[00:36] Set my twitter account to private and unfollowed everyone. [00:36] identi.ca and G+ for me. :) [00:49] http://decafbad.net/2014/05/24/finally-off-of-twitter/ [00:49] http://goo.gl/0oYmfj - Finally off of Twitter. | Craig Maloney [02:05] not sure why G+ is better than twitter. [02:05] what blow-up and what tragedy at UCSB? [02:05] hehe, I missed it. [02:06] but I had my computer off for 24hrs :) [02:08] jrwren: Yeah, you can't miss it [02:08] And G+ because I personally like the threading better [02:08] and reshares are a little more sane than retweets [02:08] twitter was a reshare-fest. [02:09] i like twitter because you can disable retweets. i haven't found a way to disable reshares on google. [02:10] I should have done that on Twitter. [02:10] i've asked a couple of knowledgeable google+ users, and it seems like it's just not possible [02:10] It became an echo-chamber. [02:10] waf: I think G+ makes it a little less obnoxious. [02:11] nope. not in my experience. [02:11] Hm. [02:11] i get a lot of random stuff i don't care about in G+ [02:11] Sorry. :) [02:11] :) you share geeky stuff, so that's ok [02:11] Yeah, and I curate my circles [02:12] So I've plonked a few political folks in circles that post less. [02:23] did you curate your tweeps? [02:28] you don't really have many options for curation on twitter. [02:29] i guess it'd be pretty easy for twitter to add the concept of "g+ circles" though. they already have lists. [02:31] you can unfollow. [02:32] yeah, and i unfollow aggressively. but cmaloney was talking about having some circles show up more frequently than others [02:32] hell, I /ignore certain people in certain IRC channels I participate in. [02:32] i'm a G+ noob. [02:33] G+ is like facebook, but with a little more control [02:33] (ok, now i'm just trolling) [02:39] oh facebook! now that is something I want to be rid of :p [02:39] there are days when work is so busy I miss wtf happened on twitter/etc and I wonder if it's actually adding anything [02:39] I do find out about cool stuff once in a while, but not sure if it was worth it in the end [02:42] eh, it's all who you follow. i only saw one retweet about gun control. and that was it for today's news. [02:42] i also tend to unfollow people who tweet about software drama [02:42] waf: yea, definitely. I do go in waves and believe a lot of what you see is your own doing [02:59] Agreed. I followed a bunch of Pycon folks and that included some folks that would otherwise have infuriated me. [02:59] But it got more intense with other circles that I follow on Twitter [02:59] and decided to just nuke the whole thing from orbit. [03:05] rick_h_: i've had a lot of those days lately. I figure its worth it as entertainment. [03:06] gun control tweet eh? so someone shot someone, again. I don't want to know. [03:07] jrwren: I'm sure if you type news.google.com you'll see it as the top story. [03:13] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isAjqgqBS4w [03:13] http://goo.gl/E10c2v - Wolfenstein: The New Order | Herr Faust - Fredrik Thordendal - YouTube [03:13] Favorite comment: I like both notes. [03:17] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLTh4uVJduI [03:17] http://goo.gl/3qdkbJ - Power Shift - HP Series 700 Workstation Promo - YouTube [13:57] hah https://bmark.us/bookiebot/recent [13:57] never know cmaloney and brousch_ would be tags [13:57] so there you go greg-g, might be a cool rss feed to sub to [13:58] https://bmark.us/bookiebot/rss [14:08] geekers [17:44] Hah. I'm a tag now. :) [17:44] * cmaloney tries subscribing to it [17:49] How's the day so far? [18:24] zzzzz, zoo trips make for sleepy dady [18:24] daddy [18:24] Heh [18:24] How was the trip? [18:24] good, it's busy and such there [18:24] but good trip, first one of the year [18:24] JoDee mentioned something about 4/3 something something? [18:24] Couldn't figure out what that was. [18:24] yea, makes me wish I had a better camera with interchangeable lenses [18:24] the zoo animals are just outside of snapshot camera range so often [18:24] Ah, so it was a reference to a camera lens. [18:25] Yeah [18:25] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Four_Thirds_system [18:25] http://goo.gl/vTsD - Micro Four Thirds system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [18:25] well a form factor of camera [18:25] Yeah, I've come to realize that none of my cameras are good for zoo pictures [18:25] but I've been pondering something nicer for traveling and such [18:25] I'd need some zoom lenses and $$ [18:25] this just got the juices flowing again [18:26] Heh [18:27] http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonic-lumix-dmc-gx7/3 [18:27] http://goo.gl/I0FYPD - Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 Review: Digital Photography Review [18:29] Ooooh [18:30] I wish I carried a camera more often than my cellphone [18:30] have two cameras that are essentially gathering dust. [18:30] yea, which is why I don't wnt to go back to DSLR [18:30] too big, never take it with me [18:30] They'll lilely be the last things we pack because I'll forget where they are. [18:30] but I pocket my rx100 often enough when doing things with the family [18:30] or in the outer pocket of my backpack [18:35] Yeah [22:52] Good day at the Lake MI beach dog park [23:03] brousch_: awesome temp/sun, but way too windy at the beach here today. I mean, it was fine until Rowan got sand in his eyes a few times [23:04] It was 79F with a very light breeze [23:04] Scattered one of our dog's ashes at his favorite spot [23:04] oh man [23:04] sorry ma [23:04] n [23:04] And fresh water, none of that salt water crap [23:05] :) how was the water temp? [23:07] cold [23:07] I thought too cold to swim, so I just wore shorts, but it wasn't that bad [23:13] yeah, here it's a mix of people in wet suits and crazy teenages in the water. The rest of us just hang out in the sand :) [23:19] Too warm for me inside. [23:20] I am afraid of sharks in the ocean [23:20] And I hate the way salt water feels when it dries [23:22] take a shower you dirty hippy [23:25] Still feels like I'm covered in grit and whale spooge