January 2012 – Personal blog of Peter "Sci" Turpin

Twitter Updates for 30-01-2012

Way to avoid "bikeshedding". Agree everyone has a valid point.. so they can take it in turns to repaint it every month. Stops with boredom. 01:12:12, 2012-01-30
#bankofidea / #occupylondon are being evicted from the RBS building right now. 1am on a monday morning. Livestream: http://t.co/5A1Ha550 01:20:40, 2012-01-30
@AnonymousIRC #occupylondon currently being evicted at 1am to avoid press coverage. Amateur Livestream: http://t.co/5A1Ha550 in reply to AnonymousIRC 01:21:43, 2012-01-30
"Couldn't be FUR-thur from the truth!" I lolled even if that wasn't intentional (@YouTube http://t.co/TxrqIEfJ) 09:44:56, 2012-01-30
@julesmattsson The footage merges oddly with the preceding video advert for Resident Evil 6. in reply to julesmattsson 12:44:48, 2012-01-30
@sevenhelz Pretty sure "man" and even "dude" are both unisex terms now in such sentances. in reply to sevenhelz 13:23:50, 2012-01-30
Right, the EDF fence issue is out to tender by Feb 17th. 13:57:07, 2012-01-30
Also discovered images not loading in Chrome is related to all the Twitter problems in it. Security certificates in Chrome are broken. 13:57:44, 2012-01-30
For some reason some SSL certificates in Chrome are only loading the intermediary authority, not the root, so the 2nd can't be found. 14:01:02, 2012-01-30
In the case of FA the site isn't using an SSL but the image server *is*, so the site loads without images. 14:01:42, 2012-01-30
You need to attempt to load one of the direct image links to tell it to "proceed anyway". Should last 1 session only though. 14:02:35, 2012-01-30
FFFFffffff.. Tried manually importing the cert as "trusted" 3 times now. It's not working. 14:22:39, 2012-01-30
@sevenhelz Part peer-pressure too p'rolly. But suspect some try in teens at a point where intimate hygiene isn't a priority & are put off. in reply to sevenhelz 15:21:03, 2012-01-30
When Prince Harry gets shot in the Falklands the Queen will nuke it. Then there'll be no Nuclear Arsenal left in an independent Scotland. ;P 15:26:04, 2012-01-30
@sevenhelz All likely. Just as theres many reasons why some really like it. Watching reaction, tastes, scents, differing intimacy, variety.. in reply to sevenhelz 15:33:45, 2012-01-30
@jackalesque Fingers crossed! in reply to jackalesque 15:45:01, 2012-01-30
@asifandwhen When you said Celestia Guitar, I admit I imagined something more like this: http://t.co/jZgmsYnx in reply to asifandwhen 16:38:10, 2012-01-30
Start to change bed sheets. Hour later I've only just stripped the bed, but have drawn a Princess Celestia themed electric guitar. >_< 16:46:21, 2012-01-30
Y'know.. other people make custom guitars on their milling machines.. 16:47:05, 2012-01-30
The human eye may see at roughly 24-30fps in the VERY centre of vision, but the (@YouTube http://t.co/5lLDR3kM) 17:15:35, 2012-01-30
Anyone else thinking of the beginning of RoboCop 2? (@YouTube http://t.co/172NnfKL) 17:19:30, 2012-01-30
I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/AuutCVDs Keeping You Safe 17:50:18, 2012-01-30
@marcarmstrong88 Hadn't forgotten; hadn't actually thought of that! Suppose caf (@YouTube http://t.co/5lLDR3kM) 19:01:36, 2012-01-30
@MadMadsGamer A few years back I tried to work out what the maximum spec you'd (@YouTube http://t.co/5lLDR3kM) 19:16:59, 2012-01-30
@noherczeg Only the center 2 degrees of arc are that speed. Unless you're watch (@YouTube http://t.co/5lLDR3kM) 19:19:33, 2012-01-30
I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/9c8VIJ4z Star Trek III Stealing Enterprise 19:56:33, 2012-01-30
@rottenpancakes we're probably talking more about the brain processes that allo (@YouTube http://t.co/5lLDR3kM) 20:16:35, 2012-01-30

Twitter Updates for 29-01-2012

Do you need a customs declaration for craft-goods? I think that's what my castings would count as, right? 00:22:51, 2012-01-29
Best match I can find is UK Trade Tariff, Section VII, Chapter 39, Heading 3926, Commodity code 3926 20 00. 00:40:09, 2012-01-29
(that's "Plastics; articles of apparel & clothing accessories") 00:40:26, 2012-01-29
The rubber variant seems to be 4015 90 00, but polyurethane rubber isn't vulcanised, so it's not wholly accurate. 00:43:21, 2012-01-29
This list is horribly conveluted, and obviously been compiled and modified for a century. 00:46:38, 2012-01-29
Found a US customs duty calculator. Suggests "Novelty" items are zero-duty. Phew. Synthetic costume bits come under novelties. 01:05:36, 2012-01-29
Should be asleep. After I send this remaining 2 invoices off… 01:14:03, 2012-01-29
Midnight snack: Chorizo & port. <3 02:21:23, 2012-01-29
@leashless Exploring is like that. in reply to leashless 02:40:51, 2012-01-29
@dingybatty Get "How to have confidence and power in dealing with people" The language is a bit dated, uncited, but the lessons are good. in reply to dingybatty 02:42:31, 2012-01-29
@dingybatty Also it's recent editions are just reprints, so get an early version cheaper and miss nothing. in reply to dingybatty 02:43:10, 2012-01-29
Right, sleep. 02:43:31, 2012-01-29
@Google, what is the point of making a browser that doesn't display any images?? #Chrome is very broken for me and many others. 09:59:12, 2012-01-29
"Aren't you a little short to be a quantum physicist?" 10:34:06, 2012-01-29
Balls-deep in fail. Today's actually fine enough so far, but the phrase just came to me. 12:19:54, 2012-01-29
If any of you ever own a horse, name it "General Principles". Then when you visit someone you can say you came on General Principles. 14:35:03, 2012-01-29
The Polish parliament; Members join #Anonymous to protest #ACTA. http://t.co/9f1EKgTA 16:30:31, 2012-01-29
This sounds like a wonderful garden idea: http://t.co/K3JXirud 18:41:30, 2012-01-29
@turbinedivinity By that you mean Pinkie Pie toys, right? in reply to turbinedivinity 18:45:08, 2012-01-29
Updated FireFox, now I can't middle-click to automatically open in a new window anymore. 20:10:09, 2012-01-29
Well, at least not on the paypal invoice links.. 20:11:06, 2012-01-29

Twitter Updates for 28-01-2012

I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/7vPz3lP5 Slap my … 03:00:49, 2012-01-28
Someone creates brain-scanning for backups, immortality. Company uses proprietary format. Company goes bust. What happens to your mind? 11:07:11, 2012-01-28
Steven Hawkings voice processor is defunct. When his unit breaks, the company that made it no longer exists. He'll have to get a new voice. 11:08:26, 2012-01-28
Cochlear implants are proprietary techn. No 3rd party spares exist. If you can't get a matched transducer, it's surgery for a new implant. 11:11:26, 2012-01-28
Each surgery carries a notable percentage risk of permanent deafness & facial paralysis. Forcing a hardware upgrade with those risks? Wrong. 11:13:28, 2012-01-28
@WanEcc "You didn't read the licensing agreement. We sold your brain-scan to a market research company." in reply to WanEcc 11:14:42, 2012-01-28
Cycbernetic technologies should only ever be open-source. The alternative is people treated as consumer goods. 11:17:15, 2012-01-28
@YOGSCAST Right, now sing "Maniac" from Flashdance. in reply to YOGSCAST 11:47:28, 2012-01-28
She's doing the Snoopy dance from Charlie Browns Christmas. (@YouTube http://t.co/JgDzrwFF) 11:51:50, 2012-01-28
RT plz. Anyone know of a Wiki feature that will automatically generate a table based on template contents from multiple pages in a category? 12:37:31, 2012-01-28
@LupusLondonwolf Congratulations Lupus! in reply to LupusLondonwolf 12:37:57, 2012-01-28
Goddamn this is nice salami.. 13:46:53, 2012-01-28
@mpesce It'd be better if it was hidden in a fake Styrofoam cup. Drop resistant and invisible in urban environments. in reply to mpesce 13:50:44, 2012-01-28
Shop's domain space all set up & passworded so I can get it running in-situ without people stumbling onto it. 14:22:33, 2012-01-28
Hosting implied it was my browser age at fault for graphical bugs in cPanel. Upgrading FF seems to have proven that wrong. 14:23:46, 2012-01-28
Economic liberal =/= wanting to be able to operate how they like AND also be protected from failure. 14:26:55, 2012-01-28
The idea of being legally enabled to do whatever you like AND still be utterly protected from the consequences does sound very "Eton boys". 14:28:37, 2012-01-28
Suddenly the economic policy becomes clear. It's the fantasy of the expectantly privileged. The spoilt and undisciplined. 14:30:56, 2012-01-28
@thepandalion Done! :) in reply to thepandalion 14:53:17, 2012-01-28
Anyone else getting a glitched pull-down menu and buttons in #cPanel? Seems like a hosting promotion's leaked into the main theme. 18:56:26, 2012-01-28
Tech support very poor tonight. Took an hour to create me a trouble-ticket. Only 48 lines typed in that time. 22 of which were mine. 19:29:17, 2012-01-28
Anyway, Zen Cart's moved across & I think it's all pointing at the right domain. Lot of config to be done yet though. 19:33:34, 2012-01-28
@fwong Promoting something without promoting something. How zen. Unless it was *actually* to promote zen. o_o in reply to fwong 20:20:49, 2012-01-28
@headofeddie When travelling @ 8km/s in a ballistic trajectory, everyone is equal. Or at least has roughly equal potential collision energy. in reply to headofeddie 22:25:23, 2012-01-28
@ThrashWolf Bloody hell, how many kidneys do you need?? in reply to ThrashWolf 22:48:43, 2012-01-28

Twitter Updates for 27-01-2012

The advert that run at the start was the Roxio one that just says "Show your aw (@YouTube http://t.co/bCinLFbA) 00:47:21, 2012-01-27
Also, get someone with an L so you could be OOGLE. (@YouTube http://t.co/bCinLFbA) 00:55:02, 2012-01-27
I like that he actually does a double-take when he looks under the car. (@YouTube http://t.co/RUo2md3l) 01:40:38, 2012-01-27
I would never have heard of this song or band if it wasn't for Patrolling With (@YouTube http://t.co/M9dQkWG0) 11:32:17, 2012-01-27
I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/M9dQkWG0 BOOLE – BLOW UP THE WORLD 11:32:20, 2012-01-27
This movie would be better if the generic hero died in the first 5 minutes of g (@YouTube http://t.co/GUbEWSNn) 12:01:09, 2012-01-27
I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/i3PInQZl That scene from War Games 12:18:41, 2012-01-27
I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/i3PInQZl That scene from War Games 12:18:45, 2012-01-27
Every time I watch this I'm overcome with paralysing terror. I think that's the (@YouTube http://t.co/i3PInQZl) 12:21:49, 2012-01-27
@leashless No idea. But makes me wonder about efficiencies of scale regarding size of power plants vs distributed production. in reply to leashless 14:01:22, 2012-01-27
Find it kinda insulting that the HMRC help pop-ups end referring you to PDFs for more info, that are where the pop-up text was copied from. 15:22:01, 2012-01-27
@fwong "This video is private" in reply to fwong 15:22:51, 2012-01-27
Tax return is done! If I don't do the next one as soon as the financial year ends, someone kick me in the head. 15:51:32, 2012-01-27
I never knew the USA dropped 4 nuclear bombs on Spain in 1966. http://t.co/8tznsEvn 15:57:05, 2012-01-27
@renardqueenston http://t.co/SKClU5lP 16:04:36, 2012-01-27
I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/l4vyRZmq Alex S. – Party With Pinkie 19:35:21, 2012-01-27
It's hard not to view issues of personal sustainability in computer game logic. Quests, grinding, farming.. 19:58:35, 2012-01-27
Saw a dental vacuum furnace on ebay for 99p. It's gone way higher now, but it sparked research. I think I could build one now. 20:04:55, 2012-01-27
I could use it to make teeth and eyes for robots. Providing I could get some dental porcelain. 20:05:29, 2012-01-27

Twitter Updates for 26-01-2012

I liked this the moment you said "Just reference Star Wars".
Lucus, please stop (@YouTube http://t.co/Xf0bWPZj) 00:54:36, 2012-01-26
I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/Xf0bWPZj Super Bowl 2012 commercials: how to shoot a viral ad 00:54:36, 2012-01-26
@bobbyllew Can I get a RT? Friend has a milkfloat going free in Shoreditch. Needs to be gone by Friday. Needs batteries & minor work. 01:03:25, 2012-01-26
The coming days of readily available augmented reality are going to be very str (@YouTube http://t.co/2poZkhtH) 02:04:23, 2012-01-26
Apparently #ACTA has now been signed in Japan, including by the UK. 13:09:20, 2012-01-26
Rather annoyed that "Derpy Hooves" a my little pony depicted with apparent Cerebral Palsy has been given a stereotypical "idiot" voice. 13:23:09, 2012-01-26
@Moshiicake Still feels like it supports the idea that someone who looks like that is automatically an idiot rather than just clumsy :P in reply to Moshiicake 14:30:16, 2012-01-26
@Moshiicake Sorry, I have a "cause"? I'm just miffed they just interpreted the "derp" thing in an apparently stereotyped manner. in reply to Moshiicake 16:04:53, 2012-01-26
@Moshiicake The whole "derp" thing is still an internet term, & anyone who doesn't know it, what will they see portrayed? :P in reply to Moshiicake 16:05:50, 2012-01-26
Allowing myself to lay-in yesterday was a bad thing. It made doing it again today feel not so bad. 12 days of set routine is the goal now. 16:30:29, 2012-01-26
Human beings are procedurally generated. 19:24:37, 2012-01-26
The search term I've been hunting for is "integrated labels". There's even some perforated ones! 20:31:13, 2012-01-26
Including VAT and shipping, looks like £40 for a box of 1000 is the cheapest I can get for double-label. 20:52:32, 2012-01-26
Oh, earlier I noticed the surgery up the road is being sold. "Freehold with medical applications" 22:16:47, 2012-01-26
That's going to be a pain because the Handsworth Ave surgery fills up appointments fast as it is. :P 22:17:34, 2012-01-26