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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-28

Anthony on , 28 Mar 2009 02:15 am
  • Sad to hear Judy Maddren’s sign-off this morning. #cbc #WorldReport #retirement #
  • Thinking about using Dropbox? http://www.getdropbox.com Help a brother out and use my referral link! http://is.gd/pfrv Extra space! #
  • In our 7 person office, 3 on trip, 1 out sick, 1 on vacation. Time to break out Rock Band! #
  • RT @northernpenguin: Just issued v0.2 of the Ontario Trails Project http://is.gd/phGw [What a great idea! We need BC a version!] #gc #
  • Turns out there *are* maps of PNW trails! http://is.gd/phVA (via @northernpenguin) #gc #
  • RT @davidakin: @pmharper will do exclusive with FOX News on Sunday morning, days after FOX News belittled Canadian [military] #
  • Just spent my lunch break cutting out 24 little pirate flags for A’s birthday party on Sunday. Now, food. #
  • RT @canadapolitics: Harper skips Canada in favour of American pre-summit media interviews http://tinyurl.com/d24hdt #
  • Seems that @pmharper’s idea of democracy includes running and hiding from the CDN press. Er, wait, I’m not sure he sees it as a democracy. #
  • Gang war? Paranoia? ‘NW reports Alice Brown Elementary in Langley is locked down due to “shots fired” call. #
  • We’re doing something right. 4 yr old to mother this evening: “Tow-hook is a compound word!” #
  • Getting gear together for the Tailspin GeoRally II. Weather tomorrow is going to be cold and wet. It’s going to be messy! #gc #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-27

Anthony on , 27 Mar 2009 02:15 am
  • RT @todmaffin: #CBC Radio shows to be axed: Inside Track, Out Front, The Point, In the Key of Charles, 50% cut to music recordings. #
  • Forecast for Saturday’s Tailspin GeoRally has been upgraded from “Biblical rain” to “torrential showers”. Must find boots. #geocaching #gc #
  • One day in advance of the #followfriday madness, @FollowThesePPL spews out spammy “follow” lists. <sigh> What’s the point? #
  • On a related topic: Do teens/20-somethings wear fewer watches than prev. generations? Due to prevalence of clocks on cell phones? #
  • I’d like to say that #twitter has made debugging this code much more entertaining today. Colleagues will be amused by the inline comments. #
  • Amazingly awesome visualization of global air travel over 24 hours. http://is.gd/33cu (via @RobCottingham) #
  • Looks like @strombo survived the #cbc cuts. Dunno what circle of hell it would have been if @strombo left while #BenMulroney remained at CTV #
  • RT @vancouverparent: RT @dadventure: Great child development podcasts from CBC Ideas. Only online for the next 4 weeks. http://is.gd/idB9 #
  • Cycling home at 6pm is 100x safer than at 5pm. Not a single problem tonight! #
  • Based on today’s responses, watches are on their way out, across the board! #
  • Yeah we’re not a geek couple. Desktop, laptop, and two netbooks. All on. In the bedroom. #
  • Done printing things up for Aidan’s b-day party. Time to turn off the computers and turn something ELSE on in the bedroom. Like, the news. #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-26

Anthony on , 26 Mar 2009 02:15 am
  • My firstborn turns 4 years old today! Happy Birthday Aidan! #
  • Oooooh. New Canon 500D (Rebel T1i) looks alluring! http://is.gd/oPxj #
  • Drabinsky and Gottleib found guilty of fraud and forgery. Funny, I thought these two were found guilty years ago. #phantomofthemusical #
  • Oh hey look: @stevenpage is on #twitter #
  • Sad watching tweets come in detailing Harper’s successful slaughter of the #cbc. #
  • Lol, “Time vampire” was the only broadcastable phrase in the whole bit. #
  • RT @FakeSteveHarper: Wow, CBC cut 800 jobs today. Huh. Who would have seen that one coming eh? Not me, that’s for sure. #
  • RT @canadapolitics: Ottawa’s deficit to skyrocket: budget officer says http://tinyurl.com/d3jd7v [I. am. shocked. Didn’t see *this* coming] #
  • Dear @virginmobile_ca: Why oh why do you send me txts telling me that it’s time to top-up when I have automatic top-ups? #irritating #
  • OH: “A Master of Wine is equivalent to a PhD” Erm, I spent 6 yrs full-time getting my PhD. Are you sure about that statement now, wine snob? #
  • RT @gpsfix: New blog post: Garmin Oregon Beta 2.94 Available http://tinyurl.com/da2fmo #gc #geocaching #
  • Attn YVR drivers: Going thru traffic circles: SLOW DOWN and LOOK LEFT. That traffic has right of way. I cannot keep skidding to a stop. (x2) #
  • While we’re at it, drive COUNTER-CLOCKWISE thru them, not clockwise (x2) #
  • Also, driving down THE WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET is stupid. When there’s a bike coming at you, doubly so. (x1) #
  • Furthermore, backing your big-ass truck around a corner through a busy intersection is beyond stupid. (x1) #
  • How I can have so many near-death experiences in a 10 km ride home boggles my mind. My conclusion must be that many YVR drivers == #asshats #
  • Long day. The birthday boy thoroughly enjoyed it. Nice to see such innocent celebration. Too much sugar though; he’s still awake! #
  • RT @davidakin: RT @iancapstick Canadian New Democrat MP @LibbyDavies (Vancouver East) now on the Twitter. Yah. #
  • I’ll say it again. With Adam Lambert on AI why even bother running the rest of the competition? Top 3 will be Adam, Allison and Danny. #idol #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-25

Anthony on , 25 Mar 2009 02:15 am
  • No amount of bright clothing or blinking lights will save me if you don’t look left when tearing through a traffic circle. #dumbass #drivers #
  • Wife got locked with the truck + infant in a private parking garage without any obvious way out. Didn’t get released for 15 mins. #
  • I *love* it when I code something … clever … then get interrupted before getting a chance to document it. Coming back to it is sooo fun. #
  • As usual @ShireenJ has insightful things to say. This time politicians and their tweeting habits (or lack thereof) http://tinyurl.com/cxjp3r #
  • Last.fm to start charging all non US, UK, + GER £3/month. The RIAA is trying hard to kill their artists!! http://is.gd/oJJB (via @culturite) #
  • It’ll be interesting to see if Last.fm become irrelevant. They’ve left their biggest markets free, but the rest of the world will hate it. #
  • It will be interesting b/c they’re taking something that was free and putting it behind a paywall. *cough*newspapers*cough*. Will it work? #
  • First Pandora disappeared behind the US-only license wall. Now Last.fm disappears behind paywall. How will ppl find new non-comm music? #
  • Is the music industry the only industry that is actively trying to discourage their customers from finding their product? #lastfm #paywall #
  • Unable to get 5 mins unint. to concentrate on solving a prob. God I hate cube farms. Give me an office door if you want me to be productive! #
  • Going though my back-tweets. Missed Chag’s (@cynicaldad) Nameless Twitter Radio Show tonight, but -damn- 1984 was a good year for music. #

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