Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-16
- Good deal: Dell Canada is selling Flip MinoHD's for $170 today only http://bit.ly/4br66k #
- Do any of the local mountains have a kid+parents "learn to snowboard" program? #
- You say you want a revolution // Well, you know // We all want to change the world #
- Too bad Aidan doesn't like Crispy Crunch. Nom, nom, nom. #StealingCandyFromABaby #
- RT @DadGoneMad: My son is the boy I always wanted to be when I was a kid. If I was nine, I'd want to be his friend. #dadcamp #
- An awesome use of Twitter lists: http://www.conversationlist.com #
- Owl.ly is refusing to hide that god damn bar again. Once more I will refuse to click owl.ly links. #StopHijackingMyBrowser #
- The smooth jazz of the toddler playing the piano is actually kinda relaxing… #
- My 4 yr old and I just finished making a batch of the best chocolate chip cookies you've never had. Awesome. #dadcamp #
- Cream 2/3c short 2/3c marg 1c br sgr 1c sgr. Add 2 egg+orang extr+mint extr. Add 1c flour 1tsp salt 1tsp b soda. Add choc chips. 12min @ 325 #
- Oops, error in recipe! Reposting…. #
- Cream 2/3c short 2/3c marg 1c br sgr 1c sgr. Add 2 egg+orang extr+mint extr. Add 3c flour 1tsp salt 1tsp b soda. Add choc chips. 12min @ 325 #
- All that sugar requires 3 cups of flour, not 1, lol #
- v,gzl; <'lg; #
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- The last two tweets brought to you by my 1 yr old, Q. Loves typing, but his error rate is excessive. #
- While making cookies Aidan (4 yrs old, recall) and I watched 2 DVR'd episodes of the RMR. He loves the stuff @RickMercer does, good CDN fun! #
- Took a look at Google's "GO" programming language. Neat, but why? We need *another* c-style language? Solves a problem that doesn't exist. #
- Damnit, FOX kills another awesome scifi show: Dollhouse is dead. http://bit.ly/4KSk2 Why do they even bother? #
- Rocking out with the family on Rock Band 2. Aidan's on lead guitar, Quinlan on drums. I don't think we'll be getting Grammys anytime soon. #
- RT @hummingbird604: NEW BLOG POST, Win tickets to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (theatre) – http://tinyurl.com/y9gah6p #
- Deleting 6 months of AMC from our Mythbox. Sometimes PVRs can be terrible things. #
- I've been finding out all sorts of interesting things from my wife's blog. Apparently she's abandoning me on Nov 20th for a while. #NewMoon #
- The rising sun reveals that the North Shore mountains got a huge dumping of snow yesterday. It's beginning to feel like Olympics. #
- RT @buzzbishop: DadCAMP 3 is on Sunday at the Giants game. you coming? http://bit.ly/1zTG3U #dadcamp #
- RT @Anna_Cook: I am ON FIRE today. Probably b/c I'm working in Mt Pleasant [Heh. There're some arson investigators looking to talk to you.] #
- Really? #Glee portrays everyone (except cheerleaders) in such a pos light esp. GLBT + disabled yet still ppl complain http://bit.ly/2VBcjr #
- Just upgraded my workstation to Karmic. Flash broke again. Went to Adobe's site, no 64 bit Ubuntu d/l. Seriously? #Fail #
- .@kabutar Well, that's a pretty misleading. They restricted use of one vaccine, but deemed the other safe. http://bit.ly/4kITLr #
- .@kabutar The thing about vaccines is that they're only effective when herd immunity is achieved. Every unvax'd person threatens my kids. in reply to kabutar #
- So the Governor-General wore a Navy uniform yesterday. What rank did she wear? Is there a specific GG rank? #cdnpoli #
- So the Governor-General wore a Army uniform yesterday. What rank did she wear? Is there a specific GG rank? #cdnpoli [Now w correct service] #
- Re G-G uniform: Turns out the G&M has a good explanation: http://bit.ly/2B9nuy #
- Lol, so I'm on @VanCourierNews's "Moms" list. At least one of us is confused. #DadsGetNoRespect #
- Hmmm, what to have for supper. Other than chocolate chip cookies, of course. #ChocolateIsAFoodGroup #
- Who knew? There's a bunch of us in YVR who … get this … don't drink coffee! http://bit.ly/4vnGb4 #
- I know no one else cares about #Survivor, but tonight's episode was one of the best in recent memory. #EasilyAmused #
- Wow, you hear about bad mailing lists but rarely have I seen one as poisonous as VanLUG. #
- Massive headwind this morning. 10:1 odds of a massive headwind heading home too. Vancouver weather is magical. #
- Want a cheap XBox 360? If you're not going to play it online, it seems eBay suddenly has lots: http://bit.ly/1HOvMo #
- RT @asawyer: CTV, Global ask CRTC for "program deletion regime." Blackout US stn when Cdn bcaster airs show at diff time. #
- As CTV, Global swing wildly trying to preserve their broken business model, more ppl are finding their entertainment online. #DyingMedia #
- Following @olympicreporter's tweeting of the women's ski jumping case. Don't understand how an org in Canada can operate outside the Charter #
- .@northernpenguin Exactly. The more you tighten your grip, Global, the more viewers will slip through your fingers. Or something like that. in reply to northernpenguin #
- This will be awesome! The data from purposefully crashing a 300-person jet will be incredibly useful: http://bit.ly/NFkXW [via @AvWeekBenet] #
- Thanks for all the #FF shoutouts. I don't do #FF myself but you can look at my conversationlist http://bit.ly/1YLLeh to see some cool tweeps #
- And while you're at it, how about creating your own conversationlist? It's actually pretty easy: http://www.conversationlist.com #
- RT @twitcouver Witness a bike/vehicle accident? Leave biz card/contact info even if ambulance is checking them out & cyclist says they're ok #
- RT @twitcouver: Cyclist is shaky, won't think to ask 4 witness info. Karma act: gather witnesses contact info & hand to cyclist b4 going. #
- Apparently my workstation's UPS battery needs to be replaced. At least that's what it's beeping about now. AFTER THE POWER BUMP. Goin' home. #
- Once again in the 2010 Olympics "Virtual Waiting Room" for tix. Let's hope it goes better than last week. #
- 10am has come. How many other tweeps are with me in this 2010 waiting room? #
- I feel like I'm at a bingo hall … I've got 3 laptops sitting in front of me all counting backwards from 30 slightly out of sync. #
- Right. Now they're telling us how many "sessions" are available for each sport, but what's a SESSION? #
- These 3 computers have widely varying ideas about how long 30 seconds is. Amazingly diifferent. #
- One computer has now completely lapped the other two. #
- RT @gnb: @AnthonyFloyd Is there virtual muzak in the virtual waiting room? How about really old virtual magazines? #vancouver2010 #
- RT @eastcoastgranpa: @AnthonyFloyd Don't forget the virtual yelling and running children! [Nah, I've got *actual* children doing that] #
- Short-track speed skating is the first event to be completely sold out. #
- Wow, while waiting in the Virtual Waiting Room, I'm witnessing the most cut-throat game of Frustration that this family has ever seen. #
- Boy, I'm going to feel pretty awful if @kirklapointe gets into the ticket site before I do… #
- Threshold for being able to make it to Hope by 1pm is passing. I guess I won't be at the BCGA AGM. #
- In other news, Aidan is now 3-1 lifetime vs parents in Frustration. #
- On the other hand, we've been all over him in "Snakes and Ladders" #
- Back of the envelope calculation shows I've seen the 30 second countdown on the VANOC Virtual Waiting Room just about 1000 times now. Ugh. #
- So 2010 ticketing site shows only hockey, curling and ceremonies left. Too long to hold 5 yr old's attn I think. Will look at Paralympic tix #
- Three hours in the 2010 waiting room. Beginning to feel like I'm waiting at the Vancouver General Hospital. #
- RT @dadcamp: DadCAMP 3 is tomorrow to see the Giants game. We're meeting at the rink at 430, 5p puck drop. RSVP if you're in. #dadcamp #
- We have two kids: No one knows the evil that lurks … under the couch. Ewww. #
- And, 6 3/4 hrs in, it seems like one machine got into the 2010 tickets site … but then it timed out on loading the page. #fail #
- So I'm finally into the 2010 ticketing and it's already told me to "try again, unable to process due to high volume" #EpicFail #
- "We're sorry, we were unable to process your request due to high transaction volumes. Please try to submit your request again." #FAIL #
- There's a 12 minute limit, and each click is taking > 1 min. This is 7.5 hours after starting. What a joke. #
- In the end, we ended up getting opening ceremonies, sledge hockey and ski slalom for the Paralympics today. It'll be nice for Aidan #dadcamp #
- Wow Quinlan sure can shriek. Is a trumpet mute an appropriate parenting tool? #
- Complete #dadcamp day today. Paradise City in the morning, BC Model Trains exhibit in the afternoon, Vancouver Giants game in evening. Rawk. #
- Unbelievable. Ti-cats tie up the game w/ a 2 pt conversion with ~:20 left on the clock #
- Confusingly, BC now heading to the CFL Eastern Conference final. #
- http://twitpic.com/posz4 – At the model train show #
- http://twitpic.com/poszf – Some of these layouts are quite complex! #
- http://twitpic.com/pouhc – This set is all LEGO. Aidan is in heaven. #
- http://twitpic.com/ppr1u – Aidan at the end of his first hockey game! Giants blown away 5-0 #
- Back from a most excellent day out with Aidan. Train show followed by Giants game. Careful out there, some huge puddles on the roads! #
- Aidan and I making a big screen appearance at #dadcamp tonight http://bit.ly/38Wj4t [via @dadcamp] #