Tweets this Week – 2009-04-26

Karl | Tweets | Sunday, April 26th, 2009
  • I just saw 30 seconds of Star Trek and QUACKED MY PANTS. #
  • Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life playing, decent Fino, 70s political thriller downloading. We ain’t got much but it’s no bad life. #
  • Web designers who have done work on spec or for free – please email me at khodge@spodgod.com for forthcoming article in @netmag #
  • Every time American media refers to “The Times of London” or “The London Guardian”, I grind off 3 millimetres of tooth enamel. #
  • Thanks to http://www.techwitter.com, I can now unfollow a whole slew of humourless tech-wonks. Thanks @techwitter! #
  • Parents – how do you get by without sleep? I only had 3 hours last night due to fire alarm malfunctions, and I’m hallucinating at my desk. #
  • RT @jackschofield: The Pirate Google Bay http://www.thepirategoogle.com/ [or just use filetype:torrent ] via Gizmodo http://bit.ly/JOVjI #
  • RT @denofgeek: Dr Who: Gillian Anderson is The Rani? http://tinyurl.com/djrk2z #
  • New fire alarm record. Went off at 1.05 am and 4.00 am. Second time, fire brigade just switched it off for the whole building… #
  • #imissthissite Before Spotify, before MySpace Music and Napster there was IUMA – the Internet Underground Music Archive. Open source indie. #
  • Someone just shouted “blargh!” down the phone at my girlfriend. Used 1471, Googled the result, turns out to be AA Financial Services. Weird. #
  • Budget promise of 2Mbps broadband for all rather underwhelming. BT already has 98% coverage in UK. ADSL average is around 4Mbps right now. #
  • RT @garymarshall: If I earned >£150k/year, I’d leave the UK. Not because of the new tax rate. Because of the weather. #
  • RT @David_Fanning: If I ever earn enough to pay the 50% tax, remind me not to whine on Twitter and instead celebrate my good fortune. #
  • Note: the made-up company in my last tweet was going to be “Web-U-Like”. A quick Google reveals 2 dozen UK outfits with that name though… #
  • Dear PR folks; Google’s quarterlies or Microsoft’s end of year turnover are stories. The 1% rise in profit for Web-Wonk of Slough is not. #
  • I’m so excited about the forthcoming Star Trek movie that I’m starting to ovulate. #
  • Post office assistant tried to sell me contents insurance, life cover and a credit card today. I only went in for a stamp. #
  • By me @techradar – 20 cool Twitter mashups – http://bit.ly/4b7f #
  • RT @MacworldUK: New IE Twitter worm targets Oprah Winfrey, Ashton Kutcher etc – http://tiny.cc/mohp1 (Wish they were the worms from “Dune”) #
  • RT @denofgeek: Matt Damon turned down Star Trek http://tinyurl.com/csvngf #
  • This morning I dreamed that I’d created a CSS template for the positions Ruth and I lie in bed. It broke in IE8 and I fell off the side. #
  • Ah, Monday. Haven’t we already met? Do you mind if I call you “Friday 4″? That would be just super… #
  • Fearne Cotton’s Twitter updates are almost entirely composed of exclamation marks. One day, all Tweets will be like this. #
  • Tweet content analysis: the 9-5ers are bike riding, picnicking or otherwise out and about. The freelancers are all indoors working! #
  • RT @jackschofield: 10 YouTube Tricks You Should Know About, at MakeUseOf http://bit.ly/oP11V [Useful] #
  • AVGFree marketing is insistent and insidious. Upgrade nags fail to mention that the free version is still available from free.avg.com #
  • Guardian Pirate Bay poll went from 90% against verdict to 50/50 and then back again. Music industry 0 Slashdot Effect 1. http://bit.ly/SNI71 #

Tweets this Week – 2009-04-19

Karl | Tweets | Sunday, April 19th, 2009
  • Hello Sunday, you look rather familiar. I think I shall call you “Friday 3″. That’s OK, isn’t it? #
  • At its occasional best, Lost is the finest thing on TV. At its frequent worst, it’s dross. Yet, I must know how it ends. I am Lost’s bitch. #
  • Finally, collegehumor.com posts something funny. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day… http://bit.ly/jsWui #
  • Caught Lady Gaga at end of @wossy show last night. Reluctantly impressed. Like Grace Jones + Tina Turner to the power of Roisin Murphy. #
  • Hello Saturday, you look familiar. From now on I think I shall call you “Friday 2″ – how would that be? #
  • Industry spokesman predicts curtains for Pirate Bay – http://tiny.cc/UMakG (dubbing PB an “old business model”) via @macworlduk #
  • Series of Sci-Fi reprints from Gollancz shows that old school design can produce striking results (via Creative Review) http://bit.ly/w78to #
  • RT @MacworldUK: First Mac OS X botnet activated. Is it time to start taking security seriously? http://cli.gs/9zNSQ9 #
  • #followfriday writers with Tweets worth reading: @jonronson, @davegorman, @neilhimself, @ememess, @harkaway #
  • #followfriday – mags you might find me in: @macworlduk, @pclusmag, @techradar, @netmag, @computerarts, @denofgeek #
  • Seen the Diff’rent Strokes viral? I prefer this trailer for The Shining… http://bit.ly/whf8j #
  • Piratebay verdict sad. Demand for free-at-point-of-access media content proven by Spotify, iPlayer. There’s the model, movie studios. #
  • RT @guardiantech: Electric cars are welcome, but could be a silent killer for the partially sighted http://bit.ly/17a4fb #
  • Selling the old 500Mhz iBook I lovingly refurbished with my own hands last year. It feels like a betrayal. #
  • On days like this I feel like putting things on eBay has become my job. #
  • My other half is producing some stellar , traditional artwork for her new business venture. Can’t wait to launch her web site. #
  • RT @arstechnica: Bill Gates has applied for a patent on an “Electromagnetic Engine.” http://bitly.com/IB5P (Flying cars, anyone?) #
  • Credit Crunch positives: forced to eat more healthily, flat less cluttered with material goods/dead tree media, now an eBay expert. #

Tweets this Week – 2009-04-12

Karl | Tweets | Sunday, April 12th, 2009
  • Making an enormous curry. First new Red Dwarf in ten years on TV this evening. Two things not entirely unrelated. #
  • RT @Nickfromupnorth: Comedy Clip Of The Day – Yorkshire Airlines – http://tinyurl.com/cfl6pa #
  • My last Tweet lost me six followers! In unrelated news: #followfriday – @cdarwin #
  • Happy Dead Jesus Day! (That should clear out the follower’s list nicely). #
  • Unwatched Godfather trilogy boxset found in book case; like getting a present from a younger version of myself with more disposable income. #
  • Destroy the Internet with a hacksaw?, http://digg.com/d1oLmG #
  • More coffee required, faster. #
  • Frustrated about PM’s electric car announcement. I want one now! But don’t have a garage to install a charger… http://bit.ly/jwaKI #
  • Just reviewing “Perfect Diet Tracker” – great little Mac app, ideal for shifting that sedentary spare tyre! http://www.byoni.com/ #
  • RT cover story by me @pcplusmag: Feature: How To Upgrade Your Laptop http://tinyurl.com/cssukj #
  • RT @pcplusmag: Feature: Is The Internet Dying? http://tinyurl.com/dzosnv (by me). #
  • Just resurrected bricked iPod. Feeling smug. However, it was my 26th attempt and I’ve no idea why it worked this time. Smugness revoked. #
  • Tonight’s movie will be “Strangers on a Train” – on VHS. Problem: how to hook up VCR without unplugging Blu Ray, PVR, Computer… #
  • Internet connected device count in our living room: 5 computers, 2 cell phones, 1 router, 2 people. #
  • Dreamt that one hit wonder Pete Wylie (Mighty Wah!) called me a tosser in a Mojo interview after reading my work. Then I tweeted about it. #

Tweets this Week – 2009-04-05

Karl | Tweets | Sunday, April 5th, 2009
  • “I don’t hear anybody calling for Hollywood star salary caps,” says banker sans irony, proving need for salary cap. http://bit.ly/3liHIp #
  • Also, please note that usage of “Can anyone say X?” (where “X” is sarcastic commentary) is punishable by being thrown down a lift shaft. #
  • Dear Internet: the following snowclone is now played out and banned: “X is/are your friend(s)” (eg Google, Wikipedia, shoes, handcuffs). #
  • Look Back in Anger: 3 hours long. Phrase “life is pain” used. Song in the middle. You really know you’re at the theatre… #
  • Off to see kitchen sink drama Look Back in Anger tonight. Some bloke from Corrie is in it. Didn’t know that when we bought tickets, honest. #
  • Listening to Frankie Laine song “Jezebel” on Spotify, pretending that it’s the West Wing’s Martin Sheen. THOSE WINTER EVENINGS JUST FLY BY. #
  • Wondering where I can get a subscription to Wired US now that it’s likely to disappear from WH Smiths. #
  • I’m now an official @MacworldUK tweeter – so any Mac and Apple related tidbits gratefully received! #
  • The level of vitriol in #G20 channel towards protestors is entirely out of proportion. Oh, hang on; Internet. Out of proportion is the norm. #
  • RT @mkapor: End of the road for Silicon Graphics. http://bit.ly/tHla. A sad day. #
  • RT @glennrobson: Drop The Dead Donkey news setup??? #G20 http://bit.ly/yp72B (Interesting post on constructive of news narratives). #
  • The Telegraph comes 1st in the “G20 a turning point for Twitter” article sweepstake! What a bowl of cock porridge. http://bit.ly/o0Eya #G20 #
  • 21st Century curiosity: Noticed Pot Noodle container is recyclable. Activia yoghurt pot not recyclable. Conclusion? I need to get out more. #
  • BBC now showing pics. Black masked anarchists and girls in floral dresses – both hemmed in by police. It really is 1989 all over again. #
  • It’s all going a bit 80s retro. Toffs waving tenners, cops antagonising protestors. Hasn’t been a ruck like this since the Poll Tax riots. #
  • RT @matthewgain: Reuters – ‘City workers have been leaning out of windows to wave £10 notes at G20 protesters below’ what idiots #
  • Missing tonight’s Wired UK launch. Oh well. Will try to get to the next one. #
  • Rules of Internet interaction: No. 43 – There are two sides to every Internet argument. Both of them are wrong. #
  • Currently listening to Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life”. Bass production fantastic. Impressive considering Bowie was probably off his cake. #
  • The Wire starts on BBC 2 tonight. Too late to sell my season one boxset then… #