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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-​04-​18

  • Another exam­ple of what a properly-​rendered ebook looks like. Notice the line spac­ing, hyphen­ation, ital­ics. http://yfrog.com/efb99j #
  • I’ll point out that the text is much clearer in Stanza on my iPhone, absent the JPG com­pres­sion arti­facts. #
  • To fit in fore­arms retracted & anchored to metacarpals extended, Wolverine’s claws should extend only 1 inch longer than his fin­gers. #math #
  • @KateSh­er­rod I played bari­tone horn and a lit­tle trom­bone. in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @KateSh­er­rod They also lead to really annoyed, bored Helpdesk folks. in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • The cheese sus­tains me. #thati­sall #
  • @dmc­duck Where do you think the term “bag lady” came from? in reply to dmc­duck #
  • @eclip­sante Crank that up to 186k miles per sec­ond and you’ll really have some­thing. in reply to eclip­sante #
  • @ONoe­sU­Didnt Agreed! #ihavent­bred­forar­ea­son in reply to ONoe­sU­Didnt #
  • @ONoe­sU­Didnt The grav­ity wells gen­er­ated by loung­ing felines are well doc­u­mented. #inmy­head in reply to ONoe­sU­Didnt #
  • @JNGold Microsoft really is the gang who couldn’t shoot straight when it comes to mobile. in reply to JNGold #
  • @JNGold OMG Ballmer = Spanky! in reply to JNGold #
  • @robotech_​master Btw, sorry about dri­ving up and down your street all morn­ing. in reply to robotech_​master #
  • Will the iPad save comics, destroy comic book shops, or increase comic book piracy? http://bit.ly/b6Z6of #
  • @KateSh­er­rod Another pod­cast I’d not heard of… *down­loads* in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • iPhone 3G users mad about no mul­ti­task­ing in 4, try down­load­ing sev­eral pod­casts in iTunes & do any­thing else. 128MB RAM just isn’t enough. #
  • Now that Apple has approved Opera Mini for the App Store, lis­ten­ing to all the haters admit they were wrong… *crick­ets* #
  • Opera Mini for iPhone is wicked fast, but Jobs is right; I don’t need a browser much on the phone. I use ded­i­cated apps instead. #
  • Study: Shov­ing, Yelling Makes Things Go Faster 76% Of Time

    http://onion.com/avXsbD
    via @Onion­i­PhoneApp #

  • Omg… it’s Tues­day… THE THIRTEENTH! #
  • @crimsonsky76 If I get a Chipo­tle steak bol w/​tomato & hot salsa & shred­ded corn tor­tillas it passes for my mom’s Sante Fe enchi­ladas. NOM in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • Dear iTunes Genius: it’s jar­ring to hear Pink Floyd’s “Brain Dam­age” with­out “Eclipse.” Dou­bly jar­ring to hear Black Crowes instead. kthxbai #
  • The App-​ification of eBooks http://bit.ly/dANXls #
  • @jen­ny­beanses In all seri­ous­ness, what about those of us who dared to be dif­fer­ent, had a clear vision, and crashed and burned any­way? in reply to jen­ny­beanses #
  • @ONoe­sU­Didnt Two words for you: ziploc bags. in reply to ONoe­sU­Didnt #
  • @jen­ny­beanses Inter­est­ing. I’m return­ing to writ­ing, but I *have* given up on mak­ing a liv­ing as a writer. in reply to jen­ny­beanses #
  • Aller­gies: Still try­ing to kill me. Chipo­tle bur­rito with hot salsa: still over 12 hours away. #never­dothe­math #
  • @JNGold @alli_flowers There is no secure, only Zul. #hoppedupon­sudafed in reply to JNGold #
  • I’m awake, Twit­ter. Enter­tain me. #still­hoppedupon­sudafed #allergies­suck #
  • @ONoe­sU­Didnt @katesherrod I col­lapsed from heat exhaus­tion in a parade in Prairie View, TX. Gor­ram wool band uni­forms… in reply to ONoe­sU­Didnt #
  • Look­ing into post­ing my books to Smash­words so they’ll be avail­able in iBooks. Any requests on what you’d like to see first? #
  • @CRA1G be vewwy vewwy qwiet… in reply to CRA1G #
  • @KateSh­er­rod You should come down to Den­ver for Mile­HiCon. in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @JBaby_​9783 No AC power? THE HORROR! THE HORROR! in reply to JBaby_​9783 #
  • @Melzer You know, the entire run of Buffy is avail­able to stream on Net­flix… #just­sayin in reply to Melzer #
  • @jen­ny­beanses @melzer Warn­ing: do not watch “Once More With Feel­ing” if you’re already depressed. #intro­spec­tion­sucks in reply to jen­ny­beanses #
  • @JBaby_​9783 *blushes* in reply to JBaby_​9783 #
  • @JBaby_​9783 That’s why I never go camp­ing. Most forests are severely lack­ing in AC power and wifi. in reply to JBaby_​9783 #
  • Good News! This fish with teeth can now climb trees! http://tinyurl.com/ya2vogr /​via @Han­nah­Gann cc @james­rollins #youhad­to­give­na­turei­deas #
  • @West­ern­wiz­ard This is why I gave up fol­low­ing the Bron­cos. Last year’s start was luck, not skill. in reply to West­ern­wiz­ard #
  • @ONoe­sU­Didnt Yeah, I don’t hear any­one mock­ing me NOW for my aver­sion to trees… and fish… and nature… in reply to ONoe­sU­Didnt #
  • @eclip­sante I’m pos­i­tive we’re all gonna die? in reply to eclip­sante #
  • @Tere­saKopec I never think they CAN’T get any dumber, that’s a sucker bet. in reply to Tere­saKopec #
  • @mike­cane Or if you live in my town, where they’re clos­ing libraries because the dum­b­ass teabag­gers don’t want to pay for them… in reply to mike­cane #
  • Hmm… That third dose of sudafed seems to be work­ing… #maybethefirst2gotlost #bur­ri­toim­mi­nent #
  • @Melzer I thought you were in Toronto. Can’t you just define that as a sub­urb of Buf­falo? in reply to Melzer #
  • @jen­ny­beanses The twisted genius of OMWF is that all the major turn­ing points for sea­son 6 are in that episode, mak­ing it impos­si­ble to skip in reply to jen­ny­beanses #
  • Chipo­tle bur­rito with hot salsa: good for clear­ing sinuses. Inhal­ing a small piece of said bur­rito up my nose: not so much. #
  • @djohngo Maybe you’re part Ando­rian. Let us know if you start turn­ing blue. in reply to djohngo #
  • @jen­ny­beanses Adam Lam­bert is the Smoke Mon­ster? #lost #idol in reply to jen­ny­beanses #
  • @startrek_​today The Spock one looks even cooler! in reply to startrek_​today #
  • @RobT43 Just remem­ber that if you’re not part of the solu­tion, you’re part of the pre­cip­i­tate. in reply to RobT43 #
  • @ChrisHar­rop I have absolutely no idea what any of that means. in reply to ChrisHar­rop #
  • @niassa I know the feel­ing. I’ve been mis­er­able for sev­eral days now and know it can’t ALL be aller­gies… in reply to niassa #
  • @adverb Aller­gies are so bad this year I’m start­ing to look into haz­mat suits… in reply to adverb #
  • @JBaby_​9783 Was it fol­lowed by Jim Beam and Jack Daniels? in reply to JBaby_​9783 #
  • @crimsonsky76 @maxgeek For some rea­son Josh is really hos­tile about typog­ra­phy. At least this one wasn’t 100% wingdings. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @ryanesteven­son You have clearly never had Cin­ncin­nati beer chili. in reply to ryanesteven­son #
  • @Daph­neUn Please tell me that’s not real… #lovedthe­o­rig­i­nal in reply to Daph­neUn #
  • #FF @katesh­er­rod @jennybeanses @onoe­su­didnt @jbaby_9783 @palm­prelawyer @audioheretic @jngold @melzer @eclip­sante @crimsonsky76 @tib­bar­erew #
  • Quick! Gold­man Sachs is try­ing to climb out the exec­u­tive bath­room win­dow! #
  • @rstevens He’s Trump’s mini-​me. in reply to rstevens #
  • @CRA1G if only the iPad were get­ting mul­ti­task­ing in Sep­tem­ber… oh, wait… in reply to CRA1G #
  • @CRA1G iPhone 4 mul­ti­task­ing is the exact same method we all thought was so effi­cient and clever when Palm OS 6 Cobalt was doing it. in reply to CRA1G #
  • @ONoe­sU­Didnt I’m in! in reply to ONoe­sU­Didnt #
  • @CRA1G Resource-​efficient is resource-​efficient. I’ve used WebOS/​WinMob/​Android mul­ti­task­ing, and it’s ill-​suited for mobile devices. in reply to CRA1G #
  • @KateSh­er­rod That’s a whole lotta robots. in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @ONoe­sU­Didnt oh I have my own kazoos. #kazoobuskers­dont­makeas­muchasy­oud­think in reply to ONoe­sU­Didnt #
  • Per­ma­nent crown: installed. Aller­gies: under con­trol. Novel revi­sion and blog­ging: SO VERY ON. #
  • @CTD When Yel­low­stone finally goes, y’all will see what a REAL ash cloud looks like. #rip­northamer­ica in reply to CTD #
  • @startrek_​today Does ANYONE make a 10 – 15″ model of the Enterprise-​E? #sov­er­eign­class­rules #galaxy­class­can­suckit in reply to startrek_​today #
  • Had an Inter­est­ing Dis­cus­sion with @tib­bar­erew today about how Uni­fi­ca­tion Chron­i­cles can be a suc­cess even if I’m not Gene Rod­den­berry. #
  • @jeanet­temarsh 2010 has been rough, indeed, but it’s look­ing up. in reply to jeanet­temarsh #
  • @CRA1G I think the iPad is meant to be a true “lap top” com­puter. in reply to CRA1G #
  • @CRA1G iPad does have a key­board. It just doesn’t take up space when not needed. in reply to CRA1G #
  • Rs com­mit to block­ing finan­cial reform the same day Gold­man Sachs is sued for fraud because they know their vot­ers won’t see the con­nec­tion. #
  • I’m awake. Not on pur­pose. #killmyal­ler­gies #
  • Taxes at Low­est Lev­els in 60 Years http://bit.ly/cWvgbs #
  • @ONoe­sU­Didnt I’m pretty sure I *know* I’m a fool. in reply to ONoe­sU­Didnt #
  • Com­mit­ting acts of blog­gery at Chipo­tle while watch­ing the rain and lis­ten­ing to the “Linkin Park” sta­tion on Pan­dora. I’ve had worse times. #
  • @jkendrick Look­ing for­ward to try­ing that myself, sub­sti­tut­ing my local wifi-​enabled Chipo­tle for SBUX. in reply to jkendrick #
  • @jen­ny­beanses I have trou­ble w/​Brave­heart because of what an ass­hat Gib­son has proven to be IRL. See also Tom Cruise movies. in reply to jen­ny­beanses #
  • Seri­ously con­sid­er­ing buy­ing a bass and teach­ing myself how to play. #out­grown­rock­band #
  • This is what it looks like to be unstuck in time. http://goo.gl/LkMk #
  • Futur­is­tic SF writ­ers: Thanks to the com­ing sin­gu­lar­ity, we’re prob­a­bly all wrong. Took me a while to get my brain around that. #
  • @Dan­ger­Mag­pie I wasn’t kid­ding when I said I lis­ten to a lit­tle of every­thing. in reply to Dan­ger­Mag­pie #
  • @mau­reen­john­son New jar ship­ment? in reply to mau­reen­john­son #
  • @Dan­ger­Mag­pie Do not fall for it! As the admi­ral says, “IT’S A TRAP!” #ack­bar in reply to Dan­ger­Mag­pie #
  • @crimsonsky76 Give it time, you will own an iPad. It’s a big iPod Touch the way a swim­ming pool is a big bath­tub. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @KateSh­er­rod w00t you haz renown! in reply to KateSh­er­rod #

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