Weekly tweet digest for 2010-01-31

@BiellaColeman awww :/ ice cream heals many ills. in reply to BiellaColeman #
@slyall very nice to meet you! in reply to slyall #
feeling a bit dazed, inspired, happy. wishing my tribe from #lca2010 had come home with me. #
OH: "database logging is your friend." amen. #
@eximious please see: Calgary Stampede for counterexample. #
plotting upcoming @pdxpug meeting topics. apparently, the OBAMA! meeting was a roaring success. #
goog still thinks i'm in NZ 🙂 #
current status: fireflies on water http://flic.kr/p/7ykZz3 #
@christiekoehler thanks! 🙂 in reply to christiekoehler #
@eximious LOLZ #
lolz for the morning: social media suicide: http://www.seppukoo.com/ [http://www.seppukoo.com/] #
@foursixnine the whole thing makes me laugh. in reply to foursixnine #
@Mettadore also, kind of good marketing for their project 😉 in reply to Mettadore #
+1 RT @darianapatrick: I love my friends. I'm very happy to have them. #
shout out to @magnushagander and others who work on auth systems in #postgres, and other good stuff – http://tr.im/LAal #
@whateverson same strategy should be applied to women in tech, imo. 🙂 in reply to whateverson #
@al3x whoa. speedy j flashbacks. haven't listened to that record in 6+ years. in reply to al3x #
little tiny sparkly things making my day. #
@janl welcome to the US! 🙂 in reply to janl #
named new laptop after wu zetian: http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine6.html #
@bkuhn she was apparently not a fan of freedom, but you know. whatever. 😀 #
@craigfisk don't know about novels, will check it out. <3 the link. thanks! in reply to craigfisk #
@bkuhn you say that like marketing is a bad thing 😉 #
@bkuhn "what it is" isn't obvious. mostly teasing & agree w/u. i just see overuse of 'marketing as evil' when marketing can == better docs #
@tuss thx! 🙂 we/#postgres wish we had more technical marketing folks. research on gaps in docs would be +1 #
@tuss LOL. i'll just keep believing that you agree. #
@jenred eeepc. won't be a primary machine, but good for taking around town, on trips. in reply to jenred #
@vanden that is amazing. now i have some wikipedia-ing to do on those 🙂 my names are women, names that inspire/amuse me. #
gonna ride my bike today. *squee*! (day 2: no coffee) #
@markwkm for sure! #
re-reading http://tr.im/LGeY [http://tr.im/LGeY] and http://tr.im/LGeZ [http://tr.im/LGeZ] for Thursday's @osbridge town hall #
cc: @BiellaColeman RT @jennydeluxe: 4Chan founder moot speaking at TED in Feb? That is a talk I want to hear. http://bit.ly/5vKNW2 HT @megan #
hey @schwa, sorry to disappoint, but I'm a K&R kind of gal. #braces #whatchicksdig #
@schwa let me have a look at that… >clickity< >click< in reply to schwa #
trying to inject some fun into the -advocacy threads. likely failing. #postgres #
OH: "let's implement a markov chain algorithm to periodically come up with new slogans" #postgres #
OH "PostgreSQL: The Database of Entropic Destinies." #postgres #
hey @LeTwistedMentat, what about sense of humor? does using Postgres tend to say anything about that? 🙂 in reply to LeTwistedMentat #
sounds cool. RT @codelikeagirl: Code Like A Girl: raising visibility of women programmers thru pair programming http://www.codelikeagirl.org #
@mjollnir just think of it as an opportunity to be a supermayor 🙂 in reply to mjollnir #
must be the #lca2010 high still, but this totally made me tear up: "PostgreSQL – Powerful Freedom" #
@obra hah! in some cruel twist of fate, i've been unsuccessful in doing a usb-install on laptop so far. strong willed, this one. in reply to obra #
pxe boot from the mac, ftw! thanks, @obra. #
Why you should go to LCA2011 – http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2010/01/27/why-you-should-go-to-lca-2011/ #
@dukeleto i think that would be the perfect place for it. in reply to dukeleto #
iPad? really? Really? #lulz #
@auxesis anytime! it rules! in reply to auxesis #
RT @violetblue: I guess I should be glad that someone at Apple finally grew up and became a woman. #
RT @lyzadanger: OMG you can opt out of phone book delivery in PDX! http://bit.ly/9et9of (via @keswold) #
@jkuramot question is: does it fit in your pants? in reply to jkuramot #
@nerdliness lol! i have so many things to say about that that, well, i just can't. in reply to nerdliness #
🙁 RT @BiellaColeman: RIP Howard Zinn, a fine, fine historian http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/01/howard_zinn_his.html #
@karolcooks break a leg! 🙂 in reply to karolcooks #
@acdog likely better off using sqlite for something like that. reasonable SQL standards compliance, meant for embedding. in reply to acdog #
@acdog what kind of problems are you running into? some tricks include using local sockets instead of network, using schemas not dbs, etc. in reply to acdog #
@acdog if u wanna dig into details can email same nick @ gmail. interested in specifics. prolly would help others to figure it out. in reply to acdog #
Talent: not a license to be an asshole — @gorthx #q #
@acdog re: multiple developers if its possible to know who they are, can use schemas named after devs. pretty efficient, no collisions. in reply to acdog #
@hypatiadotca dude. got my stuff in the mail Monday. totally excited. in reply to hypatiadotca #
@hypatiadotca haha that sounds… productive 🙂 in reply to hypatiadotca #
RT @christiekoehler: Open Source Bridge Town Hall is TONIGHT — 7pm @ NedSpace Old Town: http://bit.ly/aX7mbF (via @osbridge) #
wanna help #Postgres? Do some proofreading! http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Documentation_Proofreading #
"drizzle emits protobufs." "they should get that checked out." #lolz #
more slogans: "Postgres: Who stole my QL?" #
hahaha! RT @olly Stolen QL located: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc3kGyYyqgQ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc3kGyYyqgQ] #
@_karora looking forward to your visit to portland!! in reply to _karora #
working on slides for @osbridge townhall #
enjoying adding another shout-out to @kartar. so quotable, that fellow. #osbridge #
@kartar lots of lovely complimentary things about #osbridge 🙂 in reply to kartar #
At town hall @osbridge #
Tonight's @pdxhackathon was epic win.
http://bit.ly/ctRSUI #
@pjf you are an inspiration! 😀 +1 for superheroes. in reply to pjf #
@schmichael +1 in reply to schmichael #
headed out for what I hope isn't a three hour tour. #osbridge #
oh right – blogged about the town hall last night 🙂 http://opensourcebridge.org/2010/01/town-hall-happened-now-what/ #
kinda sad I didn't make it to #shesgeeky #
@lizhenry :'( i might come to SF a day early btw. BOAT HOUSE TOUR! in reply to lizhenry #
@morganpdx we are so on for coffee third #
amused by the fact that when i mention arduino people ask me "which one?" and all I want to talk about is what i'm going to do with it. #
@markgross tee hee. it wasn't just you 😀 in reply to markgross #
@snaga i'm going to replace the controller for my central air system. no more pressing annoying up and down buttons to program it! in reply to snaga #
@rssenior FTW! that is inspirational! in reply to rssenior #
Donuts… 🙂 #
@auxesis thanks for the link! Hadn't seen it but excited to check it out. in reply to auxesis #
"Coffeesports!" – @dukeleto #
@timClicks weather's like Wellington — rainy, with bits of sun 🙂 in reply to timClicks #
@igalko omg. Love it. in reply to igalko #
OH: we care about your conference experience, that's why we're making you fill out this survey. #
had marathon @osbridge planning session. Thanks @pdxyogini, @edaypdx, @reidab and @igalko for brain waves and conversation. AND THE CANNOLI! #
there's a video of our town hall for @osbridge available now at http://osbridge.blip.tv/ #