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

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 31, 2010 at 5:21:44 PM

will choose FedEx next time. Fuck you with a chainsaw, UPS.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 31, 2010 at 2:24:10 PM

Trying to make a dent in my FSA balance before I lose it — at Eyes First http://gowal.la/c/3fzKo

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 30, 2010 at 7:15:41 PM

Tao Massage is Social! http://instagr.am/p/yIZC/

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 30, 2010 at 12:27:00 PM

My Kodachrome made it to Dwayne's on time! Yay!!!!!

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 29, 2010 at 1:28:36 PM

@doublesided just remembered that Pell Mell's Interstate got released on Flying Nun FN337, so you might be able to find a copy

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 28, 2010 at 10:52:21 PM

@doublesided Japandroids album Post-Nothing, and their single Art Czars, particularly its b-side, Racer X (Speed Racer's brother)

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 28, 2010 at 10:50:22 PM

@doublesided to give you an idea what Pell Mell sounds like, here's a song from Interstate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=059K-zS-azs

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 28, 2010 at 10:36:14 PM

@doublesided best road music ever is the album Interstate by Pell Mell; all instrumental so the words don't distract you, and driving.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 28, 2010 at 2:35:26 PM

Chopping veggies for pumpkin soup

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 28, 2010 at 10:01:27 AM

Venturing out for the first time since the Big Snow. More than a day later, the roads still suck — at Red Oak Diner http://gowal.la/c/3e74T

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 27, 2010 at 7:00:30 PM

@luxuryluke there definitely are. I even remember my grandfather drinking a couple of those beers

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 27, 2010 at 6:57:05 PM

@luxuryluke are you from Michigan? Most of the stuff there would only be of interest to Michiganders (and Michigeese)

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 27, 2010 at 4:15:32 PM

@jenstrickland why is it coming up in casual conversation????? ;-)

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 27, 2010 at 2:37:23 PM

End of an era http://instagr.am/p/vHEt/

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 27, 2010 at 2:08:23 PM

Finished my last roll of Kodachrome. Now I just need to get it to Dwayne's by Thursday.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 27, 2010 at 12:21:12 PM

@surlyshirley just for the record, we've been very happy with our LG W&D. We bought from a local independent dealer rather than a big box

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 27, 2010 at 11:00:33 AM

@surlyshirley avoid Home Depot. Worst Company Ever. Worst client ever, too. They were so bad my last agency fired them.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 27, 2010 at 4:28:55 AM

21 inches of snow and it's still falling. We may be here a while....

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 26, 2010 at 6:44:39 PM

was thinking of going out and doing a first pass on the driveway tonight; after looking at the wind and drifting snow, not so much

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 26, 2010 at 10:52:28 AM

Snowmageddon Act 1 Scene 1 http://instagr.am/p/uBFp/

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 26, 2010 at 9:28:39 AM

I checked in at River's Edge Cafe (35 Broad St) on #Yelp http://bit.ly/hmdZ8M

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 26, 2010 at 8:38:57 AM

@inkpixelspaper yup

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 26, 2010 at 7:35:24 AM

Never thought I'd hear the dB's over the PA at ShopRite

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 26, 2010 at 7:11:33 AM

Getting ready for Snowmageddon — at Shop Rite http://gowal.la/c/3dckm

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 25, 2010 at 11:11:49 AM

Fa ra ra ra ra http://instagr.am/p/s81O/

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 25, 2010 at 2:13:08 AM

keeping the mess in Christmas

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 24, 2010 at 7:55:09 PM

@jenstrickland this one's for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbTULjLtKP4

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 24, 2010 at 2:12:54 PM

hanging with the cutest nephew in the world

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 23, 2010 at 12:29:42 PM

Getting the chicken — at The Cheesecake Factory http://gowal.la/c/3c8g4

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 22, 2010 at 5:27:40 PM

No more work this year. Phew.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 22, 2010 at 1:30:30 PM

@surlyshirley me too. Some remember where they were when they heard John Lennon died. I remember where I was when I heard about d. boon.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 22, 2010 at 12:11:54 PM

@dylanw yes, but I didn't vote for a Republican for President. Apparently, I voted for a Republican-lite.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 22, 2010 at 12:01:44 PM

@dylanw net neutrality cave, Guantanamo Bay still operational, indefinite detention policy continued and strengthened; Obama's disappointing

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 22, 2010 at 9:38:10 AM

Three rolls to get through in the next five days http://instagr.am/p/p6Ly/

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 21, 2010 at 11:50:17 PM

@maupuia very very very cool essay there. Thanks for publishing it.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 21, 2010 at 10:08:24 PM

Wishes the wider web had all the cool CSS3 stuff I'm getting to use on this iPad app

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 21, 2010 at 3:24:22 PM

Pops open to show a funny face http://instagr.am/p/pUSy/

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 20, 2010 at 8:54:28 PM

Christmas Card http://instagr.am/p/owP5/

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 20, 2010 at 2:01:08 PM

The view from my new desk http://instagr.am/p/ojTM/

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 20, 2010 at 7:55:28 AM

On my way to work for the first time in a week. Not sure I'm ready for this.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 19, 2010 at 10:08:30 AM

Out to breakfast with my sister and her boyfriend before taking them to the airport — at My Kitchen Witch Cafe http://gowal.la/c/3aiMh

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 18, 2010 at 7:02:46 PM

Eulogy. http://www.brandi.org/stephen/

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 17, 2010 at 10:00:47 PM

Dear Delta: your web site sucks.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 13, 2010 at 3:51:45 PM

@inkpixelspaper break a leg tomorrow!

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 13, 2010 at 2:34:46 PM

Pro tip: position: relative and -webkit-transform: translate3d mix like drinking and driving. Don't wind up wrapped around a phone pole, kid

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 13, 2010 at 8:41:37 AM

Danger Do Not Board Moving Train http://instagr.am/p/jV1X/

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 12, 2010 at 10:18:47 PM

Kicked ass and took names today

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 12, 2010 at 7:34:25 PM

First time out of the house all weekend. — at Cornucopia http://gowal.la/c/37vzt

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 12, 2010 at 6:55:52 PM

Shutting down the work computer for the day. Actually accomplished a lot. Not bad given my pessimism that any of it was possible at lunch.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 12, 2010 at 6:06:10 PM

Old Skool http://instagr.am/p/i8b1/

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 12, 2010 at 1:54:51 PM

may have come up with a solution to one of the problems that's been vexing me all weekend. UIWebKit still suX0rzzz, though.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 12, 2010 at 2:30:09 AM

words to live by: http://hypem.com/track/1033831/Laura+Veirs+-+Make+Something+Good

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 11, 2010 at 6:02:25 PM

@inkpixelspaper everything already lives on the iPad filesystem. Network latency isn't the problem. Webkit's poor performance is the problem

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 11, 2010 at 4:23:58 PM

@hansv @inkpixelspaper HTML render time might be acceptable in Mobile Safari, but for an app experience, not so much. Ruins the illusion.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 11, 2010 at 4:22:55 PM

@hansv @inkpixelspaper HTML/CSS/JS takes too much time to render a page on iPad. Only way around that is pre-rendering, i.e., publish images

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 11, 2010 at 1:04:04 PM

Starting to realize why Adobe's iPad publication suite works the way it does: UIWebKit on the iPad sucks sucks sucks sucks sucks.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 10, 2010 at 7:27:40 PM

Here to see my wife dance — at Middletown Arts Center http://gowal.la/c/36ycR

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 10, 2010 at 7:25:04 AM

Stand @ NJ Transit - Middletown Station http://instagr.am/p/g9RK/

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 10, 2010 at 7:22:19 AM

Going in early to fix some things for an 11 o'clock client demo — at Middletown Train Station http://gowal.la/c/36fkW

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 9, 2010 at 11:18:05 PM

On my way home. Exhausted. Hope the client appreciates it. — at 34th Street—Penn Station (7th Avenue) http://gowal.la/c/368Dc

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 9, 2010 at 9:31:22 PM

@goodwitch Don't be fooled. It doesn't work. I'd be home by now if it did, instead of at work wrestling with the iOS simulator

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 8, 2010 at 11:18:58 PM

@stephaniehobson if you're considering Android because it's "open", I recommend http://bit.ly/i2cufj

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 8, 2010 at 10:58:37 PM

@stephaniehobson do it. I don't regret buying mine.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 8, 2010 at 1:06:54 PM

Screens http://instagr.am/p/f4Kc/

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 7, 2010 at 2:16:57 PM

@inkpixelspaper now why am I not surprised that you've done a web app based on Oblique Strategies? :-)

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 7, 2010 at 10:51:39 AM

@dylanw Actually, if you read Blowback by Chalmers Johnson, you'll understand that we're actually more like the Soviet Union. Depressing bk.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 7, 2010 at 9:58:44 AM

So when can we expect calls for the editors of The Guardian, El Pais, Der Spiegel, Le Monde and the NY Times to be assassinated?

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 7, 2010 at 1:05:17 AM

College radio in danger: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/business/media/06stations.html

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 6, 2010 at 4:45:21 PM

@danrubin you're like three blocks from where I work. :-)

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 6, 2010 at 3:09:32 PM

fixed the bug in this iPad app that's been bedeviling me for the past three or four days. I can't believe the fix was so simple....

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 6, 2010 at 1:52:12 PM

Nifty Fifty http://instagr.am/p/etFp/

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 6, 2010 at 9:07:15 AM

Switching to the PATH thanks to NJT's ongoing incompetence. I blame Chris Christie. — at Newark Penn Station http://gowal.la/c/34tdB

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 6, 2010 at 8:14:58 AM

First snow of the year!

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 5, 2010 at 11:40:07 PM

Great story of iPad accessibility: http://www.macworld.com/article/156170/2010/12/centenarian_ipad.html

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 5, 2010 at 6:57:52 PM

@inkpixelspaper nope. I'll keep my ears open at the office for any details, though.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 5, 2010 at 5:23:52 PM

Picking up dinner for the in-laws — at Angelo's http://gowal.la/c/34dBT

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 5, 2010 at 4:41:22 PM

@jenstrickland so you're a riot grrrl? Kewl!

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 4, 2010 at 11:07:46 PM

At this point, Nebraska is lucky to be tied with all the butterfingers on their team tonight.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 4, 2010 at 2:18:57 PM

They're autotuning Christmas carols now. :-p

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 4, 2010 at 2:16:23 PM

Finally spending some of last Christmas' gift cards — at Chilis http://gowal.la/c/33B6m

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 3, 2010 at 9:18:56 PM

@inkpixelspaper same thing you were building before, or something else?

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 3, 2010 at 9:15:21 PM

@dylanw I really enjoyed Tent Life in Siberia by George Kennan. Written in the 1860s. Funny, interesting, and free from Gutenberg Project.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 3, 2010 at 8:07:49 PM

Dinner! — at Red Oak Diner http://gowal.la/c/33cY6

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 3, 2010 at 4:56:15 PM

seriously abusing iScroll (http://cubiq.org/iscroll) and suffering the consequences

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 3, 2010 at 1:14:44 PM

Logo http://instagr.am/p/cfHe/

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 2, 2010 at 2:19:18 PM

curious bug: Mobile Safari on iOS 3.2.2, clearing floats doesn't work when the container is section, but does when it's div. Meh.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 2, 2010 at 12:37:00 PM

Mini Chocolate Mint cupcake http://instagr.am/p/b1IF/

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 1, 2010 at 10:23:42 PM

@msjen Leica M mount lenses tell the viewfinder which framelines to display, for those focal lengths it supports http://bit.ly/9bMtHl

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 1, 2010 at 2:28:43 PM

@inkpixelspaper just a bit of a stomach bug, nothing serious

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 1, 2010 at 1:12:17 PM

On train home from Newark, participating in a call for work, and logged into WebEx on the iPad so I know what they're discussing. Amazing.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 1, 2010 at 12:16:59 PM

Taking alternate transportation. Governor Christie can fuck himself with a chainsaw. — at 33rd Street PATH Station http://gowal.la/c/31Vcz

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 1, 2010 at 11:58:10 AM

Figures that the one time I try to go home early because I'm sick, NJ Transit fucks up. Shoot me now. #njtransitfail

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 1, 2010 at 8:55:59 AM

Gray Day http://instagr.am/p/bHYh/