Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-22

Anthony on , 22 Aug 2011 08:15 am
  • Tonnes of seats in the back, no one up front is willing to move #yayfortransit #
  • I am overly amused by this Nivana/Jackson 5 mashup: http://t.co/tkj3G8c #
  • What $3M buys you in Vancouver, BC and Redmond, WA: http://t.co/pCkPdv8 (via @karlwoll) #
  • Uploaded FloydsGoBad pics to Google+, upload to Flickr in progress. It'll be interesting to see which gets more views. Upload to FB too? #
  • Flickr Free only shows the last 200 photos? That SUCKS. The FGB photoset is incomplete. #
  • So many idiot motorists on cell phones this am. Cake taken by guy stopped in midst of rt turn, green light, in bike lane, dialing. Dumbass. #
  • The greatest challenge for scientists dealing w/ public is when solid statistics are destroyed by anecdotes. Most ppl don't understand stats #
  • People believe their experience, or the anecdotal stories they've heard. They don't get emotionally connected to dry numbers, logic. #
  • You know what's fun about having my IM client logging into ICQ daily? All the Russian friend requests. Друг, как Ñ‚Ñ‹ сегодня? #
  • Synergy rocks. I've got 3 computer, 3 OS's, 4 monitors on the go. One shared keyboard and mouse between them. #geek #
  • I need Tweetdeck feature that lets me nuke a hashtag with a single click. Ban it from my feed. These twitter chats drive me batty. #
  • Better yet, why can't Twitter itself maintain a global filter? I hate setting filters on each device/machine. #nukechats #
  • Posted FloydsGoBad road trip photos to Google+, Flickr, and Facebook. Still annotating, tagging, mapping. http://t.co/F7CQw7t #
  • We have a glider/rocker chair that we're trying to get rid of. It's a Zeller's special. Comfy, solid, but poor ugly fabric. Any takers? #
  • AM crowd: We have a glider/rocker chair that we're trying to get rid of. Zeller's special. Comfy, solid, but poor ugly fabric. Any takers? #
  • The rocker in question http://t.co/FVJ6x7M cc: @findchico #
  • Whomever thought that "Download and install updates, then automatically reboot your computer" was a good default needs a cluebat session. #
  • 15 terminal windows open right now. Maybe I should hook up those 22" monitors after all. #
  • RT @pattibacchus: @VSB39 launches new app for mobile devices | Vancouver School Board: http://t.co/elb6cl4 #
  • More than a little underwhelmed by the @VSB39 app. Crashes, inaccurate info. Good idea, released too early? #
  • Note to all developers: Committing untested code to trunk, no matter how trivial, is grounds for fish-slapping. #
  • I'm trying to understand how a pedestrian, wearing dark clothing, jaywalking against red-hand, hit by car gets awarded $1.1M damages. #
  • Apparently there *isn't* any such thing as personal responsibility any more, even in front of the courts. #
  • Jay-walking, dark clothes-wearing pedestrian gets $1.1M damages award in Victoria: http://t.co/wX8Iyur #
  • Ice build-up on my pannier #100lbsCO2atwork http://t.co/LKLU6U7 #
  • Another astonishing extreme biking video from Danny Macaskill: http://t.co/jMjMpKF Love these videos but terrifying. #
  • Installed the Groundspeak Challenges app on my iPhone. The current challenges are crap. What does this have to do with #geocaching #
  • I can't believe that people's cache counts are going to be inflated by these "geocaching challenges". #
  • Some things should just be left as-is. This is one. RT @warrenellis: Ridley Scott to make a new BLADE RUNNER film: http://t.co/qiRbzjv #
  • Congrats to @_CanadianBacon_ for Vancouver's first "Geocaching Challenge". It's more like a virtual (which is good). Still undecided on idea #
  • Mahna Mahna http://n.pr/nG74P7 #greenalbum #
  • MT @VanCourierNews: In news: @CathyBrowne robbed at DT library, warns other users to be careful http://t.co/e7rGqPO #
  • Child 2 bites child 1, gets sent to bed. Child 1 decides he wants to go to bed too. #thatwaseasy #
  • Day-long web-based training today. At least I'll be able to go home early. At least I'll be able to go home early. At least … #killmenow #
  • I'm "sitting" in a webinar that is a prerequisite for all further training & the instructor is asking us all "Why are you here?" #killmenow #
  • On the plus side, I'm going to be super verbose on Twitter today! #killmenow #wheredideveryonego #
  • 35 minutes in and people are still trying to log into the demo site. IE8 user having no end of problems #killmenow #
  • "Utilize" Drink! #webinardrinkinggames #
  • Heh, webinard #
  • +1 RT @gvmcmillan: Happy Anniversary @Seanfunk & @slvrlambstudios ! #
  • Note to telecon participants: Do not put the telecon on hold when your channel is not muted! #killmenow #
  • WOW: 2,500 ppl hiked the Chief on Canada Day! RT @lithohedron: Lots of people on the Chief trail this year http://t.co/tLpCQhh #
  • Talk to me about the ethics of getting catheters installed in our kids. It's a reasonable solution to the post-bedtime pee parade, right? #
  • Hey, it's @mojaveband on CBC's NXNW right now! #
  • Found 16 geocaches today, on International #Geocaching Day! Also, logged our first Munzee. Great day for being outside! #
  • Ugh, no sleep last night, sinuses killing me. Same for @leftcoastmama. Kids are about to learn how to fend for themselves. #
  • Was going to archive a 5 part multicache on a local mtn that had 2 finds in 3 yrs (and endured the Olympics). Was found today! #geocaching #
  • The geocaching.com servers have been brought to their knees. Too many challenges being logged? #geocaching #
  • Look, it's a news article on @tjrossignol's Cypress Challenge event http://t.co/FRcE22W #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-15

Anthony on , 15 Aug 2011 08:15 am
  • The company I work for is looking for an office manager. Do you know anyone who might fit? http://bit.ly/pAEQSt (PDF, sorry) #
  • Utilize: Please don't use this word in resumes or cover letters. You almost always mean "use". It's an easy way to filter applications. #
  • .@neilhimself and @amandapalmer in Vancouver, small theatre, Nov 9th http://ow.ly/1vyRHq An evening to be full of awesome. #
  • What's burning on Broadway this morning? #YVR #
  • Anybody heard from @JonJennings recently? #
  • I just got streetviewed #
  • Messing with heads again. #
  • Put these in order, from most likely to least: Death by icicle, death by lightning, death by shark #workplaceconversationsrunamok #
  • OK, work productivity has gone off the rails. Time to head home, fight the good fight another day. #
  • UBC Cinnamon buns aren't really *all that* but I love the crunchy corner ones #
  • Brakes. Struts. Ball joints. Ouch. #
  • I wonder how VPD tweeting names, DOB, and addx of #vanriot looters would fly? http://bit.ly/ooNUGg #
  • (info in last tweet via @ColleenCoplick and @thenetworkhub) #
  • Apparently my internet doppelganger got a girl pregnant. *She* signed up with Similac … using his wrong email addx. :headdesk: #
  • Rayshuna is her name. Sadly Google isn't providing me with any help. Where are these star-crossed email-incapable lovers? #
  • Wait, John Horgan is saying politicians shouldn't be making energy decisions, experts should? Bill van der Zalm is going to be calling! #otc #
  • I mean, talk about mixed messaging. The BCNDP thinks experts should be guiding energy policy but NOT economic policy? How confusing… #otc #
  • The economist "@joshlavoie"… #
  • Damnit, has Tweetdeck changed? I've been DM'ing instead of @'ing all day long. #
  • Dear @bcaa: You know how last wknd I went in and checked that my membership and opt ins were paid b/c my cc had expired? And you said yes? #
  • That was great @bcaa. But you know that today, the day my opt ins and membership expires, I get a letter telling me that my cc didn't work? #
  • That kinda sucks @bcaa. Because not only did I make sure the cc info was updated, but then I verified IN PERSON that was good. #
  • And now that I'm home and opened my mail, dear @bcaa, your call centre is closed. Despite all my efforts to give you $$, I now am faced … #
  • … with no optional insurance or road assist membership. Tell me, dear @bcaa, what I, as your customer, should have done differently. #
  • Aidan is playing with his dinkies in the living room, singing "Paradise City". #parentingwin #
  • Wow, @awsamuel got a rough ride from #OTC talkback callers on "WiFi in BC Parks". Undeservedly IMHO. I don't see need to put it in, but … #
  • … I could see how it might draw more visitors. Plus, it doesn't need to be *free*; it could operate on a cost-recovery basis. #
  • Frankly I would have preferred more campground wifi on our roadtrip, particularly in the more isolated (no cell signal) places! #
  • Buy a Blizzard Day at DQ with proceeds to the Children's Hospital http://instagr.am/p/J_xjc/ #
  • Car's in the shop, but today's Buy a Blizzard Day! What to do? Used @car2goVancouver! Picked up car 1/2 block away, parked in front. Nice! #
  • Driving the little Smart car was interesting. Didn't feel like a small car, felt like a Golf. Shifted like shit, though. #
  • We bought the boys sleeping bags before our trip and they slept in them before, during, and since. It hasn't been too warm for them either. #
  • It's been the un-summer. #
  • Anyone on UBC campus want to join me at Vera's today for lunch? @polarisdotca? @_Reinette? @bluefinch604? Others? #
  • Body count in the office is down to two. Will this mean increased productivity … or the opposite? #VerasComa #
  • PSA: "Rate of speed" probably doesn't mean what you think it does. Try "speed" instead. #plainspeakingisbetter #
  • I'm impressed how many of you Tweeps know that "rate of speed" = acceleration. Clearly you are much smarter (and better looking) than most. #
  • The only shocking thing about this Rob Ford thing is that people are shocked by it. Really? *Really*!? #
  • Suppertime http://t.co/coIhmpQ #
  • Kites at Garry Point Park http://t.co/HTtqlzT #
  • Picking blackberries at Burnaby Lake Park, worried about smear campaign by the blueberry growers. And @CBCStephen http://t.co/LxmUg7n #
  • 9 geocaches and a quart of blackberries. Not bad for 90 mins' effort. #
  • I quite like this photo that @eastcoastgranpa took of Aidan and me at Arches National Park #floydsgobad http://t.co/T7hguMQ #
  • Kids are funny. Quinlan loves to eat "hotmeal" and "raisin brown". #
  • Just had to do a factory restore of our laptop. Backed up the HDD first, but ugh, now to reinstall all the programs. #FirstWorldProblems #
  • After factory install, now up to 86 _critical_ updates required for Windows. A.R.G.H. #
  • Will Stroet at Van Dusen Gardens http://t.co/3aOMsW3 #
  • There's @BobsandLoLo off to the side, talking to fans, going on stage at 2 pm! #
  • Going on a musical adventure with @bobsandlolo http://t.co/9TwFyBx #
  • Some random girl has run up and is now holding Aidan's hand, dancing in front of the stage. Uh, what? #
  • I love this shot of the boys at Bright Angel Point, North Rim, Grand Canyon http://t.co/fNcEESy #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-08

Anthony on , 08 Aug 2011 08:15 am
  • Whew. Just finished logging 8 earthcaches. Feel like I've been through Geology 101. #geocaching #
  • We didn't make 1000 finds before PDX (blog post at some point) but we did make 946. Our #geocaching stat page updated: http://t.co/tLSUlAb #
  • I'm late to this, but a 75 yr old Idaho man died geocaching near Creston earlier this month: http://bit.ly/qChki3 http://bit.ly/rlJWpn #
  • Parking lot southbound 99. Never going to get this RV returned. #
  • RV returned. "Is it possible you drove more than 4000 km over!?" Why, yes it is. Total milage: 7291 km. #
  • Argh. Laptop died. Windows Startup Repair is useless. Too tired to deal with this. Shit. #
  • NPR's "Vote for top 100 SF/Fantasy" page. Disappointed not to see any of Dickson's Childe Cycle books. http://n.pr/pg2wIt #
  • The amount of burning stupid on the roads today was crazy, cyclists and motorists alike. How do you all manage to not weed each other out!? #
  • Stunt plane over False Creek, sky writing! #YVR #fireworks #
  • Without the daily exultation from @ianamartin, I forgot to tune my computer to "On The Coast". #
  • So. Where can I buy an awesome case for my iPhone? Current case is on death's door. #
  • Why does Bill van der Zalm get a free ride from the media? "Economic policy should be set by the people, not economists." #OTC #
  • Why isn't that challenged? Should medical, education, and public safety policy be set by "the people" too? Zalm gets a free pass somehow. #
  • The Faction plots Caesar's demise http://instagr.am/p/Jc6Wz/ #
  • Et tu? http://instagr.am/p/JdBmo/ #
  • OH: In this version, Brutus is revealed to be Calpurnia in disguise! <stunned silence from theatre companion> cc: @CarouselTheatre #
  • Shakespeare lends itself so well to outdoor venues. Shakespeare by the Sea in Halifax's Point Pleasant Park was great too. #
  • Zombie Caesar looks on as Cassius is slain http://instagr.am/p/JdR2Q/ #
  • No wonder pedestrians are getting mowed down in Vancouver. 3 different lights on Broadway, 3 different peds walking against the red light. #
  • Really, it's just Darwinism at work. #
  • Meanwhile Q and I wait for our Aircare emissions test. Waiting, waiting. #
  • Jeez, Twitter is an unholy mess today. Again. #
  • A week back from vacation and my Klout score is still dropping. Apparently I'm less influential when I'm here than not. Hmmm…. #
  • Oh look! It's the RCMP's Air One buzzing over downtown Vancouver. Are the fireworks revelers rioting already? #londoncalling #
  • Out caching in Confederation Park in Burnaby. Told the boys we'd stop by the trains if they were good. Not looking likely at this moment. #
  • Trains after all http://instagr.am/p/JoXEy/ #
  • Three RCMP cruisers attending dog locked in car at Confederation Park in Burnaby :( #
  • Miniature train coming up to a tunnel! http://instagr.am/p/JoeC2/ #
  • I liked that our neighbour's party guest took photos of the beautiful sunset. I must say that the flash was more than a bit distracting, tho #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-01

Anthony on , 01 Aug 2011 08:15 am
  • Starting our leg home. A week in Cali and Oregon. Should be less hot than the past week in the desert. #
  • The "follow me or I unfollow" crowd doesn't give me any leeway for being on vacation. <shrug> #
  • The RV is showing its age. We've blown a fuse and a headlight, the parking break is non-existent, and now the AC is dripping into it. #
  • Massive headache this morning and nauseated. Feels like a bad hangover but only had 2 glasses of wine last night. Ugh. #
  • City of Vancouver is reducing speed limits on Hastings thru the DTES, 50 to 30 kph. Skeptical will have any effect on speeds. #
  • After all, the posted speed limit on many of the bike routes is 30 kph and you'll never see a motorist obeying that. #
  • Hell, the posted speed limit on Oak St is 50 and most times people drive it at 60-70. With negligible enforcement, speed limits are moot. #
  • No wifi, but at least we have a cell signal. Hello from southern Oregon! #
  • Anyone else having problems accessing the Pocket Query page on geocaching.com? #
  • Found the Original Stash today, but far from our target 1000 finds. Caching in an RV is tough. With kids? Infinitely more so. #geocaching #
  • So, I've been away from Social Media for a few weeks. Is G+ dead yet? And who are all these people who have added me to their circles? #
  • Awesome! My Klout score dropped from 62 to 53 b/c I've been on vacation. Does that mean I'm irrelevant now? #
  • Awesome. 6 yr old told 2 yr old there was a ghost in the RV. 2 yr old freaked right out. FloydsGoBad, indeed. #
  • Anti-wifi and embracing homeopathy. The Canadian Green Party has lost a supporter. We need a national rationalist's party. #cdnpoli #
  • The Floyds have returned to Vancouver! Intact, and still speaking to each other! The RV is unpacked and cleaned. Now, beer. #
  • Conclusive proof that cancer causes cell phones: http://xkcd.com/925/ I hope the #GPC takes note. #
  • I *always* see something scary driving I-5. Today, it was a pickup towing another pickup on a trailer that almost lost the trailer. #
  • The trailer ended up swinging from side-to-side, and the tow vehicle kept over-correcting. Luckily, he slowed before disaster. #
  • If the trailer had tipped or the towed vehicle had come off, it would have been messy. #

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