You know your favorite wooden spatula is a winner when it's been sanded, reshaped, and oiled several times, and your tools smell of cumin.

RT @adactio: Observing, with the benefit of 25 years hindsight, that Fables Of The Reconstruction was pretty damn good.

I keep wanting to comment on dribbbbbbble - anyone got an invite #dribbble

multi-file search in emacs: m-x find-grep-dired #emacs #oldisnewagain

I cannot adequately express my delight that StatusNet releases are named after R.E.M. tracks. http://bit.ly/abNQRs /cc @evanpro

@toddbarnard http://bit.ly/aMZwhn Take a deep breath.

On Embedded Tweets, Part Deux http://bit.ly/aqdY12 (via @monkinetic)

use your own perl and ARCH_FLAGS to run 64bit perl, mysql, and DBD: an update. http://bit.ly/bAwahZ #perl #mindyourbitness #osx

"Embedded" tweets, aren't. Relax. http://bit.ly/a4RvVQ (via @monkinetic)

"Embedded" Tweets... aren't. At least, not like videos are. Don't get you knickers in a knot.

I wonder why Apple gave us selectable perls in 10.6? I'm grateful they did though. http://bit.ly/bnGevw #perl #osx #dbd

^like http://stage.vambenepe.com/archives/1464

Perl, DBD::mysql, and MySQL can play nice on OS X 10.6! http://bit.ly/b1qpyd (via @monkinetic, in which I describe how to end the pain)

http://twitpic.com/1ku58m for the love of God...

While there's no reason to criticize Twitter's new "embedding" service on technical grounds, there are a few reasons to criticize it on usefulness grounds. When I last spoke of this, I was looking for a tool that would let us curate groups of tweets:

Shea Bennet posts a hyperventilating critique of Twitter's new marketing tool to let you embed a tweet in your site: Blackbird Pie:

After 4 days of pain and frustration, I finally got perl, DBD::mysql, and MySQL running smoothly on my new MacBook Pro, which came with Snow Leopard pre-installed. I happened to run across a post on ServerFault last night and decided to take the time to write up what worked for me as a response, and I'm re-posting it here for my own records:

learning way more than I intended about how macports works #macports #perl #dbi #whygodwhy

You never actually pay off a car. (@ Fletcher's Tires And Auto Service) http://4sq.com/dxgeA6

@apgwoz depending on Twitter's implementation, I might try it.