Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ
@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 ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 31, 2013 at 10:45:46 AM
Thanks, @apple, for disabling the Java plug-in on my MBP and making it impossible for me to do my job. Can't even get a new plugin bc 10.6.8
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 30, 2013 at 4:05:51 PM
@KuraFire @dylanw Not the first time they've done that. iMovie. Final Cut Pro.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 30, 2013 at 4:04:59 PM
It's 4:04. No wonder I feel as though my brain is missing.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 30, 2013 at 1:31:15 PM
@dylanw you should object. Make sure there's a method to your madness. Best way to closure.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 29, 2013 at 5:00:13 PM
iterative usability testing polkas!
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 29, 2013 at 3:55:44 PM
@shelleypowers I'm going to have to stop following you so I can stay in my east coast bubble believing that people aren't idiots. #notreally
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 29, 2013 at 12:23:42 PM
@dylanw I hear you. I lost three before I gave up. The Fitbit One supposedly is more secure. Is that what you had?
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 29, 2013 at 11:52:35 AM
@dylanw Fitbit. If you can avoid losing it, it's the best thing out there.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 29, 2013 at 10:52:27 AM
I don't understand how people can be so callous. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/01/takes_your_breath_away_2.php
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 28, 2013 at 6:45:07 PM
@surlyshirley do you take requests? I'd like to hear P. J. Harvey's Sheela-na-gig. @kshimmell
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 28, 2013 at 5:38:35 PM
@surlyshirley just for that, I will forever more just assume that you are at all times. You can be like the female LE Petomaine.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 28, 2013 at 5:20:40 PM
Looking at the app icons on my iPhone and contemplating how most suck. "Our app doesn't lend itself to an icon. I know, I'll use a letter!"
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 27, 2013 at 3:47:42 AM
Amazing Nick Cave cover (via @sharonvanetten) โซ http://t.thisismyjam.com/thereisnocat/_4l3zjr9
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 26, 2013 at 5:09:55 PM
Finished. http://t.co/A57hrEEI
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 26, 2013 at 1:09:39 PM
Hard part is over; now comes the fun of installing the electronics http://t.co/CP4MRb4q
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 26, 2013 at 9:46:36 AM
@markjfine no, this is something a little higher end than Ikea: http://www.bludot.com/chicago-media.html
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 26, 2013 at 9:45:29 AM
@hansv not that that's not the one I'm working on now.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 26, 2013 at 9:08:57 AM
@hansv I like when a bookcase looks like a bookcase. I also like when they don't. http://t.co/xUztb5Sn
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 26, 2013 at 9:07:45 AM
Four boxes down, one (big) box to go http://t.co/xjwNFVbm
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 26, 2013 at 8:36:23 AM
Flat pack furniture is such fun. http://t.co/QcKqdeVZ
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 25, 2013 at 5:48:36 PM
@stephaniehobson I get more pleasure from shutting Windows down on my Mac
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 25, 2013 at 2:46:03 PM
@luxuryluke Everbody knows that $thebird === $theword #scandalous!
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 25, 2013 at 11:57:55 AM
context switches are expensive
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 24, 2013 at 1:26:24 PM
Okay, Mark Zuckerberg is just fucking evil: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/mark-zuckerberg-to-host-fundraiser-for-chris-christie
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 23, 2013 at 6:32:51 PM
Going to try an experiment tonight and spend an Internet-free evening with @JerseyGrrrl.
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 23, 2013 at 6:05:17 PM
@tashmahal congratulations!!!!
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 19, 2013 at 9:19:43 PM
I just reviewed: 'PURE Sensia 200D Connect- Portable Wireless Music and Radio System, White' http://www.amazon.com/review/R387NRZB2Y6V2U/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_cm_cr_notf_app_fbt via @amazon
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 19, 2013 at 8:18:19 PM
@dylanw like everyone else on Earth.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 18, 2013 at 11:28:58 PM
Joe Biden has a question for "Joe Biden": http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/biden-responds-to-onion
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 18, 2013 at 11:28:03 PM
@jschwartzdesign I square danced in gym.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 18, 2013 at 6:00:04 PM
@donkeyattack yeah, it does. That mitigates one problem.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 18, 2013 at 5:42:08 PM
@donkeyattack then there's the problem where all the moving around of files causes your machine to be unusable for hours. Meaning my machine
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 18, 2013 at 5:40:49 PM
@donkeyattack then there's the problem where someone deletes 30 GB of files and now I can't find what I need.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 18, 2013 at 5:40:00 PM
@donkeyattack I'd really rather have the files on a file server.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 18, 2013 at 5:39:17 PM
@donkeyattack it's conceptually flawed. Someone saves 30 GB of files on their machine and my drive runs out of space and core dumps.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 18, 2013 at 3:16:04 PM
I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate Dropbox.
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 18, 2013 at 1:54:28 PM
@cindyli decisions that you made, why you chose path A instead of path B, what kind of interactions among your team helped you succeed.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 17, 2013 at 8:59:16 PM
Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) and I are from the same tribe: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/01/speaking_for_my_tribe.php
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 17, 2013 at 8:15:55 AM
Heading to work for the first time this week @ NJT RR Raritan Bay Crossing http://instagr.am/p/UlhAcNJ4pB/
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 16, 2013 at 8:04:59 PM
@markjfine or you could just say "fuck it" and stay indoors waiting for climate change to do its thing.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 16, 2013 at 9:58:01 AM
Sharon van Etten covers Nick Cave. If this doesn't send chills down your spine, check your pulse: http://www.twentyfourbit.com/2013/01/sharon-van-etten-people-aint-no-good-nick-cave-cover/
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 15, 2013 at 8:39:09 PM
@dylanw @Apptio funny, we have one named after @timberners_lee at Razorfish in NYC too
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 15, 2013 at 5:54:41 PM
First time out of the house since Friday (@ Town & Surf Diner) http://4sq.com/13AD5gB
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 15, 2013 at 10:17:42 AM
Mark South Carolina as another state that gets no assistance the next time a hurricane destroys their coastline: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/gop-rep-opposes-sandy-relief-we-cant-continue
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 14, 2013 at 6:56:06 PM
@dylanw no. I think that title belongs to the dB's.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 13, 2013 at 8:18:55 PM
@epersonae looks like the same hair, just less of it and in a different style /me ducks (seriously, looks good!)
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 13, 2013 at 7:58:52 PM
@surlyshirley yup. Some kind of stomach bug. Been surviving mostly on water all weekend.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 13, 2013 at 6:23:00 PM
just had my first actual meal in two days. Bleah. Shitty weekend.
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 13, 2013 at 9:00:27 AM
@AlunR congratulations!
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 11, 2013 at 2:57:27 PM
Wilko Johnson is dying. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jan/09/wilko-johnson-terminal-cancer
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 11, 2013 at 12:54:48 PM
@epersonae @revoltpuppy shouldn't that read "forgotten to time"? :-)
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 11, 2013 at 9:35:04 AM
@dylanw I dunno, you kinda *sound* like Paul Lynde sometimes when you're being particularly arch. ;-)
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 11, 2013 at 8:03:28 AM
@dylanw dude, no scarf. Ascot. Scarf = 1970s Nebraska. Ascot = 1960s Swinging London. #squoose
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 10, 2013 at 2:40:12 PM
@danrubin God damn you, Dan, did you have to post this during North American work hours?
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 10, 2013 at 11:56:52 AM
contemplating Hofstadter's law
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 9, 2013 at 9:27:00 PM
wondering when I'll get the ability to download my Twitter archive.
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 9, 2013 at 9:23:26 PM
@kennwhite @inkpixelspaper @greenideas after that jump, yeah, there probably is no cat. There sure wasn't a parachuteโฆ.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 9, 2013 at 9:22:50 PM
Gawd, I love Jon Stewart: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/01/jon-stewart-goes-after-gun-control-opponents-on-the-right.php
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 9, 2013 at 8:08:12 PM
@inkpixelspaper It wasn't meant as a compliment. He seems like the kind of guy who can't trust anyone he hasn't bought. I wouldn't be him.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 9, 2013 at 7:57:06 PM
@inkpixelspaper dunno. Are you thinking he probably hangs out with the Dos Equis guy?
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 9, 2013 at 3:16:17 PM
was interested in Polaroid's new Android-based camera, but then I read this: http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3849692/polaroids-im1836-interchangeable-lens-camera-is-bad
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 8, 2013 at 9:28:16 PM
What were we supposed to do? โซ http://t.thisismyjam.com/thereisnocat/_4dx2hfv
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 8, 2013 at 1:01:03 PM
Man climbs the roller coaster in Seaside Heights that fell into the sea, raises American flag: http://www.app.com/article/20130108/NJNEWS/301080052/man-on-roller-coaster-seaside
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 7, 2013 at 10:30:01 PM
That's enough. I wanted to see a good game since I don't care who wins. This wasn't it.
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 7, 2013 at 9:06:49 PM
Can someone just put Brent Musburger out of my misery? What a creep.
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 7, 2013 at 8:55:03 PM
Based on how this game is going so far, looks like it'll be an early night. I won't miss much if I go to bed at 9:30 tonight. #bcs
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 7, 2013 at 2:23:22 PM
it's hard to accomplish anything when the dev server is bouncing up and down more than a three year old on a sugar rush
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 6, 2013 at 9:14:36 AM
Winter wonderland @ Toast http://instagr.am/p/UJTBa4p4pX/
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 5, 2013 at 6:15:56 PM
@surlyshirley what, grocery stores in Columbus close at 5 on Saturdays?
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 4, 2013 at 10:50:05 PM
Steven Palazzo has clarified his vote against Sandy relief; wants it to be offset w/ spending cuts. OK; they should come from his district.
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 4, 2013 at 7:34:26 PM
@shelleypowers @TomKludt to hear idiots like this whine about not helping us when we help them year after year is galling. Ungrateful prick.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 4, 2013 at 7:32:27 PM
@shelleypowers @TomKludt NJ routinely gets much less $ from the govt than we pay in. We rank 48-50th each year.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 4, 2013 at 4:32:30 PM
@shelleypowers @tomkludt as a resident of the Jersey Shore, I want my money back from that motherfucker. The Gulf Coast can fuck off.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 2, 2013 at 10:43:51 PM
The band in the movie is Ted Lyons and His Cubs. Not the Ted Lyons who did "The Only Law Santa Understood" tho โซ http://t.thisismyjam.com/thereisnocat/_4blqld3
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 2, 2013 at 9:07:09 PM
981 miles down, 0 to go. In other words, we're home. /me collapses
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 2, 2013 at 4:23:59 PM
I'm on a boat! (@ On The Boat) http://4sq.com/TI1gnQ
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 2, 2013 at 1:37:54 PM
So many beers, so little time (@ Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats) http://4sq.com/VvVXd8
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 2, 2013 at 10:33:10 AM
On our way home (@ Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel) http://4sq.com/Rt9eCE
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 1, 2013 at 5:42:03 PM
Stopped for the evening after 610 miles and 10 hours on the road (@ Hampton Inn Edenton) http://4sq.com/U6h1c2
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 1, 2013 at 1:35:43 PM
Making good time. We might make Virginia Beach today. (@ Two Guy Grille's) http://4sq.com/UjgAHy
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat January 1, 2013 at 12:57:55 PM
I'm at Pedro's Pantry (Hamer, SC) http://4sq.com/YLjk0C
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat December 31, 2012 at 9:34:06 PM
@dylanw I give up. Obama's fucking hopeless. True to form, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
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Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat December 31, 2012 at 9:17:52 PM
I don't get it. WTF does @BarackObama think he gains delaying the sequester to a time when Republicans have more leverage? I voted for this?
Ralph Brandi ๐บ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ธ @thereisnocat December 31, 2012 at 8:33:19 PM
Watching New Years fireworks from Mom's porch despite it still being 2012 for another 3.5 hours