Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-15
March 14th, 2010 11:59 pm
- @ForbiddenPlanet Roll 1D4 – 1) Shinny 2) Cool 3) Cult + Roll 1d4 – 1) Bit 2) Stuff 3) Things 4) Doodads in reply to ForbiddenPlanet #
- @grahamwalmsley Be careful not to end up cooking Cthulhu Apocalypse and revising onions in reply to grahamwalmsley #
- @KimKnox Hope the wait in the post office isn't long enough for you to devise naughty post office romance novella in reply to KimKnox #
- I've just won a goody bag from @ForbiddenPlanet That's lots better than the free sample I didn't get given in the street just now… #
- @KimKnox You sent something and got a bus pass renewed in one trip! They didn't send you to the back of the line with a good tutting? #
- @ForbiddenPlanet Mine needs an edit lol: Roll 1d3 – 1) Shinny 2) Cool 3) Cult + Roll 1d4 – 1) Bit 2) Stuff 3) Things 4) Doodads #
- RT @qwghlm: YouTube Closes Down For The Night http://bit.ly/bDEE4V #
- @Danacea Your short-term what? in reply to Danacea #
- We need a new word for forever since its now used to mean till sometime next week… #
- @jearle Probably using some sort of online social marketing that thinks you fit some badly thought out metric or other in reply to jearle #
- @DanDiplo Not sure being turned into a beetle while abroad would be acceptable on sick leave forms… in reply to DanDiplo #
- @NeilCFord Taken's a great film for that. He has v. dangerous friends & someone rich on tap why doesn't he drop a small army on Paris? in reply to NeilCFord #
- @ghostfinder If you prefer something longer Empire Total War just took me 3 months to lose a game on at the moment… in reply to ghostfinder #
- @KimKnox Voted for you because yours was the only one I'd be prepared to buy if I saw it in a shop and had to take it to the counter
in reply to KimKnox # - @RFLong I just hate it when that happens. Poor Raymond Chandler had an entire murder in The Big Sleep he couldn't remember who did… in reply to RFLong #
- Need a plot for a story for Astonishing Adventures: Thinking a sequel to Mrs H’s Knitting Circle might be way to go http://bit.ly/9R9IFw #
- Too much thinking about #linkbait not enough thinking about #funny ends up #fail http://bit.ly/98Hkn4 (via @jearle) #
- When did Twitter add Undo to Retweet? #
- @RFLong I think its so we can all pretend we were cool by unretweeting the next hamsterdance after its become uncool lol in reply to RFLong #
- @RFLong Sorry did you mean how to undo retweets? Not sure if you can in TweetDeck but in twitter its on the right hand site on the retweet. in reply to RFLong #
- @RFLong Lol. Twitter maybe conversational but the conversations can become cross wires really easily. in reply to RFLong #
- @benzo8 My razor is equal opportunities: it is equally ineffective at cutting the last 10% of each hair in reply to benzo8 #
- #wondering Were there headlines about Telephone Killer, Telegraph Killer, Royal Mail Killer and the Cave Painting Killer? #
- @HaileyEdwards So that isn't a euphemism like lunchbox then? Or is it a different euphemism lol in reply to HaileyEdwards #
- Nicholas Winterton people who travel in Standard Class "a totally different type of people" or as we like to be though of – The Electorate #
- @ehlanakovas toyps hapepn ot hte ebst fo su. in reply to ehlanakovas #
- @jearle Made me think of Frankie Howerd or Kenneth Williams but I don't know why. So what are you going to do with º.tel? in reply to jearle #
- @undeadbydawn I'd be less likely to vote for someone who wouldn't travel with the rest of us in standard class. in reply to undeadbydawn #
- @undeadbydawn I tried to think of something profound to say back but I #failed in reply to undeadbydawn #
- @RowanLarke I'm trying to think of a worse possible combination of song and product but I just can't in reply to RowanLarke #
- @KimKnox Chance of keeping it tidy once the monsters are back low to 0? in reply to KimKnox #
- Just spotted Liverpool Biennial are on Twitter: @biennial #
- @RFLong A real treat if you've not seen it before in reply to RFLong #
- Trying to determine the point at which X in a list of the best/greatest/most useful/vital X things becomes a #fail #
- @ForbiddenPlanet Go and wash your minds out with soap and water immediately in reply to ForbiddenPlanet #
- @qwghlm Commercial cinema's haven't used that style of reel for over 20 years so it may last for a long time as a metaphor in reply to qwghlm #
- Second tweetbait evolution: Robocop needs #tea quilting as a channel for Star Wars online marketing @jearle @NowGamer_Dan @KimKnox #
- @KimKnox Is there a UK Paranormal romance bay? in reply to KimKnox #
- @KimKnox I guess you went to both Waterstones then had me confused there for a moment… in reply to KimKnox #
- @KimKnox A case of No Hex Please: We're British in reply to KimKnox #
- @KimKnox They put book signings in the back right corner (with the shop front behind you) where no one walks past them in reply to KimKnox #
- @sciamannata Like it. How about a rank of taxi drivers as an alternative? #collectivenouns in reply to sciamannata #
- @KimKnox I almost felt sorry for the authors I spotted there one Saturday each sitting unloved at a table by themselves with a pile of books in reply to KimKnox #
- @sciamannata Just read some of the news stories. Sounds like a bit of a mess. in reply to sciamannata #
- RT @newscientist: The story that the Large Hadron Collider has to shut down isn't new: we explained the plan here: http://bit.ly/cFu2tq #
- @NowGamer_Dan Just used up 1 x 50p, 3 x 20p, 1 x 10p, 2 x 2p and 5 x 1p making a purchase of low fat houmous. Banal enough? in reply to NowGamer_Dan #
- @KimKnox Shouldn't you measure Space Fluff in parsecs rather than words? in reply to KimKnox #
- @KimKnox Would you believe it turns out that Star Wars geekdom have it as both speed and distance: However a SW parsec != Earth parsec in reply to KimKnox #
- @grahamwalmsley Word count dropping should be an incentive: it means your writings getting tighter, that's usually a good thing for readers in reply to grahamwalmsley #
- @grahamwalmsley Pad like a million word a year pulp writer then – they get what they deserve… in reply to grahamwalmsley #
- RT @FakeAPStylebook: Yes, "defenestrate" is an excellent word, but only use it in birth announcements and obituaries if it's accurate. #
- RT @LesterSmith: RT @UpWrite: When It Comes to Writing, Soldier Beats Knight http://ow.ly/1gEGI #bwt #
- @jearle Nice, clean simple. Job done. in reply to jearle #
- @jearle Thanks I needed a good laugh – although its hard to type while laughing and decide if I should put an x on the end of this in reply to jearle #
- @KimKnox Good luck in reply to KimKnox #
- Blog Post: Street Hawker – Mashing up Steampunk & 80s TV show http://bit.ly/bQZnG7 #
- Quite possibly the most over the top Video in the world Ever… ♫ http://blip.fm/~mn1zw #
- @benzo8 Could you set that to music? in reply to benzo8 #
- @jearle Tick that one off the list of causes of cancer the Daily Mail has reported or did I misunderstand the headline? in reply to jearle #
- They don't make themes like this anymore (Thankfully) RT @iancockayne: Street Hawk Theme Song Intro (1985) ♫ http://blip.fm/~mn7ij #
- If there is one thing Blip.fm teaches us is there is no limit to the number of bad covers a song can have #
- @Inez_Kelley Happened to a friend of mine: they found out the copy for sale was a blank notebook with their cover art on it. in reply to Inez_Kelley #
- @natalief I'm just writing a blog post for work on that and some of the words leave me flabbergasted at the lack of meaningful dialogue in reply to natalief #
- Google Reader Play perpetually loading #fail http://bit.ly/bSBZqf #
- Revisions to Skills and Vehicles away to play testers – wonder what they'll make of them. #
- @mdlachlan Bet the historical novels crowd look down from a lot higher altitude than the fantasy crowd. in reply to mdlachlan #
- Weird RT @mistygirlph: Disappearing Body Graffiti | The Perfume With An Edge http://ow.ly/1hQkT #
- @sciamannata This is the cooking police. Step away from the kitchen. in reply to sciamannata #
- @jearle Are you trying to corner the Australian search market? #
- @sciamannata DI H Blumenthal has read the recipe. In light of it not being Salami + Chocolate you're being released without charge. in reply to sciamannata #
- @very_true_thing Congratulations
in reply to very_true_thing # - "irascible dragons who shift into brooding men" @KimKnox That's your irascrible quota used for 2010 http://bit.ly/99M8GJ #
- @qwghlm Yup and it's hardly an original name to start with in reply to qwghlm #
- Hunt for 00 flour success – Mattas on Bold street had some hidden in plain sight #
- Capital of Culture year changes image of Liverpool http://www.bit.ly/9LPLHL #
- @pookie_uk I used to know what was coming out every week. Lost touch when I got ill. Is esdevium still the place to look for release list? in reply to pookie_uk #
- @jearle The one on my old PDA was very handy in reply to jearle #
- Writers want to sound like a journalist? Here are some of the words to use: http://bit.ly/9WU4HO #
- My Twitter Follower count has gone bungee jumping today as (nice) real people follow me & marketing bots unfollow #
- Just because there is a news companies logo on the web page doesn't mean a story is real. #
- @grahamwalmsley Congratulations in reply to grahamwalmsley #
- @LesterSmith Look forward to seeing that – sounds fun in reply to LesterSmith #
- I've still got over 150 followers so here comes my celeratory Follow Friday #
- #FF @aeonofdiscord @ATerribleIdea @Danacea @DanDiplo @ericjkrause @eyedoubleyou @ghostwoods @grahamwalmsley @jearle @johnmcc @lozzyjay #
- #FF @KimKnox @LesterSmith @mdlachlan @mistygirlph @natalief @NeilCFord @pendraken @pookie_uk @richeym @RFLong @RowanLarke @sciamannata #
- #FF @Tamsynjk @Trollgodfather @undeadbydawn #
- There done – next FF when I hit 200 followers (or when someone mentions I just forgot them lol) #
- @ghostwoods Hope its not a case of When the Stir Fry's are Right in reply to ghostwoods #
- @Tamsynjk I have a load of don't follow back types (eg museums & the onion) on a list instead of following – might help you? in reply to Tamsynjk #
- Very cool Steampunk Jewelery http://bit.ly/bwC3yS (via @FantasyBrewing) #
- @Tamsynjk Easy to check them if they're on a list and can save follows for real users. in reply to Tamsynjk #
- Happy π Day everyone #
- @Danacea The Victorians used the white of letuce root to keep babies asleep but you'd need a lot for a cub in reply to Danacea #
- Doh! You're right @very_true_thing I'm blaming the American Evangelist Missionaries who didn't want to go away… #
- @johnmcc Definitly – should be declared international day of the geek in reply to johnmcc #
- Cool free card game RT @LesterSmith: New blog entry: Wolf-Man’s Curse http://bit.ly/cxkVFg #
- @mdlachlan Thanks for the #FF in reply to mdlachlan #
- @undeadbydawn Thanks for #FF in reply to undeadbydawn #
- @EntitiesRUs Thanks for the #FF in reply to EntitiesRUs #
- Late #FF for @lpooltwestival who I forgot #
- @ghostwoods Thanks for the #ff in reply to ghostwoods #
- Happy π Day (again) #
- @samatlounge They're probably either autofollow on keyword or follower matching. Online marketing was my wine… in reply to samatlounge #
- Just finished Herring with crispy Oatmeat and Mustard sauce from Nick Nairn's Fish 'n' Tip simple enjoyable food #
