{"id":182,"date":"2010-01-17T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/182\/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2010-01-17\/"},"modified":"2010-01-17T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-17T16:00:00","slug":"twitter-weekly-updates-for-2010-01-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/182\/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2010-01-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-17"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"aktt_tweet_digest\">\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/twignest\">twignest<\/a> It borrows from Pocahontas, Dances W\/ Wolves, Last Samurai, etc. It&#39;s a serviceable plot for a first &quot;alien&quot; encounter story. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/twignest\/statuses\/7598517182\">in reply to twignest<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7599048055\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/twignest\">twignest<\/a> W\/ an eco-message &amp; new-age (almost Wiccan) mysticism. People s\/ see it for the magic of grand movie making, a quantum advance. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/twignest\/statuses\/7598517182\">in reply to twignest<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7599100541\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinBreaux\">KevinBreaux<\/a> Somber day. Can&#39;t muster any excitement for the playoffs. Knew we were in trouble on Eagles Flight Night when Bradley went down <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinBreaux\/statuses\/7604660607\">in reply to KevinBreaux<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7608316529\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Spent a chunk of the day converting a client&#39;s legacy nested-table layout to css. Also, a belated podcast &amp; mass mailing for another client. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7659800600\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Anybody have list of publishers who are delaying (by months) the release of Kindle editions for fear of hurting h\/b sales? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7680074648\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kindle users are giving Douglas Preston&#39;s IMPACT 1-star reviews on Amazon because Macmillan is delaying Kindle version 4 months. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7684479966\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DarkWoofer\">DarkWoofer<\/a> Yeah, I heard about Rowling. Didn&#39;t know about the other two. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DarkWoofer\/statuses\/7680722875\">in reply to DarkWoofer<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7685542423\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DarkWoofer\">DarkWoofer<\/a> I was iffy on reading Law of 9s based upon the mixed reviews. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DarkWoofer\/statuses\/7686898510\">in reply to DarkWoofer<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7697493393\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DarkWoofer\">DarkWoofer<\/a> Probably are a threat to bookstores, the way automobiles were a threat to blacksmiths. Stores need to have kiosks &amp; be agents. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DarkWoofer\/statuses\/7686837762\">in reply to DarkWoofer<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7697510716\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DarkWoofer\">DarkWoofer<\/a> Publishers need to realize the cost of producing an eBook is infinitesimal. 1 = 1 million. A fixed cost, no variable costs. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DarkWoofer\/statuses\/7680626922\">in reply to DarkWoofer<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7697529114\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Just wrapped up one client&#39;s electronic mass mailing. Soon time to get back to some web work. Any good books out there on Kindle formatting? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7718473573\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Anyone have this Firefox issue: Forms ALMOST auto-fill. Yellow fields appear &amp; then &quot;stick&quot; on the page and appear on every new tab screen. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7718977585\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How many more millions of users does Blackberry need for their Desktop Manager &amp; Media Manager software to install &amp; work smoothly? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7764248857\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Help: PC crash. No POST beeps or errors; just flashing cursor. Setup did show HD. Boot goes to floppy. Is this HD crash? Something else? Ugh <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7766826164\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianKeene\">BrianKeene<\/a> I&#39;m used to getting a msg that the hard drive isn&#39;t found when they fail. Got into WIN. Backing up like crazy now. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianKeene\/statuses\/7767576952\">in reply to BrianKeene<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7774435237\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobhaddon\">jacobhaddon<\/a> I&#39;m printing out stuff, copying to another PC on my network, uploading to FTP, burning CDs. Worried about next reboot. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobhaddon\/statuses\/7774693112\">in reply to jacobhaddon<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7779741850\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>In the mess last nite, my ext&#39;l HD died. Got new one at Staples (1TB for $109). Redoing last nite&#39;s backups. Still not sure about main HD. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7797402725\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kindle users: My new external HD takes up drives J: (software) and K: (storage). Can the Kindle move to L: w\/o a hassle? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7798849278\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Progress in small steps: got my Blackberry Facebook application working again. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7802526035\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kindle users: Anyone know if you can use rubbing alcohol on cloth to clean the Kindle screen of smudges? Manual silent. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7802546292\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Another Dollhouse chock-full of awesomeness! DVR cut off finale preview. Is it 2 hrs? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7815911914\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/adamreisinger\">adamreisinger<\/a> I heard IN TWO WEEKS and AT A SPECIAL TIME and then it was cut off, so I didn&#39;t know if that meant 8-10. Or just 8-9PM. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/adamreisinger\/statuses\/7815939644\">in reply to adamreisinger<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7829311062\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/twignest\">twignest<\/a> Are they moist? Or dry. I&#39;ve had both for my LCD monitor. The moist clean better, but solvents can damage if not LCD specific. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/twignest\/statuses\/7828277130\">in reply to twignest<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7829343111\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/adamreisinger\">adamreisinger<\/a> That would be ideal. But didn&#39;t FOX say they would never air Epitaph One? Or maybe that was their stance pre-cancellation. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/adamreisinger\/statuses\/7830905293\">in reply to adamreisinger<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7835493773\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Went to visit a shelter dog in foster home; then back to many client web updates podcast mass mailing; catching up after hard drive woes. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/7838872330\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Heard on Slayerlit that Dollhouse finale is delayed from Jan 22nd to Jan 29th due to Haiti telethon on a slew of networks. 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