Jeremy Ey (@kayakerscout)

Cookeville, TN

The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @kayakerscout ever

September 2013

Anyone else think the google hangout emoticons in the gmail interface look like melting gumdrops?

via Twitter for Mac

interesting class today, solved at least a few problems, worked out what some of the other background issues were

via Twitter for Mac

newest country song “two resumes, no cover letter”

via Twitter for iPhone

let’s be honest, more people probably learned about “days like these” from The Rembrandts

via web

PranavDixit IOS 7 Is Reportedly Making People Sick | By Pranav Dixit fastcompany.com/3018636/fast-f… via @FastCompany

via Tweet Button (retweeted on 11:31 PM, Sep 28th, 2013 via Twitter for iPhone)

alaynacs “If children can read at grade level by the third grade, they have a 90 percent chance of graduating.”

via web (retweeted on 6:37 PM, Sep 28th, 2013 via Twitter for iPhone)

DonMagee Working on a project with VMWare Mirage. While a nice product, it makes me miss the awesome power of .

via web (retweeted on 8:12 PM, Sep 27th, 2013 via Twitter for iPhone)

I seem to be holding python court in the corner of the ACM picnic.

via Twitter for iPhone

There’s some faces missing from the @TTU_ACM picnic! Everyone should come over to Sherlock park.

via Twitter for iPhone

tennesseetech Cookeville: planned 4-6 am Sun. Tech Village, SW Hall & Athletic Performance Center will be out, rest of campus will be fine.

via web (retweeted on 4:46 PM, Sep 27th, 2013 via Twitter for iPhone)

@panic but think of all the people that were in the middle of ripping off the old one, they’ll have to start over now!

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to panic

@panic @sdenike That what I see when I look at the circles, cloudfiles!

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to panic

@iShBuu @Davids356 @seanpmassey the layers (and cake) are cool, as is the support from everyone @UnideskCorp.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to iShBuu

referenced Windows licensing craziness in a VDI discussion, time to tweet another call to

via Twitter for iPhone

@JacobIsbell I feel like I keep giving everyone the same answer, but I’m just not sure what else to say.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to JacobIsbell

there’s only so many ways to say “read from standard in”…

via Twitter for iPhone

NCWIT Can’t make it to next week? Facebook will be live-streaming the keynotes. More info here: bit.ly/19zQIO2

via Sprout Social (retweeted on 4:13 PM, Sep 26th, 2013 via Twitter for iPhone)

runningwhio Also, did everyone know it’s not Friday? How can it not be Friday? We’ve had so many days already. I am disappoint.

via web (retweeted on 9:01 AM, Sep 26th, 2013 via Twitter for iPhone)

… Not really sure what my other options were, give up? Not 100% happy with the result, but it mostly workedfb

via Twitter for Mac

Remembered ~80% of the code required to answer a question. Pull up the documentation, get asked approximately “is that what you do?” …

via Twitter for Mac

@TheWonderbag ok, thanks for the info. Don’t have an immediate use, will see what happens.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to TheWonderbag

scott_lowe OK, @kcase, stop teasing us about @OmniGraffle 6 and just ship it already!!

via Tweetbot for Mac (retweeted on 3:19 PM, Sep 25th, 2013 via Twitter for iPhone)

@TheWonderbag so that gets to my question, expecting to stock any other colors on amazon?

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to TheWonderbag

@TheWonderbag United States. To be a bit more specific, Tennessee.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to TheWonderbag

@TheWonderbag any more color options coming? Would be interested in something in a solid.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to TheWonderbag

just spilled less than 12 fl oz of Dr. Pepper. In a display of my special talents, spilled it in 3 different rooms.

via Twitter for Mac

Feels later in the week than Tuesday. Don’t seem to be the only one feeling this way.

via Twitter for iPhone

@OmniFocus hate it when I go home looking for something only to find it was with me all along :)

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to OmniFocus

schommi Why cards are the future of the web flip.it/C2XbC

via Flipboard (retweeted on 12:43 PM, Sep 24th, 2013 via Twitter for iPhone)

voidspace Embedding IronPython in C# and using Visual Studio Tools for Python. An up to date example: mjf.cc/18mN8qa

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 12:33 PM, Sep 24th, 2013 via Twitter for iPhone)

So I tried a coke freestyle machine today, probably would have been more impressed had it let me get my customized flavor for the refill

via Twitter for iPhone

Had a great weekend! Thanks to everyone that was a part of it!

via Twitter for Mac

@meyerweb sorry it has to have such a personal connection for you, but thanks for the reminder, did a togo order to make a contribution

via Twitter for Mac in reply to meyerweb

so getting the larger drink before class is rendered useless when you don’t slow down talking long enough to drink any of it.

via Twitter for Mac

I don’t think I’ve talked that fast in class in a long time.

via Twitter for Mac

(background for last tweet) Students were not fans of watching me type in fully tested code, the process has value.

via Twitter for iPhone

Many years ago I stopped writing out code examples before class. This may be the semester the pre-written examples come back.

via Twitter for iPhone

cm_socialmedia Brands should think about their customers having a continuous digital experience across all devices @edbrill

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 4:11 PM, Sep 23rd, 2013 via Twitter for iPhone)

@gunnarwb maybe your tweets about using a surface tablet are causing people to come around?

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to gunnarwb

dear internet: generic word for a large watercraft moving under its own power, go

via Twitter for iPhone

Michael and I identified the career path for trees!

via Twitter for iPhone

Anyone else notice the large degree of similarity between the stubhub ticket oak and the angry orchard tree?

via Twitter for iPhone

pretty sure earlier today I did the most handwriting I’ve done in years.

via Twitter for iPhone

@elbrownmcne but while we’re on the topic, does “makeover” imply “better” or just “different”?

via Twitter for iPad in reply to elbrownmcne

@elbrownmcne I was just reporting on things, not voicing an opinion. Probably not a good person to judge makeover needs.

via Twitter for iPad in reply to elbrownmcne

So Luke was just told he was @elbrownmcne with a makeover.

via Twitter for iPhone

Thinking of South Park episode where the boys run off to be pirates while reading these tweets.

via Twitter for iPhone

Tried to talk one of @TTU_CSC’s adjunct instructors into observing while teaching. This mission ended in

via Twitter for iPhone

step 1) install iOS 7, step 2) [the important part] install @OmniFocus 2 for iPhone. So far happy with both!

via Twitter for Mac

today in class I learned that popular opinion is that being able to edit multiple files at once in vim is not considered a “party trick”

via Twitter for Mac

jewelia Saw an ad in my FB feed for “Gilt on the iPhone”. Read it as “Git on the iPhone” then imagined breaking the build b/c of autocorrect.

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 8:12 PM, Sep 18th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

@BrianTMcDonough so many replies… Should almost be a contest. :)

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to BrianTMcDonough

@kanadaj beyond @gunnarwb discussion, there’s also problems with on-campus vs off-campus & windows device vs non-win devices combinations

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to kanadaj

@kanadaj if you want the short version see the 2nd graphic in part 1.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to kanadaj

So is there a counter anywhere? Something along the lines of a “X hours and still no fix” deal?

via Twitter for iPhone

bridgetbotelho users pleas for Microsoft to go unanswered, but MSFT says they are listening, so ask louder: searchvirtualdesktop.techtarget.com/news/224020561…

via web (retweeted on 5:30 PM, Sep 17th, 2013 via Twitter for iPhone)

So it seems FaceTime follows the peekaboo rules, I can’t see you, you can’t see me.

via Twitter for iPad

CACMmag The Brogrammer Effect: Women Are a Small (and Shrinking) Share of Computer Workers bit.ly/1eiFDa0

via web (retweeted on 8:27 PM, Sep 16th, 2013 via Twitter for iPhone)

gunnarwb It’s amazing what happens to when you solve the storage challenges. Now imagine what would happen if you solved the license challenges!

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 8:26 PM, Sep 16th, 2013 via Twitter for iPhone)

.. A&S being where I started my non-student life at Tennessee Tech.

via web

In a rather fitting bit of chance, in addition to sitting with several ITS colleagues, was next to Dean Paul Semmes from Arts & Sciences…

via web

Received my five year service pin from @tennesseetech today. Can’t say that was on the horizon five years ago. twitpic.com/ddu5sq

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Sometimes my humor is lost on students.

via Twitter for iPad

@panic, on a more positive note, congrats on a great product

via Twitter for iPad

You know @panic, transmit’s 15th would be a great occasion to release rackspace cloudfiles support. :)

via Twitter for iPad

sometimes you have to say things that shouldn’t have to be said :(

via Twitter for iPad

@kanadaj @mikestanley would also create a reason to keep a functioning device> 2 yr. Current scheme rewards needlessly upgrading.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to kanadaj

@kanadaj @mikestanley ya, having the rate drop after you get to the end of the two years would be great…

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to kanadaj

@mikestanley ya, before VZW had the iPhone, had considered the same, just to avoid the junk and restrictions.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to mikestanley

no automated marketing phone call should start off “The FBI…”

via Twitter for iPhone

Obviously assuming an adjustment in rates to match the removal of phone cost.

via Twitter for Mac

With current marketing trends, any chance we’ll move from financing our cell phones over two years to buying them outright any time soon?

via Twitter for Mac

told mobile safari on iOS 6 to accept an ssl certificate, now what to remove this approval, ideas anyone?

via Twitter for Mac

“Happy thoughts, happy thoughts, no whammies” — yes, this is actually what I said as I logged in to my new system.

via Twitter for iPhone

@MattWillisDC … it would/could be for many more. A casual, welcoming environment that’s improving life and living, who wouldn’t want that.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to MattWillisDC

@MattWillisDC at least I never saw it as one. Clearly it would be to some. If other aspects of the field were more inviting, suspect …

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to MattWillisDC

lesson learned this afternoon: reply twice to the same tweet, confuse the blue line.

via Twitter for iPhone

@MattWillisDC … “I’m (draw to | jealous of) CS as a field because of the casualness” as very different things.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to MattWillisDC

@MattWillisDC I guess the wording of it it. I see “one of the things I like about my field is the casualness of it” and …

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to MattWillisDC

Watching mini-setup run. Even for a sys admin this is a boring way to start off Friday evening.

via Twitter for iPhone

@gunnarwb is it a bad sign that I now want that as a poster?

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to gunnarwb

Starbucks In some cultures, having your name spelled incorrectly is a sign of good luck. pic.twitter.com/uqfgxpJTrC

via web (retweeted on 1:44 PM, Sep 13th, 2013 via Twitter for iPhone)

singing “Hotel California” and doing the monthly layer updates. Seems fitting.

via Twitter for iPhone

Also at lunch learned that the low bar for minimum acceptable attire in CS is an attractive aspect of the field to some.

via Twitter for iPhone

Found out today at lunch that once you have kids you can blame all kinds of things on them.

via Twitter for iPhone

Did everyone on campus get the 3:15 munchies? Line for Starbucks was to the door, line at abp in the library was only slightly better.

via Twitter for iPhone

Caught some older Everclear on the radio earlier tonight. :)

via Twitter for Mac

Probably gave out enough assignments today in class however to offset any feeling of happiness in my students from that however.

via Twitter for Mac

@kanadaj I’m clearly not fit for time travel.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to kanadaj

daviddarts AutoDesk announces free electronic circuit design app goo.gl/90UCmN

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 11:37 PM, Sep 10th, 2013 via Twitter for iPhone)

Or is the email so I know what I need to do?

via Twitter for Mac

I’m now doing things in the future! (At least I’m getting emailed so I know what I’ve done) twitpic.com/dcxogn

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of course, still no lego pirate ship for Jeremy…

via Twitter for Mac

THERE IS A LEGO MOVIE IN THE WORKS! imdb.com/title/tt149001…

via Twitter for Mac

I think the spelling of some words was simply made up.

via Twitter for Mac

gillesv iPad 3, iPhone 5… seems I keep buying prematurely discontinued Apple devicesem

via Tweetbot for iOS (retweeted on 4:59 PM, Sep 10th, 2013 via Twitter for iPhone)

ComputerHistory This day in history First instance of actual computer bug being found. computerhistory.org/tdih/September…

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 10:26 PM, Sep 9th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

@stephen50191 No… Interesting guess however. Trying establish if the Springer show is still around.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to stephen50191

“I don’t even think I know anyone that would know”

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need VMware powercli’s New-VM to take the location as an object, not a string. Ideas?

via Twitter for iPhone

@kanadaj was almost ready to agree with you, then walked outside in the middle of the day yesterday.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to kanadaj

emalone Everything old is new again- Cards Are the Future: insideintercom.io/why-cards-are-…

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 12:56 PM, Sep 8th, 2013 via Twitter for iPhone)

ftcreature When you flip a picture of bats hanging upside down they become exceptionally sassier. pic.twitter.com/CXqyvsseeF

via Buffer (retweeted on 11:30 AM, Sep 8th, 2013 via Twitter for iPhone)

You don’t think it’s too early for , @kanadaj? I mean I like then, but still fells too warm out to truly enjoy.

via web in reply to kanadaj

GeorgeReese I have a new Making Up Acronyms As a Service (MUAaaS) offering, if anyone is interested.

via Tweetbot for Mac (retweeted on 6:26 PM, Sep 5th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

Saw an ad on the side of facebook “DATE on Facebook” became disappointed when it wasn’t anything to do with CJ Date.

via Twitter for Mac

pewresearch All in one place: our infographics on our internet, digital, tech data pewrsr.ch/15f0Oad

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 7:18 PM, Sep 3rd, 2013 via web)

gunnarwb The story behind blogs.gartner.com/gunnar-berger/… more to come

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 7:08 PM, Sep 3rd, 2013 via web)

Anyone have a scriptable method for getting a VM’s View Agent status? Vdmadmin’s ok status encompasses some non-ok states from the GUI.

via web