Jeremy Johnstone Tweets

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-30

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:59:59 +0000

I’m such an American. I had Kimchi, Dim Sum, Mongolian BBQ Beef, and various other Asian things for breakfast, all topped with BACON! #
Headed to Yongsan Electronics Market. Good test of my either my willpower or negotiation skills. Maybe both. #
Uhoh. Found camera store with a Canon 5D Mark II (not seen it yet, they are getting from the warehouse). #
Bahh.. “none left” don’t you mean you never had one? #
I’ve learned their trick. All shops say they have it, make you wait while they call all their buddies trying to find one. #
After stopping at 33 camera stores (not really, but close enough), I’m now leaving. Better things to do with my time. #
One thing is for sure, the US has POS car GPSes compared to Korea. The ones in the taxis here kick major ass. #
I’d kill for a pair of hands in Sunnyvale right now. If you have a Y! badge and are willing to go into the office, DM me. Name your price! #
Don’t you hate it when you miss a call when you’re expecting one and the phone number comes up as an invalid ANI, thus no way to callback #
Always amazes me how well you can tell what someone is saying, even if you don’t know the language, if you know the context. #
Almost recovered from the shell shock of the difference between last night’s hotel and tonight’s. Almost. Crazily, they are about same price #
Workout + breakfast AND be at work before 8am means I was up before 5:30 this morning. [redacted] is trying to kill this poor geek. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-29

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Pretty nice view out the window from my 26th floor hotel room. Glad I asked for the highest floor he could give me. #
Impressed how cheap it is to rent a cell phone in Korea. ~$2 a day and reasonable per minute rates outbound and free inbound calls. #
I’m in a country where I don’t speak the language and the women are drop dead gorgeous. I wonder how much trouble I am going to get into. #
Glad I looked online before buying. Wiis are dirt cheap here (<$200 US), but apparently are region locked for games like DVD movies are. #
OMG OMG OMG! My SPOT was able to track my airplane flight for the first time ever! So awesome! http://tr.im/SFOtoICNflightGPStrack #
Grabbing breakfast then headed to Olympic Park to wander around. Likely hit Yongsan Electronics Market at some point later on. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-28

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Uh oh… Seems the going rate for the Canon 5D Mk II in Korea is around 3.35-3.5 million Won. That’s roughly $300 cheaper than the US. #
1st time in my life I’ve eaten at a restaurant for Thanksgiving. Would have cooked like past yrs but leaving for KR tmrw so leftovers = bad #
What better way to spend a Thanksgiving evening where you’re having to get stuff done at the office than to do so jamming to @DaveJMatthews? #
@ElizabethN Glad I could pass on the knowledge! From every indication (@ev claims it too) it’s really @DaveJMatthews and not an Agent/PR guy #
Finally done with the crap I needed to do at the office. Fixing to grab swag from storage then heading home to finish packing. #
Man I hate holidays. Been to three grocery stores (one a 24hr “super” store) and all are closed. Bahh! #
The more I use the new Facebook, the more it makes me want to hurl. Seriously! Very few webpage designs have that strong an effect on me. #
@ninavizz It’s Apple’s second year on the Black Friday bandwagon. EPP discounts make it even more attractive on limited items. #
24″ iMacs are going for nearly 15% off retail w/ EPP + Black Friday deals. If they pushed it over 20% I might buy, but willpower wins today #
More tempting is new 13″ MacBook going for nearly 15% off (EPP+BF), but thankfully AAPL made that super easy to say no to (lack of firewire) #
Prediction: Black Friday will be a flop. It won’t be becuase of decreased “consumer confidence” either, it’s because all the sales are FAIL! #
Good news: fit everything into one medium sized check bag. Bad news: TSA will need two bags that size to repack it. Insane tight packing FTW #
Me: “kewl word! If I’m ever in that part of the world I’ll say that to everyone. Wonder how long I’ll live.” OH: “I don’t give you a day” :$ #
Sitting in the Red Carpet lounge sipping on a decent bloody mary. To bad I had to tell him how to make it just so it would be decent. #
http://twitpic.com/orbo - “Using Clinton’s people for your team is fine, but if I ever see Monica Lewinsky in the White House your toast” #
@chartier I had one of those this morning. Was pretty tasty for being a starbucks coffee. #
Amazon, your such a tease… Send me an SMS saying Wiis are in stock and I check less than 30 seconds later and you are out of stock. Lame. #
@Arlo Look under the desk over on the end. There is a dead fish duck taped up to the bottom of the desk. Don’t ask me how I know. #
Wal-Mart? Seriously? You’re kidding right? Wal-Mart? No Seriously, don’t pull my leg, your joking right? http://tr.im/1lve #
I’ll reserve any comments on the “typical” Wal-Mart customer as they might not be considered politically correct. http://tr.im/1lve #
@chartier I agree. I also like their breakfast sandwiches thus why I went there this morning on my way to the bank / airport. #
I pulled a nice joke on the bank teller this morning. Walked up and said I’d like to make a withdrawal, she said how much, I said 275,000. #
She did a double take, then when I said in cash she started stammering. I let her stew for a minute before saying I wanted Korean Won. #
@mantia I left one of my machines running Tiger “just in case”. All the others are running Leopard now. Why? #
@Arlo At least I came clean on my digressions. You have to give me credit for that despite my being a thorn in your side the past 2 months. #
Bahhh… I hate the fact I can’t DM people who don’t follow me. @mantia and @Arlo you both are the culprits of my aggravation today. #
Ok, enough fun on the intartubes. Time to start heading to my gate in preparation for boarding. Cya all tomorrow when I land. #
Duty free in SFO == EPIC FAIL! The biggest bottle of crown they have is 1L. If that’s all I wanted, I’d go to BevMo AND get a cheaper price! #
First class upgrade, check. Mimosa, check. Time to recline, relax, and wait for takeoff. #
United tip: when your company books you in Z class Business, it’s still possible to upgrade to 1st. Just takes persistance & bit of S.E. #
Wondering if my SPOT will get a GPS lock in flight AND be able to transmit. Long flight, so testing my luck my sticking it in the window. #
Wow, just found out our route will take us across Siberia. Interesting! #
United Airlines First Class International to Asia could learn a thing or two from Etihad Airlines to the UAE. Pretty abismal in comparison. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-27

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Why must they put places like Red Mango on my walking path. Good thing I’m headed to a haircut or I would be forced to stop. #
@basictheory Friends don’t let friends run phpBB. Which friend failed who here? #
Work laptop only has 100gb HD and don’t want to take two laptops to Korea, so picked up a 320gb LaCie rugged tonight. Should do the trick! #
If you’re ever looking for a fast bus powered external HD which has both USB 2.0 and Firewire 800, look no further than the LaCie ruggeds. #
Nano, check. Nike+ I bought eons ago, check. Now headed to go jump on a treadmill since it’s a tidbit nipply outside. #
Pulling in the garage I realized I can’t remember the last time I parked here. Has it been a year (when I got my own parking spot @ work)? #
@basictheory I was the same way until I got my own spot outside building D. Speaking of, need to let someone use it next week while I’m gone #
iPod $150. Nike+ $25. Endorphin rush after a run, priceless. There are some things AAPL&Nike can bring u, for everything else there’s Amazon #
@pixelarchitect you made me insanely jealous too. I must find this place now and consume some of it’s awesomeness as soon as possible. #
For as much as I love traveling, I hate packing and getting ready. Always end up either bringing way to much or missing one critical thing. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-26

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Just booked a flight to Asia leaving Friday for ten days. I think this will be the furthest off the TZ where I live I’ve ever been (PST +17) #
I just placed the largest currency order I’ve ever done (in sum, not value) w/ BoA. Scary to think 275,000 of a currency is “pocket change” #
@janeylicious Yep, the exchange rate rate now is 1487 for Won and I bought at just shy of 1,400. Wish it was ~1,000, would make math easier. #
Note to self, just because u know how to do something, and are capable of doing it well, doesn’t mean u should do it. Pay people who do it! #
I’ve worked in startups too long prior to joining Yahoo!. I don’t wait on other people to do their job, if I know how I just do it for them. #
There’s been 1024 bytes in a KB for what, 30-40 years now or more? Didn’t hard drive manufacturers get the memo? Seriously? #
Apparently Korean Won is an “exotic” currency according to Bank of America’s Foreign Currency department. Hmm… #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-25

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Seriously debating on whether it’s worth trying to go to Yoga. I have a hard time putting my hands above my head, but stretching is good. #
For as crappy as I felt this morning physically (between food poisoning and sore upper body from Saturday), I’m surprised I feel so good now #
My philosophy on design: An extraordinary design is something so simple that anyone could mimic but ingenious in that someone thought of it #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-24

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

I just tried to put my arms in the position you do when in free fall. YOOWZERS!!!! #
So if I am a fan of Grey’s Anatomy, LOST, Weeds, In Plain Sight, Burn Notice, etc what would be a good show to add to that list? #
@janeylicious Bahh! I bought Private Practice S1HD per your advice and now it will be 5-6hrs before it’s downloaded. Tempted to go to office #
@janeylicious Will be something for tommorow night. I always did like Addison for some reason especially later on & hated when she got cut. #
I wish I knew what it was of the several things I ate yesterday which is making me feel so miserable today. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-23

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Short video clip on Flickr of one of my “flights” from earlier today: http://tr.im/1elu Apologize for the crappy bg music, not my doing. #
Went two months with the same Facebook photo apparently. Decided to update it to one of the ones from my flights today. #
@thekarladam You get pulled over in a Hyundai going to the store. What makes you think you would make it even 10ft without LAPD chasing you. #
@thekarladam And that’s assuming the car wasn’t reported stolen when you drove off and they just let you take it for a spin. #
Jeebus it takes forever for Drobo to rebuild the raid array after removing a 1.5TB Seagate and putting in a 1TB drive. FYI, the 1.5TBs suck! #
@basictheory Cars put out 12.5-14 volts, airline does 15-16. Technically, it works somewhat, but it could damage the charger/laptop. #
Getting dinner then back to East Bay for some more flight time. My reservation is for 9:30, if anyone else wants to go, ping me before 8:30. #
Would hate to see the electric bill for this place. They are averaging 200KW/hr all day. Not “that” high, but still not cheap. #
My arms are like Jello, but man am I on a hell of an adrenaline rush. Indoor skydiving is like crack, only more expensive and good everytime #
@chaboya Over in Union City about 16 miles north east of the Sunnyvale Campus. http://iflysfbay.com #
Couple more photos from my flights skydiving today: http://tr.im/ifly112208 If you have never done it, highly recommend. Good for all ages! #
Every muscle in my upper body is violantly reminding me of what I did yesterday. Maybe floating in 130mph winds for 30m in 1d was too much. #
That said, it is the “good” kind of pain. Dull soreness at high intensity lvl not any sharp acute pain (aka no injury, just extreme workout) #
@basictheory I saw 1.99 in south bay last week, almost passed out and swerved off the road. It’s down close to $1.50 in the Midwest. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-22

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Why is it when mornings start off really really well, they usually end in a miserable crappy day? Thanks [redacted], I appreciate it! #
Just booked a big block of flight time for tomorrow. Going to keep jumping over and over until I get better at formations in free fall. #
Sitting waiting for the refresher class to begin. Should be a fun morning. #
Taking a break as my left arm is a bit sore. Got balance and turns back down, might try a flip or roll next. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-21

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Turned in my application for what will be the biggest photo opportunity of my life today. Now we wait a month to see if I get approved. #
Thought I was coming up close to my vacay accrual cap again so I looked online. Apparently my cap isn’t 4 weeks, it’s 7 weeks. Big surprise! #
Funny how I took almost 3 weeks off this year and I still have 3.5 weeks left of vacay. I apparently worked too much my first couple years. #
Who am I kidding though, I still work too much. I just took a decent vacation this summer for a change. #
Woke up, sent long email about why half my bugs found last night by QA are invalid, to my boss before he gets into work, now back to bed. #
Don’t u hate it when u think of a funny way to word a tweet and by the time a tweet app on iphone decides to let you type it in you forget? #
I think Tweet apps on the iPhone are conspiring against me. Twinkle, unstable. Tweetsville, used to rock, now really slow. Tweetie, save me! #
Not only was I up before 7am, I’m now cooking eggs, bacon, and pancakes. /me checks his forehead. Nope, no fever. Hmmmm… Wonder what then? #
http://twitpic.com/n31t - Bacon!! Yum!! #
What better way to start off the day? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremyjohnstone/3047689643/ #
@thekarladam Did you not notice I sent that tweet from tweetie? #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-20

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

@wisequark Oh noes… you are kidding right? Grey’s Anatomy will never stop playing on my ?TV now. :( #
I’m beginning to understand how an engineer can be like Peter in Office Space and “report” to only one person yet have “8 bosses”. #
Not saying I’m in said situation, of course, just saying I can understand how that could happen in real life for an engineer. #
OMFG this is _so_ hilarious… Read the top block of text in this financial news article: http://is.gd/8iSC #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-19

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Wall-E has me addicted now to the song “Down to Earth” by Peter Gabriel. Such a kickass song. #
Holding onto way to many uncashed checks. Guess I’m going to have to break down and go to the bank tomorrow and make some deposits. #
It’s annoying how reporters keep bringing up the $33 buyout offer yet forget to notice it was pegged against MSFT’s price which is down ~50% #
Always amuses me the comments I get from people about my tweets. Glad I can entertain / enlighten / enrage / inspire you all in some way. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-18

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Couple photos (essentially unedited) from the annual Pigeon Point Lighthouse lighting this past weekend: http://tr.im/pigeon2008 #
@thekarladam Please note, I didn’t defend autotools. I parallel your sentiments there. I’m just saying Makefiles “work just fine” #
Wow. I am so physically exhausted yet euphoric at the same time. Went way deep in my yoga poses today + did every chaturanga the “right” way #
Experiencing an odd sensation while walking. Every step of my right leg I feel as if I’m slightly falling to the right as if it’s shorter. #
@jeffbarr does CloudFront have any per distribution minimum TTL on cache life? Otherwise more popular sites will consume all space on edges. #
Amazon delivered my 3 disc Blu-Ray copy of Wall-E! I’m so pumped, now to go fetch a PS3 from downstairs to have on the TV while I work. #
Wall-E!!!!! #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-17

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Annoyed with myself. I had made a commitment to not watch Grey’s Season 5 until it was over and now that I broke that I’m jonesing for more #
@thekarladam Your concept is flawed. The Stereo 8 had technical issues which lead to it’s demise, like lack of rewind ability. #
So annoying when you don’t proofread tweets before sending. This time just not worth retweeting to fix where I used the wrong word. Bahh.. #
I’ve watched 86 episodes of Grey’s Anatomy in the past 3 weeks. Something tells me that isn’t probably something to be proud of, but oh well #
Amazing how different my neighbors are. Ones above are noisy and rude. Next door is a great family. He works for ‘Hoo, too, so no surprise. #
Trying to decide if I want to do laser corrective surgery in 2009. I have until 5pm to decide if this coming year will be the year I do it. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-16

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Simply amazing sunset on the Pacific ocean tonight. I don’t have words to describe it. #
grabbing dinner in Santa Cruz at Saturn Cafe, then off to Berkley to meet a friend for desert. #
I normally put about 150m/week on my car. Today I’ve put just over 120 and I’ll probably 2x that easily before night’s end. Yeah cheap gas!! #
@importantshock What’s wrong with Makefiles? Don’t fix what ain’t broke, IMHO. #
US Gas prices over the past six months: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremyjohnstone/3036375676/ #
Trying a new take on eggy in a basket. Should be interesting to see how this turns out. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-15

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Styling it Yahoo! way big time now. Got my Yahoo! shoes on and totally digging how they look. Photos to be posted later on Flickr. #
I’m scared of myself right now. I’m so ecstatic about having the new firmware on my work TV, I should be committed to an insane asylum. #
I have an urge to build a wine cellar and fill it up w/ Momokawa Pearl bottles. Anyone disagree it’s hands down the best Sake outside Japan? #
I’m a person who “needs” alarm clocks, so explain to me why I’ve woke up wide awake literally seconds before the alarm several days in a row #
@MsChelle I’d totally agree with that if it wasn’t for the fact the alarm was set for a different time each day, varying by over 3 hours. #
Laying in bed pondering why some timezones are offset by 30min and more oddly, 15 min in some cases. Wonder how long I can avoid Wikipedia? #
I can now say I know more about timezones than any sane human being should know. Did you know there is a place that’s timezone is UTC+14?? #
As of right this moment, it’s currently either Nov. 14th, 15th, or 16th depending on where on Earth you are. Crazy that its 3 possibilities. #
Ooops! Did my math wrong. At 2am pacific standard time (not 1pm) there are three calendar dates depending on where you are in the world. #
I’ve a scene I want to shoot @ around F/2 @ ISO400 which will cause me to use a 20-30s exp. Anybody got tips on foreground lighting that? #
Waiting on memory cards to download then heading to the coast. Weather looks like it will be beautiful for the event tonight. #
@mantia It’s not pretty, but this does essentially the same thing as what you want: http://them.ws/itrc/ You should design a nice UI for it. #
There is such an incredible speed difference between my Sandisk Extreme III and my Extreme IV cards. Worth every penny! #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-14

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

How the hell did this photo make it to the front page of Explore for today. Seriously? Seriously? http://flickr.com/photos/uthor/3025978174/ #
Just got my new Yahoo! branded shoes. Totally kickass! Really dig the final product, even better than the prototype ones I photographed. #
@keville I’m not sure your reactions can be considered a fair review of an app since you’re loopy from sleep deprivation. That said, I agree #
It never ceases to amaze me what passes for English among teenagers these days. Current case in point, a Flickr mail I just received. Yeesh #
@seldo homemade whipped cream or the crappy store bought kind? #
Trying to decide if I want to eat tonight or just save it for tomorrow. Strangely not very hungry for some reason despite ordering dinner. #
Anybody have suggestions on how to improve the I/O performance of the booting drive in OSX? Should I make it a RAID1 array? Other ideas? #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-13

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Amazing electric fiddle player on stage now. Very crazy looking guy, but awesome sound. http://snipurl.com/5e4ac #
At an event honoring many innovative people doing good for people in the world. I’m slightly jealous and take it as an action item for me. #
This makes the 4th time my path crossed with Dr. Yunus. He is an inspiration and I dream of someday having even 1/1000th the impact he’s had #
If you know me really well, you could pin point my exact mood based on my music playlist. Doubt anyone knows me well enough anymore though #
What’s freaky is when iTunes on shuffle nails my mood dead on, especially nights like tonight where my mood is a rather uncommon one for me. #
Apple really needs to work to improve their website team. Getting really disgusted with getting errors/downtime so much from them. #
Today’s Apple web issue? support.apple.com is giving me continual 504’s while trying to pull up a knowledgebase entry. FAIL! #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-12

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Call me weird if you like, but Chinese food tastes different to me when eaten with a fork instead of Chopstix. I _hate_ it. #
OMG! The world is coming to an end. Hell has frozen over. We are all going to die!! ( I have less than ten open bugs assigned to me ) #
Snickering at AMZN. They just Fedex priority overnighted something from PA weighing 41 lbs to me for free (shipping delay, so $3.99 waived) #
God I love Amazon. Where else can you get 1,000ft of Quad Shielded 3ghz rated RG6 coax for just over $100 w/ free overnight shipping? #
@jeffbarr That’s classic! I should make a Mastercard commercial spoof of all the ways Amazon has made me happy this year. #
Twitterverse: Is Seagate really the only one who is shipping 1.5TB SATA drives? I can’t seem to find anyone selling one. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-11

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Just ventured onto a computer for the first time since Friday and laughing my ass off that my halloween costume popped into Explore briefly! #
My photos which are still in explore at this moment: http://tr.im/z85 http://tr.im/z88 http://tr.im/z89 http://tr.im/z8b http://tr.im/z8c #
This one has reached the highest position in Flickr Explore of any of my photos (#78): http://tr.im/z8f .. Working to get a single digit one #
Finding it sorta funny that a woman who won’t speak to me anymore still visits my Flickr stream a lot and occasionally comments on them. #
Gotta go pickup my new tux tonight from the tailor. Amazing how many sizes I dropped. 3 sizes on jacket, 4 sizes on pants. Woot! #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-10

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Just realized I haven’t touched a computer at all (well all but turning on MacBook so AppleTV could talk to it) since Friday. o_O … Hmm #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-09

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

I’ve done nothing since yesterday but sleep and watch back to back episodes of one of my favorite shows. I’m on my 30th episode in a row. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-08

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Laugh at me all u want for being the only guy in Silicon Valley with a heavy duty snow shovel, but it made short work of sheetrock cleanup!! #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-07

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

YAH WE CAN! http://tr.im/yahwecan #
Yeah! Fun! Immensely exciting day! Walk into bathroom this morming and I step in a flowing river of water. So awesome, don’t you know? #
So kewl when you cut into a ceiling and get a face full of water made all soupy by plaster mud. One of the great joys in life, must try it! #
Fun friday photos! The joys of flowing water. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremyjohnstone/sets/72157608741314598/ #

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-06

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

News Flash! OMG, people die every second! I would venture a guess that at least one per hour is probably at the age of 66 too! #
Ended up not going home and pushing through. Still feel like crap, but what can you do? #
Apparently I am on some kind of karma grey list. That’s 3x in the past month or so I’ve been pulled over. Grey because each time no ticket. #
This time police office was much nicer than last time, I didn’t even have to defend myself. Just made me wait on a 10-29 to come back. #
I think its all @thekarladam’s fault. I haven’t been pulled over in years until I started picking on him for getting pulled over so much. #
@boucher What’s the app? Definitely willing to help beta test. #
Whoever brings an innovation to the washing machine / dryer like the microwave was to the oven will become one of my personal heroes. #
If I’m going to be forced to pay full retail price for food, the quality must be on par. Guess I will be going off campus for lunch now. #
Small salad, slice of chicken breast to go on top, plus a cup of potato salad costs what? If you say less than $12 you would be wrong now. #
@PkmnTrainerj You brits don’t count. You charge American prices in British currency w/o offsetting for currency value. Hamburger = $3 & £3 #