WhatsAPundit

Session Start (whatsapundit:Ishbadiddle): Wed Jan 10 11:28:38 2007

whatsapundit: Have you looked at Google's "Docs & Spreadsheets"?

Ishbadiddle: no

whatsapundit: great idea, but the first iteration of the editor makes me want to scream.

whatsapundit: the doc editor, that is.

whatsapundit: every bad HTML habit is instantiated by the WYSIWYG editor.

whatsapundit: the geek in me looks at this and says "You coulda been a contenda!"

whatsapundit: you have a gmail account?

whatsapundit: I'll show you a sample

Ishbadiddle: XXXXXXXXXXX@gmail.com

Ishbadiddle: i distrust google with my docs

whatsapundit: i would too

whatsapundit: amazing how fast google morphed into big brother

whatsapundit: "don't be evil"

whatsapundit: "(unless there's a testerosa in it for me....)"

Ishbadiddle: A cursed Testerosa...

whatsapundit: they're built in france; they're all cursed.

Ishbadiddle: well it's not completely awful

Ishbadiddle: looking at docu

whatsapundit: it's the underlying HTML that's awful

whatsapundit: the dreaded <br /> is as good as a <p> </p> convention

whatsapundit: the revision tracking functionality is NICE though

whatsapundit: trust google to get the hard stuff right and the easy stuff totally bollixed

whatsapundit: probably want to pull this document down in a couple of minutes

whatsapundit: but I thought you might be interested.

whatsapundit: Again, if it weren't google I'd be psyched

whatsapundit: as is....

whatsapundit: "all your content are belong to us"

Ishbadiddle: http://base.google.com/base

whatsapundit: oh, jeeez

whatsapundit: that's funny

whatsapundit: may be time to BLIM

Ishbadiddle: go right ahead

POSTSCRIPT: I just spent an hour and a half trying to get this post up. The problem? It turns out that any time I try to post a link that goes to http://docs.google.com Movable Type 3.3 throws a 500 Server Configuration Error page at me. Now that's evil.

The most amazing thing about the experience? The same error happens even when I try to link to http://tinyurl.com/j46zg, which is a redirect to docs.google.com! Now that's really, really evil.

Session Start (whatsapundit:ashidome): Tue Feb 06 16:52:50 2007

whatsapundit: leafing in 5 minutes

whatsapundit: actually, leafing would be quite a story

whatsapundit: i meant "leaving"

ashidome: Okay

ashidome: I'm leaving shortly too

whatsapundit: need anything from Duanne Reade or the supermarket

whatsapundit: that isn't animal chow?

ashidome: No, not really

ashidome: What do you want for dinner

whatsapundit: unclear

whatsapundit: not feeling well, actually

whatsapundit: headachy, kind of a woooozy stomach

ashidome: Great

ashidome: Don't give it to me

whatsapundit: that's what i love, a sympathetic spouse

ashidome: Go home, we'll go to bed early

ashidome: I'm carring twins

whatsapundit: yes, i know

ashidome: I can't take medicine if I get sick

ashidome: You can

ashidome: I have to suffer through it

whatsapundit: well, it's not like I'm licking the handrails in the subway

ashidome: I wasn't saying you were sweetie

Session Start (whatsapundit:ishbadiddle): Mon Feb 12 11:11:26 2007

[11:11] ishbadiddle: two words: pregnancy = crazy

[11:11] whatsapundit: yes

[11:11] ishbadiddle: it's like that time of the month -- all the goddamn time.

[11:11] ishbadiddle: you just have to remind yourself of that small fact.

[11:11] whatsapundit: oh, it's worse

[11:12] whatsapundit: and to her credit, she usually knows when she's having a pregancy moment

[11:12] whatsapundit: she came in the other day where I was working

[11:12] whatsapundit: and was telling me about the pains and aches she was having

[11:13] whatsapundit: and I started sympathising with her

[11:13] whatsapundit: and she said what did I expect, it was just pregnancy, don't be an idiot

[11:13] whatsapundit: after which she said "I know that was a no-win situation"

[11:15] whatsapundit: I've known plenty of women who were consistently less rational with consistently less-good reason.

[11:18] ishbadiddle: isn't that the title of a country-western song?

[11:18] whatsapundit: should be

Session Start (WhatsAPundit:Ishbadiddle): Wed Feb 21 17:39:33 2007

[17:39] Ishbadiddle: this is one of those "perfect storm"stories

[17:39] Ishbadiddle: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/02/21/guy_mistakes_porn_dv.html

[17:40] WhatsAPundit: no good deed goes unpunished

[17:41] Ishbadiddle: they probably both had their swords out

[17:41] WhatsAPundit: i bet there were two guys with swords in hand

[17:41] WhatsAPundit: damn

[17:41] Ishbadiddle: jinx

[17:41] WhatsAPundit: beat me to it

[17:41] Ishbadiddle: buy me a coke

[17:41] WhatsAPundit: lol

[17:41] Ishbadiddle: and the jokes just write themselves, don't they?

[17:41] WhatsAPundit: oh yeah

[17:41] WhatsAPundit: damn, now I have to blim this

Session Start (whatsapundit:ashidome): Mon Apr 16 10:25:02 2007

[10:25] whatsapundit: just heard a rumor that <REDACTED> resigned

[10:25] whatsapundit: from a source that I trust

[10:25] ashidome: Okay...

[10:26] ashidome: That blows

[10:26] whatsapundit: yep

[10:26] whatsapundit: very very bad sign

[10:29] ashidome: Oh I thought not paying people was very very bad on its own

[10:29] whatsapundit: we've got so many scary signs we look like an australian beach

Session Start (whatsapundit:ashidome): Wed Apr 25 10:25:02 2007

[11:47] ashidome: I need to go on bedrest

[11:47] whatsapundit: thought so

[11:47] whatsapundit: okay, what does that mean

[11:47] whatsapundit: hmmmm.

[11:47] ashidome: And come twice a week to check the babies

[11:47] ashidome: Still at the appointment

[11:47] whatsapundit: okay

[11:47] ashidome: Gotta go on disability for work

[11:48] whatsapundit: can you work from home?

[11:48] whatsapundit: or is this really "bedrest"

[11:48] whatsapundit: and not just rest

[11:49] ashidome: Its greatly decreased activity

[11:49] whatsapundit: okay

[11:49] ashidome: Watching tv

[11:49] ashidome: Lying in bed

[11:49] whatsapundit: knitting

[11:49] ashidome: Yeah

[11:49] whatsapundit: okay, we can do this

[11:49] ashidome: Some computer time but should be done in bed

[11:49] ashidome: I'm getting more details

[11:50] whatsapundit: we have the old laptop and a bedtray, that works

[11:50] whatsapundit: assuming you can sit up in bed

In a way, this news is a relief. I've been worried that Liz was trying to be Superwoman, and maybe this will allow her to accept some help / let go of some stuff.

The problem though is one of the twins isn't doing nearly as well as the other. Today's weigh-in has Hunter at 3 lb 12 oz, Aden at 2 lbs 5 oz.

Damn, my stomach hurts.