Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-07

Anthony on , 07 Jun 2010 04:15 am
  • Mornings on Twitter are weird on the East Coast. It seems like only @raincoaster is (still) up. #
  • Old haunts (near TUNS in Halifax) http://twitpic.com/1sus3h #
  • RT @gillianshaw: Wind Mobile launches in Vancouver June 3: http://ow.ly/1S9WP #
  • Caching in the rain in Cow Bay http://twitpic.com/1t2l1j #
  • Still caching, still raining. Getting damp. http://twitpic.com/1t2rot #
  • Bushed http://twitpic.com/1t2xcs #
  • Any Halifax tweeps interested in meeting up at the Lower Deck next Thursday? Us out-of-towners need to reminisce. And drink beer. #
  • Boy #1 falls out of bed, waking boy #2 who doesn't go back to sleep. That was 3 hours ago. #SleeplessInNS #
  • Almost forgot about @westjet's #WingletWednesday Taken as we were flying into YYC on Friday night heading to YHZ http://twitpic.com/1tew0z #
  • RT`@Zoeyjane Hoping this doesn't turn into "Young v. Board of Education" – http://is.gd/cAaaX (via @maria0305) #
  • Downside of being in Halifax now: Missed cool @policemuseum Tweetup last night, missing all the AWESOME @Velopalooza events coming up :( #
  • New Canadian DMCA bill introduced in the #HOC http://bit.ly/c2LMe1 Does this mean an election is imminent? #
  • Says @michaelgeist about the CDN copyright bill: "…the Canadian digital lock provisions are arguably worse than those found in the U.S." #
  • That's what the Cons give us after "public consultation", complete control to media producers *more* broken than the US DCMA. Thanks. #
  • It's pretty clear whose side the Cons are on, and it's not the Canadian public's side. #
  • Heading to Halifax. We're on a boat! http://twitpic.com/1tmie2 #
  • That pic should have sent 3 hrs ago. #GhettoPhoneFail #
  • RT @Velopalooza: http://schmap.it/xuba6q Velopalooza Tweetup Ride. Twitter users Bike Ride #
  • At Durty Nelly's in Halifax having a beer with a good friend http://twitpic.com/1toqbr #
  • Back from an Irish bar in Halifax (shocker, I know) where my friend and I were _under_ the average age in the bar. Somewhat shocked. #
  • RT @CBCStephenQuinn Confirmed: Mayor Gregor's twitter feed (@mayorgregor) hacked. #
  • Full day, including having fun at a mini-golf course designed to prevent you from having fun. #
  • Tonight, Ledaire family gathering. Many cousins, + other relatives we kept the kids out until 10pm. Hope that doesn't bite us in the ass. #
  • RT @GPSFix: New Garmin Oregon Beta allows you to filter caches on Type, Size, Difficulty, Terrain and status (Geocaches>Quick Filter) [yay!] #
  • Ugh. Kids to bed at 10pm … and up at 7am. Way to sleep-in guys. #ImGonnaPayForKeepingThemUpLate #
  • Managed to chase away the sunshine today by trying to go out and enjoy it. We've had one and two-half days' sunshine so far on our trip. #
  • Watching "The Princess and the Frog". Very much an old-skool Disney movie, and we're digging the N'Orleans jazz. Pleasantly surprised! #
  • RT @dancarrphoto: I have a canon 24-105mm f4 L IS for sale in whistler if anyone is wanting that lens DM me or e-mail me through my website. #
  • RT @Velopalooza: We are leaving for the Velopalooza tweetup in front of science world at 6:45! [Wish I were there :( ] #
  • Wicked rainstorm tonight. Played cards (500s!) waaay too late. Kids will be up in 5.5 hrs :( #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-31

Anthony on , 31 May 2010 04:15 am
  • The 19 month old is an enthusiastic nose-blower. His aim into the kleenex, however, needs work. #IveBeenSlimed #
  • Quinlan is gaining a word or so every day or two now. Yesterday was "Cheese!", today is "Dianthe" (one of our cats) #LanguageExplosion #
  • I love working holidays. No traffic. No distractions at work. Peaceful, easy feeling, ya know? #
  • You know the whole "Hell freezing over" thing? The Weather Network has forecast just that for YVR next week http://bit.ly/90nixb (-99?) #
  • RT @Zoeyjane: It's a beautiful day in the neighbourhood. It's also 'international adore @leftcoastmama' day. #
  • Ha, reactivated a cache yesterday that had been disabled for the Olympics (then the lack of a new ammo can) and it was found today. #
  • Double Exposure Radio! I had no idea. The power of Twitter brings you @doubleexradio #
  • RT @604homesguy: purge purge purge. It is the only way to survive living in a small space. #yvr [So true. And we're so bad at it] #
  • Joys of working for a small company: Just finished writing press release. Yes, I'm an engineer. I write good, though. :D #
  • And yes, I saw every single one of you PR/media types flinch when you read that tweet. #
  • RT @geowoodstock: LAST CALL for registrations! We'll be shutting down registrations tonight at 10pm (PDT) http://www.geowoodstock.com #
  • There are griefers everywhere :( RT @imfrog2002: Here's the photo I grabbed from the facebook page. http://twitpic.com/1qr9jf #geocaching #
  • On CBC tonight, The Fifth Estate has a documentary about 9/11 "Truthers". Interesting stuff. The stuff tinfoil hats are made of. #
  • Someone's been playing with the clone brush RT @vanmacguy: Quite the fleet. http://twitpic.com/1qt9y1 [via @zenFish #
  • Oooh, mtn-man is publishing! Maybe we'll get to show Vancouver how Well Hung we are :p #geocaching #
  • RT @tomdanielson: Always wear your helmet. Always. http://twitpic.com/1qtiqb #
  • Caches still being published, but not ours yet. mtn-man outlasts me tonight, gotta get to bed before the toddler gets up. #
  • Un-friggin-believable. Remember that former Ontario AG who drove a cyclist into a mailbox? Charges were dropped today. Unbelievable. #
  • Between Jaffer and Bryant, it sure *seems* that if you are a politician and in Ontario, you can do whatever the hell you want. #
  • Wet ride into work today. Good thing I know where my towel is. #TowelDay #SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish #
  • RT @joanchang: Hey Abbotsfordians! CBC's Early Edition is coming out your way this Friday. We'd love you to come. http://tinyurl.com/2avtcum #
  • RT @johnnyabc: Has anyone noticed that NK is blank on Google maps (not Google Earth). There are maps of Iran, but nothing on NK at all. #
  • Maybe it was last night's documentary on 9/11 Truthers, but does absence of any labels in North Korea on Google Maps have any significance? #
  • Although the missing North Korea map data is apparently nothing new: http://bit.ly/aRQZda @jimwtodd @johnnyabc #
  • Take-away from the Bryant case? It's ok for politicians to drag aggressive cyclists w/ a car, to their death. Even if you're caught on video #
  • RT @gmarkham: Brilliant report on vaccine-autism issue & piss-poor job media do reporting scientific issues http://bit.ly/d3iaoj #
  • Have you seen the "graphic essay" abt anti-vaxxer Dr. Wakefield http://bit.ly/91petn ? His methods clear child abuse, the harm immeasurable. #
  • RT @seaforth100 http://bit.ly/cbHmOb Seaforth Highlanders Community Ceilidh on May 29th #
  • "Brad! <<He's always just around>>" #Glee #ThePianistMakesTheShowAwesome #BreakingTheForthWall #
  • What's up with all the old singers on American Idol? The judges tell the contestants to be contemporary then put this stuff in the finale? #
  • Ever notice how there are an awful lot of dead-end alleys in Sunnyvale? #BTVS #
  • Also, the whole "conservation of momentum" thing seems to be suspended in Sunnyvale #btvs #
  • Sigh. #BTVSFail Sunnydale. Not Sunnyvale. Pretty sure momentum is conserved in Sunnyvale, CA. #
  • Another day of waiting for our 7-cache series to get published. mtn-man, you're killing us here. #geocaching #
  • Our Well Hung series is *mostly* published! For some reason mtn-man has omitted the final cache in the series. E.g., http://bit.ly/afOAqS #
  • The cache that hasn't been published yet is the one that makes the rest make sense, and has big FTF prize. And took 1 hr to place. #
  • Oh well, it'll confound the FTF hounds. I'm ok with that :) #geocaching #
  • We're heading to Nova Scotia tomorrow for 2 weeks. Red-eye, hopefully the kids sleep. What? Stop laughing. #
  • Oh god. The guy in the states who shares my name is applying for more universities with the wrong email addx. I think it's on purpose now. #
  • RT @CacheAdvance: Ten B.C. getaways put escape within reach (including #geocaching http://bit.ly/cB7UFc #
  • One person FTF'd 4 of the 6 caches already this morning. 1 DNF'd, 1 not attempted. Wonder if someone else will beat her to the last 2. #
  • That's @jannarden on CBC Radio's Q right now. She's got a nice radio voice! #
  • All 6 of the published caches are found, FTFs split between 2 ppl. Had to go and do maintenance on one of them already, tho'. :( #
  • Q woke up at 11:45pm. It's almost 3am now, and he's still awake. This is *not* how to start a travel-to-NS day. #
  • Awesome, mtn-man published the last in our 'Well Hung' series this morning; http://coord.info/GC29217 #geocaching #
  • I wonder which of the 3 ppl who have already completed the series will get the FTF. My money's on Cuddlefish (if she grabbed the clues) #
  • And, sure enough, Jacqueline (aka Cuddlefish) grabbed the FTF on the puzzle cache this morning already. #geocaching #WellHung #
  • We connect thru Calgary tonight. Which has 20 cm of snow forecast today. We'll be in shorts and sandals. What could go wrong? #yyc #westjet #
  • RT @TheBadCop #GQotD #Geocaching Question of the Day: @AnthonyFloyd wants to know, have you ever removed a cache you felt was inappropriate? #
  • Crazy day continues. EMCON begins. #
  • Free YVR wifi rocks!. Done today: cache maintenance, field trip, privilege pass, kindergarten orientation, and getting to airport. Check. #
  • Next step, red-eye flight to Halifax. #
  • Made it to Calgary. No snow on the ground. Ya'll are just pulling our legs with the "snow in June" thing, right? #
  • Why yes, this seems to be Halifax. Sunshine and mid 20s today. No sleep at all on the flight for us. Aidan got 4.5 hrs, Q got 2. #MmmmBrains #
  • Found some in-stock Kobo Readers at Chapters today, at MicMac Mall, in Dartmouth. Picked up one for Gwen, one for my father. Most excellent. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-24

Anthony on , 24 May 2010 04:15 am
  • Playing Eat, Wear, or Throw? with my toddler, our daily breakfast game. I hardly ever win. #
  • Seattle. How the hell are ya? I'm still punch-drunk from the diesel fumes after sitting in the truck lineup at the border. For 2 hours. #
  • Had supper at "The Cheesecake Factory". It was as awesome as it sounds. Also, served 22 oz pints. #Seattle #
  • Ironically, had an awful time sleeping last night, despite the absense of children. #
  • May or may not have had cheesecake again tonight. Urp. #
  • I am *so* not built to be a booth babe. 2 days in and I've had enough of people for the month #
  • No cheesecake tonight. Will still need to be rolled across the border. Don't you guys know anything about portion control? #
  • Damnit, I see I'm missing all the good On The Coast shows this week @CBCStephenQuinn. Off-leash dogs? I bet that was an "interesting" piece #
  • Another half-day of booth duty, then I transform into a roadie, then a long-haul driver, then back to a Dad. Goodnight Seattle! #
  • Home. Happy to see everyone, seems feeling is reciprocated. Hopefully this ends my career as booth babe/roadie/customs agent/sales droid #
  • Seattle was its typical quirky self, but we didn't get to see much beyond the few blocks around the convention center. #
  • But the Washington State Trade + Convention Center? What a great bldg! There was a nursing conf going on alongside ours w/ room to spare. #
  • YVR folk: Recognize this girl? http://bit.ly/cBA1iT Found on the DTES w/o any caregiver… :'( #
  • RT @KenHardie: Any worthy protests set to close any major intersections today? The #160 and all who ride her could use a break. [rotfl] #
  • AWESOME. The doodle on http://www.google.com today is Pac-Man. And IT'S PLAYABLE! #
  • CBC is reporting that VPD has said that they've located the mother of that 3 yr old found wandering the DTES last night. No details yet. #
  • Seeing "Oracle VM VirtualBox" is more than weird. But the virtual disk speed improvements are great! #virtualbox #
  • Happiness is… biking to DQ http://twitpic.com/1pug1h #
  • Ibid http://twitpic.com/1pug2o #
  • While at the DQ at 13th/Main a beat up pickup truck pulled up and parked. In less than 5 mins, a meter maid ticketed and Buster's towed. o_O #
  • We left before the burly, devil-may-care guys who left their truck too close to the stop sign came back and discovered their truck gone. #
  • I wish the Vancouver traffic officers were that efficient on the bike routes — vehicles are always too close to the intersections there. #
  • Finale week continues. DVR gave up House, Castle, and The Mentalist tonight. Indulgences all. #
  • Huh. Just put Q down for a nap, he went w/o any fuss. Other members of family just got up. #NeverGoingToFigureOutThisSleepThing #
  • 4 geocaches placed today, 3 more tomorrow. It's not all about finding them, you know. #
  • At the Phoenix Gymnastics Club for a birthday party http://twitpic.com/1q78tg #
  • RT @ShireenJ: For a ltd time, get Lifeliner for a measly $1.99 at Smashwords by entering coupon code TX53X at checkout. http://bit.ly/aNroTb #
  • Gwen's watching "The Body" episode of BTVS. How it didn't win any TV awards (it won a Nebula) is beyond me. Best hr of TV ever? No? Close. #
  • Watching TV (or a movie) with NO musical accompaniment is both bizarre and powerful. Adds to very raw feelings in the episode. #
  • Also? First on-screen kiss between Willow and Tara. Also? No. Big. Deal. #
  • One of *those* mornings. You know, where you're thinking about selling the kids and using the proceeds to move to Antarctica. #
  • 2 more caches placed, 1 to go. This one needs special equipment #
  • 7th geocache this wkend placed, took over an hour at GZ to get it right! #
  • Alright! Caches all submitted to GC.com. Now to wait with baited breath for mtn-man to review them. #
  • RT @gmarkham: Good grief. RT @nationalpost: Tories order aides not to testify in front of committees http://natpo.st/bsd2cS [Friggin tyrant] #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-17

Anthony on , 17 May 2010 04:15 am
  • RT @twitter: Follow count display is set to 0 and follow/unfollow is temporarily offline while we fix a bug. #
  • RT @karlwoll: ZING! RT: @smartmouthcafe: Sami Salo listed as day-to-day. When he comes back should we call him Sami Solo? [Or, Semi Salo?] #
  • My 5 yr old son can now read the lyrics to many of the songs in Lego Rock Band, as they go by. He scored 99% on the Kaiser Chief's Ruby. O_o #
  • Granted, Ruby is his favourite pop song and could probably sing the song without the words, but it's time to bump his diff level up I see :) #
  • Dear new followers: I'm really sorry, but I do judge you on your current page of Tweets. Looking at mine, tho, don't think I'd follow ME! #
  • For example: you follow 1800+ but there are no @'s on your Twitter page? Sorry, not following. I want to engage, not just listen. #
  • Props to @kk and @hummingbird604 for standing up for kids at #nv10 The conference was advertised as kid-friendly, but perhaps wasn't. #
  • I've heard lots of good ideas on how to make #nv11 kid-friendly++, but some of the best are having a parent's room + hiring onsite childcare #
  • The childcare could even be *gasp* sponsored. I'm sure Nannies-On-Call, etc, would love to help out. #
  • Also, imagine a local tech conference where *both* tech parents can attend! #
  • The divide between the tech parents and the tech child-free in the city seems to be an ugly, ugly gulf. Can't we all just get along? #
  • .@Susan_Low The liability issue, however, is real. Volunteers are fine, but suddenly CRCs, first aid, etc are needed #
  • .@Susan_Low I think that's shooting awfully low. Too much to do? How about ask for some parent volunteers to arrange that side of things? #
  • .@arieanna @hummingbird604 I think that having a parent on the #nv11 org committee would go a long way to helping addx some of these issues #
  • RT @peechie: I'm totally bringing my sentient dependent to northern voice next year. what do you mean poop bags aren't supplied? #nv10 #
  • .@peechie Low blow. I don't think anyone's asking for anything for free, nor does anyone feel entitled to have the kids there #
  • At some point, the decision must be made: Do you want your conference to be appealing to techy parents or do you want a childfree niche aud? #
  • If you want a childfree niche audience then, great, enjoy. You won't know what you're missing, but the head-in-sand is good for your skin #
  • If you want to appeal to a broad range of people, with diverse experiences, then perhaps you should get them involved in the planning. #
  • RT @arieanna: @peechie of course. But you can't predict what a baby will be like. And unfortunately the kids room was not available either. #
  • RT @LeftCoastMama: As much as I have enjoyed the discussion tonight, one of my sacrifices will be waking any moment. [Ditto. #NeedSleep #
  • .@peechie You make it sound like people with kids are trying to take control. *I* wonder why we can't all just get along. #
  • RT @wilw: It seems like today is one of those days when a non-zero number of ppl would benefit from this friendly reminder: Don't be a dick. #
  • Huh. Twitter is running a minute or more ahead of the Team 1040 web broadcast of the #canucks game. You guys can see the future! #
  • Tough Programming Task complete. Time to go home, maybe catch last bit of the #canucks game. #
  • Ride home: 10 km. Cyclist count: 28 w/ helmets, 4 w/o. Each w/o was >30 yr old male. #TheyDontUnderstandStatisticsEither #preventable @Stv #
  • .@gnb Not at all. Look at the types of bikes. Look at comfort level of the cyclists. Look at separation of traffic. It's apples + oranges #
  • Argh, in cycling tweet, I meant the helmetless were under-30 males. Ah well. #
  • Did you see @Kimli's post about children and Northern Voice? I added what I hope are my last $0.02 on the issue http://bit.ly/auNeM1 #nv10 #
  • RT @Velopalooza: If you love biking and you like Vancouver you are going to want to follow us! 32 Biking events in early June in Vancity! #
  • Um, fireworks? #yvr #
  • Fireworks, right now, over Vancouver harbour. WTF? Yay, we're out of the playoffs? #AndTheBabyIsAwakeNow #
  • Oh #Glee U2 is "classic rock"? #FeelingOldNow #
  • Some days I don't know why I bother sending emails if people aren't going to bother reading them. #
  • Sci/Eng problem of the day: I need to compute the envelope of a multivariable time-based data series, but in a non-monotonic space. Puzzling #
  • RT @5and1: So. Anyone have any recommendation for how to get Vaseline off a tv? [Heh, context is everything] #
  • .@polarisdotca's Daughter Hannah is a finalist for MetoWe award http://bit.ly/cUWPZj for http://pennyproject.ca Cast ur vote? Thx! #
  • Hey! My boss' wife won the Ontario Library Association's Red Maple award for YA fiction! Susin Nielson's "Word Nerd" #
  • Does anyone know what's happening to the RCMP's "E" division lands in Vancouver after they move to Surrey? #
  • Seething. #
  • RT @geowoodstock: Registration for GeoWoodstock ends tomorrow! http://www.geowoodstock.com #
  • My wife is ten types of awesome. You all should be so lucky. #
  • We've been going to the same Szechuan restaurant for the past 10 years and *finally* they're allowing us to have the real spiciness. Yowza! #
  • Make that 12 kinds of awesome #
  • RT @buzzbishop: a flow chart explaining fb privacy. this is why you should be afraid, and fix your settings http://is.gd/ca8tb #
  • The language explosion toddlers have is simply amazing. One day it's unintelligible gobbledeegook. The next, they're speaking in tongues. #
  • RT @CathyBrowne: It's a grand day for a plane pull, Vancouver – come out and support a great cause + have fun! http://bit.ly/9CxEMZ @ORBISCA #
  • Aidan's trying to make an escape from the Burnaby Village Museum http://twitpic.com/1o327j #
  • The train at the Greater Vancouver Zoo http://twitpic.com/1o4ar2 #
  • Watching storm chasers documentary on NatGeoHD. Awesome, scary stuff. But they beat you over the head with repetition. Awesome, scary stuff. #
  • Got asked what was on my shirt today, for 1st time in decades. "I Visited Skullcrusher Mountain" #joco #
  • Today, sadly, is a work day. Prepping for week-long trip to Seattle next week. A's laying the guilt on thick. "Why can't we come?" #
  • Repartitioning, formatting, and putting files on 100 USB keys. Oh. What. Fun. #StillAtWork #
  • Packing and avoiding #survivor spoilers. Going dark for … a week or so. #
  • Just checked the weather for the next week in Seattle. I must say that it's living up to the stereotype. #

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