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Tweets from 2009/10

  1. wtf is up with this computer. i am really surprised it still works. i can't even name the number of things wrong with it.
  2. http://bit.ly/V52ig why did this man add me on facebook?
  3. oh man, here i was lusting after jasmine tea, when we have some! *slurp slurp tea*
  4. As someone with a computer that has trouble booting, I find my rage for "Automatic updates" almost mountainous.
  5. I have so much hatred today. God-fucking-damnit.
  6. …in reply to @glassarmy
    @glassarmy Things had got better... But now I'm flicking to the kitten and back again pretty continuously. Fuck computers.
  7. "just because there's no second verse, doesn't mean it's not a song"
  8. @pleasefindthis this comic reminded me of that way you write. it made me shiver in the same way. http://trunc.it/2bwi8
  9. I took with me my laptop, a mouse, a keyboard, two theory test DVDs. But no power cord. *sigh*
  10. proud and a little embarrassed that an interview I did was the most listened to on the Fresh Air website...
  11. "The DRM doesn't bother me as I'm not one of the people who expect to own the game once it's bought" : goodness me!
  12. I think my twitter swearing has went down over time... I want a graph of this.
  13. …in reply to @alitheg
    @alitheg yeah, I was looking at cursebird while posting. But I still want a graph. Graphs are the best. I could make one myself, I guess...
  14. “People do drugs because they’re fun. It’s no different from alcohol or roller coasters, except that drugs are A LOT BETTER.”
  15. the seasons are moving, but I'm not.
  16. My game was broken and I made it less broken. http://nottheinternet.com/hell Can you tell me: Is it broken, can you break it?
  17. …in reply to @teh_nipples
    @teh_nipples I agree, lack of Linux pisses me off too. But I will have to resolve this as WONTFIX...
  18. Was feeling all "meurgh meurgh meurgh". But I found I had an email asking me to come in for an interview! Excellent!
  19. Oh, and in related good news, I should be in Edinburgh on the 28th. And the government will pay for my travel!
  20. "Theory test practice" is a really boring game.
  21. This is how to do PR : http://bit.ly/11v1ns
  22. Oh, I passed my theory test, by the way. Now to learn to drive...
  23. …in reply to @npupp
    @npupp Yeah, planning on doing one of those intensive one-week courses. Get it done with... (oh, and thanks)
  24. …in reply to @radiodario
    @DarioVillanueva they've nicer uniforms, though...
  25. …in reply to @aeoye
    @narfmaster it's a bugger using nicer gear, isn't it. It awakens unhealthy lusts...
  26. oh wow, I have not used Kate in a while... it still has dissertation stuff left open in it...
  27. If it doesn't happen magically over night, you might want to try doing it manually, every day.
  28. …in reply to @undefined
    @GaryBryan NHS behind the headlines is a hidden wonder. You may enjoy http://kill-or-cure.heroku.com/ a : see what the Daily Mail thinks...
  29. bloody BBC people, all "knowing each other" all over the shop.
  30. why is making graphs always such a pain in the arse?
  31. still burping up smoked haddock.
  32. …in reply to @undefined
    @simonvansintjan hey, that's really good!
  33. Using Chromium for the first time. It's nice. (Read: not visibly broken, the same as the Windows version)
  34. really? another awesome thing happening next Friday? how ideal, it's not as if I don't already want to be in two place that night...
  35. …in reply to @TallyCola
    @TallyCola I want Picard in a skant. Why did they never do this?
  36. …in reply to @srules
    @srules 's weird reading that tweet, sandwiched between tweets from #peepshow characters...
  37. "The Student account with reference : 0569678 and UUN s0569678,registered to you is due to expire on Nov 8 2009 3:09AM"
  38. …in reply to @radiodario
    @DarioVillanueva You make that sound so ominous... s'good news from where I'm sitting.
  39. …in reply to @glassarmy
    @glassarmy you make me feel so much better about not having eaten breakfast yet. But porridge seems wrong with these blazing blue skies...
  40. I've never understood the animosity to "talking back" It seems like everything I want a kid to be.
  41. …in reply to @v21
    @v21 it seems like a punishment for having points the adult hasn't got an argument for. but that's the best thing to have.
  42. …in reply to @aeoye
    @narfmaster least it's not the other way and you wake up at Shepperton or wherever the fuck.
  43. …in reply to @undefined
    @simonvansintjan JASMINE GREEN TEA > EVERYTHING
  44. Using my dad's lappy. Jesus tittyfucking christ, is this computing experience terrible. How do people survive?
  45. …in reply to @srules
    @srules am I allowed to find that man kind of sexy?
  46. huh, maybe I'm getting the hang of this CSS malarkey
  47. I wanted to join a webring, but it was broken.
  48. …in reply to @scaol_
    @RubZo I just did 5am-now. I win... (except I was reading A List Apart and adding XFN and hCard data to things, so I'm not sure I do...)
  49. …in reply to @tonicblue
    @tonicblue why are you tempting fate?
  50. Huh? What happened to my screenshot? http://bit.ly/2JXBE
  51. …in reply to @glassarmy
    @glassarmy was it a cash machine?
  52. And I'm about! RT @ballboy_music: ballboy gig at the Bowery Edinburgh Oct 29th. More details here: http://bit.ly/2Ze5I0
  53. some guy on the internet said my game was "lots of fun"... huzzah for me! http://trunc.it/2lu3f
  54. a present for you : http://xs844.xs.to/xs844/09422/g457.jpg
  55. is "i know people will hate it" an acceptable reason not to shave?
  56. …in reply to @undefined
    @GaryBryan what's wrong with wicd? I found it a breath of fresh air. Not that it's doing much complicated stuff, but: It Just Works
  57. ah, flipping fuck. ah ah ah ah. what are some obvious differences between c# and java?
  58. bloody dog: that's you. in a mirror. okay? stop -- christ's sake... (other dog stares blankly at me)
  59. why does http://freshair.org.uk/music show the same as http://freshair.org.uk/categories/music ? #wordpress
  60. …in reply to @alitheg
    @alitheg that's what i said! and the man said i was wrong, and that was pretty similar about them. and then i failed to think of any more...
  61. …in reply to @undefined
    @simonvansintjan yes, but why does it do that, when, say, "/arts/" doesn't show the arts category? it is a mystery to me.
  62. …in reply to @undefined
    @GaryBryan yeah, I looked at that and it's all tiny, boring details. Wait: I've used "yield" in C#. I guess I should have said that...
  63. …in reply to @timburke55
    @timburke55 Yeah: and to be fair here, I know of ~3 ways to do what I'm trying to do now. It's doing it with consistency that's the bugger.
  64. god bless people who are kind...
  65. Hey George, You recently requested a new password. ... Thanks, The Facebook Team : no I didn't...
  66. oo er. but it seems like an accurate portrayal of corporate life.. http://trunc.it/2oo8d
  67. huh. I guess this is what white privelege looks like : http://trunc.it/2ntqr (from okcupid trends, http://trunc.it/2nu6a )
  68. …in reply to @undefined
    @Sobri as in the expression "Out of my league", and the phenomenon of picking up chick with low self-esteem. I've done courses in this shit.
  69. hey, so I got press for my game. Look at me, all being quoted on the internet: http://trunc.it/2lw3d
  70. AND: someone gave me $50 for a downloadable version! :DDDDD
  71. …in reply to @undefined
    @simonvansintjan yeah, it is. But there's some custom PHP JC wrote included in, as well.
  72. Thanks guys, I feel pretty swish. @npupp maybe, but I think an iPhone port could get done in a day or so. So that's maybe next...
  73. …in reply to @undefined
    @simonvansintjan no doubt there is, but I have made the error of being round at Joe's several hours from home whle getting press attention..
  74. RT @twicco_webgames [hiop]: 他の人のプレイ残像と戦うシューティング。「Cursor*10」を一瞬思わせるけど他人の残像なのでより「FINGER TRACKS : STUDY-A」的。こりゃ面白い。 http://bit.ly/1ntXmh
  75. sorry for going on, but it's not everyday you find yourself twittered about in japanese. translation here, anyway: http://bit.ly/Xmo2g
  76. Jade is totally the Wayward Traveller. I called it here first! (unless I didn't, of course) #mspaintadventures
  77. sigh. I guess this is what growing up means... I need to get a LinkedIn account.
  78. …in reply to @tonicblue
    @tonicblue that's alright. it gets bad when the icons disappear. maximized on enormo-resolution, too...
  79. RT @RubZo: ... that fucking teapot.
  80. …in reply to @pleasefindthis
    @pleasefindthis that it's free.
  81. What? Tale of Tales at Inspace while I'm up? Excellent!
  82. …in reply to @VoxelBoy
    @VoxelBoy "the last 5% always takes half the time."
  83. why does nick griffin keep sniggering? #questiontime
  84. oh, and that was brilliant "can we reframe this question?" : you're supposed to imply that, not say it aloud...
  85. getting a bit of crush on bonnie greer. i loved nick griffins startled splutter at her facts. #bbcqt
  86. …in reply to @aeoye
    @narfmaster you're ripping off myspace? isn't that like 5kbps?
  87. i think it's time to boot into ubuntu and not turn the internet on. today imma do some writing
  88. "such an odd idea that works so well." :D
  89. RT @JezOsbourne: BNP style headlines from papers who apparently aren't racist, but are http://tr.im/CSPK
  90. RT @guided1 : Still looking for a flatmate in Wimbledon. If you know anybody please get in touch. http://bit.ly/2s2uix
  91. http://bit.ly/LpSTu : seriously, this is a pitch perfect parody. but it's also real.
  92. Seriously, the phrase "To watch 3D, customers will also require a new '3D Ready' TV" is cracking me the hell up. For realz, guys?
  93. I hadn't even read this one: "Well over a million homes have future-proofed themselves with Sky+HD" They truly have no shame.
  94. Bugger. Googled myself. http://twitter.com/v21/status/4888426917 is perhaps more prominent than it ought to be...
  95. Fine: I concede. My tweets are private. Apparently I'm safe to be allowed out in public...
  96. Just adding my upcoming radio appearances to my diary. & listening to apparently my favorite album, Everything goes Numb.'burgh will be fun!
  97. All my exes are really cool! I wish i wasn't estranged from those i am estranged with. But I deserve the estrangement, I was a bit of a dick
  98. Belle and Sebastian and Newcastle in the dusk, glowing and grey. Some odd kind of perfection.
  99. …in reply to @undefined
    @simonvansintjan Yeah: have to drop my stuff back at Steve's first, though. But there should be time.
  100. …in reply to @alitheg
    @alitheg This is why you shouldn't copy-paste code. This is the canonical reason. (just copy pasted code; it didn't work right...)
  101. Boo. Didn't get the job.
  102. Oh, goodness. I was all pissy about Unity making what I paid ~£100 for free, and then they go, and offer me a refund. Wonderful work, guys!
  103. "problem is, about halfway through yesterday I decided fuck object oriented programming, and just started passing pointers all over"
  104. since when did i know no-one's number? or, maybe my phone just doesn't like looking up numbers these days...
  105. huh. i just bought a G1...
  106. …in reply to @glassarmy
    @glassarmy Oh, yeah, "Monday". :D
  107. goddamnit, i had planned to be watching The Thick Of It, but it's not on til 10...