Twitter Week: 2010-10-24

2010-10-24 06:41 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

RT @nytimes: A Kind of Hunt That Even Deer Can Get Behind http://nyti.ms/ (And deer over-population is still a problem?) #
RT @sciam: The Little Energy Program That Could? http://bit.ly/9OrKCh (Any successes? More profitable paths?) #
The problem with the blind leading the blind: when they get somewhere they can’t tell where (or if) they went. #badmeetings #ohdearleader #
Quick straw poll: How important is it to get 1849 back on the market? #18xx #
@scottredracecar I’ve been talking to a different #18xx publisher about 1849. Does that make a difference? in reply to scottredracecar #
@joshuabaer @technotheory @cyantist @davemcclure Yes, @alizatw is both female & an email maven. in reply to joshuabaer #
@scottredracecar: What sort of numbers do you think 1849 would sell? #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
♺ @AsteroidWatch: See the comet making a death plunge toward the sun? Watch the coronagraph http://bit.ly/c2m8eH & watch lower right (4:00) #
♺ @venturehacks: Don’t expect to pay yesterday’s prices for exceptional talent; Facebook and Google have to buy whole companies to recruit. #
@scottredracecar: #18xx didn’t buy 18EZ, newbies did. 1860 sold ~400 copies. Only hardcore will buy 1849? I figure 150-200 copies over 2yrs. in reply to scottredracecar #
@BrenoKummel Important to the market & important to development of #18xx as a genre. I find 1849 a significant (fringe) design in the genre. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@frandallfarmer I notice the implied operational tax and reduced productivity more. (Sarbanes-Oxley) #finance in reply to frandallfarmer #
@BrenoKummel Nod. 1849 has clearly affected my design processes/goals. Few others express the dangers of any investing so clearly. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel 1849 isn’t so short. 4.5-5 hours here. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
RT @titleofmagazine Man builds telegraph using only stone age materials found in the woods: http://bit.ly/96Pg0g (A Maker-fu Master!) #
@gilhova I say, “Heavens to Murgatroyd!”, tho Betsy is a bit more common. in reply to gilhova #
RT @NASA: The Gravity of Water: See the big seasonal shifts in water across the Americas from the GRACE satellite. http://go.usa.gov/amS #

Twitter Week: 2010-10-17

2010-10-17 06:41 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

RT @newscientist: Water cycle goes bust as the world gets warmer http://bit.ly/cLNUGy [Watersheds: the new goldfields] #
RT @sciam: Whooping cough in California: deaths caused by the anti-vaccination movement http://bit.ly/cCcMlr #
RT @sciam: Is killing yourself adaptive? That depends: An evolutionary theory about suicide http://bit.ly/cmNHDB #
♺ @scienceRSS: Scientific American: Will birth control solve climate change?: 150 people/minute join humanity… http://bit.ly/aoOWbp #
The true size of Africa: http://twitpic.com/2woim6/full #

Twitter Week: 2010-10-03

2010-10-03 06:41 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

RT @timoreilly: Like Google’s censorship map. http://bbc.in/bYI0EX Transparency is good. [Bravo!] #
RT @GreatDismal: The Polari Bible: http://www.thesisters.demon.co.uk/bible/ #
RT @newscientist: Bomb hotspots of northern Europe http://bit.ly/bRKiWY <munitions lost during World Wars I & II> #

Twitter Week: 2010-08-29

2010-08-29 06:41 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

My respect for @timoreilley and #gov2.0 was just validated with PopVox (http://www.popvox.com/blog/). Thanks guys! #
@jdludlow Yeah, but each is also an opportunity to lay out the line again. in reply to jdludlow #
RT @neilhimself: SF Movie posters from an alternate universe where even the Roman #s were different. Some great ones. http://bit.ly/cNqjXz #
RT @sciam: To celebrate our 165th anniversary, Scientific American is offering 1845 prices on subscriptions! http://bit.ly/b9iNLM #

Twitter Week: 2010-08-22

2010-08-22 06:41 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

RT @newscientist: From here to infinity: the struggle to save arithmetic http://bit.ly/bJYER4 #
RT @newscientist: Add salt as required: the recipe for fresh water http://bit.ly/9nCucJ #
♺ @hnshah: RT @om: Yet Another Bollywood Satire, Thanks The Guild http://tinyurl.com/2choh7n [If only] #
RT @timoreilly: Wow - this could change dynamics of #ebooks: in Japan, people are digitizing their own http://bit.ly/acMv8F via @naypinya #
@brettspiel: Yeah, but I really don’t want to cross media-type boundaries in that discussion. in reply to brettspiel #
♺ @NASA: Commercial partner, SpaceX, completed its 1st Dragon high altitude drop test. http://www.spacex.com/updates.php [I’m excited!] #
@brettspiel Gotcha, and not a bad comparison given the Japanese situation I tweeted about earlier. in reply to brettspiel #
@BrenoKummel I’ve not tracked Essen this year as I usually do. 1880, Poseidon, Winsome Collection… in reply to BrenoKummel #
RT @GamesOnTheBrain: Chicago Express Coming to the iPhone http://bit.ly/cxeMHZ #boardgames #iphone #ipod [Yowzers!] #

Twitter Week: 2010-08-15

2010-08-15 06:41 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@GreatDismal I’m pleased with Tweetdeck for iPad in reply to GreatDismal #
‘John Doe’ Who Fought FBI Spying Freed From Gag Order After 6 Years: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/08/nsl-gag-order-lifted/ #

Twitter Week: 2010-08-08

2010-08-08 06:41 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

♺ @jodrellbank: The Perseids are coming! Follow @virtualastro @britastro for next week’s #Meteorwatch news (trailer: http://bit.ly/9sST8p) #
♺ @GreatDismal: RT @dgroundsel: Aluminum foil ship floating on sulphur hexafluoride gas http://bit.ly/cm2ZSi [and http://is.gd/e32mP #
RT @oneillkza: Stock exchange crop circles connected to July theft of Goldman-Sachs HFT software? http://ow.ly/2l7hM http://ow.ly/2l7ae #
Mike Calhoon just won 1849 by going bankrupt on the 10H – our first ever bankrupt victor. Well done Mike! #18xx #
♺ @davemcclure: OH: “Apple is the Willy Wonka of the tech world.” #iPhoneAsEverlastingGobstopper #GoldenTicket #
♺ @sciam: RT @lornina: #tcmy10 there’s no such thing as sustainable water. Bruce Brandfon of Scientific American #

Twitter Week: 2010-08-01

2010-08-01 06:41 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@snicholson: I am a grumpy old man god dammit ! And get off my lawn! in reply to snicholson #
RT @newscientist: Green machine: Aircon that doesn’t warm the planet http://bit.ly/cPzaqL #
What if I allowed players to put properties back on the market in Corner Lot? #
@alizatw I’m think more a way to recoup liquidity during the mid-game recession. in reply to alizatw #
@alizatw There’s a rank & ordering problem there. Also fiddly. Not so keen. Inject at highest order is simpler & often hard decision. in reply to alizatw #
@scottredracecar Likely limited to once per game per player. As the game is currently ~1hr, I’m not so worried by length. in reply to scottredracecar #
@alizatw Of course, but you (only) get what it sells for. Call it “flipping”. in reply to alizatw #
@GamesOnTheBrain: No, insert in price-order instead of bid/buy/pass. in reply to GamesOnTheBrain #
@sedjtroll: The rules decide what is in and out of scope. in reply to sedjtroll #
@richardtempura Dunno. What if you tested Corner Lot? I won’t be at WBC. in reply to richardtempura #
@alizatw: The one I’ve heard most recently is “sweater kittens”. in reply to alizatw #
@alizatw: They both tend to create autonomous uncontrolled endocrinal and hormonal responses that are prone to positive feedback loops. in reply to alizatw #
RT @newscientist:Emotions evolved as tools to manipulate others into cooperating http://bit.ly/cVeI6Z [This is a new thought?] #
RT @GreatDismal:Las Palmas Woman http://bit.ly/ahDDpU #
RT @timoreilly:”If you were hacking since age 8, it means you were privileged” http://bit.ly/aD92rm via @laurelatoreilly [Since age 13] #
RT @alleyinsider:Side-By-Side Comparison Shows Just How Slow Your Old iPhone Is by @willwei http://read.bi/9N5Tmt #
RT @newscientist:Phytoplankton in decline: bye bye food chain? http://bit.ly/cuzZ3B #
Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943: http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/ #
RT @newscientist: Graphene bubbles mimic super-powerful explosive magnetic field. Yes that’s right: mimic http://bit.ly/ccYKvg #
@andsoerinsaid There is enough innuendo in that tweet to be TMI. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid: First he handles everything, then you suck at dating. What’s next, an election or a dry-cleaner? in reply to andsoerinsaid #
RT @neilhimself: I LOVE these photos. Scottish landscapes, african wildlife: http://bit.ly/cqW8hD (thank you @olganunes) #
@ChrisTheCat Hansa Teutonica got more of a shrug here. in reply to ChrisTheCat #

Twitter Week: 2010-07-25

2010-07-25 06:41 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@brettspiel The analytical austerity of Corner Lot may well be it’s greatest strength & its greatest weakness. in reply to brettspiel #
RT @jamesoreilly Thought this was an Onion headline “Earth’s upper atmosphere collapses. Nobody knows why” Apparently not http://is.gd/dxGJ7 #
RT @newscientist: An evil atmosphere is forming around geoengineering http://bit.ly/9ZITxm #
@alizatw: AIR you were the one napping in that 18C2C game. in reply to alizatw #
♺ @chadaustin: Perspective: it takes 1000 pounds of coal to power a 100 W lightbulb for one year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal #
♺ @chadaustin: One reason to hire new people is that it breaks your organization out of local optima. #
RT @sciam: RT @mims: USDA: There’s a clear link between the use of antibiotics in livestock & drug resistance in humans http://bit.ly/apsrWn #
@icheyne: League of Legends? I’m not that testosteronal any more. in reply to icheyne #
@GamesOnTheBrain 3.5hrs sounds about right for a first play of any member of the Riding Series. in reply to GamesOnTheBrain #

Twitter Week: 2010-04-17

2010-04-17 00:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

RT @alleyinsider:Steve Jobs responds to Adobe furor, tells you to go read John Gruber’s post http://bit.ly/9B53Es [Doh!] #
@rholzgrafe: I dropped #Facebook. instead as I can find no use for #fb, but find Twitter extremely useful. Far more signal on #twitter. in reply to rholzgrafe #
@rholzgrafe: I don’t use #FB or #Twitter (much) for friends. I do use Twitter for news, tech info, and professional interests. in reply to rholzgrafe #
@andsoerinsaid: I’m a less impressed with Samarkand. Stephen’s Rocket is one of Knizia’s two best games in my mind. Quite wonderful. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@rholzgrafe: Oh, and you said to give you a shout when I’m dumping games toward the Endgame auction… Consider yourself yelled out. in reply to rholzgrafe #
@rholzgrafe Grab me on #bgdf_chat & I’ll try & remember what I’m selling. in reply to rholzgrafe #
@BrenoKummel Historicity is clearly important to some. I don’t know how dominant the trait is. I like it, but not critical to me. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #