Archiving my Twitter, Facebook and other social network activity
Despite shots, peanut allergy kills teen
This story really hits home for me because the beginning so closely tracks my own experience exactly a week earlier during Comic-Con: Friday, on vacation, could tell there was something wrong immediately, reaction seemed to be under control but reemerged later…Except with me, the EpiPen worked, and I walked out of the hospital that evening.
No guarantees.
I watched a plastic bag floating around in wind currents eight floors up between this building and the next for almost half a minute before it drifted away.
Faulty genetic pathway is a potent player in many types of allergies, say researchers
A report on the study’s findings, published July 24, 2013 in Science Translational Medicine, shows that aberrant signaling by a protein called transforming growth factor-beta, or TGF-beta, may be responsible for disrupting the way immune cells respond to common foods and environmental allergens, leading to a wide range of allergic disorders.
Interesting research on one possible cause of food allergies.
Kiddo pointed at a text editor on my screen and asked me to read it. I figured why not? He lost interest at “public static void main…”
This is shaping up to be a vastly different Comic-Con experience than usual.
Made it to San Diego. In related news, now I know what it's like to drive in stop-and-go traffic with a leg cramp. Ow.
Old crowded elevator etiquette: Studiously ignore everyone you don't know. New crowded elevator etiquette: Studiously stare at your phone so you can pretend that you don't mean to be ignoring everyone.
Twitter creates stunning images of New York City, Tokyo and Istanbul using only geotagged Tweets
Fascinating: Twitter plots the location of geotagged tweets, leaving out all other map data. Cities and roads are instantly recognizable.
There are some words you just shouldn't truncate even on a small display area. Like “deadline.”
J’s reaction to seeing the beginning of a “Little Mermaid” preview: “It’s Ponyo!” Well, sort of…
Comments on Facebook:
Brion Vibber: I assume that’s playing the disco version of the Star Wars theme…
May 27, 2013, 12:00 AM
Kelson Vibber: Or the Cantina song.
May 27, 2013, 12:10 AM
Lia Brown: Oh man, those record players were the best. Does it still work?
May 27, 2013, 9:36 PM
Kelson Vibber: Believe it or not, it’s new. It turns out there’s a whole subset of the toy market for retro toys.It’s a bit different under the hood – I’ve had to fix it once already, and it’s actually chip-driven, not classic music box works. I figure it’s probably cheaper these days to make it with fewer moving parts.
May 28, 2013, 8:34 AM
Marisa Saam: I had one of those! 🙂
May 29, 2013, 12:58 PM
Shortly before sunset, Katie noticed a really yellow quality to the light outside the window, like an eclipse (we’re *way* outside its path) or inside the smoke plume from a large fire. I went out to see. As near as I can tell, it was the reddish/golden hour light from the sun reflecting off of the cloud layer above us that was making everything look yellow. J came out too, and while he wasn’t terribly interested in the clouds or sunset, he had fun watching cars and people and looking at stuff down here on the ground.
I'm beginning to wonder about these Facebook page stats. 17 likes and 6 individual comments, but only 3 people saw the post. Riiight…
Whoever the hell is setting off fireworks, you have lousy timing. Though I guess if you're out there, you probably aren't following the news from Boston on Twitter right now.
You know how Facebook sends you an email with the IP address, computer type and browser, and rough geographical area when you log in from a new computer or browser? If they send you all that on a successful new login, why don't they send you at least some of that information when someone submits a “reset my password” request for your account?
I mean, it's nice that they offer the “no, it wasn't me” link, though I doubt they do anything with it (and I'm reluctant to click on it anyway for fear of phishing), but I'd like to know if I'm dealing with one person who frequently types my username by mistake and thinks he's forgotten his password when he can't get in, or several.
Here's one to make your blood boil: A plagiarist sent the original author a cease-and-desist letter.
