Tweet Digest for Tuesday, May 21, 2013 (GMT) mwhybark wow, I tore the hell out of my hands getting the moss off the roof yesterday. at 12:14 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS had planned on fish, might default to spaghetti, but what I want is snausages! at 12:21 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @levarburton long, long ago, and in a neighborhood far away from Cal’s, there was a terrible TNG tribute dive bar called Ten Forward here. at 01:17 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to levarburton @DanEngler @manwhoyells impressive. can this disruptive methodology scale and monetize? Can we get funding for a Dan-driven incubator? at 07:04 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to DanEngler @manwhoyells @DanEngler have plans with @arthurwyatt & spouse next weekend at 04:04 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to manwhoyells “@io9: Star Trek Into Darkness: The Spoiler FAQ on.io9.com/bv0l2QR” WOAH funny! mad as shit! but, as it says, spoilers, so hold off, OK? at 04:40 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS

Tweet Digest for Monday, May 20, 2013 (GMT) mwhybark @deathmtn oh me the fuck too times infinity at 12:41 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to deathmtn @mcgee_gorgo becoming? dude, that beer was practically endorsed by the sex pistols before I was 11. at 12:43 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mcgee_gorgo @manwhoyells ha ha. maybe I shoudl pipe the tweet digests into tumbrl at 12:44 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to manwhoyells @gjcharlet i only hope you were wearing the apron. at 12:46 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to gjcharlet @ElSaborAsiatico WHAT? at 12:47 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to ElSaborAsiatico @johnpstrohm @BitterOldPunk BOP be ribbin yez. at 12:50 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to johnpstrohm @mcgee_gorgo yes, but not far. Tacoma or Portland. Expect to. at 12:51 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mcgee_gorgo RT: @attackerman: Jersey time. Custom made at Yankee Stadium. #GameofThrones #GoT pic.twitter.com/Lr05zeZnTp at 02:04 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS my fave joint in chitown. chicago.eater.com/archives/2012/… at 02:07 AM GMT from Safari on iOS @levarburton wait wait WHAT where when why at 03:01 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to levarburton ha ha they didn’t kill kenny at 03:33 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @gjcharlet i’m almost surprised there was no hoodie. Good job, Mad Men dicks! at 03:36 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to gjcharlet SCDP coffeemugs. Hell yes. at 03:51 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS Peggy is quoting Brian Wilson? at 03:54 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @billbarol i’m with you on this, Bill. at 04:00 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to billbarol RT: @jasongrote: SO HAPPY THIS EXISTS RT @shakeymike: Also, here is the Ken Cosgrove GIF we all ordered with our minds and hearts. i.imgur.com/giOntby.gif” at 04:04 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS Grandma Ida what? at 04:14 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS wooden spoon POV? are you SERIOUS? at 04:19 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS CHVEY at 04:22 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS I have no idea what just happened there. Don did take responsibility for a fuckup there, so there’s that. at 04:25 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS RT: @hodgman: I don’t want mom to buy my tumblr. at 02:01 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @ftrain Delany! I love that book! It’s the secret key to “Dhalgren”! at 03:44 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to ftrain @ftrain sure is. since Dhalgren’s in an unnamed southeastern city I gaped to see it grew from Gotham. great call on Mad Men counterpoint. at 10:15 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to ftrain RT: @gedeon: Unboxing the ‘My First Computer’ LEGO set that arrived today from @actionfigured. So much fun! instagram.com/p/Zis5P_kqfZ/ at 10:47 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @mubay huzzah! at 11:00 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mubay RT: @BitterOldPunk: Ray Manzarek, who produced and played keyboards on X’s “Los Angeles”, has passed away.#howichoosetorememberhim at 11:01 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS woah. great job, Flickr. at 11:05 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS Two clicks to local TV news coverage of OK tornado on KFOR. I forgot we live in the future. at 11:40 PM GMT from Twitter for iPhone @hell0jed git ‘em at 11:43 PM GMT from Twitter for iPhone in reply to hell0jed Tornadoes, yeah, um. Always tough for me. Suzy was just completely phobic when we kids. Always attribute it to this: mike.whybark.com/archives/00008… at 11:47 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @hell0jed fair enough. my main input to you on this stuff is go for it and ask for what you want. even if you’re unsure about what that is. at 11:49 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to hell0jed somewhere I have a Rainbo photobooth strip of me and Viv from, what, twenty years ago? That can’t be right. But it’s close. at 11:52 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS

Tweet Digest for Sunday, May 19, 2013 (GMT) mwhybark @praguepainter the other amusing thing here is one of my early gigs here was designing logos for labor union locals - usually for patches. at 01:31 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter @praguepainter dig it: picasaweb.google.com/10152336274073… at 01:32 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter @praguepainter so I used to have to crank out four or five of these on spec a day. got fast. really, really fast. at 01:33 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter After a slow start, I got in a solid six hours of plant-related maintenance and destruction activity, with my customary light electrical. at 01:36 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @arthurwyatt you know, we don’t have dinner plans at 01:53 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to arthurwyatt @BitterOldPunk unknown, but it is his shtick. where the unknown bit is important. at 02:04 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to BitterOldPunk OMG so sore! Cain’t rise fum mah chair with the fluidity of youth! at 02:27 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @mcgee_gorgo nope, me too. also I like and fear the idea of KFC ortolan at 02:28 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mcgee_gorgo @manwhoyells yr scaring me at 05:12 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to manwhoyells @mcgee_gorgo oh hellz no. orchestral brass heavy minor key scores, no pop elements what-so-ever. maybe only organ music, noir was silent 1st at 05:15 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mcgee_gorgo “@BoringPostcards: Can I just say … “It’s A Shame About Ray” is the best pop song ever? Shut up. No, It is.” cc @johnpstrohm @Evan_Dando at 05:21 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @mcgee_gorgo hm, well there’s an argument for contextual soundtracks. “Before Dark” first to do so successfully I recall, circa 1989 at 05:24 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mcgee_gorgo @mcgee_gorgo but even then they used The Cramps as Montana (?) roadhouse music circa 1989 which is clearly not in-world accurate at 05:25 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mcgee_gorgo RT: @slowdumbshow: @mwhybark this is timely. I’ve been listening to Lemonheads’ “Fan Club” release lately because it’s just stupidly happy and awesome. at 05:26 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS oops I mean fwd @johnpstrohm @Evan_Dando (prior RT) but uhhhh there’s no actual fwd huh at 05:27 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @mcgee_gorgo exactly! that’s why no pop elements is a better choice, mostly. Like, legit pre-electric blues would be fine. Blind Blake. at 05:29 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mcgee_gorgo @mcgee_gorgo but ZZ Top or the Rev or Dexter Romweber? nope, only some specific places at some specific times. at 05:30 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mcgee_gorgo @mcgee_gorgo OTOH *some* specific electric blues might work. More or less any Howlin’ Wolf/Hubert Sumlin sides, for example. at 05:35 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mcgee_gorgo @mcgee_gorgo @arthurwyatt in PDX at 06:45 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mcgee_gorgo .@mubay oh, and on reflection, it seems possible the maneuver and damage system is licensed from Ace of Aces. at 07:14 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @arthurwyatt there’s a wooden (no longer) tallship up on the coast near um Port Angeles iirc that is all overgrown and still recognizable at 12:50 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to arthurwyatt @arthurwyatt i’ve casually looked for it in gmaps but never have, um surfaced it. at 12:52 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mwhybark @arthurwyatt this is different from the one I was thinking of but still neat: virtualglobetrotting.com/map/wooden-shi… at 01:19 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mwhybark @zipties I have several editions. These are oldest, (c) sez 1980, all copy is typewritten. Great game. Llew? who dat? pic.twitter.com/fYUFSdXJCp at 07:02 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to zipties @zipties The other unnamed game I was referring to is the new Sid Maier iOS game, Ace Patrol. If you like one, you might like the other. at 07:04 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to zipties @noahi neat! at 07:05 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to noahi @JohnBlackWriter @arthurwyatt @arthurwyatt good lord, that Jonny Seven is INSANE. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Se… at 07:16 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to JohnBlackWriter @johnpstrohm Dolly! at 07:18 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to johnpstrohm

Lawrence Wells on Soundcloud

My old college chum Lawrence Wells and I have been goofing on each other on Twitter (I refer you to the inevitable Twitter digest, of course). He bruited a terrible metal band named “Midlife Crisis,” and I flung him a backpanel logo sketch promptly.

He then suggested a distributed band, and passed his Soundcloud URL along:

Lunar Lander.

I post it here so I can find it easily later. I don’t think we’re actually gonna do the collaboration but I do want to hear his music.

Tweet Digest for Saturday, May 18, 2013 (GMT) mwhybark hey @arthurwyatt go take notes on the Rob Ford thing. it is literally taking place in a megacity. at 04:08 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS RT: @jackwilliambell: My verdict: the 2nd new Trek is better than the first new Trek. A lot better. at 06:15 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS .@jackwilliambell interesting! you are the second tweet review that makes me look forward to it instead of fearing it. at 06:16 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to jackwilliambell RT: @samuelpepys: A boy showed us the church where Van Trump lies. There is a sea-fight cut in marble, with the smoke, the best expressed that ever I saw. at 04:39 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS Sammy’s talking about Maarten Tromp’s grave. Check out his bio: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_T… // twice enslaved after capture by pirates. at 04:41 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @JoeTheDough it’s where the Swedes finally put paid to Napoleon at 04:43 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to JoeTheDough @poupou :( at 04:54 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to poupou @mubay it’s pretty good! I haven’t cared for any of the top-down real time drag-to-navigate sims. this is classic old-school hex gaming. at 05:14 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mubay @mubay makes me think, yet again, the old SJG stuff could be ported. OGRE! at 05:15 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mubay @praguepainter awesome at 05:16 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter RT: @praguepainter: motherlode of heavy metal iconography, battle jackets etc tshirtslayer.com at 05:16 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @praguepainter yes! here’s a start. pic.twitter.com/Gv9Mryf3PN at 05:52 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter @praguepainter go man go at 05:53 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter @praguepainter fooo at 05:55 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter @praguepainter there is merit in this nonsense. been meaning to figure out the soundcloud thing for this use. world’s first twitter band. at 05:57 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter @praguepainter i hear that. I’ll check out the soundcloud thing. my ipad as painting device experiment is looking promising in some ways at 06:03 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter @praguepainter this is all iPad, the Japanese pitcher for the M’s I like. lotta photoreference, obviously. pic.twitter.com/g1obop4Rlq at 06:04 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter @praguepainter the small size of the surface is weird. resizing works ok. lack of physics between stylus & mark shape is WRONG at 06:06 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter @praguepainter but the thing is, I have it with me ALL THE TIME, it’s more accessible than a sketchpad even. no setup time. at 06:07 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter @praguepainter i should get my paintnin gear at least laid out so I see it on my way to, like, mow the lawn or whatever at 06:09 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter @praguepainter I think screens push one to an illustrative thing, the camera and photoref is just soooo handy. musing on how to beat that. at 06:11 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter @praguepainter I used to do these elaborate mechanical-pencil and graphpaper blueprints for imaginary things, like when I was 12 at 06:13 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter @praguepainter have always dug the rush i get from successful mimesis, though. i look at my charcoal stuff from 20 years ago and it’s crazy. at 06:16 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter @praguepainter insane, harsh marks, totally physical, like I smashed the charcoal into the paper without trying to control the mark at 06:17 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter @praguepainter but the marks add up to a representational image. Can’t get the markmaking on a screen, yet, I think. at 06:18 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter @praguepainter you know, it’s funny, I don’t recall seeing her drawings! we never had a studio class together. at 06:21 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to praguepainter Viv just fired up Dr. Horrible. Damn, still so good. at 06:46 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS grr, bugs in Ace Patrol: lost the starter campaign when app failed to connect to App Store. at 07:30 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS Time to go install some exterior lighting. at 07:31 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @praguepainter totally right after I saw your tweet. look at my reply timestamps, and you can time it, I bet. at 10:47 PM GMT from Twitter for iPhone in reply to praguepainter @praguepainter I’m kinda proud of the broken Yggdrasil. I feel subculturally literate. at 10:48 PM GMT from Twitter for iPhone in reply to praguepainter

Tweet Digest for Friday, May 17, 2013 (GMT) mwhybark RT: @daveexmachina: Just saw some Star Trek spoilers and I was RIGHT! Cumberbatch is Oberon, the Faerie King! at 12:40 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS RT: @Horse_ebooks: Unfortunately, times have changed for mariners at 12:43 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS RT: @sambosambo: Saw this at the mall and couldn’t help myself: pic.twitter.com/xSJyW5KDBo at 12:47 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @manwhoyells lolololol at 01:38 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to manwhoyells @DanEngler hey! that was uttered in the very spirit of disputandum! at 05:30 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to DanEngler Abrams tried to block TOS merch marketing, citing “brand confusion.” Villain revealed! cinemablend.com/new/Star-Trek-… at 06:05 AM GMT from Safari on iOS Oh, man, that story is spun opposite of my read, and I can see the thought, but for real: go away, dude. Star Wars is much more your speed. at 06:07 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @DanEngler but his job was to fix it, not fuck it up. Fan-produced recasts and alternate TOS riffs that inspired his shot are niche, sure. at 06:20 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to DanEngler @DanEngler but shitting on that same basis of inspiration? IDIC, or alternately in this case, just DICK. No aspersions on cast & crew, fwiw. at 06:22 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to DanEngler never bettered, never bested. pic.twitter.com/lus809PuBT at 06:25 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @DanEngler correct, and precisely why I am upset. Star Trek will be rebranded as action bullshit forever, unless he leaves. at 06:33 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to DanEngler .@DanEngler it should be noted I am not a particular fan of Trek movies. I more sort of endure them than enjoy them. at 06:34 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to DanEngler .@DanEngler Enterprise planetary crashes being only the most recurrent among many things that make me groan and hide my face. at 06:37 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to DanEngler @DanEngler I’ll bring the borg-rid trivid producers back home safe from the Delta Quadrant yet by mere strength of my vituperative rhetoric at 06:39 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to DanEngler @DanEngler on the holodeck i mean at 06:39 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to DanEngler .@DanEngler all worthy heritors. you neglect the book-men, notably Mr Banks and Mr Mieville (among the utopianists). at 06:43 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to DanEngler .@DanEngler note that the film-falm men you cite are dystopianists, but ones I adore. Might be a Dredd sequel too, and that was a fine film. at 06:46 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to DanEngler @DanEngler why are you sleeping with your twooter specs on? at 12:20 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to DanEngler “It was Larry Page, naked, save for a pair of eyeglasses.” - wired.com/gadgetlab/2013… at 12:25 PM GMT from Safari on iOS “If you look at the laws we have, they’re very old. A law can’t be right if it’s 50 years old.”…”Here, put on these glasses.” / guffaw at 12:28 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS Apparently, in my dream, @manwhoyells is a rogue counterterrorist operative. No, I have no idea. at 12:32 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @ftrain it’s the good stuff at 01:10 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to ftrain hey .@mubay, check it out: itunes.apple.com/us/app/sid-mei…turn-based WWI aircombat, designed by Sid Meier, freemium. Dunno about HW reqs. at 04:26 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @johnpstrohm it’s the Mariners taking-the-field theme this year: m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=fWeQ… at 04:42 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to johnpstrohm RT: @gedeon: As someone who did not really enjoy JJ’s first Trek outing, I have to say Into Darkness was pure and simply ‘Awesome’. #OneHappyTrekker at 06:29 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS (Ged is pretty hardcore, that’s good news, I think) at 06:29 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS

Tweet Digest for Thursday, May 16, 2013 (GMT) mwhybark @anildash PEANUT BUTER JELLY TIMEonly in my dreams at 02:07 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to anildash @mwhybark @anildash BUTTER i mean at 02:13 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mwhybark @arthurwyatt stay true to Blöödhäg and Stovokor! at 04:08 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to arthurwyatt @arthurwyatt but they are so refreshingly optimistic and dramatic and hopeful and crushed! at 04:11 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to arthurwyatt @arthurwyatt also young people today are much pudgier than I was at their age at 04:12 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to arthurwyatt Have I told you about my arthritis meds? at 04:12 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @arthurwyatt they would not last ONE DAY in the mean imaginary streets of Mega City One! at 04:13 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to arthurwyatt @hidvorak @arthurwyatt he’s too young, see at 04:24 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to hidvorak “He sounds like a man who has put aside a task”… “maybe being a funeral director—to make music”newyorker.com/online/blogs/c… at 04:30 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS yes. what this guy says. slate.com/articles/arts/… at 04:47 AM GMT from Safari on iOS @arthurwyatt @hidvorak now for that I think you are a little on the wizened side, but my timeline of appropriateness is nebulous at 04:48 AM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to arthurwyatt @jackwilliambell “an initiative to give all of Google’s products a more consistent look, so everything would be easier to use” ha ha ha at 03:34 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to jackwilliambell RT: @saladinahmed: Original Star Trek becomes ‘Terrorists in space!’ Tolkien’s Hobbit becomes ‘Killing goblins = true courage!’ Notes from a sad, ugly culture. at 03:38 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS @jackwilliambell lower data density is certainly the handmaiden of needlessly inflated pageviews at 03:42 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to jackwilliambell @jackwilliambell although the description of the UI was interesting in it echoing both Metro and Hypercard at 03:43 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to jackwilliambell @arthurwyatt i know! all the glowing reviews from people… who like movies that I don’t :( at 03:47 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to arthurwyatt @arthurwyatt what’s funny about that is you *like* action movies - is it the turrist bandwagoning? at 03:58 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to arthurwyatt Turns out Cumberbatch is really playing J.J. Abrams at 05:01 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS When Kirk realizes this, his face contorts in rage. “Unforgivable ending,” he mutters. “LOOOOOST!” he howls into the darkness. at 05:05 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS Mac OS X removed the full active window screencap option at some point. BOOOO! Solution? derailer.org/paparazzi/ // YAAAY! at 10:22 PM GMT from Tweetbot for iOS