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How Open Source Projects Select Features

How Open Source Projects Select Features
Just remember, every time a Gaim user sends someone a file by dragging it into a conversation window, it’s because I lost my wallet.

The Trials and Tribulations of Summer Vacation

(22:53:59) Phil: I wish I was tired
(22:54:02) Julie P: ha.
(22:54:06) Phil: I could go to bed now and get up and be productive
(22:54:08) Phil: instead I’m going to stay up until 2 again
(22:54:13) Julie P: did you drink coffee at luva?
(22:54:15) Phil: yeah
(22:54:16) Phil: small latte
(22:54:17) Julie P: god 2?
(22:54:20) Julie P: don’t do it.
(22:54:22) […]

The Trials and Tribulations of Being Phil

I go to UCSF to study, because there’s no Internet access to distract me, and what happens? My laptop finds an open wireless AP.
Conversation with Julie at 2006-05-05 12:21:20 on stnfrdphil (aim)
(12:21:20) Julie P: how did you sign on?
(12:21:29) Phil: I’m not sure
(12:21:34) Phil: looks like I’m getting a wireless signal
(12:21:35) Julie P: weird
(12:21:42) […]

sabifoo

sabifoo - this is a really interesting idea. Basically, you IM a bot and it will add it to an RSS feed for you. It’s sort of the worlds most lightweight blog. If you didn’t have the desire to set up a full blog, this could be really nice to have. […]

Arrrrr!

(14:15:44) Phil: Arrgh!
(14:15:49) Phil: I had no idea
(14:15:56) Chris: ?
(14:16:04) Phil: It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day
(14:16:37) Chris: Yer a lyin’ landlubber!
(14:16:48) Phil: http://www.talklikeapirate.com/
(14:17:46) Chris: Well shiver me timbers!
Update: check out neuralgraffiti in all it’s scurvy glory

The Haack Principle

See also “what Phil does instead of writing legal memos”:
(18:43:19) Phil: ok, I’ve made you my friend
(18:43:38) Nate: wow you move fast my friend
(18:44:00) Phil: have internet, will procrastinate
(18:44:45) Nate: now that’s what i call a concise analysis
(18:45:01) Nate: we can call it the ‘haack principle’
(18:45:05) Phil: I like it

Neat AJAX IM tool

Neat AJAX IM tool - nice hack

Chris sums it up

Unsurprisingly, Chris has a better description of my feelings this morning than I could have come up with:
Conversation with absolutchrisco at 2004-11-03 10:14:29 on StnfrdPhil (aim)
absolutchrisco: I had this crazy dream where a drunk-driving, coke-snorting, religious fanatic became President of the United States twice!
StnfrdPhil: you must have eaten something crazy before bed
absolutchrisco: yeah. I swallowed […]