This week in Tweets

March 29, 2009 TechyDad This Week in Tweets

Got almost no sleep last night after JSL had his 2nd febrile seizure in 2 days. Going to doctor’s to find out why his temp won’t stay down. #
RT @TheAngelForever Back from Dr w/little guy. We think sinus or hidden ear infection. Main goal keep temp down & hope antibiotics help. #
Tried using PHP’s Curl instead of ASP’s XMLHTTP to pull data from Twitter API. Was working but then got the Fail Whale. Did I break Twitter? #
Was at going away party for co-worker. Left. Just not in mood to party after the events of the weekend. (Plus, all the food is high points.) #
Had a productive morning but I’ve crashed. Can’t shake a lingering sadness about the weekend. I know JSL’ll be fine, but I’m still worried. #
I *really* wish “cool new hardware” was in my budget. Found a set top box that stores & plays movies for under $200. http://is.gd/oSWS #
I could rip our DVD movies onto it & easily play them for the boys. You can even buy it w/o a HD. Buy as big a HD as you like & plug it in. #
But after the fridge, car, and Disney Trip, I don’t think “cool new set top box to play movies” is in my future. #
For the Twitter record, the cool new hardware is IOGEAR Portable Media Player. (If IOGear’s on Twitter & needs a review, I volunteer. 😉 ) #
RT @JeanetteHafke: A Twitter Cartoon To Mock Your Existence: http://tinyurl.com/c4xfha <= You’ve summoned the FAIL WHALE!!! #
Students to get lessons on Twitter: http://is.gd/oVxo <= Write an essay in 140 characters or less? #
Had a good idea today. Fill sushi with yam tempura & then deep-fry the roll. Turns out it’s been done already though. http://is.gd/oZN6 #
Just got Twitter-spammed. TwitTip: Posting the same message @-ed to 20 different people isn’t “getting the word out.” It’s spamming. #
RT @BadAstronomer: BREAKING NEWS: creationists lose (barely) in Texas! http://is.gd/p66r #
FireFox is using 474MB of memory! Prob my 1 tab w/ my beta Twitter App causing the issue. To debug I’m writing full XML data to the browser. #
RT @DadBlogs: Top 5 Reasons Why Dad Blogs are the Blogs to Watch: http://twurl.nl/5f6t5m #
Found Zelda’s Sweet Shoppe’s Passover selection ( http://is.gd/pell ) via Someone Spoil me ( http://is.gd/pelu ). Drooling over the treats. #
Really wish there was a Kosher For Passover bakery near us. Zelda’s items look great but $20 for shipping just makes it too pricey. #
So cold in my office today. Huddled over the space heater and it’s not helping. *BRRRR* #
Might go get hot water not to make oatmeal or tea, but just to drink straight to try to warm up. #
Made some good progress on my Twitter App. It was running slow so I had it report runtime of each step. Found the slow point & fixed it. #
Turned out to be a mySQL query that was running long. Added an “Order By” & “Limit 1” & it went from 30 seconds to under 1 second runtime. #
The Scariest Moments of My Life: http://www.techydad.com/?p=441 #
RT @freebieprincess Borders 40% off List Price of 1 Item Printable Coupon http://is.gd/phF9 #