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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-05

chris — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Oatmeal stout at black friar @llai @blackmehrio http://t.co/6vPJMa8I #
Oatmeal stout! (with PJ and Laura at @blackfriarpub.com) — http://t.co/WnNZiLSp #
Beers at jake's @blackmehrio @ Jakes Hamburgers http://t.co/IZoJ9jZP #
Sigh. At the airport heading to Boston. #
Bleh. Spent basically 8 hours traveling yesterday. Struggling already #
Wild turkeys!! http://t.co/DvJ7rUjr #
Hah these turkeys are making a mess rooting around for stuff to eat. #
Oh signing day. Such a weird event. #
@lhicks I'm going to a town called Hicksville, ny on long island in two weeks for work in reply to lhicks #
@lhicks will do! in reply to lhicks #
My battery life decreases quite rapidly when playing those crappy zynga with friends games. Annoying that they're so inefficient. #
These specifically annoy me because the games themselves are simple. It just seems like they're constantly loading data @papertigrrr in reply to papertigrrr #
and they respond so freaking slowly. @papertigrrr in reply to papertigrrr #
@llai @papertigrrr I can see why people are having battery issues. I'm noticing a huge huge difference between when I wasnt playing and now in reply to llai #
Hm this chili is significantly spicier than I expected. Wasn't planning on sweating at lunch. #
Ok I agree with @cudin. Everyone with an iOS device should get hero academy. I need more people to play with. #
@papertigrrr @cudin turn based 1v1 in reply to papertigrrr #
@jedfonner my username is cuddlyOtter. Oops left that out of my first post. Start a game with me in reply to jedfonner #
lol http://t.co/RSgCFhN4 @llai @blackmehrio in reply to llai #
@jedfonner I just started too. Definitely don't have the hang of any strats. Just messing around with it for now. I assume you're yossern? in reply to jedfonner #
Weekend is too short when you fly home Friday evening and leave Sunday afternoon #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-29

chris — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

I'd forgotten how much I love nature shows #planetEarthSeriesIsSoAwesome #
@llai I'm so jealous people are wearing shorts! in reply to llai #
Jeez that was a pathetic dive by malkin #
Happy new year! #
@llai wow that looks amazing in reply to llai #
Go #Hokies at Pro Bowl! RT @Seahawks: Kam Chancellor and Brandon Browner will join Earl Thomas and Michael Robinson in Hawaii. #
It's not any better 2nd time around on your hotel tv. @J_Rude: 3 a.m. child rearing revelation: that A Team movie sure was a piece of crap. #
I swear that a,b,c terminals at Dulles all point to a single terminal. Same people working at the same shops! #
Coffee porter from real ale and iron joe from rahr. Yum #
Just joined path. Anyone else using it? #
At the lonesome dove in fort worth! http://t.co/wNBTO4fZ #
@lhicks it's like a combo of instagram, twitter, four square. With a pretty good interface in reply to lhicks #
Sliders, ribs, sausage! http://t.co/JEGgSQrR #
http://t.co/Fz091ukG #
Meatloaf http://t.co/Lk3xDBRl #
Tasso ham, muenster, and squash soup http://t.co/T23z9Rcl #
@papertigrrr haha yes! in reply to papertigrrr #
BBQ! At coopers http://t.co/1r8g7Jtc #
Where else can you eat a loaf of bread with your BBQ! #
@lhicks fair enough. But we only had to drive 30 minutes instead of 3.5 hours. in reply to lhicks #
@balistica @llai @lhicks I guess I'm just a BBQ neophyte in reply to balistica #
Uni shooters @blackmehrio @llai http://t.co/IKfT9bMF #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-22

chris — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

@false_cause I hope you made a Zerg rush video!! in reply to false_cause #
Omg this springhill suites is so much nicer than the courtyard. New renovations, couch, microwave, new bed, and most importantly fast wifi! #
The client I'm dealing with is so frustrating that I had a porterhouse steak for dinner instead of the salad I should have eaten. #
Angry eating- It's a terrible thing. @lhicks livin' large #
Bizarre, just saw an opossum walk past the window. Couldn't get a pic before it walked out of view though. #
Lol charmins ad is: enjoy the go. #
Why does hbo insist on showing Arthur? That movie is so terrible I'd rather have inane food network cupcake shows on instead. #
I can't muster any of the sympathy you feel @girlcanrun given the amount of success he's had despite being an awful actor. in reply to girlcanrun #
Week 2 down. Back in dc for a couple days. #
Danny glover looks terrible in that trailer for touch on fox #
@lhicks oh no! That sucks! I think you should get an Audi s4 in reply to lhicks #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-15

chris — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Ugh Massachusetts is so cold. #
@papertigrrr that would certainly make it even worse! in reply to papertigrrr #
So far these new Kenneth cole shoes are awesomely comfortable! #
@davextreme Kenneth cole has this new insole system (925) that so far works pretty well for me. only store is penta city mall. Or outlets. in reply to davextreme #
@davextreme code names for projects aren't supposed to make sense in reply to davextreme #
What world is it where Jennifer Gardner and Jessica Biel are single and angry on valentines day. Hahahaha #
Snow in Andover. Joy. #
First week of Boston is complete. Back on dc! #
Damn I came at the wrong time to chipotle. No one behind me. Tons in front #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-08

chris — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Breakfast http://t.co/IICoyqXT #
So fucking tired of us screwing up on special teams in every big game. #hokies #
I hate our coaches and their stupid fucking playcalls. #hokies #
Moronic offensive playcalls. Special teams implosions. It's the vt way. #hokies #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-25

chris — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +0000

In vb! #
@papertigrrr that pork looks awesome in reply to papertigrrr #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-18

chris — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Wow the end of the giants/Dallas game was ridiculous #
@balistica sorry the ending wasn't what you wanted. in reply to balistica #
@girlcanrun eh the only thing I cared about were that my fantasy players got hurt in reply to girlcanrun #
@lhicks lol in reply to lhicks #
Lol. Somone's playing "insane in the membrane" by Richard cheese. Hilarious cover. http://t.co/5ppTdQD9 #
Why do I always set my oil change appts do early in the morning?! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-11

chris — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Damn do we know how to suck in big games #
@papertigrrr got back from my run and saw your tweet. Turned on the game and laughed. in reply to papertigrrr #
@papertigrrr hopefully not any time soon. Although its scary that it can even be cobtemplated in reply to papertigrrr #
Lol the nickname of one of the jags d-linemen is: porkchop #
@llai it was 60 today! in reply to llai #
@papertigrrr @davextreme I couldn't find the setting on the iPhone version. in reply to papertigrrr #
@davextreme @papertigrrr still more cluttered than it should be. And still slow as shit. in reply to davextreme #
Sads. Poor vt #
@cudin you should just use tweetbot or tweetdeck regardless in reply to cudin #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-04

chris — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +0000

@cudin hah that's cute. I guess I've been away too long to interpret the pics though. in reply to cudin #
Wow I am so out of practice at golf. This is terrible #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-27

chris — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Omg how did I end up in line behind two giant inbred families clogging all the ordering at potbellys #
Sitting outside in short sleeves while Laura and Jenn shop at Anne Taylor loft. In jersey! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-20

chris — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Wow, that Thursday night game sounds awful. Jets vs broncos is cruel and unusual punishment. #
Wow this Starbucks next to the mandarin oriental is busy! #
At least I have Internet here thanks to an FCC hotspot. Still no access to anything useful at this client. #
Lol, dazed and confused reference on top chef! #
@ryanpersaud yep. Bacon! in reply to ryanpersaud #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-06

chris — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:00:00 +0000

@jedfonner is it because you're jailbroken? I haven't had any issues with iMessage. At least none that I'm aware of in reply to jedfonner #
@davextreme @DrOct I use the iPhone g+ app all the time. I second the wish that they'd make something for the iPad. in reply to davextreme #
Wow that was a great shift in the last minute by the caps! #
@cudin haha. That message makes no sense in reply to cudin #
@llai @cudin yep. Just had a brief texting exchange. He was using siri in reply to llai #
@llai @cudin Send text to Christopher I'm using Siri to send you this text in reply to llai #
Tim Brando on CBS creeps me out. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-30

chris — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Also like the site design: " @NoReservations Fascinating fish story: mobile.boston.com/business/artic… " #
Try this again: " @NoReservations Fascinating fish story: http://t.co/yO0wKhnI " #
@papertigrrr ipad2 screen isn't any better! It's cool. Just hold the iPad further away from your face in reply to papertigrrr #
Many thanks for posting links to your stories in mobile friendly formats! Greatly appreciated. @nwartersLNA @andybittervt #
We're in Austin! #
@papertigrrr @davextreme Laura and I are sitting outside drinking coffee in short sleeves. I'm not looking forward to coming back east. in reply to papertigrrr #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-23

chris — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 08:00:00 +0000

@lhicks they don't give you a free 4s?? in reply to lhicks #
@sharpieincluded @cudin you're supposed to eat it. Texture. in reply to sharpieincluded #
@j_bennett83 that blows! Broken window? Did you lose anything important? in reply to j_bennett83 #
@j_bennett83 ah, at least you don't have to replace anything on your car in reply to j_bennett83 #
@cudin "coldest day"… It's barely jacket weather! in reply to cudin #
I just ate way too many bite-sized mini snickers #
@lhicks I had enough wrappers at the end that I was too ashamed to put them in my trashcan, so I dispersed them in several others in reply to lhicks #
On our way to the Texas state fair! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-16

chris — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Super cool, espn3 replays have little markers on the timeline to show you where exciting events happened so you van skip right to then! #
Finally got my ios5 update fixed. Seems like there's always problems every release. #
Sad to see that the majority of people I text with do not have iPhones. #
I like twitter, but what's the benefit of integrating it with my contacts? #
@davextreme I seem to always have issues with restoring the backup. It's not the activation. in reply to davextreme #
@davextreme this time it tried to copy more files than I had space. Error message was awful so I had no idea what the problem was in reply to davextreme #
Is it possible to backup to both iCloud and a computer at the same time? #
I set my backup to iCloud, but synced over wifi to my computer and it rolled back some changes I'd made. Wtf #
@davextreme I suppose I could dm or @ them. But if I'm using a client to read it, why wouldn't I just use that? in reply to davextreme #
@davextreme or instead of dm, just text them in reply to davextreme #
@tweetdeck is iOS 5 support coming soon? I'd love some integration with the new notification center! #
@davextreme do you have to create a contacts entry for yourself? in reply to davextreme #
@davextreme testing the twitter integration. Why can't I dm from the contact page?? #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-09

chris — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 08:00:00 +0000

@llai haha I share their confusion despite knowing the snack. in reply to llai #
Gah. Stopped on 66 on ramp from 495. Haven't moved for 10 minutes #
Hm more like 20 minutes. Sweet #
On the road to Blacksburg! #
@jedfonner yeah. I've been using it more like twitter and following photographers and stuff. in reply to jedfonner #
At gillies!! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-02

chris — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Hm. My timing needs some work. At the Philly airport 45 minutes before Lauras flight lands #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-25

chris — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:00:00 +0000

At volt! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-18

chris — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Sushi craving about to be filled from tachibana! #
These fox soccer announcers for concacaf are terrible. Sound like they're poorly reading off a teleprompter. Herky-jerky delivery #
@jedfonner lol. Yeah, I'm sure they at least sound like they're not announcing a high school game in reply to jedfonner #
@princeofwhy I think it operates on a similar principle to magnets in reply to princeofwhy #
@cudin I use fantasy monster. Look at all the versions to make sure you get the good one that's not just for one season. in reply to cudin #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-11

chris — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:00:00 +0000

I want to drink the garlic oil leftover from the shrimp at jaleo. #
This rain is crazy! #
Wow these road closures are insane. Glad I got home when I did. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-04

chris — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Wooo it's almost time for tech's season to start! #
@balistica yeah I saw the end at the bar I was at. Pretty crazy! in reply to balistica #
Yeah hokies!!!! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-28

chris — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:00:00 +0000

@erin514 congrats! in reply to erin514 #
Hm my sesame peanut sauce got all thick and gloopy this morning. #
Earthquake!! #
Just got back from dinner with Mariana and my brother at four sisters. Roads are fine, but empty. A little standing water in spots. #
Omg candied ginger from trader joes is intense #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-21

chris — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 08:00:00 +0000

@Bread_Winners It was indeed quite delicious, thanks for asking! The decor also made us feel like we were back in new Orleans. in reply to Bread_Winners #
@Bread_Winners Nope, just someone who enjoys visiting. in reply to Bread_Winners #
@balistica congrats!! in reply to balistica #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-14

chris — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Sweet. Got caught in the storm in the middle of my run. Ran home through the storm. it stopped when I got out of the shower… #
At a sharepoint conference. Already want to leave #
I miss the good old days when vendors gave away awesome swag. #
@cudin whoah, i did actually talk to her. They were giving away these flashlight screwdriver keychains in reply to cudin #
@cudin it's been a long while since I've played a rhythm game. I'm pretty terrible at it now apparently in reply to cudin #
I hate people that never shut up because they love the sound of their own voices. #
Actually got an entire 3 seat row to myself. And these two assholes behind me gab away like schoolgirls the entire time. Loud and nonstop. #
Waiting for a seat at breadwinners in Dallas. Hope it's worth it! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-07

chris — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Blah. Back to reality and work. #
Sore after tennis. Oy, it's been way too long since I last played #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-31

chris — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 08:00:00 +0000

If you haven't seen me post here as often, it's because I'm posting more often on google+ #
@jedfonner how are you liking it so far? I haven't really paid attention to any of the streaming audio stuff. in reply to jedfonner #
Vegas woo #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-24

chris — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Go US women! #
@kenjisan yeah, but the US should have closed it out twice. Some terrible defensive miscues. in reply to kenjisan #
@kenjisan that's what I'm referring to. It was a defensive collapse. in reply to kenjisan #
@j_bennett83 wouldn't arid imply no humidity? in reply to j_bennett83 #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-17

chris — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 08:00:00 +0000

@cudin that sucks. Why was the timing so off? in reply to cudin #
At the airport, ready for my flight to Dallas. #
Wow, these seats are so narrow. And the overhead bins are full and they haven't even loaded half the people. Haha #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-10

chris — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:00:00 +0000

In dupont for an early brunch. Hopefully traffic out won't be bad! #
@cudin I think I'm going to have to get that game now. Addictive in reply to cudin #
66w completely blocked w/ traffic routed into 123. Also causing backups of 495s to tysons. At least. #
Google+ invites are open right now. Let me know if you want one #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-03

chris — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Omg there's actually donuts on donut day! #
Hangout feature of google+ is awesome! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-26

chris — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:00:00 +0000

@davextreme @princeofwhy great pic! in reply to davextreme #
Haha, I'm still laughing at http://animalsbeingdicks.com #
Still not quite awake. Today's going to be a long dreary day. #
@princeofwhy dark knight! in reply to princeofwhy #
Always weird to pull up to a light next an exact copy of your car #
Haha somehow I find myself watching The Big Hit. Such a ridiculous movie. #
Mid-day kbbq. Mmm #
Neat. The full series of Monkey Island Tales HD is now available with the first episode free til July 22. #
Heading to velocity five in merrifield to watch the USA/Mexico game if anyone wants to join us. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-19

chris — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 08:00:00 +0000

@lhicks hope it went well! in reply to lhicks #
@lhicks hah congrats! Guess I should have scrolled all the way up before replying to your earlier tweet. in reply to lhicks #
Hm, my left dress shoe started making a very annoying squish sound ever time I take a step… #
Finished a feast for crows. I don't want to wait for the next one!! What series should be next? Maybe First Law or the Malazan? #
I really enjoyed watching the game last night. US had so many chances! #
Just met Brent Johnson at Lyon hall. Former caps backup goalie. woo #
Always feel a little overwhelmed when I go to the whole foods or wegmans in fair lakes. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-12

chris — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Mmm shackstack: http://twitpic.com/57kh04 #
Yay new notifications in iOS. Finally! #
Heh, seems like so many of these new features are just blatant idea grabbing from popular jailbreak apps. #
@KelarSkye given that no one is buying android tablets, what other android devices are you syncing besides your phone? in reply to KelarSkye #
@davextreme @kenjisan yeah I'm aware that they take others ideas liberally. It was just more of a general comment. in reply to davextreme #
@kenjisan probably not drop entirely, but I think I can go down to the cheapest plan as at least half the people I text with have iPhones. in reply to kenjisan #
Finally getting to read the libelous of wwdc. iCloud sounds awesome. Storage Apis for key/value data is hawt! #
Everyone has an office at sra, but i can still hear practically every word in a conversation 2 offices away… #
Kenji, this article discusses your appleid question. RT @macworld What you need to know about iCloud: bit.ly/jicuzg #
I was doing so well until I spied the free pizza in the kitchen… #
@davextreme I would hope so! It's a little scary that they didn't announce anything about consolidation though in reply to davextreme #
@davextreme @square that's awesome! I've been super excited about that feature, but haven't run into any merchants that use it yet. in reply to davextreme #
Smells like kbbq. Blargh. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-05

chris — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Bleh, have to get my windshield replaced. Anything I should be aware of or tips before is start the process? #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-29

chris — Sun, 29 May 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Mmm food corner kabob. I've been craving you for weeks #
What mouth-breathing dumbass schedules repair work during rush hour on memorial day weekend that blocks all but one lane of 66? #vdot #fail #
Finally using our coupon at mussel bar! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-22

chris — Sun, 22 May 2011 08:00:00 +0000

I'm on a boat! #
Trying to buy a bike on craigslist sucks. Was omw to test ride and it got sold 45 minutes before I could get there. #
@cudin 52-50cm. Prefer 105 level+ comps but I'll look at anything. Send me the details in reply to cudin #
At comcast center for Laura's graduation! #
Metro delays suck! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-15

chris — Sun, 15 May 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Sigh. Locked my keys in my office and the guard made fun of me. Hah! #
@princeofwhy yay! in reply to princeofwhy #
The on/off ramps of 495 are just ridiculous video game creations now. Fun! #
Wow crazy accident in Georgetown on reservoir. Overturned car! #
Drinking with xyt at Triumph's in Philly! #

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Light Leaks

chris — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:51:07 +0000

Just finished restoring my previous sync to the new ipad. I went to the store today to get it replaced because my original one had some pretty noticeable light leaks on the entire edge of by the home button. This new one still has some leakage that I can see, but it’s much less noticeable, at least for now.

As soon as I connected it to the wireless, all the apps tried to log in and failed because the passwords aren’t saved in the sync (which is a good thing).

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I heart my ipad2

chris — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:17:48 +0000

I got mine on release day (second to last one at Target) and I’ve been playing with it non-stop. It totally fits my usage needs. It doesn’t play starcraft2, but what can you do? It’s the perfect device for when I’m on the couch watching tv or when I’m in bed.

It feels appreciably faster than my iphone4 and the larger screen makes it much more desirable to use as well. It also seems like the perfect tool for me to use to update this blog. The phone is just too small for typing and adding links and pictures. The iPad isn’t great for editing, but the larger screen makes it less awkward.

It motivated me enough to finally post the drafts of posts about our California trip last year. Entirely written on the iPhone, I was too lazy to edit them now so I just posted them because otherwise they’d never go up.

So here’s what I’ve currently got on my iPad.
Current iPad games:

Infinity Blade
Tales of Monkey Island ep1
Osmos
World of Goo
Battleheart
Puzzle Quest 2

Apps of note:

Reeder for iPad
SmugMug
imo.im – gtalk & aim client

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Rigoletto elephants

chris — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:37:36 +0000

Classical weta in dc (90.9) is airing the Metropolitan Opera’s performance of Verdi’s Rigoletto Sunday at 1pm.

In honor of Verdi and for nostalgic reasons, I resurrect elephants yeah.

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Second leg of our flight to peru

chris — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:26:40 +0000

Friday Jan 7
The second leg of our flight was ok. Sat next to a fat lady who won the elbow war. Also lost my ear drums to a toddler who wouldn’t shut up.

Arrival in Lima was crazy even at 10:30pm. Tons of people everywhere. Customs was a breeze. The taxi situation is Bizarre! So many people wanting to give you a ride. Anyone can be a taxi if they have a car and put a sign on it. Luckily we already had a pre-arranged ride.

Our hotel is cute, but it’s right on a main street so it’s a little loud. No ac is a little annoying since its humid. I’m terrible at communicating. We tried to get bottled water and it took way longer than it should have because I’m just so bad at getting non English people to understand me.

We were given a room with two double beds. Haha I think we’re the only couple in our group so the travel agent just got double beds for every room. That seemed to confuse the desk clerk.

Oh well it’s like 2am and we’ve been traveling for 24 hours.

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Strt of our Peru trip!

chris — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:06:23 +0000

Friday Jan 7th
I’m sitting in the only sit-down restaurant in tocumen, the Panamanian international airport, writing on my poor neglected blog because we’ve got an 8 hour layover.

Our day started at 2am to get ready for our cab ride to Dulles. We went through the employee security checkpoint. So much easier than normal. The flight left on time, which was great since I could see snow flurries out the window.

They served pancakes and sausage and fruit for breakfast! With metal knives and forks! Yay.

We had tried to get exit row seats but the website for copa air somehow prevented us. So instead, we saw Laura’s friend Eason on the plane sitting in them! He also had gotten the better second leg despite booking his tickets just 2 weeks ago! We booked our flight a month+ ago and the layover for his second leg was only 35 minutes at that time. Not enough time to possibly make it. But later they changed the time so it was an hour. meh. So he’s going to get there at 2pm while we’re not getting into Lima until 10:30 T_T

So we’re in the airport wandering around. At least there’s free wifi. The mountains of panama look pretty through the windows. There’s also a ton of duty free shops. Booze, watches, 42″ tvs, chocolate, and large stuffed animals: that is apparently what they want you to buy here.

For the main hub to South America, there are not many choices of restaurants in the airport. The sit down place called terra firme where I’m writing this, a Dunkin donuts and a Subway. Hah.

It took about 40 minutes to get a cup of coffee at Dunkin donuts. Slow, but the girl did seem to be paying attention. She just didn’t care about moving quickly.

At terra firme, the Ham and cheese was pressed like a Cuban sandwich and the hamburger was tasty. You could actually could taste the beef. Unexpected surprise! I’ll add pics to this post later. Hm, Laura got iced tea. We remembered too late that we should probably avoid local ice. Guess we’ll see how that goes!

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Google Buzz test

chris — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:44:49 +0000

First test post after connecting my blog to buzz.

Pretty easy once I realized that I had hidden the xfn relational section in my links editor >_<. Set up reciprocating rel=”me” links on my blog and google profile, force a google re-crawl at https://sgapi-recrawl.appspot.com, and voila!

Thanks to Dave for the info.

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iPhone Games

chris — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:09:55 +0000

ed: Thought I had posted this a while back, but apparently I’d left it in draft form. Updated and throwing it out here now.

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I recently recommended a bunch of iphone games as a twitter response so I thought I’d post a more thorough entry here.

Games I’ve got loaded:

Lux Touch – Risk style game; this is the free version which is good enough for when I get that urge.
Quordy – Boggle style game; has multiplayer challenges; I should play more, but there’s so many other games.
Fieldrunners – tower defense; my favorite of the many many TD games that I’ve tried on the iPhone.
Mecho Wars – turn based strategy game, similar to Advance Wars; I like the art style.
Tiki Towers – physics puzzler, similar to world of goo, but not as polished.
Civilization Revolution – port from xbox live. It’s not quite as detailed as the pc version, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
iBlast Moki – physics puzzler. It’s my new favorite game. I love the art style and the game theme plus level design is fantastic.
Secret of Monkey Island – classic adventure game
2 across – crosswords
Flight Control – finger drawing / time management game
Robocalypse – RTS game. ported from nintendo DS
Uniwar – turn based strategy
Tris – tetris clone

Games I’ve got an eye on:

Romance of the Three Kingdoms – koei port!
Hybrid: Eternal Whisper – action/rpg
Zenonia – zelda look-a-like
Catan – official Settlers game, but currently looking clunky

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Series Recommendation – Mistborn trilogy

chris — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:50:55 +0000

Over the last couple months, I’ve been on a reading frenzy, going through several newish fantasy series. I’ve been avoiding writing anything about them because it’s easier to just say ‘read this’, but I decided I should at least make a short post. I’ve read all of these via Stanza on the iphone. It’s an awesome e-reader that I highly recommend (it’s free).

Update: looks like I’ll just be doing one per post. Haha.

First one I highly recommend is the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. It’s epic, it’s got great characterization, and it’s got some very well thought out magic systems. As I was going through it, everything felt well planned as if driving towards an ultimate goal. I’ve been reading his annotations online at his website and it’s very clear that he’s spent a lot of time working through things to give the maximum impact to the reader.

He’s taken some familiar fantasy tropes and given them some twists. He has created a world where the archetypal fantasy hero has failed (think if frodo had kept the ring) and turned into an evil emperor. There’s some of the other usual fantasy fare like prophecies and magic, but nothing plays out like you would expect at first sight. It just feels logical once you’re done reading.

That logic even touches the several magic systems in play in the book. The main one we’re introduced to is “allomancy”, in which, certain individuals have the ability to “burn” small amounts of ingested metal to give themselves physical abilities. Different metals give different powers like a video game mana system. The actual powers aren’t outlandish, but I was pleased with how he mostly follows the laws of physics and comes up with very creative uses to achieve the feeling of superpowers. The other two systems of magic tie in together quite well as slightly different ways to achieve the same level of powers.

I can’t say enough good things about the series. It kept up a quick pace, never bogging down, but felt complete at the end. The characters changed / progressed. It’s a fairly serious story, but there’s enough jokes to keep things from getting too out of hand. In short, it’s awesome. Read it!

Ok, this was more of a review than I was originally planning. Maybe I’ll get to writing about the other series later.

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Smugmug Integration to a Degree

chris — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:43:54 +0000

Ran across this a plugin called SmugWP while trying to decide on the best way to handle adding pictures to my posts. The great feature that caught my eye is that it integrates your smugmug account to wordpress seamlessly. When you go to insert a picture, the plugin inserts a tab for smugmug in addition to the regular options. There’s also lightbox 2 support as well, which creates a very cool overlay effect for viewing pics when you click on them (rather than simply opening it in a new window). Here’s a couple pics from when we were on the mall for Obama’s inauguration. Settings I used were thumbnail for the pic, large lightbox size.

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Redirection of my blog

chris — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:48:31 +0000

So I keep paying for this site and never using it. Going to try to use the space for thoughts that can’t fit onto twitter.

I’ve managed to import all of my posts from vox (every post dated prior to this one), but boy does sixapart make it difficult and annoying. There’s no export function in vox (which sucks) and after some research, their rss feeds only show 10 entries unless you specify the page number. So I had to pull 10 posts from the rss feed, import to wordpress, repeat, until I was finally done. Then I realized that the vox posts still required a lot of editing by hand to remove vox specific code.

MEH.

Those posts are staying private until they’re presentable.

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pineapple

chris — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:03:35 +0000

For me, the word pineapple always makes me think of quake as that was a term associated with grenades. In pineapple express, it refers to weed.

Anyway, thanks to becca for the preview. As my tweet said, the first two story arcs were hilarious while I found the last act lacking. I think it just felt like they ran out of jokes and decided to shoehorn an action sequence onto the movie to wrap things up.

I did super appreciate the little touches and object placement. Two that stood out were the footprints poster in James Franco's place and the bartles & james bottles in red's bathroom.

Sigh, I was trying to post this from my iphone, but I can't figure out how to scroll a textbox up/down. Meh.

Anyway, it's worth seeing for the buddy/weed jokes.

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Internet Memes Timeline

chris — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:35:46 +0000

Timeline of internet memes – make sure to zoom in to see everything that’s listed.

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booourns

chris — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:15:30 +0000

so the volume button on my iPhone sticks. Went to the apple store in fair oaks and they ordered a replacement. So that’ll be coming Monday or Tuesday. Need to deal with backing up my contacts in yahoo I think. Also all the downloadable apps don’t start and power cycling doesn’t seem to fix it. Deleting and re-installing seems to work however. Yay gadgets. I still want to make out with my phone.

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