Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14
February 14, 2010 11:59 pm
- RT: @joomla Governments are adopting Joomla and Open Source http://ff.im/-fzYCk (Viet Nam Government) #
- listening to "Learning to fly – Pink Floyd (High Quality)" ♫ http://blip.fm/~kki8o #
- @qwghlm EMP is overkill. A cloud of ball bearings from an anti-satellite missiles will do the job without having to go nuclear. in reply to qwghlm #
- Big Hair, 80s Cheese Rock ♫ http://blip.fm/~kkjdc #
- @qwghlm Best defence might be neutrality, diverse customers, stability & minimal threat so attack would hurt self & draw wrath of others in reply to qwghlm #
- Picked up tickets for screening of Tron @fact_liverpool #
- @jearle A 500 Server error is amazing? I think they may just have been accidentally DDOS via Twitter… in reply to jearle #
- @pookie_uk According to the Home Guard Manual (1941) the Petrol Bottle is an earlier less refined version used Spanish Civil War. in reply to pookie_uk #
- This is very silly -> RT @Danacea: For when things go wrong: http://bit.ly/bMLZjs (via @MarkCN) #
- @pookie_uk Good choice. Nossov's Ancient & Medieval Siege Weapons dates petrol bombs to 835AD Naffatun troops but thats not much help really #
- Why do software makers get caught up in hyperbole but don't have feature lists & why has this curse infected Open Source projects? #
- Spent lunchtime at the Mummies in Liverpool Museum #
- @KimKnox You have #tea but do you have a #tea cup? http://bit.ly/9y58E3 in reply to KimKnox #
- listening to "Johnny Clegg & Savuka – Cruel, Crazy And Beautiful World" ♫ http://blip.fm/~kn5pv #
- Anyone got the number for the adjective police? I've just seen a gratuitous use of Ultimate where Incomplete would have been more accurate. #
- @MarsDrive Not sure Google Translate got that right: Suspended particles come and go depending on the direction of wind in reply to MarsDrive #
- Why do software makers want me to sign up just so I can see prices? Put it upfront otherwise I'll assume its big and go elsewhere! #
- @RFLong Yeh I saw that earlier too. Funny how the 70s became cool and the 80s not and now the 80s are cool again… in reply to RFLong #
- @RFLong Sounds like you need something equally catchy to fight it. If this fails I suggest resorting to Bucks F… ♫ http://blip.fm/~knqaf #
- Think I found the memory leak in my star plotting script. Now to see just how many stars Vue can handle. #
- @jearle But both of those are myths about fascist regimes so might invite the analogy being taken further… in reply to jearle #
- I must make time to see China through the lens of John Thomson http://bit.ly/dg6i2z #
- @Tamsynjk Perfect Tantrum. Perfect Overdraft. Perfect Credit Card Bills. Perfect Debt Consolidation. Perfect Nervous Breakdown. in reply to Tamsynjk #
- @mdlachlan @KimKnox Don't know the title but there is a Hancock's Half hour where a novel just ends a page short because the writer died in reply to mdlachlan #
- @KimKnox You're not literary enought – yet lol in reply to KimKnox #
- @mdlachlan Thanks saved me a bit of googling there in reply to mdlachlan #
- @KimKnox So we'll not be seeing any novels by Kim X Knox (where X is you're middle initial) soon then? in reply to KimKnox #
- Tip for marketers: if your Twitter profile opens with Online Marketing or Marketing take a marketing refresher course #
- @Danacea At the end it includes the positive news that 40 independent book shops opened last year & no figures for online in reply to Danacea #
- @KimKnox Congratulations in reply to KimKnox #
- Wow! Welcome to my 11 new followers since 12:11 I should point out I'm not an Online Marketer which seems to have sucked lots of you in #
- For writers & gamers (probably not the Marketers except nervous ones) How Snipers Work http://bit.ly/alJa8p via @GarySmailes #
- @mdlachlan A great performer who worked with some top notch writers. in reply to mdlachlan #
- @robwillb The URL you just tweeted is broken. #
- @jearle Glad to see you got that sorted out. #
- @lumpleygames I picked up 11 before with Online Marketing and Marketing. How many did "a gamble, an uncertain investment" get you? in reply to lumpleygames #
- @iancockayne No Buzz here yet. Clearly I'm not a hip trendsetter like you and @eyedoubleyou in reply to iancockayne #
- @LivMuseums I didn't know the planetarium was now free – last time I visited it was charging but was really worth every penny. in reply to LivMuseums #
- Can the In-ess of a joke be #measured RT @LukasUXD: @googleanalytics I use Motion Charts to hit on girls, but I have a low Conversion Rate #
- Is it wrong that I can't get excited about #googlebuzz even though I've now got it? #
- Got the star positioning working for Vue sky dome last night. Tonight getting the brightness right. #
- @JamesWallis That description is just what I was looking for to inspire me with the RPG I'm scribbling away at in reply to JamesWallis #
- Atmospheric picture by Gill Brookes http://bit.ly/cIikrQ #
- Star magnitude working in script. Reward tonight's NCIS. #
- @very_true_thing Quit Numb3rs as it goes daft every time. NCIS is OK. US TV not lots better than UK. More $$$ = higher production gloss in reply to very_true_thing #
- Latest Blog Post: Where Should Buzz Have Been? http://bit.ly/9bDJY0 #
- Just noticed #googlebuzz also ties into Google Reader. However I'm still not excited by it. #
- Jim Steinman song clone: Cigarette behind an Ear may set Fire in to Your Hair. Inspired by smoldering man on bus #
- @RFLong Were. As in the past tense. As in eaten? in reply to RFLong #
- Last night's Blog Post: Where Should Buzz Have Been? http://bit.ly/9bDJY0 #
- @RFLong So it was the great flapjack heist of 2010 carried out by a crack crew then lol in reply to RFLong #
- Buzz for Buzz so far hearing 1 in favour rest say Meh. In other news I still can't get rid of the taste of the smell of burnt hair. #
- @qwghlm Pretty much. Just has added integration into other Google bits and stuff. in reply to qwghlm #
- Strip Poohsticks? In this weather? http://bit.ly/cVp3ol #
- @ehlanakovas lol That was kind of my point. in reply to ehlanakovas #
- @KimKnox Gratz! Oh well! in reply to KimKnox #
- 10 Worst Valentines Albums in the World Ever! http://bit.ly/90uLTW #
- My scarf still smells of cigarette smoke and burnt hair from the bus this morning
# - @ehlanakovas At least it wasn't my hair its smells of and he didn't go up like a torch just a bit of a smolder… in reply to ehlanakovas #
- @qwghlm Are you sure you're not reading the Onion? in reply to qwghlm #
- @ehlanakovas He sat in front of me with the not-quite-out cigarette behind his ear. Glad he didn't use gel or hairspray. I escaped unharmed. in reply to ehlanakovas #
- @qwghlm Especially when it shows up that the page has been built to get high keyword density for your search term or terms. in reply to qwghlm #
- @qwghlm Cheaper than where a friend of mine works where tier 1 (lowest level) helpdesk ops are trained to do that or pass it on #
- @qwghlm I find both funny in there own way. Not as funny as it taking 1hr to find out someone had their broadband connected to a plant pot. in reply to qwghlm #
- @ATerribleIdea Sorry. Building Service Engineer in work… in reply to ATerribleIdea #
- Twitter is not Journalism: it's word of mouth catching up with Journalism's distribution network. #
- @qwghlm Verifiable infringements like #paperchase turn up regularly on art forums. Twitter just give a route for word of mouth to spread. in reply to qwghlm #
- @qwghlm Yes. Twitter is word of mouth is catching up with 300 years of PR and Press using wealth to create distribution channels. in reply to qwghlm #
- @jearle I may be 1 of a tiny fraction of men who wears a not Black T-shirt to Salute & I like flake but I don't think that's my shade lol in reply to jearle #
- @KimKnox You'll need #lunch to go with that soon in reply to KimKnox #
- @undeadbydawn That's one way to get wax out of a carpet… in reply to undeadbydawn #
- @Danacea Could a purple d8 & d6 have escaped into the wild from a consignment & have been breeding little dice ever since? in reply to Danacea #
- There seems to have been a decrease in Gorilla marketers in the last few weeks. Has the great ape market declined? #
- #ff #followfriday @KimKnox @RFLong @RowanLarke @qwghlm @shawndriscoll @jearle @JamesWallis @very_true_thing @pookie_uk @darkdwarf #
- #ff #followfriday @Tamsynjk @GarySmailes @NeilCFord @Danacea @ATerribleIdea @undeadbydawn @ghostwoods @FACT_Liverpool @LivMuseums #
- @PaulKChapman It's the English language's way of telling you to use a different literary device…. in reply to PaulKChapman #
- @KadrinaLage lol That could be confusing and might boost his ego a bit. in reply to KadrinaLage #
- @FACT_Liverpool The one down side of work moving from Edge Lane to city centre – can't see the sunset anymore in reply to FACT_Liverpool #
- @ehlanakovas Yeh but his own hashtag with the follow friday level of activity and he might just implode… in reply to ehlanakovas #
- @NeilCFord True. If you overfeed them they grow up to be obese d20s or worse they become the dice equivalent of fashion models d10s . in reply to NeilCFord #
- Tonights Dinner: Chicken in Chardonnay and Peach Sauce http://bit.ly/bHhNVX #
- .@KimKnox We need guns. BIG GUNS!! http://bit.ly/b7B5XV (Why isn't Split Second available on DVD?) #
- @aniakovas lol in reply to aniakovas #
- QI on form tonight… #
- Ashes to Ashes, Luther and a hint of Doctor Who teaser from the Beeb. I'll put those three toe to toe with any US shows. #
- #WiP open time have #dietfizzybrowntrademarkedcoladrink time for a little writing #
- RT @NASA: Shuttle crew awoke to theme song from "Firefly." The Ballad of Serenity, performed by Sonny Rhodes, was played for Bob Behnken. #
- @stebal4 lol in reply to stebal4 #
- Robin Hood Arrested For Identity Theft http://bit.ly/bgc4ve #
- @jearle Its time to step away from the WWW when you start finding people in tiny thumbnail pictures attractive… in reply to jearle #
- "I nearly took out a cat in the process" RT @DanDiplo @codinghorror: nobody hates software > software developers http://bit.ly/9AaSSH #
- @KimKnox Tease. in reply to KimKnox #
- I only remember lots of songs from Time Tunnels but only one song that was played at Wildlife at th Guild of St… ♫ http://blip.fm/~kwyb6 #
- WiP open on an unexciting but important section… #
- Somewhere a cat thinking about how to put a group of humans into small containters and get a photo of it to see how we like it #
- @very_true_thing Had that too: found the cause was Real Player's thing that let you download flash movies to your computer if that helps in reply to very_true_thing #
- Fortean Times has an article that the original Robin Hood might have been a Knight Templar during reign of Edward 2 #plotbunnies #
- Can England survive the last 5 minutes and end ahead of Italy? #6nations #
- You wouldn't get titles long enough for a title track like this anymore… Hill Street Blues ♫ http://blip.fm/~kzdty #
- Cooked Black treacle brushed pork, crushed butterbeans and Devon cider apple sauce for dinner and it was really good http://bit.ly/9OOSit #
- However my kitchen looked like a bomb site after I'd finished lol #
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