T**tter Archive — Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 (@thereisnocat)

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 31, 2007 at 7:13:53 PM

is listening to a shortwave pirate radio station from Italy play Bowie songs

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 30, 2007 at 11:26:04 PM

gives up and goes to bed. If anyone sends their column in the morning, maybe it'll go to press. Maybe it won't. Pffpthpt!

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 30, 2007 at 10:22:21 PM

really hates it when people wait until the last minute to hand in their columns....

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 30, 2007 at 1:11:13 PM

is wondering why nothing ever works the first time you test it

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 30, 2007 at 7:49:29 AM

is thinking that Windows Vista is as useless as tits on a bull for his Mac G4

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 30, 2007 at 7:43:45 AM

is looking through the Windows Vista Home Premium package that Laura won a few days ago

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 29, 2007 at 11:29:03 PM

@vantan: Wo0t! Congratulations!

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 29, 2007 at 11:12:15 PM

is delighted that the People Like Us podcast has returned to WFMU

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 29, 2007 at 8:50:59 PM

is pleased to see elephants on the roll of film he just developed from the other night

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 28, 2007 at 7:02:02 PM

is relaxing on the couch after a long but pleasant day in the city.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 28, 2007 at 1:04:23 PM

is eating golombki @ Teresa's; last time here was with Suw

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 28, 2007 at 12:16:46 AM

is waiting for the elephants

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 27, 2007 at 4:18:17 PM

is packing for an overnight trip to the city

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 27, 2007 at 10:40:57 AM

just got off the phone with a friend commiserating about the current state of our jobs

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 27, 2007 at 10:10:38 AM

is tense and nervous and he can't relax

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 27, 2007 at 9:07:55 AM

was shanghaied into a meeting that's not on his calendar and not in his e-mail

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 27, 2007 at 6:55:47 AM

@lachlanhardy best code editor is either BBEdit (my favorite) or TextMate (currently the hot choice)

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 27, 2007 at 6:54:33 AM

@lachlanhardy: best IM is Adium http://www.adiumx.com

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 27, 2007 at 6:34:17 AM

is reading up on Adobe's new CS3 apps and figuring out the cheapest way to upgrade and get what he needs

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 26, 2007 at 8:24:52 PM

thinks that if you fly with pigs, you shouldn't be surprised to wind up in the muck :-(

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 26, 2007 at 7:03:50 PM

is absolutely appalled at what's happening to Kathy Sierra. Jaw dropped.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 26, 2007 at 3:48:59 PM

just had a 3 minute meeting stretched into 18 minutes

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 26, 2007 at 11:55:59 AM

is cursing the existence of PCs and wishing Macs had taken over the world

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 26, 2007 at 8:07:04 AM

is embracing change with fists wide closed

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 25, 2007 at 9:40:14 PM

thinks Ralph moving to Australia is an awesome idea too, but thinks the in-laws wouldn't be happy....

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 25, 2007 at 9:15:40 PM

is surly today due to difficulty finding a job for a talented standards developer. Wishes he were in Australia (hi Lachlan).

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 25, 2007 at 4:33:19 PM

is going up to the beach to shoot some photos

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 25, 2007 at 12:19:32 PM

is going to take a nap

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 25, 2007 at 12:22:23 AM

has smoke tested both of the 1950s vintage radios he bought today. All the smoke stayed inside the radios (it's bad if the smoke escapes)

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 25, 2007 at 12:05:41 AM

is listening to the BBC World Service (via local station WNYC) on his new 50 year old radio

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 24, 2007 at 4:54:40 PM

just got home from antiquing with his wife, where he bought two fifty year old radios, including a really kewl Grundig console

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 23, 2007 at 8:08:42 PM

is eating dinner in front of the computer

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 23, 2007 at 5:59:24 PM

just said good bye to his wife as she leaves for a male stripper party with her friends

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 23, 2007 at 12:12:53 PM

is thinking that while tha intarwebs are a good thing, it's still hard to have lunch with friends over it

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 23, 2007 at 10:59:32 AM

is looking through the original specs for HTML 2.0 and HTML+

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 23, 2007 at 9:18:56 AM

nuking another page on the legacy BL site in favor of the new pretenders

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 22, 2007 at 11:10:34 PM

is surprised how much progress he's made on this portfolio thing, and thinks it's time to go to bed.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 22, 2007 at 10:58:02 PM

just checked a page he created in 2000 from the old Bell Labs site and yup, it validated

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 22, 2007 at 8:28:25 PM

is taking a break to veg out in front of the TV

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 22, 2007 at 7:02:52 PM

is working on his portfolio

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 22, 2007 at 6:25:34 PM

is pondering how far he would be willing to commute for a dream job

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 22, 2007 at 1:48:21 PM

has finished critiquing the sites Steph sent him

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 22, 2007 at 12:16:20 PM

is being reminded that validation tools are not to be followed blindly, but that their output needs to be interpreted....

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 22, 2007 at 10:24:02 AM

is consulting with a former co-worker about a knotty CSS problem

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 21, 2007 at 11:49:46 PM

is going to sleep, having completed a couple of site evaluations for WaSP ILG

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 21, 2007 at 4:19:40 PM

is wondering if headhunters know how to read, because the jobs they call me for have nothing to do with what's on my resume....

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 21, 2007 at 1:14:10 PM

is wondering if anyone else is seeing Twitteriffic crash four or five times a day.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 21, 2007 at 10:53:42 AM

is editing out the "commercials" from New York Noise so he can burn it to DVD

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 20, 2007 at 6:42:34 PM

is pleased to find that someone wrote a sequel to one of his ficlets

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 20, 2007 at 12:54:00 PM

is going out to lunch with Laura

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 20, 2007 at 10:38:03 AM

is scanning and spotting the film I developed this morning

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 20, 2007 at 6:45:03 AM

heading to the basement to develop my one roll of black and white film from SXSW (damn you UPS for showing up late!)

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 19, 2007 at 4:52:28 PM

is watching the clock; 8 minutes 14 seconds to go

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 19, 2007 at 3:02:27 PM

thinks life would be easier if Canada used the US dollar, because isn't it worth troubling millions of people to relieve my short term pain?

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 19, 2007 at 1:04:45 PM

figured out why the application he's supporting wasn't working; now it's the other guy's fault it doesn't work.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 19, 2007 at 10:10:46 AM

is paying bills. I like paying bills. Once they're paid, I don't have to worry about them any more. :-)

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 19, 2007 at 1:57:30 AM

wishes he had one of those jobs that could be done any time of day so he could work now and sleep later....

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 18, 2007 at 11:59:30 AM

is donating money to WFMU, the greatest radio station in the world. Last day of the yearly marathon.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 18, 2007 at 10:59:58 AM

just wrote his first Ficlet: http://ficlets.com/stories/817 Neat site, Cindy! This could get addictive....

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 18, 2007 at 4:40:57 AM

thinks he really should stop making edits to his SXSWi post and go to bed....

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 18, 2007 at 12:48:36 AM

is starting to put down some thoughts about SXSW

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 17, 2007 at 1:57:45 PM

is going out to lunch with Laura

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 16, 2007 at 9:36:39 PM

just woke up after a nap and is thinking about dinner

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 16, 2007 at 4:15:42 PM

is eating astronaut ice cream with his wife

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 16, 2007 at 5:52:27 AM

shakes the sleep out of his eyes

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 15, 2007 at 9:54:49 PM

thinks Isaac Newton must have been awfully smart to predict Newton Rings back in the 1600s, well before there were scanners and negatives

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 15, 2007 at 7:33:52 PM

is scanning film shot at SXSW in his Lomo LC-A; sadly, one of the three rolls didn't make it.... :-(

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 15, 2007 at 2:18:37 PM

is scrambling after his team lead dumped two big projects on him, starting Monday, that he was told before vacation wouldn't be happening

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 15, 2007 at 11:40:46 AM

muses that writing about himself in third person is Twitter's natural format, but still feels kind of odd....

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 15, 2007 at 9:05:47 AM

is logged on to work for the first time since SXSW; only 90 new messages and 4 unexpected meetings....

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 15, 2007 at 5:25:25 AM

is going back to bed for a few hours (and might even get some sleep)

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 15, 2007 at 3:06:14 AM

is wondering why everyone is up at this hour and looking for phones (yay, Glenda & Scott!)

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 15, 2007 at 2:26:12 AM

is sending Glenda good phone-finding thoughts

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 14, 2007 at 9:04:36 PM

is going to bed at an unreasonably early hour tonight....

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 14, 2007 at 7:23:54 PM

just gave Laura her presents from Toy Joy. She loved them.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 14, 2007 at 7:23:11 PM

is sore as hell from dragging a suitcase and daypack halfway across North America.... Bye, bye, Austin, SXSW, and friends

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 13, 2007 at 5:52:11 PM

has dragged his sorry, tired ass to the Bruce Sterling rant.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 13, 2007 at 5:18:51 PM

is chilling in the hallway by the elevator to the third floor, killing time until Bruce Sterling.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 13, 2007 at 4:36:03 PM

is sitting in the SEO session hearing stuff he mostly already knows.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 13, 2007 at 4:34:16 PM

just met a friend of Glenda's at the Knowbility booth

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 13, 2007 at 2:35:24 PM

is wishing he had brought his Hel-fucking-vetica t-shirt to Austin to wear to see Helvetica the documentary

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 13, 2007 at 11:24:37 AM

is enjoying the web typography session but feeling every hour of his 43 years....

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 13, 2007 at 9:29:21 AM

is still hoping the ringing in his ears goes away soon

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 13, 2007 at 3:06:27 AM

is hoping the ringing in his ears stops soon.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 12, 2007 at 5:08:34 PM

sitting in the future of javascript session wondering if the future will bring me my jet pack

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 12, 2007 at 1:01:57 PM

trying really hard not to fall asleep. almost succeeding.... no reflection on the panel....

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 12, 2007 at 12:35:38 PM

sitting in the mobile web apps panel

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 12, 2007 at 12:03:38 PM

Watching Glenda orchestrate 9ncreased accessibility of questioning in the accessible AJAX session

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 12, 2007 at 11:21:42 AM

kicking myself for forgetting my wallet at Glenda's this am. Dumb dumb dumb....

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 12, 2007 at 9:23:58 AM

wondering where that muscle in my leg came from and why it's never announced its presence so vigorously before. ouch....

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 11, 2007 at 6:03:07 PM

In the self-marketing for geeks session.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 11, 2007 at 5:05:01 PM

Wondering how my uni-cloistered friend can explain how to get my company to embrace accessibility (sorry, G ;-)

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 11, 2007 at 4:21:44 PM

is @ Accessified session a few minutes after running into Kazuhito in the elevator.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 11, 2007 at 3:22:13 PM

@sniffles: She brought a photo of Aaron G's wife this am to make another flat, so she may be @ kinkos

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 11, 2007 at 3:15:04 PM

@sniffles: Haven't seen her since we dropped off the van this morning

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 11, 2007 at 3:08:43 PM

sitting in the mobile web session, grumbling about the lousy job this pda does connecting to wifi here...

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 10, 2007 at 6:12:47 PM

Sitting in the career transition session next to Geert, Veerle, Glenda and Andrea

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 10, 2007 at 12:46:22 PM

bye bye, flat hicks

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat March 10, 2007 at 12:37:44 PM

watching jason, rob and flat hicks's presentation