Twitter Week: 2010-03-12

2010-03-12 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@snicholson Uncanny valley? in reply to snicholson #
@gilhova I am pleased with my HP OfficeJet K8600 (mostly for prototyping). in reply to gilhova #
The #18xx games of yesterday: http://pic.im/ibf http://pic.im/ibg http://pic.im/ibh (1824, 18GL, 1889) #
@thisdarkpen ProGen 80s. I’m very pleased with them. See my Poker Chip Recommendations thread on #BGG for details & whys. in reply to thisdarkpen #
@BrenoKummel No, a new player that destroyed their own position & was unhappy about it & the game. They aren’t used to merger games. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
RT @GreatDismal & @markos: Palin: “We used to hustle over the border for health care we rcvd in Canada. And I think now, isn’t that ironic?” #
Wonderful (#18xx) game of 1824 (Mike: $10,318 Ron: $11,934 Me: $13,251): http://twitpic.com/17it0z #
@BildArchiv #
@scottredracecar: He has? http://is.gd/aaFXg in reply to scottredracecar #
@pontusnalle 1844 is pretty amazing. Enjoy! Glad I could help. #18xx in reply to pontusnalle #
@andsoerinsaid Flirting is one of the great human art forms. Revel in it. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I think the only trick is to ensure all three parties know that the intent is to flirt & only to flirt. in reply to andsoerinsaid #

Twitter Week: 2010-03-05

2010-03-05 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

Life eternal. The hummingbirds have hatched: http://twitpic.com/15oxar #

Twitter Week: 2010-02-26

2010-02-26 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@endgameoakland Please hold Container 2nd Shipment for me? I’ve credit to cover it. #
More sensical than most arguments. RT @hnshah:very pragmatic argument on why the iPad can’t use Flash: http://bit.ly/9DTLR3 /via @yongfook #
@BrenoKummel I almost always plan to buy a diesel out of pocket in 1830 – and yes, it can be quite profitable #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
18io is becoming impressive. Probably not great, possibly flawed and critically narrow, but still impressive. #18xx #
@andsoerinsaid I’m thankful you are not hurt. Luck out there. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I have seen revolting navels and attractive navels. It much more has to do with the person bearing the navel than anything. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
In Disobedient Rooms: On J.G. Ballard: http://tr.im/PR9J (Ballard was central to my adolescent struggles with maturity & world-view). #

Twitter Week: 2010-02-19

2010-02-19 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@dafair: Player count? More is longer. Safe bet: you won’t finish. I’d wager 20-30 hours for 18C2C until you’re all >3 plays in. #18xx in reply to dafair #
@dafair: Avoid west coast, east is good, always redeem, privatise before destinating, get good company pairs, beware Amtrack & ConRail #18xx in reply to dafair #
Y! Messenger for iPhone reliably does background/push, unlike IM+ which times out. Also handles multiple-logins better. #

Twitter Week: 2010-02-19

2010-02-12 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@jdhuntington http://tr.im/NIhE 75 white, 100 red, 77 green, 50 black, 26 purple for a $20K bank with clean splits at $8K/10/12/20K #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
@jdhuntington Actually I ordered a few more of each colour to have as spares. One white arrived shattered, so this was a Good Idea. #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
@jdhuntington Err, and that’s 25 purple, not 26. I’ll get some pics up soon-ish (very backlogged). #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
@jdhuntington Lastly, beware that ProGen 80s without stickers can be broken with only moderate force. Losses are guaranteed. #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
Hummingbirds are nesting by the front door again: http://twitpic.com/12mrm8 #
@andsoerinsaid: You think 40yr old software engineers don’t throw temper tantrums like two-year olds with too much sugar? Ha! I wish. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
Lack of personal bandwidth sucks, and yet is the only life-state I really enjoy. Somehow this contradiction is supposed to be poetic? #

Twitter Week: 2010-02-19

2010-02-12 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@jdhuntington http://tr.im/NIhE 75 white, 100 red, 77 green, 50 black, 26 purple for a $20K bank with clean splits at $8K/10/12/20K #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
@jdhuntington Actually I ordered a few more of each colour to have as spares. One white arrived shattered, so this was a Good Idea. #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
@jdhuntington Err, and that’s 25 purple, not 26. I’ll get some pics up soon-ish (very backlogged). #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
@jdhuntington Lastly, beware that ProGen 80s without stickers can be broken with only moderate force. Losses are guaranteed. #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
Hummingbirds are nesting by the front door again: http://twitpic.com/12mrm8 #
@andsoerinsaid: You think 40yr old software engineers don’t throw temper tantrums like two-year olds with too much sugar? Ha! I wish. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
Lack of personal bandwidth sucks, and yet is the only life-state I really enjoy. Somehow this contradiction is supposed to be poetic? #

Twitter Week: 2010-02-19

2010-02-12 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@jdhuntington http://tr.im/NIhE 75 white, 100 red, 77 green, 50 black, 26 purple for a $20K bank with clean splits at $8K/10/12/20K #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
@jdhuntington Actually I ordered a few more of each colour to have as spares. One white arrived shattered, so this was a Good Idea. #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
@jdhuntington Err, and that’s 25 purple, not 26. I’ll get some pics up soon-ish (very backlogged). #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
@jdhuntington Lastly, beware that ProGen 80s without stickers can be broken with only moderate force. Losses are guaranteed. #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
Hummingbirds are nesting by the front door again: http://twitpic.com/12mrm8 #
@andsoerinsaid: You think 40yr old software engineers don’t throw temper tantrums like two-year olds with too much sugar? Ha! I wish. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
Lack of personal bandwidth sucks, and yet is the only life-state I really enjoy. Somehow this contradiction is supposed to be poetic? #

Twitter Week: 2010-02-19

2010-02-12 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@jdhuntington http://tr.im/NIhE 75 white, 100 red, 77 green, 50 black, 26 purple for a $20K bank with clean splits at $8K/10/12/20K #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
@jdhuntington Actually I ordered a few more of each colour to have as spares. One white arrived shattered, so this was a Good Idea. #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
@jdhuntington Err, and that’s 25 purple, not 26. I’ll get some pics up soon-ish (very backlogged). #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
@jdhuntington Lastly, beware that ProGen 80s without stickers can be broken with only moderate force. Losses are guaranteed. #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
Hummingbirds are nesting by the front door again: http://twitpic.com/12mrm8 #
@andsoerinsaid: You think 40yr old software engineers don’t throw temper tantrums like two-year olds with too much sugar? Ha! I wish. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
Lack of personal bandwidth sucks, and yet is the only life-state I really enjoy. Somehow this contradiction is supposed to be poetic? #

Twitter Week: 2010-02-10

2010-02-05 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@BrenoKummel I thought France was fine, & not nearly as easy as its beginner description suggests. Italy was too chaotic for my taste. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid I suspect it will, but really only if you’ve no need to run local applications or do heavy data entry. #iPad in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@BrenoKummel AoS:Germany is good. Well worth it. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Aye, AoS:Holland is good too. Tell me what you think of AoS:Sun/London some time. I suspect London will work well for you. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Are you up to printing your own AoS maps? I could throw a few of my later designs at you. They’re not small changes. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Which version did you print? My PDFs are correctly scaled if printed unscaled. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@clearclaw BTW: How much AoS have you played? in reply to clearclaw #
@BrenoKummel If it was one of my PDFs from BGG, just make sure you print with no scaling. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel AoS:London will kill you if you don’t really grok when to use other’s track. For AoS:Sun you have to grok auction control. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Nice stats. Give me a shout in another dozen or so games and I’ll give you a crack at my maps. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Yeah I’ll play HT eventually. Several local fans. It seems very tactical though. Not a fan of 10 ways to make VPs games either. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Now I have them stashed somewhere....(AoS maps – actually know where, but need to re-verify versioning etc) in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid I slept thru Saturday’s gamesday. I may not have much sympathy. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jesnellm I view Amazon & Macmillan as inequitable systems that must change. In the short-term I side with Macmillan as the more fragile. in reply to jesnellm #
@gilhova Woot! #
@BrenoKummel Yes, especially with the NdM in 18MEX or PRR/B&O in 1830. Sometimes there is not much available/better to invest in. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel In 1870, yes, to steal a presidency. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel That is for ME to take the presidency in 1870. Or,as you say, to move a presidency from a winner. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid None at all, all weekend. Nyahh! Tonight is #18xx night. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Not sure what #18xx we’ll play. Maybe 1848 or 1860. We’ll decide as a group. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I last played on Tues. Will play tonight, tomorrow, Thurs & probably Saturday. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jesnellm: I trust publishers with retail price-fixingbecause the next wave is authors direct to retail and then direct to consumer. #
@jesnellm: By the time any wanna-be incumbent tries to balance, they’re hit by the next wave. Just have to keep waves coming fast enough. #
A good starting discission of social networks vs content sites as business models: http://is.gd/7vCtZ #
@jesnellm: You don’t think private editors will become a viable business model (as a degraded form of the current publisher model)? #
@jesnellm: Absolutely, and even today that’s one of the traits that separates the professionals from the wannabes. #
@andsoerinsaid: I have heard of Munchkin. I must be prime beef. #
@andsoerinsaid: Bugger. I was about to charge gender discrimintion. Hmm. I’ve also played Uno…and Go Fish! I’m a slam dunk baby.. #
RT @timoreilley Without a doubt the best post yet on #ipad, @VenessaMiemis: Overhyped Flop or Great Design Thinking? http://bit.ly/a3nFUs #
@endgameoakland Please check if Container: 2nd shipment is in your channel again. I think it should be, and I’d like a copy. #
Men, women, risk-taking, self-affacement, and bald lies made to come true: http://is.gd/7zmt7 I have lived and seen this story many times. #
@EndGameOakland: Okay, thanks for checking (Container 2nd Shipment) #
@snicholson: Welcome back Scott. #
@andsoerinsaid Hold on. Fantasy? Dear gods above. Munchkin! Chez Geek! Killer Bunnies! Ninja Burger! LCR! FluXX! Munchkin Train Bunnies! in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@scottredracecar: Aye the pimp thread is a good ‘un. Like laundry flapping in the breeze, you get to see everything. #
@andsoerinsaid: Freeze your bra? This is some trick I’m dolefully unfamiliar with. #
@andsoerinsaid And what, iced nipples in the morning when they put it on? Don’t think I get the gag. /clueless in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@peterpham Dig up Jacob Butcher for a Java dude. He’s a PITA but worth it. in reply to peterpham #

Twitter Week: 2010-02-10

2010-02-05 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@BrenoKummel I thought France was fine, & not nearly as easy as its beginner description suggests. Italy was too chaotic for my taste. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid I suspect it will, but really only if you’ve no need to run local applications or do heavy data entry. #iPad in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@BrenoKummel AoS:Germany is good. Well worth it. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Aye, AoS:Holland is good too. Tell me what you think of AoS:Sun/London some time. I suspect London will work well for you. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Are you up to printing your own AoS maps? I could throw a few of my later designs at you. They’re not small changes. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Which version did you print? My PDFs are correctly scaled if printed unscaled. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@clearclaw BTW: How much AoS have you played? in reply to clearclaw #
@BrenoKummel If it was one of my PDFs from BGG, just make sure you print with no scaling. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel AoS:London will kill you if you don’t really grok when to use other’s track. For AoS:Sun you have to grok auction control. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Nice stats. Give me a shout in another dozen or so games and I’ll give you a crack at my maps. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Yeah I’ll play HT eventually. Several local fans. It seems very tactical though. Not a fan of 10 ways to make VPs games either. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Now I have them stashed somewhere....(AoS maps – actually know where, but need to re-verify versioning etc) in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid I slept thru Saturday’s gamesday. I may not have much sympathy. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jesnellm I view Amazon & Macmillan as inequitable systems that must change. In the short-term I side with Macmillan as the more fragile. in reply to jesnellm #
@gilhova Woot! #
@BrenoKummel Yes, especially with the NdM in 18MEX or PRR/B&O in 1830. Sometimes there is not much available/better to invest in. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel In 1870, yes, to steal a presidency. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel That is for ME to take the presidency in 1870. Or,as you say, to move a presidency from a winner. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid None at all, all weekend. Nyahh! Tonight is #18xx night. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Not sure what #18xx we’ll play. Maybe 1848 or 1860. We’ll decide as a group. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I last played on Tues. Will play tonight, tomorrow, Thurs & probably Saturday. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jesnellm: I trust publishers with retail price-fixingbecause the next wave is authors direct to retail and then direct to consumer. #
@jesnellm: By the time any wanna-be incumbent tries to balance, they’re hit by the next wave. Just have to keep waves coming fast enough. #
A good starting discission of social networks vs content sites as business models: http://is.gd/7vCtZ #
@jesnellm: You don’t think private editors will become a viable business model (as a degraded form of the current publisher model)? #
@jesnellm: Absolutely, and even today that’s one of the traits that separates the professionals from the wannabes. #
@andsoerinsaid: I have heard of Munchkin. I must be prime beef. #
@andsoerinsaid: Bugger. I was about to charge gender discrimintion. Hmm. I’ve also played Uno…and Go Fish! I’m a slam dunk baby.. #
RT @timoreilley Without a doubt the best post yet on #ipad, @VenessaMiemis: Overhyped Flop or Great Design Thinking? http://bit.ly/a3nFUs #
@endgameoakland Please check if Container: 2nd shipment is in your channel again. I think it should be, and I’d like a copy. #
Men, women, risk-taking, self-affacement, and bald lies made to come true: http://is.gd/7zmt7 I have lived and seen this story many times. #
@EndGameOakland: Okay, thanks for checking (Container 2nd Shipment) #
@snicholson: Welcome back Scott. #
@andsoerinsaid Hold on. Fantasy? Dear gods above. Munchkin! Chez Geek! Killer Bunnies! Ninja Burger! LCR! FluXX! Munchkin Train Bunnies! in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@scottredracecar: Aye the pimp thread is a good ‘un. Like laundry flapping in the breeze, you get to see everything. #
@andsoerinsaid: Freeze your bra? This is some trick I’m dolefully unfamiliar with. #
@andsoerinsaid And what, iced nipples in the morning when they put it on? Don’t think I get the gag. /clueless in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@peterpham Dig up Jacob Butcher for a Java dude. He’s a PITA but worth it. in reply to peterpham #
@andsoerinsaid Ahh, that makes more sense. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@scottredracecar Nothing very original in 18IO. The charter auctions may absord any balance problems. Or not. First game tonight. #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@BrenoKummel I agree. It is the balance of early commitment to a pure vs mixed strategy, but that commitment is the stategy. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@scottredracecar Big 18IO concern is Charter reservations. Too strong & too stylising, especially with incremental capitalisation? #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@scottredracecar Other fear is auctions are degenerate due to strongly typed positions & company pairs - so bidding fails midgame. #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@BrenoKummel It is hard to absord first mover penalty & commit to a stategy before you know the direction the game will develop. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid: All of them? All at once? #