Twitter Week: 2009-10-10

2009-10-10 00:00 · Tags: Personal / 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 #