Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸
@thereisnocat
Advocating Semantic Markup since 1987. Not posting here any more. Married to @JerseyGrrrl. On Mastodon: @thereisnocat@toot.cafe
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 29, 2007 at 10:57:32 PM
is listening to Radio Budapest say goodbye to its English language listeners for the last time
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 29, 2007 at 6:00:22 PM
is nowhere near an Apple store now that it's 6:00 pm
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 29, 2007 at 12:05:00 PM
is thrilled and delighted to be named onshore testing coordinator for server moves two weekends from now. :-P
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 29, 2007 at 10:43:53 AM
is playing with OmniGraffle, working on IA and wireframes
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 28, 2007 at 11:28:55 PM
is wondering if Little Duce Coup is a song about Mussolini usurping power in Italy....
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 28, 2007 at 4:47:15 PM
thinks it should be Friday, not Thursday
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 27, 2007 at 6:09:12 PM
is using the power of GREP for good, not evil
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 26, 2007 at 2:06:23 PM
is looking at the beta PayPal site with a critical eye (you asked, @kimmieblessing....)
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 25, 2007 at 12:40:42 PM
has been taking down paneling and moulding and is pleased to find it's only nailed down, not glued.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 24, 2007 at 10:52:48 AM
moved the jukebox, TV, and couch out of the family room with the help of his brother; remodeling commences shortly....
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 23, 2007 at 8:05:58 PM
is a little road fried after driving to Baltimore and back today
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 19, 2007 at 4:06:33 PM
@wnalyd break a leg!
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 19, 2007 at 3:17:54 PM
is installing long-forgotten Perl modules on the Mac Pro
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 19, 2007 at 1:45:41 PM
is reconstructing his PHP/MYSQL site development environment on the new Mac Pro
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 19, 2007 at 11:24:46 AM
is wondering why a few Albanians have colonized the comments section of one of his posts and what they're saying
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 19, 2007 at 10:46:52 AM
is babysitting a programmer who should know better
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 19, 2007 at 7:58:30 AM
@alunr I don't drink coffee. Thank God for diet Coke....
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 19, 2007 at 2:05:11 AM
might finally be tired enough to go to sleep. Might not.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 18, 2007 at 10:46:22 PM
just got back from the last leg of today's 300 miles of driving
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 18, 2007 at 5:16:16 PM
just got back from driving to Ocean City and back to pick something up; next up, returning the SUV to Manahawkin
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 18, 2007 at 5:15:28 PM
@wnalyd check out the inclusion design pattern. You can show the address once and reference it
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 18, 2007 at 11:36:48 AM
doesn't understand why MythTV refuses to record anything on channel 25; it displays it just fine. :-P
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 16, 2007 at 9:31:34 PM
just woke up from a nap after being out in the pollen all day. Now I'll be up all night. Crud.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 15, 2007 at 9:49:59 PM
@doublesided Newton Rings are an interference pattern that can occur when scanning negatives; looks like waves from a rock drop
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 15, 2007 at 9:36:09 AM
is getting Newton Rings despite doing his best to flatten the negatives. Grrrrr....
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 14, 2007 at 9:07:37 PM
is heading to the basement to develop some film
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 14, 2007 at 5:57:02 PM
thinks that one of the things that sucks most about getting older is that there's more past to remember with every passing day
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 13, 2007 at 4:41:42 PM
is having problems with the internets today and wishes FIOS would hurry up and reach his neighborhood
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 13, 2007 at 4:05:45 PM
is wondering when he's going to see a coyote in the back yard, after reports of them a mile to the east and a mile to the west
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 13, 2007 at 6:50:06 AM
is shaking the sleep from his eyes. The fuzz from his brain will take a bit longer....
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 12, 2007 at 10:22:22 PM
thinks the "icons" for the component programs of the CS3 suite are the ugliest icons ever
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 12, 2007 at 7:38:14 PM
hates Adobe for discontinuing FrameMaker on the Mac after digging through InDesign CS3 :-P
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 12, 2007 at 12:39:54 PM
just received his copy of the CS3 web suite; thanks UPS man!
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 12, 2007 at 12:05:35 PM
@surlyshirley that's a great reason for developers but does nothing for Apple. Found the real reason, though: http://daringfireball.net
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 11, 2007 at 2:48:20 PM
@doublesided so would I, but Wir Sind Helden is very popular in Germany, and Ted Leo is pretty popular among last.fm users. Go figure.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 11, 2007 at 2:23:20 PM
doesn't quite understand why Apple is releasing a version of Safari for Windows, but figures Steve Jobs is smarter than him
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 11, 2007 at 2:13:12 PM
is 4.06% mainstream in his musical taste http://mainstream.vincentahrend.com/
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 8, 2007 at 11:58:06 PM
@doublesided try Ubuntu; dead easy to install.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 8, 2007 at 10:28:17 PM
@lachlanhardy if Eddie Vedder was speaking Spanish in Sao Paulo, he committed a faux pas; they speak Portuguese in Brazil....
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 8, 2007 at 7:15:54 PM
just got back from grocery shopping, where he forgot to look if there were any Armour hot dogs in the store
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 8, 2007 at 5:22:41 PM
wonders what kind of kids eat Armour hot dogs....
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 7, 2007 at 3:24:09 PM
hasn't seen an update from anyone on Twitter in 12 hours
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 6, 2007 at 2:40:13 PM
forgot to fire up Twitteriffic until just now and in retrospect thinks that was just fine
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 5, 2007 at 10:44:59 AM
is dubbing an old Betamax recording of the Les Paul documentary "The Wizard of Waukesha" to DVD
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 4, 2007 at 10:19:22 PM
is not happy that Twitter ate this URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/04/opinion/04elliott.html
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 4, 2007 at 10:07:19 PM
just picked up a copy of today's New York Times because there's an op-ed in it by a good friend: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/04/opinion/0
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 4, 2007 at 9:18:57 PM
just needs to let the glue dry overnight and then he can place the cap on the bookcase and be finished
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 4, 2007 at 3:52:55 PM
is updating the Milonic menus (yecch!) on the legacy Bell Labs site to reflect our new French overlords' corporate structure
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 3, 2007 at 8:02:20 PM
is marvelling at the lung power of a 3 year old who can scream "Mommy!" at the top of his lungs every five seconds for a half hour
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 1, 2007 at 5:13:17 PM
is trying to fill out his timesheet, but the lousy piece of shit web site where he does that isn't cooperating. Replicon must die!
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 1, 2007 at 12:43:53 PM
is finishing the last coat of tung oil on the shelves and thinks they'll be ready to install early next week
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat June 1, 2007 at 10:12:00 AM
has gotten the MythTV front end working on his Mac Pro talking to the Linux box and can watch HDTV on the Mac now.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat May 31, 2007 at 11:31:56 PM
has MythTV working on the Linux box and thinks it's now time for bed
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat May 31, 2007 at 10:25:53 PM
has finally gotten his Linux box to recognize the DVB drivers for his HDTV card