Social Media

Social Media Updates for 2009-12-20

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  • Santa Claus is streaming live every day this week from 6pm to 10pm CST: http://is.gd/5qxVR [Including on Christmas Eve!] #
  • Santa has me on his "Naughty" list: http://bit.ly/5AwdMy [The video doesn't lie!] #
  • It's official. I have 500 apps installed on my iPhone. #
  • Either Wicket's poop is having dependency issues, or he ate tinsel. #
  • It's a Wonderful Life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mixIxvibdq0 #
  • What's your favorite Christmas carol? #
  • Fa la la la la _________ la. #
  • Profit goes to charity with the auction service, Bidazzled: #ad http://bit.ly/664p1K [Use code BTP1202A for extra bids.] #
  • Szul Coupons – http://bit.ly/7NnL1P #
  • Gamefly Coupons – http://bit.ly/4SrG5b #
  • AccessoryGeeks Coupons – http://bit.ly/91jFfG #
  • Any device that has a USB port and doesn't charge by it is an automatic FAIL. #
  • I love bleu cheese. Does that mean I love anything that smells like feet? #
  • Just donated my "Geek" teddy bear to Toys for Tots. He hopes you'll give something to charity this Holiday season, too. #
  • OnSale Coupons – http://bit.ly/6hrqNv #
  • Do You Share Too Much Online? – http://bit.ly/63Ydfq #
  • New Zealand billboard raises eyebrows. http://bit.ly/5UlKDO [Poor Joseph.] #
  • Flip UltraHD reviewed. http://bit.ly/5uABmN #
  • BumpTop on the Mac – http://bit.ly/5QX3tK #
  • A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron. [Joseph Stalin] #
  • What is There to do in the Netherlands? – http://bit.ly/5vn26k #
  • Look who's paying attention to YouTube! http://bit.ly/5KEjSC [If Sam Raimi were just starting out, you know he'd be posting videos, too.] #
  • Should Twitter be Banned at Conferences? – http://bit.ly/718uuV #
  • It ain't ignorance that causes all the trouble in this world. It's the things people know that ain't so. [Edwin H. Armstrong] #
  • Seriously. Why does Facebook keep wanting to connect me to Don Imus? #
  • Beta of Firefox 3.6 available. http://bit.ly/5CvG3k [If that's your bag, baby.] #
  • Malware on the Rise – http://bit.ly/6XepuI #
  • How Fanboys See Operating Systems: http://geeks.pirillo.com/forum/topics/how-fanboys-see-operating #
  • If life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade – and try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party. [Ron White] #
  • Happy Birthday to my friends: @amalucky, @jabancroft, @clintnelsen! #
  • American Psychological Association weighs in on global warming. http://bit.ly/4oiZCp [Are these folks crazy?] #
  • Sweet! HyperBowl Classic is currently FREE: http://go.tagjag.com/hyperbowl [For the iPhone / iPod Touch.] #
  • It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to keep it. [Willy Brandt] #
  • Tonight in #Seattle? Belly Dance, Hooping, Bollywood, and Hip Hop Aristry: http://bellybollychristmas.eventbrite.com/ #
  • Is sexting a real problem or just kids being kids? http://bit.ly/8PUQRC [Like, OMG!] #
  • I want to be the Cecil B. DeMille of science fiction. [Steven Spielberg] #
  • Does Sirius XM think its own Internet radio service has no competition? http://bit.ly/59uDQ7 [Well, there's still FM and AM.] #
  • Patience is passion tamed. [Lyman Abbott] #
  • So much for those unmanned drones… http://bit.ly/4JMTmg [This would never happen to Santa!] #
  • Coffee in England is just toasted milk. [Christopher Fry] #
  • Downloads for charity. http://bit.ly/8GET67 [Get "the closest thing to Word that isn't" for free and support charity.] #
  • Christmas Tree Fun – http://bit.ly/8fBqwe #
  • Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem. [Keith Richards] #
  • Network Monitoring Software Review – http://bit.ly/5b3sYX #
  • There may be thousands of apps available in iTunes, but 90% of them aren't worth the price of free. #
  • Knife Safety – http://bit.ly/4wWq1b #
  • #humaneholiday raised $400 tonight for the Seattle Humane Society! Thanks for your support, Mike's Hard & #Seattle. #
  • I'll match Mike's Hard on their donation to the #Seattle Humane Society tonight. #humaneholiday #
  • http://seattle.socialcentral.net has relaunched! #Seattle #
  • The world of impossible conclusions. http://bit.ly/8re5W7 [Is a world of improbable solutions?] #
  • When I teach people, I marry them. [Sylvia Ashton-Warner] #
  • Are pearltrees like… oysters in the sky? http://bit.ly/8G9d7d [Nah, but they let you "organize the Web your way."] #
  • Though I weigh only 120 pounds, when I'm mad, I weigh a ton. [Thomas Starr King] #
  • An algorithm for pet relationships? http://bit.ly/6sQnHW [Why can't our pets all get along?] #
  • Testing BumpTop for Mac: http://bumptop.com/mac [Super Private Beta!] #
  • I think I'm the only actor in the history of film who got to slap Sam Jackson on the face and butt and lived to tell about it. [Eugene Levy] #
  • Top YouTube videos for 2009. http://bit.ly/78AZXF [Where does the time go?] #
  • Will I see you tonight for the Humane Holiday Tweetup? http://bit.ly/4BBlEa [Drink-up?] #
  • For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been.' [John Greenleaf Whittier] #
  • #Seattle is losing an icon: http://bit.ly/8Py2Bz [Okay, well... maybe not an ICON, but certainly a cursor.] #
  • Is there a distinct difference between chutzpah and clear stupidity? http://bit.ly/6xuwl2 [Or "a fine line between stupid and clever?"] #
  • Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care. [William Safire] #
  • Breaking the 200 MPH barrier with world class driving. http://bit.ly/8rEGsi [And world class speeding tickets?] #
  • Only the pure in heart can make a good soup. [Ludwig van Beethoven] #
  • Top 5 desktop replacement apps for the iPhone. http://bit.ly/8fwEQh [I wonder if George Costanza's iToilet is on the list.] #
  • Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend. [Thomas Chandler Haliburton] #
  • Do you own a Nissan with a CVT transmission? http://bit.ly/7vXY8G [If so, you may want to read this.] #
  • The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures. [Humphry Davy] #
  • YouTube by subscription? Will you bite? http://bit.ly/5yMmw6 [But what tastes better than a free lunch?] #
  • Free Shipping Coupons – http://bit.ly/5BIbNK #
  • I just bumped an Android. #
  • Are You Addicted to the Internet? – http://bit.ly/5CD4Nd #
  • How to Re-Partition a Hard Drive – http://bit.ly/8BxCvV #
  • The Place of Ego in a Community: http://bit.ly/8CXdJQ [Sadly, the people who need to read this most - won't.] #
  • This may come as a shocker, but I don't have a Droid or a Pre. Why buy something I can't use?! #
  • Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye. [Bill Hicks] #
  • LG Chocolate Touch Review – http://bit.ly/4u7Z1l #
  • Will Australia's planned Internet censorship spread? http://bit.ly/4BkYXQ [Censorship scofflaws will be deported to... oh, wait.] #
  • Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. [Arthur C. Clarke] #
  • Brick! @HipsForHire gave me her LEGO virginity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuQTQlC-Rw8 [This video recorded for posterity.] #
  • Google URL shortener does not work with Firefox. http://bit.ly/5nAIIC [Google URL lengthener probably doesn't, either.] #
  • Are you the family geek? http://bit.ly/4Ruq8c [And if so, do you love the fact or hate it?] #
  • Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings. [Jane Austen] #
  • Why settle for a fast food breakfast when you've got a Big Biscuit Barn? http://bit.ly/81ZJDg [Praise the Lord and pass the biscuits!] #
  • Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. [Philip K. Dick] #
  • McDonald's will be a happier place in 2010. http://bit.ly/6cROqU [Note: Not healthier!] #
  • Life – how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not here, but elsewhere. [V. S. Pritchett] #
  • Here we go again – $100 laptops. http://bit.ly/6iltAJ [Refurbed Speak & Spells?] #
  • On second thought, I think I am more crazy than my goat. [Remedios Varo] #
  • Fake Steve Jobs has some real things to say about AT&T. http://bit.ly/6nO8of [Mischief is most poignant when it's effective!] #
  • Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. [Margaret Mead] #
  • Enermax announces a different keyboard. http://bit.ly/6hZKae [Which is interesting, unless you're happy with a $10 keyboard.] #
  • I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. [Noel Coward] #
  • WWCD? http://bit.ly/61igwS [What would Cthulhu do?] #
  • There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. [George Santayana] #
  • Last day to get PDF Create 6 at 80% Off: http://bit.ly/8VwwzX #aff [and PDF Converter Pro 6 for 20% Off.] #
  • Cherry Moon Farms Coupons – http://bit.ly/8nia1a #
  • Tryping ais going to be a probleem with this bacndage on my left indesx finger. #
  • Proflowers Coupons – http://bit.ly/5W5LEy #
  • Finger slice only skin deep. Getting wound looked at in a few minutes. Hurts like hell. #
  • Sliced finger. Called 911. Laying down. #
  • This is where you can get the @TraciToguchi Christmas Album I've been listening to: http://bit.ly/4u9ebh [On sale, too!] #
  • No, seriously. Android 1.5 (the experience) is just… clunky. How could you even LIKE this?! #
  • Sorry, 30 minutes in – Android is just PAINFUL in comparison to the iPhone. It's only "win" is that it's open source. #
  • 8 Tips for Beating Online Poker: #ad http://bit.ly/5OLJh0 [Better than 9 tips on how to lose?] #
  • After spending 15 minutes with Google's Android, I LAUGH at those who would consider it in the same class as the iPhone. #
  • American Express: Twittering with customer service. http://bit.ly/6nMtqb [Is that what the kids are calling it these days?] #
  • There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime. [Maxwell Anderson] #
  • Text messaging and privacy. http://bit.ly/61Lq4Z [Two great tastes that go together like... rabid bison steak and moldy oatmeal. Yech?] #
  • The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive. [John Sladek] #
  • Your device, your design, your style. http://bit.ly/8khMO2 [When a gadget comes along, you must Skin it!] #
  • We've found @Scobleizer's twin: http://bit.ly/8VQA4m [Sorry, @DaveErasmus!] #
  • http://tweetvite.com/event/mikes is actually on Thursday (free)! For every person, they'll donate $5 to @SeattleHumane. #
  • In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy. [J. Paul Getty] #
  • There are NO good newsgroup readers for Mac OS X, sadly. #
  • Free download of Google Talk reviewed. http://bit.ly/6OI020 [In text, not talk, I'm afraid.] #
  • If 50 of you come the tweetup tomorrow, Mike's will donate $500 to the #Seattle Humane Society: http://tweetvite.com/event/mikes #
  • It's always nice when the eccentrics show up. [Alex Cox] #
  • Manufacturers jumping on another Microsoft file system – is this a good idea? http://bit.ly/4Q94vA [They all failed History 101, it seems.] #
  • http://www.nuigroup.com/bloom/bloom.swf #
  • Sony Sweep Panorama Photo Contest – http://bit.ly/6A1S9p #
  • I enjoy life because I enjoy making other people enjoy it. [Tim Conway] #
  • Prom Night – http://bit.ly/8IM1Ol #
  • Waiting for the white sales? http://bit.ly/8vxXjl [Unless your name is Ahab. Then you're probably waiting for the white whales. One of 'em.] #
  • Living Life to the Fullest – http://bit.ly/5BRXDC #
  • The straight line leads to the downfall of humanity. [Friedensreich Hundertwasser] #
  • 'When will we stop saying "flat screens" and just say "screens"? Like saying "color TV", you can't buy any other kind.' [@brettschulte] #
  • That's why they call them strange bedfellows. http://bit.ly/6fmrPR [Depends on what's going on in that bed.] #
  • eStarling Touchscreen Digital Picture Frame Review – http://bit.ly/905Wy3 #
  • The universe is made of stories, not of atoms. [Muriel Rukeyser] #
  • Is it time to Google Wave goodbye? http://bit.ly/5PZlNA [Might be a bit hasty. Some haven't Google Waved hello yet!] #
  • Let me just say, I've seen a pub or two. [Don Johnson] #
  • Norway and Sweden the first to use 4G. http://bit.ly/6QTisM [Yumpin' yiminy!] #
  • It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment. [Freeman Dyson] #
  • Too, To and Two – http://bit.ly/653D73 #
  • How to Make a Mac Dashboard Widget – http://bit.ly/4rrnRa #
  • Top Ten Places to Visit in New York City – http://bit.ly/6mLpVk #
  • iTunes Alternative – http://bit.ly/78GX3X #
  • Oops. Three people unfollowed me before they had a chance to win an earlier contest. Their loss. :) #
  • Fannie May Candies Coupons – http://bit.ly/5YIIfw #
  • Bonjour, Eiffel Tower – http://bit.ly/598JoV #
  • Bon Jour, Eiffel Tower – http://bit.ly/598JoV #
  • Hey @CoachDeb, I'm NOT a celebrity: http://bit.ly/8wDHOV [Despite what @WarrenWhitlock suggests...] #
  • Got ahead of myself in the Address Bar of Safari and almost went to twishitter.com. #
  • #Seattle Tweetups This Week: http://bit.ly/6nzkei (Wed) ~ http://bit.ly/4BBlEa (Thu) ~ http://bit.ly/6fW0Ch (Fri) #
  • RT @brentspiner: "I'll be at the Android Lounge at CES Las Vegas 1/8/10 http://140tc.com/ces – they finally started paying attention. Yay." #
  • Cooked a meal for a certain someone who is sick. "Bacon makes everything better." #
  • Reuters tells FTC that journalism will survive the Internet Age. http://bit.ly/91JZsV [No one has to hold breath until turning blue.] #
  • Christmas Album of the Year? @TraciToguchi's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvlH1f73L7k is where she's playing part of it. #
  • If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to so so from the neck up instead of from the neck down. [Jimmy Doolittle] #
  • My review of the @Nespresso: http://bit.ly/5BHuuD [I'm already out of pods!] #LeWeb #
  • Julia Rich, my eternal thanks. http://bit.ly/7GQPqa [It's cool when your favorite teachers go on to do amazing things.] #
  • Art is significant deformity. [Roger Fry] #
  • Posted photos from City Hall in Paris, France: http://bit.ly/7IyD6y [as well as from the top of the Tower Eiffel] #LeWeb #
  • Error: Internet Explorer add-ons disabled. http://bit.ly/827U4w [And a possible fix.] #
  • Elephants are contagious. [Paul Eluard] #
  • I found an old video of my date to the junior prom: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqtw7_7rPFM [She was a dog!] #
  • The fabled "Google Phone" exists! http://bit.ly/4UmFJ1 [But you can't have one.] #
  • Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries. [Patty Duke] #
  • You never forget your first Strat. http://bit.ly/6MVSQt [ocaster or egy, come to think of it.] #
  • The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience. [Lester Bangs] #
  • Researchers break BitLocker encryption on a trusted platform module computer. http://bit.ly/7tL5Ei [The "evil maid" did it!] #
  • MWave.com Coupons – http://bit.ly/6DGwiB #
  • I delight in what I fear. [Shirley Jackson] #
  • AT&T wants to educate you. Let's educate it. http://bit.ly/8o4tRm ["It's the network, stupid!"] #
  • To the energetic man, every region is his fatherland. [Tycho Brahe] #
  • How Do You Defeat Jet Lag? – http://bit.ly/7Q7axR #
  • Portable Scanner for the iPhone – http://bit.ly/8q7YJZ #
  • Mockups Software – http://bit.ly/8WQzKq #
  • With Snow Leopard, in the Open or Save dialog sheet, ⇧⌘. [Shift+Command+Period] toggles hidden files on/off! #
  • Amazing dinner at @BastilleSeattle in Ballard. Well worth the drive. Totally recommended for #Seattle. #
  • Anybody in #Seattle want a great bed set (mattress, box spring, frame)? @JessicaRandazza has deets. #
  • B&H Photo Coupons – http://bit.ly/5jZTBF #
  • Social Media Updates for 2009-12-13 – http://bit.ly/5OPsRc #