The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @billbrown ever

November 2010

Gee, holiday travelers didn’t disobey an increasingly arbitrary TSA. Go figure. http://blog.tsa.gov/2010…

via Twitter for iPhone

angrysantaelf Why does Santa live in the North Pole? The same reason he flies deer, breaks into homes and holds meetings naked. The man’s freakin’ insane!

via web (retweeted on 7:16 PM, Nov 22nd, 2010 via Twitter for iPhone)

This would make an awesome Easter egg! http://x.co/KOhJ

via X.CO

One more thorn to go!

via web

Gotta remember that there’s such a thing as too parallel.

via web

I’m not exactly sure why, but I’m really pining for a grapple right now.

via Twitter for iPhone

TV Show High Concept: “The End” Title credits come up: boom! That’s it.

via Twitter for iPhone

Yay! I got a plus next to my name in the employee directory again! Finally!

via web

Stunning: http://x.co/KNeq But for the life of me, I can’t figure out its audience.

via web

I can’t shake this performance paranoia: I’m even tuning my regular expressions.

via web

StephenAtHome Every morning when I wake up I wonder to myself, “Is today going to be the day that Lou Bega drops Mambo No. 6?”

via web (retweeted on 1:13 PM, Nov 18th, 2010 via web)

@marcurran No, no, no. It’s a reminder that you need to train your children to look for police cars when you’re driving.

via web in reply to marcurran

Bots: I hate ‘em.

via web

I love going through the logs and fixing prevalent exceptions. Eventually, I hope to have a log that’s all signal and no noise.

via web

I’m not a fan of unit testing (or TDD for that matter)—though I used to be. But when you need it, boy howdy is it handy.

via web

“All I want to say is, people lighten up. … Use the style guide when it helps, ignore it when it’s in the way.” http://x.co/KNIX

via web

@shlevy I am exceedingly proud of it. Just had a great release today and there’s lots more where that came from.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to shlevy

@shlevy Unfortunately, I can’t comment on future plans. I will make note of your request in the Big Log o’ User Desires.

via web in reply to shlevy

funnest TSA screening procedure is hereby renamed “gate rape”. Pass it on.

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 12:13 PM, Nov 17th, 2010 via Twitter for iPhone)

souders caveat: Even if you set an image to have display:none or visibility:hidden it still gets downloaded. Need to use JS to delay loading.

via web (retweeted on 10:38 PM, Nov 15th, 2010 via Twitter for iPhone)

TSAgov It’s not a grope. It’s a freedom pat. #TSASlogans #tsa

via web (retweeted on 5:07 PM, Nov 15th, 2010 via Twitter for iPhone)

This looks like an interesting book. Can’t wait to read it. http://x.co/Jy5p

via X.CO

We didn’t want to let the priests have all the fun. #tsaslogans

via Twitter for iPhone

No fad diet necessary: “The basics of weight loss are simple: Eat less. Move more.” http://x.co/KHFX

via web

The Diamondbacks have some swanky offices, I’ll say!

via Twitter for iPhone

@marcurran Luckily, I consider this an “opt-in” kind of story.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to marcurran

@allroses Out of respect for those with delicate sensibilities, I’ll have to relate the details in person.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to allroses

That was easily the most disgusting thing I’ve had to clean up in my parenting career spanning over seven years.

via Twitter for iPhone

dmill267 “Damn you shorteralls!”—30 Rock– my new fave grudge phrase. Sorry “Blurg”, Boca just called and said it’s time to retire.

via Echofon (retweeted on 10:16 PM, Nov 11th, 2010 via Twitter for iPhone)

@donniefitz2 I don’t but it might be an option you can pay for. I don’t remember.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to donniefitz2

@donniefitz2 I am and have been for at least 6 years. Love it!

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to donniefitz2

@darrencauthon I know what you mean. You can generally find good ones on http://www.retailmenot.c…

via web in reply to darrencauthon

Just learned a new word: nosism. It means the royal we. See? You can get something out of an inane blog entry’s comments: http://x.co/KERQ

via web

iTunes apparently lost my copy of High Performance JavaScript because I manually added it via another Mac. Gone are my highlights and notes.

via web

Ugh, the perennial debate in my head: Enyim or BeIT? I keep choosing BeIT but I second-guess myself: “Should I give Enyim another chance?”

via web

@darrencauthon I’ve used it a few times when needing to pass a few disparate (though strongly-typed) args as state to TPL’s StartNew method.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to darrencauthon

(It’s the first product I’ve worked on here that got a shirt. I got a polo for ePAL when I worked at @Desert_Schools.)

via Twitter for iPhone

allroses Likin’ our new X.CO shirts. Front: http://twitpic.com/35oa5y Back: http://twitpic.com/35oaop Good job @twinklergirl!

via web (retweeted on 3:08 PM, Nov 10th, 2010 via Twitter for iPhone)

On a walk, I was seriously tempted to hop on the back of a slow-moving flatbed truck like the hoboes of yore. Decided against it—work to do.

via Twitter for iPhone

AmyPeikoff Leonard @Peikoff doesn’t mince words http://bit.ly/agB8dN

via web (retweeted on 2:35 PM, Nov 10th, 2010 via Twitter for iPhone)

@Peikoff Your statement clarifies everything perfectly. Your detractors don’t represent me, for one. A tiger doesn’t change her stripes.

via web

@shlevy Don’t! We’ve got ample room left for you.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to shlevy

The new @OmniFocus sneaky peek makes the Quick Entry dialog play nice with Spaces! I can finally send OF back to Space 1 where it belongs.

via web

This is shaping up to be my month.

via web

@kim_mcneill If one thinks one’s children are one’s equals, then one has a pretty low opinion of oneself.

via web in reply to kim_mcneill

If touch devices are the future, then proofreading is going to either experience a renaissance or fade away in exasperated resignation.

via Twitter for iPhone

@id256 Really. It was politics, it was simple, and liberals are generally like that. Wealth is not taken—it is created then exchanged.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to id256

A dynamite explanation of wealth creation: http://x.co/K3IL

via web

waltal The scientific method applied to the non-rotting McDonalds hamburger nonsense: http://bit.ly/bJNgmw

via sobees (retweeted on 2:23 PM, Nov 5th, 2010 via Twitter for iPhone)

newclarion New Entry: The Republican Moment http://bit.ly/c7YAkC

via The New Clarion (retweeted on 7:13 AM, Nov 5th, 2010 via Twitter for iPhone)

One Take Five bar? We need to find a better neighborhood by next Halloween.

via Twitter for iPhone

newclarion New Entry: The Left Explains the Election http://bit.ly/d1UkmN

via The New Clarion (retweeted on 6:14 AM, Nov 4th, 2010 via Twitter for iPhone)

newclarion New Entry: How I Will Vote http://bit.ly/ctesIk

via The New Clarion (retweeted on 3:41 PM, Oct 31st, 2010 via Twitter for iPhone)