Abulsme.com: November 2013

@abulsme tweets from 2013-11-14 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 11/13/2013: 15,989 steps and 11.8 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:31
RT @zagrinch: How not to do social media 101. Thanks JP Morgan for a masterclass at #AskJPM Still laughing. 02:47:33
Reading – Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's less-censored police file: criminality, abuse, and intoxication (Cory Doctorow) http://t.co/FG4xrwqVPq 03:19:53
Reading – Smart Move Apple (Ed Dale's) http://t.co/hs9TH5tcs7 03:23:09
Reading – TPP Leak Confirms the Worst: US Negotiators Still Trying to Trade Away Internet Freedoms (Sutton/Higgens) https://t.co/JSFENg0CAy 03:33:49
Reading – Trap gopher death clutch (Mark Frauenfelder) http://t.co/JOrJNQyuTI 03:35:49
Reading – Astronaut Chris Hadfield on 'Gravity' (Norman Chan) http://t.co/2sN0wJtOym 03:38:48
Reading – Obamacare’s Grisly, Slow Start (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/IVNC6agpaK 03:45:20
Reading – There Are No Easy Fixes (The Dish) http://t.co/6KKaoumLfE 04:05:21
RT @AmyNotAmy: Chips wasted http://t.co/E9mttneMEg 04:10:41
RT @Kasparov63: Yes, they should name streets in front of US embassies after Snowden. Would remind them to change passwords & do better bacвЂ¦ 04:18:20
Reading – Study: 8.8 billion Earth-size, just-right planets (Seth Borrnstein) http://t.co/SgjbvolP2j 04:29:45
Reading – The Tea Party Really Isn't Anything Very New (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/zhwzIr5oem 06:08:13
Reading – вЂњObamacare GirlвЂќ Reveals Her Identity, Says She Was Cyberbullied (Jessica Testa) http://t.co/soxhbHEIoy 06:11:20
Just completed a 1.54 km walk – Night dog walk. http://t.co/NdQGgtaMyj #RunKeeper 06:41:03
Reading – UK spies continue вЂњquantum insertвЂќ attack via LinkedIn, Slashdot pages (Cyrus Farivar) http://t.co/MyC6psQDO6 06:43:05
Reading – Quote of the Day: The 4th Amendment Takes Another Hit (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/iuWpoWMcOO 06:46:43
Reading – Poll: Majority Of US Voters Say Biden Would Not Make A Good President (CBS DC) http://t.co/rAiYBfYeb7 06:57:41
Reading – The Big Gut Check (Josh Marshall) http://t.co/2s2Vg5jdOV 07:10:07
Reading – Facebook, Google received redacted government reply to FISA court, respond with new filing (Sarah Silbert) http://t.co/EM2tVZtvlU 07:18:18
Reading – Allie Brosh On Depression (Rod Dreher) http://t.co/RHfEXH1LdD 07:51:17
Reading – US wants $10,000 from Lavabit owner for dodging order for Snowden's email (Adrianne Jeffries) http://t.co/n6yfvQxvDH 07:59:21
[Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: Chomping at the Bit http://t.co/4Jxy2FFabQ 08:13:27
Reading – Video: How Mars Looked 4 Billion Years Ago (Shaunacy Ferro) http://t.co/kRWph7XZsn 08:21:10
Reading – Google Chief Eric Schmidt Slams NSA for Tapping Datacenters (Kevin Fogarty) http://t.co/URUgmcct6L 08:24:57
Reading – Understanding spurious correlation in data-mining (Cory Doctorow) http://t.co/FK591AUf70 08:42:49
Reading – MapQuest updates iOS 7 and Android apps with modern UI, route status bar (Brad Molen) http://t.co/kd1Uy0KcAW 09:43:51
Reading – Statement From Edward Snowden ( http://t.co/zCI8E88wdx ) http://t.co/HfmOtBXQa4 16:25:56
Alex playing Portal 2 on his own on the AbulCam right now. :-). http://t.co/i0gAKtiKGr 17:02:31
Guess he is done for the moment. :-). 17:11:37
Reading – The White House’s Obamacare fix is about to create a big mess (Sarah Kliff) http://t.co/U8cd1hCExS 17:16:35
Oh, he was just taking a break. He is playing again. :-). http://t.co/i0gAKtiKGr. Not looking forward to telling him there is school today. 17:18:05
Alex Portal time done now. Time to go to school. Still the old school. Very unhappy 4yro. So tempted to just keep him home again. 17:56:46
But after spending lots of time looking at preschools this week, I am so behind. Am WFH today, but need solid block of real work time. 17:58:09
And he can sometimes be really good, but still requires enough attention that it is hard to get really deeply focused for long periods. 18:02:01
Watching – An Adventure in Space and Time: The Trailer – Doctor Who 50th Anniversary – BBC Two – (BBC) http://t.co/QnOalDgh27 20:08:05
Reading – Animal Facts You Never Knew Existed (Clark, http://t.co/IUyMLnylBC) http://t.co/Q4yHxPMm8P 23:09:21
Reading – Google Is Ordered to Block Images in Privacy Case (Mark Scott) http://t.co/pVf1V7AhL8 23:25:03
Reading – How Obama arrived at his 'I feel your pain' moment on Obamacare
(Linda Feldmann) http://t.co/jxNpr3G7Mq 23:31:27
Reading – Napolitano: Obama Is Assaulting Fabric of Our Nation by Changing Laws Without Congress (Fox News) http://t.co/KwSKtoNuCl 23:41:38

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Chomping at the Bit

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

Local Elections / Alex PreK
Iran Negotiations
Arafat Poisoning
2016 preview

Recorded on 12 Nov 2013

Length this week – 1:31:54


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@abulsme tweets from 2013-11-13 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 11/12/2013: 12,072 steps and 8.9 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:02:26
Reading – Dead bodies on Mount Everest (RikkTheGaijin) http://t.co/aq4NvY1svQ 06:19:53
Reading – Why H is the most contentious letter in the alphabet (Michael Rosen) http://t.co/nqhWeSx2ym 06:24:27
Reading – This Is What Earth Will Look Like If All The Ice Melts (Donna Dickens) http://t.co/bpXWl33oto 15:35:02
Reading – Dems struggle to maintain unity as Obamacare woes mount (Greg Sargent) http://t.co/QwSAGbLMT3 15:41:48
Reading – Is Richard Cohen a Racist? (Josh Marshall) http://t.co/HMsMMVQ74e 15:47:01
Reading – How we know the NSA had access to internal Google and Yahoo cloud data (Gellman/Soltani/Peterson) http://t.co/VQgUDI4aqz 17:17:12
Reading – Reality Check (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/I5Ijsr5Hfo 17:21:05
RT @kasterborousdw: Return of the Sisterhood? http://t.co/YVFxUBHHoN 17:59:05
Just completed a 6.04 km walk – Afternoon walk. First hour with Alex and Roscoe. http://t.co/eAfJ0yjS9h #RunKeeper 22:46:16

@abulsme tweets from 2013-11-12 (UTC)

Reading – The Weird, Terrifying Physics Of iOS 7 (John Herrman) http://t.co/iLzox4N8DA 02:00:58
My fitbit #Fitstats for 11/11/2013: 15,729 steps and 11.6 km traveled. http://t.co/0ZdhbuUa9B 02:01:13
Reading – Chart Of The Day (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/pERakfSR66 02:06:35
Reading – Super Typhoon Haiyan Is Not As Large As America (Nate Cohn) http://t.co/JiewmOtGiI 02:13:13
CC in the can! Topics: Local Elections, My PreK Situation, Iran, ArafatвЂ¦ and 2016. As usual, it will be out later in the week. :-) 04:38:19
Reading – The Unmaking of a Conservative Pundit (Caitlin Dickson) http://t.co/wtDu5hzCbi 07:46:10
Reading – Elizabeth Warren For President? (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/AeuzkYnitz 07:49:02
Reading – вЂњIt’s Just A Big iPod TouchвЂќ (MG Siegler) http://t.co/3BQ8QX9zpD 07:59:46
Reading – Sting and Paul Simon to tour together in 2014 (Nick Catucci) http://t.co/1v2QUwvpIl 09:00:27
Reading – Is NSA Reform Too Bipartisan? (W. James Antle) http://t.co/tj5eu0eSBC 09:37:39
Reading – Stirring Tea (Randall Monroe) http://t.co/eKF28q8xn3 09:44:16
Reading – The First Estimate On Insurance Signups Is Pretty Darned Small (Julie Rovner) http://t.co/PXKnyJAz3H 10:00:33
Reading – I Noticed This Tiny Thing On Google Maps. When I Zoomed In… (ViralNova) http://t.co/s6U52nDZo7 15:08:55
Reading – Conventional Views (Atrios, Eschaton) http://t.co/c56ottxhua 15:10:57
Guess I have to hurry… Have a mtg in just over 2 hr… Sigh! MT @wsdot_traffic: Everett to Seattle at about 1 1/2 hrs, it's a huge mess. 15:18:06
Reading – A Word On Israel And Iran (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/cc7cJZwKLV 15:31:30
RT @wsdot_traffic: @abulsme Oh yeah, it's really nasty. Up to about 110 mins. 15:42:23
No way I will be on timeвЂ¦ oh well. :-( RT @wsdot_traffic: @abulsme Oh yeah, it’s really nasty. Up to about 110 mins. 15:43:01
I said screw it, will call in to 1 mtg, work from home today. Get the 2 hr back. :-) MT @wsdot_traffic: @abulsme Oh yeah, it's really nasty. 15:58:50
RT @wsdot_traffic: @abulsme Good call! 15:59:42
Just completed a 1.80 km walk – Walk with Alex AND Roscoe. http://t.co/DQZqLDdDLD #RunKeeper 23:16:00

@abulsme tweets from 2013-11-11 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 11/10/2013: 8,518 steps and 6.3 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:02:21
Reading – What's up with Obamacare and my health care? (Jen Christense) http://t.co/sPuXxDiiez 15:08:47
Reading – The Eleven Nations Theory (Rod Dreher) http://t.co/mBaWvgGii0 15:13:26
Reading – The Case Against Email That Makes Warranted Searches Impossible (Conor Friedersdorf) http://t.co/jTku1naIPO 15:20:21
Reading – Texts From My Dog (Sad and Useless) http://t.co/WlbtjVx8eO 20:37:21
Spent most of the day shopping for new a new pre-K for Alex. (Unhappy with the current one.). No decision yet. More to look at still. 22:24:38
Switching modes in a bit to do a few hours working from home before the day is done. Taking a short walk first though. 22:26:30
Just completed a 1.99 km walk – Biting off extra snack again. http://t.co/ESGrZi8LPT #RunKeeper 22:40:50
Uh, burning off. RT @abulsme: Just completed a 1.99 km walk – Biting off extra snack again. http://t.co/ESGrZi8LPT #RunKeeper 22:41:30

@abulsme tweets from 2013-11-10 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 11/09/2013: 7,794 steps and 5.8 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:02:23
No -> Reading – Is this the end to sky-high energy bills? (Lizzie Parry) http://t.co/q3XNNprolq 01:03:44
Reading – Talks for Iran Nuclear Deal End Without Agreement (Landler/Gordon) http://t.co/o6BFO9CzmG 01:20:16
Reading – The Day of The Doctor Trailer #2: Electric Time Lord Boogaloo (Ursus-Veritas, io9) http://t.co/y8IYXL5ZPA 01:41:39
Yay! MT @feedly: HBase upgrade completed http://t.co/PdobWERZD0 Thank you for your patience. Enjoy the rest of the week end. 03:35:47
Finished entering 2000 election data. Now up to a 4 poll average. http://t.co/K5o22cr5I1 Only 1996 to go until I get to my 5 poll avg goal. 11:34:17
I will do data entry back a few more elecs though, so my graphs can include 5 election average lines going back to 2000. (So back to 1984.) 11:37:30
Before I do 1996 though, I think I will be playing with a new graphing package that has a few cool features my current one doesn’t. 11:39:12
But, I am starting to think that I may need to do the refactoring to do the calculations offline outside of display code may have to be 1st. 11:40:24
I knew doing calcs inline as part of the display was inefficient, but it was quicker to get started that way. Now may be the time to fix. 11:43:16
Well, not now. But maybe next time I sit down to play with this. :-) As for right now, sleep may be a better choice. :-) 11:44:12
Or maybe I’ll just do 1996 data entry next to get to my 5 poll avg cause it is only typing, not thinking. Tempted to just do now. But no… 11:47:16
Reading – Hillary Clinton in 2016: The Actuarial Odds (Nate Cohn) http://t.co/5yATP7hURK 13:39:55
Went through a bunch of Google alerts in my inbox and added some polls in TX, NJ, WI and VA that I’d missed. Going to bed now. Really. :-) 13:56:33
Reading – The Soaring Cost of a Simple Breath (Elisabeth Rosenthal) http://t.co/KhbCdnq6pE 14:24:59
Reading – 'Bosch' on the way as streaming video (Colette Bancroft) http://t.co/ntmuD4BYkc 14:29:03
Reading – Far-Off Planets Like the Earth Dot the Galaxy (Dennis Overbye) http://t.co/QWcw9XJ9gQ 14:40:58
Reading – The Man Who Would Teach Machines to Think (James Somers) http://t.co/XMgaNs2zKe 20:25:27
Reading – Ghost in the Machine (Maureen Seaberg) http://t.co/Z6aGjTxWI2 20:51:26
Reading – Making Twitter Profitable (Brian McFadden) http://t.co/OPLlDAciHv 20:56:05
Reading – Snowden Is Supervised By Russian Intelligence (Michael Kelley) http://t.co/zqoiQOll2A 21:25:49
Reading – British intelligence reportedly intercepted LinkedIn & Slashdot traffic to plant malware (Sottek) http://t.co/bbBrdtP2x7 21:29:34
Reading – Kerry, No Deal in Hand, Defends Negotiating Strategy on Iran (Michael R. Gordon) http://t.co/rNhlX4hTCl 21:41:14
Reading – GOCE Satellite Hours Away from Falling to Earth (Phil Plait) http://t.co/wgmn7Ica5q 22:54:30
Just completed a 3.12 km walk – Walking off food again. :-) http://t.co/o3b7CPHFXE #RunKeeper 23:44:36
Listening to "TR#142: The National Security Agency!" (Tank Riot) http://t.co/WZhZn4akzl 23:47:39

@abulsme tweets from 2013-11-09 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 11/08/2013: 2,914 steps and 2.2 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 02:01:43
Reading – First Real Trailer For вЂњDoctor WhoвЂќ 50th Anniversary Special Just Dropped (Donna Dickens) http://t.co/Jz0wMXcLpz 03:48:41
3 years from right now all the networks will probably have already called the 2016 presidential election. Getting close now! 05:08:21
RT @kwindla: Watching live TV. Using an antennae. Like an animal. 07:08:22
Reading – Motorola wants you to tattoo a smartphone microphone onto your throat (Steve Dent) http://t.co/Gmm1rVLssm 15:17:39
Reading – Global digital wars take Australia hostage (Joye/Kerin) http://t.co/xLPAM58Woz 15:20:09
Reading – $1.2 million in Bitcoins hijacked in 'social engineering' attack (Steve Dent) http://t.co/mPpkGDZfvd 15:42:51
Reading – Bassem Youssef and the Lie That Is Freedom in Post-coup Egypt (Patrick Galey) http://t.co/3PMvOEfegh 17:06:36
Reading – Out of xenon, space seismometer GOCE closing in on crash with Earth (Patrik Jonsson) http://t.co/SoF3fas2tq 17:17:24
At my couple times a year research into an alien political culture. In a meeting that is lily white, majority grey hair. Odd as usual. 17:18:47
Reading – The Gift of Not Giving a Thing (Christella Morris) http://t.co/7VkZwlvMwc 17:21:54
Mine is $28. Woo! MT @jcorriero: No surprise, my Twitter handle is only worth $2. Check yours: http://t.co/KkON56JvUS 17:46:48
Main thing I thought might be interesting todayвЂ¦ Hearing from local elected officialsвЂ¦ Not happening after all. Oh well. 17:48:08
Reading – Drone Strikes Are Said to Kill Taliban Chief (Declan Walsh) http://t.co/OrrE6zYijf 18:32:05
Reading – Business-logic of cooperating with the NSA has changed (Cory Doctorow) http://t.co/BqQLCzx3l0 18:39:37
Official meeting adjourned. Breaking up into smaller groups. My cue to leave. 18:51:23
Reading – The Day of the Doctor – behind the scenes pics (BlogtorWho) http://t.co/T3jhs6o3cn 18:56:01
Reading – Troubleshooter Reports Progress and Barriers in Bid to Repair Health Portal (Robert Pear) http://t.co/3KAhREM1fp 19:55:56
Reading – Strax Field Report: The Zygons – The Day of the Doctor (PCJ, LDWC) http://t.co/74C9YNHqe5 19:58:38
RT @BYUfan: .@abulsme Sorry couldn't make it Soccer game for Kelvin. Best part of those meetings is face time with other political junkies вЂ¦ 19:58:53
.@BYUfan I might have stayed for the second part had you been there. :-). We’ll meet again in person soon enough I’m sure. in reply to BYUfan 19:59:49
Reading – Swedes Develop Invisible Bike Helmet (Jason Torchinsky)
http://t.co/eLOwH68AqS 20:07:26
Reading – No Morsel Too Minuscule for All-Consuming N.S.A (Scott Shane) http://t.co/1Z88cwtT4P 20:49:10
Reading – Days after re-election, NJ Gov. Chris Christie charging ahead with big plans as 2016 looms (AP) http://t.co/k2LSnA5tTt 21:10:38
[Abulpost] At the Library with Grandma Ruth http://t.co/4rnUWUCupB 22:11:21

At the Library with Grandma Ruth

@abulsme tweets from 2013-11-08 (UTC)

Reading – Exclusive: Snowden persuaded other NSA workers to give up passwords – sources (Hosenball/Strobel) http://t.co/AG4McLigsF 04:41:07
My fitbit #Fitstats for 11/07/2013: 4,961 steps and 3.7 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 09:07:44
Reading – 40 Clever Life Hacks to Simplify your World (ArtFido) http://t.co/mWbazwlP5r 15:18:16
Reading – Diagnosing the Online Health Exchange Debacle (Goodman/Gonzales) http://t.co/Kz8kc7nx28 15:28:18
[Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: The Kids are Alright http://t.co/aNi1jT5K3C 16:39:45
Reading – How Edward Snowden Escalated Cyber War (Kurt Eichenwald) http://t.co/DtdGj0Ea2T 16:58:01
Reading: Americans already think a third of the budget goes to foreign aid. What if it did? (Dylan Matthews) http://t.co/p6kn7xHQ8N 17:08:13
Reading – One Weekend. Two Unmissable Trailers. (The Doctor Who Team) http://t.co/YSAcEB5Pb8 17:12:30
Upsetting meeting at Alex’s school today. Turns out they haven’t been doing something important they promised us. Result: Alex screwed over. 20:38:28
Which explains some aspects of Alex’s behavior over the last month and a half or so. The new puzzle piece makes it all make sense. Unhappy. 20:40:03

Curmudgeon’s Corner: The Kids are Alright

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

Daylight Saving Time
Devices on Planes / Climate Change
Alex Train Interlude
Climate Change Continued
Kids and Tech

Recorded on 5 Nov 2013

Length this week – 1:09:36


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