Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-18
- For today's example of How Real People Should Not Use Twitter, I present to you: @lamarche #
- Can't wait for the @InfoAlerteBot notice about how @M_Ignatieff doesn't support the Navy (re: "drunken sailors" quote) #cdnpoli #
- Sigh. Debug cycle period on this particular problem is about 5 minutes. I utterly lose focus between each iteration. #
- Apparently the last person to use this mouse decided it needed a sugary coating. Very hard to clean a scroll wheel, didja know? #
- Just finished editing Aidan's video review of @CarouselTheatre's Pharaoh Serket. Will be available in the am. Must sleep now. #
- Frightening video: Air France A380 clips Comair CRJ 700 while taxiing at JFK Airport last night http://bit.ly/gyik0s #
- Look for cheap Flip video cameras soon: Cisco Kills Flip Video, iPhone 4 is Likely Murder Weapon http://bit.ly/fIi3k9 #
- Frankly, I think that the Flip is much better suited for home video than an iPhone. Replaceable batteries, tripod mount, dedicated storage. #
- Aidan's video review of @CarouselTheatre's "Pharaoh Serket and the Lost Stone of Fire" is up! http://youtu.be/QYOvAp6WH3Y #
- Boo! The Museum of Flight didn't get one of the Space Shuttles. #
- Discovery goes to Smithsonian in DC, Endeavour goes to Cali Sci Center in LA, Atlantis stays at Cape Canaveral. Enterprise goes to NYC. Boo! #
- As a consolation prize, the Museum of Flight gets the full-size space shuttle trainer currently at JSC. #
- Shouldn't press coverage of the gov't be completely independent of the gov't? Not according to Harper: http://bit.ly/ffMe7V (via @gmarkham) #
- Hey, that was @andrea_coutu on #OTC Good job! #
- Oh @GillesDuceppe, how about fronting a national (and nationalist) party? Please? #db8 #cdnpoli #
- I'm listening to the #cdnpoli #db8 on CBC Radio. Can someone describe the cave that they're debating in, please? #TheresAnEchoEchoEcho #
- .@jacklayton Sounds like he genuinely misses the "old" Steven Harper. Awww. #db8 #cdnpoli #
- Gave up on the radio feed. The CBC video feed is pretty good. Also, given up on pretense of working. Off the clock for now. #
- The confused brows and smirk on Ignatieff are not very … appealing … as he argues with Layton. #db8 #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
- Ack! CBC page auto-refreshed. Lost the #db8 video feed, had to sit through another ad. Not cool, CBC, not cool. #cdnpoli #
- Or me! RT @loxyisme: These "Canadians" that Harper keeps talking about…. are not me. #db8 #elxn41 #
- Hearing Harper say he's a defender of democracy, freedom of information, human rights is sickening. Why aren't his eyes glowing red? #db8 #
- And Ignatieff stumbles on his response. Surprising. Not on his game, not focused. This is not the #db8 he needed. #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
- Harper: "Contempt motion? That wasn't contempt! The opposition just doesn't like us!" #db8 #cdnelxn #contempt #
- Dear CBC: The auto-refresh of your debate page kills the video. So goddamn frustrating. Just so we must watch ad!? #cdnpoli #db8 #
- Harper defends "contempt" by saying "We did everything you asked, you moved the goal posts!" He doesn't get it, does he? #db8 #cdnpoli #
- .@M_Ignatieff scores good points on Harper's contempt for Parliament and contempt for Canadian democracy. #db8 #cdnpoli #
- Jack and Gilles hammering Harper on the coalition letter of 2008. Scoring big points. Harper looks foolish. #db8 #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
- Dear Harper: You are fundamentally wrong. If the House has no confidence in you, they legally and MORALLY have the RIGHT to form gov't. #db8 #
- Harper's out right lying about the fundamentals of how the Canadian democracy works is embarrassing. It is angering. #db8 #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
- And another CBC page auto-refresh. GOD DAMNIT. #
- Ha! @jacklayton just introduced "hashtag fail" into the parlance of Canadian politics. #db8 #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
- Harper now telling @GillesDuceppe that he knows Quebecers better than he does. HASHTAG FAIL. #db8 #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
- Harper's focus on the opinions of one person astounds me. One Con candidate, former cop, against gun registry, yet all police chiefs support #
- It's taken 1h45 for someone to point out that Harper's platform isn't for NOW, but 5 yrs in the future!? #db8 #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
- .@jacklayton Claims 13 yrs of Liberal failures followed by 5 yrs of Con failures. Then goes into car salesman mode. Ugh. #db8 #cdnpoli #
- Harper: Like to thank Cdns for being *their* Prime Minister. How very inclusive, eh? #db8 #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
- Time to ride home. You had better believe that I'm going to keep an eye out for unregistered ducks. #db8 #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
- Canada is such a diverse country. Look at our election debate! 7 Qs asked by Caucasian "average" folks to 4 Caucasian old guys #db8 #cdnpoli #
- For the night time crowd: Aidan's video review of Pharaoh Serket http://youtu.be/QYOvAp6WH3Y In short: exciting, scary, funny. #
- Sounds like pundits are saying @jacklayton scored with the #db8 Good news for the NDP … and the Cons. Argh. #cdnpoli #leftsplit #
- Want a succinct summary of last night's debate and the election to date? See @acoyne's piece: http://bit.ly/dS7wHJ #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
- Enjoyed @steveler's post (http://bit.ly/fJ9bLA ) about taking his 5 yo to Paris. Must remember to build-in playtime for our summer roadtrip! #
- Vcr-Point Grey provincial by-election on May 11th, 9 days after federal election. Will voters get angry about overlapping campaigns? #bcpoli #
- Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes today! The rain held off for my rides, and my sons and wife sang me Happy Birthday. Ahhhhh. #
- The playoffs always confuse me. Should I progressively trim my beard in a reverse playoff beard? Or just let it get bushier? #
- Chilly, but expectedly-awesome ride in this morning. Sunshine when rain was predicted! YVR weather continues to elude the forecasters. #
- Noted on my commute this morning: #CPC candidate Deborah Meredith's prominent, large sign utterly destroyed. Childishness. #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
- Only the Cons would believe that voting is detrimental to their cause. Interfering w/ voting should be punished swiftly and harshly #cdnpoli #
- Riddle me this: why do all the #cdnpoli Twitter trolls support the Cons? I never get "abuse" from #LPC #NDP #BQ #PPC supporters #exln41 #
- It amuses me when ppl make estimates to 6 significant digits. VPD "estimate" $648,271 to police Stanley Cup playoffs. Really? Not $650,000? #
- OK, how about we try this "sleep" thing again, huh? #
- This, *THIS*, is why we never gave the kids any more than a few minutes' warning when heading east. The excitement is almost UNBEARABLE. #
- The idea of students voting is absolutely TERRIFYING to the Cons. Good. Have your say! Stop the madness. #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
- RT @joshlavoie: Elections Canada to CPC: Cry all you want, the votes COUNT. http://bit.ly/g7IuM1 #elxn41 #cdnpoli #
- I love the Elections Canada tag line: "Vote. Shape your world." #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
- There should be a "Cars with antsy kids" line at the border. Good times. #
- Endless daffodils in Mt Vernon http://instagr.am/p/DL68V/ #
- Electric flowers in Mt Vernon http://instagr.am/p/DL7L_/ #
- First time Q has been in a bed he can get up from at will. He's exercising that option. A lot. 8 times in 10 min so far. #
- Ok, I think at least the 6 yr old is asleep. #
- Thanks @joshlavoie and @erinlouise for the aquarium Groupon, we all had a blast! http://campl.us/Veb #
- The Children's Museum in Seattle is fun! http://campl.us/Vj9 #
- The Children's Museum even has a play theatre where the kids can change the backdrops and control the lights! http://campl.us/VkK #
- Lesson being learned the hard way: Don't mess with the toddler's routine. Also? Many new things are exciting, but over-stimulating #truth #
- These are lessons already learned but easily forgotten. Le sigh. #
- 10:30. Both boys finally asleep. Now to reheat the food from the Cheesecake Factory that we didn't get to touch yet. At all. #
- The Seattle Zoo is home of a population of homeless orangutans, all huddled under burlap bags. Uh, weird. http://campl.us/VQM #
- Truck crossing backed up to the lights. At least it won't be a many-hours wait. #
- Also, within 3G range, so it's not all bad. Kids are awake, hungry, tired. It's *a little* bad. #
- 1 hr in border line up and the GPS just advised: "Traffic ahead.". Uh, do you think!? #
- Home. I don't think getting home was *quite* the happiest part of the trip for the boys, but they were pretty darned happy. #
- Catching up on news. Some one please explain to me why Stephen Harper wants to buy stealth fighters without engines!? #cdnpoli #
- I mean, they're certainly much quieter without engines, but considerably less effective. #flylikerocks #