Tweets from 2011/07
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@me_backwards I'd seen the site, but I don't know what one will *do* there? Is it like, fan fiction or summat?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus steam summer sales are just too successful. We've got enough games already!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge a slap and a kick, for being a bitch (that's why you have to say "no returns")Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LowPolyStudios "mobile and social", no word of financing structure, "first salty taste"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry @Dick_Hogg some of them things have a rotating nozzle, for use on hair.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@CharlesYarnold The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pozorvlak I assume you're read Where Mathematics Comes From?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Audio: Some lovely new Ghost Monkey. http://tumblr.com/xui3ad0xl0Permalink Look on archive.org
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Google Plus is most like Livejournal.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@srules heh. not as fun as that half an hour of bitter argument before watching any films, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Hey look I did some "procedural" "city" "generation". And then posted it on our corporate blog. Go look! blog.plastudios.co.uk/2011/07/how-to-build-a-city/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@_joecavers the exact rhythm of footsteps running down the stairs and pivoting on the bannister at the bottom.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@_joecavers I miss that house. :(Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hidingseeking @NMMGreenwich ah-hahah, Danish thigh-slapping is spreading. Sore legs ahoy!Permalink Look on archive.org
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#LondonIndies ahoy!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SFBTom ooooooh, very pretty.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge Catan! I have a set. We should play.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@glassarmy oh, thank goodness for that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@simonv3 oh christ, that reflex is awful.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef there is! I should probably post them somewhere better, but : wiki.hackspace.org.uk/wiki/GamejamPermalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef and dear god it is not imposing to make games for the machine. WANT MORE GAMES.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef tbh, I just wanna play games on it. :DPermalink Look on archive.org
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@srules I'd say "break a leg", but I wouldn't want to give your body any more encouragement.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke that's transmedia for you... always letting you down.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@zoewi @edgeonline @Vlambeer we were playing it on The Beast last night! Games are always better standing up.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@thomasapage There's also readregular.com/ , which is a bit more normal looking.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@simonv3 were they good? i bet they were good.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@simonv3 I have no idea if they're still relevant, but I still love them.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry @KommanderKlobb hey, "shitwank parade", that's pretty good, I like that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry @KommanderKlobb sweet! Can they glow in the dark?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TinManGames @KommanderKlobb @oh_cripes First Monday of the month, which makes it ... the first of August. At The Crown in Islington.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @PLAstudios: fine figures of men blog.plastudios.co.uk/2011/07/one-for-the-ladies/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@danintheshed ah, was it the bad-caps plague?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@danintheshed no, it's way more interesting. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague - industrial espionage gone wrong!Permalink Look on archive.org
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"Sunday Sun"Permalink Look on archive.org
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webwhois.nic.uk/cgi-bin/whois.cgi?query=thesunonsunday.co.uk guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2011/jun/28/newsinternational-rebekahwade?CMP=twt_gu I wonder if there's revelations about the Sun to emerge?Permalink Look on archive.org
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s/wonder if/hope/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge ha, bet you feel like a right tit now!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tiedtiger heh - but it did consistently make a profit...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ballboymusic Complicating factor is that the police did illegal things too... ie they received the bribes NI paid.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@musebloom Not just the Tories, Labour's as bad. Lib Dems would've been, if given the chance. #bbcqtPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Rachelbug1 nope. just about to book train tix 13th - 21st, tho.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Rachelbug1 boo! london show is sold out, too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@musebloom oh, they're not being cowardly, they just ... don't want a decent enquiry. Why would they? Both parties are in bed with Murdoch.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Bristol's zombie contingency plans whatdotheyknow.com/request/preparation_for_the_zombie_apoca#igfestPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tiedtiger would that that was enough to doom a business model. They've been doing this forever - look at Squidgeygate.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke was this how I ended up watching a bit of Fry and Laurie til too late last night? If so, damn you!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tiedtiger yeah, newspaper industry is in the shit. but the red-tops are the least endangered. and this shit has been going on for decades.Permalink Look on archive.org
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You want some funky music? Here is some funky music: youtube.com/watch?v=BaVGha099jUPermalink Look on archive.org
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Finally figured out where Thursday drums at the start of Opiuo's Creamy Taco are from. It was Blur's Coffee and TV. Thank goodness!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario 0_oPermalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario you should leave it up. But i did pull that face when i read that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pumpkinspiced get off your phone and hang out on g+! @simonv3 @brunopanara @tonicblue @RubZo @robertpeacock22 @la_miaow @richlittPermalink Look on archive.org
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@thomasapage @robinlacey they look beautiful!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Dudes! Does anyone want to live with me come end of August. Looking for flatmates for a place in East London.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Buying tangfastics and lemonade on my way to the park. I feel ADULT.Permalink Look on archive.org
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That was some good drinking yesterday. I wonder if the cafe is still open.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Dick_Hogg @AVLickens nice lasering!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus i getcha. let me know if you fail, it'd be good to live wih you guys.Permalink Look on archive.org
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And fuck your Honda Civic, I've a horse outside. youtube.com/watch?v=ljPFZrRD3J8&NR=1Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge me too! also i need a new bike. because i still refuse to touch my old mountain bike rusting in the back garden.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@simonv3 you sell albums, you post mixtapes.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow that looks really good, i'm now raking my brain for topologically interesting shapes to play on...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge :< I cut my hair last night. I look a little spoddy, but I'll live.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge ... yeah, on balance hearing your own voice live is slightly less disconcerting. but also odd and disconcerting.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario functional contact high?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge @HilariousCow And when that rainbows shining over you....Permalink Look on archive.org
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Race conditions on human reaction times. squarefree.com/2004/07/01/race-conditions-in-security-dialogs/Permalink Look on archive.org
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This happened: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_FloodPermalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge "Sing" always seemed a bit wank til I saw it live. Then I very much got the point.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tomscott this is why there's only a limited number of times you can take apart any given laptop.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Is there a difference between https://twitter.com/share and https://twitter.com/intent/tweet ?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robertpeacock22 yeah, i'm doing some integration the now, but the two endpoints appear to have the exact same functionalityPermalink Look on archive.org
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@robertpeacock22 although they're marketed differently. but given the time it took to find this out, wanted to check i wasn't "ass"umingPermalink Look on archive.org
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RE my previous tweet: obviously, there is not. One is a redirect to the other.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir haha, did you move the robot can to follow me? - & did you see I got the loader running? 'Cuz I totally did.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@simonv3 what, their knees falling off?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@musebloom @Rachelbug1 tales of the blonde! I loved those! :DPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jedbuckenham consider yerself followed.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@iamtef but that's hideously nonstandard, too, if using a modal dialog. Besides, if the "ok" button is over the page, the double click worksPermalink Look on archive.org
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@iamtef consider that if you click "install" when in full screen mode /something/ ought to happen.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @CharlesYarnold: The first working qr code knitted @londonhackspace http://lockerz.com/s/119675860Permalink Look on archive.org
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A thing game design has taught me: how long 0.3 seconds feels like.Permalink Look on archive.org
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An excellent article on the mass of detail and design that goes into a game. http://www.polycat.net/2423/low-level-systems/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@terrycavanagh I'd swear at mencoder, fiddling with command line options for half an hour.Permalink Look on archive.org
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:'( "@samhansford: Breaking news: the outside mosque kitchen is gone. #edinburgh #endofanera"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@JoeCavers I have one. I rely upon it, but I wish I wasn't giving those fuckers my money.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees won't somebody strain this wine!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@auntiepixelante I would buy any console Mother 3 was released in English for.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir I was pondering coming down just for the pissup, but no idea how sensible that'd be.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@reallyfancy but @asponge has the kind of job where she can swan off earlier than 6 pm.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@simonv3 shouldn't have doubled up previously, clearly.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus I do! That's why I'm about to get on a train to Cambridge! Sucka!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge Here are Pleasant Electronic Noises open.spotify.com/user/v21/playlist/1GloCJhZuEWdQFmU4GzHhFPermalink Look on archive.org
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STILL haven't left the house. But I do have flapjacks in the oven. #doingitwrong #tigjamuk5Permalink Look on archive.org
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@new_nomad dissolve (dark) sugar in honey or syrup, add many oats as it'll take, put in oven to caramelize the topPermalink Look on archive.org
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@new_nomad then make a mess removing & slicing before it's properly cooled. Also, I put chocolate in this lot - but often lemon and raisins.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario does that usually fix things?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@new_nomad no butter - assume that softens them up some? Might give that a go next time.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robinlacey that's what I call good managin'!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@new_nomad the dubstep talk sounded awesome. Enjoy!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lampholder would it be a bit tedious?Permalink Look on archive.org
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i.imgur.com/gtaoo.png #screenshotsaturday #tigjamuk5 #royaltyPermalink Look on archive.org
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[blog] v21.posterous.com/fight-or-flee - A card game I made for #tigjamuk5Permalink Look on archive.org
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"It's a bit emo - I mean, it has emotions. Music should just be about fashion and shapes and that stuff" -- @oh_cripes on Aidan MoffatPermalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb It's okay, he was being facetious. I think, anyway, it's hard to tell with Joe.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ballboymusic: All ballboy albums (plus Midsummer and Money Can't Buy Music) now available on Bandcamp http://ballboy.bandcamp.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @whitingjp: Royalty breeding program jonathanwhiting.com/temp/saturday16073.png collab with @v21 #screenshotsaturday #tigjamuk5Permalink Look on archive.org
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Things I own keep falling apart.Permalink Look on archive.org
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checking commits while I was away - I wonder what stuff was changed. commit message : "God knows..."Permalink Look on archive.org
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... stuck on Titus Andronicus. It's really good, though, so I guess I win.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Fuck, this is what living in the future feels like, huh?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@whitingjp can you send me the source? I might have a poke at that. Even if it's just to fix my spritesheet...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@srules "what's that, are you coding in iTunes?"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tierneylovell hiya!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tierneylovell @musebloom I am! And you should! I think the criteria are "east" and "cheap" and "not a shithole".Permalink Look on archive.org
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I hope it had horse sperm mixed in.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"difficult to say the company should have known something when it was not known that a fact was a known fact to be known"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge I love you, never change.Permalink Look on archive.org
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everyone is all anticon these daysPermalink Look on archive.org
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hey shit, i've finally broken free of Titus Andronicus and can listen to new music again this is acePermalink Look on archive.org
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@Gillespionage @simonv3 i'm not falling for your schemes.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry i am not! although i have never managed to properly get into it, i know there's some really excellent stuff there.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kalligula yep. everyone loves 'em.Permalink Look on archive.org
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if this boat was real i would kick it. fucking boat.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris guess the hot new word really is "skeuomorphic"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris it always makes me think of cider... now i want some cider.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Two links on reading your opponent at rock-paper-scissors that mesh interestingly together: sirlin.net/ptw-book/7-yomi-spies-of-the-mind.html & bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14199110Permalink Look on archive.org
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I wish Goodhart's law was more widely known: basically, once a proxy measure is used as a target, then it stops being a useful proxy measurePermalink Look on archive.org
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@jon_ellis I see it fairly often. But I haven't read actual evidence. It makes sense to me, & I'm content with that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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actionscript ought to have operator overloading :(Permalink Look on archive.org
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or a vector2 type, that'd work too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@iainlobb "Vector2.add(vec1, vec2)" is most definitely worse than "vec1 + vec2". I mean, I'll survive. But it's awful.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@drenmc wombflashforest.blogspot.com/2011/06/elements-of-music-as-elements-of-games.html has been flipping my game-designing wig.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@iainlobb hm, might well do it that way. Why'd it be faster (assuming you don't create a new Vector object in either)?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @zunguzungu: "You can see desire lines worn into the surface of grass. You cannot see them on asphalt." grist.org/infrastructure/2011-07-20-when-design-kills-the-criminalization-of-walkingPermalink Look on archive.org
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Two amazing things that are amazing at the same time and in my ears. milieu.bandcamp.com/album/eufloria nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html . One is also a bit sad.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@new_nomad it is *a* literacy. But there's more ways to be literate than anyone will be able to learn in their lives. So it's okay.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@new_nomad well, hey, it's useful. and you do hang round coders a lot. start poking stuff, figure out how to break it & how it works!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tomscott The rent was just too damn high, apparently.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AshbyZouche I don't care about Game of Thrones. Does that count?Permalink Look on archive.org
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oh yes, so good: metal slug gifs: fattyboy.com/Metal%20Slug.htm (via @st33d)Permalink Look on archive.org
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"In upcoming Unity demo, we drop from a 3D top down shooter to a text mode adventure game if we detect really, really crappy hardware"Permalink Look on archive.org
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You know that recently announced inquiry? You know, about phone hacking? It'll now also ask if the BBC is too big.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I wanted to do a thing, and then I asked the Internet how, and then the Internet didn't know, and then I figured it out and now IT WORKS.wooPermalink Look on archive.org
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@rix0r what's wrong with bandcamp & soundcloud?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rix0r who finds new music on Spotify? - it's not a discovery service. You couldn't link yr page on Spotify, either.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rix0r but you can't host your band's stuff there - too many people don't use Spotify.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rix0r which isn't to say it couldn't become a thing... but I guess I'd dislike it if it did.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rix0r I think it mainly irritates me that it's not on the web. It's not in-browser. It's painful without a subscription.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I'm living the life - cheesecake for breakfast #cheesecake4lyfePermalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle even Santa Claus likes videogames!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@emeraldsong I am fully a fan of this.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I hope I have some food at home...Permalink Look on archive.org
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So most people using *that hashtag* seem to be people saying to stop using the hashtag to complain about the hashtag trending. #notusingitPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Dick_Hogg ... yesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tiedtiger Think of them as an excuse to eat a cup full of gravy.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cuddleslag yeah, that's the one. It was started sarcastically, apparently.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry 50% of training for on call at old job was exactly how pissed you could & in what circcumstances while on call.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@musebloom @cuddleslag again, started sarcastically, then propelled by outrage at it's own existence...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Icarus_Tyler @HilariousCow I dunno, it's a good marker of "not done yet!" - like doing a mockup with comic sans.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@srules dude, you need to BUY SOME DOMAINS.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@srules you know what I do, when I feel lost and don't know which way to turn? I buy a domain.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@srules in fact - #notetoself - buy more domainsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge where are you headed? Brighton, I presume? Think I might go to Edinburgh a week later, & see her there.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@srules not cranky, it's just a fun thing to do. How could it not be?Permalink Look on archive.org
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"I have the moon, you have the internet" is an amazing track title.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Thinking of calling my new game "Precious bubble popped by jealous god"Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is too many days in a row to leave my loose leaf jasmine green tea at home.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I mean, I have the cutest tea infuser at work, and it's got no tea to infuse.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris AND I keep forgetting to go photocopy the paperwork to open that ISA!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cses you mean you didn't want an honest opinion?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cses but in that case, I can't imagine why you'd ask...Permalink Look on archive.org
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!! :D "@ballboymusic: Mixing new ballboy songs. They are lovely (if I say so myself!)"Permalink Look on archive.org
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I have a terrible tendency to plump for the first reasonable solution.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@imaginary_lines you're coming for the Sandpit?!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@imaginary_lines yep! should be running a game there too. how long you about for?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jtsgames @Slaktus @danthat @State_of_Play I know @KommanderKlobb has been talking wanting to bring laptops back to #londonindiesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @jtsgames this is a thing that will need active organizing, unlike #londonindies. different atmosphere, too. but both are good.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry I need stickers. I hunger for them.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Choplogik: Good friendships are like lethal ninja assassins; you never know where they might spring from.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge such a good book. that orange blanket...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier I think irony ought to be able to be delicious. And people can be tasty.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Willesden Junction, 1am. Again.Permalink Look on archive.org
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It was lovely to see all the Wammux lot again, though. Too long!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@vetraskr the bus is STILL NOT HERE. Oh, wait, now it is.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef me too. mango lassi and bacon bagel. & gentle music. & yet.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb if only that game had microtransactions...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle @DirtyRectangles oh, that's beautiful. can't wait to play it now!Permalink Look on archive.org
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How's "Clandestine Candy" as a name?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@vetraskr a real-life game I'm going to be running at the Sandpit next week.Permalink Look on archive.org
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no, these might be better : "CLANDESTINE CONFECTIONS"? "SECRET SHERBET"? "DENTISTS-UPON-SEA"? Thoughts? Any advance?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Sabrepulse this evening!Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is ridiculous.Permalink Look on archive.org
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If anyone is up, enjoys the music of sabrepulse, and would like to come to stoke newington - then I am surprised.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Rachelbug1 well, I'm sitting in Dario's living room with him, and he's playing tunes for us. All seriousness, wish you were here.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris oop! what idea was it? I hope you're right.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris oh, ace. yeah, there may well be something in it. but not sure quite how. would love to see, though!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Dick_Hogg dya really think the scene is so bad? I think it's pretty okay. And improving & expanding, which is the best part.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir @Dick_Hogg scenes themselves are nearly always bullshit and politics. it's what happens around them and within them that's cool.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir @Dick_Hogg by which i mean, the only part of scenes that deserve attention are yr friends.Permalink Look on archive.org
