Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-06

  • @damiancugley maybe it's showing the Google Map pin through from the other side of the earth, and the camera angle is just wrong. #
  • RT @matason: yay, London to Paris in 3 days on a Brompton - DONE #drupalcon #tourdedrupal #
  • RT @robertDouglass: Still 1 #drupalcon ticket that needs an owner! Early bird price of 295EUR #
  • Our big futon is gone: I suspect @tomd has stolen it. We're just going to put the rug down with some cushions, and pretend nothing happened. #
  • @whatishen glad to hear it. Hope you're feeling better soon #
  • One more conflict on my schedule! RT @TheRealCrell: #drupal design patterns are back on the #drupalcon schedule: http://is.gd/2IYZo #
  • Hiding upstairs from in-laws, arriving with perfect timing at around the point I want to leave to have relaxed lunch in Oxford. Gah. #
  • @greg_harvey another option is solely to use main #drupalcon schedule, and eyeball greens v the reds. Easier to spot clashes then. #ux #hack #
  • #stagecoach S1 has been ten minutes away for ten minutes. Must be terrible bank holiday traffic in, er, Witney. #fail #
  • Oxford train ticket staff are a bit surly-bored, but they're efficient and they know their onions. By which I mean tickets. #win #
  • Are we at Slough yet? Bad night's sleep and immersion in Designing for the Web means I've lost track. Wake me at Paddington. #
  • Any #drupalcon attendees on 1625 Eurostar, come along and say hi: 14/23. #
  • RT @greg_harvey "http://bit.ly/LMTtp Nice piece by @markboulton. #drupal folk should read it." #d7ux #
  • Photo: St Pancras elevates me: eustatius posted a photo:

    Just passing over the threshold lifts my heart. http://bit.ly/S3J0v #

  • @greg_harvey Gare d'Austerlitz isn't much to crow about either. Like a cross between a coach station and an iron foundry. #
  • Out of weird post-Eurostar tunnel and into the future: wind turbines, metal piping, frightening speeds. #
  • Arrived in Paris for #drupalcon. Off to Financier (r du Depart near Montp-Bienv) and Le Select (b du Montp) for a drink. Any other plans? #
  • @whatishen I'll do what I can while in Paris. I mean, it's hard to find any examples of bad driving here. #
  • @waako sorry I've only just got this: roaming wifi isn't as good as we'd hoped. We had a quickie at Financier: bit dingy. #
  • @waako may switch Twiiter dm SMSes back on for duration of con - will look at mobile plan #
  • Le Financier OK for @ukdrupal meetup but pretty dingy and dark. If weather good nicer cafe-bars round on Edgar Quinet / d'Odessa. #drupalcon #
  • Photo: Boulevard Edgar Quinet: eustatius posted a photo:

    Edgar Quinet all lit up http://bit.ly/3x2N #

  • Wait: to attend Views 2 tutorial session at #drupalcon you have to register for #drupalcamp, even though they're listed separately on site? #
  • Despite what site implies, you DO need to tell #drupalcon about ticket changes in advance, or there's a lot of fandangling. #
  • Even then, you'll get someone else's name badge. But at least you'll get one #
  • Anyone coordinating #drupalcon code sprints anywhere? #
  • On codesprint at #drupalconparis - why do we end up with the patch that's 90% discussion? :) #
  • @guaka and anyone else getting errors: could try re-logging in at http://192.168.71.253:8000/ Still slow, though #drupalcon #
  • Up in #openatrium talk at #drupalconparis: a good, solid, integrated product. User-desire-led development a robust way to improve #Drupal. #
  • Multi-domain sites #drupalcamp talk at #drupalcon - feel like I've suddenly hit the motherlode. Also, wifi sorted now! #win #
  • @add1sun will docs sprint be still going on Sat? Would like to contrib but schedule is so full, and didn't realise docs sprint was p.m. too #
  • @didlix at #drupalcon you have to provide your own milk. How you do that is a test of your resourcefulness. BEGIN THE CHALLENGE! #
  • @ihatemornings How about "Musicians: get a day job?" #
  • @jojototh are Honnorat #1-4 the informal groups in the room with the chandeliers? Not that I'm yr missing speaker: just trying to work out. #
  • Alon has lost his umbrella at #drupalcon . Can we raise an issue on d.o for that? #
  • Live blogging of #drupalcon Day 1 at http://bit.ly/3OUUvk . Now, where was that pub meet again? #
  • Back to Sophie Germain's ludicrously unreliable wifi to find that Google Mail is giving 502 errors. Google! Been a day of connectivity woes. #
  • I think there's still people drinking in Rue des Cannettes; or, as we started calling it: Drupal Alley #drupalcon #
  • @alonpeer every Parisian alley can be Drupal Alley. It's the sign of a successful conference. #
  • Photo: Jardins et Palais de Luxembourg: eustatius posted a photo:

    et une fleur http://bit.ly/G0ZKS #

  • Listening to @webchick's incredibly fast-paced D7 talk at #drupalcon. I'm sort of relying on the video recording for filling in gaps later. #
  • @alonpeer those blue drinks in your photos look frightening. Rather glad I missed them! #
  • @torchbox Bryan's been working ever so hard while he's been here http://bit.ly/ztb0T #
  • Anyone able to get a list of @Dries' 10 major exceptions to the code freeze? Would be a good springboard to get Sat sprint moving #drupalcon #
  • @wesayso "It's my city" is a Go Ahead Oxford Bus Company corporate special, isn't it? #
  • @wesayso it's a mistaken attempt at empathising with the reader of the marketing material, isn't it? Empathickie? Empafail? #
  • @wesayso "mybollox" would probably mean something altogether different #
  • #drupalcon Saturday code sprint: hit ground running? Could get issue nos based on 10 exceptions: dm if interested http://bit.ly/4cEPn9 #
  • I just picked up some really great #drupalcon biscuits, but I've lost them. I'm a bit worried I've put them in a random pocket of my bag. #
  • Wireless went all funny in Isobar room at #drupalcon so need to write up Views 2 notes. About to start geo tools talk, though. #
  • @greg_harvey I'll throw something at you when I get a chance. I'm in the pingvision room and the windows are open onto that bit of lawn. #
  • The true test of a virtuoso is finding inspiration from formal constraints. I note that you can't get good vegetarian food in Paris. #
  • Heartburn keeping me awake; writing list of suggestions for #drupalcon code sprint on Saturday: 15 juicy issues so far! http://bit.ly/4cEPn9 #
  • The university cafe at #drupalcon has stopped selling croissants. Curses. #
  • wifi at #drupalcon is "good" but in a fundamental sense unreliable: you can't be sure it won't die when you click send on an important email #
  • @chrisheuer social media success is attitude: d.o is weak-ish in social media impl, yet it fosters a strong, emotive community. #drupalcon #
  • By all means *let's* start with catering: it's some of the worst vegetarian food I've ever eaten with the longest queues for it. #drupalcon #
  • @ihatemornings lots of companies which have spent years avoiding contact with 0870 and webforms are scared of Twitter: we were stalked by BT #
  • "thanks to @MarkBoulton for helping to drive change/focus on the outsider" @chrisheuer++ at #drupalcon #
  • ten micro typography tips in @markboulton's #drupalcon talk. It's a coincidence, but tips come in groups of ten, 80% of the time. #funfact #
  • @markboulton's wrong quotation marks: primes are a pragmatic rather than lazy choice; years of Microsoft smart quotes defeated us #drupalcon #
  • @brankru you need to get the darker cookies. They contain more fibre. Also chocolate milk to replenish lack of milk with coffee. #drupalcon #
  • j'ai faim! #drupalconparis #drupalcon (please RT) #
  • @ukdrupal are all in the back room behind the Maison Internationale cafetiere (NOT the restaurant) at #drupalcon. Good, cheap food. #
  • "Wrap your arms around the therapy llama" http://twitpic.com/gal3w #
  • @j4 ici il n'y a rien du lait pour du thé. Rien du lait! Pour du *thé*! Crapauds! #
  • @Wesayso @ihatemornings fed now, but thank you for your concern. We were trying to get a rolling wave of faim rewteets #
  • @garrettc @_mmat_ has been a total camera-head all #drupalcon, but he's taken some good pictures so he may be onto something. #
  • @j4 AM IAM MIAM MAOAM? Hic haec hoc hunc hovis bovis vovis wunc. #
  • RT @kkaefer: #drupalcon: PHP is the only language where "15" == "0xF" (both strings) is true (via @chx1975) #
  • #ubercart talk at #drupalcon interesting but stymied by lack of PA and quiet speakers: crosstalk with another session's wireless microphone! #
  • Drifted off during #Ubercart panel - too hard to hear - so started looking at #drupal bug queue. #drupalcon #
  • @j4 how about Chinese Whispering Gallery Room? You can thank me later #
  • Wondering if there's demand for non-boozy coffee-oriented post-#drupalcon socializing thing tonight. Leave 6ish, finish by 9. #kaffeeklatsch #
  • Saturday code sprint: want your tickets tackled? We're making a list and checking it twice: here! http://bit.ly/4cEPn9 #drupalcon #
  • RT @Propeople Reinventing #Journalism with #Drupal - #DrupalCon Paris live blogging http://bit.ly/peJGg #
  • @greg_harvey is a +1 for post-#drupalcon non-alcoholic socializing. Anyone else? Any @ukdrupal people? @alonpeer? #
  • @greg_harvey @alonpeer @steveparks and I will be off for coffee post-#drupalcon today. Follow #drupalcoffee if you want to tag along. #
  • Link: Style Stripper | drupal.org: "Allow configuration of which module CSS files that should be loade.. http://bit.ly/2IyaGG #
  • @winston_d I'm up for that. Let's discuss a bit after six on the lawn #drupalcoffee #
  • @mcjim we'll see what we can do. I have unleashed coffee-based forces beyond my control #
  • Cache stampeding - could we call it cachecading instead? [wait for applause] #drupalcon #
  • #drupalcoffee meet at 6pm-ish on the left of Adenauer / Acquia room . We'll look at maps and then set off for coffee. #drupalcon #
  • RT @matason: just switch the MySQL storage engine to InnoDB for Drupal 5/6 sites for a performance boost - who knew? #drupalcon #
  • Major tickets for Lock API in D7 now on the suggestion list for Saturday's code sprint http://bit.ly/4cEPn9 #drupalcon #
  • RT @_mmat_: first batch of #drupalcon photos online (pre-tidy!) http://bit.ly/GQ0ZU #
  • ApacheSolr talk impressive as always - search that WORKS - but think I'll get more new detail out of case study of RFI/France24 #drupalcon #
  • @winston_d might be nice to sit. I'm up for cheapo food (if at all) as veggie food quality does not scale with price in Paris! #drupalcoffee #
  • RT @galooph: #drupalcon proves to be too much for @mcjim http://twitpic.com/gbf8u #
  • #drupalcoffee Reminder: meet on left of Adenauer / Acquia room a bit after 6pm, leave by 6.30. I'll be wearing an orange T-shirt. #drupalcon #
  • Man, I love CCK, but why are none of the top hits for "suitability callback" in Google anything to do with ACTUAL DOCUMENTATION? #drupalcon #
  • #drupalcoffee getting itchy - lack of caffeine does that. We'll leave soon prob for the cafe on the corner of Parc Monsouris. #drupalcon #
  • @greg_harvey Ow, harsh. if you don't think it's too ick then you're welcome to borrow my other pair of shoes. What size are you? I'm an 11. #
  • @winston_d good to meet you too. Hope you and Marc didn't feel out of place with what turned out to be entirely @ukdrupal folks! #
  • @bangpound if DIVitis throws a SPANner in your work, do you get #drupalcramp? #drupalcon #
  • @robinhouston I managed around a 30% drop (but our awful landlady removed all our curtains and we're worse than before) #
  • @robinhouston so moving into our own house could see another huge drop, independent of #tentenuk #
  • @robinhouston that said, as dark-green I don't find the fact that public discourse is now light green excluding. I find it uplifting. Bravo! #
  • @robinhouston three years ago we were all emerging shell-shocked from a Monbiot talk, worried nobody else would ever accept the science. #
  • @greg_harvey no way! I could pop over yours with some comfy shoes first thing, then. What hotel are you at? #
  • @robinhouston we moved house, reduced heating 20->15, stopped using car & crap freezer, put in energy-saver lightbulbs. Was quite hard tho. #
  • @techsoldaten I thought the keynote on the second day was like a whiff of smelling salts: offputting but ultimately welcome. #drupalcon in reply to techsoldaten #
  • @jbingold I'd like to go to that: more pertinent for me than keynote. Can you put a reminder on Twitter just beforehand? I'm not awake yet. #
  • Attention, developers! Come to CTools with @merlinofchaos. Attention, non-developers! Consider seeing something else, tbh. #drupalcon #
  • @_mmat_ I dare you to give Druplicon a push. See if he falls over and can't get up. #drupalcon #
  • I didn't know you could get those from Oxfam. Shouldn't they be listed as "hospitality"? http://bit.ly/KFb9f #
  • @purrin surely #flupal ? Achoo! #drupalcon #
  • @alonpeer I suddenly get this weird feeling like I'm being watched...! Will try 6th row for post-keynote. #
  • @drupalcon it would be really great if all the videos and slides that are available are listed somewhere centrally after #drupalcon finishes #
  • Hey, everyone! @ihatemornings spotted the mythical Palais de Didecot on the way to #unconvention! http://twitpic.com/gejjh #
  • RT @JBingold: Drupal and NGO BOF in @10AM in danone.communities room #drupalcon http://ff.im/7DrDy #
  • Plugins BOF - code and tutorial at 1.40 in Satsuma #drupalcon #
  • NGO BOF at #drupalcon seems to have turned into Danone, OpenAtrium and Features Funtime Hour. #
  • Power, power in Adenauer, otherwise I've got an hour. Any plug sockets here? #drupalcon #
  • @greg_harvey thanks - I got power from @domesticat on bottom left. She has a magic protean any-country gangplug. Fear her power(s)! #
  • Hope we're reaching a rapprochement between the two recently arguing camps at #drupalcon - think devs and UXers understand each other better #
  • @merlinofchaos talking about panels 3: feels like blocks+ which still plays nicely alongside blocks. Thanks for the work, merlin! #drupalcon #
  • Creamer now available in decent amounts at #drupalcon, but unless you want your coffee to taste like a panini, avoid the goat's milk. #
  • @hatmandu no, aixpresso #
  • In CTools plugins BOF. Don't stop to tweet, whatever you do: you look back at the screen to find everything's 10 stages on... #drupalcon #
  • Whew. Hectic BOF presentation on CTools plugins from @randyfay. Props to him and of course @merlinofchaos . #drupalcon #
  • Book of Kells might be poor typography but is beautiful. As art, that is: I wouldn't want to have to read it #drupalcon http://bit.ly/13ZGwR #
  • As a non-designer with a tin eye, committed to UX and trying for good design, I'm finding @markboulton's talk amazing. #drupalcon #
  • @andrewl you totally saw an elephant? That's crazy. I only got to see @markboulton over in the Adenauer. He's OK but no elephant. #drupalcon #
  • A possibility? RT @mirko_haaser Going to see the Eiffel Tower tonight. Join us at 9:30 pm #drupalcon #drupaleiffel #
  • Another possibility RT @NikLP @ericg Come to Butte aux Cailles tonight man? Shit bars serving Erdinger, drinking on the street. #drupalcon #
  • @robpurdie great to catch up with you. Safe journey back for you both! #
  • Saturday code sprint suyggestions http://bit.ly/4cEPn9 now folded into drupal.org wiki page! http://bit.ly/UNJsl (via @drupalcon) #drupalcon #
  • #thxisabell ! #drupalcon #
  • @alonpeer currently Butte Aux Cailles winning out but will keep you in loop. #
  • I'll be avoiding the Hotel Sophie Germain in future. Their showers have no holders and run at same time as the bath. Sploosh! #
  • My dad sent me a "hilarious" forward about the "C-NILE" virus. Twice. I don't think it was a joke. #
  • Any of the Butte des Cailles splitters know wtf is going on? @mcjim says several still grounded #drupalcon #
  • #drupalcon code sprint progressing steadily. Lots of activity up here. I forgot how much I hate l10n and translation.... http://bit.ly/UNJsl #
  • Public don't agree with James Murdoch's obsession with "choice" http://tinyurl.com/lj792y #welovetheBBC (via @Martynnorris) #
  • Thanks to all at #drupalcon for a great week and good luck to sprinters. Off to catch my Eurostar. (No, @greg_harvey, I'm NOT in "steerage") #
  • Back in the UK, just trekking from St Paddas to St Pancrington. Think I need some sleep. #
  • Photo: Alon in Drupal Alley: eustatius posted a photo: http://bit.ly/Ktg5W #
  • @hatmandu there was one old house on our road that had that dozens of times. A40 joyriders love popping into Eynsham for some reason. #
  • My back's killing me but I want to see how our new house looks after my in-laws decorated. And put together Ikea flatpacks. Ow. Ow. Ow. #
  • Tweets which would confuse my parents: RT @simonw: Since installing Snow Leopard I seem to spend most if my time staring at a beach ball #
  • Over to the new house to survey the fruits of my in-laws' labours with Project Manager @griffinkate . Can't wait. #

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