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Twitter Updates (1-31 October 2011)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:52:53 +0000

 08:24 PM Oct 5th
Desserts at Lickity Split were fantastic! Good thing it’s quite a walk from my apartment, could be dangerous ;-) cc/ @ejfinneran 06:48 PM Oct 8th
Movie roundup: Killer Elite (meh), Tucker and Dale Vs Evil (good), Drive (very good). Tucker & Dale would have been better w/o the trailer. 08:00 AM Oct 10th
The Corliss Resolution – http://t.co/ej2elzuE #skydiving #wingsuits 09:16 AM Oct 10th
@dep I’m having the same problem with my iPad and iPhone 3GS. I don’t want to wait for my 4S to arrive to play with iOS 5. 02:51 PM Oct 12th
@dep tried from 10.6.8, will try on Lion when I get home. 02:53 PM Oct 12th
@rmatta @dep I’m guessing the servers are just getting slammed. 02:57 PM Oct 12th
@dep @rmatta sucks that it has to start from the beginning instead of retrying authentication. Backups take forever. 03:01 PM Oct 12th
@dep I’m gonna have to go with @stephencelis on this one. A watched progress bar never moves. 04:31 PM Oct 12th
@rmatta @dep got my phone updated. Took about an hour for update and re-syncing. Wife’s phone and my iPad next. 06:27 PM Oct 12th
@pvponline my 3GS won’t auto-connect to my in-law’s router (all other devices are ok). I assume it’s because they left it named “linksys”. 08:12 AM Oct 13th
@corywilkerson when Lilly integrated product/category/review search in a week, they were finally sold. Still haven’t replaced Endeca, yet. 08:38 AM Oct 13th
Just bought my tickets to see Ghostbusters next Thursday at the AMC River East. Anyone else in? 08:00 PM Oct 13th
And with the weekend gone, Hawks training is complete for the season. Up next: Nationals! #skydiving 06:48 AM Oct 17th
@danbenjamin I’m right there with you. I’ve avoided Facebook this long, requiring it to sing into a random app just means I won’t try it. 09:00 AM Oct 18th
@jeffcohen welcome to the club. 04:34 PM Oct 18th
@stephencelis @ejfinneran are we talking mini-cupcakes or the real thing? 07:44 PM Oct 19th
First one in the theater for Ghostbusters! “Hey. We should stay here. Tonight. Sleep here. You know, to try it out.” 06:14 PM Oct 20th
Got tickets to see THE ’VERSE: Another Firefly Story at the iO Theater on November 10th! cc/ @ejfinneran 10:03 PM Oct 26th
ORD ✈ LAX
I love that airport security in Chicago doesn’t bat an eye at my skydiving gear. 07:03 PM Oct 27th
@timoax still on the two Dew breakfast? 09:54 AM Oct 28th
LAX ✈ PHX
Nationals, here I come! I’ll be competing in 4-way and 8-way Formation Skydiving at the intermediate level. #skydiving #nationals 08:15 PM Oct 28th
Man, I should have bought Reeder a long time ago. It actually makes Google Reader useable on the iPhone. 09:26 PM Oct 28th
I’m confused. I just saw someone with an iPhone, who also had printed directions. What’s the point? In case your phone blows up?? 11:26 PM Oct 28th
National tried to up sell my rental car. Declined. They were out of stock and I got the upgrade for free. #winning 12:19 AM Oct 29th

Twitter Updates (1-30 September 2011)

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:24:23 +0000

Finished the Merchant Princes series with The Trade of Queens. Not as exciting as previous books, but a decent conclusion to the series. 09:52 AM Sep 7th
@robmalchow :-) RT @rands: Life of a whale biologist: http://t.co/1T5gJif (@reddit) 06:41 AM Sep 8th
@lartist thought of you when I saw this today – My Little Ponies pop icon sculptures by Mari Kasurinen http://t.co/VLmdgcJ 08:09 AM Sep 9th
Woo! We (the Hawks) managed to take home the gold in today’s MWSL meet (AA class) – 7.2 average over 5 rounds. http://t.co/dThrXSg 09:35 PM Sep 10th
Put my coach rating to use today: made two PAID coach jumps and Steph completed the requirements for her coach rating! #skydiving 04:48 PM Sep 11th
English muffins expiring soon… mini-pizzas for dinner! 07:09 PM Sep 12th
Kickstarter – ZOMBIES, RUN! Running game & audio adventure for iOS/Android: http://t.co/8U7sU8a 11:19 AM Sep 13th
Ghostbusters returning to cinemas this Halloween! #WhoYouGonnaCall http://t.co/TbICESq 01:24 PM Sep 14th
If the 30 second sample of The View is representative of Lulu, this will be the second Metallica album I’ve skipped. #WillStillSeeThemLive 08:11 AM Sep 19th
As a birthday present to myself, I placed an order for a new Mustang! Candy Red V6 Premium Convertible with Mustang Club of America package. 08:43 PM Sep 23rd
@jeffcohen except if you are trying to minimize the size of the HTML output. 12:59 PM Sep 24th
@nik_ ugh. I hated Mastodon when I saw them live. Don’t get the appeal. I think it’s mainly the vocals I don’t like. 11:12 AM Sep 27th
First WhirlyBall experience. Lots of fun. Great tech outing. 05:15 PM Sep 29th
@nicolespag totally looking forward to seeing Ghostbusters in the theater next month! 07:27 PM Sep 29th
@sethbro this the one you are looking for: http://t.co/PTvIwrhl 04:32 PM Sep 30th

Twitter Updates (1-31 August 2011)

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:38:10 +0000

@mikeash I saw the preview for Battleship yesterday… Still can’t remember where space aliens were in the home version. 01:13 PM Aug 1st
@andrewbloom @club_is_open @jeffcohen +1 I started with the iPhone app when it went free and have gladly paid for the desktop version. 01:21 PM Aug 1st
Genius! RT @ZachWeiner: New shirt design in the works. Be honest. You’d buy it: http://t.co/W31oORM 02:19 PM Aug 1st
@corywilkerson congrats! When do you move in? 07:41 PM Aug 2nd
@club_is_open I still say Anathem is worth reading, even if it comes with its own dictionary. 07:44 PM Aug 2nd
Wow. After the second episode of Dollhouse, I’m hooked. (cc: @daveshemenski) 08:45 PM Aug 3rd
@jephjacques all I remember from the live action Fist of the North Star is the opening scene. Probably for the best. “You’re already dead.” 10:09 PM Aug 3rd
Great concept! Too bad it’s only in Baltimore this year. 5K Obstacle Course Zombie Race – Run For Your Lives http://t.co/nzw2pz5 06:52 PM Aug 4th
Steph and I are at Tapas Las Ramblas celebrating our 4th wedding anniversary. :-) 07:22 PM Aug 4th
Finished reading Rule 34, the new futuristic crime drama by Charles Stross. 11:48 AM Aug 5th
First half of Mayhem Fest complete! Bring on the main stage!! 06:17 PM Aug 5th
@corywilkerson I may have mellowed in my day-to-day listening, but I’m metal through and through. 08:12 PM Aug 5th
I will never tire of Godsmack’s drum solo. 09:32 PM Aug 5th
I’ve seen Disturbed on tour with every album. It would be a shame if this truly is their last tour. But, I was there and they rocked! 01:03 AM Aug 6th
@club_is_open low center of gravity is safer. I’d go with a sports car. 10:08 AM Aug 7th
Went to see Captain America over the weekend. Effects were cool, but overall it was lacking in story/realism (even for a superhero movie). 10:26 PM Aug 8th
Finally got around to reading Avdi Grimm’s Exceptional Ruby. Quick read, very good, recommended for all Ruby developers http://t.co/dh3WS0n 10:00 AM Aug 10th
@corywilkerson @dep just thinking about a lyric website done in Flash makes me shudder. 10:48 AM Aug 10th
Setting up my new 13" MacBook Air. Apple products not pictured: 3rd Gen iPod, iPod nano. Taken with my wife’s iPhone 4. http://t.co/NSYFvFU 04:42 PM Aug 11th
Does the MacBook Air have a Fast User Switching (Login Window) shortcut key? http://t.co/KgEzt5o 05:32 PM Aug 11th
MDW ✈ PHX Skydive tunnel training and jumping this weekend! 08:31 PM Aug 11th
PHX ✈ MDW I’m sore after a good training weekend. An hour of 4-way in the tunnel and 9 jumps over two days. Next weekend: more training! 04:32 PM Aug 15th
Want to attract airport security attention? Carry on a parachute and have spent shell casings in your bag. Had ~5 people around the monitor. 06:14 PM Aug 15th
Delayed flight means longer wait for public transportation home. But, I did finish reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, so win? 12:09 AM Aug 16th
ooh, sneak peek of IDW’s Ghostbusters issue 1: http://t.co/YLV0liS #WhoYaGonnaCall" 02:01 PM Aug 18th
@dep they were only rumors that the iPad 3 was coming out this year. I never believed it. 08:17 AM Aug 19th
@dep ha! I’m still on the original iPad. My new MacBook Air will have to keep me company until 3. 08:25 AM Aug 19th
First time I’ve had to land in the Otter. Go away rain! I want to skydive! 10:40 AM Aug 20th
@stephencelis I force myself to 3 pages. New game comes in, old game goes out. I still have too many unused apps. 09:03 PM Aug 21st
@stephencelis I only have 4 folders: Entertainment (Music/Movie apps), News, Photography, and System (apps I can’t delete or rarely use). 07:23 AM Aug 22nd
@robmalchow new project? RT @science: Scientists want your help tracking ants http://t.co/slNHRcT School of Ants http://t.co/MqWSGHm 08:27 PM Aug 22nd
@leonc first hand experience? 09:25 PM Aug 23rd
Comcast and AT&T are constantly battling it out for worst service provider in my apartment. 09:51 PM Aug 23rd
@leonc that was the first Stross book I read. I hear there is a sequel planned as well. 09:00 AM Aug 24th
Kickstarter – Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds: http://t.co/3sF5tu2 08:05 PM Aug 25th
@corywilkerson good luck with that. 08:56 AM Aug 26th
@quigebo can I borrow your kayak? RT @iLoveSkydiving: Skydiving + Kayak = Skyaking! http://t.co/V83iL8d 08:10 AM Aug 27th

Twitter Updates (1-31 July 2011)

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:04:38 +0000

Day 2 (of 4) complete. Beautiful weather. Helped with a first jump course as a prereq for my coach rating. Bring on the fireworks #skydiving 09:15 PM Jul 2nd
OH: I wonder if, to cops, the whole world looks like cars slowing down. 09:17 PM Jul 2nd
at Naperville Ribfest after a day of skydiving. Anyone else here? 06:53 PM Jul 4th
24 training jumps completed over the holiday weekend. Beautiful weather! Every week should be like this. #skydiving 06:50 AM Jul 5th
UFO jump and fireworks @SDCAIRNEWS were top notch, I highly recommend going next time around. http://t.co/jkwyCXh http://t.co/JhfJiig 06:56 AM Jul 5th
After spending an hour installing a printer driver on an old WinXP laptop, I have a renewed appreciation for shit “just working” on a Mac. 10:10 PM Jul 6th
Alright, I have a Google Plus account now. Kinda bored already. What does G+ do that I’m not already doing via Twitter. #StillNotOnFacebook 12:23 PM Jul 8th
2 months of work, 3.5 hour build, 4 sites converted to Ruby 1.9.2 with minimal issues on build night. What’s next? 11:21 PM Jul 14th
Finished reading A Game of Thrones. Excellent book. Took a number of unexpected turns. Thanks for recommending it @club_is_open! #fantasy 07:21 AM Jul 15th
Had dinner at Ay Ay Picante to celebrate my wife passing the final defense for her doctorate. One paper left to write and she’s done! #OTD 08:41 PM Jul 15th
Enjoyed listening to Q101 today. All music, no talk. The way radio should be. To bad it goes away soon. #NoMoreAlternativeRockInChicago 04:20 PM Jul 16th
Lunch break on day one of the three day coach rating course @SkydiveChicago. Learning how to teach people to fall :-) 12:47 PM Jul 17th
@danbenjamin bottom (hidden) w/glass #MacOSXDock 03:20 PM Jul 17th
Day 2 of coach training is over. Passed my teaching sessions. Tomorrow (weather permitting) is air evaluations and debriefing. #skydiving 09:05 PM Jul 18th
Coach course complete! I am now licensed to teach portions of ground school, jump with cleared students, and supervise recurrency jumps. 10:23 PM Jul 19th
@sethbro yep! Part of the training was to be more aware of what the student does in free fall, how to correct mistakes, and encourage them. 10:43 PM Jul 19th
The instructors and newly licensed @skydiveUSPA coaches from the course @SkydiveChicago! http://twitpic.com/5t0tur 10:14 AM Jul 20th
@robmalchow Futurama Head in a Jar app :-) http://t.co/SSjNWhm 10:05 AM Jul 22nd
Odds of my tent surviving this storm: 0. Good thing we for out when we did. #SummerfestX #skydiving 07:20 AM Jul 24th
I got to dust off my bowling ball at 10pin tonight for a work outing. Had a lot of fun! The food and desserts were really good as well. 09:30 PM Jul 28th
Took the day off for 8way jumps at Summerfest. Made my 300th #skydiving today! They celebrated with a flyby ;-) http://t.co/feZPd1W 09:42 PM Jul 29th
@corywilkerson folded fitted sheet. Good enough for you? http://t.co/EXpsm0f 03:44 PM Jul 30th’
Discovered what lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) feels like yesterday. Do not want. 12:39 PM Jul 31st
Cowboys & Aliens was pretty good. Not sure how it stands up to the graphic novels, but I had fun with the movie. 09:48 PM Jul 31st

Twitter Updates (16-30 June 2011)

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:51:50 +0000

4 jumps this morning, now off to see Louis CK at the Chicago Theatre, and going to a party afterwards. 06:22 PM Jun 18th
Rode around in a ’65 Mustang last night. http://t.co/l0HWcFS 08:35 AM Jun 25th
And now off to a gun club. It’s been one of the more interesting weekends in MN. 09:00 AM Jun 25th
Got to handle a good variety of weapons today. 2 hand guns and 4 rifles; .22, .45, .30-30, and .300 caliber. 01:52 PM Jun 25th

Twitter Updates (1-15 June 2011)

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:42:00 +0000

Come Sunday I’ll be cable TV-free. It was actually a pretty painless phone call with Comcast to adjust my services. 09:35 PM Jun 1st
I created a playlist for the Hawks 4way formation skydiving 2011 season jumps: http://t.co/BcROB8L 10:03 PM Jun 2nd
I should take more Fridays off to go #skydiving. Great weather for the 6-8way jumps in preparation for the 16ways I’m doing this weekend. 06:03 AM Jun 4th
@timoax @corywilkerson have you ever tried recording concert video on your phone? Apple is just trying to save you from disappointment. :-) 06:43 AM Jun 6th
Had a blast at the Rhythm Invitational 16way over the weekend. I won the Performance Designs/Cypres2 prize pack: http://t.co/77KLPdC 05:17 PM Jun 6th
Played with the @boxee OS X app — I dig the interface, but most of the shows I tried had video playback issues (audio only in most cases). 09:01 PM Jun 7th
After dumping cable I feel better about spending money on @netflix. I’m 4 episodes into Arrested Development – should have done this sooner. 09:08 PM Jun 7th
@andrewbloom nope, going in fresh. (I know, I know. Like I said, I should have done this a while ago.) 09:21 PM Jun 7th
Just re-watched Lilo & Stitch. What a great movie. Always makes me smile. :-) 08:33 PM Jun 9th
Weather hold. Another creeper meet w/Jet Stream Tango. Tied after 10 rounds, tied the jump off, but JST scored more points in round 9 FTW. 03:48 PM Jun 11th
Words With Friends was big @SDCAIRNEWS this weekend. Not as good as Scrabble on iOS, but look me up if you want to play, username: Sepcot 01:27 PM Jun 15th

Twitter Updates (16-31 May 2011)

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:32:44 +0000

6 hours of singing along to music, day-dreaming about skydiving and a convertible Mustang, and I’m back in MN for another long weekend. 12:56 AM May 20th
@BlueSkiesMag What’s the best load to organize for the rapture? Rapture is at 6pm, so sunset load is out. High-alt hop-n-pop? Flock? 10:34 AM May 21st
Day 1 of our 3 day training weekend rained out. Walked through a lot of dives, talked about exit and block techniques. #skydiving #SDCHawks 06:15 PM May 28th
Another rainy training day. #skydiving Our friends Jet Stream Tango rolling blocks: http://t.co/r6xx0tv 12:26 PM May 29th
Training day 2 wrap-up: weather cleared for 1 skydive. Creeper meet against Jet Stream Tango, won by a point, came down to the final round. 09:26 PM May 29th
Training day 3: sun was shining today, but 2 days of storms brought high winds. Made 5 jumps between 8-11am before calling it. #skydiving 06:10 PM May 30th

Twitter Updates (1-15 May 2011)

Tue, 17 May 2011 03:31:25 +0000

Finished the early release of @gzicherm Gamification by Design. A great overview of the topic, really got me thinking, took lots of notes. 06:03 PM May 3rd
Ahh! Finally a nice, warm weekend with minimal clouds and light winds. Got in 4 jumps @SkydiveChicago. 08:42 PM May 8th
@andrewbloom ha! Nice. There are a lot more wingsuit flyers at SDC, but I have yet to see a bat man :-) 09:27 PM May 8th
@jasonrohwedder congratulations! 06:44 AM May 9th
@club_is_open you can add me to the “gave up” list. I tried. Damn you Quicksilver! 01:48 PM May 10th
@timoax congratulations! 11:40 AM May 12th
Got a chance to see Fast Five today – I still enjoy these movies and after the credits, they setup the sequel. :-) 05:44 PM May 14th
Anyone interested in a 5.1 surround sound system for their PC? Creative Inspire 5.1 5300 http://t.co/U08coAs #SpringCleaning 04:05 PM May 15th
I also have a Nintendo64 I’m looking to unload: 2 controllers, 1 rumble pack, 1 memory card, expansion pack, and 8 games. #SpringCleaning 04:09 PM May 15th
@dep @noobde Limited Edition Scorpion vs. Goro trading card: http://t.co/3iez9kC http://t.co/oqaoj0U 05:10 PM May 15th

Twitter Updates (16-30 April 2011)

Mon, 02 May 2011 15:46:31 +0000

@andrewbloom yeah, I did the same thing this morning. 04:37 PM Apr 17th
The Gravity Pilot by @mmbuckner1 – #SciFi novel set around skydiving and addictions to a simulated world, I connected with these characters. 07:29 AM Apr 20th
Jumping back into a Zelda game in the middle of a dungeon is a little bewildering. #LoZ #SpiritTracks 07:43 AM Apr 20th
Left the house early to pickup some doughnuts before work. Even got my wife to come with :-) #DoughnutVault 08:59 AM Apr 21st
Seriously considering dropping cable. I did an audit of my TV watching habits and 90% of it can be found online. Considering a Roku box… 10:59 AM Apr 21st
Hi, MN, I always seem to greet you in the middle of the night. 01:29 AM Apr 22nd
Heading out to the Chicago Data Summit to learn about using Apache Hadoop. 11:49 AM Apr 26th
Not the mama! Dinosaurs turns 20. http://j.mp/gtlq0R Loved this show. Re-watched the DVDs last year and man, the finale is depressing. 10:33 PM Apr 26th
Diving into how ActiveRecord handles eager loading and how to filter columns. Good times :-) 12:19 PM Apr 29th
@corywilkerson @stephencelis the sun actually came out today, and we topped out closer to 60 :-) 09:50 PM Apr 29th
@andrewbloom hopefully deep-fried? 09:54 PM Apr 29th
@andrewbloom Chicago Pita has them in the Mart. Tend to undercook them a bit, but the cream of chicken rice soup/pizza puff combo is nice. 10:04 PM Apr 29th

Twitter Updates (1-15 April 2011)

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 20:27:19 +0000

Bought tickets to see Louis CK on Jun 18 at the Chicago Theatre. http://www.thechicagotheatre.com/events/louis-ck-0611.html (use code: LOL) 10:31 AM Apr 1st
@robmalchow Eric Whitacre: A virtual choir 2,000 voices strong, TED Talk. http://t.co/BCzS98A 06:54 PM Apr 1st
Read Randy Komisar’s The Monk and the Riddle – an insightful story of art and life in technology. (thanks @corywilkerson) 08:53 PM Apr 1st
The NIC on my wife’s old PC died quite some time ago. Finally got around to transplanting the card from my old frankenbox. It lives again. 05:34 PM Apr 2nd
I’m now into the final week of the Insanity program! #workout 10:05 AM Apr 3rd
@dep @noobde view from my office. I think they are taunting me. #MortalKombat http://t.co/0huGGVi 12:39 PM Apr 4th
I want my textile markup easier to read, so I need to condense consecutive images, avoiding line breaks: gsub(/(\s+)/, ‘\1’) 10:54 PM Apr 6th
For those of you playing along at home, my final Insanity fit test numbers are: 63, 56, 94, 37, 10, 15, 30, 60. #exhausted #workout 09:56 AM Apr 9th
Watched the weather. Arrived at the drop zone at the 20 minute call for load 1. And… 3 days past my reserve repack date. No jumping :-( 06:37 PM Apr 9th
I think this is my oldest active account: “Thank you for being a Yahoo! Mail user for the past 13 years.” Probably bests my AIM screen name. 07:52 AM Apr 12th
@corywilkerson really enjoying C# and ASP.Net huh? 10:07 AM Apr 13th
@leonc @corywilkerson been there, no it’s not. 10:14 AM Apr 13th
Super is available on demand in HD through IFC in Theaters… renting now. 06:46 PM Apr 13th

Twitter Updates (16-31 March 2011)

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:25:24 +0000

Looking forward to seeing @nerdist tonight at @ZaniesComClubs! (cc @ejfinneran) 04:52 PM Mar 16th
@club_is_open here’s to hoping it stays relatively warm for skydiving season to open this weekend. :-) 10:51 PM Mar 16th
Installing Io, finally getting around to reading Seven Languages in Seven Weeks. #7lang 04:57 PM Mar 17th
Ahh, back in the air after a long winter. 3 jumps today, tunnel training with my 4 way team next weekend. Life is good again. #skydiving 08:22 PM Mar 19th
My in-laws brought our Xmas gift with them from MN since it wouldn’t fit in my Mustang :-) #DiningRoomTable http://t.co/1kK1mkh 10:30 PM Mar 21st
ORD => RDU. 4 way training this weekend! #skydiving 03:48 PM Mar 25th
Just another day at the tunnel. #skydiving #freeflying #NotMe http://t.co/9PhulM9 08:46 AM Mar 26th
Day 1 of tunnel camp complete. The team spent a total of 3 hours in the tunnel. Another hour scheduled before our flight out tomorrow. 07:02 PM Mar 26th
On a plane home with at least 11 skydivers. RDU => ORD. Good weekend :-) 07:42 PM Mar 27th
@rmatta @corywilkerson those will come in December, just to rub it in. 10:03 PM Mar 27th
The 2011 Hawks 4 way team: http://flic.kr/p/9u9rJL L to R: me, Mike V, Stephanie, and Reza. #skydiving 04:05 PM Mar 28th
Just read The Revolution Business by Charles Stross. The Merchant Princes series has been my first foray into the fantasy genre – Love it! 06:29 AM Mar 30th
Cleaning out my Google Reader feeds. So far I’ve trashed 40 stagnate feeds. Feels good to remove clutter, even if it’s digital. 05:07 PM Mar 30th
Just finished listening to @scottsigler Earthcore (found via the @nerdist podcast). Great book, I’ve already downloaded Ancestor! #scifi 04:16 PM Mar 31st

Twitter Updates (1-15 March 2011)

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:45:48 +0000

Chain of Fools : Upgrading through every version of windows (HQ) http://t.co/5ESROGR via @youtube 01:34 PM Mar 2nd
I flew through @berkun Confessions of a Public Speaker this week. An informative and fun read – even through the appendices and colophon! 07:20 PM Mar 3rd
Just finished month 1 of Insanity. Ready for recovery week and a little scared of month 2. #workout 06:54 AM Mar 4th
The Adjustment Bureau was pretty cool. First time I’ve had to wait in line to get into the theater in quite some time. #OpeningWeekend 07:46 PM Mar 5th
Caught the beginning of the Firefly pilot on the science channel. DVR recordings wouldn’t let us finish it, so we threw in the DVDs. 10:28 PM Mar 6th
Going to a screening of @ThatKevinSmith Red State at the Harris Theater tonight – Q&A to follow. Should be fun! #SMillinois 05:58 AM Mar 8th
Racing the Beam, a great book about the Atari VCS (2600) and the challenges of developing against it. 10:13 AM Mar 11th
@andrewbloom @club_is_open yeah, I just reduced a 900+ line ruby file down to under 300. #refactoring #ftw 11:04 AM Mar 11th
Yummy in Your Tummy French Toast at Eggsperience takes away some of the sting of being downtown today. 11:27 AM Mar 12th
Nintendo 3DS demos at Navy Pier today. 12:38 PM Mar 12th
@sohmer as @BrianDunning points out, it probably has nothing to do with the farmers. http://t.co/b9EK3uB 09:09 AM Mar 13th
Fit Test AND Max Interval Circuit after recovery week is just brutal. #insanity 01:34 PM Mar 13th
@kevbo I actually didn’t have any problems this time around. #dst 07:07 AM Mar 15th
@dep just played the PS3 Mortal Kombat demo! Controls feel real smooth. Looking forward to the full game! #FinishHim 10:09 PM Mar 15th

Twitter Updates (16-28 February 2011)

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:42:45 +0000

@whereiskylenow nice! Be sure to take lots of pictures/videos! 02:53 PM Feb 17th
@corywilkerson I generally hit mute and flip to another tab until the pre-roll ads are over. 01:11 PM Feb 19th
@robmalchow the interwebs have a never-ending supply of cephalopod stuff for you. I present Finger Tentacles: http://j.mp/dIhPwK 12:30 PM Feb 20th
Finally read The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder. An interesting look into Data General and the building of the Eclipse MV/8000. 07:58 AM Feb 23rd
@MeredithStiles speaking of Cadbury Creme Eggs… http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20110220 07:49 PM Feb 23rd
@corywilkerson you went home with 2 boxes… Any left? 09:47 PM Feb 24th
Finished reading Tapworthy this morning. A lot of basic info on what makes good apps, but a nice dose of real world examples and interviews. 10:13 AM Feb 25th
@whereiskylenow that’s so cool. I’d love to have been there. 04:37 PM Feb 26th
I love volcanoes, and The Big Picture’s look at Nyiragongo Crater is amazing: http://j.mp/g9wSlf 12:49 PM Feb 28th

Twitter Updates (1-15 February 2011)

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:20:34 +0000

@catechism Have you seen http://english.stackexchange.com/ ? Seems like something you could lose hours on :-) 07:16 AM Feb 1st
@club_is_open nice! Which islands are you going to see? 05:21 PM Feb 2nd
@ejfinneran he wasn’t the only one. I saw a family go by on cross-country skis while digging out my car. 08:38 PM Feb 2nd
@dep “XPlay’s MK preview is up now! See if you can find the hidden character reveal !! http://bit.ly/fYfFVy” (via @noobde) 08:44 PM Feb 2nd
Finished reading The Department of Mad Scientists by Michael Belfiore. A look at some of the DARPA funded projects. Interesting stuff. 10:54 PM Feb 2nd
Ticket purchased for Entrepreneurs Unpluggd, Feb. 8, 2011 @ 6:00pm. http://www.entrepreneursunpluggd.com/ 01:26 PM Feb 4th
People at the end of the alphabet are more impulsive buyers than those at the front. http://j.mp/gWghzL 09:38 AM Feb 5th
Tomorrow we start the Insanity workout proper. 6 days on, 1 day off. 10:23 AM Feb 5th
@corywilkerson the shape is an icosahedron. I’ve always heard the die referred to as a d20. 07:37 PM Feb 5th
Went to see True Grit today. A fine movie, pretty well paced, but I could have waited for the DVD release. 11:08 PM Feb 5th
@dep I want prequels that merge with the Tron: Legacy storyline. 09:03 AM Feb 6th
Had a great time at #EntUnpluggd tonight. Lots of entertaining stories about getting started and finding your first customers. 09:36 PM Feb 8th
Heroes vs. Villains – a free album that brings opposing video game hero and villain themes together. http://hvv.ocremix.org/music.html 10:29 AM Feb 9th
Sweet, pmG is selling their 3D rendering software messiahStudio5 for $10/40 in the Dare To Share CG Software Challenge http://t.co/CIJXoHa 11:32 AM Feb 9th
World of Goo for iPad is 99Â¢ today (via @toucharcade). If you own an iPad and don’t have this game, buy it now! 07:19 AM Feb 10th
A common utterance by my wife this winter: “Brrr! It’s so cold out. Why do we live here?” Good question. #Chicago 09:23 PM Feb 11th
@stephencelis I tried heart in Peru, a little tough but otherwise good. How was stomach? 05:37 AM Feb 12th
@leonc last year was great for animated movies: Despicable Me, How to Train Your Dragon, and Toy Story 3. All great films. 09:56 AM Feb 12th
@jeffcohen as opposed to OSX: download AppCleaner, pick the application to delete, it finds all of the miscellaneous hidden files, confirm. 10:59 AM Feb 12th
@MeredithStiles my wife’s been to a few, all I’ve heard are horror stories. 03:42 PM Feb 12th
Black Swan. Wow. That’s one intense movie. 07:21 PM Feb 12th
@robmalchow I think it’s time to upgrade the squid in the cephalopod – http://whodunnknit.com/2011/02/11/plarchie/ 08:55 AM Feb 13th
Taxes done. Time to figure out dinner. 05:27 PM Feb 13th

Twitter Updates (16-31 January 2011)

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:52:05 +0000

@club_is_open Git is pretty easy to transition to from SVN. And a lot more useful once you get going. 10:40 PM Jan 17th
@catechism Godzilla: An Atomic Love Story http://notinventedhe.re/on/2011-1-18 07:30 AM Jan 18th
Go Robo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5s9rqaM9CM 07:53 AM Jan 18th
When you start to envision taking an axe to your computer, it’s time to go home for the day. 05:31 PM Jan 18th
Build Night cc @timoax 08:46 PM Jan 20th
Tron: Legacy in 8-Bit – http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/01/tron-legacy-in-8-bit/ 06:47 PM Jan 21st
Good to Great by Jim Collins – It was interesting to see the concepts that build great companies. I look forward to reading his other books. 12:10 PM Jan 22nd
@andrewbloom looking for something to do? I got a Video Game Shield for my Arduino that needs assembling ;-) 08:31 PM Jan 22nd
@rachelaguiar not likely. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/21/betelgeuse-and-2012/ 01:26 PM Jan 24th
New toys at work, courtesy of my wife. #LGM http://yfrog.com/h0c64esj 07:16 PM Jan 26th
If you are going to redirect me to a mobile version of your site, do me the smallest favor by keeping me on the article I’m trying to read. 06:52 AM Jan 27th
@corywilkerson builditwith.me 12:50 PM Jan 27th
Ugh. Finally disabled that stupid Command-Escape shortcut. I’ve never used Front Row and the shortcut is too close to Command-Tilde. 02:46 PM Jan 27th
@pixelparty interesting. That’s much better than the default Control-F2 (had to look it up)… Might have to try that out. 04:15 PM Jan 27th
@catechism let’s trade some cookies! I have Oreos wrapped in chocolate chip cookies with me today. http://yfrog.com/hs38407752j 11:53 AM Jan 28th
Went to see The Mechanic this afternoon. Pretty much what you expect from Jason Statham, enjoyable flick, lots of shooting. 06:17 PM Jan 29th
Any recommendations for pizza in Evanston? 06:56 PM Jan 29th
@andrewbloom pizza tasted ok, but it was small, pricey, and they burnt most of the crust. -1 11:12 PM Jan 29th
I miss Numb3rs. Re-watching the final season with my wife. 08:31 PM Jan 31st

Twitter Updates (1-15 January 2011)

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:51:50 +0000

Gate changes without an announcement, thanks @USAirways. Luckily other passengers noticed the change on the board. 01:36 AM Jan 4th
PHX – MSP. Time for a nap, then a drive back to Chicago. #travels 05:17 AM Jan 4th
I hope to be this witty at 98: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Subject-Senior-moment-98-year-156464.S.39398197 01:29 PM Jan 7th
Ooh, nice! Free admission week set at Shedd Aquarium for Jan 16-21 http://j.mp/hasyq9 #chicago 09:15 PM Jan 7th
“It’s the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.” #ToysIStillHave http://yfrog.com/gz8rbqbj 01:52 PM Jan 8th
Went through the Insanity fit test this morning. Lives up to its name. 01:41 PM Jan 9th
@club_is_open started off ok, but it kicked my butt. I didn’t think my legs would get that sore that quickly. 03:01 PM Jan 9th
Showtime is currently free on Comcast. Dexter season 5, watched. #GoodWeekend 09:48 PM Jan 9th
@club_is_open have you done the 100 pushup challenge? http://hundredpushups.com/ 01:16 PM Jan 10th
@TapMeJosh the ability to use data while on a call has helped me a few times. Can’t do that on Verizon. #LittleConvenances 07:12 AM Jan 11th
@toddkoehler $15 for $30 at Carson’s Ribs up on Groupon today… Dine-in only though. 07:56 AM Jan 11th
@club_is_open 112 pages in and I’m throwing in the towel on Quicksilver. 08:04 AM Jan 11th
@TapMeJosh WiFi hotspot functionality is nice, but I’d wait to see what June brings before getting locked into a new 2 year plan. 11:47 AM Jan 11th
Great post by Scott Adams on Marital Deafness – http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/marital_deafness/ 11:33 AM Jan 12th
@corywilkerson I limit myself to 12 games, I can’t see how 12 apps is the average. 06:16 PM Jan 12th
@andrewbloom I agree. If they have to use those, use insert cards like they do in some DVDs. I hate having to remove those damn stickers. 02:02 PM Jan 13th
Hey @robmalchow, you NEED this chair in the office: http://j.mp/eQkCob #octopus 03:27 PM Jan 13th
Nice! The guy behind Mortal Kombat: Rebirth gets a 10-webisode deal with Warner Bros Pictures. http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/23052 09:04 AM Jan 15th
When eating animal crackers, I tend to pick off the injured animals first. http://yfrog.com/h5zm1pjj 11:05 PM Jan 15th

Zuppa Soup Recipe

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:47:29 +0000

Scott Johnson (@extralife) posted this on Twitter a few days ago, looks like a great, simple recipe for Zuppa soup. Reposting here so I don’t forget to try it.

Ingredients

1 pound of spicy Italian sausage
1 chopped onion
2 cloves of garlic
4 cups of chicken broth
6 large red potatoes
2 cups of chopped kale
1 cup of heavy cream (or 2 cups of half and half)

Directions

Sauté Italian sausage, onion, and garlic together until fully cooked. Set aside to cool.
Quarter cut and thinly slice potatoes. Boil in chicken broth until fully cooked.
Mix in Italian sausage mixture, heavy cream, and chopped kale. Heat throughout and serve. Serves 6-8.

2010 Reading List

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:38:09 +0000

I continue to use the “Reading List by Amazon” application inside LinkedIn to track the books I read throughout the year. I finished 2010 with 24 books, and there are a lot more on my shelf for 2011.

Speaker for the Dead (Ender, Book 2) by Orson Scott Card
Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming by Peter Seibel
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks
Heat Wave (Nikki Heat) by Richard Castle
The Kid Who Climbed Everest: The Incredible Story of a 23-Year-Old’s Summit of Mt. Everest by Bear Grylls
Last Words: A Memoir by George Carlin, Tony Hendra
iPhone SDK 3 Programming: Advanced Mobile Development for Apple iPhone and iPod touch (Wiley) by Maher Ali
Zodiac by Neal Stephenson
Bite Me: A Love Story by Christopher Moore
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach
Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life by Neil Strauss
Xenocide (Ender, Book 3) by Orson Scott Card
Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software by Scott Rosenberg
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh
Neuromancer by William Gibson
The Fuller Memorandum (A Laundry Files Novel) by Charles Stross
Being Geek: The Software Developer’s Career Handbook by Michael Lopp
The Great Book of BASE by Matt Gerdes
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
Children of the Mind (Ender, Book 4) by Orson Scott Card
Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow
Naked Heat (Nikki Heat) by Richard Castle

Twitter Updates (16-31 December 2010)

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:13:28 +0000

EA’s having a 99¢ sale on their iOS games. Now I don’t mind re-buying Scrabble for the iPad. http://toucharca.de/hKAmJr 07:51 AM Dec 16th
World of Goo now available on the iPad. Loved this game, the iPad implementation looks great! http://j.mp/fXGkiq 09:28 AM Dec 16th
Tunnel time scheduled for Dec 31st at SkyVenture Arizona. Taking a break from formation training with an hour of sitflying. :-) #skydiving 09:55 AM Dec 16th
@daveshemenski @quigebo I second that. Pick up Managing Humans from @rands, great read. 10:41 AM Dec 16th
Entanglement, pretty cool longest-path JS game: http://entanglement.gopherwoodstudios.com/ 10:30 AM Dec 17th
Car batteries are heavy and should really have handles to make carrying them easier. Time to figure out how to swap the old with the new. 01:10 PM Dec 18th
Success! Car battery replaced. Stupid rusted bolts. 03:32 PM Dec 18th
Had a lot of fun watching Tron: Legacy. A movie starts out right when I say: “Hey, that looks like a BASE rig.” I’d definitely see it again. 08:59 PM Dec 18th
@pixelparty I’m sure I could have had the battery installed, but my car wasn’t going anywhere on a dead battery to begin with. 09:26 PM Dec 18th
@jeffcohen using RVM? I find it really nice to jump between 1.8.7 and 1.9.2. #ruby 09:02 PM Dec 19th
Really enjoying the Nikki Heat series from @WriteRCastle. Just finished reading Naked Heat, when is the next book due out? 09:10 PM Dec 19th
@andrewbloom I can let you borrow “To Air is Human” (http://j.mp/ftP0HE) maybe you can gain some inspiration. 04:27 PM Dec 20th
Made it to MN. The streets are plowed, but damn, they have a lot of snow here. 02:32 AM Dec 22nd
MSP – LAS – PDX 06:17 AM Dec 28th
Steve Weibe coming to Logan Hardware, learn Donkey Kong from the pro only $12… hmm… http://www.logan-hardware.com/ 10:30 PM Dec 29th
53 right now in Chicago, 35 where I am in Eloy, AZ. #wtf 11:49 AM Dec 31st
@andrewbloom I’m at a wind tunnel, so that’s 35F x 150mph = numb. 11:55 AM Dec 31st
Good day in the wind tunnel. Steph and I each had an hour of sitfly coaching. Arms are sore, but we had a great time at SkyVenture Arizona. 11:28 PM Dec 31st

Twitter Updates (1-15 December 2010)

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:54:34 +0000

With the ads @pandora_radio is giving me, I need to switch from my Pop station to my Metal station to feel masculine again. ;-) #profiling 08:57 PM Dec 1st
A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace (February 8, 1996) http://j.mp/bYU0OH (via @iA) 09:15 AM Dec 4th
The Drunkard’s Walk, a step through history uncovering the ideas behind randomness. Talks about Monty Hall, Zeno’s paradox, Chaos, and more. 12:34 PM Dec 5th
Being on pager duty is useless when the only pages you get are the “All Clear” messages. And the 6 hour lag doesn’t help either. 12:49 PM Dec 5th
Seems like a lot of work, but looks amazing. Stamped Cthulhu Christmas Cards: http://j.mp/eIjPb3 11:32 AM Dec 6th
Sweet. Got my copy of Seven Languages in Seven Weeks yesterday. Week 1: Ruby. Check. Io, Prolog, Scala, Erlang, Clojure, & Haskell to go. 07:21 AM Dec 7th
One should probably take a break from shopping online once you have your credit card number memorized. 09:15 PM Dec 7th
Sitting in traffic on 57N, still 180+ miles from Chicago. Have I said how much I hate winter recently? 02:15 PM Dec 12th
2 hours later… Nope, haven’t moved. 04:05 PM Dec 12th
9 hours to get from Paducah, KY to Mattoon, IL. Dinner at Steak ’n Shake for @toddkoehler. Not making it any further north tonight. 06:13 PM Dec 12th
On the plus side, I’ll finally get time to watch Tron tonight. 06:26 PM Dec 12th
Dead battery, glad I opted for Progressive’s roadside assistance, but I’m going to be stuck in Mattoon for awhile. #ihatewinter 09:50 AM Dec 13th
Live Action TMNT Cartoon Intro… http://youtu.be/FnfzV26secM #awesome 03:22 PM Dec 13th
RT @Humble: The Humble Indie Bundle (pay what you want for five awesome indie games) http://bit.ly/fRYX0C 02:53 PM Dec 14th
Not quite what skydiving is like… http://youtu.be/xmxM_CknSZw 03:03 PM Dec 14th
Heh, a nice nod to Firefly in @WriteRCastle Naked Heat: “Heat didn’t like to bigfoot Malcolm and Reynolds” :-) 05:49 PM Dec 14th