Category: Tweeting
Blogging my tweets
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-13
- RT @librarythingtim December Early Reviewer — 73 books, 1,673 copies. Come and grab some free books. #
- #WestJet Travel Bank doesn't work so good… Unless you like spending time on the phone… #
- Garden Noam Chomsky! #
- Playing with Shadowbox.js. HTML coding is getting more complex for us tyros, but the results far outweigh the challenges #
- Al is getting chummy with nature and sending me pics #cute #Alberta http://twitpic.com/spybm #
- Check out these cool pic's of the new Hole's greenhouses going up! #
- RT @markhurst: Redesigning letters of the alphabet, after a year of focus group testing- brilliant, from The Onion: #
- Love flying without baggage. Too bad all travel isn't this smooth. #
- Vancouver public transit. #YEG needs to learn a thing or two… #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-06
- RT I propose a Tom Swifty week! To begin: "That's the last time I'll feed an alligator," said Tom off-handedly. Hope you'll join! @lavermeer #
- One day to December. No presents, no plans, no booking of stuff… And no ideas. But there's still time! #
- Tom Swifties Day 2: They only get worse from here. "Fire!" yelled Tom alarmingly. (via @lavermeer) #
- Day 2 bonus — couldn't resist this one here: "2 bdrm furn w c/h," said Tom aptly. (via @lavermeer) #
- Deadlines are cool toys… for your boss! Ours is not to question why… #
- Tom Swifties Day 3: "The radio reception is much better now," said Tom ecstatically. (via @lavermeer) Groan! #
- Tom Swifties Day 4: "Use your own toothbrush!" Tom bristled. Then later, "I dropped the toothpaste" said Tom crestfallen. (via @lavermeer) #
- Morning on Friday is a bitterseet time. The weekend is soon but the amount of work left is always significant. #
- RT Best sentence today: "There have been people who prided themselves on their ability to produce partial exophthalmos" #
- Day 5 (missed) Tom Swifty: "I have diamonds, clubs, AND spades," said Tom heartlessly. (via @lavermeer) #
- Tom Swifties Day 6: "I'll fix your car," said Tom mechanically. (via @lavermeer) #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-29
- Why should thanking a colleague for everything they've done turn into a political event? Giving thanks is so much better when you mean it! #
- RT "Everybody's broke, so here's the rule for Christmas this year; if you still shit your pants, you get a present. Otherwise tough shit" #
- Still humming & hawing about moving the backend of my #Filemaker db's to MS SQL. Such an investment in time at the risk of so much bitching #
- Installing OS X Snow Leopard Server on Parallels to test before rolling it out live. What a great way to trouble shoot! #
- At Citadel's production of Tom Stoppard’s Rock ‘n Roll. Stoppard was born in Czechoslovakia… Who knew? #
- Tom Stoppard wonders why we apologize for history. So do I… After all it's what made us what we are. #
- The west side of the building showing the windows for the staff room with the main café dining area directly above. http://twitpic.com/r7fmm #
- Studio Theatre's Desdemona kicks the Citadel’s ass #
- Installing VMWare trial to see how it stacks up to my Parallels install. The 2GHz mini w/ 2 GB not quite enough to vm machines usable! #
- Just finally figured out virtual hosts. Man am I ever slow at this! Now to free up some static IPs. #
- Why do you Twitter? Some are obvious @jdarrah & some are fun @a href=”http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays” class=”aktt_username”>shitmydadsays, some are educational @a href=”http://twitter.com/emckean” class=”aktt_username”>emckean, but I just diary things: for fun #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-22
- Writing budgets has philosphical aspects. Who knew? #
- Join me at the Understanding Photography workshop, Nov. 28, sponsored by Visual Arts Alberta http://tinyurl.com/yfhjvur (via @pjmartin) #
- Making bankers laugh, one mid-level bureaucrat at a time. Life is good. #
- Willing to pay $3 for an episode I missed. This really is a new era for tv and a huge justification for cliffhangers. Boy am I ever a loser. #
- Check it out if you can RT The ISS/Atlantis flyby for the next 3 days:Nov19 6:42pm Nov20 7:04pm Nov21 5:51pm all from west (@Lindapalooza) #
- Xmas event at Hole's tonight. 6-9pm lots of fun and a wine aerating demo and tasting. #
- Leslie is gonna defend her proposal next month. Then, after all this hard work, she can start working hard. Silly system. #
- Coherence mode in Parallels Desktop is freaky cool. #
- Shortcovers for iPhone v2.3 hits the App Store – check out the new Bookshelf view: pls. RT! (via @shortcovers) #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-15
- Branding messages in 24 hrs or less. Good thing I've always been a fan of rock and roll. #
- Why IB Students Make Great Lovers: We treat you like we treat our homework: we slam you on the table and do you all night long. – Neekoo C #
- Are people allowed to interrupt PowerPoint? It's very disconcerting! #
- Lest we forget. #
- Work would be easier if superiors always had stupid ideas. It's alwayseasier to argue "no" than say "yes, but…" #
- New satirical H1N1 video: (via @EarlJWoods) Mean, but then again they deserve it for not paying attention. #
- Hmmm, @ElniskiMLA blocked me. For being a Liberal, or did I do something offensive? (via @EarlJWoods). Smirk! #
- Absolutely astounding service for #TimRyan yesterday. #yeg will be suffering from his loss for a long time, but such a legacy of talent! #
- At the Arden: Decidedly Jazz Danceworks #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-08
- Harddrive good; logic board bad. Oh well the blog is up and running again. Now just testing the Twitter Tools plugin. #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-07
- Hey @BruceKeith. Not exactly sure why, but this made me think of you: http://tweetphoto.com/uqk3ae6j (via @Lindapalooza) LOL! #
- NY Times app update is now U.S. only. Isn't that just ducky? #
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- Vote for Scott Fischer. Too Funny #cats #
- "Nobody is that important. They eat, shit, and screw, just like you. Maybe not shit like you, you got those stomach problems" @shitmydadsays #
- Support The Royal Canadian Legion, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! – #
- Constantine Tanasiuk took this aerial image of the site showing the future Anthony Henday intersection http://twitpic.com/nixt5 #
- Check out Black Comedy, now playing at the U of A's Studio Theatre until Nov 7. A great romp of a farce, with lots of laughs! via @lavermeer #
- Losing the harddrive on the web server is going to be a b*tch. I knew I should of backed it up recently. #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-25
- Seat of the pants marketing has it's benefits in reaction time and flexibility, and it's downside in communication headaches and stress #
- #YEG airport short term parking sucks. Or at least the system does. #
- I have trust issues… who knew? Occasionally it makes for a pleasant surprise though. Consultants aren't all bad after all. #
- Enjoy Holes; Lick the Possibiities #
- Need suggestion for best #yeg pubs with free wifi (via @jdarrah) #
- Question: are style guides "defunct"? Do they not justify bookstore shelf space? (via @emckean) #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-18
- Lost the boy, found the boy. And I thought teenagers were stressful. #
- Some web images of the Lois Hole Hospital for Women #
- Cats are not good conversationalists. Just in case you were wondering. #
- You got to admit, in the face of worldwide opposition by book publishers, Google's got balls: #
- Thought for the day, inspired by Glasgow “A peaceful mind is the greatest goodness, if you don’t have any beer” -Steven Brust via @lavermeer #
- Finally got back to a pub that serves Trad and I'm not sure it's my favorite any more… #
- Watched the original La Femme Nikita. Excellent in a very odd sort of way. #
- A gorgeous antique wood table with 4 chairs for only $490. I may become a bargain hunter yet… #
- Does it matter if I tweet or blog? Or am I the important link … (via @tvongaza) #
- Bad poetry is a window to that thing that definitely ain't your soul. #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-11
- Don't you love it when a $40 router causes 8 hours of hell. #
- I have to admit, dealing with the kind of crap I regularly put up with beats the shit of of reading Pierre Bourdieu #
- He likes to catch errors.
Because of his pride.
That's cause he's a lion-editor. # - Rolling out #Sharepoint 3.0. A huge improvement but unfortunately irritating to OS X users #
- A headless creature is useless enough, but what good is a brain without nerves to transmit. #
- New iPhone 3GS. Lucky me… #
- "The Woman in Black" at the Roxy. Should be good times. #
- Intermission: scary, frightening and spooky. #
- If you like ghost stories, be sure to see "The Woman in Black", running at Theatre Network (at the Roxy) until October 18. (via @lavermeer) #
- Job descriptions- huh, what are they good for? Absolutely nothing! Say it again… #
- RT @tweetmeme CBC News – British Columbia – B.C. slashes funds to publishing groups (via @pjmartin) #
- OS X users: It's the seemingly simple things that amaze me. Check it out: (via @JasonRThomas) #
- Son people will always try and fuck you. Don't waste your life planning for a fucking, just be alert when your pants are down @shitmydadsays #
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