like this flight is about to go. #economyminusismorelikeit
Okay, so it could be worse; it appears we're going to get in to LA an hour early. So only five hours in the very back of the plane.
Replying to @veek
I think it was a time zone thing; the msg listed the flight as departing an hour before sched, but the time on the msg was wrong too.
Replying to @sleonchnm
I'm so sorry, Sharon. I'll cross my fingers for her...
Replying to @mannahattamamma
Have a safe and thrilling journey! I'll look forward to reading all about it. Look me up if you pass back thru NYC.
Replying to @jmittell
You've prob thought of this, but check activity monitor for the process running out of control & search Apple discussions for it.
Replying to @jmittell
Argh. Yes, way too vague. Might be worth a search to see if others are having the issue, but... how frustrating.
Okay, a reason to love @spotify - and a reason worth paying for: having on-the-road access to way more of my music than my MBAir can hold.
Replying to @publichistorian and @stevesilberman
Merchants of Doubt is an absolutely brilliant - and absolutely terrifying - book.
Replying to @tcarmody
Go, Tim!
Replying to @jwolman
Totally agreed. Facilitating sharing and discussion of content would have provided a clear distinction.
Moar coffee pleez.
Replying to @rgfeal
I has got!
"Stop talking about what 'counts' for tenure and start talking about what counts." @TenuredRadical bit.ly/qBaWJ9
About to head toward USC for my 1pm PDT talk at #nehvectors. Tune in later for tweetage, I hope!
Replying to @alicetiara and @spotify
I bought mine yesterday, after a day and a half with a free account. Just love it.
Replying to @rgfeal
Well, better late than never!
Replying to @KevinSHawkins and @georgeonline
Well, yay! Welcome!
Replying to @brettbobley
Whoa, good luck! You've been awfully stoic about the packing process, unlike some people I might name \(ahem\).
I seem to be taking to this regular job thing. I'm very happy to be in the office this morning - and not just for the air conditioning!
\(Though that really doesn't hurt\.\)
Replying to @mmwwah
The apt has window units. They work, mostly. The office, however, has silent refrigeration. Much appreciated right now.
Replying to @mmwwah
No, no. They're window units but they're not in the windows; they're in the wall below.
Replying to @briancroxall and @samplereality
Hey, where is this DH playlist? I'm only seeing two public playlists for you, neither of which is that one...
Replying to @briancroxall and @samplereality
Ah, got it. Thanks!
Replying to @fraistat and @melissaterras
My fave Britishism is "scheme" for "plan" or "program." "Our loyalty scheme" always sounds vaguely sinister.
Replying to @briancroxall
Hmmm. Mine is supposed to be public. Not sure why it's not appearing.
Replying to @briancroxall
Hey wait: did you just look for "kfitz"? Because I'm on Spotify as "kfitz47," for better or for worse.
Replying to @briancroxall
Excellent!
Replying to @eddietejeda
Saw that! Amazing defense of the commons.
Replying to @sivavaid
92 at 11pm in NYC. I'd sigh but it's too hot.
God, enough with the bad news today already. Norway, Amy Winehouse, Daniel Schorr. The world has broken my heart enough for now. Ça suffit.
Replying to @mattthomas and @wynkenhimself
Wow. Teach me to pay attention to the year on a story!
Okay, my bad reading has been corrected: today's the one-year anniversary of Daniel Schorr's death. But still.
Replying to @wpwend42
Phew! So glad to hear that. I hope the weather continues to cooperate with his recovery.
Updated both of my personal machines to Lion this weekend. Cannot update the work machine due to required systems that are incompatible. +
So I get to spend the next however long with a brain broken from switching back and forth between scrolling paradigms. #unevendevelopment
Replying to @nirak
I suppose I'll have to do the same until the work computer can be updated. Can't deal with the vertigo of going back & forth.
The Berlin9 Open Access Conference is coming to the US in November - and the call for posters deadline approaches! http://www.berlin9.org/news/callforposters.shtml
Replying to @maximolly
I'm so sorry - how awful! Sending good thoughts for your extended family.
Goodbye, Minitel. http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/07/25/service.predated.public.internet/
Replying to @boone
Holy cow, but that kid looks like you!
Replying to @nancybaym
I'm in the market for a new pair of earbuds \(with mic for ayphone\) - what brand/model are your beloveds?
Replying to @RepoRat and @rschon
You should hand that book to the requester and insist upon watching them read it right now. GO AHEAD, READ.
Replying to @nancybaym
Ooh, nice. I'll poke around and see if they've got a mic version!
Note to self: must obtain coffee-making apparatus for office. Also coffee.
Replying to @2xlp
That may be just the ticket. I love that it "will work forever, unless it is dropped or in some other way demolished."
Replying to @mmwwah
I'm not sure. Perhaps the sense is that you shouldn't be paying for our coffee. But the increased productivity! Might be worth it!
Replying to @mmwwah
Ah, if only you were here to do so!
Replying to @sleonchnm
Go, kitty!
Replying to @jcmeloni
I believe I should be in town, yes! Let's make a plan. Also, when is your talk on Friday?
Replying to @jcmeloni
Cool - I'll look forward to hearing more!
Replying to @patrick_mj
I discovered today that mine does suck but the brushes don't spin. Which makes the vacuum suck. Less confusing but still sucky.
Replying to @pmhswe
Ooh, yum. I'm in the middle of making a Bittman-inspired batch of black beans & broccoli rabe.