Notes from the week of 2011-05-08

PayPal X Platform

• Transcription of eBay Q1 2011 earnings call http://bit.ly/kcYov3 via @seekingalpha (tidbit: @PayPal will process > $2B in mobile payments) #
• Too many April showers http://bit.ly/jMXrjY (@PayPalX DevZone monthly recap) #
• More on Visa's investment in @square http://onforb.es/ltcyqp via @forbes #
• Amex and Visa squeeze @PayPal crown jewels http://onforb.es/lDpLGg examines personal payments options #
• Facebook Deals offers let you use Facebook Credits for real world purchases http://bit.ly/iGUk24 (you can also use @PayPal or credit card) #
• Heads-up @PayPalX developers: Android Developer Challenge deadline is May 14th, details at http://bit.ly/jDhPme #

APIs and development

• sort + head work great in Cygwin RE how to get a random line from a file in bash http://bit.ly/izODFn via @hmason #
• Free webinar "Pragmatic REST – API Design Fu" http://bit.ly/iOllUi May 5th from @apigee #
• How to enable site speed (page load time) tracking in Google Analytics http://bit.ly/iLsny2 #
• Researching #Python MediaWiki->RTF conversion possibilities http://bit.ly/kREGQx (any other suggestions, Python-specific or not?) #
• Ever wondered about the mechanics of book publishing? Here's a look at the @OReillyMedia book publishing toolchain http://oreil.ly/l6exZS #
• The @OReillyMedia book toolchain discussion has piqued my curiousity about AsciiDoc in particular http://bit.ly/lHC9pw #
• The only things I'd use different from Matt Neuburg's book creation toolchain http://bit.ly/ieQDEx would be a different editor and @github #

Personal things

• "The Bighorn's Rocky Recovery" http://1.usa.gov/j0RA5G in the latest Montana Outdoors http://1.usa.gov/m9A9Hs #
• MT elk hunting information http://1.usa.gov/iWkOTL from Montana Outdoors #
• National Wildlife Refuges in MT http://1.usa.gov/jEFjFw via Montana Outdoors #
• Virgin Galactic spaceship passes major flight test http://bit.ly/liIjjT with successful "feathering" maneuver #

Running

• Ran 3.15 miles in 35 mins and felt great. Pushing stroller with daughter learning to ride her bike up the hil… http://dailymile.com/e/SyCF #
• Registered today for the Rooster Days 5k http://bit.ly/jyCpFg and Jenks Aquarium Half Marathon http://bit.ly/... http://dailymile.com/e/T0LS #
• Ran 4.1 miles in 41 mins and felt great. Beautiful, effortless, transcendent run with mile paces 8:43, 8:18, … http://dailymile.com/e/T44T #
• Ran 5.01 miles in 48 mins and felt great. Tempo plus cooldown, sustained pace 9:06 (targeting trail half mara… http://dailymile.com/e/T6oR #