Abulsme.com: January 2014

Foggy Night

Playing a bit more with the camera this evening. :-)

@abulsme tweets from 2014-01-16 (UTC)

My auto twitter digestifier thing didn’t work yesterday & I had to do it by hand. Hoped it was a fluke, but didn’t work again today. :-( 01:20:51
I guess this means sometime soon I have to spend some time figuring out why it stopped working. :-/ Sigh! 01:21:42
[Abulpost] Moon http://t.co/2TO0598VRz 06:26:15
RT @trevortimm: In which @DanielEllsberg learns on RedditвЂ”for the first timeвЂ”Nixon had surveillance on him before the Pentagon Papers http:вЂ¦ 06:59:37
Sigh, this is why Twitter Digest isn’t working any more: https://t.co/bo5BS6CxBA Hope the developer is able to get an update out soon. :-( 07:08:17
He’s on itвЂ¦ RT @whalespine: Twitter API changes to SSL only which broke Twitter Digest WordPress plugin. I'll fix it soon. 07:13:52
Reading – A Penny Stock Called Nestor Just Surged 1900% Because People Confused It With Nest (Steven Perlberg) http://t.co/Jr2ITIc2Xk 07:31:55
I predict zero of twelve: Scorecard: Will Obama Hit the Mark on Real NSA Reform? (Cohn/Reitman, EFF) https://t.co/5ZOZBFB1au 07:47:19
Reading – Push for Iran sanctions bill losing momentum? (Greg Sargent) http://t.co/jNAVXl2TnD 08:07:21
Reading – The Iran Vote: This Really Matters, and You Should Let Your Senators Know (James Fallows) http://t.co/2ooVHRnVu6 08:29:20
Reading – The New York Times Had a Mistake on Its Front Page Every Day for More Than a Century (Rebecca J. Rosen) http://t.co/6xojax0cww 08:31:59
Still awake. Need to be up in less than four hours. Hate days like theseвЂ¦ 09:30:46
Reading – Tony Blair let the American NSA Spy on Millions of Britons and Store their Private Data (J Cole) http://t.co/qdAppl1tkL 14:03:22
Reading – Openstreetmap: why we need a free/open alternative to proprietary maps (Cory Doctorow) http://t.co/raS1t3Hx6M 14:06:35
Reading – Blackphone, 'NSA-Proof' Smartphone Focused On Privacy, To Debut In February (HuffPost Tech) http://t.co/RSs6bOlOAX 14:12:18
My moon pic was of the "MiniMoon"! -> Reading – A вЂњMiniMoonвЂќ Seen Around the World (David Dickinson) http://t.co/VirTjFLgar 18:54:56
Heh, turns out my pic was taken at 4:43 UTC. The actual full moon was 9 minutes later at 4:52 UTC. If I had known I would have waited! :-) 19:01:59
I renewed yesterday -> Reading – The Dish, Year 2: Where Are We So Far? (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/sFCTlRwfcr 19:06:21
Reading – The Seattle Archipelago (Goldy, Slog) http://t.co/g2mrBz0Yp2 19:07:54
RT @armandodkos: "PPP finds that Chris Christie is actually in a stronger position with Republican voters in New Hampshire now following BrвЂ¦ 19:18:11
Just completed a 3.56 km walk – Mid day walk. First in a long time. http://t.co/KroQ5GJJLn #RunKeeper 20:28:57
RT @bangzilla: Starting as new CTO of Time Inc on Feb 18. Super excited! #Time 21:57:27
Reading – Everything From This 1991 Radio Shack Ad You Can Now Do With Your Phone (Steve Cichon) http://t.co/HIkM7n1cs4 23:52:22

@abulsme tweets from 2014-01-15 (UTC)

Reading – Welcome To The Net Neutrality Nightmare Scenario (John Herrman) http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/welcome-to-the-net-neutrality-nightmare-scenario вЂ¦ 00:42
RT RyanLizza: The Wikipedia entry for “mistakes were made” is like a greatest hits list of American political scandals. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistakes_were_made вЂ¦ ??:??
Reading – Time Inc. Names Colin Bodell New Technology Chief Ahead of Spinoff as Public Company (Lucia Moses) http://is.gd/yoeVKz 01:07
Reading – Look What We Found in Frozen (Disney Insider) http://blogs.disney.com/insider/articles/2013/12/10/look-what-we-found-in-frozen/ вЂ¦ 05:22
Reading – Why is everyone disappointed by Google buying Nest? (Nilay Patel) http://mobile.theverge.com/2014/1/14/5307530/why-is-everyone-disappointed-by-google-buying-nest вЂ¦ 05:37
Reading – Six things revealed from newly-unclassified NSA documents (Matthew Keys) http://pocket.co/syMPy 07:49
Reading – Quote of the Day: The War Party Is Working Hard to Make Iran Look Like a Victim (Kevin Drum) http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/01/quote-day-war-party-working-hard-make-iran-look-victim вЂ¦ 07:52
Reading – The death of Obamacare’s death spiral (Ezra Klein) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/14/the-death-of-obamacares-death-spiral/ вЂ¦ 08:01
Watching – Bruce Springsteen & Jimmy Fallon: “Gov. Christie Traffic Jam” (“Born To Run” Parody) http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/bruce-springsteen-and-jimmy-fallon-gov-christie-traffic-jam-born-to-run-parody/n45079/ вЂ¦ 17:09
Reading – Moffat Planned To Feature Peter Cushing’s Dr Who In Anniversary Special (Kasterborous) http://is.gd/3uBw7R 17:48
Watching – The Day of The Doctor Special Opening Credits [Friends style] (Silent Angel) http://is.gd/OD3iw9 17:59
Reading – Marijuana Prices In Colorado Are Sky High (The Dish) http://is.gd/CGXeGV 19:52
Reading – Everett man accused of punching dog, killing it (Eric Stevick) http://is.gd/GYcyzi 19:55
Reading – Booth babes are bad for business (Cory Doctorow) http://is.gd/2W1x7H 20:03
Reading – The Court’s Net-Neutrality Ruling Isn’t Actually That Bad (Kevin Werbach) http://is.gd/IY5ivJ 20:21
Reading – FCC Net Neutrality rules are dead, but they sucked anyway: time for some better ones – (Cory Doctorow) http://is.gd/EINIfV 20:30
RT @awscloud: .@AmazonSES now has an endpoint located in Europe! Your EU based email applications can achieve reduced latency: http://ow.ly/sCPNk ??:??
Reading – Too Late, Guys (Josh Marshall) http://is.gd/nT6t1J 22:27
Reading – The Christie Scandal Has Legs (The Dish) http://is.gd/S2LLUc 22:34
Reading – Father “Accidentally” Shoots 3-Year-Old in Head (Goldy, Slog) http://is.gd/o9PkmO 22:38
RT @AmazonSES: We are happy to announce that an Amazon SES endpoint is now available in Europe: http://sesblog.amazon.com/post/Tx3PU3POPUV0CC8/Announcing-SES-Endpoint-in-Europe вЂ¦ ??:??
Reading – The smartphone’s physical keyboard makes a last stand (Seth Weintraub) http://is.gd/d6FPTE 23:11
reading – Total Apple device sales will equal Windows PCs this year, predicts analyst (Ben Lovejoy) http://is.gd/zl3zN4 23:13

Moon

Handheld shot hot from the new camera Brandy gave me for Christmas.

Thank you Brandy!

@abulsme tweets from 2014-01-14 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 1/13/2014: 9,869 steps and 7.3 km traveled. http://www.fitbit.com/user/264X38 03:01
Reading – Obama Fights a Push to Add Iran Sanctions (Landler/Weisman) http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/world/middleeast/obama-fights-a-push-to-add-iran-sanctions.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&referrer= вЂ¦ 04:05
Reading – iPad mini with Retina display review (Rene Ritchie) http://pocket.co/s2BBE 06:40
Reading – NSA official: mass spying has foiled one (or fewer) plots in its whole history [Cory Doctorow] http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/rLiTxiR8JWs/story01.htm вЂ¦ 07:01
Reading – Florida Man Is Shot to Death for Texting During Movie Previews (John Gruber) http://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/01/14/florida-man вЂ¦ 07:27
Reading – Christie Allegedly Diverted Millions In Sandy Relief Funds 2 Pay 4 Ads Starring Himself (Volsky) http://www.alternet.org/christie-allegedly-diverted-millions-sandy-funds-pay-ads-starring-himself?paging=off&current_page=1#bookmark вЂ¦ 07:40
Reading – Dubai Calls for End to Iran Sanctions, Says no Nuclear Threat (Juan Cole) http://is.gd/5GL43i 08:43
Reading – Is 2014 the year Apple becomes a luxury brand? (Marc Ambinder) http://is.gd/p4wNRR 08:46
Reading – Chris Christie Will Not Be the 45th President of the United States (Kevin Drum) http://is.gd/syi1yE 08:49
Reading – Star Trek, post-scarcity and DRM (Rob Beschizza) http://pocket.co/s2_yt 16:26
Reading – Ticketing at the Coliseum (Centives) http://www.centives.net/S/2014/ticketing-at-the-coliseum/ вЂ¦ 16:29
Reading – Appeals court strikes down FCC’s Net neutrality rules (Marguerite Reardon) http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57617199-38/appeals-court-strikes-down-fccs-net-neutrality-rules/ вЂ¦ 16:39
RT @laurenweinstein: @declanm The path forward is clear. Declare them to be common carriers. That’s what they are. Should have been classed that way all along. 16:??
Reading – Holy Crap: Google Just Bought Nest For $3.2 Billion In Cash (Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan) http://gizmodo.com/google-just-bought-nest-for-3-2-billion-1500503899?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow вЂ¦ 16:44
Reading – The Economics of Star Trek (Rick Webb) http://pocket.co/s2_7Q 17:41
Reading – Net Neutrality Takes a Big Hit in Court (Kevin Drum) http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/01/net-neutrality-takes-big-hit-court вЂ¦ 17:45
Reading – Senate Dems put themselves in tough spot over Iran (Greg Sargent) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/01/14/senate-dems-put-themselves-in-tough-spot-over-iran/ вЂ¦ 17:53
Reading – The Dish, Year 2: Renewal Time (Andrew Sullivan) http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/01/14/the-dish-year-2-renewal-time/ вЂ¦ 17:59
Reading – What “Investment” Means to Economists (Matthew Yglesias) http://pocket.co/s2_uG 18:21
Reading – The Light Bulb Revolution Is Here to Stay (Kevin Drum) http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/01/light-bulb-revolution-here-stay вЂ¦ 18:25
RT @mckaycoppins: This is awful. RT @eliotnelson All of a sudden I want to call my parents to say I love them. http://twitter.com/eliotnelson/status/423108041936891906/photo/1pic.twitter.com/Y2XZMc5qXM ??:??
RT @AlyonaMink: RT @DanielEllsberg I am proud and honored to announce our new @FreedomofPress board member: Edward Snowden. http://bit.ly/L8H3se ??:??
RT @ggreenwald: WHOA: New Qunnipiac Poll: Americans consider Snowden more of a whistleblower than traitor by huge margin: 57-34% http://www.pollingreport.com/terror.htm ??:??
RT @mattyglesias: Kinda strange pair of polling results on Snowden: pic.twitter.com/61N69rb3S2 ??:??
RT @movingsideways: Would you like to join Google+? No? [Temperature in home steadily rises] How about now? We thought so. ??:??
Reading – Requirements for DRM in HTML5 are a secret (Cory Doctorow) http://is.gd/2qNtGP 22:35
Reading – Google Is Eating Apple’s Lunch (Todd Wasserman) http://is.gd/BLsYKA 22:39

@abulsme tweets from 2014-01-13 (UTC)

RT @BYUfan: .@abulsme That was a great show. You asked for listener predictions. Here are mine. Predictions 2014 – http://t.co/vhQQyeQfOb 00:57:57
.@BYUfan Thanks! I read your predictions the day you posted them too. Good stuff! in reply to BYUfan 01:00:37
My fitbit #Fitstats for 1/12/2014: 8,477 steps and 6.3 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:07
Reading – There's An Electronic Currency That Could Save The Economy вЂ” And It's Not Bitcoin (Danny Vinik) http://t.co/NKitKsx3Sa 01:40:56
Refrigerator broke Wednesday. Attempted repair failed Friday. New one ordered just now for Saturday delivery. Too much $$$. Better be good. 08:04:49
We of course upsold ourselves throughout the process. Picked one we really liked, but really probably past our rational budget. Oh well. :-/ 08:06:42
After the initial rounds of throwing out spoiled food, Brandy has been keeping the old refrigerator cold with dry ice, replenished daily. 08:11:07
Guess we keep doing that until the new one arrives. Fun, huh? 08:11:36
Reading – The only known photo of Einstein's Mass-Energy Equivalence formula (George Dvorsky) http://t.co/9TkabANgZu 08:34:02
Reading – Stuxnet's Secret Twin (Ralph Langner) http://t.co/q3xTFTExpi 09:13:24
Reading – The Coming Tribulation (Rod Dreher) http://t.co/m5S7spg0XU 15:32:31
Reading – Analysis of Terrorism Cases Finds NSA Phone Record Collection Didn’t Prevent Attacks (Gosztola) http://t.co/rk7FEOkB7J 15:39:54
Reading – Airliner Lands At Wrong Airport, Barely Misses Going Off Runway (Scott Neuman) http://t.co/NQ9PUiMSjR 15:45:26

@abulsme tweets from 2014-01-12 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 1/11/2014: 8,380 steps and 6.2 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:08
Reading – Is There Anything Conservative About вЂњConservative InternationalismвЂќ? (Daniel Larison) http://t.co/b85gdN8jVO 01:14:28
Reading – Kindle Vending Machine Shows How Amazon Could Take Over the World (Marcus Wohlsen) http://t.co/KIrzZ0qLLr 01:19:33
RT @KagroX: What if we sent no water to WV, and press later discovered Obama staffers texting "they're Romney voters" & "is it wrong that IвЂ¦ 01:31:00
RT @SciencePorn: Loneliest whale in the world http://t.co/k7Ycd8tszI 02:03:09
[Abulpost] We Have A Writer! http://t.co/d7HHP5hKSS 09:02:05
Reading – On Day of Symbolism, Honoring Kennedy, and Successor He Inspired (Mark Landler) http://t.co/jYrxfBvx6g 19:00:55
Reading – More Employment Graphs (Bill McBride) http://t.co/qeZPIfZjQe 19:07:47
Reading – Michael Arndt's scrapped Star Wars story was about Luke and Leia's kids (Charlie Jane Anders) http://t.co/Ei0v5Vvni6 19:11:11
Reading – 24 Reasons Husbands Can’t Be Trusted To Do Anything Right (Tanner Ringerud) http://t.co/h96XQ44xNj 19:18:48
Reading – The Untold Legal Drama Of Coyote v. Acme (Geoff Manaugh) http://t.co/gYyFkdvbmW 22:04:01
RT @YourAnonNews: Leaving your Facebook\Twitter open isn't being "hacked", it's just you being stupid. 22:26:00
RT @IFLScience: Do I really have to repost this one every time I share a cool spider macro image? Appreciate your spiderbros. http://t.co/zвЂ¦ 22:30:45
Reading – Castro: 'Oswald Could Not Have Been the One Who Killed Kennedy' (Jeffrey Goldberg) http://t.co/lMb37jFVIN 22:44:29
Reading – How Windows 8 compromised Microsoft, perhaps terminally (Rene Ritchie) http://t.co/PCA2kBQtXN 22:52:41

We Have A Writer!

He has been writing his letters on the iPhone and iPad for over a year, but this is the first fully legible I have seen on paper… with the possible exception of the occasional A, L, e and X. :-)

The new school is working out REALLY well for him. He is so much happier, and doing all sorts of new things!

@abulsme tweets from 2014-01-11 (UTC)

Reading – 4 Russian Travel Tips for Visiting America (Therese Oneill) http://t.co/ad5KpXeRp2 00:01:22
My fitbit #Fitstats for 1/10/2014: 8,406 steps and 6.2 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:08
Reading – Rachel Maddow unveils riveting Christie theory (Brad Friedman) http://t.co/oy8ZAliAYg 01:57:03
RT @mattyglesias: Boom. Great footnote. http://t.co/VtXxqaPjMn 02:15:18
Reading – US and UK struck secret deal to allow NSA to 'unmask' Britons' personal data (James Ball) http://t.co/Va9uZQEM2M 02:53:40
Reading – Senator Ted Cruz Says He No Longer Believes in States’ Rights (Kragar, LGF) http://t.co/OWcZINbDMg 02:55:48
Reading – Docs show scramble over N.J. bridge flap (Elizabeth Titus) http://t.co/LTVAGzS8wR 03:05:03
One of the HS teachers who influenced me most. Time for a few tears. -> Velyen Jeanne Vaughn 1926 – 2014 http://t.co/ZCufc7d2UI 03:11:30
Reading – US polar vortex may be example of global warming (Andrew Freedman) http://t.co/iry03loaKA 04:08:01
Reading – It Doesn't Fit (Josh Marshall) http://t.co/Y9Nb5w8rmG 04:28:10
Reading – What Do We Know About the Chemical That Just Spilled in West Virginia? (Chris Mooney) http://t.co/292vUX3L0p 04:51:40
Reading – The Surveillance Industry Index: An Introduction (Matt Rice) http://t.co/y82OZmBZKH 05:55:00
Reading – Argument preview: The nomination wars (Lyle Denniston) http://t.co/0TQDZruDPd 06:23:05
Reading – Politics A Spectre Is Haunting SeattleвЂ”the Spectre of Non-Democratism (Goldy, Slog) http://t.co/fRlHbLvYTv 17:32:25
Reading – West Virginia’s Toxic Disaster (Michael Tomasky) http://t.co/gbn6lAdE0p 17:38:10
Reading – Peak Oil Is Dead: Long Live Peak Oil! (Michael T. Klare) http://t.co/sK83utjRrb 17:53:09
Watching – Jon Stewart NAILS IT on NJ Gov. Chris Christie Bridgegate Scandal (Daily Show) http://t.co/3i3Xf8UjIM 18:08:07
Reading – Some of Christie's potential felonies (Louise, Daily Kos) http://t.co/xIZp4KwRPX 19:04:19
RT @SciencePorn: Where humans live http://t.co/gqnJs63BAW 21:09:05
Reading – Doctor Who: Moffat Promises Big Change For The Twelfth Doctor (Henry Bulmer) http://t.co/QxLVL0gJ4e 21:18:55
RT @Amazing_Maps: Did you know the continents could be arranged to look like a chicken? http://t.co/3KArHV4kff 21:21:01

@abulsme tweets from 2014-01-10 (UTC)

RT @romenesko: Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby's son – missing since Monday – has been found safe in Times Square. http://t.co/5hFPAUUCq2 02:33:49
My fitbit #Fitstats for 1/09/2014: 8,632 steps and 6.4 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 08:01:05
Reading – Freezing As The World Warms, Ctd (The Dish) http://t.co/6x8k8OSxaI 08:33:11
Reading – Never Forget That Wireless Carriers Are Evil (Matt Burns) http://t.co/xaGasfvofb 15:23:44
Reading – For Christie, 2016 May Be A Bridge To Nowhere (Ken Rudin) http://t.co/lYUz0qb77e 15:27:45
Uh ohвЂ¦ Where does House stand? RT @MiriamElder: Senate Reaches Veto-Proof Majority On Iran Sanctions http://t.co/u2lZvDhxie via @rosiegray 19:38:02
Watching – 8 Facts You Didn't Know About The Hobbit Movies (BuzzFeedVideo) http://t.co/hcIZKZHZXV 19:41:33
Reading – Let’s Be Real: Online Harassment Isn’t вЂVirtual’ For Women (Jill Flipovic) http://t.co/Ng3VvjNr48 20:10:46
Reading – Judd Apatow and Lena Dunham Get Mad at Me For Asking Why She's Naked So Much on 'Girls' (Tim Molloy) http://t.co/K2B3es93pn 20:22:42
Yup! If I could! RT @imbou: @abulsme I know you would be naked all@the time if given the option! :p 22:51:03
Reading – Send Email to Your Google+ Circles (Alex Chitu) http://t.co/KOuUFWeE5K 23:17:32
[Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: 2014 Predictions Show http://t.co/ROHWIyqZRf 23:48:43

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