Comments for donturn.com http://donturn.com/blog Selected ideas and links. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:44:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on Arlington, TX - the new HQ for the Legion of Doom? by donturn http://donturn.com/blog/2008/11/18/arlington-tx-the-new-hq-for-the-legion-of-doom/comment-page-1/#comment-77349 donturn Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:05:46 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/?p=248#comment-77349 BIZARRO HATE FOOTBALL! BIZARRO HATE FOOTBALL!

]]> Comment on Arlington, TX - the new HQ for the Legion of Doom? by Solomon Grundy http://donturn.com/blog/2008/11/18/arlington-tx-the-new-hq-for-the-legion-of-doom/comment-page-1/#comment-77286 Solomon Grundy Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:01:13 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/?p=248#comment-77286 SOLOMON GRUNDY LIKE FOOTBALL! SOLOMON GRUNDY LIKE FOOTBALL!

]]> Comment on Arlington, TX - the new HQ for the Legion of Doom? by donturn http://donturn.com/blog/2008/11/18/arlington-tx-the-new-hq-for-the-legion-of-doom/comment-page-1/#comment-77247 donturn Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:58:40 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/?p=248#comment-77247 Out-nerded Elson? Is that even possible? Out-nerded Elson? Is that even possible?

]]> Comment on Arlington, TX - the new HQ for the Legion of Doom? by Bryce http://donturn.com/blog/2008/11/18/arlington-tx-the-new-hq-for-the-legion-of-doom/comment-page-1/#comment-77239 Bryce Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:16:15 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/?p=248#comment-77239 Heh. You just out-nerded Elson on that one. Well played, sir. Well played. Heh. You just out-nerded Elson on that one. Well played, sir. Well played.

]]> Comment on Knowledge Management Systems by Patrick DiDomenico http://donturn.com/blog/2008/09/29/knowledge-management-systems-fall-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-73682 Patrick DiDomenico Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:08:15 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/?p=223#comment-73682 I wish I lived in Texas so I could enroll in this class! Looks interesting. Looking forward to following things on the class blog Patrick I wish I lived in Texas so I could enroll in this class! Looks interesting. Looking forward to following things on the class blog
Patrick

]]> Comment on The antennas that capture the universe by sean http://donturn.com/blog/2007/08/01/the-antennas-that-capture-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-29180 sean Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:05:24 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2007/08/01/the-antennas-that-capture-the-universe/#comment-29180 I've actually been up in one of those. I went to NMT, which is right by there. A friend of a friend worked at the VLA and got us in after hours. One of the dishes was out near the barn for maintenance so we climbed up into it. The hardware looked *ancient* After that we got a tour of the data-crunching facilities. Banks and banks of tape machines lined up like something out of a futuristic 70's movie. Pretty laughable compared to its depiction in the movie Contact (which was filmed while was in school there.) Sorry for the long comment, but I just spent about half an hour looking for my photos from inside the dish but couldn't find them. One was really neat: you could see the mountains off in the distance, cropped below by the curving rim of the dish. Good times. I’ve actually been up in one of those. I went to NMT, which is right by there. A friend of a friend worked at the VLA and got us in after hours. One of the dishes was out near the barn for maintenance so we climbed up into it. The hardware looked *ancient* After that we got a tour of the data-crunching facilities. Banks and banks of tape machines lined up like something out of a futuristic 70’s movie. Pretty laughable compared to its depiction in the movie Contact (which was filmed while was in school there.)

Sorry for the long comment, but I just spent about half an hour looking for my photos from inside the dish but couldn’t find them. One was really neat: you could see the mountains off in the distance, cropped below by the curving rim of the dish.

Good times.

]]> Comment on Using the Macintosh clipboard for text without formatting by Dan Scott http://donturn.com/blog/2006/02/09/using-the-macintosh-clipboard-for-text-without-formatting/comment-page-1/#comment-26543 Dan Scott Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:51:52 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2006/02/09/using-the-macintosh-clipboard-for-text-without-formatting/#comment-26543 I can't help, other than to sympathize and nod vigorously in agreement. If it's any consolation, Windows apps suffer from the same too-clever-by-half problem. Usually there isn't even a keyboard short cut for "Paste Special..." to get to the unformatted option. Thank heavens for Linux... I can’t help, other than to sympathize and nod vigorously in agreement. If it’s any consolation, Windows apps suffer from the same too-clever-by-half problem. Usually there isn’t even a keyboard short cut for “Paste Special…” to get to the unformatted option. Thank heavens for Linux…

]]> Comment on SXSW: Monkey Warfare’s Don McKellar by donturn http://donturn.com/blog/2007/03/09/sxsw-monkey-warfares-don-mckellar/comment-page-1/#comment-26541 donturn Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:46:14 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2007/03/09/sxsw-monkey-warfares-don-mckellar/#comment-26541 Hi Dan! <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Twitch-City-Complete-Bruce-McCulloch/dp/B000H5VACA/ref=sr_1_1/105-9985792-7366828?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1183585519&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">Twitch City</a> is now available on DVD here in the US. Hi Dan! Twitch City is now available on DVD here in the US.

]]> Comment on SXSW: Monkey Warfare’s Don McKellar by Dan Scott http://donturn.com/blog/2007/03/09/sxsw-monkey-warfares-don-mckellar/comment-page-1/#comment-26531 Dan Scott Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:00:19 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2007/03/09/sxsw-monkey-warfares-don-mckellar/#comment-26531 Don McKellar rocks! I remember seeing the production trucks with "Twitch City" being filmed a block or two away from my apartment and wondering what the heck that was all about... then I actually saw it. I contacted CBC a year or two ago to see if I could buy the series on DVD, but no dice. They don't own the rights. Bad CBC. Don McKellar rocks! I remember seeing the production trucks with “Twitch City” being filmed a block or two away from my apartment and wondering what the heck that was all about… then I actually saw it. I contacted CBC a year or two ago to see if I could buy the series on DVD, but no dice. They don’t own the rights. Bad CBC.

]]> Comment on Tumlbr by donturn http://donturn.com/blog/2007/03/23/tumlbr/comment-page-1/#comment-13960 donturn Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:02:00 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2007/03/23/tumlbr/#comment-13960 I"m not sure I get it either. The complexity of functions seems to work against it. I”m not sure I get it either. The complexity of functions seems to work against it.

]]> Comment on Tumlbr by Adam Rice http://donturn.com/blog/2007/03/23/tumlbr/comment-page-1/#comment-13957 Adam Rice Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:52:51 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2007/03/23/tumlbr/#comment-13957 I've been trying to figure out whether tumble-logs are a good thing or not. I’ve been trying to figure out whether tumble-logs are a good thing or not.

]]> Comment on If SXSW were Scooby Doo by donturn http://donturn.com/blog/2007/03/09/if-sxsw-were-scooby-doo/comment-page-1/#comment-12087 donturn Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:08:45 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2007/03/09/if-sxsw-were-scooby-doo/#comment-12087 Daphne = the hangers-on of sxswfilm folk? Daphne = the hangers-on of sxswfilm folk?

]]> Comment on If SXSW were Scooby Doo by John http://donturn.com/blog/2007/03/09/if-sxsw-were-scooby-doo/comment-page-1/#comment-12083 John Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:42:06 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2007/03/09/if-sxsw-were-scooby-doo/#comment-12083 Befuddled locals = Scooby But who's Daphne? Befuddled locals = Scooby
But who’s Daphne?

]]> Comment on Video Games at the University of Texas by Richard http://donturn.com/blog/2007/02/16/video-games-at-the-university-of-texas/comment-page-1/#comment-10460 Richard Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:34:38 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2007/02/16/video-games-at-the-university-of-texas/#comment-10460 Cool, maybe I'll eventually find a use for the big box of early PC and Commodore64 era games I have. Some still in shrink wrap. Cool, maybe I’ll eventually find a use for the big box of early PC and Commodore64 era games I have. Some still in shrink wrap.

]]> Comment on Attack of the Ginger Creatures! by Prentiss Riddle http://donturn.com/blog/2007/01/06/attack-of-the-ginger-creatures/comment-page-1/#comment-6791 Prentiss Riddle Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:05:42 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2007/01/06/attack-of-the-ginger-creatures/#comment-6791 Ooh, if I'd been there I wouldn't have been able to resist adding feet to some of those fishies -- Darwin cookies! Ooh, if I’d been there I wouldn’t have been able to resist adding feet to some of those fishies — Darwin cookies!

]]> Comment on Getting Nothing Done? by lantzilla http://donturn.com/blog/2006/12/23/getting-nothing-done/comment-page-1/#comment-6634 lantzilla Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:26:46 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2006/12/23/getting-nothing-done/#comment-6634 Actually, Doing Nothing can be renamed, Someday Maybe. Actually, Doing Nothing can be renamed, Someday Maybe.

]]> Comment on 42 40 States by donturn http://donturn.com/blog/2006/06/06/41-states/comment-page-1/#comment-6613 donturn Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:21:17 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2006/06/06/41-states/#comment-6613 Now I've got Oregon covered. 43! Now I’ve got Oregon covered. 43!

]]> Comment on Taxonomy of tagging systems by McChris http://donturn.com/blog/2006/12/23/taxonomy-of-tagging-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-6250 McChris Sun, 24 Dec 2006 20:04:41 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2006/12/23/taxonomy-of-tagging-systems/#comment-6250 That's actually a paper by some Yahoo! Research folks like Cameron Marlowe. Reading the paper I was sort of confused about the methods they used for the taxonomy of user behavior. They pull tag data out of Flickr and del.icio.us, but I don't see how they can make such detailed claims about user motivations w/o actually talking to users. That’s actually a paper by some Yahoo! Research folks like Cameron Marlowe. Reading the paper I was sort of confused about the methods they used for the taxonomy of user behavior. They pull tag data out of Flickr and del.icio.us, but I don’t see how they can make such detailed claims about user motivations w/o actually talking to users.

]]> Comment on The two best TV shows this week were really games by donturn http://donturn.com/blog/2006/12/14/the-two-best-tv-shows-this-week-were-really-games/comment-page-1/#comment-5674 donturn Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:17:02 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2006/12/14/the-two-best-tv-shows-this-week-were-really-games/#comment-5674 Even sharper than now? Is that possible? Even sharper than now? Is that possible?

]]> Comment on The two best TV shows this week were really games by Bryce http://donturn.com/blog/2006/12/14/the-two-best-tv-shows-this-week-were-really-games/comment-page-1/#comment-5672 Bryce Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:31:50 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2006/12/14/the-two-best-tv-shows-this-week-were-really-games/#comment-5672 Hey Don - glad to see your thoughts on Daybreak. I've been enjoying it quite a bit (moreso than 'Lost' actually, cause the pacing of the thing really makes me believe that they're gonna SOLVE it in one season.) As for game recommendations, I hear that this will keep a fella like you sharp as a tack: http://www.brainage.com/launch/index.jsp :-D Hey Don - glad to see your thoughts on Daybreak. I’ve been enjoying it quite a bit (moreso than ‘Lost’ actually, cause the pacing of the thing really makes me believe that they’re gonna SOLVE it in one season.)

As for game recommendations, I hear that this will keep a fella like you sharp as a tack: http://www.brainage.com/launch/index.jsp :-D

]]> Comment on Salvation Pizza in Austin by ttrentham http://donturn.com/blog/2006/12/05/salvation-pizza-in-austin/comment-page-1/#comment-5145 ttrentham Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:23:33 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2006/12/05/salvation-pizza-in-austin/#comment-5145 The explosion of indie pizza joint is awesome. I still haven't hit Eastside Pies or Salvation yet, but of the two South Congress joints, I like <a href="http://www.southsideflyingpizza.com/" rel="nofollow">Southside Flying</a> better than Homeslice. Their Sundried Tomato Pesto pizza is awesome, although the middle tends to get a bit soggy at times. It's on South Congress almost to Oltorf, just before Nueva Onda and run by a longtime Guero's employee, Bill. Have either of you tried it? The explosion of indie pizza joint is awesome. I still haven’t hit Eastside Pies or Salvation yet, but of the two South Congress joints, I like Southside Flying better than Homeslice. Their Sundried Tomato Pesto pizza is awesome, although the middle tends to get a bit soggy at times. It’s on South Congress almost to Oltorf, just before Nueva Onda and run by a longtime Guero’s employee, Bill. Have either of you tried it?

]]> Comment on Second post with Ecto by Adam Rice http://donturn.com/blog/2006/12/05/second-post-with-ecto/comment-page-1/#comment-5138 Adam Rice Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:50:23 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2006/12/05/second-post-with-ecto/#comment-5138 Did you set the path in Ecto for the photos on the server side? Dealing with pictures is a little bit hinky in Ecto: you drag the photo into the editing pane, click on the resulting link; this brings up another window where you customize the image's params. The key param here is "destination" which should be relative to WP's root; in my setup, all the pictures go to ~/content/ On yours, images are apparently going to ~/wp-content/uploads/[yy]/[mm]/[dd]/ . Because the path is being generated on the WP side, I wonder if that is confusing Ecto. You can turn off the date hierarchy in WP, or you might in touch get with Adriaan Did you set the path in Ecto for the photos on the server side? Dealing with pictures is a little bit hinky in Ecto: you drag the photo into the editing pane, click on the resulting link; this brings up another window where you customize the image’s params. The key param here is “destination” which should be relative to WP’s root; in my setup, all the pictures go to ~/content/

On yours, images are apparently going to ~/wp-content/uploads/[yy]/[mm]/[dd]/ . Because the path is being generated on the WP side, I wonder if that is confusing Ecto. You can turn off the date hierarchy in WP, or you might in touch get with Adriaan

]]> Comment on Salvation Pizza in Austin by Prentiss Riddle http://donturn.com/blog/2006/12/05/salvation-pizza-in-austin/comment-page-1/#comment-5133 Prentiss Riddle Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:10:32 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2006/12/05/salvation-pizza-in-austin/#comment-5133 Salvation's #1 is the new consensus favorite for my vegetarian daughters and me. It's so good that we've even cut back on our long-standing custom of ordering take-out at Conan's and stopping by Vulcan for a video while we're there -- although my eight year old keeps wanting us to order a sympathy pie from Conan's anyway. Salvation’s #1 is the new consensus favorite for my vegetarian daughters and me. It’s so good that we’ve even cut back on our long-standing custom of ordering take-out at Conan’s and stopping by Vulcan for a video while we’re there — although my eight year old keeps wanting us to order a sympathy pie from Conan’s anyway.

]]> Comment on Casino Royale by Adam Rice http://donturn.com/blog/2006/11/17/casino-royale/comment-page-1/#comment-4227 Adam Rice Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:41:16 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2006/11/17/casino-royale/#comment-4227 I can't help myself. I even paid to see the last one. I can’t help myself. I even paid to see the last one.

]]> Comment on Some other guy in some other DVD 15th Anniversary Edition is Mr. Black. by Bryce http://donturn.com/blog/2006/10/26/some-other-guy-in-some-other-dvd-15th-anniversary-edition-is-mr-black/comment-page-1/#comment-3108 Bryce Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:37:52 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2006/10/26/some-other-guy-in-some-other-dvd-15th-anniversary-edition-is-mr-black/#comment-3108 I checked this out in my local Target last night, and it's <em>really</em> cool in person. I'm trying not to invest too much in DVDs anymore, but this one is tempting. I checked this out in my local Target last night, and it’s really cool in person. I’m trying not to invest too much in DVDs anymore, but this one is tempting.

]]> Comment on The Houston Chronicle adapts (quickly) by Prentiss Riddle http://donturn.com/blog/2006/10/05/houston-chronicle/comment-page-1/#comment-3086 Prentiss Riddle Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:49:51 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2006/10/05/houston-chronicle/#comment-3086 Could their blog engine handle the load of all the Chron.com traffic? That's some capacity planning. (Or did I miss the point, and it wasn't that the fire affected the Chron.com servers, but rather that the writers and editors can't access the Chron CMS from Starbucks?) Either way, yes, kudos to the quick footwork. Could their blog engine handle the load of all the Chron.com traffic? That’s some capacity planning.

(Or did I miss the point, and it wasn’t that the fire affected the Chron.com servers, but rather that the writers and editors can’t access the Chron CMS from Starbucks?)

Either way, yes, kudos to the quick footwork.

]]> Comment on Some other guy in some other DVD 15th Anniversary Edition is Mr. Black. by Prentiss Riddle http://donturn.com/blog/2006/10/26/some-other-guy-in-some-other-dvd-15th-anniversary-edition-is-mr-black/comment-page-1/#comment-3085 Prentiss Riddle Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:40:36 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2006/10/26/some-other-guy-in-some-other-dvd-15th-anniversary-edition-is-mr-black/#comment-3085 K-Billy's Sounds of the 70s (aka the Reservoir Dogs soundtrack) was probably the best 99¢ cassette I ever bought in my life. K-Billy’s Sounds of the 70s (aka the Reservoir Dogs soundtrack) was probably the best 99¢ cassette I ever bought in my life.

]]> Comment on Moyers on America . The Net @ Risk on PBS online by McChris http://donturn.com/blog/2006/10/20/moyers-on-america-the-net-risk-on-pbs-online/comment-page-1/#comment-2914 McChris Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:36:41 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2006/10/20/moyers-on-america-the-net-risk-on-pbs-online/#comment-2914 WE want to see a post fleshing out your "Semantic Winter" idea. :) WE want to see a post fleshing out your “Semantic Winter” idea. :)

]]> Comment on Moyers on America . The Net @ Risk on PBS online by ttrentham http://donturn.com/blog/2006/10/20/moyers-on-america-the-net-risk-on-pbs-online/comment-page-1/#comment-2913 ttrentham Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:19:40 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2006/10/20/moyers-on-america-the-net-risk-on-pbs-online/#comment-2913 "No, I’m not sure why I wrote this with the royal 'we' perspective." Reading too much Austinist perhaps? “No, I’m not sure why I wrote this with the royal ‘we’ perspective.”

Reading too much Austinist perhaps?

]]> Comment on The Houston Chronicle adapts (quickly) by Chip http://donturn.com/blog/2006/10/05/houston-chronicle/comment-page-1/#comment-2582 Chip Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:27:39 +0000 http://donturn.com/blog/2006/10/05/houston-chronicle/#comment-2582 The Houston Chronicle does some mighty fine blogging. In particular, I'm thinking of Dwight Silverman's stuff. He marries the view and ethos of a blogger with the skill and training of a journalist. I think his blogging on the wireless issue during the last legislature and Katrina last year were stand-out great. His blog is here: http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/ The Houston Chronicle does some mighty fine blogging. In particular, I’m thinking of Dwight Silverman’s stuff. He marries the view and ethos of a blogger with the skill and training of a journalist. I think his blogging on the wireless issue during the last legislature and Katrina last year were stand-out great.

His blog is here: http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/

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