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

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 29, 2009 at 3:20:49 PM

wants to know what the deal is with designers and gradients. Always with the *&^%ing gradients!

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 29, 2009 at 8:01:55 AM

@iheni if you go thru Germany to get there, "Ein bier, bitte" is correct but insufficient. Too many types. "Ein pils, bitte" etc. better

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 29, 2009 at 7:56:40 AM

@markveldhuis you have my sympathy. I worked at BK in high school. Ever since, if I eat there, I get violently ill. So I don't eat there.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 29, 2009 at 7:16:43 AM

@iheni language micro-lesson for Czech: "jedno pivo, prosim" = "One beer, please"

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 28, 2009 at 9:15:19 PM

@surlyshirley absolutely you should keep them

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 28, 2009 at 8:35:45 PM

@surlyshirley both

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 28, 2009 at 1:50:00 PM

would like to remind everyone that General Tso's Chicken is not, repeat, not finger food

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 28, 2009 at 10:33:02 AM

@janbrasna all these Slavic languages sound the same to me. :-)

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 28, 2009 at 8:55:32 AM

@iheni don't forget the stew; you had that as well, yes?

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 28, 2009 at 7:56:28 AM

@janbrasna it's actually a Ukrainian restaurant. They make pierogies and stuffed cabbage almost as good as my grandmother did.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 27, 2009 at 10:20:36 PM

Is basking in the afterglow of a wonderful dinner at Veselka with @JerseyGrrrl, @iheni, and @iheni's bf Chris

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 27, 2009 at 3:23:50 PM

interviewed another potential freelancer. I like this one; seemed pretty strong, although I had an idea he would be tnx to @mgirouard

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 27, 2009 at 2:48:30 PM

just reviewed a five page resume that says nothing. That's a half hour of my life I'll never get back.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 27, 2009 at 1:21:09 PM

is having lunch in the park today. Yay spring!

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 27, 2009 at 12:29:30 PM

is receiving error messages from someone using my domain to try to spam Google Groups. Tha intarwebs iz broke.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 27, 2009 at 8:19:30 AM

@obiwankimberly Happy Birthday!

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 26, 2009 at 9:50:16 AM

@chrisdavidmills enjoy; @iheni and I will be thinking of you at dinner tomorrow in Little Ukraine, NYC

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 26, 2009 at 12:39:13 AM

upgraded the data RAID in the Mac Pro from dual 500GB drives to dual 1.5TB drives. Success! Breathing room!

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 24, 2009 at 11:48:10 PM

@w2xq after the past few months in the market, that seems like a dimmer and more distant prospect....

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 24, 2009 at 4:22:28 PM

@mgirouard I feel yr pain. Had a site with that in December. Took it out. Was told to put it back in. Hey, it's your site, whatever. Sigh.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 24, 2009 at 7:46:57 AM

shouldn't bother trying to get to work early; the train will always %*^# it up.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 23, 2009 at 8:11:20 PM

@msjen if you have the Develop menu turned on in Safari, the Web Inspector is pretty good. If you don't, it's in the Advanced tab of prefs

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 22, 2009 at 7:12:48 PM

should have known this morning as I was walking through Little Korea on 32nd Street that I would wind up working on Korean web pages today

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 22, 2009 at 6:52:19 PM

can't do 日本語 because the page structure is different. So I think I'll be using 한국어 to test double-byte languages

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 22, 2009 at 6:01:22 PM

is internationalizing the site I'm working on; right now, I'm working my way through Русский. After this I have 日本語 and العربية to go.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 22, 2009 at 3:21:20 PM

is looking over resumés. Depressing.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 20, 2009 at 5:13:20 PM

is sick and tired of print designers doing web stuff

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 20, 2009 at 4:22:49 PM

@mgirouard I hope that wasn't one of your developers who committed that

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 20, 2009 at 2:50:59 PM

is trying to implement WAI-ARIA support on a dynamic page. I hope it works.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 18, 2009 at 11:39:12 PM

thinks selling Texas would be better than them seceding. I don't want to have to use a passport to get to SXSW next year. http://is.gd/tedC

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 18, 2009 at 10:37:45 PM

thinks that whoever came up with the concept of microwave pizza should be drawn and quartered

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 18, 2009 at 8:27:11 PM

doesn't think the 5.1 remix of Talking Heads 77 adds anything to the original; in fact, it just irritates me.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 18, 2009 at 12:20:15 PM

is having lunch al fresco in Princeton

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 18, 2009 at 12:07:01 PM

spent waaaaaay too much money at the Princeton Record Exchange.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 18, 2009 at 9:49:28 AM

wishes everyone a Happy Record Store Day. We're heading out to celebrate.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 17, 2009 at 7:08:41 PM

fixed his iPhone. Phew! Power key + button pushed together for 10 seconds forced reboot FTW...

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 17, 2009 at 6:13:45 PM

is less than happy; my iPhone seems to be busted. Gonna be a boring commute tonight.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 17, 2009 at 11:25:47 AM

@iheni that sounds like a brilliant t-shirt idea. Cafe Press?

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 17, 2009 at 7:39:35 AM

hates it when sites sniff for mobile browsers, then redirect to their home page. If I click on a link, I expect to see that page, dammit.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 17, 2009 at 7:12:46 AM

caught an earlier train today. Too damned much work. I ache all over. Bleah.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 15, 2009 at 3:30:02 PM

@maupuia only possible answer: "I don't know. Why don't you ask the cat?"

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 15, 2009 at 12:54:57 PM

is in an Electrelane mood today.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 15, 2009 at 7:56:17 AM

can't help but think of Kirsty MacColl every time I hear Neko Case. Probably just the voice doubling in the recordings, but still...

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 14, 2009 at 2:01:38 PM

@iheni you could paint the office using the ARIA spec as your brush....

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 13, 2009 at 8:27:04 PM

has heard about The Bird, Bird Bird Bird, the Bird is the word. :-(

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 13, 2009 at 7:19:24 PM

didn't want to work late tonight and really didn't want to catch the local train. Just not my day. :-P

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 11, 2009 at 5:48:05 AM

finished up his taxes. Yay me!

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 9, 2009 at 9:05:08 PM

is walking to Penn Station after a couple of hours of team building at a bar.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 9, 2009 at 5:33:06 PM

just interviewed a potential freelancer. I feel bad; he was good, but not good enough.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 9, 2009 at 4:00:43 PM

@steveganz cat got your keyboard?

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 9, 2009 at 12:50:36 PM

@iheni is this the point at which the universe folds in upon itself and returns to the singularity?

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 9, 2009 at 6:39:36 AM

got naked http://naked.dustindiaz.com/

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 9, 2009 at 1:29:12 AM

is glad the suspense is over: Kim Jong-il has been reelected President of North Korea. Phew! http://is.gd/rxuL

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 7, 2009 at 9:48:05 PM

@sniffles just because I expect it in January doesn't mean I enjoy clearing the driveway. :-)

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 7, 2009 at 9:17:46 PM

@sniffles funny, I was thinking that point was January 7th

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 7, 2009 at 9:17:15 PM

@polaroidgirl more seriously, I hook the 3rd or 4th hole on the takeup reel, not the 2nd, then wind until I see it catch & roll a full rev

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 7, 2009 at 7:10:29 PM

@polaroidgirl best tip is practice. I almost never throw my BBF across the room any more.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 7, 2009 at 4:10:01 PM

bets that you look good on the dance floor

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 7, 2009 at 3:37:57 PM

@effloresense Happy Birthday!

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 7, 2009 at 12:26:03 PM

is getting a window cubicle at work in the next couple of weeks. Works for me.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 7, 2009 at 11:38:36 AM

@iheni reporting for duty; whatever you need me to do that doesn't involve understanding a language other than English. :-)

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 6, 2009 at 4:07:21 PM

@maupuia I wouldn't worry. Now if she knew how to spell "sadist" without missing a beat, *then* I'd worry.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 6, 2009 at 12:06:13 PM

@migrosch the people I work for. :-P

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 6, 2009 at 11:28:05 AM

hates PowerPoint

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 5, 2009 at 3:11:04 PM

is working on the in-laws' computer. Ethernet card installed, now checking to make sure I didn't break anything. So far, so good.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 5, 2009 at 12:17:21 AM

woke up with another nightmare. This time @JerseyGrrrl got out of a car without stopping it and it fell off a three story parking garage

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 4, 2009 at 7:08:40 PM

mission accomplished. Camera is locked and loaded with FP4+. Now all I need is a sunny day to put it through its paces.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 4, 2009 at 7:00:03 PM

is filing down a roll of 120 film to fit in to my 620-only Anscoflex

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 4, 2009 at 6:38:07 AM

I bought the @BankHeist 3 Bundle. 15 Top Firearms worth $56000 to take out Twitter spammers AND I got an AK-47 FREE! http://is.gd/qBAK

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 3, 2009 at 10:12:38 PM

is scanning Kodachrome slides shot in Austin

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 3, 2009 at 6:30:02 PM

is on a nearly empty train tonight. That works for me.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 3, 2009 at 9:58:49 AM

@sniffles agreed. Plus, since I protect my updates, I'm not really looking for random followers, just people I know.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 2, 2009 at 7:49:39 PM

@epersonae I think all you have to do is go to hunch.com and enter your address. That worked for me. But I see I have 5 invites if d's out

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 2, 2009 at 5:51:38 PM

@iheni if you're having trouble, how can we mere mortals hope to understand. :-)

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 2, 2009 at 5:07:51 PM

@surlyshirley thanks for pointing that out. Great stuff; I particularly like the scotch tape on each side of each photo. :-)

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 2, 2009 at 12:04:33 PM

s/accused/accursed/

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 2, 2009 at 12:04:22 PM

sent off another round of the accused Powerpoint presentation for review. Hopefully the last one.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 2, 2009 at 8:48:42 AM

saw an old boss at the Times Square subway station on the way to work. Wish I'd stopped to talk; he was a big inspiration to me.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 2, 2009 at 7:04:30 AM

is catching an early train this morning so I can get something done before everyone else gets in

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 1, 2009 at 10:39:01 PM

is done with work for the day

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 1, 2009 at 7:04:01 PM

@mert look at the post and video at http://labs.opera.com

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 1, 2009 at 7:22:08 AM

is concerned about debugging code that means to use Opera's onlick() event handler; muscle memory will make devs type onclick() instead

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 1, 2009 at 6:47:32 AM

wonders about the a11y implications of Opera's face gestures. What if your face is paralyzed? How will you trigger ongrimace?

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat April 1, 2009 at 6:25:17 AM

@chrisdavidmills I trust Opera will be submitting this to the W3C for incorporation into the standards, yes?