Tweet Digest for Wednesday, January 29, 2014 (GMT)

@DanEngler yeah, that’s well underway. for most apps, it just means no more upgrades. – 02:24 AM GMT
@mcgee_gorgo my old Weyland-Yutani contract specifies no obvious medical-care obligation, lemme find it. – 05:22 AM GMT
@mcgee_gorgo oh, sorry, it was just the offer letter. mike.whybark.com/archives/00100… – 05:23 AM GMT
Sometimes my dad’s molar fillings pick up and sonically reproduce NPR, loud enough to hear clearly if he opens his mouth. Honest. – 05:31 AM GMT
@poupou not in the least. it was astounding when he demonstrated. I assume it’s not just NPR, but rather whatever frequency the station had. – 08:04 AM GMT
@poupou I guess it’s rare to be that loud, he was quite bemused. as were we all. – 08:05 AM GMT
@manwhoyells strike “crock” ok – 04:23 PM GMT
@arthurwyatt in 2034, sculpture sells for $20m, no royalty to illustrator. Nerd rage ensues. – 05:51 PM GMT
@arthurwyatt and there *is* a royalty, my bad – 05:54 PM GMT
@arthurwyatt pitch pitch pitchity pitch! get a film project and repeat. – 06:08 PM GMT

Tweet Digest for Tuesday, January 28, 2014 (GMT)

@lorenacupcake after thirty years, I’ve found that’s pretty much the best there is – 12:24 AM GMT
@clarissawam there’s no “I” in translating. There’s your problem right there. Well, there’s one “i”. You need to try trainslating, see. – 12:26 AM GMT
as a test, I did this (1/3). Step one. His name is Biscuit. pic.twitter.com/9O1K01zthf – 12:43 AM GMT
Step two. pic.twitter.com/bMhluxWSZM – 12:43 AM GMT
Step three. pic.twitter.com/V9gPvWr3n8 – 12:43 AM GMT
So as is, with the traced pencils layer-effected onto the “paint”, s’alright. His fur is challenging. Imma take a week and come back. – 12:45 AM GMT
(He is missing fur in a patch on his muzzle because he was abused as a pup, kept muzzled by some surgical tubing tied around his schnozz) – 12:46 AM GMT
He’s a sweetie pie these days, a real wiggler even in his dignified maturity. – 12:46 AM GMT
@clarissawam see, you could have a partnership with the Brighton station, innit? TRAINSLATING, mark my werden – 01:20 AM GMT
.@esinclai he lives with Ken and Mary. He was abandoned on their porch with a knock and a child’s scampering. surgical tubing included. – 01:24 AM GMT
@esinclai the answer, as you already know, is poverty. – 01:25 AM GMT
RT: @mubay: Advantage of electronic articles over magazines: no stinky perfume inserts. – 01:25 AM GMT
@esinclai it’s quite the saga. ken called me asking what to do, i said VET ok yo, the vet decided to keep him. Which was unexpected. – 01:27 AM GMT
@esinclai Then a couple months later, as Ken was feeling FULL ON guilt (you I think will take my meaning), he had started looking … – 01:28 AM GMT
@esinclai … for another pooch, and HEY, there was a spaniel-looking pup with a bald patch. They called the doc up and were all HEY!! voila! – 01:29 AM GMT
@esinclai I think the vet-napping was because they weren’t able to verify that K&M weren’t the abusers, but later when the pup was better … – 01:30 AM GMT
@esinclai K&M were better prepared to show evidence of non-sociopathy. He is the sweetest pup. – 01:31 AM GMT
@deathmtn such draw! – 01:32 AM GMT
@sculpin pic or &c &c – 02:47 AM GMT
@sculpin size matters, as it were – 03:05 AM GMT
RT: @alantutorial: My own hand tutorial: youtu.be/YG4EyttfZBc?a via @YouTube – 05:02 AM GMT
.@whybark some crucial drawing tips, self portrait info there – 05:03 AM GMT
I can’t think of any reason offhand why I would ever go to iOS7. I believe it may be time to jailbreak my handhelds. – 06:25 AM GMT
RT: @JMStimNYC: @NeinQuarterly pic.twitter.com/QALZM02Ns1 – 06:26 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt shudder. at xmas my dad told us in detail about cleaning out the cistern on his childhood fruit ranch. dead rats flavor water. – 06:28 AM GMT
@manwhoyells how do you fit him in there? – 06:29 AM GMT
Hudson Valley regional paper reports Pete Seeger has passed away, is getting traffic hammered. hudsonvalleyreporter.com/dutchess/2014/… – 06:34 AM GMT
no conf, not legit? Edit war ongoing on wikipedia. Curiously, an article by “Jessica Simpson” on “en.mediamass.net” sez “hoax.” hmm. – 06:43 AM GMT
Originating reporter’s tweet: mobile.twitter.com/sueguzman/stat… – 06:53 AM GMT
NYT says yep, he’s dead. Now if I could only find a reliable, trustworthy source. nytimes.com/2014/01/29/art… – 06:58 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt fancy a cuppa rodentea? – 07:06 AM GMT
@zipties i got a look at it on mom’s ipad. the thin font stuff? bad for old eyes. like, rilly bad. – 10:20 AM GMT
@zipties it’s not the size, it’s the thinness. the use of two-pixel wide lines for ui widgets is not addressable. – 06:13 PM GMT

Tweet Digest for Monday, January 27, 2014 (GMT)

not sold on these color schemes, they look like they are hilite markers – 01:07 AM GMT
also beloved old pals are advised to sub to @mwhybark2 for a pic which will provoke a chuckle, I think. the rest of you STAY OUT OK – 01:09 AM GMT
@annkpowers why, Ann? please write about this. – 01:11 AM GMT
@JoanArkham Mack is Seattle born bred and based. Also, who is Snow? – 01:21 AM GMT
@hodgman YOU HAVE BEEN MUTED. cease Uber nattering unless you agitate for full unionization of Uber. you may support, but tell me in a week. – 01:26 AM GMT
londonist.com/2014/01/anglo-… /// delightful, cher lecteurs. – 01:31 AM GMT
RT: @Sherman_Alexie: Republicans will be cool with NSA spying when the next GOP President is in the White House. – 01:32 AM GMT
@DanEngler yes, he does this periodically. workout + vegan wife. cheekbones! – 02:36 AM GMT
@brandonblatcher submefitweet? – 04:32 AM GMT
ok, Twitter is rendered useless. tomorrow, tweeps – 04:34 AM GMT
you know, in the future, when we are trying to coordinate street demos via Twitter, there will be an awards show that shuts it down – 06:17 AM GMT
@brownpau @PicPedant sell it to Getty or Corbis! – 03:22 PM GMT
RT: @erdoganhs: Ikarie XB-1 …the “socialist spaceship”rhizome.org/editorial/2014… – 07:02 PM GMT
eff you google drive. – 09:25 PM GMT

Tweet Digest for Saturday, January 25, 2014 (GMT)

@DanEngler oh yeah, I use all that alla time. Logmein was great because it solved DHCP access, which the in-OS tools generally are weak on. – 12:51 AM GMT
@DanEngler Apple’s implementation might have that resolved, given the rollout of iCloud. – 12:52 AM GMT
RT: @mwhybark2: .@Mariners any chance of a big-screen Superbowl? Come on, I know you know who to call! – 12:52 AM GMT
I am going to have actual dreams about watching the Superbowl on the big screen at Safeco. OMG. That would be the BEST THING. – 12:54 AM GMT
@paolobacigalupi cf en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotor_ship // GET TO IT DISRUPTOR DOUCHEBAGS – 01:00 AM GMT
RT: @refocusedmedia: The crew prepares to shoot the final sequence of Ridley Scott’s ALIEN on the set in 1978 pic.twitter.com/RWR1YqnpvV – 01:04 AM GMT
RT: @MittRomney: .@zachbraff may the odds be ever in your favor. pic.twitter.com/7YzQwIeHaA – 01:06 AM GMT
@StyleGF no, i just throw on my thirty year old Misfits tee and I’m good to go, get married, meet the President, job interview: no problem! – 01:08 AM GMT
@manwhoyells @DanEngler naw, Logmein uses a “phone home” PTP protocol. client-to-client cnx routes through remote. iCloud, Dropbox do too. – 01:26 AM GMT
@mubay niihau, ye great gallowglass – 03:25 AM GMT
jove via iphone pic.twitter.com/EGjJNCfJqk – 03:25 AM GMT
@mubay moar scotch – 03:34 AM GMT
@zipties I thought you got the process server to whack ‘em with the walking papers – 03:36 AM GMT
@manwhoyells ha ha ha, i have been chastising myself for not chasing it dowen – 03:59 AM GMT
@mubay as it was intended ye should! for years i think it was, you know, the last drink, which, well, if ya squint – 06:14 AM GMT
“The word óglach comes from Old Irish oac (meaning “youth”) and Old Irish lóeg (meaning “calf” but later becoming a word for a hero).” – 06:19 AM GMT
well whaddya know, an article on the etymology of a word i knew the etymology of provides a possible etymology for a certain webcomic. – 06:20 AM GMT
@jackwilliambell we have more dewy mist (and fireplace smoke) tonight. packed it up. – 06:24 AM GMT
@zipties … I still don’t understand. Wait, you might not have seen that yet. – 04:39 PM GMT
@zipties but I thought you quit. – 04:39 PM GMT
@sumit rare clear winter night. I have a circa 1988 10” Meade, took a shot at the m82 supernova. nope. 🙁 mist, woodsmoke, city light. – 04:42 PM GMT
@sumit it’s super hard to line up the phone with the eyepiece, and sort of stupid to even try. therefore fun! – 04:43 PM GMT
Woke up realizing why cannibal rat ghost ship to beach on britain is such a mindworm. – 04:59 PM GMT
I has happened before! – 04:59 PM GMT
170 years ago, a ghost ship docked in liverpool (or someplace) it’s only cargo a horde of plague-infested cannibal rats. AND A COFFIN. – 05:05 PM GMT
The ship, not called the Lyubov Orlova, had been also been providing a cargo shipment for an Eastern European nobleman. – 05:06 PM GMT
His name? COUNT ORLOFF. The cargo? HIS COFFIN. The silent film Nosferatu, of course, tells his tale. – 05:07 PM GMT
Orlova, Orloff, ghost ship, the UK, cannibal rats, a vampire: we’ve all heard this before. And it’s a humdinger. – 05:08 PM GMT
@arthurwyatt correction appreciated! not sure the film explicitly says. Couldn’t find screenies of the rats swarming the coffin. 🙁 – 05:10 PM GMT
interesting, apparently the character name in the film is actually Orlok, although it is commonly recalled as Orloff. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Orl… – 05:15 PM GMT
on another note, if you like the silent “Nosferatu” (who doesn’t?), Dreyer’s 1932 silent “Vampyr” is cut from the same cloth. Creepy! – 05:18 PM GMT
@arthurwyatt do they redub it Blackby? – 05:44 PM GMT
@zipties Dreyer’s the guy that did ‘Jeann d’Arc’ with Artuad. – 05:44 PM GMT
@johnpstrohm no Ke$ha? – 09:54 PM GMT

Tweet Digest for Friday, January 24, 2014 (GMT)

supernova – 03:44 AM GMT
SUPER – 03:44 AM GMT
NOVA – 03:44 AM GMT
@popeguilty WHERE IS THAT STYLE COMING FROM – 03:44 AM GMT
@manwhoyells @telemetrist he’s got it, man! Head down, Tom! – 03:49 AM GMT
IT’S HOLODECKS ALL THE WAY DOWN – 05:20 AM GMT
RT: @johnpstrohm: All I needed to know from the Harry Dean Stanton interview on @WTFpod: his two favorite films are Paris, Texas and Repo Man. (Mine too) – 02:41 PM GMT
@johnpstrohm @WTFpod awesome! – 02:41 PM GMT
@johnpstrohm that’s too bad. he is kind of an old guy now I guess, huh? – 05:32 PM GMT
@lorenacupcake @gjcharlet SUBTWEET oooh sick burn – 05:40 PM GMT
RT: @ftrain: “Curiously, ever since he learned to text, my dad and I have gotten a lot closer.” themorningnews.org/article/send-d… – 05:46 PM GMT
@lorenacupcake @gjcharlet oh yeah? he’s all i gots swanning around. I say the berry hat evens things out. still, HEARTY CHUCKLE had, ma’am – 05:54 PM GMT
Things to do: send out tax forms to contractors. align the goddamn spotter scope on the telescope. mop up the dew on the gear. inventory. – 05:56 PM GMT
@johnpstrohm yow – 06:40 PM GMT
wow, logmein. well, thanks for everything! you’ve been great! – 09:29 PM GMT
@manwhoyells pix or u no – 09:29 PM GMT

Tweet Digest for Thursday, January 23, 2014 (GMT)

@DanEngler @manwhoyells phooey on that, I have an older core duo which you both have watched vids off, direct to TV and on LAN – 01:40 AM GMT
@DanEngler @manwhoyells not sure onboard HD, but I just stuck a TB usb on and all’s well, speed = cheapest available – 01:41 AM GMT
@DanEngler @manwhoyells and I also have a deployed NAS which was so mystifying to use it immediately became LAN bak only – 01:42 AM GMT
neatoshop.com/product/OBrien…awww yiss – 04:30 AM GMT
@gjcharlet the obvious solution here is to put the whole thing on stilts. – 04:33 AM GMT

Tweet Digest for Tuesday, January 21, 2014 (GMT)

RT: @musicalfam: Legendary alt/punk comp from late-80s Indianapolis. Explore the Black Brittle Frisbee LP from MFT’s physical… fb.me/1LuAq3oaa – 01:17 AM GMT
@LeavittAlone we eat forty five minutes after Viv gets home from work, depends on traffic. 7-8p, give or take. ideal time? um, less commute? – 02:18 AM GMT
@LeavittAlone but you are welcome to come over and make us dinner any time, we’ll pick you at the airport and eat on your schedule. – 02:19 AM GMT
@LeavittAlone oh doctor such a card – 03:25 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt I can sense your finger hovering over the candy colored button marked BUY – 05:52 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt perhaps mr. lego is pining for a copy of your book! – 07:15 AM GMT
@poupou that is late! – 02:04 PM GMT
@mathowie Cars Land, Matt. You must. – 06:03 PM GMT
@arthurwyatt pitch. – 07:23 PM GMT
@hell0jed WOOO HOOO YOU MAKE A MOVE ON LEO BURKE LIKE THAT AND – 10:32 PM GMT
@hell0jed sincere congrats, dude. You did it. – 10:32 PM GMT
@hell0jed YES – 10:33 PM GMT
@imontheradio @ThisAmerLife @SnapJudgmentOrg DUDE – 10:34 PM GMT
@imontheradio @ThisAmerLife @SnapJudgmentOrg congrats, Steph! – 10:35 PM GMT

Tweet Digest for Monday, January 20, 2014 (GMT)

@marikamalaea wait, the super bowl is on April 20? – 04:05 AM GMT
RT: @MikeRylander: FACT: When we wrapped the Beats By Dre commercial, @RSherman_25 INDIVIDUALLY thanked & shook hands w/ EVERYONE on set. Extras. PA’s. Etc. – 04:05 AM GMT
@mubay sorry, forgot to text – 04:06 AM GMT
ha ha just expressed amusement at my sportball subcategory baseball twitter timeline due to football and you nerds are even worse! Go Hawks! – 04:14 AM GMT
@BitterOldPunk ha ha! Watts was my next door band neighbor ca. 1997-2001. Stellar dude. – 04:20 AM GMT
RT: @Buried_In_Books: @paolobacigalupi tenure seems about the only reason to teach. Their compensation would have to go way up without it. – 04:21 AM GMT
@BitterOldPunk oh yes indeed. they were super nice dudes (Maktub) but he was clearly a genius as well even then. – 04:26 AM GMT
@bradleystein no idea why this reminded me, but Behrens posted this to FB last day or two. 1978. pic.twitter.com/i35ayeUrbN – 06:23 AM GMT
@edinblack the statement you quote is simply a lie, as I am sure you must know. ironic intent? lost, I think. 140 characters can do that. – 06:27 AM GMT
Br. @DanEngler reminds me that Mr Watts has some in-common qualities with @macklemore via Mr Watts’ “Fuck Shit Stack” youtube.com/watch?v=0bLFO4… – 06:37 AM GMT
@edinblack i saw it was from a partisan source in the story, which i read. no bigs. – 07:33 AM GMT
youtube.com/watch?v=nDqaTX… – 10:04 PM GMT
youtube.com/watch?v=2IzR_C… – 10:05 PM GMT
babymetal.jp – 10:06 PM GMT
blabbermouth.net/news/babymetal… – 10:07 PM GMT