Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-26
- We have $100B! How should we change the world? I know! Dividends and stock buy-backs! #thinkdifferent #uninspired #
- Trying to establish a salary recommendation for a *junior* programmer position at our company. Any suggestions? #
- Ugh. Been losing my voice all day. Feel it slipping away tonight. Gonna be sexy voice at all my meetings tomorrow. #
- Yikes. USGS reporting 7.9M earthquake outside of Acapulco http://t.co/wGALQgj0 #
- Wear your helmets, kids: http://t.co/eGCBvtQ9 #bikeyvr #
- Math is hard. Particularly because of how it's being taught now? http://t.co/TrTsUgc1 cc: @_Cuddlefish_ (via @Jen_Watkiss) #
- Sometimes we watch US politics w/ unmasked disdain. Sometimes we watch in awe: http://t.co/UuHUzvUI Such a profound effect on this young man #
- Not 1st time that Nazism has been brought into discussions of #bctf dispute. Using rhetoric like that drops your credibility to nil. #bced #
- OMG. Ocean-going muskrats? #marmotgate #otc #
- Cue the marmot expert interview. #marmotgate #otc #
- I can't believe there hasn't been a reference to Rodents of Unusual Size @Lazin_Ryder #otc #marmotgate #
- I refuse to believe in ocean-going muskrats. #marmotgate #
- I'll be keeping an eye out on my ride home tonight. Wouldn't want to have marmot problems. #marmotgate #
- Our school's PAC is offering a new lunchtime program targeting, I kid you not: "junior jeniuses". :facepalm: #fail #
- Argh. App Store is broken on my phone. Can't upgrade or install anything, stuck in perpetual "Waiting…". Common problem, no solution. #
- That is, no good consistent solution. Have tried all the easy ones, next is "Backup and Restore". That's not a solution, that's a hammer. #
- While I'm upstairs trying to "think different", I'm hearing guitar sounds from downstairs. We don't own a guitar. #
- So the backup/restore worked. Putting the mallet away now. Silly iOS. #
- Threenager. That's *so* fitting. RT @Nicole013: I think the poptart has turned into a threenager. Oy vey. #
- Dear Apple: If intuitive interfaces are your thing, why on Earth are iPhone and iPad keyboards arranged differently!? Apostrophe madness! #
- "That Raisin Bran was so good! It makes me want to _dance_!" Uh, ok, kid. #
- Harper axes http://t.co/hUonzF3F naval facility in Arctic. Too bad; I agreed w/ CPC that an Arctic presence is necessary. (via @gregeh) #
- Now we have nothing in common! #
- Because what today was missing was sleet. #yvrwx #
- Wow, this is mountain-weather at ground level. Another thick cloud blows in and suddenly there's a snow/hail/sleet squall. #yvrwx #
- Now it's sunny again. My sinuses are about to balloon out through my nose and eyes. #aaaaargh #humanbarometer #
- Heading off to #otctu Putting the social in social media. Also, preparing for marmot onslaught. #
- Happily listening to @Lazin_Ryder and @LisachristCBC at the #otctu #
- Heading home after a fun #otctu with a surprisingly young and good looking crowd of radio listeners. #
- Hmmm, beerz, transit, and Vancouver's predilection for no public washrooms at transit hubs is causing problems. #
- #ff @lazin_ryder @LisachristCBC @604heather @BigPileofSalt @torturedpotato @cogno @DanielOong @vancitychic @stepc #otctu #
- .@glasneronfilm just did a good job on selling me on The Hunger Games … books. Ha! "Hunger Lames" movie… @cbcearlyedition #
- Missing both front teeth is kind of freaky, but the resulting lisp in mega cute. #kids #
- Yay for the Relephants for Exquisite Hour, but boo that The Cat Came Back was cancelled. #theatre #yvr #carnage #
- I can't get over how gorgeous @flipboard is on the new iPad. #
- RT @PopSci: It's so hot out that climate experts are calling it "almost like science fiction." Crazy weather facts http://t.co/bDmB5YCE #
- RT @500px_choice: Snow hunter by Jules Cox http://t.co/kosNWqnN on http://t.co/UxWjml4h cc: @eastcoastgranpa #
- Second night in a row proving the beerz and transit problem in Vancouver. I'm too old for this. #
- Found out tonight that a couple we know quite well, together 7+ years is not a couple anymore. It startles me how few relationships "last". #
- OK, off to bed since a child will be up and insistent on parental company in… god, 5 hours. #
- Aw, geez. Seriously Vancouver. Rain? What rain? @ Vancouver Maritime Museum http://t.co/hMoLwDQ2 #
- A gorgeous day in the West End #yvr @ Vanier Park http://t.co/jW252HqI #
- Family bike outing FTW! *Both* boys now down for an afternoon nap. #
- Out for a ride on the seawall! #latergram #bikeyvr http://t.co/9wEZFg9K #
- That was @aidanfloyd's first "long" (4 km) ride on his own bike, and @quinlanfloyd's first ride on the Trailabike! Good times! #bikeyvr #
- Oops, forgot about the Night Quest guided hike through Pacific Spirit Park. Quick supper then race out to Pt Grey! 7pm meeting time. #
- Great time at the Night Quest tonight, including getting up close and personal with @titanoboa and @mondospider. Google them. Trust me. #
- Nice to see a well endowed Canadian politician. #mulcair #ndpldr #beardcore #
- .@aidanfloyd turns 7 today! Happy birthday kiddo! #
- Wow, huge line for snowshoe rentals at @mt_seymour this morning! A gorgeous day to be in the mountain, though. #
- T-Shirt weather on @mt_seymour but lots of snow; we had an awesome time snowshoeing! Plus free hotdogs and juice from the supercool @thepeak #
- The @titanoboa! #latergram @ Pacific Spirit Regional Park http://t.co/PX2zGYkB #
- The @mondospider! @ Pacific Spirit Regional Park http://t.co/TOTxDcCn #
- It's @aidanfloyd's birthday and he's enjoying it! @ Seymour Provincial Park http://t.co/xOVFSTp8 #
- Vancouver, Richmond, Delta, Tsawassen, and Vancouver Island! #beautifulbc #bestpl @ Seymour Provincial Park http://t.co/JUJXT5bJ #
- A superb day for snowshoeing! http://t.co/ZA2mbbku #
- Apparently today is Tolkien Reading Day. I guess it's time to dust off my copy of The Silmarillion and sit the boys down… #
- Quoth the 3 yr old: I'd like to have more cake. And more, and more, and more. #
- While trying to deal with a possible sprain and bleeding nose (7 yr old) I actually said "I'm on fire!" and meant it literally. #
- A & G now off to Children's. :( Busy day. #
- Don't carry batteries in your pocket with loose change, kids. #smoke #fire #ouch #
- G & A home. No resolution to A's pain issue, ER docs stumped. Grumble, grumble. Clinics to follow. #