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Twitter Updates for 23-09-2011

Spent the last hour trying to find cheap sources of 5-ring polyphenyl ether. I think I need to go to bed now. After a snack. 01:29:33, 2011-09-23
@penguat @karaspita I'll eat most things. Not been fond of insects so far tho. Also not fond of almond/marzipan & liquorice flavours. in reply to penguat 02:08:22, 2011-09-23
@penguat I like pasta and have a special fondness for butternut squash. in reply to penguat 15:09:46, 2011-09-23
Both creepy and amazing; http://t.co/0dPkkjjm 16:12:41, 2011-09-23
From the Twitter response, people *were* opposing the death penalty for all cas (@YouTube http://t.co/xXtySeWE) 16:53:27, 2011-09-23
@inmywindow http://t.co/2Mzncmrm :3 in reply to inmywindow 17:51:40, 2011-09-23
Thinking about "human universals". Value of children is common but not universal. Music being rhythmic also isn't universal. 17:56:26, 2011-09-23
Web designers; If you really must have a web-based contact form, make DAMN SURE it emails a confirmation email to the sender. 18:18:13, 2011-09-23
@mothdust Because I've used sites where the form is broken and the message "sent" never is. Just writing into the ether. in reply to mothdust 20:10:33, 2011-09-23
@mothdust It does however mean the message made it as far as the mailserver, which I'd count as more reliable! :) in reply to mothdust 20:12:38, 2011-09-23
@mothdust And if the mailserver gets the address bouncing with that receipt, then the final recipient can ignore the message. in reply to mothdust 20:13:48, 2011-09-23
@mothdust Filters! They help a lot. in reply to mothdust 20:16:47, 2011-09-23
Futzed around with gas fittings. Just need a barbed hose connector to arrive & should be able to hook gas to brazing hearth. 20:18:21, 2011-09-23
Waxing the horns.. 21:04:21, 2011-09-23
No, it's not a euphemism 21:05:14, 2011-09-23
Horns fully waxed. Will varnish them tomorrow. Thinking a couple of them may work better as barrettes than headbands. 22:54:05, 2011-09-23

Twitter Updates for 22-09-2011

@penguat Where's your place? in reply to penguat 00:02:25, 2011-09-22
@Houndloaf Sushi of joy! :) in reply to Houndloaf 02:37:37, 2011-09-22
@karaspita Congratulations! Happy birthday! :) in reply to karaspita 09:50:21, 2011-09-22
Accompanying mum to the hospital later. 09:57:37, 2011-09-22
@America, killing someone because they're an embarrassment to your legal system doesn't make the embarrassment less. #TroyDavis 10:10:39, 2011-09-22
@ladyuhuru Just saw @tajasel RT you. Your icon looks very familiar. Have I met you before? Or am I just being a sleepy derp? 10:31:53, 2011-09-22
@penguat @karaspita Should be fine. Couple of busses and there. Like within what boundaries? I like a lot of things! XD in reply to penguat 10:33:40, 2011-09-22
@ladyuhuru No I guess not! :) Digging about to see if I've got a pic online somewhere.. in reply to ladyuhuru 10:53:36, 2011-09-22
@pliskincat Expo? in reply to pliskincat 10:59:17, 2011-09-22
@ladyuhuru Just realised, it was okcupid. It's definitely a derpy morning. "Hmm, well I've got photos on my.. ooooh, right." XD in reply to ladyuhuru 11:01:19, 2011-09-22
Oh Balloo, why are you advertising Sainsburys? 11:02:20, 2011-09-22
@avon_deer And then they explode. in reply to avon_deer 11:02:49, 2011-09-22
Made a "short" entry for the vacuum rig on the hackspace wiki. http://t.co/i7cCZ9j1 11:17:21, 2011-09-22
Will be leaving shortly to the hospital. Grabbing books and things. 11:17:42, 2011-09-22
I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/5hwf5xHW Half-Life – Singularity Collapse OST by Danny Baranowsky 11:36:00, 2011-09-22
Signing off for a few hours. Any nice words to the mobile would be appreciated. 11:46:57, 2011-09-22
@JezzKitty You are a terrible evil woman. <3 in reply to JezzKitty 19:30:35, 2011-09-22
@sevenhelz Guess so? No idea what that really entails. in reply to sevenhelz 19:49:28, 2011-09-22
We got back from the hospital a couple of hours ago and had some chinese food. Won't know PET scan results til next week. 19:50:09, 2011-09-22
@sevenhelz Haha, well my tweets are already archived on my site & blogs, so go for it. in reply to sevenhelz 20:13:18, 2011-09-22
Back online again. Old keyboard has been rinsed under the tap. Pile of receipts still smell of beer. Sitting in pants with remainder. *sip* 21:22:12, 2011-09-22
Now using a Dell AT102W. It's a vintage feeling thing with proper buckling-spring keys I think. Clickclickclickclickclick. 21:26:33, 2011-09-22
It is rather sadly worn-beige tho. 21:27:21, 2011-09-22
Steam; "I've detected an update! Do you want to restart?" Sure, ok. "Can't, I'm syncing with the cloud!!" 22:29:27, 2011-09-22
The Source engine must have been updated again. Half Life 2 no longer works right. Edge/collision detection, event triggers, animations.. 23:26:10, 2011-09-22

Twitter Updates for 21-09-2011

Home from the hackspace. Very tired. Can only distract myself so long before things start weighing on my mind. 00:42:00, 2011-09-21
@sevenhelz I don't want to pry, but why they'd call you such a horrid thing? :( in reply to sevenhelz 00:49:06, 2011-09-21
So Hannah's on top and Simon's on the bottom? (@YouTube http://t.co/q3hNh66y) 00:52:49, 2011-09-21
@sevenhelz So much for a career in government too then! Or the police. Or the medical profession. And certainly not teaching. in reply to sevenhelz 00:53:53, 2011-09-21
@sevenhelz The sword's not to blame for who wields it. An army commanded by assholes will be sent to do shitty things now and then. in reply to sevenhelz 01:00:04, 2011-09-21
"We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm" Winston Churchill 01:04:14, 2011-09-21
@sevenhelz Would depend if fighting includes offence & defence. The non-fighting bits are mostly support roles though, aren't they? in reply to sevenhelz 01:07:29, 2011-09-21
@sevenhelz I think the world has far more people who've learnt how to do it on their own than have been trained to do so. in reply to sevenhelz 01:08:38, 2011-09-21
@sevenhelz I would say it's poor judgement to join any organisation without researching it to some degree first. in reply to sevenhelz 01:10:00, 2011-09-21
@sevenhelz Would be interested to know where they sit in the command structure & the original motivation for having them. in reply to sevenhelz 01:11:18, 2011-09-21
@sevenhelz I doubt a complete history is possible to know. To whatever degree seems correct. in reply to sevenhelz 01:12:32, 2011-09-21
@sevenhelz I mean, I wonder at what point they began to be used for humanitarian work. Presuming originally forces-support role only. in reply to sevenhelz 01:16:32, 2011-09-21
Need some painkillers.. bleh.. 01:29:25, 2011-09-21
Always kinda awed that I can cheaply buy a box of pills to alter my fundamental neurochemistry.. 01:30:39, 2011-09-21
Just got a call from my brother. He's coming over to borrow some silicone catalyst. 01:54:26, 2011-09-21
*facedesk* Tiiired. 02:24:18, 2011-09-21
New blog post: http://t.co/aIdHvHZq 03:07:32, 2011-09-21
Not with a bang, not with a whimper, but with decades of ever more desperate sobbing. 03:25:26, 2011-09-21
Tories: Want protection from your abusive partner? Fine, but we'll only take court injunctions to get your court injunction. Catch 22. 14:39:34, 2011-09-21
RT: @fleetstreetfox Tory justice minister is going to kill some women. Yes really: http://t.co/GQ1doIuc 14:40:48, 2011-09-21
FYI: I don't RT like that often, but am aware that regular retweets are not passed on to my other blogs, only original postings. 14:41:41, 2011-09-21
@inmywindow Makes me think of a corpse floating to the surface of a septic tank. in reply to inmywindow 15:56:00, 2011-09-21
@inmywindow I'm not sure they're capable of that level of organisation or forward-thinking. in reply to inmywindow 15:58:22, 2011-09-21
@inmywindow If they tried they'd just re-brand the scouts, send in a manager and have it bankrupt in 3 months. in reply to inmywindow 15:58:55, 2011-09-21
#TerribleIdea; Allow businesses to bulk-buy year travelcards at a large discount for staff. Eventually only the employed can travel cheaply. 16:39:30, 2011-09-21
@karaspita @penguat I can likely make myself free either day. Thankyou for the invite! :) in reply to karaspita 23:54:54, 2011-09-21
@penguat Oh good grief! I take it he didn't manage to convince you then? in reply to penguat 23:56:07, 2011-09-21

Twitter Updates for 20-09-2011

I think "tradepro_corp" on ebay have decided to send me out another item rather than give me the *refund* I asked for. Got a dispatch email. 00:15:51, 2011-09-20
I've already bought a cheaper, smaller and better replacement. I don't want another of their shitty regulators full of metal swarf. 00:16:45, 2011-09-20
Package all labled up and booked to be collected tomorrow. Now I can scrub up. Then hang laundry, make bed, and sleep. 00:25:45, 2011-09-20
@Moshiicake Good options :3 #perv in reply to Moshiicake 00:33:24, 2011-09-20
Clean~ 01:18:50, 2011-09-20
Bed is made, hair is dry. Need a drink before sleep. Think someone put some NightTime tea in my cupboard. 02:28:58, 2011-09-20
@Houndloaf "Condemned" sort of lost? :( in reply to Houndloaf 02:29:32, 2011-09-20
Someone needs to make a network multi-user plugin for Paint Tool SAI. 02:32:05, 2011-09-20
@11:53 – "It'd be really funny if as I was sleeping a Creeper appeared and show (@YouTube http://t.co/Q1SclUzj) 02:59:50, 2011-09-20
@Houndloaf Argh. D: Get it re-registered as a boat? :/ in reply to Houndloaf 03:00:55, 2011-09-20
@Houndloaf *hugs much* :( in reply to Houndloaf 03:02:18, 2011-09-20
@Houndloaf Sorry, not tactful. It's late. >_< in reply to Houndloaf 03:02:47, 2011-09-20
@Houndloaf Doesn't matter. It was a bad trite joke trying to lighten the mood a little. in reply to Houndloaf 03:05:58, 2011-09-20
Dislike tea flavoured with Liquorice.. but will start passing out at last soon. 03:09:28, 2011-09-20
@Houndloaf I'm really sorry. I hope it will get sorted out. Insurance or FEMA money maybe? in reply to Houndloaf 03:12:08, 2011-09-20
Sleepyness hitting. Night all. #sleeptweet 03:18:25, 2011-09-20
To think, if they'd just called IT support to start with! "Have you tried turni (@YouTube http://t.co/xBukVnpY) 12:44:31, 2011-09-20
Laundry not dry yet. Got a pair of pants hung over my PC case which is warm. If only it was ok to answer the door naked. 13:17:49, 2011-09-20
Package collected a good few hours earlier than expected! That's handy. Considering getting the travelcard & going to Walthamstow. 14:45:21, 2011-09-20
I don't even play Minecraft, why am I subscribed to so many Minecraft channels on YouTube? 14:46:33, 2011-09-20
I subscribed to lorgon111's channel on YouTube. http://t.co/eJz7Xn41 15:13:30, 2011-09-20
The Speak & Math has a TMS5110 chip in it & two Voice-Synth ROMs. Can't find a pin-out for the ROMs tho. Custom it seems. 15:25:49, 2011-09-20
Can't see any search results for people doing ROM-dumps of the Speak & Spell line. This may get interesting. 15:26:44, 2011-09-20
Baffled why all panic/safe-rooms aren't built around the bedroom. You're unconscious and prone there for 8+hrs a day! 16:18:04, 2011-09-20

Twitter Updates for 19-09-2011

@JezzKitty Because they associate red hair with good things, presumably? in reply to JezzKitty 14:11:50, 2011-09-19
No tea for me today. The kitchen kettle just exploded. Sparks, smoke, vaporised plastic.. :P 14:23:58, 2011-09-19
@JezzKitty Too big to explain fully in a Tweet. Can understand tho. All the redheads I've known have been lovely. :) in reply to JezzKitty 14:25:45, 2011-09-19
@JezzKitty Everyone can be nasty, just depends on how you and others rationalise it. ;) in reply to JezzKitty 14:37:53, 2011-09-19
Isn't refusing UN negotiators usually something "oppressive regimes" do? #dalefarm 14:54:32, 2011-09-19
@JezzKitty Just a bit baseline prettier than others though? :3 in reply to JezzKitty 14:55:38, 2011-09-19
@JezzKitty Are we customers allowed to *remember* the prices then? in reply to JezzKitty 14:56:05, 2011-09-19
What would make people ask "why?" when learning someone has different views to them, instead of immediately writing them off as an idiot? 15:17:24, 2011-09-19
@JezzKitty I'd say give it a week or two. It'll mean the website owner fixing the problem & he's very hard to contact. in reply to JezzKitty 16:09:04, 2011-09-19
@sevenhelz @penguat We need software that creates clothing patterns mapped to 3D scans of the body. Then it's just LOTS of sewing. in reply to sevenhelz 16:13:12, 2011-09-19
@penguat @sevenhelz I was thinking of this: http://t.co/xEml9xH3 in reply to penguat 16:35:58, 2011-09-19
New kettle works. Glad we have several in storage for such tea-based emergencies. 17:05:59, 2011-09-19
Reminds me; anyone want two kittens? Both very "climby". 17:06:55, 2011-09-19
My eye keeps being drawn to the £5 Temp/Humidity meter at the base of the robot (@YouTube http://t.co/a2OuWmWC) 17:44:04, 2011-09-19
Found the adaptor I was looking for! Should mean the @londonhackspace brazing hearth will be functional, even if not finished, Tuesday. 18:22:59, 2011-09-19
Would anyone be interested in open-designed caterpillar tracks? Like for robotics? 19:12:26, 2011-09-19
I'm designing a cheap track system based on a 1/2" pitch & 5/16" rollers so readily available bicycle & motorbike sprockets can be used. 19:14:04, 2011-09-19
Still astounded by the suit Qarrezel made for Mithea. Really raising the bar! http://t.co/CvNVJ5ci 19:39:32, 2011-09-19
@kitsunesoftware "I know that I know nothing." – Socrates. Basically we haven't moved forward in 2500 years. in reply to kitsunesoftware 19:41:43, 2011-09-19
@GraafenBlackpaw I think you've met Mithea too? Amazed it actually capture some of her RL look in it too. in reply to GraafenBlackpaw 19:42:38, 2011-09-19
@DavidSacks Perhaps they thought Stewie from Family Guy was part of an instructional film? in reply to DavidSacks 19:56:00, 2011-09-19
Fuses & bulbs changed. Photo soft-box & lamps now matched & ready to use! #OffToDoList 20:55:34, 2011-09-19
@ChaseLioness Try tidying or doing some small job. Both help. <3 in reply to ChaseLioness 20:55:52, 2011-09-19
@ChaseLioness Hmm. I always find the stuff from Rant Media inspiring & supportive (& tongue-in-cheek). http://t.co/ZitpPuoR in reply to ChaseLioness 21:02:07, 2011-09-19
@ChaseLioness okay, big guns.. http://t.co/gJ43E4y3 in reply to ChaseLioness 21:07:19, 2011-09-19
That's still an impressive sales pitch. (@YouTube http://t.co/ToQCrLjM) 21:31:17, 2011-09-19
@Houndloaf Good find! And it's good to hear that sort of attitude coming from you! :) in reply to Houndloaf 22:56:14, 2011-09-19