{"id":385,"date":"2009-06-14T23:59:59","date_gmt":"2009-06-15T03:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/14\/weekly-tweet-digest-2009-06-14\/"},"modified":"2009-06-14T23:59:59","modified_gmt":"2009-06-15T03:59:59","slug":"weekly-tweet-digest-2009-06-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/14\/weekly-tweet-digest-2009-06-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Tweet Digest – 2009-06-14"},"content":{"rendered":"

@NicholasStenner<\/a> don’t know how you feel about netbooks, but today http:\/\/woot.com<\/a> has an Asus Eee PC 900. small. reviews: http:\/\/is.gd\/SZ6g<\/a> in reply to NicholasStenner<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
somebody found my site by searching: “too much alcohol in the blood surrogate.” (i’m fifth for that phrase in google. fluky, but wonderful.) #<\/a><\/li>\n
@hmapple<\/a> the phrase is from aldous huxley’s “brave new world,” so it’s definitely a positive association. #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @GreatDismal: RT @erlsn<\/a> hammer time: http:\/\/bit.ly\/MgZHn<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@documentingme<\/a> the accord has a cassette player. in reply to documentingme<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@tofermoran, you’re name dropping like a mother of sextuplets. (this is my jealously speaking. curse my metal body, but ny sounds fantastic) in reply to tofermoran<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@lizargall<\/a> hooray! safe travels. in reply to lizargall<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
There’s a huge cumulus-ish cloud over my house spewing orange lightning. #<\/a><\/li>\n
good morning. http:\/\/bit.ly\/sI4NE<\/a>
\n (via mer) #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mishellbaker<\/a> cool! quite ready to be there already. (and i’m still thinking through my response to your previous post. important question.) in reply to mishellbaker<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
so. cool. a little scary. RT @GreatDismal: RT @ColinPeters<\/a> @deadbutsmiling: http:\/\/tr.im\/nUQz<\/a> These guys + Linux AI = Skynet. The real one. #<\/a><\/li>\n
i just looked at a map and thought, “but it might be quicker if we go by sea–” quite seriously. i am insane. i have no boat & no sailing xp #<\/a><\/li>\n
@MaryRobinette<\/a> congratulations on the sale! in reply to MaryRobinette<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @MaryRobinette: Sale! My time-traveling grandmother story, “First Flight,” to @pnh<\/a> @tordotcom<\/a> Yay! http:\/\/bit.ly\/yCQVD<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
reminds me of shel silverstein’s “picture puzzle piece”: http:\/\/is.gd\/W2L7<\/a> RT @bethofalltrades: http:\/\/twitpic.com\/706sa<\/a> – For @dharma_punx<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
reading kim stanley robinson’s “red mars” in prep for #clarion<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
writing. #gunstreetnovelthon. #<\/a><\/li>\n
“you don’t argue with the police. you just don’t.” http:\/\/bit.ly\/VdN14<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
ok, the anvils at the end of scene 2 in das rheingold are amazing. needing wagner to make it through today. can’t wait for #clarion. argh. #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @wilw: Great short short short story from @wordwill<\/a> at Ficly: http:\/\/ficly.com\/stories\/935<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
due for a late night of pizza, mountain dew, and programming. feels like college again. except this is #dayjob. #<\/a><\/li>\n
also: listening to die walk\u00c3\u00bcre. so good i’m riding a horse! i’m making a lot of the same mistakes over & again! pleasantly devoid of wisdom #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mishellbaker<\/a> i just did a sneaky wotd. your word reminded me of this harlan ellison short story: http:\/\/is.gd\/Ylvv<\/a> (click “prince mishkin”) in reply to mishellbaker<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mishellbaker<\/a> beats me. brain titration? it’s from a page of japanese mental health illustrations; struck me as neat. due for a pic change. in reply to mishellbaker<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mishellbaker<\/a> aw. i love harlan ellison’s work. love it love it love it. his delivery especially. i’m working on reading aloud, but so far.. in reply to mishellbaker<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mishellbaker<\/a> i heard he was very kind in person, to everyone except provocateurs. pretty sure he’d think my writing was crap too, though. in reply to mishellbaker<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@NicholasStenner<\/a> you probably have a healthier self-image. more confidence, or something. you could trade carnie stories with him. in reply to NicholasStenner<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
just realized i missed the ballerina tweet. you know, “tu-tu, tu-tu.” i’m on 2226 now. numerology failure. #<\/a><\/li>\n
First musical business of the day: continue Das Rheingold. Starting with Siegfried. Hooray Wagner. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mishellbaker<\/a> wotd: She lathed a pat of empty space until the striations of time & matter faded to a hollow half-sphere, a turned hyperbole. in reply to mishellbaker<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
http:\/\/bit.ly\/10qHSB<\/a>
\n writing advice article reservoir from agent @NathanBransford<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
also, @nathanbransford’s revision checklist is helpful as well. http:\/\/bit.ly\/pEWU9<\/a>
\n #writing<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
this morning’s soundtrack: wagner’s g\u00c3\u00b6tterdammerung. #<\/a><\/li>\n
as if we needed another testament of delany’s coolness: http:\/\/www.whereiwrite.org\/delany.php<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
delightful short story: “Story of Your Life,” by Ted Chiang. reminded me of “slaughterhouse-five.” http:\/\/heptapod.org\/storylife.html<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
starting to pack at 3am for a 9:30am move? why yes, i suppose “procrastinator” might be an apt descriptor. also “sleep deprived idiot.” #<\/a><\/li>\n
Doing laundry, reading red mars. Eventually i’ll break down, but not yet. #<\/a><\/li>\n
more packing. #<\/a><\/li>\n
thumbing through my old #clarion<\/a> anthologies (I, II, and III, from the 70s). realized a bit more fully: i’m going to this. i can go. #<\/a><\/li>\n
have procured juices of orange, donuts of fatness, and energy drinks of foul-tasting and energy-dealing. ready freddy. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@OMGDurham<\/a> neither. have to move instead. in reply to OMGDurham<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@OMGDurham<\/a> eh. moving is teh suck. wish i could be running w\/ you guys instead. good luck & give everyone my best. in reply to OMGDurham<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@themattlondon<\/a> will do. found them at a library book sale before i knew what clarion was & bought them on strength of harlan ellison’s name. in reply to themattlondon<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
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w\u00c3\u00b6rk. #<\/a><\/li>\n
ok, before i w\u00c3\u00b8rk for real (it is so kvlt, this w\u00c3\u00b6rk i do), enjoy this hot-captioned photo of @neilgaiman. http:\/\/twitpic.com\/2e58o<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
duck-rabbit milk stout & programming. one of these things does not belong. #<\/a><\/li>\n
iran is smoldering, full of political\/military tension. get updates via @persiankiwi, who’s on the ground. (via @joe_hill<\/a> et al) #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @persiankiwi: 4am and people still on streets and rooftops shouting ‘death to the dictator’. #Iranelection<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
so much injustice. another iran src RT @neilhimself: RT and this – Meserach: @change_for_iran<\/a> has me in actual fucking tears #iranelections<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@joe_hill<\/a> @cnn<\/a> has something, at least, on their main page. @nprnews<\/a> has nothing. bbc has a video & article. everyone is focused on israel. in reply to joe_hill<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
interesting analysis of the current #iranelection<\/a> : http:\/\/bit.ly\/IaXLV<\/a>
\n he’s right. this smells wrong. via @qikipedia<\/a> in reply to qikipedia<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
http:\/\/bit.ly\/1oyXU<\/a>
\n on-the-ground sources via the previous video. #iranelection<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@qikipedia<\/a> well timed, and well said. in reply to qikipedia<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@neilhimself<\/a> @joe_hill<\/a> washingtonpost.com ran an insightful article by journo @Thomas_Erdbrink, who is in iran. what injustice #iranelection<\/a> in reply to neilhimself<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
just got home from work. muy #dayjob<\/a> failure, but i have to finish these projects before thursday (when i depart). so it goes. #<\/a><\/li>\n
if i want to write tomorrow morning, i have to sleep now. so works this fragile brain of mine. #<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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