@chrismaddocks Oh right, the AI application! I thought that was magical back in the day. Reminds me, I need to sort through all my CDs.
chrismaddocks Checking hundreds of floppy disks before turfing them. Bringing back memories. Best find so far: Dr. Sbaitso
@chrismaddocks Is Dr. Sbaitso that text-to-speech engine from the early 90’s?
shitmydadsays “It’s never the right time to have kids, but it’s always the right time for screwing. God’s not a dumbshit. He knows how it works.”
Using keyboard shortcuts to do repetitive tasks on my computer makes me feel like I’m in the future. That and this cool tinfoil hat.
Check out what that hill in the default XP wallpaper “Bliss” looks like today: http://www.goldinsenneby…
Magic Highway USA http://tinyurl.com/btba5m <- classic Disney predictions from 1958 about transportation. Hat tip to @gruber.
My wife just finished a half-marathon. You know, running. A lot. Practicing to get away from me? Just kidding, congratulations Fran! #fb
A: Eating Pop-Tarts and watching Mythbusters after the kids go to bed
Q: What’s a clear sign your wife’s away
I wonder if fighter pilots hate the Kenny Loggins song “Danger Zone” as much as I imagine they do? #fb
Easy for celebs to get in trouble online now. Need 2 B responsible.
http://m.apnews.com/ap/d…
What I learned at breakfast: when a 4 year-old offers you his seat, it’s wise to check for spills before sitting down! #fb
@SlvrLambStudios She’s running in the Seattle half-marathon on Sunday, and went down early with friends to shop and hang out.
Fran’s away this weekend. While mommy’s away, the children will play. Oh wait, I have to be the adult now?
Free band name: Doogie and the Howsers
@MikeTRose Five-hour naps (even unscheduled ones) are wonderful. Colour me envious!
RT @rands When you say, “You’re the boss” I hear “We got together and all agree that you’re about to screw this up”
My iPhone is jailbroken - is it insecure? http://bit.ly/5MwUaZ [DLS post]
Want some Krakus, the caffeine-free instant coffee substitute from Poland? @glentrainor, I’m looking at you.
Shouldn’t it be spelled fonetic?
Where can I buy that awesome new Slap Bet game? It looks like a riot!
@geehoneybee She types really fast, so probably a bunch of them in a row…
My wife mistyped the word “doing” on her iPhone, and it was auto-corrected to “euthanasia”. What the hell?
@SuePolinsky Totally agree - no quoted text is craziness!
RT @chartier: I hate bottom replies in email. I know what I wrote, I wrote it. I don’t need to be told again. Just show me your response.
RT @ebertchicago OMG! Man in coma 23 years was aware of everything. http://j.mp/88mn0G
RT @rands The formula is pretty simple — if it looks like I don’t care, I don’t.
Life is very short, and there’s no time… for fussing and fighting my friend.
@ebertchicago I’m Canadian, and spent about a year obsessing about the assassination in my early teens. Stone’s JFK was closure, sort of.
RT @jen_robbins: Hates vampires, there are no movies to see
Where Should I Eat? Fast Food Edition (flowchart) http://bit.ly/2oWW52 via @miketrose (I live in Canada, and TH is not the only option!)
“When attributing a tweet as a quote, is it he tweeted or he twittered?” -@APStylebook (Actually, the proper term is “tooted”. No kidding.)
RT @FakeAPStylebook In a double entendre, write a figure of speech so it can be taken in two ways—from the front and from the rear.
I just noticed the cowbell in the Beatles’ “Drive My Car”, awesome. << Insert more cowbell joke here >>
Nothing like listening to early Beatles to put you in a good mood.
It’s after 10:30 and I just remembered I brought coffee to work in a travel mug. Busy much? Amazingly, it’s still hot. #fb
http://www.techcrunch.co… - TechCrunch is criticizing http://www.engadget.com for attention-seeking? Wow, kettle / pot!
Thanks to a generous co-worker, looking forward to taking in a Vancouver Giants game at the Pacific Coliseum tonight with my eldest son!
I have a love/hate relationship with coffee: 15 Things worth knowing about coffee: http://theoatmeal.com/co… via @patricknorton
RT @FakeAPStylebook When describing earth-moving machinery, make sure to distinguish between regular bulldozers and deadly killdozers.
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” Winston Churchill via http://bit.ly/312QOM
Black socks with Crocks = ROCKS! #fb
I just unlocked the “I don’t give a shit about Foursquare” badge on @foursquare. Now to find the “auto-unfollow for mentioning FS” feature.
RT @YouQuotedQuotes: Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. ~ Gilbert Keith Chesterton
RT @KenLevine How many of your Facebook “friends” would actually come to your funeral? And of those, how many would poke you?
RT @jen_robbins: @jasonclarke “milo’s dad came over to play polkadots!” <- that’s awesome! Poker, polkadots, same difference, right?
That last tweet didn’t start out all negative and cynical; that’s just the VALUE I ADDED with my social media expertise. You’re welcome.
Is now a social media expert. That’s still the cool thing to be doing right? Tell your friends to follow me for useless tips and shit.
RT @ericasadun: A little preview of Draw: http://bit.ly/3eskOg I’ve been working on this with Brett Terpstra (@ttscoff) - wow, looks great!
Had fun playing poker at Bill’s. Would have been more fun if it weren’t for that Jack on the river, but that’s how it goes, I guess. #fb
RT @hotdogsladies Housekeeping put the plastic cover they found on my toothbrush. Which is super-nice if it had actually belonged to me.
RT @swirlee I like to do Parkour without all the running, leaping, and rolling. I call it Porkeur.
Every morning I’m terrified my electric razor is going to die when I’m only 1/2 done shaving.
Apple’s app store may be profitable now, but …
http://bit.ly/2lmL1x
I’m just really stressed about the bake sale.
I still have an ear plugged after being very sick last week. It’s remarkable how off-balance and distracted a plugged ear can make you.
Is seeing a rainbow on the way to work a good sign? (photo) http://yfrog.com/b6ywjsj
RT @ttscoff Does “Remember password” mean nothing to you, iTunes? It’s like talking to a wall, but with more iPhone apps involved.
RT @badbanana If you eat a balanced breakfast, everything else is part of a balanced breakfast. Including a bottle of rum 14 hours later.
Gladwell says to be an expert takes spending 10,000 hours of practice. I think I’m now an expert at blowing my nose and looking like a hobo.
.@gruber seems to ask for features @evernote has, but won’t accept it as a solution. Their iPhone app needs work, but better than nothing.
@geehoneybee Nahh, slamming football doesn’t count as being negative; it counts as having taste / using my brain / being reasonable. :-p
And I’m all like whatevs, yo!
I just found out my wife hates my Twitter persona. And that I’m not witty, especially when I try to be. & my avatar is ugly. I’m ok, sniff.
I retweeted some teasing about #nanowrimo earlier, but it’s definitely a valuable exercise. http://bit.ly/2mJ6Yh But why November?
@SuePolinsky Yep, you make a good point!
My frozen lasagna doesn’t look anything like the package. I’m shocked, SHOCKED, I say! Not bad, though, considering…
RT @AmyJane Just an idea: Take a few months and write a good novel. No rush.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. ~ Winston Churchill
Yes, it’s MY fault that you can’t type the password that YOU chose correctly into the log-in field at least once in 3 tries correctly.
So now I know why we don’t normally eat candy for dinner.
I need a do-over. #fb
@nbradbury I’ll find out whether I can do that.
Why are parents of young children surprised that they didn’t sleep in when we turned our clocks back? Can’t remember back one year?
Because they’re slow and boring, get it? No, but seriously… they are.
I just figured out why there’s so much tweeting about baseball and football: because there’s TIME to tweet when watching those sports. Lots.
@nbradbury Many products are “branded” differently than their ownership, which is what I thought was being implied. Mea Culpa
@nbradbury Sorry, I misinterpreted what being NewsGator-branded meant (& didnt mean) for FeedDemon in the DLS post (http://bit.ly/4i9mwE).
Her: If I die, miss me a lot.
Me: (surprised) Uh, I’d probably be incapacitated.
Her: Yeah, that’s good… do that.
So how you wanna kick it, gonna kick it root down