Twitter Week: 2009-10-31

31 October 2009
Category: Twhit-Twhoo!

@ingredientx @andsoerinsaid The bigger problem is that both the FP and GeekDo stats reward group-cohesive think and pnush differentiation. in reply to ingredientx #
@ingredientx @sedgtroll @seo1970 Once I'm past the daydreaming stage, I write the rules. Otherwise I don't know what the game is. in reply to ingredientx #
@andsoerinsaid Agreed, 3yrs and 4yrs are the hard spots. It doesn't get easier from there, but you're at least habituated to the pain. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Ahh, my always-match-expectations-fu must be weak today. I'll, err, try harder. (At 4 they start trying to be independent) in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Somehow stealing copies of Hannah Montana Monopoly and LCR doesn't excite. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I have two teenagers. Boys. It doesn't stop. I merely have different problems now. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid When they're married, the spouses & their parents will join in to helpfully give me more problems. I figure it never ends. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I get a few years of lecherous leering at their girlfriends. That's at least worth something. Heck, I'm practicing now. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Buy/get/borrow from anywhere. All (A)DSL modems are the same (exceptions iDSL & SDSL, but it is unlikely you have those) in reply to andsoerinsaid #

Twitter Week: 2009-10-24

24 October 2009
Category: Twhit-Twhoo!

@MetaGames I'm interested in Greed, Imperial 2030, and Koplopers & Dwarsliggers. The rest, not so much. #spiel09 in reply to MetaGames #
@thisdarkpen Other Essen games on my watch-list are Infinite City, Megacorps & (especially) Machtspiele, but they're not BUY-NOWs. #spiel09 in reply to thisdarkpen #
@andsoerinsaid Ask your employers, both of 'em, gently and with concern. They should be able to answer. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Ouchie. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@ingredientx @andsoerinsaid Last train to Wensleydale may (hope) be the first Wallace game after Age of Steam to catch my interest. Cool. in reply to ingredientx #
@andsoerinsaid Not a Brass fan (Rating: 4). The cards really bug me. The rest is fine. I'm told I should give it a 4th go? I might. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid True, but there are still things for me to learn from Brass. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jdludlow Something in your script is expecting a TTY? Probably one of the OpenSSL tools. in reply to jdludlow #
@jdludlow Could be ENV, yeah. I've also had non-interactive TTY-requiring tools bork my init scripts before. Most annoying. in reply to jdludlow #
#Fiskars 45mm rotary cutter blades: $5, 60mm rotary cutter blades: $10. The extra directional stability of larger blades is not worth it. #

Twitter Week: 2009-10-17

17 October 2009
Category: Twhit-Twhoo!

@thisdarkpen The C&O ending with $73 is reasonable. The key Q is: Did players net profit on C&O shares in dividends & player incentives? in reply to thisdarkpen #
@icheyne The SdJ isn't out to redefine human society through activism. The Nobel committee is. That's the big easily forgotten difference. in reply to icheyne #
@thisdarkpen Then there's no problem at all with the money in C&O's treasury. Optimising company treasuries is a false efficiency. in reply to thisdarkpen #
@icheyne The Nobel was awarded because they think that the prize will help achieve the Nobel committee's goals. That simple. in reply to icheyne #
@icheyne Nothing to do with what he has done, just with a hope of something they see a chance to accomplish and they want to encourage that. in reply to icheyne #
@icheyne It is pure social activisim. in reply to icheyne #
@icheyne Think of the Novel Committee as political lobbyists. Its a pretty accurate model. They're lobbying for what they want. in reply to icheyne #
@icheyne I expect they knew that, and saw this as an opportunity to correct the public view of the meaning and function of the prize. in reply to icheyne #
@icheyne The committee are reclaiming their definition from the media glamour show. They're hewing to Alfred Nobel's original charter. in reply to icheyne #
@rholzgrafe I am impressed. in reply to rholzgrafe #
http://twitpic.com/ld03r – 1830 played on my freshly made copy with Peter Mumford's great map art. (Charters borrowed from 18GL) #
@icheyne I have 5 calculators in my poker chip case and hand them out at the start of each game. in reply to icheyne #
@icheyne Actually all the calculators are solar-powered Casios. Nothing fancier than arithmetic though. in reply to icheyne #
@epopt Where is UnexpectedImage's RSS feed? in reply to epopt #
@icheyne Kiki's Delivery Service > Totoro > Spirited Away > Howl's Moving Caste > Nausica #miyazaki #ghibli #anime in reply to icheyne #
@BrenoKummel 18GL is 1826-esque, but really not the same. More interesting track & stock market, less interesting capital management. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
1844 & 1848's track tiles have arrived. Too many toys! What is a busy gamer to do? Oh that's right, finish making 1830 Coalfields! #18xx #
Fireball/bolide over Netherlands: http://tr.im/BOET #Twitter FTW again. #
Background FAQ on meteorites et al:http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball/faqf.html (Credits to @asteroidwatch for all this) #
@BrenoKummel I bought 18GL on the secondary market, not from DTG. Ditto all the rest of my DTG games. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel I ordered 1848's tiles from Helmut Ohley because I didn't want to cut them. They just arrived along with 1844. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@msaari @brenokummel I hope to see John Tamplin before too long. I'll endeavour to gently ask him about order progress. #18xx in reply to msaari #
@andsoerinsaid When their arms are longer they'll bypass the boob and go straight for the bra strap snap. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I've long thought that after emancipation America should have offered a yearly stipend to mothers of mixed-race babies. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Within two to three generations racial tensions would be history. Big melting pot. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Dunno. How many generations do you think it would take before the population is so mulatto that race can't be made an issue? in reply to andsoerinsaid #

Twitter Week: 2009-10-10

10 October 2009
Category: Twhit-Twhoo!

@boardgamenews Correction: The posted rules for 1860 are 1st edition's rules. No data on any rules changes for 2nd edition, but map changed. #
Great definition of entropy in this article about black holes and the heat-death of the universe. http://bit.ly/1ulzCp (via @timoreilly) #
Wonderful video about being a scientist: "What's the job part?" http://bit.ly/6JlJx (via @timoreilly) #
@andsoerinsaid I ordered 1860. I don't fully trust JKLM, but I'm also willing to write-off the risk. #18xx in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid (18EZ rating) Sigh. I'll stand by my ratings of my AoS maps, but that doesn't mean I'm comfortable posting them. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I waited most of a year until I put a number on my rating comment — until others were more enthused than I was. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I confess that geeklist mostly has me opening my eyes wide and blinking a lot. Umm, yeah. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
Ask and you shall receive: Drew Dane has made nice shares/tokens for 1830 Coalfields, Reading, Wabash, Pere Marquette & Nickel Plate. #
@andsoerinsaid Robo-waldo nannies. You sit in your penthouse & remote-control robo-nannies in homes across the world. Bwhaahaahhaa! in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@antrod (Coffee-beer drink) How about (Yerba) Mate? in reply to antrod #
@BrenoKummel You are liable to find that 1860 will have sold out before you get a chance to buy it at retail. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@raphkoster iPhone: AP Mobile, Bump, Compass, Convert Everything,Darkroom, DailyFinance, Dictionary, Dropbox, Echofon, Facebook, Fandango… in reply to raphkoster #
@clearclaw …, GoogleMobile, iCraig, IM+ Lite, IRChon, LinkedIn, NowPlaying, NPR News, NYTimes, PayPal, Public Radio, Skype, Taxi, Twit … in reply to clearclaw #
@raphkoster …WeatherBug, Whiteboard, WikiTap, WordPress, WSJ in reply to raphkoster #
@raphkoster Err, that should have been TwitPict. Accidental cropping. in reply to raphkoster #
@ekted Look at the #twitter search language. It is fairly full-featured if not Turing complete. I use many complex searches. in reply to ekted #
@ingredientx So, not a problem. @ekted can make a search which hits everything in his timeline except for the things he doesn't want to … in reply to ingredientx #
@BrenoKummel We're talking JKLM here. I don't expect much. in reply to BrenoKummel #
The persian market around the corner is running their koubideh stand again. A man could die happy. And fed. And very happy. #
I resist all notions that I live through my stomach. I am but a vessel and acquisition system for my stomach. All hail the stomach! #
@thisdarkpen Companies usually end the game in Chicago Express with lots of money. That's normal. Scores are the only question. in reply to thisdarkpen #
@ingredientx @andsoerinsaid My normal reaction to people-barriers is to blink, step beyond them, & continue doing whatever I was doing. in reply to ingredientx #
@ingredientx @andsoerinsaid This behaviour wasn't well-received at school, so I stepped past & continued – which wasn't well-received either in reply to ingredientx #
@hnshah idempotency, relevance/relation, history/context, REST-like personalities, , community-membership/identity. in reply to hnshah #
Idempotency, relevance/relation, history/context, REST-like personalities, , community-membership/identity. #idplatform #diso #
@thisdarkpen A share has two values in CE: 1) How it changes other player's incentives, 2) The revenues it generates. (less important) in reply to thisdarkpen #
@ingredientx I don't think I've been a trail-blazer. I'm not asocial enough to be a rebel and not social enough to care. in reply to ingredientx #
@timoreilly Check out: http://www.fedthread.org/ 10 days from concept to implementation. #gov20 #gov2.0 #
2cm slices of aubergine, olive oil, tbsps of cumin & hot paprika mixed with the oil, a hot cast-iron skillet, 10 minutes. Me = fed'n'happy. #
Race as a function of dating. No real surprises, but like all good data dives, intrigueing. http://tr.im/AO8i OkCupid lets it out again. #
http://twitpic.com/kgo3n – 4-player 1889: Martin: $9505 Mike: $10115 Ron: $10112 Me: 9782 #18xx #
4 diesels:: Kotoden (purple) 2 Diesels $62/share! Tosaden (green) $114/share D+6, Uwajima (brown) 1D $67/share. Diesels ran 5x. #18xx #
@icheyne Much easier than? in reply to icheyne #
BtB: Mike's better than me: less mistakes & more inventive. I've better timing. Our games are duels with other players as collateral. #18xx #
@icheyne I'm using a new posting tool: TwitPict. It supports full-resolution image posting. You are to blame for me searching it out! in reply to icheyne #
@msaari $3 is ignorable noise, possibly a banking error. 1889 has an $8K bank. We bought 4 diesels in order to force out 3 more ORs. #18xx in reply to msaari #
@msaari If the game had run even 1 OR longer, I would have won by more than $1K (I had 5 more shares than everyone else). Crazy crazy game. in reply to msaari #
@icheyne The other advantage of TwitPict, is that it captions the image. The other tools don't. Makes the images more useful. in reply to icheyne #
@icheyne Yep, standard suited 11gram ABS chips. Actually I almost never use those gray chips. They're just there to hold the board flat. in reply to icheyne #
@msaari I'll keep using twitpict! in reply to msaari #
@BrenoKummel Normally more cities are filled in 1889 but our mid-game fight let them open again later. Mike won by $3. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@ingredientx I liked my Saturn SC2. a fine car. No complaints or problems. in reply to ingredientx #
@andsoerinsaid The way I drive left me at 43mpg with a Prius (rental). in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@GamesOnTheBrain No, $3 is noise. Just as easily an error in a money transaction as correct. Usually delta is a few $hundred – say 5%-10%. in reply to GamesOnTheBrain #
@andsoerinsaid I am a constant (de-)acceleration driver. Smooth & constant G-force, fast & fuel expensive. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@BrenoKummel Ahh! Scores were reported clockwise around the table. in reply to BrenoKummel #
Those with better cardiac perception make better risk-based decisions: http://tr.im/ATRN (via @pkedrosky, @timoreilly) #
American founding fathers also struggled with healthcare reform: http://tr.im/ATU5 #healthcare #
@ingredientx I largely agree with the article and @icheyne. In part that's why I use #TeX, #LaTeX, & #LyX. It is the right way to write. in reply to ingredientx #
@BrenoKummel Umm, I'm getting all teary? in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel If you grok deficit spending and the basic arithmetic of the game (as laid out by Karl Reiner) you'll walk over most players. in reply to BrenoKummel #
The main topic tonight was the Barnes/JC ratings comment geeklist. Nobody had noticed that one of my comments was from another game. Bah. #
@icheyne http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/46805 Michael Barnes has returned to BGG! As JC Clearclaw!! in reply to icheyne #
@icheyne I wonder if Gary used that correlation tool to found his (spoof) geeklist? in reply to icheyne #
@andsoerinsaid Every woman in my family has been in cancer treatment this year. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Probably some genetics involved. Seems to be under control. Shrug. Sometimes life happens. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
Obama's Nobel: What is so hard to grok about it as a signal of hope & encouragement? Not a reward for the past but a request for the future. #
@andsoerinsaid Ahh, the Spring world of Australia…Or most of the Mediterranean countries for that matter. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@rholzgrafe What is the availability of your CD? in reply to rholzgrafe #
@andsoerinsaid I've still not played The Reef Encounter Expansion. It looks fair not great. in reply to andsoerinsaid #

Twitter Week: 2009-10-03

3 October 2009
Category: Twhit-Twhoo!

@thisdarkpen There are many player-created games: Container, Imperial, #18xx, Roads&Boats, Chicago Express etc. It is a favoured form for me in reply to thisdarkpen #
@thisdarkpen I tend to think of player-involving games more as "systems": external machines the players work within rather than creating. in reply to thisdarkpen #
@brettspiel Foppen needs wildcards. I think the rest fits in a Rage Deck tho (does Rage have 0s?). I'll have to check the card distribution. in reply to brettspiel #
Approaching the Los Altos Gamesday: http://twitpic.com/j9unk http://twitpic.com/j9uq7 http://twitpic.com/j9utn http://twitpic.com/j9uxi #
Our scheduled 1844 game was broken into a. 5P 2038 & a 3P 1844: http://twitpic.com/j9vdi http://twitpic.com/j9vha #18xx #
General shots of the #gamesday: http://twitpic.com/j9w9a http://twitpic.com/j9we7 http://twitpic.com/j9wkw #
1844, in Phase-4: http://twitpic.com/ja9qp http://twitpic.com/jaa1m http://twitpic.com/jaa59 http://twitpic.com/jaa9g #
1844, middle of Phase-5: http://twitpic.com/jb4k9 http://twitpic.com/jb4oi I'm running the SBB, AB & RHB. Don't think I'm winning. #18xx #
OTOH in 1844 the AB is about to run red-to-red, Belfort to Munchen, with a 4-train for $35/share. Hoo boy! #18xx #
1844: The AB just ran red-to-red, Belfort to Munchen with a 4-train! Shortest possible bonused red-to-red on the board. #18xx #
Final track for 1844: http://twitpic.com/jbytm #18xx #
@andsoerinsaid 3P 1844 vs the 5P we'd planned. 5P 1844 is much better. ~70 at the gamesday, which runs every ~6 weeks. #gamesday #18xx in reply to andsoerinsaid #
Ultimately I lost 1844: third by ~$1K. I got stupid around the permanent trains & big red-to-red runs. Almost had it in the bag too. #18xx. #
@andsoerinsaid AoS N CA is an odd map, a very good map, an unusually harsh map, but a good map. Not so weird. Bay Area is harder & better. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Kinda-not-really like UnityGames, Los Altos #Gamesday is the ~6-weekly aggregate of many small local weekly groups. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid A lot of the people play the same games with the same people they do the rest of the time, but some mix, a little or more. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Also helps that there are 2 other local (actually) monthly gamesdays. Keeps the people churn up. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Yep, there's an open gaming group every day of the week, several days with multiple, & several with 30+ attendees every week. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I still sit out sometimes (stylistic impedence), but not so often now that I've got the #18xx thing going well. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
About to head out for #18xx afternoon & evening (this time smaller/state games). Then yet more tomorrow night. My brain joyously whimpers. #
@BrenoKummel I think 1844's Eva is possibly worth less than face value and is less interesting than 1832's Bank private. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@scottredracecar @brenokummel We found 1844 cash-sorted priority effectively random. 1830-style priority (variant in rules) is better! #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@BrenoKummel @scottredracecar Too many 1844 turn orders dictated by players ending the round with $0- $5 cash. That's random. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid And yet you spend your free time playing games with people! (Me: I am single because I choose to be; simply a price I pay.) in reply to andsoerinsaid #
3P 1860: floated BH&IR, looted $680 into the C&N, dumped it, floated S&C: 2 companies, 3 permanent trains, everyone conceeded. #18xx #
Final track for 1860: http://twitpic.com/jl2as I had the C&N with a 6 and 8 train, & the S&C with a 6 train. #18xx #
@icheyne An iPhone TwitPic/client problem/limit. I'll post the better original image to the 'geek later along with yesterday's 1844 pics. in reply to icheyne #
@icheyne Hurm. Some TwitPic clients post at higher resolution. Investigating. in reply to icheyne #
@EndGameOakland Yeah, I'm thinking of running up for some gaming on Weds. It has been too long. in reply to EndGameOakland #
@andsoerinsaid Pratchett is almost all formula work. If you like the formula, that's fine, but otherwise its ever-so-predictable formula. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@ingredientx @andsoerinsaid The formula worked for ~3 books for me. Then, not so much. Wasn't so interesting to chant the upcoming lyrics. in reply to ingredientx #
@ingredientx See, it is a diet bar: it is stopping you from eating… in reply to ingredientx #
Post-human climate & biosphere models: http://tr.im/AhBp (via @newscientist) #
Liu Bolin: Invisibility: http://bit.ly/aOgZg #
Write native CocoaTouch iPhone apps in Lua: http://tr.im/Ai3E (via @jdludlow, @dcgrigsby) Colour me "Here I come!" I do like #Lua. #
RT @neilhimself:RT why I love librarians @fatbird2: re banned books. This librarian's letter to patron is classic http://bit.ly/y0LqB #
Steal a book, become a lawyer and a tale of the greatness that is Librarians: http://tr.im/AtKn #
Walking to the music: http://tr.im/AtNU http://tr.im/AtPF Feedback in social systems. #
@BoardgameNews Heads up. JKLM have opened a pre-order line for 1860: http://bit.ly/lgtar in reply to BoardgameNews #
@boardgamenews BtB could notices of new BGN articles be posted to Twitter? Not sure how that would fit with your Freemium model, but I hope in reply to BoardgameNews #

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