November 2010 – Page 3 – elaine nelson, aka epersonae

11/17/2010

Twitter Digest for 2010-11-17

@CatherineOmega @chx1975 I recommend http://bit.ly/bh5O8C for the stylish modern kilt. 🙂 in reply to chx1975 #
*&^$(%. just realized that I never checked the @olylibfriends redesign on IE. ::sigh:: #
agreed! RT @RobertAHunter: @cssquirrel [y'all] do excellent work! appreciate seeing people use latest tools to make such wonderful sites. #
felt that one! RT @pnwquakes: 3.5 occurred Tue Nov 16 at 07:51:08 AM, 5 km NE from Mossyrock, WA at a depth of 9.60 km. http://bit.ly/aEgb4R #
awake yet? #
@LloydBrown er, *quakes*. in reply to LloydBrown #
@LloydBrown dude. really? quake r awesome. 🙂 in reply to LloydBrown #
@hoveringdog I couldn't remember how far downtown you were. the @twinstarcu oly branch doesn't have power! in reply to hoveringdog #
@hoveringdog that wouldn't be us, then. 🙂 in reply to hoveringdog #
@hoveringdog r u talking bout my employer? in reply to hoveringdog #
@olyhillary I was wondering about that too. what a morning! in reply to olyhillary #
@heyrocker congrats & good luck. in reply to heyrocker #
@morrischris happy birthday to her! in reply to morrischris #
@bhenick no, I think I remember that too, although I was pretty young. What, color? Graphs? THE END IS NIGH. in reply to bhenick #

11/16/2010

Today’s Links 11/16/2010

WRITER BEWARE Â®
"Bullying" Has Little Resonance with Teenagers | DMLcentral
"Teens are seeing drama everywhere – they’re seeing it as a legitimate part of adult society that can often lead to notoriety."

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11/16/2010

author: Melissa Febos
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.34
book published: 2010
rating: 2
read at: 2010/11/01
date added: 2010/11/16
shelves: autobiography, non-fiction, biography
review:
I’m torn about this book for a bunch of reasons (some of which are not appropriate for the internets) but mostly because she starts off with a nonchalant air of “oh I’m just a nice gal” and then reveals her heroin/cocaine addiction almost off-handedly. Maybe she’s intentionally being an unreliable narrator, because she spends a good chunk of the last portion of the book talking about honesty, but it just got on my nerves. Not sure if I would necessarily recommend it, but didn’t HATE it, either.

11/16/2010

Whip Smart: A Memoir

author: Melissa Febos
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.27
book published: 2010
rating: 2
read at: 2010/11/01
date added: 2010/11/16
shelves: autobiography, biography, non-fiction
review:
I’m torn about this book for a bunch of reasons (some of which are not appropriate for the internets) but mostly because she starts off with a nonchalant air of "oh I’m just a nice gal" and then reveals her heroin/cocaine addiction almost off-handedly. Maybe she’s intentionally being an unreliable narrator, because she spends a good chunk of the last portion of the book talking about honesty, but it just got on my nerves. Not sure if I would necessarily recommend it, but didn’t HATE it, either.

11/16/2010

Twitter Digest for 2010-11-16

Ben Gurion Airport == Sacramento RT @dylanw: Everyone tweeting about [copying] Israeli airport security, please read: http://bit.ly/8YAxMi #
@dylanw note that Angel & PNC Bank get included as well. (is Angel the one that *isn't* owned by Blackboard?) in reply to dylanw #
@kermix23 I'm 99% sure that we *both* have, I know I have talking abt it in person. in reply to kermix23 #
@fakebaldur my last yr of HS, one group of friends had a paper notebook that was basically Facebook on paper. DRAMARAMA. (cc @kermix23) in reply to fakebaldur #
RT @fakebaldur: This post by @zephoria is so bloody good it deserves a double mention: http://bit.ly/c7yaYj #
@fakebaldur "The drama is half the fun, even when it hurts like hell." – oh how THAT hit home. in reply to fakebaldur #
@l8dybug @LloydBrown the excellent book "Traffic" starts off with this topic. http://bit.ly/aPWUXX in reply to l8dybug #
@RobertAHunter I seem to remember that usually I try to avoid floating anything to the left of a list. :\ in reply to RobertAHunter #
@olyhillary yeep. don't remind me! in reply to olyhillary #
@RobertAHunter you need to put a margin on the ul that's at least as wide as the floated div, IIRC. in reply to RobertAHunter #
@olyhillary having tried the calcs, I think he's got the "one story" wrong: it's 2 stories: war & taxes. roll back to 1999 & it's all good. #
I can haz single payer plz? it can't possibly be any MORE complicated than what we've got now. #
starting the day with a little early bowie. makes up for drizzle, meh tea, and accidentally leaving my phone at home. #

11/16/2010

Today’s Links 11/16/2010

Amazing Brick Machine Rolls Out Roads Like Carpet
"What once was a labor-intensive, back-breaking job has now become a snap with this automatic Dutch paver laying machine"

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11/15/2010

Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)

author: Tom Vanderbilt
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2010/11/15
shelves: non-fiction, psychology, politics, urban-studies, bicycling, history, legal, favorites
review:
An exploration of the psychology of traffic, mostly in the US, but with some travels abroad (particularly to the UK, the Netherlands, India and China). Amazing stuff. Basically, unless you’re a brain surgeon, driving is the most mentally complex thing you will ever do. And of course most of the issues that make traffic so insane are psychological. We’re just not designed to go that fast. Also, lots of little nuggets of wisdom to save for future conversations. I hope our governor and state/local transportation folks read this book!

11/15/2010

Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)

author: Tom Vanderbilt
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2010/11/15
shelves: bicycling, history, legal, non-fiction, politics, psychology, urban-studies
review:
An exploration of the psychology of traffic, mostly in the US, but with some travels abroad (particularly to the UK, the Netherlands, India and China). Amazing stuff. Basically, unless you’re a brain surgeon, driving is the most mentally complex thing you will ever do. And of course most of the issues that make traffic so insane are psychological. We’re just not designed to go that fast. Also, lots of little nuggets of wisdom to save for future conversations. I hope our governor and state/local transportation folks read this book!

11/14/2010

Today’s Links 11/14/2010

What is Wrong With Government 2.0 – Whimsley
"Thereâ€™s another name for outsourcing government services to private industry, and thatâ€™s privatization." an argument for non-commercial licenses for gov’t data.

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11/14/2010

Twitter Digest for 2010-11-14

still loving Connections, but wow computing has changed. two eps now where punch cards are height of tech. 🙂 #
@eriquita congratulations! in reply to eriquita #
@dylanw yaaaaaaay! 🙂 keep up the good work. in reply to dylanw #