Aaron Traffas

Winter, Stargate, Dexter, Twitalytic
11 Oct 2009
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Aaron
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What happened to fall? It seems as though winter has befallen us, without more than a week or so of temperate weather.
Cover of Stargate (Ultimate Edition)
I’ve endured the freeze warning safe from the comfort of my desk, where I’ve been coding all day long in my underwear. I took a break for a few hours to watch Stargate, and I have no idea why I’d never seen it before. It is was a great work of science fiction, and seeing James Spader play a dorky hieroglyphs expert was an comical change from the poon-hound he’s been playing until recently as Alan Shore on Boston Legal. I’m looking forward to starting Stargate SG-1, though I’m nervous about a ten-season series.
After the movie, I started coding and watching Showtime‘s Dexter on Netflix. I had no idea what the series was about, so the subject matter came as somewhat of a shock. It’s a fascinating little series which I’ll probably use as something to watch while I work.
I’ve got Twitalytic installed, thanks to some recent updates which reduced the complexities to within my skillset. Now you view over a year’s worth of tweets on one page. It also has the benefit of caching not only my tweets, but also those of my friends, so that should something ever happen to the service, they’ll be safe and sound on my new server at Media Temple.
Tomorrow I’ll be off to Kansas City for a two-day meeting with the National Auctioneers Association Education Institute trustees.
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10 Oct 2009
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Aaron
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Illusions
9 Oct 2009
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Aaron
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-04
4 Oct 2009
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Aaron
in twitter
- Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-27 http://ff.im/-8OYu9 #
- watching Star Trek: The Next Generation on Boxee http://ff.im/-8OZsy #
- watching Star Trek: The Next Generation on Boxee http://ff.im/-8P4UX #
- watching Star Trek: The Next Generation on Boxee http://ff.im/-8PaHh #
- @maryfox20 Tell them to look it up. Kansas is in the Midwest. #
- Going off the grid for a whole day of front-facing website building. XHTML here I come! #
- watching Star Trek: The Next Generation on Boxee http://ff.im/-8SBJf #
- watching Star Trek: The Next Generation on Boxee http://ff.im/-8SIMG #
- watching Star Trek: The Next Generation on Boxee http://ff.im/-8SQzT #
- Finishing the final episode of the last season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Getting ready to start on DS9. #
- @dN0t Just finished. You started when I was a couple of seasons in, so you're definitely moving faster. Want to race on DS9? in reply to dN0t #
- Ancestry http://ff.im/-8T8K8 #
- watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine on Boxee http://ff.im/-8TbKR #
- Presentation Settings http://ff.im/-8URBW #
- Amazon fail http://ff.im/-8UZQT #
- Wahoo! Microsoft Security Essentials is out of beta! Goodbye, AVG! #
- @dn0t No kidding. Microsoft shipping an anti-virus is like saying GM finally started making wheels to ship with their cars. in reply to dN0t #
- Trying Brizzly. So far it's the best Twitter client I've used. #
- Don't be the only one at the water cooler who doesn't have a Brizzly account. Here's an invitation, good for 10 people. http://bit.ly/dqBw9 #
- Netted two new rocking tools today: Brizzly and Microsoft Security Essentials. Uninstalling Tweetdeck (never worked) and AVG (slow, naggy) #
- Windows NT Setup Executable http://ff.im/-8VWT8 #
- Microsoft Security Essentials http://ff.im/-8VWT9 #
- Brizzly http://ff.im/-8VWT4 #
- @pgauctioneer Glad you like it. I'd heard about it but only found an invite for myself today. in reply to pgauctioneer #
- @OverCoffeeMedia The key is to get Facebook and Twitter connected so you never have to go to Facebook to update your status. in reply to OverCoffeeMedia #
- Hot Shot Karate – Dysfunctional http://ff.im/-8WmLM #
- Anyone know of a reliable web company that prints merchandise – T-shirts, koozies, etc – of good quality and fast turn-around time? #
- watching House – s6 | e1 – Broken on Boxee http://ff.im/-8Wz4N #
- watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine on Boxee http://ff.im/-8XaPw #
- watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine on Boxee http://ff.im/-8XjAm #
- @nmallare You used them? What kind of quality are their T-shirts? in reply to nmallare #
- @nmallare Check out Brizzly, by the way…just sent you an invite. in reply to nmallare #
- RT @cowboydaveband: Checking out Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers. Good stuff. http://twitpic.com/jomix #
- @cowboydaveband Where did you see Clyne? Great band! in reply to cowboydaveband #
- RT @dN0t: Dear #redsox, Do any of you assholes want to play baseball in October? #
- Malware Protection http://ff.im/-8YRql #
- @cowboydaveband http://www.cowboydaveband.com is looking pretty sweet! You should come see us in Manhattan! in reply to cowboydaveband #
- gotAPI http://ff.im/-903vc #
- Yelp http://ff.im/-90yNH #
- watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine on Boxee http://ff.im/-90Vcx #
- watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine on Boxee http://ff.im/-90Vyp #
- watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine on Boxee http://ff.im/-910Rg #
- Yes! I got a Google Wave invite! Who wants to touch me? #
- Getting my mind blown by Google Wave. #
- @jdschultz Yeah…I've been playing with it some this morning. It will replace using email and IM for business. in reply to jdschultz #
- yfrog http://ff.im/-93PrM #
- watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine on Boxee http://ff.im/-9558Y #
- @dN0t O'Brien moved to DS9. in reply to dN0t #
- RT @dN0t: Been retweeting a lot today, but mostly it is because my friends are brilliant. #
- Starting Internet bids are reserves, plain and simple http://ff.im/-96sqw #
- Raupdate http://ff.im/-96L9y #
- Greatest thing about Google Wave I see so far is that it puts new messages at the bottom like messages should be sorted. #
- @dN0t They do in the DS:9 pilot. O'Brien says his goodbyes to Picard as Picard beams him away. in reply to dN0t #
- You #
- @dN0t You're right that it's odd that they don't mention anything about it in TNG. in reply to dN0t #
- I don't care if you're a band, that doesn't mean you can have music automatically start on your website. Looking at you Perfect Stranger. #
- Re: Amazon fail http://ff.im/-97uO1 #
- RT @atband: New blog post: Manhattan, KS – 11/12/09 – Longhorns Saloon – USA http://bit.ly/22jOb #
- RT @atband: New blog post: Baldwin City, Kansas – 11/14/09 – Hickory Creek Bar & Que – USA http://bit.ly/2YVXaS #
- @gregoryfix I wasn't looking for a web host. I was complaining about a website that hijacked my experience by playing music automatically. in reply to gregoryfix #
- Hey @dpoe – let's go see Zombieland at 5:30! #
- @dN0t Going to catch Zombieland this weekend? in reply to dN0t #
- @dN0t I'm glad I finally told @dpoe where we were going or you would have blown the surprise! Good luck and don't let our trip put you out. in reply to dN0t #
- Headed to Zombieland! http://tinyurl.com/kou4wn #
- Zombieland was amazing! #
- watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine on Boxee http://ff.im/-98OaC #
- Speed Test http://ff.im/-99Ojn #
- Retrevo http://ff.im/-9a1H7 #
- watching The West Wing on Boxee http://ff.im/-9a3vY #
- watching The West Wing on Boxee http://ff.im/-9aa4x #
- watching The West Wing on Boxee http://ff.im/-9agGC #
- MSDN http://ff.im/-9aueW #
- iLike http://ff.im/-9aueY #
- watching The West Wing on Boxee http://ff.im/-9ay1T #
- Diane the DJ http://flic.kr/p/74uKZa #
- BrightKite http://ff.im/-9cYh6 #
- HubPages http://ff.im/-9dCJb #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-27
27 Sep 2009
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Aaron
in twitter
- Down in Phoenix! #
- http://tinyurl.com/mfeo4g #
- Phoenix airport, terminal and mountains. http://flic.kr/p/712j18 #
- Awaiting the Marriott shuttle http://flic.kr/p/716y57 #
- Over 90 degrees in Phoenix. Thinking of jumping out my window. http://flic.kr/p/7175g5 #
- @michaelmutter Oh, I will! in reply to michaelmutter #
- Bud Light Golden Wheat?!? Oh dear. #
- Fair and balanced http://ff.im/-8t51g #
- @dN0t I didn't know Burton directed that episode. in reply to dN0t #
- Just listened to the first mastered track from the new ATB EP – "Ghost" is done! Lyrics here: http://aarontraffasband.com/songs/ghost #
- Alanis Morissette is my bartender at the Phoenix Airport Marriott. It's scaring me. I'm going to ask for her autograph. #
- Spaz http://ff.im/-8v05x #
- Don’t shill bid. Just don’t. http://ff.im/-8vfBo #
- How dumb are you? Take this simple science quiz. If you don't go 12/12, you fail. http://bit.ly/D28kx #
- Anyone want to to halfsies with me to buy Zimbra? Alley Insider says Yahoo!'s trying to sell it. http://bit.ly/TW335 #
- Blogger http://ff.im/-8wVa7 #
- Paint http://ff.im/-8wVa8 #
- Technorati http://ff.im/-8wVa6 #
- Proxibid's new site is up and looks pretty slick…large improvement over previous version. http://www.proxibid.com #
- ATS in Phoenix http://flic.kr/p/71HMnY #
- Proxibid launches new website, embedded bidding http://ff.im/-8y2MS #
- Phoenix hotel. http://flic.kr/p/71JYmh #
- PF Chang's in Tempe http://tinyurl.com/kmdpc3 http://flic.kr/p/71FoJD #
- An Oracle engineer just told me "If you live in the red states, you got to be cool." #
- Chillin at Sky Harbor, burning off a couple hours before the flight back to Kansas. #
- This is going to hurt. http://flic.kr/p/71Zgju #
- Getting ready to board at PHX for MCI. http://flic.kr/p/71ZVoy #
- Down at MCI. #
- Don’t penalize Internet buyers | AuctioneerTech http://bit.ly/VUhAc #
- Mike McClure – Edde's Song http://ff.im/-8EIT9 #
- Office Picture Manager http://ff.im/-8F7WN #
- watching Naked Bike Ride on Boxee http://ff.im/-8Gnzh #
- Sending plain text email is better for users and branding | AuctioneerTech http://bit.ly/16HSSE #
- Happy birthday @purplewave – first Purple Wave auction was September 25, 2000. #
- RT @OverCoffeeMedia: Why do salespeople pretend they're not selling? If you lie to get me to talk w/ you, you think I'll trust you to buy? #
- DestroyTwitter http://ff.im/-8I9g8 #
- File-ps http://ff.im/-8Jmnn #
- Birthday dinner with @dpoe at So Long in Aggieville. http://tinyurl.com/yc39huo #
- Left 4 Dead http://ff.im/-8JVfb #
- Picasa Web Albums http://ff.im/-8LV6d #
- Google Picasa Updater http://ff.im/-8LV6f #
- Found an episode of TNG I hadn't seen before…buried near the end of season 7. #
- Reddit http://ff.im/-8O4x0 #
- Pulling myself away from facial recognition training…absolutely amazing functionality in the newest Google Picasa 3.5. #
- Pumpkins. http://flic.kr/p/72NDo8 #
- This pumpkin has a thyroid disorder. http://flic.kr/p/72SDL9 #
- Self-Extracting Cabinet http://ff.im/-8OAY6 #
- Wakoopa makes a game out of using software and web apps | AuctioneerTech http://bit.ly/340EXJ #
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Fair and balanced
21 Sep 2009
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by
Aaron
in Uncategorized
In the last video we posted, CNN covered how Fox promotes the protests of our administration rather than covers them. CNN thinks there’s an important distinction, and I can’t help but agree.
Today’s nugget features proof that Fox not only promotes the protests, but they attempt to exacerbate them. The lady in the green is a Fox producer.
Thanks to Valleywag for providing more Fox coverage that makes you wonder why self-respecting person would watch Fox News or believe thier propaganda.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPYbPsvOnX8
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-20
20 Sep 2009
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Aaron
in twitter
- Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-13 http://ff.im/-83Kdr #
- Aaron Traffas Band – Mirror – 11 September 2009 http://ff.im/-84YYk #
- FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL! Intuit just bought Mint. Insert the other F-word to find out how I really feel. http://digg.com/u3CV9c #
- Reference.com http://ff.im/-86Xpk #
- Aaron Traffas Band – Enter: The Wind – 5 September 2009 http://ff.im/-87ZJH #
- Aaron Traffas Band – 200 Miles Away – 5 September 2009 http://ff.im/-87ZJM #
- just joined @boxee, a new way to enjoy entertainment on your TV & PC. join now at http://www.boxee.tv/signup #
- Anthony Farrar – Four Walls http://ff.im/-8a6mX #
- Aaron Traffas Band – Patronizing Smile – 5 September 2009 http://ff.im/-8a6mR #
- Aaron Traffas Band – Folksingers’ Defense – 11 September 2009 http://ff.im/-8a6mV #
- Anthony Farrar – Kansas http://ff.im/-8a6mN #
- Aaron Traffas Band – Republican – 5 September 2009 http://ff.im/-8a6mQ #
- Aaron Traffas Band – Archipelago – 11 September 2009 http://ff.im/-8a6n1 #
- Mike McClure Band – Nowhere Woman http://ff.im/-8arDi #
- Best restaurant music in Kansas? So Long Saloon in Aggieville in Manhattan. No contest. #
- http://tinyurl.com/lqdpbf #
- Anthony Farrar’s song ‘Kansas’ – Love to hate asshats who ask about Dorothy and Toto? – http://bit.ly/rBCuU #
- Checking out the TC50 app on Boxee. #
- boxee http://ff.im/-8byxS #
- Redbecon wins TechCrunch50 http://ff.im/-8bKnT #
- Rolling to Kansas State Fair to compete in the bid-call contest. #
- I’ll be live blogging the bid-call at auctioneertech.com http://ff.im/-8d8rI #
- Welcome to the group! http://ff.im/-8d8W7 #
- Testing pictures [pic] http://ff.im/-8daR4 #
- Heading to Hutchinson! http://flic.kr/p/6YSUhT #
- Pulling back onto the Interstate after setting up Flickr and Friendfeed to support the live blog. 30 minutes to… http://ff.im/-8diF7 #
- I’m willing to pay cash to anyone who’ll be at the KS Fair and could run my video camera during the bid-call… http://ff.im/-8djDk #
- Live blogging the Kansas Auctioneers Association bid-call contest http://ff.im/-8dlgj #
- Here we are! http://flic.kr/p/6YTBga #
- Auctioneers getting ready to draw for order. http://flic.kr/p/6YXJXG #
- Finally coming to order. http://flic.kr/p/6YTUkD #
- Flickriver http://ff.im/-8dCRx #
- COVERITLIVE.COM http://ff.im/-8dCRw #
- 1. Eric Bloomquist, Assaria, KS 2. Lance Kinderknecht, Almena, KS 3. Thomas Lindsay, Jr, Shawnee, KS 4. Justin… http://ff.im/-8dHt9 #
- 11. Mike Boesker, Halstead, KS 12. Charly Cummings, Yates Center, KS 13. John Kisner, Hays, KS 14. Russell… http://ff.im/-8dHPm #
- Contest order is now posted in a readable format at http://www.auctioneertech.com http://ff.im/-8dJOj #
- Ladonna debating difference between bid-calling and being an auctio neer. http://flic.kr/p/6YYFcm #
- RT @mashable: BREAKING: Google Acquires reCAPTCHA – http://bit.ly/CooMW #
- Q: why enter state auction contest, Aaron? A: “Only chance I get to practice bid-calling nowadays.” probably the wrong answer. #
- KAA setting up the items for the auction. http://flic.kr/p/6YVZoi #
- First year without Karaoke crap-acts on the main stage before the contest…guy with guitar who is not sucking FTW! #
- My three items to sell http://flic.kr/p/6YWzXX #
- Backstage at the contest. http://flic.kr/p/6YWENi #
- Getting ready to sell…good crowd, nice weather. #
- I just broke in finals…top 10… #
- Someone write a FriendFeed app for the Pre that allows posting text and pictures to groups. Thanks! #
- RT @dN0t: Jesus. It’s almost autumn but the summer of death continues. Mary Travers from Peter, Paul and Mary deader than hell. #
- 2009 Kansas Auctioneers Association bid calling championship recap http://ff.im/-8ffhG #
- http://www.peterpaulandmary.com is down hard with the news of Mary’s death. #
- @dN0t 2/3 of them. I place 5th out of 17. in reply to dN0t #
- Gimme back my dog. #
- Slobberbone – Gimme Back My Dog http://ff.im/-8hm3v #
- Bill Me Later http://ff.im/-8hwEW #
- VirtualBox 3.0 Vista Host, Linux Guest – Bridged Networking Issues #
- Fox News is NSFW http://ff.im/-8hVus #
- @Mark_L_Manley Added! in reply to Mark_L_Manley #
- @dpoe Is Chelsea actually reading it or do they have a voice actor? in reply to dpoe #
- RT @precentral: No more Windows Mobile Treos, ever. Will there be more Treos from webOS? Palm ditches WinMo. http://bit.ly/1YgtoO #
- Burtschi Brothers – You Hold The Whiskey, I’ll Hold The Money http://ff.im/-8lesF #
- @traffase You already past security? in reply to traffase #
- Aaron Traffas Band – Republican – 11 September 2009 http://ff.im/-8msSl #
- Anthony Farrar – LP Summer Time – 11 September 2009 http://ff.im/-8mKXx #
- Aaron Traffas Band – Enter: The Wind – 11 September 2009 http://ff.im/-8mKXv #
- Aaron Traffas Band – Lacking You – 11 September 2009 http://ff.im/-8mKXu #
- PictureMover Application http://ff.im/-8nLIu #
- Logitech Harmony Remote http://ff.im/-8nLIt #
- Does (Rusty’s) Last Chance in Aggieville no longer have a website? #
- CrunchBase http://ff.im/-8o6Ql #
- watching The West Wing on Boxee. check it out at http://bit.ly/qYYM3 #
- watching The West Wing on Boxee http://ff.im/-8ogsW #
- watching The West Wing on Boxee. check it out at http://bit.ly/qYYM3 #
- watching The West Wing on Boxee http://ff.im/-8onHY #
- watching The West Wing on Boxee http://ff.im/-8oth4 #
- watching The West Wing on Boxee http://ff.im/-8oyqo #
- @dN0t Does your Boxee website activity update? My FF integration is working, but it’s not updating the boxee.tv account history. in reply to dN0t #
- RT @CobraCommander: In honor of Pirate Day I will be doing my mid-day executions at sea. I love theme days. #
- watching The West Wing on Boxee http://ff.im/-8oDUk #
- Indicator Applet Session http://ff.im/-8oSKd #
- Attempting to fix my blog with an iPod SSH client at a restaurant. Here goes… #
- All fixed! WordPress permalinks reset and responding normally at https://aarontraffas.com #
- @dN0t Have fun at the roach-fest! in reply to dN0t #
- Going to try to squeeze another West Wing in before the K-State v. UCLA game. #
- watching The West Wing on Boxee http://ff.im/-8p0fy #
- Igloo cup holder is the most redneck thing I’ve done this year. http://flic.kr/p/6ZKDun #
- RT @luke_wempe: 7-0 UCLA leads KSU 5:16 left 1st qtr #cfb #ucla #ksu #kstate #
- K-State amazingly still in the ballgame after the first quarter. #
- @dN0t You should throw your emptys away. in reply to dN0t #
- @dN0t What did you think of D9? in reply to dN0t #
- @traffase Having fun so far? Ready to come home? in reply to traffase #
- watching The West Wing on Boxee http://ff.im/-8qjlI #
- Audible Manager http://ff.im/-8qwFI #
- Audible Download Manager http://ff.im/-8qwFU #
- Running late for the airport…hoping for Phoenix by night. #
- Nearing Kansas City, listening to This Week in Tech no. 212 – flight to Phoenix at 3 pm #
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Fox News gets pwned by CNN
19 Sep 2009
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Aaron
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They used to be fodder for only shows like the Daily Show, but now Fox News has become so ridiculous and outright silly that other news agencies are realizing that the Fox News downward, falsehood-spreading spiral is actually news itself.
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