June 2012 – Personal blog of Peter "Sci" Turpin

Twitter Updates for 30-06-2012

@HaloHusky I have the same feels. I intend to obscure them with doughnuts. :| in reply to HaloHusky 01:11:57, 2012-06-30
Photoset: Hello childhood terrors. http://t.co/0xQ5SydU 01:14:33, 2012-06-30
I liked a @YouTube video from @vintagebeeflp http://t.co/B4hhia25 Steve vs. Steve – A Minecraft Rivalry – EP04 02:04:34, 2012-06-30
adventures in narcissism: RIP – slonna: http://t.co/SVXYCNBS 10:07:46, 2012-06-30
There was a splendid waste of £30. I know now I'd rather be around those who don't care about me than those that pretend they do. 17:50:44, 2012-06-30
Photo: adriofthedead: http://t.co/TwHWshsQ 19:35:19, 2012-06-30
adventures in narcissism: moominboy: thearcticbear: moominboy: THERE WAS NEVER A TIME WHEN… – moominboy: http://t.co/VjHRZIOl 19:38:00, 2012-06-30
Only hate remains. 19:40:11, 2012-06-30
Hi, this is your emotional dumping-ground speaking. I am actually a sentient human being with feelings and issues of my own. Fuck off. 19:42:35, 2012-06-30
@thepandalion Travel and coping-alcohol in reply to thepandalion 21:12:35, 2012-06-30
@tinycorvid Really? in reply to tinycorvid 21:18:01, 2012-06-30

Twitter Updates for 29-06-2012

@HaloHusky @ThrashWolf Lot of people with more mouth than money. Myself included. :P in reply to HaloHusky 00:05:16, 2012-06-29
New blog post: Today.. http://t.co/0W8uxBWB 00:32:50, 2012-06-29
Photo: kitsunette: http://t.co/MjHe0gXf 00:35:09, 2012-06-29
Photo: kitsunette: http://t.co/0mXjwJRK 00:35:09, 2012-06-29
Really hating I can't even play music quietly now. Any volume at all can apparently stops people sleeping. Or might, which is enough. 00:37:31, 2012-06-29
Leaves me feeling tethered to the PC again. Like it's the only point in my room of any use because I can't have background noise elsewhere. 00:38:56, 2012-06-29
@inmywindow Got them. Tethered to PC and a 1m radius around it. in reply to inmywindow 00:39:30, 2012-06-29
@inmywindow *Can* be brilliant. Not always, but can be. 00:52:32, 2012-06-29
Been a year since the ex. That time's flown by. Still gives me panic attacks. Still feels fresh.. 00:54:46, 2012-06-29
..but then life is identical to how it was. Nothing's changed. Nothing has overwritten the loss of security. 00:55:33, 2012-06-29
@tinycorvid Apparently. A journal I wrote about it is 11 months old. in reply to tinycorvid 00:56:02, 2012-06-29
Drinking port 02:06:48, 2012-06-29
Minecraft seed 3140653704378394487 is rather nice. Spawn right beside odd but nice village. Overhangs & 3 watchtowers. 02:36:14, 2012-06-29
@leashless Might want to get a copy printed in case of battery failure. in reply to leashless 03:08:17, 2012-06-29
@leashless Lots of groups are working on facets or small bits of the problem. Is there any sort of forum for them to communicate? in reply to leashless 03:11:40, 2012-06-29
@leashless This is the problem with utopia ideas like The Venus Project; assume there's always enough to go around, that there's a way out. in reply to leashless 03:20:42, 2012-06-29
I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/cegOCdlO Well hullo there! 13:28:11, 2012-06-29
I dreamt of a piece of music last night. I disassembled it in the dream into its component parts. I defined them. 13:44:53, 2012-06-29
Usually you can't remember music from a dream because you're actually dreaming of the feeling of music not actual music. 13:45:34, 2012-06-29
In this case I managed to recall three core elements of the piece. There may have been a little more, but I think it was impromptu. 13:46:50, 2012-06-29
It was elements of the music from Portal 2, but both key and cadence radically altered so it became Jazz. The Dr Who riff went over top. 13:48:29, 2012-06-29
Trying to think what I need to do before shops close. Faircut is one possible. Dentist appointment? Wood order? 15:41:23, 2012-06-29
Timber yard not answering, dentist closed at 3pm, Kizzy booked for vet on monday. 16:51:43, 2012-06-29
@MsLisaRogers Depends if you want to get near the Olympics? in reply to MsLisaRogers 18:51:59, 2012-06-29
I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/Lfusph8z TM65 Episode 2 – Static Test af a 65KN Liquid propellant rocket 19:52:53, 2012-06-29
@VulpineDesigns Messaged back in Notes. in reply to VulpineDesigns 19:59:37, 2012-06-29
Lusting after the Red Planet Pizza "Rosemary Chicken & Potato". But sadly am way outside delivery area. Also broke. 22:51:43, 2012-06-29

Today..

..procrastinated.

Got some laundry done. Opened post. Got reminded how low a threshold of help is willing to be given to me. Spent too long looking up pinion shims for a low-priority project.

Found some drivers for a large obsolete graphics tablet. Cleared up the pile of uneeded receipts. Despaired at bank balance.

Put off replying to some messages. Hid from world.

Soon, midnight snack and change bedding. Maybe.

Reminding myself

To keep myself motivated, going to try and keep track of acheivements, no matter how small.

Today I moved the networking cabinet down to the workshop.
I fitted the prototyping chassis’ into it, & repaired bus-bars.
I gave the electrolux vacuum cleaner part a 2nd coat of black paint, sanded away the stained area and reassembled it into a bare housing.
Got the scrap lens opened up and partly cleaned.

I think there was more, but I can’t remember.

Twitter Updates for 28-06-2012

Photo: maariamph: You’re inspired because you’re tired. Because when you’re tired your mind works slower,… http://t.co/nNO7OEG1 01:08:41, 2012-06-28
I liked a @YouTube video from @sourcefilmmaker http://t.co/BxNmXAoV Introducing the Source Filmmaker 01:12:59, 2012-06-28
Video: adriofthedead: http://t.co/toeInTJM 01:14:07, 2012-06-28
@Doaldernog @marblehornets The Slenderman *would* look terrible in them.. in reply to Doaldernog 01:15:17, 2012-06-28
@tinycorvid @JezzKitty Yeah. I know that feeling. I'd probably be coping better if I could do that.. in reply to tinycorvid 01:19:47, 2012-06-28
Photoset: cantsman: I’m already singing “Money for nothing”.. http://t.co/MlCSI021 http://t.co/aK3KLcw8 01:29:03, 2012-06-28
Photo: http://t.co/AhZz9UEX 02:29:55, 2012-06-28
I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/DjxOcYSi Synthetic Biology Explained 03:20:18, 2012-06-28
New blog post: Reminding myself http://t.co/6cu4KHiF 03:49:16, 2012-06-28
Photoset: saveroomminibar: http://t.co/nLsmzeus 13:29:12, 2012-06-28
slowly-tongued-by-stephen-fry: http://t.co/CgLu3g9t 13:34:47, 2012-06-28
Photo: sarahbelham: http://t.co/jOKSAoZb 13:36:39, 2012-06-28
Photo: http://t.co/0RvVzGtr 13:37:36, 2012-06-28
Actually there was some concern that the guy who ate the guys face had been MJ (@YouTube http://t.co/ywDVFgmv) 14:23:27, 2012-06-28
The evolution of what's consider trolling or arguing in comment threads over the years is very interesting. 14:28:00, 2012-06-28
@dresdencodak So WW2 is the result of Hitler trying to remove all the assassins familys from history? Huge self-fulfilling time paradox? in reply to dresdencodak 14:32:33, 2012-06-28
@LupusLondonwolf But all the green places are places we don't go, so perception of urbanisation is distorted. in reply to LupusLondonwolf 14:35:07, 2012-06-28
What do I hate? When resources list a dimension as "standard" over and over without saying what that "standard" is. 17:16:31, 2012-06-28
Video: drunkonstevphen: http://t.co/7E4Y2eUU 17:22:40, 2012-06-28
Photoset: onnanono: http://t.co/apEuDRcd 17:23:30, 2012-06-28
thatmotherfuckingcat: http://t.co/pFsB6086 17:25:28, 2012-06-28
@Apesink Sure, but please email me. Enquiries coming from too many mediums. in reply to Apesink 17:28:07, 2012-06-28
"Blocked by landslides" eh? I think Scotland's just cutting ties to England. 17:52:03, 2012-06-28
Politely ask to be told if I get post in the morning, as it would help give me a purpose for leaving room. Told it's not their problem. 18:05:07, 2012-06-28
Seeing a lot of retweets of people saying they're moving to Canada because of the Obamacare thing. Because Canadian free healthcare is ok? 18:41:39, 2012-06-28
My adopted cat Khizzy's gone missing. 20:07:31, 2012-06-28
Photo: http://t.co/35Hu57eZ 21:34:43, 2012-06-28
ad0lf-hipster: http://t.co/w5X2wk7o 21:35:43, 2012-06-28
I didn't think http://t.co/DhFKnyZk archived exe's, but there it is. Driver files for an obsolete graphics tablet. 22:16:22, 2012-06-28
Welp, looks like the drivers are buggy anyway. 22:24:34, 2012-06-28
Grabbed even earlier copy from the Wayback Machine cache. Seems to have installed. 22:26:44, 2012-06-28
And pen battery seems to be flat anyway. 22:28:43, 2012-06-28
The horse sound when you say "Superball" is a reference to the movie Young Fran (@YouTube http://t.co/RY5Q54q3) 23:15:07, 2012-06-28
@HaloHusky Aww no :( in reply to HaloHusky 23:32:17, 2012-06-28