Category Archives: Twitterlog

Corollary: "computational linguist: better at linguistic analysis than software engineers, better at programming than linguists." # SF peeps: last chance to help Bikes for San Francisco Youth on @indiegogo http://t.co/gSfaGytl (I just pushed it over $4k!) # TIL: What I … Continue reading →

"Burton Quim, founder of ex-gay ministry Overcome…" #aptronym #seriously #seriously # academy is strange. “live-tweeting at conferences is a form of neoliberalism…“ why NOT share your ideas? http://t.co/VOF650uu via @Yendi # At UW CSE department, waiting for Carlos Guestrin talk … Continue reading →

Bay Area NLPers: Long Now seeking "Lexical Data Specialist" — sounds neat. @stuartrobinson @WWRob @mdcclv (& more?) http://t.co/fWcyWjD7 # Fourth draft of project plan. Somewhat less ranty than Friday afternoon's first draft. Relaxing this weekend helped. # My tech-heavy (and … Continue reading →

Unexpectedly long & fun, if occasionally heated, conversation with @pbrane &c at Quiz Night. We are champion nerds; even our arguments. # Additional evidence of the point from my last two retweets: my last two retweets. # .@jinjurly it didn't … Continue reading →

Iain M. Banks' new book is coming: The Hydrogen Sonata. http://t.co/Ij1DJpik (h/t @root2702) #

Iain M. Banks' new book is coming: The Hydrogen Sonata. http://t.co/Ij1DJpik (h/t @root2702) #

.@dresdencodak The Office (US): another No Exit remake, this time ostensibly leaving SF! (cf Truman Show, Dark City, The Matrix, The Cell) # .@barbarahui I saw your name in a Shelf Life column in The Nation. You look good there! … Continue reading →

Ironically awesome to be getting hacked DM spam ("f8cebook giving away !Pads") from @ClosedAccessJ #

Ironically awesome to be getting hacked DM spam ("f8cebook giving away !Pads") from @ClosedAccessJ #

OH on bus: "I'm getting contraception, not neutered, a**hole." # Official Day of No Fun at work today. Thursday can't be worse (can it?) # Self-soothing by learning @mountain_goats songs and thinking about music theory. #relativeminor # Ibid and the … Continue reading →