This week in Tweets

January 4, 2009 TechyDad This Week in Tweets

Cool! @skydiver got Park City to make an exception to the “nontransferrable” rule. Thanks to both @skydiver and Park City! #
Got a new C3PO toy on my desk. 50% off from a Going-Out-Of-Business K-B Toys. #
First Australia wants to filter the Internet and now UK culture sec Andy Burnham wants to rate websites like we do w/ movies. #
1 trillion pages (indexed by Google), 1 pg rated/second, 8hrs/day (no weekends/holidays – we’re PROTECTING THE CHILDREN), will take 95K yrs. #
Retweeting @BuckDaddy: 7 away from 1000 followers, who wants to pimp me out and get me there <=== Who shall be #1000? #
Just realized that I have 100 followers now (again). Yay! Hopefully, these are people and not bots. #
RT @OwenC is giving away a Twitter Mug for New Year. Enter here: http://tinyurl.com/winatwittermug #
WiiFit Workout time (aka 10:30) rapidly approaching. Trying to finish a blog post before I break for my workout. #
Blog post done. Time to clean up my WiiFit workout area (aka the living room aka the kids’ playroom) and get into some workout clothes. #
23 minutes into my WiiFit workout. Think I’ll try for 45 minutes this time. #
33 minutes down now. Only 12 more minutes for my WiiFit workout. Done with Yoga and Strength Training. Onto Aerobics and Balance Games. #
WiiFit workout done. 45 minute mark reached. Body exhausted but need some cool down time before I head to sleep. #
Perfect time to upgrade @TheAngelForever’s blog to WordPress 2.7! #
Last part of my wife’s blog upgrade is in progress. With any luck, it’ll be done in a few minutes. #
Hungry… need a midnight snack. Something non-fattening. Going to raid the Rice Krispies. *YUM* #
Ok, decided on Banana instead of the cereal. Still have 400 files left in the upload queue. #
Little guy woke up. He’s in our bed now. #
As for me, my wife’s WordPress upgrade is complete, so I’m headed to sleep. It’s 1am here & I need to wake up at 6:30am. Night Tweetsville! #
Every morning I make myself oatmeal in a paper bowl. I’m thinking I should be green & use a non-disposable bowl. #
On the other hand, I’d need to wash it out in the bathroom sink after each use. Not sure how sanitary that would be. What do you think? #
Have you ever flown with an almost 2 year old? Did you buy your child a seat or just put the child on your lap? (Our flight would be 3 hrs.) #
How much productivity do I lose because I need to wait for apps to load & because my system locks up randomly? #
Ew Ew Ew!!! My office has ANTS! #
I’ve employed chemical warfare in my ant battle. Sprayed Lysol by the door. Kills some ants, creates a barrier, & ruins their scent trail. #
Doesn’t kill the ants in my office, but hopefully housekeeping will be here soon with a vacuum. #
It’s lunch time *stomp* & I’m hungry *stomp* but I really *stompity stomp* don’t want to *stomp* eat here. Gee, I wonder *stomp stomp* why? #
I know I need to lose weight, but employing ants to make me lose my appetite? I do *NOT* recommend the “Infested With Ants” diet plan. #
Chemical attack still keeping ants out of my office. 1 ant is wandering by my door. He moves in & stops like a wall’s in his way. Go Lysol! #
Lysol seems to be wearing off. I guess it has a lifespan of about an hour. Time to reapply? #
Called housekeeping to find out what the hold up was on the ant-cleanup crew. Got voice-mail. *GRRRR* #
Is wondering how I could capture as many ants as possible for release in Housekeeping’s department. #
Was thinking of having a snack. Not going to have my (sugary sweet) orange with these ants around. (I’m not fixated on them or anything.) #
Retweeting @BuildingCamelot: Most Useful Web Applications for 2008 http://tinyurl.com/89zo6v <=== Going to have to try some of these out. #
My boss found someone from housekeeping. He came armed with a squirt bottle and paper towels. I swear I heard the ants laughing. #
Thinking of Lysol-bombing my carpet as I leave to kill as many ants as possible & to give the fumes 16 hours to fade. #
Fell asleep getting JSL to settle. Now I’m exhausted. Need to find a way to wake up so that I can work out in 40 minutes. #
Thinking of making some popcorn using our Whirly Pop. Sounds good but not sure if I’m up to standing by the stove for 10 minutes. #
Wow. WiiFit Workout time snuck up on me. Got to get ready! #
Woohoo! 45 minutes on WiiFit done. Now to put away the balance board/yoga mat and clean up dishes from dinner #
There needs to be a web app PlanMyDisneyVacation.com would let you enter the day, select the park, & would list the rides/eateries avail. #
One of my co-workers was talking about leaving early tomorrow (not to me). Wonder if they’ll all leave & not tell me I can leave also again. #
Ok, time for bed now. Need some sleep before I wake up for work in 5 1/2 hours #
Anyone know of a good (inexpensive) set of ankle/wrist weights? I’m thinking that might help me burn more calories during my WiiFit workout. #
Uh oh. Time Warner customers might lost Viacom channels because Viacom wants programming rate increases of 22%-36% per channel. #
Affected channels are: Comedy Central, CMT: Pure Country, Logo, Palladia, MTV, MTV 2, MTV Hits, MTV Jams, MTV Tr3s, Nickelodeon, Noggin, … #
… Nick 2, Nicktoons, Spike, The N, TV Land, VH1, VH1 Classic, and VH1 Soul. #
Not Noggin!!! They can’t take Noggin away from us!!! Do they know the 5-year-old tantrums that will result? Thank goodness for the DVR! #
Just realized that it’s almost 10am and I still didn’t eat breakfast. *THAT’S* why I feel so hungry!!! #
Housekeeping came up, promised to vacuum my office, and put down some ant bait/poison. #
Still haven’t seen any ants in my office though a few were loitering just outside it. Much less ants about today also. #
My car is quite old & might need to be replaced soon. Just for informational purposes, I ran a CarConsult on CarZen.com: http://is.gd/eiyP #
RT @TheAngelForever: RT @MsmarTWC: TWC’s CEO released an official statement about the Viacom dispute: http://is.gd/eirX Please retweet! #
is a Time Warner Cable customer angry that Viacom demands huge rate increases & tries to blame TWC for the blackout. #GreedyViacom (pls rt) #
Associated Press: ‘Colbert,’ ‘SpongeBob’ may go dark on Time Warner http://is.gd/ehjo #GreedyViacom #
Trying to shut down everything so I can leave for the day. #
Also typing out as much of my New Year’s blog post as I can. Going to wrap up after this last section. #
Viacom, let’s make a deal. I’ll support your 22%-36% rate increase if you can get my boss to give me a 30% salary increase. #GreedyViacom #
Viacom to block TW Road Runner from Viacom’s free online content even if the RR customer doesn’t use TWC? http://is.gd/ejTt #GreedyViacom #
Thanks to @jeffTWC for the previous URL. #GreedyViacom #
rt @ericheinzman: #GreedyViacom Tell Viacom not to kill Moose and Zee: http://tinyurl.com/77s8pl #
NHL is still up and playing DS #
With NHL up and New Year’s Eve upon us, I think I’ll skip my WiiFit Workout tonight. I’ll make it up Saturday night. #
Happy New Year everyone! #
RT @TheAngelForever: Still have Viacom stations here and it is after 12:01. . . wonder if something happened. #GreedyViacom #
Headed to bed now. Noggin and other Viacom channels still on the air here. #GreedyViacom #
I posted my New Year’s Anti-Resolutions on my blog. http://www.techydad.com/?p=272 Do you have any Anti-Resolutions? #resolutions #
Enter to win a Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme 1 TB External Hard Drive from thedirtytshirt.com: http://thedirtytshirt.com/?p=1903 #
Oh man! I forgot how good Whirley-pop popcorn is! Can’t stop eating. Me POPCORN Monster! Om nom nom nom… #
Yikes! It’s 10:50. I completely lost track of time. Need to do my WiiFit workout now. #
Ugh… Never attempting WiiFit’s 90 second Plank again. It’s just too much for my poor, out-of-shape body. x-( #
WiiFit Workout done! 45 minutes done 3 times so far this week. #
Rats. Someone twittered a top 10 list that included a video conversion website. I wanted to give it a try, so I kept the tab open. #
Only problem is that the tab was closed at one point. Now I don’t know what the site was. Sound familiar to anyone? #
It’s (way past) Bedtime. Good night all! #
RT @freebieprincess: IHOP FREE Pancake Day http://tinyurl.com/774wr3 #
Trying to thaw out so I can do some work. Forget about May, I want Disney now!!! Ok, I’ll settle for Florida in general. #
What are your Anti-Resolutions for the new year? http://www.techydad.com/?p=272 #
Slashdot article about Facebook & MySpace banning nursing babies photos. http://is.gd/epvB Do I see a mom invasion of Slashdot pending? 😉 #
Sheesh. Someone on /. is insisting that some women “continue to breast feed for their own physical enjoyment.” #
He seems to think that they should be arrested for child molestation. There are too many idiots out there. #
Another guy tried to equate breastfeeding & smoking. Unless the woman’s breastmilk squirts across the room into your eyes, it’s not valid. #
Funniest comment yet on the /.: “I like to point out that jebus would have not survived infancy were it not for the all powerful boobies.” #
Just ran a report to see how often people are looking at my monthly stats reports. Only 1 person viewed it 1 time in the last 2 months?!!! #
Only two views on that report. 1 was me. 1 was a co-worker of mine. Apparently everyone I thought would be interested in the numbers isn’t. #
Cisco apparently decided to save money by closing down for 2 wks between X-Mas & New Year’s. They told employees to take 4 personal days. #
WTF? Your company decides to close its doors so *you* need to take *your* time off? Cisco should pay their employees during the closing. #
Trying to think of places to go with my wife for dinner tonight while her parents watch the kids. Hibachi grill sounds good but is pricey. #
Is trying to be motivated at work, but it’s slow here and there are only 2 more hours until I leave for the weekend. #
Heading home now. Probably won’t be online again until Sat night. Goodnight all! #
Little guy sounds awful. Sleeping for now, but awfully congested. Going to get some sleep while I can. #
Disco Wiggles on TV! #