Category: This Week in Tweets

• Happy Monday! Just messed up changing the office water cooler jug. Ignored the “remove this to install” sticker & removed the entire cap! #
• Just found out that my favorite online computer retailer, NewEgg.com, is on Twitter: @EggXpert #
• Running a poll to try to find out how many people the average Twitter user follows. Please answer & RT http://is.gd/r2To #
• RT @foodbloggernews: Is Quinoa Kosher for Passover? http://tinyurl.com/dytsy9 <= I love loopholes. Can’t wait to eat Quinoa during Passover! #
• POLL: How many people do you follow on Twitter? http://is.gd/r2To Please retweet. #
• RT @donttrythis: I just talked to Grant here & it’s official @grantimahara is real, not some impostor, & the 2nd Mythbuster on Twitter! yay! #
• Ate my breakfast. Still hungry. Is it bad that I want to go to the cafeteria and eat a bagel or something before its Passover? #
• Apparently, my work’s web filter today thinks that all “bit.ly” shortened URLs are “Malicious Web Sites”. #
• Is thinking that Passover would be so much easier if I could eat kitniyot like Sephardim do. Rice, beans, corn? I could live with those. #
• Unfortunately, nothing’s marked “Kosher For Passover For Sephardic” so I can’t tell if that can of beans was made w/ chometz & can’t eat it. #
• Just had a good customer service experience w/ @OhNuts. They sent the wrong item in my shipment. Sending the right item to arrive tomorrow. #
• For the record, @OhNuts sent me this http://tinyurl.com/c5bmbc instead of this http://tinyurl.com/chmbfs #
• RT @fitnessdiet is giving away a new Ipod Touch to 1 lucky winner. http://www.fitnessdiet.info/freeipodtouchcontest.php #
• Organizing digital camera photos. Been putting it off for months. #

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• 40 Days until Disney World trip. NHL upon being told that on the way to school: “WOW! That’s really close!” #
• Was offline (or at least off-Twitter) most of the weekend figuring out Passover recipes and stuff. #
• Thinking of getting some Quinoa for Passover. It’s a seed, but acts like rice when cooked. Need to find Quinoa not “contaminated” w/ Chometz #
• Just added Security Freeze on my final credit file. Need to request some free Annual Credit Reports next. #
• So close to my weight loss goal. I began on Dec 7th at 208. Now at 188. Goal is 185 by Disney trip (5/9). 3lbs to go in 6 weeks. #
• I tend to eat worse during Passover so it may be a stumbling block. I’ll have 3 weeks to lose Passover weight before my Disney trip, though. #
• Passover coming up. Anyone know of any good spreads to replace Hummus? Perhaps something cauliflower or hummus based? #
• Might need to recode my entire Twitter App’s processing page. Did some PHP coding (instead of ASP) for it last night, & it ran in 3 seconds! #
• That section of the application usually took over 3 minutes. #
• RT @OhNuts: Smart fryer uses a mere tablespoon of olive oil to make chips http://adjix.com/x888 <= I’d consider buying 1 when price is less. #
• RT @mike_elgan: Now you can get a Master’s Degree in Twitter! http://tinyurl.com/cldh8n <= I’m waiting for the PhD so I can be Dr. Tweet 😉 #
• How do you get PHP/Curl to stop sending the 100-Continue header? Tried curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADER, array(‘Expect: ‘)); to no avail. #
• RT @mike_elgan: Saudi article scandalized by women-only coffee shops http://bit.ly/19LEGg <= Women laughing = evil? Glad I live in USA. #
• Love the Seth McFarlane/Hulu commercial. “Because we’re aliens. *Mmmmm* Giggedy!” #
• Made some major progress on my Twitter App. Still have a lot to go, though. Going to recode nearly everything into PHP. #
• For now, though, I’m too tired to focus. Goodnight all! #
• April Fool’s Day looks like it’s going to be fun…. Super Pii Pii for the Wii?!! http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/superpiipii.html #
• Great. Time Warner Cable is expanding their “consumption billing” tiers. Basically, you pay huge fines if you go over your monthly cap. #
• The caps they offer are 5, 10, 20, & 40GB. 1 HD movie download can be 8GB. Add in music, Windows updates, etc & overage fees can get pricey. #
• Have you seen @TheAngelForever’s & my April Fool’s Joke? http://www.TechyDad.com/ & http://www.TheAngelForever.com/ or was it vice versa? #
• Guess it is time to switch TechyDad.com and TheAngelForever.com back to normal. #
• …and the blogs are back to normal now. #
• RT @mike_elgan: Does Twittering at work make you a better employee? http://is.gd/qjfM <= Someone (not me) show this to my higher-ups! 😉 #
• Via @OwenC: Report: Google in ‘late-stage’ talks to buy Twitter http://tinyurl.com/chsqvf <= Google & Twitter would go well together. #
• RT @LanceUlanoff: Okay, quick survey: Who among you believes Google is Buying Twitter and who thinks it’s pure bunk? #
• Looks like Sedar at my wife’s aunt’s house is falling through. Going to do Sedar at my in-law’s now. Need to come up w/ a meal plan quickly. #
• Chicken’s pretty much a given. Simple Italian dressing marinade. Roasted sweet potatoes w/ EVOO, salt & pepper. Perhaps Quinoa pilaf. #
• Salad to begin with. Gefilte fish. Perhaps a soup (not sure what type though). #
• If I make enough, we can do the leftovers (plus maybe one extra entree) for the second sedar. #
• This Quinoa pilaf recipe looks good: http://is.gd/qylR #
• What are your favorite #Quinoa recipes? Preferably ones that are kosher for Passover! (No grains, legumes, or corn.) #
• RT @RonisWeigh: Quinoa for breakfast anyone? http://is.gd/qyrM #recipe #food <= This sounds delicious & Kosher for Passover! #
• Wow. I added a Quinoa search to my Twitter stream and it’s taking over. Apparently, a lot of people like talking about #Quinoa! #

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• 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 #

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• New Zealand Court papers can be served via Facebook http://is.gd/nyag <= Just another reason I’m glad I don’t have a Facebook account. #
• RT @mike_elgan: Lenovo Pocket Yoga pics leaked. Wow! I love this form factor! It’s a netbook that fits in your pocket! http://bit.ly/122AQ #
• Things like the Pocket Lenovo make me envy hardware reviewers. I wish vendors would send me items like this to review. (*hint* *hint*) #
• Watching Cramer vs Stewart. (Yeah, I know. Late to the game.) Cramer’s getting seriously owned! #
• RT @mike_elgan: “MacGyver” movie in the works. http://is.gd/nz8v <= Will they film it using 2 rubberbands, a lightbulb, & some dental floss? #
• Has an adult ever crossed the Adult-Parent line with your kid? If so, how did you handle it? http://www.techydad.com/?p=428 #
• Twitter API’s Friendship creation method: “Befriends the user specified in the ID parameter as the authenticating user.” #twitterapi #
• So which user winds up befriending which user? If I’m the authed user and UserX is the one in the ID param, who gets friended? #twitterapi #
• Ok, figured it out. If I’m the authenticated user & I run this against UserX, UserX gets added to my friends list & can DM me. #
• I was hoping it’d work the other way, but can see why it wouldn’t. It’d be too easy for spammers to auto-friend themselves & spam people. #
• Go WOZ!! #
• Wow, WOZ can really move! #DancingWithTheStars #
• WOZ = WALL-E???? lol #
• Just checked my e-mail. Arvixe has not only issued me a refund for this month due to the downtime, but given me a 50% off coupon. #
• The 50% off coupon gives half off for a new acct for as long as the new acct is active. Tempted to open a new account & cancel my old one. #
• I can give the coupon to friends also. Anyone interested in half price hosting? #
• Steven Page left Barenaked Ladies? When did this happen? #
• RT @wiifitgirl: Exclusive EA SPORTS Active demo http://tinyurl.com/c7yzaq <= This looks so cool! Looks like it’d be a great workout. #
• “Brain Decline” begins at age 27. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7945569.stm <= I’m 33 & my brain isn’t… um.. what was I talking about? #
• So tired. Just want to nap. Trying to be productive but my computer’s working against me again. (Randomly freezing for a min here & there.) #
• Just copied my weigh ins from my notebook to my spreadsheet. Notebook pages get lost too easily. #
• Started on 12/7 at 208lbs. Wanted to be 185 by Disney (5/9) – 23lbs in 22 weeks. Latest weigh in: 192.5lbs. Need to lose 7.5lbs in 7 weeks. #
• Miscounted before. I have to lose 7.5 pounds in 8 weeks. However, 2 of those weeks involve Passover, a time when it is tough to lose weight. #
• Rats. Cable box/DVR might be dying. We have the last eps of Pushing Daisies on it that we never watched! Might lose them. :-(#PushingDaisies #
• I have this dream all the time. Anyone else? http://xkcd.com/557/ #
• Buried in a ton of work, but 4:30 is almost here! #
• Watching DVRed #Mythbusters Diet Coke and Mentos episode. When it is warmer, I want to do the Diet Coke/Mentos trick with my 5 year old! #
• Apparently, Twitter limits the number of DMs per day. (Around 250.) Prob won’t hit it but I might still make my Twitter App e-mail only. #
• Found out Zazzle lets you make custom ties. Thinking a Twitter Fail Whale tie would be hilarious! It tiles the image too. Looks really cool. #
• Zazzle tie would cost $29.95. Bit pricey for a tie, I think, but the Fail Whale tie looks so cool. #
• Ralph Yarro (from SCO, failed co that tried to sue Linux) wants to force all porn sites off Port 80. Someone please tell him it won’t work. #
• In case you’re wondering why it wouldn’t, 2 questions: 1) Who defines what’s porn & what isn’t? 2) How do you enforce it outside the USA? #
• 50 days until our Disney World vacation. Can’t wait! #
• Has anyone else seen Google’s logo today? Eric Carle’s Hungry Little Caterpillar! #
• Feeling shaky. I think that means it’s lunchtime. #
• Commenter on my blog: “This is not important information for me.” Then why read and post a reply to my article? #
• NHL’s adnoids are fine so he won’t need surgery. Still need to somehow help him to sleep better at night. #
• Had to go to the ER w/ JSL just now. Wasn’t sure if he was choking at first & then he seized. 103.5 temp came out of nowhere. #
• He’s medicated & home now sleeping. Temp down to 100.8 (last rectal @ hospital, 98 if our ear thermometer can be believed). #
• This is JSL’s 2nd seizure. Unfortunately, NHL was right there during the whole thing. #
• NHL initially panicked seeing mommy & daddy panic & JSL going limp. When 1st responders came, he got upset they blocked his view of the TV. #
• Then he cried he couldn’t go to Hebrew School tomorrow. 5yr old coping at work. Worry about small things so you don’t think of the big thing #

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• is not in a good mood this morning. #
• Only a few hours left for @mommasreviews cupcake giveaway: http://tinyurl.com/bydj97 #
• Verizon Wireless wants to sell your technical, billing & location info to 3rd parties. Call 800–333–9956 to opt out. http://is.gd/mwsT #
• Interesting. Reading something that states that incandescent bulbs are prohibited on Shabbat due to heating the filament until it gloes. #
• Non-incandescent bulbs (e.g. florescent) aren’t prohibited because you aren’t heating a strip of metal. It’s not considered “creating fire.” #
• RT @PopJudaica: I know it’s Purim, but the moment you’ve all been waiting for is here. The Passover products are in! http://twurl.nl/btd5be #
• Got one section of my Twitter App to run in under 80 seconds. Down from 4 minutes or more. #
• Second part of my app takes about 3 seconds. If I can tie these parts together, I might be able to launch a beta tonight! 🙂 #
• Apparently, ASP has a length limit on strings. So a string of more than 65,535 characters is chopped. Need to find a workaround. #
• Not ASP string length limit, but a database problem. DB is returning truncated string instead of full string. This should be easier to fix. #
• Got it fixed. mySQL’s Text field was too limited. Changed to LongText and it can now accommodate strings of up to 4 billion characters. #
• DVRing Heroes. I usually do it anyway, but this time I’m DVRing it so I can watch Wozniak on #DancingWithTheStars. #
• WOZNIAK! #
• RT @wiifitgirl: British ban kissing at train station http://tinyurl.com/cf9rmt #
• RT @HisBoysCanSwim: We did it! We’re able to pay all pregnancy and baby doctor bills… and we saved our house! http://tinyurl.com/b343sy #
• I squished the last bug in my Twitter App last night & added a “save your report” feature. #
• Going to type up a blog post about it later then will post the link to my new Twitter App (in beta.) #
• Asked why it went down, got “my shift just started” answer. Uh, maybe you could go *ASK* someone? #
• Bug in my Twitter App means I’ll need to delay release. I think. Or maybe bug was 1st signs of my site going down. #
• In either case, I need to wait until the server comes back up before I can test it, fix the bug (if it exists), & release the beta. #
• Arvixe can’t give reason why sites are down or an ETA on when they’ll return. Not good, Arvixe. If not back soon, I might move hosts (again) #
• An hour and a half and my sites are still down. *GRRRRR* What’s going on Arvixe??!!! #
• Contacted Arvixe support. They’ve escalated the problem with their data center. Gave me the server admin’s number. #
• Server admin: it’s likely a hardware issue (data’s fine, server can’t connect to internet). He took my # to call me when sites are back up. #
• Wonder why all of my Tweets say “via Tweet Search” instead of “via Twhirl” #
• … and of course that tweet has to prove me wrong by saying “via Twhirl”! #
• Sites are still down. Arvixe support admin responded to my post at WebHostingTalk.com giving more info. http://is.gd/mNtf #
• Feeling more generous about the downtime since I’ve learned more. Hardware issues happen. Their support’s been as good as can be expected. #
• TechyDad.com and TheAngelForever.com are still down. This is going on 9 hours. #
• TechyDad and TheAngelForever sites still down. Going on 20 hours now. Windows 2003 HD corruption to blame. Arvixe says data is safe. #
• Arvixe said they hoped to get everything back “before the morning light.” They’re in CA, so this is in about 1hr. #
• If sites aren’t back in 2 hours, I’ll ask for another status update. #
• Yay! Sites are back up! Total downtime: 20 hours. #
• RT @LanceUlanoff: Why Girl Scouts Can’t Sell Cookies Online http://bit.ly/lKCvd <= A web site is less safe than knocking on strangers doors? #
• Websites are back up, but my admin panel and FTP don’t seem to work. Time for another Arvixe support contact. #
• Admin control panel is back up (came back as I was on with support rep of course). FTP is still down. #
• Knitted Mythbusters dolls! http://www.paperheroes.net/?p=92 #
• Worked on my Twitter App last night. Got it working, but there’s one “minor” flaw. #
• When dealing w/ a user following 1,000+ people, Windows goes low on Virtual Memory. Going to need to fix that. #
• So much work… so little motivation. #
• RT @BrettTrout: What chu talkin’ ’bout – Sears Tower to be renamed Willis Tower http://tinyurl.com/bafub5 #
• RT @LanceUlanoff: RT @nizzer: The World Wide Web Is 20 Years Old Today http://ow.ly/T0i <= 1 more year & the World Wide Web can buy a drink. #
• First day of spring is next week. This would be a fun way to celebrate: http://is.gd/ndkk (Diet Coke &Mentos Geyser Tube) #
• RT @mike_elgan: Will Twitter replace Monster.com as the best place to find a job? http://bit.ly/C5go0 <= 140 char resumes seems pretty short #

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