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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-17

Magnus — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:59:00 +0000

Has just been calmed down by OnOff's support. #onoff #bankruptcy #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-11

Magnus — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:59:00 +0000

Underbart i #gp idag: Filmer och böcker skall ha ordentliga slut. Annars har någon inte gjort sitt jobb. #
När "alternativ medicin" har bevisats fungera, så kan vi helt enkelt kallat den "medicin". #svtdebatt #
När en typ av "alternativ medicin" har bevisats fungera, så kan vi helt enkelt kalla den "medicin". #debatt #
Google+ still won't let me sign up #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-04

Magnus — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:59:00 +0000

#h4a has been updated to deal with the recent push of ghc 7.0.3 to #archlinux #haskell #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-26

Magnus — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:59:00 +0000

Another update to [h4a], tagsoup and vector. #haskell #archlinux #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-19

Magnus — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 22:59:00 +0000

Dear #virginmedia you were supposed to come by to pick up your equipment today. I waited and waited, but you never came. What do I do now? #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-13

Magnus — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:59:00 +0000

Hmm, I don't really like that #archlinux replaced a working 'hostname' command with a non-working one #
I do hope that the move will come together this weekend. #fingerscrossed #movetosweden #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-05

Magnus — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:59:00 +0000

World is upside-down today, 75% men on #yoga this morning. #ashtanga #
Kära Familjebostäder, hur kan *inte* ha planlösningar till alla era lägenheter? #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-29

Magnus — Sun, 29 May 2011 22:59:00 +0000

Experiment still ongoing, 5 days. #mylitteexperiment #
Excellent workshop with Vanessa Menendez-Covelo this Saturday. She got me into positions I thought were beyond me. #ashtanga #yoga #
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011lvb9 : All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace #
Building more stuff for [h4a], updating and adding cblrepo itself, as well as criterion. #h4a #haskell #archlinux #
Oh how I wish authors of #haskell libs would put examples in their Haddock docs. Right now it's criterion that's confusing me. #
Seeing some strange stuff when using criterion. #haskell #performance #
Experiment over! It took my former employer a week to turn off my access to the SSH gateway into the internal network. #mylittleexperiment #
This is only the beginning of being a responsible parent who only has FLOSS systems in the house. #floss #parenting #
Sent a letter to the manager of the nursery urging them to use an open format for their weekly newsletter. #openformat #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-23

Magnus — Sun, 22 May 2011 22:59:00 +0000

2 days to go #
I just got a lesson in nice Text.JSON usage. I guess I should stop looking to @donsbot for idiomatic #haskell #
Good morning! #
Cleaning out desk and computer at work. The scrubbing of one of the systems will run over night. #movetosweden #leavingjob #
One more day in this job #movetosweden #leavingjob #
Off to my last day at work in the UK. First some #yoga though. #leavingjob #movingtosweden #
I'm just about to leave the office for the last time #
I am now officially in between jobs. For about 2 months #movingtosweden #
First day as funemployed (thanks @mcclurmc for the word) & I've accomplished all I wanted & a little bit more. Great start. #movingtosweden #
I'm running an experiment: 2 days. #
Lots of un/re-learning to do here: http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/index.htm #shoes #
Done for the day #movingtosweden #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-15

Magnus — Sun, 15 May 2011 22:59:00 +0000

Just released, cblrepo: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/cblrepo #
No matter the nature of bug in a pkg on #aur the pkg is only outdated when a new version is available! Difficult to understand? #archlinux #
I do like #unicode It's liberating writing ? instead of 'beta'. #
I want! http://depthjs.media.mit.edu/ #
Playing a bit with #webpy rather nice, despite being #python #
How do I get the xml #python #
Good thing I used #encfs on my #dropbox files then: http://is.gd/JaCSCk #
Just put my Arch Haskell repo (source) in git, now pondering whether it's worth sharing it. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-09

Magnus — Sun, 08 May 2011 22:59:00 +0000

Is there such a thing for Linux? http://is.gd/uxVJQj #
I'm not surprised: http://is.gd/sHaMd1 IMNSHO introducing fees was a very stupid mistake. #
Job offer accepted, so now I can concentrate completely on the move. #
My Arch repo for Haskell packages, all maintained using cblrepo. Feedback welcome. [h4a] Server = http://www.kiwilight.com/~magnus/$repo #
Did archlinux.org fall off the internet? #archlinux #
[h4a]: cmdargs updated, and photoname added. #haskell #archlinux #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-01

Magnus — Sun, 01 May 2011 22:59:00 +0000

My Cabal-2-Arch conversion tool is just about ready to be unveiled. #haskell #archlinux #
Gnome3 is here.. it's new… it's shiny… it's cool… just to bad mutter isn't a good window manager #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-04

Magnus — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 22:59:00 +0000

So, that's that sent off. Fingers crossed now! #
Careers on stackoverflow seems rather broken. I can't log in, I can't create a usable account. Not impressive. #stackoverflow #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-27

Magnus — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:59:00 +0000

RT @merlyn: For me, it's hard not to read "non-functional requirements" as "dysfunctional requirements", as in a requirement to fail. #
RT @voidspace: Put "True, False = False, True" into your python libraries. People will soon learn to not "import *" from them… — the … #
Aaahhh! #gwibber is completely unusable! Seriously, is there no way to get unread tweets to be marked somehow? #
Win: http://is.gd/jccYIT #
Funny: http://is.gd/14Bqkv #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-21

Magnus — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:59:00 +0000

RT @mrtonylee: This is possibly my new favourite thing ever. Doctor Who mashed with the Buffy credits. http://is.gd/sg5M1W #
Wow!!!! http://arngren.net/ #
RT @vincenthz: #xen store #haskell module uploaded to hackage. http://hackage.haskell.org/package/xenstore #
Papers should stop using the term "PS3 owner" so freely, clearly there is only ONE "PS3 owner", #Sony At least Sony thinks so. #ps3 #
Cabal's new test interface is confusing, how do I get test sources included in tar-ball? #haskell #cabal #
My simple INI config parser uploaded to github: https://github.com/magthe/hsini #haskell #
Something to try: http://five.sentenc.es/ #
#git is lovely at times, even though re-writing history on the master branch should be frowned upon it's a very handy thing to do sometimes #
How not to Get Things Done: http://is.gd/6N2NYc #gtd #
#pino 2 is currently broken on #arch and #pino3 isn't ready yet. Any recommendations for #twitter clients on #linux #
Hmm, #mitter won't connect to #twitter using old auth maybe? #buzzbird is stuck in the past, with 32-bit only prebuilds. #
I guess #gwibber will have to do. #
Dear #skype why not provide 64-bit prebuilds for non-Ubuntu as well? #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-14

Magnus — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:59:00 +0000

To all companies that demand I enter CV into a crappy web UI: I've already entered by CV into a PDF, why isn't it good enough? #
http://stopabusingsiprefixes.org/ #
Maybe, just maybe the Swedes are about to start realising what it is Reinfeldt has been busy with: http://is.gd/0Nr4fq #
The hotel network allows me to catch up on work emails tonight… not sure what was up yesterday. #
I'm really enjoying the course I'm on #
The hotel wifi is very unreliable, and whenever it goes down it takes about an hour to come back up properly. #
Hmm, this was unexpected, after upgrade to #ghc 7 all my UIs based on #cmdargs are broken. #
Just fixed the UI by switching to the pure API of #cmdargs working nicely with only minor changes. #haskell #
Finally I have added the first step towards autogeneration of #archlinux source packages. It's looking good so far. #
MS vs. Java: http://www.220.ro/funny/Microsoft-Vs-Java/Iw8nmDHL7Y/ #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-06

Magnus — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:59:00 +0000

#vim 'list' and 'listchars' to highlight tabs in make files is brilliant! #
Yay, first implementation of an enumeratee for my private iteratee implementation #haskell #
I don't quite like the name 'enumeratee', but then 'iteratee' isn't that much better #haskell #
Now wearing jacket, scarf and hat in the office, I swear it's colder in here than outside at the moment! #
… and I wish I'd brought some thick socks #officefreeze #
It's somewhat difficult to do a web conference on a system where the client doesn't run on my system. #
RT @vincenthz: tls 0.4.0 just released with better API and more documentation. http://hackage.haskell.org/package/tls #haskell #
Release of dataenc with new API is drawing nearer, I now have a modified version of omnicodec that uses it, via enumeratees #haskell #
Trying out #vimium http://is.gd/BaIVB4 Like it so far. #chromium #
So, there we go, another release of dataenc, now with a new shiny API. #haskell #
Har nu snackat med #eis låter inte dumt alls! #
Began working on my own take on #cabal to #archlinux package translation. #haskell #
Oroväckande: http://is.gd/iYJ8FP #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-28

Magnus — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:59:00 +0000

Starting up SAP… losing will to live. #
I bet SAP gets better with some music… #
Excellent explanation: http://is.gd/Qwd7wy #
RT @avsm: RT @guppiefish: It's the Inequality, Stupid http://bit.ly/h7I6IG #
Heard in the office: MS Windows is such a blue-collar operating system. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-21

Magnus — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 22:59:00 +0000

RT @pauldotcom: Funny take on Interview questions: http://bit.ly/eD7VYH Where do you see yourself in 5 years? #
Hilarious! What would Feynman do? http://is.gd/FQmLw7 #
Is there really no just-go-away-and-die command for when (pdf)latex presents a "command prompt"? #
Oh, how C-A in vim fools me at times… increasing the 3 is done by decreasing in "foo-3"! #
Brilliant: http://failblog.org/2011/02/15/epic-fail-photos-psychic-fail/ #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-13

Magnus — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:59:00 +0000

RT @stevedesigner: Do not use Twitter for business http://bit.ly/hs9kVo from @grahamjones > too right! #
Ah, only three packages to go then I've built the latest version of #yesod for #arch #haskell #
Done building yesod and its dependencies, well, I'm done with x86_64, now onto i686 #archlinux #haskell #
A useful blog post on #git http://is.gd/tbIUqH #
Damn you XKCD: http://xkcd.com/859/ :- #
UK vs GB vs… http://blog.cgpgrey.com/the-united-kingdom-great-britain-england-venn-diagram/ #
So, added command line args for #cabal2arch to pass configure flags into the PKGBUILD #arch #haskell #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-07

Magnus — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:59:00 +0000

Mandatory listening before listening to #newspeak episode on #flossweekly http://is.gd/T4LOfm- #
RT @gildor478: just uploaded my first test package to oasis-db through command line — OASIS-DB has a new feature #ocaml #oasis #
Dear #outlook developers, please make invitations contain the time in UTC, just using the sender's TZ just caused me to miss a meeting! #
I wish there was a single #wiki #markup to rule them all! #
How irritating, it's not possible to satisfy all dependencies for #yi in #arch at the moment #
Time to move desks… again! #work #
Done with the part of the move I'll do myself… the drawers will have been transported on Monday I'm told. #work #
So, have moved all the baseX encodings in #dataenc to the new API for decoding, only 6 more encodings to go. #haskell #
So, done re-writing the decoding using the new API, now for a bit of clean-up. #haskell #dataenc #
So, the changed encoding API is taking form as well. #dataenc #haskell #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-30

Magnus — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:59:00 +0000

? @conal, @angelaharms: Why do ppl say change is painful? Isn't change just *life*? Isn't it the *resisting* of change that creates pain? #
I'm deflecting all dependency problem on #aur to upstream. #haskell #
Just like out of One Among The Sleepless: http://www.thelocal.se/31574/20110121/ #
Working with #git is actually quite fun at times; when it behaves. #
I'm not the least bit surprised: http://www.thelocal.se/31612/20110124/ #
Free book on parallel programming: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/paulmck/perfbook/perfbook.html #
? @mykebartlett: Excellent piece on the BBC by @pollytoynbee in today's Guardian http://bit.ly/hfwKms #
New version of download uploaded to #hackage #haskell #
Dear #google why doesn't #gmail handle emails as attachments properly? #
So, now I've finished reading The Mythical Man-Month #
GHCi won't load download, complains over missing symbol 'stat64', and google isn't helping #haskell #ghc #
I should add that my executable, which uses download, compiles, links and runs just fine, strange #haskell #ghc #
Also should add that my test executable doesn't link, same complaint as GHCi #haskell #ghc #
Now that was at most a #yoga inspired workout, nothing wrong with that though, but I'll stick to #ashtanga #
Hacking away on another little #haskell tool, finding it somewhat difficult to motivate myself to sleep #
Have decided to move #dataenc development off patch-tag and onto #github #haskell #
Trying a complete rewrite of the dataenc API #haskell #
Attempting to update the #haskell pages for #archlinux #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-24

Magnus — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:59:00 +0000

Compiling #haskell packages like crazy for #archlinux again #
Just happy that the code I worked on last week saved me from attempting the update of a few packages with unsatisfiable dependencies. #
%s/begs the question/raises the question/g #
My implementation of #yEnc in #haskell may come in handy for someone; http://bit.ly/gkpdXy #
At work: why is this purchase order valid without a signature? because it has been created electronically by an authorised representative! #
Hmm, I wanted to have a look at #cmdlib for #haskell but can't find more than one (trivial) example so I'll go back to #cmdargs #
Yay, returning to living after a half-day meeting #
#trac on haskell.org is painfully slow, I wonder why. #haskell #
Download on #hackage doesn't have proper dependencies, but it's fixed upstream… not having it on hackage is a pain though. #haskell #
? @abuiles: RT @pendrift: Do not piss off your web developer. http://utilitybidder.co.uk/ #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-16

Magnus — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:59:00 +0000

I agree fully: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired27b/~3/uaU0f6f1BtQ/ #
Yay! Down to only 9 threads in my box for important mail. #
Uploading a bunch of packages to #aur since Peter re-generated every single #haskell package for #archlinux #
A day in the life of a programmer: http://i.imgur.com/pdpIk.png #
So, the archhaskell binary repo for 64-bit is updated with the latest changes. #haskell #archlinux #
? @jonke: RT @copumpkin: Life in Denmark: http://t.co/MNqW3Xt #
? @conal: Why Sarah Palin says all those stupid and ridiculous things. – Jacob Weisberg – http://www.slate.com/id/2262822?wpisrc=obinsite #
Upgrading ocaml-ocamlgraph on #aur despite being set on orphaning it as soon as the #ocaml initiative in #arch takes off. #
A friend-of-a-friend on FB has the surname 'Fant', I hope she doesn't name her kid Elle. #
Is there some way of getting #github to send an email when a new issue is created? #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-10

Magnus — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:59:00 +0000

6370 emails received over the holidays, oh joy! #
First interaction with SAP for the year, it resulted in a call to helpdesk. #
Time to try Jivamukti for the first time. #yoga #
Good #jivamukti session this morning. My first. #yoga #
Re-building about 87 haskell packages for archlinux, unfortunately not in a very efficient way #
? @abratland: Sick of wasting time in meetings? Then boycott one on January 19th: http://boycottameetingday.com #
Been compiling #haskell packages like crazy today, just to update a few packages for #archlinux #aur. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-12

Magnus — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:59:00 +0000

#vim is such a strange beast at times. #
? @merlyn: Simon Phipps on "The Risks of Cloud: Lessons from Wikileaks" (via CW UK) http://post.ly/1Isn3 #
I'm glad to see that #libreoffice has a much improved printer dialogue. #
Brilliant: http://is.gd/ipo2b #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-05

Magnus — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:59:00 +0000

Excellent piece on airport security from Mr Schneier, as expected: http://is.gd/hWDVY #
Now my desk has deskalators #
Loving the #uksnow this morning, nice ride to work too. #
Colleague just walked in with an excellent laptop bag: a Tesco bag-for-life. #
This'll make it easier to move to Sweden once we decide to do that: http://www.thelocal.se/30508/20101130/ #curry #sweden #
Oh so true: http://is.gd/hZ8yy #sap #enterprise #
? @galoisinc: Galois releases the Haskell Lightweight Virtual Machine (HaLVM)! Haskell without an OS! http://is.gd/i0M7g #halvm #
Does this government really expect us to believe this BS? "cut the supply line to poverty" #uk #coalition #
#wikileaks IP: 213.251.145.96 or 88.80.13.160 in case you need to do some reading this morning #
? @vincenthz: using quickcheck v2.4 small tutorial. http://tab.snarc.org/blog/post/2010/12/2/using_quickcheck/ #
More problems for #wikileaks now it's attacked through PayPal: http://is.gd/id9YH #

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