http://www.chnorton.com.au A blog about software engineering, web development, education and my otaku interests. Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:45:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.chnorton.com.au/2009/12/06/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-12-06/ http://www.chnorton.com.au/2009/12/06/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-12-06/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:00:00 +0000 Chris Norton http://www.chnorton.com.au/2009/12/06/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-12-06/

Apparently I have a subscription to Nett magazine. Don't remember buying it though. Weird. #

Watched the first episode of the Otomen live action series. The manga is better but the series is still watchable. #

@m_p_p WIN Score: 1 in reply to m_p_p #

Just realised I hadn't checked Twitter for 24 hours straight. Woah. #

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@theheadsage I'm not as confident but long ago came to the same conclusion. Also, I hate their price stickers – they're too hard to remove! in reply to theheadsage #

Finally hooked up the old theatre system as a prototype. Works well! Now to get a new receiver with HDMI support. 5.1 sound here I come! #

Oh, also need a digital cable from the PC for 5.1 support, rather than current 2.1. HDMI really makes things so much easier. #

@chadnickbok As long as you like SGU! in reply to chadnickbok #

Getting ready for a massive site update for a client. Hoping for minimal problems! #

Had a few years shaved off my life today. Hoping a relaxing evening with new TV shows will help. #

I've now gotten more anti-Westfield spam than actual Westfield spam. FAIL. #

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@chadnickbok Good to hear! Just wait until you get started on the Magento projects… in reply to chadnickbok #

Quite annoying when you're in the middle of drafting an email and accidentally send it. #

A crazy Friday afternoon. More so than most. #

@feliciaday Loved TLJ! Have you played Dreamfall? Not quite as good IMHO but well worth playing. in reply to feliciaday #

Again tempted by the Dell Studio 15. Enticing little vixen, and would get a very nice machine for my $1500. Should I just give in? #

@chadnickbok Definitely getting the 1080 screen. Thinking an extra $270 for a Blu-ray drive isn't worth it. Opinion? in reply to chadnickbok #

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@tcmg I'd already tried that and fuppes. MediaTomb was the only one I could even remotely get working. in reply to tcmg #

@mdenis The office has stayed cool this weekend, despite the lack of air con, so that's a plus. in reply to mdenis #

This is excruciating: my train is not moving and the air con is pathetic. Good start to the week. #

@annatheannoying Better than being "gay hostile" I guess. in reply to annatheannoying #

Argh! This tram has no air con! #gripe #

Opera Mobile 10 beta still has a broken input system on S60. Can't enter newlines into a text field! Non-standard shift behaviour! FAIL #

I should mention that the rest of the browser is pretty cool. Looking forward to Opera Link functionality. #

Train air con WIN! #

MediaTomb is working like a charm. Too bad transcoding with subtitles is amazingly hard. Further work needed for my perfect media server! #

Submitted my application for an RACV Club membership. Soon I won't have to pay $20 each time I want to use the gym! #

Dinner from Grill'd tonight. Enjoyed the walk in the cooler weather. Seems a lot of other people had the same idea. #

RT @JewelStaite: Just found out Dollhouse was canceled. "SUMMERRRRRR!!!" #

Flying on Friday the 13th … from gate 13 … what could go wrong? #

Trying out the Selenium testing framework. #

@NathanFillion Maybe not – in a couple years there might be a movie! *crosses fingers* in reply to NathanFillion #

Woot! Google Wave invite! #

@chadnickbok Thank you for more useless yet cool trivia. @feliciaday just keeps getting more awesome really. in reply to chadnickbok #

Cinema stuffed up and played the wrong movie. Now I'll never get to see Astro Boy! At least I have two free passes now. #

How long has carsales.com.au had a mobile site? It's pretty nifty – even has layered navigation support. #

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Mum asked today if she could get an iPhone. Apple claims another ignorant victim. #

Damn you people playing music at this time of night. Especially when they're songs that are going to get stuck in my head. #

Hearing "Blue" by Eiffel 65 just reminds me of high school. #

Ah, the party is over. Time for some sleep. #

The great Fontis office move of 2009 is underway. #

Most of the equipment has been moved, awaiting setup. Might have this done before the end of the day! #

Move is complete. Fontis is now at Suite 2, Level 9, 167-169 Queen St. Easiest move ever! #

@chadnickbok New place is awesome. You'll have to come up and see it. in reply to chadnickbok #

Tram is nicely air conditioned. Much better than the heating they decided to use this morning. #

Karaoke works better with alcohol. Which I am lacking. #

@dhewlett Each beer is GMed & creates various crazy effects in the drinker; time travel, gender swap, etc. It could be comedy or horror! in reply to dhewlett #

Hour 3 of the most epic apartment cleaning ever. Amazing how much easier the new bookcase is making things. Time for a break! #

Finished with cleanup for now. Still not done, but I'm satisfied that "phase 1" is complete. #

Actually hit the gym today. Feeling good, just need to keep it up. #

Finally got my PS3 to connect to a UPnP server running on my laptop. Seems either the PS3 or router only likes UPnP over LAN, not WLAN. #

Using MediaTomb for media serving. Not to get it finding the media to serve… #

@lloydhazlett I'm waiting for Chrome Mobile. Might need an Android phone for that though. in reply to lloydhazlett #

@m_p_p Agreed. I don't care if the architecture is better – the GUI sucks. in reply to m_p_p #

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Delays to flights to and from Canberra due to the weather. Current departure estimated at 40 mins late. #

Oh bed, how I've missed you. It's a shame we will be parted again so soon. #

RT @spolsky: New article: Capstone projects and time management http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/10/26.html #

Sleep eludes me. Damn insomnia. #gripe #

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@m_p_p Is it meant to? in reply to m_p_p #

One week until the first @magmug meeting. I'm excited! Be sure to RSVP on the Facebook event! http://bit.ly/34XKvI #

Trains are running over 10 minutes late. And the last one was so packed I couldn't even get on it! #

Just realised we have 5 boxes of tissues in the office. Surely we don't need that many. #

Damn you Amazon – offering me with cheap magazines as a "reward" then during checkout telling me I can't have them! #slapintheface #

Just ordered "Heat Wave" by @WriteRCastle – now I can't wait for it to arrive! #

In a queue to get an autograph from Matthew Reilly. Seems my weekends have become about queues and autographs. #

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@chadnickbok I've been looking into XBMC recently – pretty good, unless you need full PVR functionality. in reply to chadnickbok #

RT @lloydhazlett: Mad Men S2 on store bought blu ray, disc 1 has ads that play each view as your reward for purchasing #fail #slapintheface #

RT @alyankovic: Isn’t it ironic that Alanis Morissette doesn’t know the definition of the word “ironic”? #funnyin1996 #

RT @magmug: Blog: Inaugural Meeting – Oct 27th @ 7pm http://bit.ly/4sr4eE #

Excellent! RT @magento: Magento – Now Officially Accepting Code Contributions – http://bit.ly/1aiCle #

@chadnickbok Of course! in reply to chadnickbok #

Ah, peace and quiet. Time to get some actual work done. #

Why do drive thru customers get priority over walk in customers? #slapintheface #

Just bought xkcd volume 0, along with a funky xkcd poster for the office http://store.xkcd.com/xkcd/#xkcdvolume0 #

@chadnickbok Laputa? in reply to chadnickbok #

Cleaning out some of my feeds from Google Reader. As if I really need to keep up with the latest game technologies! #

@tcmg Wait – you're using Google Wave? No fair! in reply to tcmg #

I always forget how fantastic high def anime looks on a big screen! #

I also always forget how crap Windows is! Funny how I can watch a video and get a random BSOD halfway through. Fail. #

The queue to get in to Armageddon is huge! Guess I should have brought supplies… #

Almost walked right into Joe Flanigan. He needs better crowd-parters. #

Got my autographs and shopping done at Armegeddon. Heading home before my feet decide to abandon me. #

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RT @fontispl: Blog: A better way to load large collections in #Magento http://bit.ly/lgwjY #

Enjoying wearing my new tie and socks. http://bit.ly/1TSeqP #

@chadnickbok Inspired by the need for balance. in reply to chadnickbok #

Truly terrifying: http://xkcd.com/647/ #

@WriteRCastle Congratulations! Very much deserved. in reply to WriteRCastle #

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Handy: http://www.php.net/file_put_contents "identical to calling fopen(), fwrite() and fclose() successively to write data to a file" #

LOL. Classic. "I'm just saying, whoever killed her also murdered the English language." @WriteRCastle #

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