Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

• Feeling rather cold today. Shivering in the office. Already wearing a jumper. Maybe I should put on my coat? Or make another coffee. #
• For years I thought "lol" meant laugh out loud. Now I realise it's just an ascii man's head with his arms up in an act of supplication. #
• This is my favourite tweet of the day. RT @IvyBean104: Gordon Brown is no Peter Andre but it will still be nice to meet him #
• Whose idea was it to book a dental appointment for 8am? #
• Quiet tweeting day. Busy with #ipb. Wrapping up a few things and tidying up a bit of existing code. #
• Watching a "save the pandas" WWF ad. Why not use the slogan "Adopt a panda or we'll give -you- black eyes". No? #
• Putting Luke to work. #childLabour When complete he said "All done! Finished!". He missed a bit though. http://tweetphoto.com/12295371 #
• Exclusive pic: Bella is recast in latest #twilight movie. Much better actress, producers say. http://tweetphoto.com/12295711 #
• Morning all. Up nice and early. Got some minor refactoring to do. No big drama, just some code clean-up in #ipb. #
• Just dropped the car off again and now waiting for a lift. Trying to look inconspicuous. Failing slightly. Cold innit. #
• Dear Tomy.co.uk. Why make "telephone number" a required field? I have now filled it with a random number. Hope that helps. Love, Matt. #
• Amazing how sloppy some forms are considering they are vital to registration. If I make an error, please do not clear the fields on reload. #
• Must concentrate. Performing PHP acrobatics. Without warming up first. #
• Don't you hate it when you bust a gut all day coding and only have a few files showing as modified in SVN? #
• Watched a few minutes of "Superhero Movie". Enjoyed the smart, subtle and satirical comedy. That's sarcasm BTW. #
• When the 10billionth song is downl'd from iTunes, iPods & iPhones become self aware and form CloudNet to send Terminators to p2p abusers. #
• Trying to work, but a little boy is perched on my lap and is insisting on grabbing my arms / mouse / keyboard. #
• Hopefully the Peppa Pig DVD will hypnotise him for a short while #badParenting #
• Lets try and make #badParenting a trending topic! Imagine you are the Daily Mail – what examples of bad parenting would you write about? #
• I know the TV is not a free baby sitter, but horse tranquillisers are SO hard to get hold of. #badParenting #
• I didn't lose my son in the supermarket today. It was a temporary tactical withdrawal. #badParenting #
• I don't believe in Corporal punishment, but he will be in Major trouble if he keeps pulling off his nappy 2 get 2 his Privates #badParenting #
• I spend far too long tabbing up code so it looks neat. Can't stand badly indented code or code that doesn't line up vertically. #
• That irascible @charleswarner is making up stories about me in staff chat. I did NOT cause an entire server to fail by using sudo. Ever. #
• Well. Ok, it was just once though. #
• Then there's the time @charleswarner was getting waiting for his car's oil change and he received a phone call asking for a back-up. #
• It really is pick on me day, thanks @IPB_Webmaster and @charleswarner They're now poking fun at my first website from 2000. #
• Found this: First logo for "Ikondiscussion Message board". Think it was before IMDB existed. Fortunately. http://bit.ly/b4xDvQ #
• That was from 2000. 10 years ago. Amazing, really. #
• If we're talking awesome old logos, check this out from 2002. http://bit.ly/duzrer #
• I need to follow more people. Any suggestions? Pref. dev/PHP related but doesn't matter as long as they are interesting. No 'slebs tho. #
• Just told Luke that we're rewriting #ipb as a procedural app as a joke. http://tweetphoto.com/12484237 #
• Feeling enraged at the "Claims & Compensation" documentary. World has gone to pot. Ambulance chasers should be barred. #
• Man wants compensation for cutting his face while shaving. Clumsy mum falls in school race and sues. These people need a slap. #
• "Where there's blame, there's a claim". Take some responsibility. Some people have no class. All tax payers money. #
• Some kid stubbed his toe at school at "won" £2,200 in compensation. No new books next year? Sorry kids. Can't afford it. #
• This is symptomatic of the greater problem where fame and fortune are worshipped at the expense of respect, class and integrity. Sad. #
• I blame 'slebs like Katie Price who brazenly flaunt their Faustian pact & worship at the feet of a soulless payout. False idols for our kids #
• Sorry. Will dismount from my soap box. When you have kids you worry about the world they'll inherit. Mike Judge had it right with Idiocracy #
• Good point @PeggyGurney Different in the US when you pay for treatment. Some cases are genuine. TV prog. was full of ambulance chasers. in reply to PeggyGurney #
• You know it's time to move code into its own function when you have to scroll a few pages to find the closing brace. #
• RT @zef: Exit Joel @Spoksly: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1151569 (Sad news, loved reading Joel's blog. Have his book and DVD also). #
• Just removed three! filesorts from the #ipb search results page. You're welcome. #
• I offered help to put Luke's shoes on. Debbie replied: "I can put his shoes on!" while trying to jam the wrong shoe onto his foot. #
• Sometimes I wonder if women run a completely different Operating System. #
• This line of conversation reminds me of a spec I did years ago for a new spam email filtering system called "Femail" http://bit.ly/9XGzyp #
• And while we're going down memory lane, how about a corrected screen-cap from 2004(ish) http://bit.ly/bpWMlc #
• Hoping to finish up my search back-end code changes for #ipb today. A little diversion but very much worth it for a more robust system. #
• Thinking of getting a new tattoo. What do you think? http://bit.ly/aAfS4O #
• Thanks for the #FF @IPB_Webmaster #
• Fed up with SEO "experts" telling you what to do? This guy obviously is – http://bit.ly/b675Nx – Note: very strong language. /@IPB_Webmaster #
• Thanks for the #ff @smares @AzhriaLilu @realrellek in reply to smares #
• Watching "Embarrassing Bodies". Excellent way to put you off your food. The prolapsed hemorrhoids were particularly vivid.  #
• A picture usually says a thousand words. This says just one: 'Dreary'. http://tweetphoto.com/12681927 #
• Strapped Luke into the car. He looked up hopefully; "DVD, cake?". Uh huh. Actually, that sounds like a plan. #
• Estimated 3 minutes until the Tsunami hits. Fascinating and terrifying. #
• Feel very sorry for the Sky News reader who is frantically filling until "something" happens. #
• Those large touch screen displays on CNN are actually prototype iMaxi-Pads. #
• So far so good for Hawaii. I think the movies have altered our expectations for natural disasters. One expects a huge wall of CG water. #
• Love that David Cameron is shown in a hospital hawking for voters. Targeting Tory voters then, the old, insane and infirm. #
• So, Hawaii was a media wash out. No Emmerich sized wall of CG water crashing across the island with Cusack swooping in on a 2 man aeroplane #
• Just a few more waves that even the native surfers wouldn't bother with. That is of course a good thing. But shows how boring reality is. #
• Guess where we are today… http://tweetphoto.com/12810841 #
• Yes! We are at Ikea in Milton Keynes. Luke loved the "magic stairs" (escalators). "Magic Stairs Daddy!" #
• Just a flying visit to the market hall for some picture frames. Now onto Walmart next door. S'xciting. #
• See! Walmart. I did not lie. http://tweetphoto.com/12813316 #
• Yeah. There are a few "super" supermarkets dotted around that carry the walmart brand. Such as this one. #

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