This week in Tweets

June 21, 2009 TechyDad This Week in Tweets

Got one for @donttrythis and the Mythbusters. While out on the lake in @TheAngelForever’s aunt’s pontoon boat, the boat tipped forward… #
So the myth for @donttrythis and #Mythbusters: Can a pontoon boat flip over by too many people being on one side (front/back/left/right)? #
If a person is rude to my co-workers and rude to me on the phone, it doesn’t make me want to call them back quickly. #
Computer locked up again. Cleaned out fan to reduce CPU temp & rebooted. Dropped Seesmic’s querying of Twitter API to reduce network calls. #
Next up to help PC run faster: Deleting FireFox extensions that I don’t use/need. #
Unfortunately, my preferred method of speeding up this laptop, removing McAfee (& replacing it with another anti-virus prog), isn’t allowed. #
FireFox needs to be reigned in. Ten open tabs shouldn’t equal 500MB of memory! #
Disabled a bunch of extensions that I never/rarely use. Wonder how I can delete them entirely. #
Ah. Quite easy. Just click on the FireFox extension and select Uninstall. All unused extensions deleted except for two. #
Those two (a Java Quickstart and the Microsoft one)wouldn’t let me delete them so I’ll leave them disabled. #
FireFox already seems snappier. Let’s see if the memory footprint stays lower. 5 tabs and 112MB now. #
After hibernating, waking up & opening more tabs (total of 9 now), FireFox taking up only 167MB. Much better than 10 tabs at 500MB before. #
Off to work out with #EASActive. #
Think I found a bug in #EASActive. During pitching hard, w/ 2 stacks of bottles, I toss the ball at 1 stack & a whole stack vanishes! #
Ok, something is seriously wrong with #EASActive. 1st phantom bottles, then the batting cage tossed me phantom balls & put me in a shadow… #
Now #EASActive tossed me a phantom ball to catch. My guy reached for it & got stuck! What should I do? #
Had to restart the #EASActive workout to recover from the bug. Weird. Anyone else encounter EA SPORTS Active bugs? #
1 feature I wish #EASActive had: a way to track how close you are to getting each trophy. e.g. for boxing, show how many targets you’ve hit. #
Arm killing me after doing all of the #EASActive baseball workouts on hard! I did it all for the trophy. #
RT @mike_elgan: Amazing pictures from the unrest in Iran: http://bit.ly/xwcZY <= Num 38 is amazing. So many people protesting at once! #
Now comes the real test of my FireFox changes. I’ve just opened up 27 more tabs for a total 33. FireFox’s memory usage has gone up to 203MB. #
That’s much better than yesterday’s 500MB+ for only 10 tabs. Looks like the changes worked. #
While waiting for my car to be fixed this morn, their TV had FOX News on. Don’t normally watch it. Boy is it slanted coverage! #
Teaser for a Gitmo detainees story: “Did Obama make a mistake sending Gitmo detainees to the beaches of Bermuda?” #
Those guys were released from custody (picked up wrongly it seems). FOX made it sound like we’re sending terrorists to Bermuda now. #
Also: “Obama’s sending Gitmo detainees someplace you might go on vacation!” (Italy) FOX made it seem like we’re putting terrorists in villas #
Some days I swim against the stream of incoming work & some days the Universe ties me up & drags me kicking & screaming further downstream. #
Today is a kicking and screaming kind of day. #
Is it lunchtime yet? Oh wait. It is! YAY! #
Put some of these FireFox memory reducing tips into effect. Hopefully, they work: http://bit.ly/vdt5A #
Last night I gave my boys a treat. They didn’t like it, but I loved it. Frozen bananas w/ dark chocolate peanut butter! #
Take banana, split in half, put dark choc PB inside & put back together. Cut into bite size portions, wrap each in wax paper & freeze. YUM! #
It’s like a peanut butter, chocolate, banana ice cream, only less calories! Used this Dark Choc PB: http://bit.ly/jbBL6 #
Only need to collect 10 more trophies in #EASActive & I’ll have them all. How close is everyone else to getting all of the trophies? #
9 #EASActive trophies left to collect: Fitness Superstar, 30 Day Champion, Checking In, Volleyball Champ, Fists of Fitness… #
… Goal Achiever, Fuel for the Fire, 50 Strong & Ten out of Ten. #EASActive #
Did a very long run on Hard. 5 times around the track? Insanity! #EASActive #
People give their kids Lupron to “treat” Autism? Really? It’s a nasty drug meant for advanced prostrate cancer. Kids shouldn’t be taking it! #
So tired. Why can’t adults have nap time too? #
RT @mike_elgan: Iran gov. uses photoshop to boost pro-gov crowds http://bit.ly/E09Vv (like they did before w/ missiles http://bit.ly/pIymw). #
Called tailor about suit alterations. Seamstress there M-F to 2:30pm. How can I get my suits altered (so I can go to work) when I work 8-5?! #
#helpiranelection – show support for democracy in Iran add green overlay to your Twitter avatar with 1-click – http://helpiranelection.com/ #
Got 3 more trophies last night on #EASActive. 1 for completing 3 goals, 1 for boxing, & 1 for volleyball. Only have 6 trophies left. #
RT @RustyJay: I would have never guessed! Firefox 3 will become the most popular web browser in a few days. http://is.gd/15pm3 #
Sometimes I’m amazed by people’s follower choices. I mention #EASActive volleyball & a volleyball fan follows me. Not complaining, mind you. #
For the record, though I rarely play it nowadays, I like playing actual volleyball. Was one of the only sports I had actual skills in. #
Don’t know why or how, but I was always able to serve that ball exactly where I wanted it to go. #
Really? A Montana city wants job applicants to give “all current personal or business websites” w/ usernames & passwords? http://is.gd/15ytP #
Exhausted, feel like I’m going to pass out, but going to do my #EASActive workout. Need to get rid of some stress anyway. #
Ok, #EASActive workout done. Now I just need to empty the dishwasher, clean up the dishes in the sink & get to bed sometime before midnight. #
Dishwasher cleaned & refilled. Even cleaned off the stovetop. Now it’s time to *thud* *zzzzzzzzzz* #
What’s up with @twitterparents retweeting so many anti-circumcision posts? #twitterparents #
Anyone know of any good dad forums/message boards? #
Trying to think of good places to go out for Father’s Day lunch. We’re going to do pizza & wings w/ B’s parents for dinner. #
I wanted something a little more special for dad’s day so we’re going out to lunch. Need to figure out a good place that’s kid friendly. #
Parenting.com has tabs for fertility, pregnancy, baby, toddler, child, mom, recipes, activities, gear & community. Where’s the Dad tab? WTH? #
Pixar grants dying 10 yr old girl’s wish to see “Up.” She was too sick to go to a theater & died 7hrs later. http://is.gd/16oOt #
Thinking of unfollowing #TwitterParents if this anti-circumcision BS continues. #
I think the week has drained me. Feeling no motivation right now. Got to try to force myself to finish up some stuff. #
30 circ deaths listed by anti-circ folks. Of those 3 were before 1980 (1910? Really?). 2 died of non-circ injuries (suicide/beaten)… #
…Make that 3 from non-circ, 10 from possible illegal initiation schools and 1 by herpes contracted by the mohel. That leaves 13. #
Ok, did a proper recount: 3 before 1980, 11 from South Africa (possible “initiation school”), 3 non-circ deaths…. #
…1 from herpes tangentially related to circ (contracted from mohel). That leaves 12 deaths over a 26 year span. Not exactly an epidemic. #
Trying to focus on work since I’m really angry about a few things right now. #
To anti-circ tweeters: It’s obvious neither of us will sway the other & it’s fri afternoon. I’m not replying to any more anti-circ tweets. #
Walking with Dinosaurs Live was amazing. Dinosaurs were so lifelike! Any more lifelike and audience members would have been gobbled up! #