Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-03
- What about Vancouver? MT @News1130radio: School boards saving $. Surrey had surplus of over $2 M, Abbotsford $6 M+ and Richmond has $9.5 M. #
- Tires part the stream // spray indiscriminately // the drenched cyclists #twaiku #
- Wow, good interview right now with Patrick Moore #OnTheCoast with @CBCStephenQuinn. Great probing q's, great confident responses. #
- He's admitted to authorizing waterboarding. Waterboarding is torture. The case against Cheney seems pretty factual. Why admit him to Canada? #
- The argument that waterboarding isn't torture is utter crap. If it were an American being waterboarded, "torture" would be in every headline #
- Supper after 8 again tonight. The stomach protests. #
- Not amused. And it's not even Caturday. http://t.co/ag2SEEAE #
- Think you had a rough commute today? At least a bear didn't chase you on your bike! #bikebc #bikeyvr (via @bikegeek) http://t.co/z2xOlzAw #
- Flash games suck. This one sucks … time … http://t.co/BlnIBgnB #
- Google has removed "Reader" from the shortcut bar at the top. Again. Argh. #
- Coax me, cajole me. #
- A: Realtors, mortgage brokers, mattress salesdroids. Q: Who were my last dozen G+ followers. Where are the car dealerships & SEO experts? #
- I wonder what the policing budget for THIS will be MT @CBCStephenQuinn: Getting ready for CBC LIVE on Hamilton Street. http://t.co/MJ5tLzlt #
- The Pogues played on #OTC Great lift to the afternoon. #
- Suddenly I want a beer. #otc #
- Tonight, it's Van Aquatic. What did parents do before smart phones? #
- Help out a PhD student, and take a survey #geocaching RT @kjwx: New post: A Real-Life Geocaching Puzzle notaboutthenumbers.com/?p=4605 #
- This is exactly what the buses read on their front displays right now RT @AVancouverBus: AMBER ALERT – LISTEN TO RADIO #
- Got our #floydsgobad photo book from Shutterfly yesterday. Um, wow. http://t.co/oHOCNc5R #
- Today, Amazon launched a killer tablet that is utterly useless in Canada due to Byzantine copyright laws & meaningless geofences #kindlefire #
- Wow, seriously? RT @lazinryder: Vancouver's Library, or Salt Lake City's? http://t.co/BLVZAx15 #
- They're just doing this *now*? RT @CBCStephenQuinn VPD serving CBC's Wayne Williams w/ product'n order for riot footage http://t.co/cGpAqIN9 #
- I seem to be … 4 versions … behind now in Firefox releases. <shrug> #
- Awesome! @Sloanmusic #OTC @CBCVancouver. Dartmouth represent! #
- Boys sent downstairs to get ready for bed. Harmonica music has been drifting up for past 10 minutes. Nobody knows the trouble they've seen. #
- In honour of @smuttysteff's birthday today, I tried to get on my bike from the opposite side and failed miserably. Happy Birthday Steff! #
- I want a tech with a short learning curve and a loooooong tail #thereisnocake #
- The voice actors reading Tweets on the "Twitter as a mood ring" story on the CBC news lend the story that extra bit of credibility. Snort. #
- Hi @snugabye! @Clippo #
- Heh. @CBCStephenQuinn: "Is that an issue, as far as you're concerned?" Vic Toews: "No.". A few seconds of stunned silence follow. #OTC #
- You know, we just don't hear enough kazoo on the radio anymore. Except for today, of course. #OTC #
- Back at VanAquatic. Supper tonight was a Coffee Crisp and a few gulps of Pepsi #winning #
- Someone tell me how I can get my iphone to autocorrect tge -> the ?? Of all the things it corrects this should be the most important. #
- After interviewing @joshgroban last month, @aidanfloyd now hopes to interview @jianghomeshi tomorrow at #cbclivevancouver @cbcvancouver #
- Don't like his politics, but hard not to like Tweep RT @TonyclementCPC: The new Blink-182 offering sounds pretty much like Angels & Airwaves #
- I mean how many politicians do you know that reference Blink 182 and A&A in casual conversation!? #
- OK, this is awesome: A Visual Guide to Navigating NPR's top SF & Fantasy books (via @kemlo) http://t.co/q3nmrTR8 #
- Looking over the #insite decision, it seems to be a pretty big slap in the face to the Harper Government. Good for them. #SOC #
- Hey, that's me! RT @kitsilano: Meet Anthony, our new cyclist blogger, and tell him what topics you'd like covered! http://ow.ly/6JRnS #
- Where did this rain come from? It wasn't in the forecast. Oh, wait, right. Fall in Vancouver. What was I thinking? #
- #arseniclife is back in the news, this time in the form of an interesting @popsci feature http://t.co/uQGx75SU #
- RT @neilhimself: There are still tickets to LA on 31 Oct, Seattle on Nov 9 & YVR Nov 6th. #
- #truth RT @whistlerkristen: A father is someone who carries pictures where money used to be. #
- Wasn't convinced about the Once Upon A Cookie demo until the 3 yr old and 6 yr old played it. #kinect #
- Just to add to @karlwoll's tweet, all Different Bikes stores in the Lower Mainland are having their fall clearance sale #bikeyvr #
- One of framers working the construction site behind us drives a Mercedes SUV. It leads me to wonder if we're the only ones not growing pot. #
- Somebody swapped our toddler for @The_Pigeon today. We didn't let him drive the bus, though. #
- Sucked into the hole that is Google Picasa face recognition. Only 4400 faces left to identify! #the4400 #
- I, for one, am terrified of our robotic dog overlords http://t.co/fovjsTAj (via @engadget) #
- Cormorants supervise the comings and goings in Coal Harbour http://t.co/i5WuKaRx #
- Riding the seawall, getting stopped by tourists for photos http://t.co/bk4PLdvW #
- It's no wonder people hate cyclists. I counted 20 who did not dismount at this "dismount here" gate in 2 minutes http://t.co/xE3TK4G9 #
- … and 2 who did, 2 who dismounted when they saw me taking pics, and 2 who dismounted thru the gate only to ride thru the crowd. #
- Case in point. http://t.co/A14ELZ5Y #
- At the Second Beach playground now. Riding the seawall shows me everything I love about Vancouver, and everything I hate about it. #
- I seriously doubt there is a more self-absorbed, less considerate, Canadian city with a bigger sense of entitlement. #
- So let me get this straight: We're cool with torture-ordering, but not recovering addicts & petty assault: http://t.co/pLDp0c3j #
- Let me just say that this whole "23° tilt" and living at 49° N is great sometimes. Both boys in bed before 7pm. Achievement unlocked! #
- Lipdubs are a 10¢/doz, but this one's pretty slick: McGill Goodman Cancer Research Centre http://t.co/ioGrr5dM (via, sigh, my dad. On FB.) #
- BC Public School Employer's Assoc'n is contemplating locking out the striking teachers: http://t.co/sew6GjKb Aiming for the feet, huh? #
- Apparently we *don't* have a problem with recovering addicts and petty assaulters after all http://t.co/4pfV4BnX (via @buzzbishop) #
- Apparently Suzanne Anton is Vancouver's Rob Ford. Pandering to the "take back our roads" crowd: http://t.co/978ibsWX #vanpoli #bikeyvr #