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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-05

Matt Mecham — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:00:00 +0000

Gluttony so far today: McDonalds Milkshake; 3 scoop ice cream cone. #
Humorous cropping #win http://twitpic.com/2jddyi #
Back home from latest camping adventure. Strong winds and rain last night. Tent ok but wet. Will have to dry it out this week. #
Invision Power Services: Thank you for.. everything #ipb http://bit.ly/dw9OZu #
Ajax. Ajax. Nom Nom Nom. Today I am making ajax do my evil bidding. #
Compact verbose code #ftw – $row['_canEdit'] = $this->app()->can('edit', $row); #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29

Matt Mecham — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:00:00 +0000

It's #raining and #thundering here in Peterborough. Good for the roses, lousy for the rest of us. #
M'afternoon BTW. I spent most of the morning looking for better ways to query across multiple permissions. #
Figured someone neat out. Finished rewrite of node (MPTT) class for Gallery. Can use it for forums also. #
Gallery has a rock solid base now and we can use these new methods in other apps / forums in the future. #
Drastically reduces the need to process in PHP / use large IN lists. All very exciting. Getting my nerd on. #
MySQL query error: SELECT Array.* FROM gallery_albums_main Array LEFT JOIN WHERE Array ORDER BY Array…. dynamic query #fail #
Hello all. Turned Twitter off today as I needed to focus. Making good progress on #ipb gallery. Enjoying it in a sadistic sort of way #
Just watched "The Crazies". Can't beat a bit of zombie slaying. #
Dear Channel4. Can I have my 10p back from 2005? Now we have to evict these losers stuck at the arse end of TV again. #ultimateBB #
Mind you, these layabout losers holding onto "celebrity" with their fingertips will earn more in 2 weeks than most in 5 years. #ultimateBB #
Marshmallow anyone? http://twitpic.com/2husfq #
The Daily Mash – PARKING AT WORK NOW HARDEST PART OF MOST JOBS http://bit.ly/9IKVWK #
Morning everyone. Did you miss me yesterday? What do you mean you didn't notice I wasn't on Twitter? #
Was up at 6:15am "Daddy go downstairs?". Dark and rain lashing down. Thought I'd woken up in November. #
Invision Power Services: NHL Forums Transferring Over (to #ipb ? http://bit.ly/a6uNJq #
Another busy day today at IPS. Another snazzy piece of interface done. Can't wait to blog about it. #
Still raining here in Peterborough. Looking on the Internet for Ark building tips. #
Hello world. I've come up for air. Been totally immersed in Gallery and it's finally coming together. Tried to not distract myself. #
Off camping this long weekend. Wish us luck. We need nice weather! Looking forward to getting away for a few days. #
A lot of stuff going into gallery will be used in later versions of #ipb so I'm taking the time to get it right. All very exciting! #
You know you're a dad when you start worrying about tyre pressures of fully laden cars. #
Watching Blackadder on my phone. In a tent. http://twitpic.com/2j43kx #
Breaking. Mass suicide in Lincolnshire market. http://twitpic.com/2jbxl5 #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-22

Matt Mecham — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:00:00 +0000

Can someone tell everyone at #vbulletin that #ipb *does* have DB topic marking. I see daily people assume we don't. Markers ARE in DB. #
Sorry about that. It drives me potty when the internet is wrong. Especially about my product. #
Drag and drop SVN clients are awesome until you accidentally drag and drop a folder into another. Oops. #
This made me LOL #xenforo @bbsmiley – http://bit.ly/c0mk0X #
Brain full of fog today. Two coffees did little to disperse. Going to be fun wrestling with Flash and JS today. #
Working on the #ipb Gallery today. New upload screen coming. Going to be very fancy. Progress bar, multiple uploads, etc. #
Dear Twitter: Family member after "cheap" #iPhone – worth looking at 3G? How do they run with iOS 4. Advice welcome. Thanks! #
Conversely, if anyone is looking to sell a 3GS, let me know. Doesn't matter if it's got a few knocks. UK only, obviously. #
Starting to lose it. Pretty sure I just saw "image_notes TEXT NOT LOL" in a schematic. #
Hello! Currently enjoying the tedium of trying to tame PHP, HTML mark-up, JS and ajax requests. Modern web is a bit messy really. #
Takes far longer to develop software these days. Thank God for existing JS frameworks. Mitigates the pain somewhat. #
Gallery uploader coming on in leaps and bounds. Maybe a sneaky screen shot later? Although it won't show off multiple uploads. #
More ajaxy work: Have to write PHP layer (classes, front func), JS layer (call data) and mark-up / CSS to display it. Thrice the work. #
As much as I whine about writing JS/Ajaxian stuff. Watching it in motion is quite magical when it's done. #
Took 40 mins to figure out what was wrong with this: $(wrapper).update( template.evalute( $H( t.responseJSON ) ) ); – Can you spot it? #
Congrats, @getnraged @rikkitissier @debugging – I was missing the "a" in evaluate. You all win the Gallery code to fnish [sic] #
Worth noting, JS console showed no errors. I tested template, JSON – all good. Just didn't work. Doh! #
Could be worse. I remember having to load a greasemonkey ext. to Firefox to debug ajax traffic a few years back. *shudder* #
Two things that save me from leaping majestically from a tall building "Inspect Element" and "Debug.write()" #
Sneaky peaky at what I've been working on: http://bit.ly/cml2Jd (Not finished by any means, delay in upload was Time Machine backup) #
The iPhone. The culmination of years of development. Cutting edge. Debbie is currently using hers to pull faces at her sister via FaceTime. #
RT @timdorr Justin Bieber slowed down 800% sounds like Sigur Rós. Creepy. http://bit.ly/d6XkEA #
My Twifficiency score is 158%. What's yours? (I made this up completely). #
This is how I'd describe the 'modern web': http://bit.ly/9hgvRU #
Our neighbour is listening to "There Goes The Fear" by "Doves". This is both really annoying and completely awesome. #
Any cool or quirky iPhone apps you recommend? Interested to hear what you use and enjoy. #
Haven't switched on my bb for about a week. May as well sell it. Local family have switched to iPhone too. We use "whatsapp" messenger. #
Lessons from "social web": be visual; photos & images are important. Be simple; automate not confuse. Be decisive; user settings compromise #
Early noughties it was all about "user prefs" but now people want decisive software and not pages of settings. #
In many ways IP.Gallery is leading this march at IPS. Will be interesting to see how it's received. #ipb 3.2 will rock. #
Facebook and Twitter have almost no user configurable elements apart from account settings and privacy. This is a good thing. #
Real challenge for IPS is to remove settings a minority use. People get vocal when you take stuff away. A must to progress though. #
Time to sleep. Want to wrap up gallery uploading tomorrow. Incredibly excited about the changes. It's almost a new app! #
If you have an interest in retro computing, check out @andytuk's flickr – http://bit.ly/djfJ4d – Brings back memories. #
Best find of the day: Forum post; brilliant idea for book rental system: http://bit.ly/cnOzDU #
Something to celebrate: http://bit.ly/ar2SJf #
“@AzhriaLilu: Admin Extra – http://adminextra.com – is back online!” using #ipb #
Morning all! I have my iTunes library on shuffle. It's like Russian Roulette! The Balamory theme tune is now playing. #
Admin Extra: What's New! – Congrats on the conversion from #vBulletin to #ipb http://bit.ly/8Zp8We #
Love this song: http://bit.ly/dzvtbt Spotify: Tom Waits – Take It With Me #
Not much changes: (Left, IP.Board 3.1.2 (2010), Right, Ikonboard 3.0.0 (2001)) http://bit.ly/9WoMcu #
There's nothing quite like a recursive script gone mad to slow down your computer. #
Debbie appeared in the office with this. Aaawww http://twitpic.com/2gif4g #
Naked Friday at IPS is a huge success! http://twitpic.com/2gikl9 #
New business idea: iPhone assist. We log in and farm your 'ville. Feed your virtual fish and clean your virtual beach. Saves you time. #
A pretty #rainbow http://twitpic.com/2gw554 #
Currently stuffing my face. http://twitpic.com/2gwd09 #
I love how middle class @dailyburn community is. Almost all M&S food is listed. #
Ah The X Factor. It's not about the music or Cowell. It's viscoiusly critiquing a non stop parade of strangers from your arm chair. #
Also good to see Cowell has upped his "110%" catchphrase to "a million percent". Next year he'll add "no returns". #
Networs(e)? Blackberry? Freudian perhaps. http://twitpic.com/2gwtbz #
Wish they wouldn't freeze frame and turn to grayscale on the breaks for #xfactor Always expect a "sadly she got crushed by a speaker". #
Reading "Under The Dome" by Stephen King. Can't shake the nagging feeling that The Simpsons Movie did it better. #
Name that theme song! http://j.mp/dlwqT1 #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-15

Matt Mecham — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:00:00 +0000

RT @DerrenBrown Brian Blessed to voice TomTom SatNav systems http://bit.ly/bwhbP6 < Perfect if you need someone shouting at you. #
RT @citalan @dancryer A big change is coming Dan #AzhlanBB << Interesting?! New software to enter the market? #
When a programmer is feeling lazy and unwilling to do a task, he'll spend three days writing a program to do it for him. #fact #
Regarding previous tweet -of course programmers can be women too. Wasn't being sexist. Now make me a cup of tea and get that vacuuming done! #
Adore this song "I Miss You" by "The Hours". Written for his late father. http://bit.ly/cZJ4xp – For anyone who has ever loved and lost. #
Invision Power Services: IP.Nexus Second Pre-Sale #ipb http://bit.ly/cl0TZL #
Working on a laptop with a 2 year old shouting "Oh no doggie" in my left ear while pushing a toy car through my hair. #
Just watched Shutter Island. What a bloody good film. Lots to chew on. Scorsese just a genius. Loved it. #
“@Twilight_Deb: New hair. http://twitpic.com/2dcycl” Dad and Son haircuts today. #
Must stay focused today. If you see me randomly tweeting about origami birds, please send around the mind police. Thanks. #
Sssh. I'm working. #
Dear @Twitter. You might want to check your GROUP BY http://www.mattmecham.com/skitch/Shades-20100811-183409.jpg #
Lost: Summer days. Last seen disappearing over the coast. If found, please direct to England. Ice cream for all reward. #
Love how the media is excited that an open source OS loaded on a dozen mobile brands has more users than iOS proprietary hard/software. #duh #
Morning Twitterville. How was your night? See any meteors? I didn't. #
In other news, reverse smilies confuse me. ): #
I've been up since 6am drinking coffee. It's probably best if I close twitter. #twitch #
The #ipb status updates have been hijacked by Chuck Norris. http://bit.ly/cd5C9t #
I think I could doubly my output if I didn't obsess over neat spacing and PHPDoc. #
Listening to the glorious "Lost Trails" by "Butterfly Explosion". http://bit.ly/aTbeuG – Beautiful. #
Listening to the rain. It's proper throwing it down. Love the sound of rain at night. #
And thanks to @AzhriaLilu and @BBSmiley for the #ff #
Debbie accused me of using her face wash today. Luckily she didn't notice the lip stick, mascara and high heels. #
My iPhone is so macho. I dropped it into a glass of water. It drank the lot, belched loudly and told me to fetch it a proper damned drink. #
I dropped my Blackberry into a glass of water. It scheduled an emergency meeting and waited for the rescue service books to be pushed to it. #
Debbie: Do you think there will be anymore androids in the sky tonight?
Me: No. No meteors either. #
Time to sleep. Perchance to dream. And maybe not get woken at 6am by our Ginger alarm clock. #
Up and out early to feed the ducks in the rain. Like a sadistic PT Luke had me running back to the car with him, jumping on demand. #
Started watching True Blood. I think they're making up for all the sex not in Twilight. #
Wow 2689% APR? sign me up! http://twitpic.com/2ez4qy #
Guess where we are http://twitpic.com/2f07ku #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-08

Matt Mecham — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 09:00:00 +0000

Portal to hell is about to open. #
Yum http://twitpic.com/2aoyce #
Portal to hell is about to open. http://twitpic.com/2aoyxd #
On our way home. Very tired and in need of a shower. Feeling a bit fragile after eating loads of junk. #
Found this on my door mat when I got in. #mactard http://twitpic.com/2b0aak #
Gave in and applied one of those horrid iPhone screen protectors. Keep shoving it into my pocket full of change and keys. #
So now my iPhone has a few tiny scratches. Although the few trapped fibres and tiny bubbles under the protector drive me crazy #
Actually. I don't recall ordering the trackpad. I suspect the iPhone did it itself. Its like SkyNet for shiny products. #
Tempted to do an unboxing video. Rip open packet. Shake box until product falls out. Fin. #
Magic Trackpad: Also holds iPhone at a better viewing angle. http://twitpic.com/2b0ua3 #
New bank pledges to openly despise its customers http://j.mp/aSgd4C (NSFW) #
"What's the worst that can happen? You fall off and break your neck" Alex says to Katie Price, echoing the hopes of a nation. #
Good morning ladies and gentlefolk. Back to work today. Tuesday is the new Monday. #
Messing around with my magic trackpad. First impressions good. Can't think of a thing it can't do my mouse can't. #
Only thing to get used to is finger accuracy. Used to pushing a pointer around with a mouse so a touch slower with the pad. Still good. #
Rumour has it that Blackberry is working on "BlackPad" an iPad clone. Is there a market for that? Ugly interface on a larger scale? #
Totally slipped my mind that the new Arcade Fire album has been released. Downloading now! Eagerly anticipated! #
The new @arcadefire album is joyous and sublime. Definitely their best yet. #
Black bumper arrived and is on my iPhone. Actually quite like the look. Not too "grabby" when pulling from a pocket. Helps grip in use. #
One wonders if the iPhones were meant to have some kind of fixed bumper on them at some point of the design process. #
Enjoying the trackpad. Could replace my mouse but unsure if I want to. Interesting to see if iOs Desktop makes more use of it. #
The magnificent Green Mile is on the tellybox. What a wonderful film. #
Morning all! Working on Gallery again today. Specifically a node class to maintain complex relationships between objects. #
Node class kicking my bottom today. Almost finished with the core stuff. Will roll it out for #ipb at some point. Will be used in Gallery. #
I wonder how long until we see the "Google Waves Goodbye" punning after Google axes the service. Not long apparently. #
Actually, I'm devastated that Google Wave has been axed. I use it every day to ….um…. #
If you want to really annoy everyone around you, simply turn your iPhone up full, load the Twitter app and flick the refresh up and down. #
Watching "TVs Naughtiest Blunders". I would imagine this is used as the in flight entertainment on the way to hell. #
I feel that Google is on its decline, don't you? Too late for social media, lost edge on real time search and nowhere to go but down. #
I think that traditional web searching will be an anachronism in a few years. New ways to share and discover content. #
If I was them, I'd buy Tumblr. It sits nicely between Facebook, Blogging and Twitter. Adopted well and growing. It's the next big thing! #
Lots of interesting points but all big companies have their day. AOL, Compuserve, Yahoo and more. What goes up must come down. #
Or course google will be here for years but the web is changing. Facebook is a walled garden. Twitter does live search. Mobile is apps #
And if Jobs has his way, iOs Desktop will replace OS X so one wonders if web apps will become more prominent. #
One has to question a civilization that worships in an invisible deity but resists the notion that other life exists in our endless universe #
Late night controversial tweeting is probably a bad idea. Night all! #
I have a theory that files are a very advanced race and have perfected teleportation. They appear and disappear constantly. #
Anyway, back to work. My recursive node class is almost finished. If this fly would stop bugging me, things would be almost perfect. #
My thoughts are entirely consumed by teleporting flies now. Perhaps they can bend time and space too. They couldn't tell us in either case. #
I wonder if Jeff Goldblum knows after his DNA was merged with a fly? Anyone got his email? #
Perhaps that's why flies haven't really evolved. There's only a few thousand in the world and they zip through time and space. #
I am beginning to suspect that node inheritance has caused me to lose my mind. #
Needed to pull unique user sessions from the DB without post processing and avoid dupe member rows/dupe bot rows – http://bit.ly/dyrRKz #
I think Twitter should allow you to "Follow" someone to get their status updates and "stalk" someone to get their foursquare updates. #
Morning all, BTW. More gallery stuff today. Maybe I'll even get to code some of the front end today. #
Technically, I'm more popular than Jesus. He only had 12 followers. #
I got kicked out of the local orchestra I am exceptionally good but so shy that I didn't want to blow my own trumpet. #
Must stop procrastinating. Taken apart Gallery to the point where it's completely broken to its very core. Might release it as 'gold'. #
Probably the fastest way to flush out calls to the now dead category class – http://bit.ly/dkJU9t #
Finished my #ipb gallery album/category merge script and plugged it up to the new node class – http://bit.ly/dl9sGO – Progress! #
SVN REVERT! I've changed my mind about the Gallery! #
This sums up today so far #emoProgramming http://twitpic.com/2c2k62 #
Look what I made! http://twitpic.com/2c2qkp #
http://twitvid.com/1NGEW – The iBird flaps! Looks a bit dodgy though. That's definitely its tail. Promise. #
Head is throbbing. Time to listen to @sigur_ros' Ágætis byrjun – always relaxes me to the point of sleep. Beautiful song. #
Taken with an iPhone 4 http://twitpic.com/2c5oj5 #
Got pets? Eat them in this order: http://twitpic.com/2cczri #
A little obsessed with the SAS Survival App. Fascinating and disturbing. #
Last one: nuclear bombs falling? Start digging! http://twitpic.com/2cd72v #
I feel sorry for my Blackberry. Sitting on my desk all alone, flashing its red LED solemnly. Unloved and unrequired. Just like Super Ted. #
Anyone want to swap a 'droid phone for a 9700? Comes with Luke's teeth marks free. #
He was pulling the phone out of it's sleeve using his teeth hmmm. #
Right. Time to sleep. Night all! #
I think the biggest problem with Blackberry is the inability to efficiently pluralize them. Blackberries? Blackberrys? And the crap OS. #
Today's t- shirt. A bargain at £3. http://twitpic.com/2crcvy #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-01

Matt Mecham — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:00:00 +0000

If you're overweight, unemployed, have horror children and hate your spouse then you're in the perfect demographic for a C4 reality TV show. #
Listening to the magnificent Lynyrd Skynyrd. Srly th bst wy 2 strt Myndy! #
About to tear up some working code in the name of progress. Working on #ipb #039;s gallery. #
Invision Power Services: IP.Nexus First Pre-Sale http://bit.ly/aqlX0G #
Nexus pre-sale sold out in an hour. Thanks #ipb community, you rock. Let's make some great software together. #
Hey #Peterborough need a mechanic? Give MP Autos a ring – http://j.mp/9emDmP – friends new business. Honest & reliable. Top guy. #
Wasn't paid for that tweet, but he did just fix my car. Honest mechanics are rare. #
Just put an order into the good chaps at @cavemansnacks ready for our weekend's camping in darkest Norfolk. #
If Apple wants to be a major player it needs to start behaving like one
http://gu.com/p/2th6v/ip #
Apple's new trackpad looks pretty neat. http://bit.ly/8X6mAa – Plus it's under £60! It's almost an impulse purchase! #
And it was. I have ordered a magic track pad! The iPhone made me. #
Curiously annoyed that Twitter for iPhone doesn't capitalise the first letter when replying to someone. #
Someone asked me to describe myself in 140 characters. I said I only need two. Forrest Gump and Han Solo. #
RT @IvyBean104 ivy passed away peacefully at 12.08 this morning – Very sad news indeed. #
After using a Blackberry for two years, I am convinced my iPhone blinks its red LED at me. Only it doesn't have one. #
Lovely to see that "Ivy Bean" is trending in the UK. No less than she deserves. #
Remember kids, some people are born stupid, some others cultivate it through years of practise. #justsaying #
I just ate an apple so delicious I'm tempted to have another one. I know. It's the crazy life I lead! #
I am working a customer's site. Apple related site. Was so absorbed reading their news topics I forgot it wasn't a social visit. #
I broke a server using @dancryer as my evil proxy. #
I've been staring at the #ipb Gallery SQL for an hour trying to resist rewriting it. #
Great idea for a game mashup: HALO Google Street View. Enter a post code and start blowing up your friends houses. Genius. #
Watched "remember me" tonight. Really enjoyed it. Turns out R Patz can act when not pretending to be a shiny vampire. #
A massive congratulations to @XenForo on a great launch. I look forward to many years of healthy competition! #
In other news, Luke just sat down beside me and said "Hello Princess". #
Watching 300 on Blu-Ray. Well, if you're going to see man-nipples, they may as well be in hi-def. #
Things learnt so far: Spartans only communicate by shouting; they're all Scottish; they love a bushy beard; Gerard Butler waxes his buttocks #
Finished 300. Not bad. Nearly 2 hours long. Reckon they could have wrapped it up in around 40 mins without the slo-mo. #
“@kanyewest: thoughts on Twitter so far…at the end of the day, God damnit I'm killing this shit!!!" Oh good. More famous people. #
Kanye has settled right in. He's tweeting pictures of various nicknacks from around his house. Good job, buddy! #
Dinner anyone? http://twitpic.com/2a230m #
Laying in my tent listening to people attempting to play cheap plastic vuvuzela. So glad they sell them here. #
Our home for three days. http://twitpic.com/2a4ksa #
This is where Luke decided to sleep. On my bladder. And yes, Toy Story PJs. Um. Luke likes them…. http://twitpic.com/2a4n61 #
Rain is noisy in a tent. So are drunk people. Overheard "I'm soaked through. Where's my f*****g tent?" #
Cheeky boy! http://twitpic.com/2ah234 #
Ready to make some trouble. http://twitpic.com/2ah27e #
Laying in the tent. Luke is still asleep. I'm listening to "Elbow" while browsing #ipb and trying not to think about needing to pee. #
Camping breakfast. Yum. http://twitpic.com/2ampw8 #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

Matt Mecham — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0000

If you're annoyed by a screaming child in a restaurant remember that the parent is even more annoyed. Kids don't have an off switch. #
When someone is staring and tutting at Luke when he's being loud,I get the urge to do the "how much for the women" scene from Blues Brothers #
These are random observations. Parenting is a difficult and often tiring occupation. Being judged in a microcosm by others makes it harder. #
I put up my mobile phone number for the staff, so @rikkitissier rickrolls it via TXT. Naughty boy! #
Performing test upgrades on #ipb using 2.3.6 and 1.3.0 databases. Doin' the time warp. Oh yeah! #
Having a conversation in staff chat about "things we've set on fire". Any contributions? #
The #ipb company forums were not broken. That was a figment of your imagination. #
Discarded design for a new CAPTCHA in IPB – http://bit.ly/c40DVN #
You know you're a little obsessed with @dailyburn when you're logging food while you're eating it. #
I think the "Now…" compilation albums are a good barometer for ones age. Just saw an advert and recognized none of the songs. I am old. #
Look what I found! http://twitpic.com/26yy68 #
The first thing I'm going to do when I get my iPhone set up is the 'death grip'. It's almost like a badge of honour. #
The most frustrating game for the iPhone is the "Rearrange Apps via iTunes screen" game! Argh! Move.. no… drop!…. NOT THERE! #
Right. I have my icons perfectly arranged. I will never download a new app ever again and risk ruining it. #
The retina display is amazing on the new iPhone. It's hard to believe you're not looking at a printed image. #
I am pleased to confirm that I cannot get the signal strength to decrease by cupping, touching or squeezing the phone. #
I spoke too soon. Holding the phone in my left hand which the soft part of my palm against the phone, it drops down to 1 bar. #
Holding the phone in my right hand normally like this…. http://twitpic.com/2735wr #
….does this. http://twitpic.com/27360a #
Invision Power Services: IP.Board 3.1.2 and Applications Released #ipb http://bit.ly/cVKHaw #
So. I have "Facetime". I know many other people with an iPhone 4. Technically we could "Facetime". But that means I need to do my hair. #
Helpfulness is great. It's good to be helpful. Although handing out DB log in information like candy at Halloween is probably TOO helpful. #
I find it hard to say "Debbie and I had a really good FaceTime session earlier" without my imagination going into overdrive. #
Yum, @stephendball will be pleased. I had beef kebabs for dinner! http://twitpic.com/27dvzd #
Katie Price proves you can polish a turd. Watching her burst into a church, screaming, with a terrorist blanket over her head was genius. #
Loving the new Google images search. Much improved! Thank you Google Geniuses! That makes up for Buzz and Wave sucking. #
Random wisdom: Never judge a man by how many mistakes he makes but rather how he deals with them. #
The sweetest way to enjoy coffee. http://twitpic.com/27lvgh #
Cruising in style. http://twitpic.com/27moff #
BBC News – Firm scrambles to patch #vBulletin software flaw http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10714192 #
Invision Power Services: Empire State of Mind – Parody – Love this Jay Z/Alicia Keys Parody http://bit.ly/c1mH6A #
When a cutting edge smart phone meets the mind of a 12 year old, this is the result… http://twitpic.com/27zhml #
Time for sleep! Luke will be awake and pulling the covers off me in around 6 hours time. #
I think I broke the BBC iPhone app. http://twitpic.com/2856gy #
'Cut down on meat to lose weight' – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-10726414 – More stupidity from the media #
I feel like an iPhone ad. Tonight I've surfed the web, browsed twitter, played a FPS game and edited a home movie all on my phone.Remarkable #
After using the iPhone for a good few days, it's unfortunate that its launch was marred by reception issues. It is a fantastic phone. #
Apple only has itself to blame, etc. But still, it's very slick and capable. Pleasure to use and explore. Clear upgrade from older models #
When I pick up my BB 9700 I'm struck by the tiny blurry screen and cumbersome interface. And I loved that phone. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18

Matt Mecham — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0000

Howdy all. Long day in sis-in-laws garden with all the kids. Major trampoline session followed by epic water fight. Tired now. #
Wow. Just turned on the world cup final and Spain sneak in a goal. Good timing. #
Generally speaking, you should EOL old products. Not offer extensions on licenses. Shows complete lack of confidence in your own new product #
We were proud of our new #ipb 3.0 product when it was released. Solid and stable. No need to placate customers with old versions. #
I'm glad I got a 2gb memory upgrade just so Safari can hog it for no good reason. #
Morning all, BTW. How was your weekend? #
Listening to "Exit Music" from "OK Computer" while I tackle the bug tracker "Don't lose your nerve…" Good song. #
Having a bad case of wrong-button-itis this morning. Retweeted instead of replying, SVN committed instead of updating… #
Invision Power Services: What's new in #ipb 3.1.2? ACP Live Search and Dashboard http://bit.ly/bTVhLn #
I'm not ragging on Twilight again, but I agree with @totalfilm on this – http://bit.ly/br04Jp #
It's 3pm and it feels like I got out of bed yesterday and haven't slept since. #yawn #
Pretty sure I'm just going to get an iPhone 3GS. The lack of stock for the 4 and signal issues make it undesirable. Can upgrade later. #
Thanks for all the iPhone tweets. I'm torn again. I suppose my impatience is colouring my decision. Nearest Apple store is an hour+ away. #
The hell with it. I ordered one from the Apple Store on my credit card so I can cancel it if need be. 3+ wks. At least I can stop dithering. #
Oh, just in time for Debbie's birthday – http://bit.ly/cO3D0E #
Thanks again all for the advice. I will not go on about iPhones for at least 3 days now. #
Invision Power Services: What's new in IP.Board 3.1.2? Incomplete Members. #ipb http://bit.ly/cfpCML #
Faintly amused at the demonizing of Jobs/iPhone. Ah, in the good old days it was Gates/Windows. How I long for thee. #
Apple deleted negative iPhone topics from it's own support forums and this is proof they're evil? Doesn't take much these days to be evil #
It's not censorship either really. Plenty of venues for Apple hate. Why should they allow it on their own site? #
Not to say they are totally blameless of course. Generally they've handled the situation badly and could communicate better. #
Daily check on iPhone order status shows no change. They've put a hold on the funds but not completed the transaction. Doesn't bode well. #
Or perhaps the Apple employee was holding my credit card at the bottom left and it didn't go through. #
I would say the "Apple" and "bottom left" has about another week before the joke gets tedious. I'll test that out. #
Not sure on the #bbc redesign. It sort of looks like a bit HUGE. Guess that's for the midi market? (iPad, et all) #
Just a thought, but shouldn't "C++" be "D"? #nerdjoke #
Last joke about the #iPhone today. I promise – http://bit.ly/b2idBe #
Sorry about the forum downtime. We eat our own dog food for a reason and that last batch was lumpy. #
Small bug in LIST bbcode made process hang. RSS readers trying to recache RSS basically DoS'd us as RSS never served. All fixed now. #
Hi Twitterland. I won't be around that much tomorrow and Friday. We're off to Gosport for my mum's Birthday. Haven't been down there in ages #
While I'm down there, I'll swing by @citalan's house and spray a giant #vBulletin 4 logo on his door. #
Almost at the M27. Gosport beckons! #
Lovely day with family in Gosport. We made the entire restaurant sing happy birthday to "nanny". Good fun! #
iPhone 4. Now with free removeable bumper! *WiFi only available when bumper removed. #
Consumer Reports still doesn't recommend the iPhone 4. After 3 million unit sales, who cares? #
Tired after a busy weekend down in Gosport with family. Really enjoyed the visit. Took a drive to see some old haunts. #
Morning all. Just performing my regular "Check to see if iPhone 4 has shipped yet" routine. It hasn't, if you were wondering. #
Thank you all for the #ff yesterday! @citalan @BBSmiley @AdExtra @IPB_Webmaster @vBSetUp @MadMikeyB #
Turns out my sister went to school with @citalan. I asked if she remembered him. She rolled her eyes and said "Oh yes". #
How to lose Facebook friends and alienate people http://bit.ly/cUUM3c – Genius from thepoke.co.uk #
On the old diesel train at NVR. Choo choo! http://twitpic.com/26hxex #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11

Matt Mecham — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0000

Ghostbusters is on TV! Shame Five will ruin it with adverts. #
Note to self: #ipb HTML logic doesn't work in ACP templates. D'oh. #
Working on some lovely #ipb 3.1.2 updates. #
What's 6" long and really meaty? Pork kebabs! Sorry. I'll never say that again. http://twitpic.com/22r6hf #
Oh lord. Just saw Iggy Pop talking to a puppet Iggy Pop in a car insurance ad. Or I'm having delusions again. #
Bzzzz. About to tackle the #ipb bug tracker. http://twitpic.com/22vys3 #
My new favourite site: http://bit.ly/bFdVqV @clientsfh #
This is genius – http://bit.ly/bU9yRo Anyone in print will get a kick out of that. #
Can someone please explain the evolutionary point of files? They seem to exist solely to annoy. #
Ok, so flies are older than dinosaurs and they exist because "they do" plus maggots help remove dead stuff. Good to know. #
"Daddy stop working!" Luke is shouting that upstairs right now. #
Struggling a little bit today. I have the memory of a … um… thingy that ..uh.. swims. #
RT @zef YaBB, the Perl forum software I started, turned 10 years two days ago http://bit.ly/9ccZ40 < Remember it well. I wrote the search! #
Invision Power Services: What's new in IP.Board 3.1.2? (Part 1) #ipb http://bit.ly/aJ0uGD #
What was I doing? Oh yes… #
Hey! I *love* our council for painting those double yellow lines on our roads! Really easy to park straight now! Thanks guys! #
This isn't new, but even I'm amazed that at the heart of this is #ipb – http://oreil.ly/a8ZTgn #
In the wrong hands, Listerine could be an instrument of evil. 'Tell me where it is! No, GARGE!' Hahahaha, it burns, yes? #
Sigh, here we go again. Trying to make a simple payment on a Virgin credit card turned into an epic production. #
Dear @VirginMoney, your online payment system is a shameful embarrassing excuse for a website. It is almost impossible not NOT time out. #
Managed to get a payment through after 6 attempts. Arses. And you can't even paste in a credit card number. Back to work I go. #
Oh, I fondled an iPhone 4 in Tesco last night. The display really is amazing isn't it? Couldn't get it to drop a signal by gripping it. #
Wow, it worked! I like it when code works first time. Although I remain suspicious. #
Took me a while, but I fixed the #ipb bug… http://bit.ly/cxN1iB #
Sodding hell. I remember the good old days when I just had to fix my own code. Facebook sharer being a PITA #moan #
Some topics, it fetches the meta data perfectly and others it does not. Trying to find a pattern in the madness. #
Sent this via a friend on FB. If you have kids that play in deep water, read this: http://j.mp/b3gE7Q #
G'night twitterville. Keep an eye on the company forums tomorrow. Might upgrade it to 3.1.2 if all goes well. #
Invision Power Services: What's new in IP.Board 3.1.2? SQL Error Logging. #ipb http://bit.ly/9fCOpb #
Is it just me or does #Safari 5 crash far more often than Safari 4 did? At least three times a day it just vanishes. #
Cheering myself up with "The Drugs Don't Work" by The Verve. #
We're now running #ipb 3.1.2 on our own forums http://community.invisionpower.com #
Just had a double expresso. When I return to Earth, I shall continue coding. #
Opera is a strange beast. It's got a great interface and is very slick but it all just feels "wrong". #
Currently have Opera, Firefox, Safari and Chrome open. Lots of force refreshing. Skin bugs FTW. #
I dare not open up IE8. I shall pretend it doesn't exist for at least another hour. #
Hmm. o2 only has stock of the #iphone 4 in Scotland. They probably threw a few over the wall and the natives haven't found them yet. #
That's a joke of course. Debbie is 1/2 Scottish. Luke is 1/4 Scottish. Maybe he's as much as a 1/3rd. #
If I were a conspiracy nut, I'd be wondering if the 'suicides' at FoxConn were linked to discoveries about antenna issues on the #iphone #
But I'm not. So I'm not. Still. Were they really pushed? #
Nerd joke: Regex never asks a question, but it can ignore what you just said. (?:funny)? #
Just added code so that Facebook/Twitter new sign-ups are passed via the #ipb spam filter. http://bit.ly/9WJdoQ #
I have the window open but I think it's just letting the heat in. There appears to be no air. #
There's a tiny fly walking across my monitor. I'm playing mind games by moving my cursor underneath. Freaky giant shadow! Argh! #
Those "Vanish" ads are creepy. If I was doing laundry and a women dressed in pink appeared lecturing about stains, I'd call my therapist. #
Sitting in the garden eating junk on this blissfully hot day has left me quite sleepy. Zzzzz #
Excited after watching dudes drawing old dudes on their ipads using brushes, I downloaded it for iPhone. Hmmm http://twitpic.com/245bhv #
Secretly want. He smells lovely! http://twitpic.com/24ckis #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04

Matt Mecham — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0000

Shrek 4 excellent. Thrilling and funny. Unlike the football by all accounts. #
Breaking: Huge holes being dug ready for the ocean of plastic flags expected to be discarded tonight. #
So, we bent over and took one up the Kaiser? Oh well. Let's BBQ! http://twitpic.com/20hu39 #
What's red and white and loves to roll over? Eng- er-land! #
So. Shrek 4: Somewhat familiar but very well executed. Snappy, funny and surprisingly moving in places. Hope its not the last. #
The end-credits stills montage with scenes from all 3 previous films a little bittersweet. Definitely room for more IMO. #
Someone deep in the bowels of ITV's editing dept has the unenviable task of putting together Englands world cup montage. Will be short. #
Hello Twitterville. A belated good day to you. Today's soundtrack is Beck's "Guero". Bring it home, white boy! #
Luke is having a melt down in the hallway. He's driving his poor mother insane with his mini breakdowns. Heat+new molars is bad. #
Two phrases I love reading in bug reports "This is not really a bug" and "This is a suggestion". ^_^ #
There's cooked bacon in the fridge. This fact is repeating in my brain like a mantra. I can't concentrate. Must have that porky goodness. #
Honestly, vegetarians don't know what they're missing. If God meant for us to be veggies, they'd grow pigs on trees. #
Time to sleep. The hum of the air con unit is a symphony of bliss. Night! #
Where does the time go? Another busy day. Advanced support, site maintenance, phone meeting, skin bugs. Managed to squeeze in a run too! #
I taught my son everything he knows. I taught him well. http://twitpic.com/211ami #
Debbie's at the cinema and Luke's in bed. Watching Jolie in the excellent "Wanted" #
Think we'll skip #ipb 4 and avoid the "curse of the 4". vB4, iPhone 4. Er. Rocky IV. Any other cursed 4s? #
Jaws IV was pretty bad too I seem to remember. I don't remember being 4 but it probably sucked too. #
The 4th Star Wars movie made had Jar-Jar Binks in it. (Yeah I know it was technically episode 1). #4curse #
Duke Nukem Forever was to be the 4th major installment of the series. #4curse #
Didn't @panic software have a shaky start to Transmit 4? #4curse #
Sad day for CSEO but validates how great #seo in #ipb is now. Works out of the box. http://bit.ly/djkqt3 #
Debugging JS bugs in IE from a Mac over remote desktop. A bit like doing origami with a glove puppet. #
Taking a break from having my soul broken by IE8 to discuss Twilight in staff chat again. #
This is for @rikkitissier – Mmmmmmmm http://tweetphoto.com/30025816 #
Steak n' bacon. Tasty. http://twitpic.com/21ba8y #
When you need to hit the ground running there's always a pothole to fall into. No internet access this morning. #
Ah well. Just had my haircut. #
Bye bye #ipb 2.x. May all your code belong to us. IPB 2.x is offically EOL and no longer supported as of today. #
I felt like chicken tonight. Like chicken tonight. http://twitpic.com/21kw7b #
Best bug report *ever* from #ipb http://bit.ly/adCojh #
Now I feel as if I'm floating away, I can't feel all the pressure, And I like it this way. But my body's callin', My body's callin' #
Best give SWAP the heads up. About to launch VMWare. #
iPhone 5 on it's way! Antenna packed away again! Still in a queue for the iPhone 4? May as well stay there for a few days! #
Apple will hand out bottles of water. But ..uh.. don't grip the bottles too hard though. They'll leak. Sorry. #
Apple put the lid on the bottom of the bottle. Liquid escapes up to 4 x faster that way. Just don't squeeze it. All bottles have this flaw. #
And just think; before the world cup "vuvuzela" was just a punchline to a rude joke. #
Think its going to be an epic production getting Luke to sleep tonight. #
I think when the cord stump falls off, it should reveal a sleep button. #
The iPhone does NOT drop calls. Think of it like the iTunes genius feature for your friends. Selects the best friends to talk to. #
Debbie is off to see the midnight showing of Eclipse. Think its my duty to re-address the balance by watching Die Hard. #
You've got to fancy Germany for the cup now haven't you? At least we got one goal in. #instantexpert #
Hello Twitterland. Busy day: trip to Loughborough to buy camping equipment from Go Outdoors then Pizza Hut with the kids for lunch. #
Watching @simonpegg, @nickjfrost in @edgarwright's Shaun of the Dead. Haven't seen it in a while. And it's really good. #
Happy Independence Day USA. 234 years ago you kicked us Brits out and later gave us McDonalds as a consilation prize. #