Gabe Ormsby (gormsby)

Gabe Ormsby

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@BarackObama @WhiteHouse Keep your promise: close #Guantanamo

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Whenever I fear that the Internet knows too much about me, it asks if I am interested in some Rolling Stones thing and my worries dissipate.

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Doing an online survey. I like that the ZIP code box allows 50 characters.

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Decades ago my sis made me a compilation of women rockers. Leona Naess's "Charm Attack" still has some of my favorite snare strikes ever.

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"Me and I" - we're both in thrall to Big Synth.

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Yeah, cool--Not like I had anything else to do today. Beatles Vocal Harmonies: http://is.gd/pBuZfS

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The problem with easy portability-Just deleted "Handspring tech support" from Address Book I've been seamlessly migrating since 1999.

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Første ski av sesongen. Spend first 5 minutes trying to find "L" and "R" markings on new skis. Apparently that's no longer a thing.

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Saw "The Hobbit" last night. It was good and all, but feel a bit like I was assaulted and beaten by an orchestra.

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Hey @McConnellPress and @SenatorReid: Don't ram through a 5-year extension on FISA Amendments Act. https://eff.org/r.2asn

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So in Ubuntu, the Quit option might be Ctrl-Q, Ctrl-W, or Shift-Ctrl-W? This makes me miss the Mac.

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@MayorRTRybak Car path on Blaisdell is plowed already, but bike path isn't yet. Maybe you could have a chat with Streets about priorities?

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So has anyone out there actually tried the "Pam spray on snow shovel" trick? Results?

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Doing frequency analysis of 'donut' vs 'doughnut' on the Baker's Wife Yelp page. My god are we nerds. *Minneapolis* nerds!

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Would you call fiddling with the text formatting of my todo list manager's help files a form of procrastination? Or 'metaproductivity'?

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Also, apologies in advance if I address deg in mangled Svensk øver the näste few dager.

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Finally watched The Seventh Seal. I think squire Jöns is my new existentialist hero (aside from the misogyny aspect, that is).

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Learning a new keyboard layout: Great time to reinvigorate my campaign to bring back eth (ð) and thorn (þ).

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Linux switch piece I hadn't anticipated: relearning how to make ðis: å; and ðis: Ü. Ðis, too. Þankfully, it's possible.