Category Archives: My Life

This Week in Twitter 01-14-2012

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  • I faxed my legislators letting them know I don't approve of SOPA and PIPA. Fax your legislators now. http://t.co/IcOhONld #SOPA 2012-01-18
  • Booting a Dell laptop with the specs of a pocket calculator in order to update an email list. Welcome to 2012. 2012-01-18
  • New post: This One Podcast http://t.co/NaHnAE7y 2012-01-19
  • I *know* the 'students' 'need' a lab of 12 computers for class, but *I* could easily use six of the, to warm up my office… AND do 'work.' 2012-01-19
  • Thinking about going to see John Hodgman perform in Morris on February 11th. Anyone else in? Tickets are $15. 2012-01-19
  • ahem. @boblmartens, @acspike, @nateberan the date for MinneBar 7: Saturday, April 7 2012 at Best Buy HQ. 2012-01-19
  • New post: More Accurate Dialogue http://t.co/HamDdUaH 2012-01-20
  • Chrome appears unresponsive. Attempt force quit. Dock not responding! … OH NO THE CLOCK FROZE! ABANDON SHIP!! WE'RE GOING DOWN CAPTAIN!!!! 2012-01-20
  • Result: Internal muxer error.

    Expected result: No internal or external muxer errors.

    Steps to reproduce: Throw iMac through window. 2012-01-20

  • Friday night. Time to drown my sorrows in Angry Bird fruit snacks and video games… 2012-01-20

This One Podcast

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A week ago my friend Bob Martens and I started up our very own podcast. You can find our episodes at This One Podcast website, or on iTunes.

Episodes are planned on a “once every two weeks” basis as we start off, with the possibility of moving to weekly as we get into the flow of things. The show plans to cover a good variety of topics, with the main focus being on technology. Episode one we talk about Zelda: Skyward Sword and gaming systems.

Being our first episode there were some issues with audio, but I’m sure the content will be engaging enough to make you forget all about it.

This Week in Twitter 01-07-2012

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  • Achievement unlocked: Dancing Mommy “@Martenslr: Just did "Just Dance 3" while holding a baby.” 2012-01-10
  • Forget searching Google, I'm just going to start Tweeting my search queries and only get info from people who respond. 2012-01-10
  • Dear auto correct,

    I type gt by accident, and the only advice you have for me is 'gut' or 'GT.'?

    Can't you GET a clue?

    Seriously.

    -Me 2012-01-10

  • New post: Welcome to the future! http://t.co/lJ91YX6a 2012-01-11
  • Oh come on. iPad 3 in March and 4 in October? I think we all know it'll be the iPad 2S in March and 3 in October. 2012-01-11
  • Epic Hornet vs. Honey Bee Battle on http://t.co/FWzPBJNK http://t.co/5fP1zCKS via @devour 2012-01-12
  • Guys, guys, guys… Okay. How about this: a car, powered by music!

    Amirite? 2012-01-12

  • Brain, fingers, and spell check simultaneously fail me once again.

    #happyfriday? 2012-01-13

  • I don't think I've ever made rice before. Well, it can't be that hard, can it? What could possibly go wrong?

    So, anyway… Plan B. 2012-01-13

  • Fringe!!! 2012-01-13

Welcome to the future!

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It’s 2012. By now we are suppose to be living a a utopian society filled with flying cars… Yet the state of affairs appears to be severely lacking:

  • Cruise control is not standard issue in all new vehicles. (Neither is air conditioning.)
  • Windows 7 still requires you to paste your screenshot into an image editor to save it. (Yes, I know… Android is even worse.)
  • Cell phone companies still offer plans without text messaging.
  • POP3 not only still exists, but is frequently used.
  • People are still using roman numerals.
  • 3D is apparently still a good idea.
  • People still make lists of pet peeves and annoyances.
  • Netflix still hasn’t invented a “random movie” option, or for that matter, any easy way to sort by category or MPAA rating.
This is my short list of “daily annoyances” and I’m sure I’m leaving things out. What annoys you now that we live in the future?

What else would you add to this list?

This Week in Twitter 12-31-2011

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  • I'm about *this* close to logging onto the router and blocking everyone's MAC address but my own. 2011-12-31
  • Happy flag day everyone! 2011-12-31
  • Harry Brown is awesome because the butler finally gets to be Batman. 2011-12-31
  • New post: User Experiences on XBox Live http://t.co/dwMTfnBM 2012-01-02
  • Almost to the point where we will need to hire people to come and eat our leftover Christmas cookies.

    Anyone need a sugar fix? 2012-01-02

  • Seriously. Twitter needs to do a better job of spam filtering. 2012-01-02
  • Oh Medicated Platypus… I miss you and all the innocence you encompassed. 2012-01-02
  • Every hollywood movie in existence has done rolling credits the way I want mine to look.

    Clearly, it is impossible. 2012-01-03

  • New post: A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin http://t.co/h7SX3nN1 2012-01-05
  • I bought a Kindle!!

    Now I just need to learn to read. 2012-01-05

  • Take everything he says with a grain of salt, because otherwise it's rather bland. 2012-01-06
  • My favorite Mac OS feature is how I have to rearrange the dock 6 times before the icon order sticks. 2012-01-06
  • Click button, type password, click button, click button, type password, type password, click button, click button, click button, repeat. 2012-01-06
  • When I make my OS the dialog boxes will be mandatorily accompanied by text to voice translations via Loud Howard. Also, no volume control. 2012-01-06

This Week in Twitter 12-24-2011

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  • New post: Video Game Music http://t.co/4Pncou1Y 2011-12-24
  • The fact that Apple's App Store has no wish list only indicates to me that they are completely inept in this area. 2011-12-26
  • Oh look. My 15GB game I just downloaded needs to download 500MB before I can play it… 2011-12-28
  • I hate it when movie trailers use the "scene->fade to black" method of editing.

    I'm watching to see the movie, not a black screen. 2011-12-28

  • New post: Apathetic Zeitgeist for 2011 http://t.co/shiFFsna 2011-12-29
  • Part of me says I should have gotten up at 7am so I could start the day off by watching Scott Pilgrim. 2011-12-29
  • Fellowship of the Ring. Disk 1. Bluray.

    Coffee in hand. This begins now. 2011-12-29

  • New energy drink name: Horde of Orc. "Nothing wakes you up like a horde of orcs." 2011-12-29
  • New post: Facebook Books http://t.co/MMf5KWzg 2011-12-30
  • I may have accidentally made it 82 degrees (F) in here… http://t.co/NSGhUpKo 2011-12-30

This Week in Twitter 12-17-2011

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  • 5 comments on my hat today, and the workers at Marbles even knew it was a metroid! http://t.co/r4pEG9PK 2011-12-18
  • One of my yahoo answers from 4 years ago was chose as the best answer today…

    A small victory, but I may phone in the rest the day anyway. 2011-12-19

  • Another day another twitter spammer reported and blocked. This is getting annoying. 2011-12-20
  • Watching Dark City. This was totally the inspiration for BioShock. (If it wasn't, it should ave been, at least for style.) 2011-12-20
  • Sitting by the fire with my brother. Listening to video game juice and discussing it…

    …

    …thank you auto correct. 2011-12-21

  • I'm just going to assume playing Plants vs Zombies during the Christmas concert is not acceptable…

    So Fruit Ninja it is then.

    #actmyage 2011-12-22

  • Family left a "this MUST happen" list & all promptly left. As much as I'd love to surprise them when they get back, it just ain't happening. 2011-12-23
  • Two McCafes away from a free McCafe!!!

    I've fallen for another marketing ploy… a very tasty marketing ploy. 2011-12-23

  • New post: This Fortnight in Flickr 2011-12-24 http://t.co/vRaPteK5 2011-12-23
  • My package from @jonathancoulton still hasn't arrived. He probably absconded with my money and is enjoying the beach. You're welcome JoCo. 2011-12-23

This Week in Twitter 12-10-2011

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  • My favorite Spotify feature is how I can only get it to play one song before it stops and I have to go and choose another one. 2011-12-11
  • Today I would like to thank Windows for not recognizing my flash drive and allowing me to troubleshoot for a half hour before giving up. 2011-12-12
  • A tad long, but AWESOME info. Must watch. http://t.co/674ohHFv 2011-12-13
  • Be advised that testing protocol does not require math exams to be completed before neurotoxin testing begins. Door lockdown in 3… 2… 1. 2011-12-14
  • I should design a new website today.

    *opens Microsoft Word*

    *listens for agonized screams of all web devs in earshot* 2011-12-15

  • My hands are so cold I bent my finger and it broke off… :( 2011-12-15
  • Bad news: SOPA.

    Good news: watching my boss google 'how to reheat chicken wings'. 2011-12-15

  • My blankets deserted me and I woke a minute before my alarm freezing. Counter balance with OJ and a donut for breakfast. 2011-12-16
  • Methinks its time to stop using YouTube. What are all our alternatives? 2011-12-16

This Week in Twitter 12-03-2011

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  • I like Instacast and all, but I can't control it with voice commands in my car. 2011-12-06
  • Yay! It's face palm Tuesday! 2011-12-06
  • Just spend 10 minutes scrolling back trying figure out what @nateberan and @boblmartens are complaining about.

    Still don't know. 2011-12-07

  • Aaahahahahwhhdhfhgyhhgjgiijshbdbfhfggdbsnjsgrerigkbnnvafatdyhfjguuthnjsywtegfjfoghfllaietfbgnjgudhhr!!!!!

    #Castle #commercialbreak 2011-12-07

  • Things that are cold for $200: this person this person drives a green car and is currently making lunch. 2011-12-07
  • Wow. I've never had my own hotel room before. This is kinda neat. 2011-12-07
  • Caribou coffee for breakfast. I am now in travel mode. 2011-12-09
  • The Contemporary Classical Composer's Bullshit Generator: http://t.co/EuRj15d3? 2011-12-09

This Week in Twitter 11-26-2011

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  • Luke: "He's going to tell him it's not going to work."
    Movie: "Walter, that's not going to work!"

    *high five* 2011-11-26

  • The solution to every global disaster movie is to blow something up. 2011-11-26
  • To those of you who understand what it's like to hold a program in your head as you make all the little pieces work together: cheers! 2011-11-26
  • Is it too late to start writing my novel this month? #NaNoRiMo 2011-11-27
  • Amazon spending spree. 2011-11-27
  • “@jonathancoulton: Via many of you, here is Still Alive played on floppy drives. I wants this software: http://t.co/nKFMYbpc” 2011-11-30
  • Hey! That's the same music I used in my promo! 2011-11-30
  • There is only one Peter Bishop. 2011-11-30
  • Bad: go run cable to the five cameras.

    Good: run cables to the five cameras today, and a beautiful princess will bake you a cake. 2011-12-01

This Week in Twitter 11-19-2011

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This Week in Twitter 11-12-2011

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