Abulsme.com: October 2013

@abulsme tweets from 2013-10-30 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 10/29/2013: 8,061 steps and 5.9 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:02:14
Yesterday I mentioned that my wife @Scatterbrandy was now on Twitter. Should have mentioned that daughter Amy has been on for awhile too. 01:54:00
(continued) She just changed her handle to @amynotamy from what it was before. Deleted all her old tweets though, which makes me sad. Sniff. 01:55:23
Reading – The Kissing Sailor, Part 2 – Debunking Misconceptions (Leopard, http://t.co/nEFPnhafuK) http://t.co/BKQHNiAZxt 04:34:51
Reading – Ahead of I.P.O., Twitter Alters Feed to Add Images (Vindu Goel) http://t.co/cjy2JxYVmC 04:38:19
Reading – Inside former NSA chief Michael Hayden’s вЂinterview’ with an Amtrak live-tweeter (Brian Fung) http://t.co/akEQsF6tX6 04:48:01
Reading – Denmark Is Considered The Happiest Country. You'll Never Guess Why. (Meredith Melnick) http://t.co/epGHPSPkKh 05:29:21
Reading – Russia denies using 'poisoned' flash drives to spy on G20 summit attendees (Nathan Ingraham) http://t.co/DIptqyexHJ 06:07:08
RT @stevesilberman: Q: What does the вЂњBвЂќ in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stand for? A: Benoit B. Mandelbrot. [via @jp_mcginnis] 06:14:05
Reading – 8 Habits Of Extremely Well-Rested People (Laura Schocker) http://t.co/XsQjUKm2x1 16:00:22
Reading – When Leaders Call Snowden a Traitor He’s More Likely to Be Granted Asylum (Kevin Gosztola) http://t.co/3WMgted2l2 16:04:48

@abulsme tweets from 2013-10-29 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 10/28/2013: 11,256 steps and 8.3 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:43
Daddy, you want to hear my joke? Why did the car eat the cheese? Because it was CHOOING! That is my joke! Hahaha!! Funny! – Alex 02:43:21
I think that probably should have been a train eating the cheese, not a car. But he was so proud of his joke I didn’t correct him. :-) 02:45:57
Reading – White House OKd spying on allies, U.S. intelligence (Dilanian/Stobart) http://t.co/z2q3kzlI2c 04:08:24
Just completed a 1.46 km walk – Night time dog walk. http://t.co/bqYBDyUypu #RunKeeper 04:14:30
Reading – The Kissing Sailor (Leopard, http://t.co/nEFPnhafuK) http://t.co/iJAjTUuR7I 15:40:08
Reading – Obama’s Ongoing Dirty War (Jeremy Scahill) http://t.co/0a2WHwnXwS 16:05:29
Reading – The Problem with Spying on Friends (Pat Buchanan) http://t.co/xo1BG01HDf 16:11:55
Reading – The Saudis’ Temper Tantrum (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/BKV5A0FOYI 16:16:58
Gotta follow this! Gunna be exciting! RT @_primes_: 2 20:26:44

@abulsme tweets from 2013-10-28 (UTC)

Reading – What Does It Mean for the U.S. to 'Lose Control of the Internet?' (Robinson Meyer) http://t.co/i8pqknrc64 00:25:58
Reading – Amazon Reports That Operation вЂњRetreat to SeattleвЂќ Was a Roaring Success (Nate Hoffelder) http://t.co/zUBvQHVwlc 00:31:11
Just completed a 0.95 km walk – Partial dog walk. Battery died before I got home. http://t.co/1Xn9mvqWuV #RunKeeper 00:36:27
Reading – Because Mere Blackface Wasn't Offensive Enough For These Partiers (Gabrielle Bluestone) http://t.co/rIKnSr5J7g 01:27:49
Reading – Times Reporter Plans to Take Fight to the Supreme Court (Margaret Sullivan) http://t.co/pJQ8S2nPSW 01:32:47
Reading – Dream Chaser spaceship test article damaged during 1st Free-Flight Drop Test (Ken Kremer) http://t.co/GMXnlHlxRz 01:39:29
Reading – Now the NSA Scandal Is Roiling the Heritage Foundation (Shane Harris) http://t.co/OGjkzFjMsY 02:16:56
Reading – Data Suggests Push to Spy on Merkel Dates to ’02 (Smale/Eddy/Sanger) http://t.co/Fo8awWHdil 02:20:39
Reading – Monty Hall (xkcd) http://t.co/nopRCFnxst 02:24:45
[Abulpost] The Real Alex Pre-K School Pictures http://t.co/Ue4EB7JMZY 03:02:00
My fitbit #Fitstats for 10/27/2013: 24,895 steps and 18.4 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 04:02:36
Reading – NSA Says It Stopped Spying on Angela Merkel вЂњThis SummerвЂќ (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/xgFMdaHcVE 04:06:24
Reading – Pierre Omidyar, Glenn Greenwald To Support Independent Journalists With New Venture (Calderone) http://t.co/ZFfmlY3H8M 04:44:25
Reading – Of Fact, Fiction and Defibrillators (Gina Kolata) http://t.co/xyAOQP5Fo3 04:50:18
RT @TheBloggess: If someone you love is about to do something stupid you should be able to hit them with a bag of oranges until they stop. 04:55:34
вЂњI have lots of work just like you Daddy. But my work is very different.вЂќ вЂњYeah? What is your work?вЂќ вЂњMy work is TRAINS! TRAINS IS MY WORK!вЂќ 06:35:02
Welcome to Twitter @Scatterbrandy! (That would be my wife. :-) ) 07:48:32
RT @WaltHickey: Nations that share a border with only one other country http://t.co/PgiR07M5dt 09:18:36
There is no good reason why I am awake right now. It would be one thing if I was on a roll working on somethingвЂ¦ But no. 09:48:13
Reading – Documents reveal NSA’s extensive involvement in targeted killing program (Miller/Tate/Gellman) http://t.co/Oo5WWD5Tre 15:04:11
Reading – With iWork, Apple Walks It Back Before Moving Forward (John Gruber) http://t.co/GYdfkY63VI 15:07:29
Reading – In Fed and Out, Many Now Think Inflation Helps (Binyamin Appelbaum) http://t.co/PaueVPWyzt 15:17:33
Reading – GOP needs an offer : "No, but" beats "no, no, no." (Matthew Yglesias) http://t.co/3tYK3Hq73O 17:24:22
Reading – iPhone 5s and 5c Account for 5.5% of Active iPhones Worldwide (Jordan Golson)
http://t.co/lAaQhNZ1AF 17:27:24
Just completed a 2.87 km walk – Lunch walk. http://t.co/AcLL3Dh3hL #RunKeeper 19:59:50
Reading – A Porn Star’s Letter to Her Unborn Son (Aurora Snow) http://t.co/p584rA8x2I 22:39:30
Reading – Apple: The iPhone 5c is our 'mid-tier' model (Marc Perton) http://t.co/72JnvW9JSM 22:43:25
RT @OKnox: Senior Admin Official: Feinstein sttmnt that Obama has halted spying on allies "not accurate." "We have not made across the boarвЂ¦ 22:46:06

The Real Alex Pre-K School Pictures

Turns out the one I posted on Friday was screwed up in several ways that I should have noticed at the time, but failed to. It was improperly sourced and not full quality. And there were more I didn’t know about then!

Here are the correct school pictures. Sorry about the screw up on Friday!

@abulsme tweets from 2013-10-27 (UTC)

Lincoln Square Cinemas in Bellevue up to 4 screens with the Doctor Who Anniv Special Simulcast. All sold out. No more added. #savetheday 01:00:09
My fitbit #Fitstats for 10/26/2013: 7,005 steps and 5.2 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:02:15
Reading – Xeni Jardin: standing up to breast cancer in public and in private (Nadja Popovich) http://t.co/euSL1N6Iap 02:00:54
Reading – Leaked memos reveal GCHQ efforts to keep mass surveillance secret (James Ball) http://t.co/4jYaf57pQ9 02:43:18
2k is pretty small actually -> Reading – вЂStop Watching Us’ sees a chance to reform the NSA
(Adam Serwer) http://t.co/ulM89ZKthZ 03:14:55
I sent $5 each to 2 people. Neither completed the transaction. -> The Money Is in the Email (Mossberg) http://t.co/Of1xKRa0hT 04:14:20
Reading – The End Of Antibiotics, Period. (Rod Dreher)
http://t.co/52WyY8JJow 04:17:16
I really shouldn’t even open Twitter in the times right around major sporting events. :-/ 04:21:23
Reading – Thanks to NSA, German e-mail providers see flood of new customers (Sean Gallagher) http://t.co/DUkwFQfmG2 04:48:34
Reading – YouTube Drops Support for 1080p Streams in the Regular HTML5 Player (Alex Chitu) http://t.co/rLnVvvu9Sm 04:57:40
Reading – In a first, U.S. to use NSA surveillance against terror suspect (Perez/Martinez) http://t.co/o7EMxUpLhl 05:07:09
Reading – Mr. Balls, aka 'Senhor Testiculo,' goes to bat for cancer research (Stephen Williams) http://t.co/syrKB2hn2J 05:11:46
Reading – On the Road to One Thousand Exoplanets (David Dickinso) http://t.co/hp8BRpU85l 10:32:19
Reading – US bugged Merkel's phone from 2002 until 2013, report claims (BBC) http://t.co/4d4ppcj8Gl 10:38:08
RT @neiltyson: They did it. FOX aired this 30-sec spot **during** the World Series for COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey http://t.co/vMC8iGtd1w 11:05:46
Reading – Here's Why Your Asthma Inhaler Costs So Damn Much (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/LMMjuMs4oq 16:51:48
Reading – How Many People Will Really Get Hit By Obamacare "Sticker Shock"? (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/mMPIbA7Gmr 16:55:21
Reading – How Far Can Egypt’s Jon Stewart Go Without Being Thrown In Jail? (David Kennet) http://t.co/dsd58mUcex 17:18:56
Just completed a 14.94 km walk – Long 3 hour walk to make up for too much dinner last night. http://t.co/zbSf8qWqE6 #RunKeeper 22:10:56
Achieved a new personal record with @RunKeeper: Distance… http://t.co/7InCluZQ5F #FitnessAlerts 22:11:06

@abulsme tweets from 2013-10-26 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 10/25/2013: 1,447 steps and 1.1 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 02:01:27
Reading – TED talks are lying to you (Thomas Frank) https://t.co/1Xg6cxT1jt 02:17:38
Reading – Amber Alert for baby abducted in Mill Creek (KING 5 News) http://t.co/PNyRQZ8daN 02:21:24
Reading – Apple’s big iPad problem (Rob Walker) http://t.co/o6pdLeEbha 02:24:57
Reading – NSA collects millions of e-mail address books globally (Gellman/Soltani) http://t.co/fd3iAujxhI 03:04:25
Reading – Head of NSA blasts reporters for 'selling' leaked documents (Casey Newton) http://t.co/7wQwzRWZvZ 03:09:08
RT @PaulM: Apparently many of you missed it. I took a screenshot of all unauthenticated VNC servers on IPv4. It took 16 minutes. http://t.cвЂ¦ 03:24:35
Reading – One of the first mass-produced computers getting new life in UK museum (Ben Gilbert) http://t.co/a0g918bV0o 05:04:58
Reading: Saudi Arabia forces Women to Cancel Driving Protest, Asserts Authoritarianism in Region (Juan Cole) http://t.co/Q3lmci9Btu 05:08:09
Reading – 15 years ago, Congress kept Mickey Mouse out of the public domain. Will they do it again? (Timothy B. Lee) http://t.co/3zEplGaFJy 05:19:54
Oh yeah, I put together that last podcast with Amadeus Pro (Trial Version). Not as pretty or intuitive as Garage Band, but it worked. 05:46:58
I will probably buy it at the end of the trial if nothing better turns up in the mean time. 05:47:44
Reading – SecureDrop: Aaron Swartz's Platform for Whistleblowers Rebooted (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai) http://t.co/moP60Zpn0E 17:03:55
Reading – Police locate infant with health issues (AP) http://t.co/4uHO5HTiV7 17:05:57
Just completed a 1.81 km walk – Walking Roscoe *and* Alex. http://t.co/G9EsCakCyW #RunKeeper 21:19:22

@abulsme tweets from 2013-10-25 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 10/24/2013: 6,263 steps and 4.6 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:04
Reading – Obamacare: The Rest of the Story (Bill Keller) http://t.co/wWPXk8GybQ 14:59:52
Reading – The Pitfalls Of Rape Prevention, Ctd (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/wyRQUjghjy 15:12:03
Reading – Tweetbot 3 Questions and Answers (Tapbots) http://t.co/1UAzEe3n3j 15:14:52
Just bought tickets for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Simulcast in 3D at the only theater showing it in our area live. Woowoo! #savetheday 18:09:25
I was several hours late realizing tickets had gone on sale. Glad it hadn’t sold out yet! #savetheday 18:10:39
Next question is of course if the whole family is geeky enough to dress up in costume for the event. :-) #savetheday 18:11:25
If I interpreted what I saw right, it is showing on two screens and one screen was already sold out when I bought our tics. #savetheday 18:24:49
RT @kkondik: When people ask about possibility of third party, they start to tune out right after I say "single member district plurality" 20:50:40
[Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: Foofarah http://t.co/NDlO9juefz 22:47:37
The 2nd screen here 4 Doctor Who sold out now. But they added a 3rd. & turns out they only added the 2nd after the 1st sold out. #savetheday 23:03:22
I wonder how many screens at Lincoln Square Bellevue will end up showing this. How much Seattle area demand is there for this? #savetheday 23:04:41
[Abulpost] Alex's Pre-K School Picture http://t.co/2yvZmlLey9 23:21:50
RT @NoDaleks: @abulsme One theater here in LA added another screen for the simulcast. I dont think theaters expected such a high demand herвЂ¦ 23:54:26

Alex’s Pre-K School Picture

Note added 2013-10-28 03:03 UTC: I got fooled by this low quality copy and posted it prematurely. My apologies. The real version, and some more, are posted here.

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Foofarah

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:

Shutdown Over and Debt Limit Resolution
Shutdown Aftermath / Political Science Stuff
Obamacare Launch Fail

Recorded on 22 Oct 2013

Length this week – 1:00:54


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@abulsme tweets from 2013-10-24 (UTC)

Looks like Apple removed a lot of podcast friendly stuff from GarageBand to focus it more on music. This kinda sucks. 02:05:59
I didn’t use most of that stuff in recent years, so I should still be able to use it to assemble the show though. I’ll see how it goes. 02:06:36
I can of course still use the older version of GarageBand, but that is obviously a dead end. I may be exploring new options soon. 02:07:38
Oh, ouch. Just opened one of the audio files from this week’s show in GB. All noisy & unlistenable. Actual file is fine if opened directly. 02:11:16
This is obviously going to be fun. I’ll play with it a bit before giving up & using the old version or jumping to something completely new. 02:11:51
Given up on new GarageBand. Trying a couple other pieces of software before running back to old GarageBand. Any suggestions? 02:45:58
Reading – Ex-Apple CEO Sculley mulling BlackBerry bid (Jeffrey Hodgson) http://t.co/72bg0Ako8O 06:39:55
Reading – What Is the Most Philosophical Thing You Have Heard a Child Under the Age of 5 Say? (John Farrier) http://t.co/GGSGcQSbZ3 06:42:27
Reading – Breaking Through Cancer’s Shield (Gina Kolata) http://t.co/PetecBB6Qg 13:11:01
Reading – American Hypocrisy, R.I.P.? (Daniel Drezner) http://t.co/P3DC8SuuQo 13:16:43
Reading – Hillary Clinton: We need a sensible adult conversation about state surveillance (Kashmira Gander) http://t.co/T2kvMYEqqF 16:14:51
Reading – Marina Oswald to sell wedding ring, powerful symbol of JFK assassination (Peter Grier) http://t.co/po4FeTPAx3 16:18:30
Reading – Everything you need to know about Obamacare’s problems (Sarah Kliff) http://t.co/DB2QO6ZtoL 16:33:04
MT @MatthewKeysLive: MT @TimHerrera: "A manual retweet is like buying someone a drink and spitting in it as you hand it to them." 19:18:57
Still working on prepping my stuff anyway -> Why you should ignore 2016 polls for a few more years (Mark Z. Barabak) http://t.co/1zoe0TWR0a 20:50:32
RT @tommatzzie: Former NSA spy boss Michael Hayden on Acela behind me blabbing "on background as a former senior admin official" Sounds defвЂ¦ 20:53:29
RT @tommatzzie: Hayden was bragging about rendition and black sites a minute ago. 20:53:41
RT @tommatzzie: Michael Hayden on Acela giving reporters disparaging quotes about admin. "Remember, just refer as former senior admin" #exNвЂ¦ 20:53:44
RT @tommatzzie: On Acela: Michael Hayden was talking to Massimo Calabresi at TIME I am pretty sure. Does he tweet? 20:53:54
RT @tommatzzie: On Acela: former NSA spy boss Michael Hayden just ended last of handful of interviews bashing admin. 20:53:56
RT @tommatzzie: On Acela listening to former NSA spy boss Michael Hayden give "off record" interviews. I feel like I'm in the NSA. Except IвЂ¦ 20:54:02
RT @tommatzzie: On Acela: phone ringing. I think the jig is up. Maybe somebody is telling him I'm here. Do I hide? 20:54:06
RT @tommatzzie: I think I'm safe. Just passed Philly. No rendition yet. Do I have the balls to ask him for a photo? #haydenacela 20:54:14
That series from @tommatzzie was great. People need to remember nothing is really off the record any more. Esp. when in a public space. Ha! 20:56:03
RT @RepUnderwoodSC: Note to self: Never speak to anyone in an Acela. Ever. 20:56:21
RT @tommatzzie: Win http://t.co/tsJHqjv1LM 20:58:24
RT @lachlan: His smile suggests he doesn't. RT @RosieGray: does michael hayden know what's going on right now 20:59:18
RT @OKnox: Everyone, go home. This whole story wins Twitter for 2013. RT @tommatzzie Win http://t.co/WBsTRTa7M3 20:59:29
RT @Chris_Moody: I had never heard of @tommatzzie before a few minutes ago, but damn, what a baller. 21:01:32
RT @OKnox: WELP Tom Hayden will now secure immortality by appearing in every single govt handbook on Twitter, & maybe trains, possibly OPSEC 21:01:38
RT @tommatzzie: For the record, I am not a reporter. 21:02:00
.@tommatzzie You are now. A better one than the вЂњrealвЂќ reporters. :-) in reply to tommatzzie 21:02:32
RT @ezraklein: You'd think the guy who ran the NSA would be more conscious of the fact that people might be listening to his conversations.вЂ¦ 21:04:19
RT @DVNJr: The Acela has ears. 21:19:57
RT @tommatzzie: On the pic. His office called him and then he graciously offered me an interview. We talked around the 4th amendment and foвЂ¦ 21:20:51
So one thing to look for: Now that Hayden outed by @tommatzzie, will reporters Hayden talked to still not ID him in their stories? 21:34:00
RT @tommatzzie: Hayden just left train in Newark. He touched my back…again. I think a stop short actually. 21:40:19

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