Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-27
Posted by modsuperstar on February 27th, 2010- @AaronWarner bust out the shorts!!! in reply to AaronWarner #
- I am so tired of Olympic events where Canadians are expected to medal only to see them screw the pooch. Same old same old #
- I thought this year we were supposed to really contend for lots of medals, only to be disappointed like we always are every Olympics #
- @bartekci Im just tired of it. I just find you don't see US athletes fall on their faces in pressure situations like Canadians do in reply to bartekci #
- @bartekci Im just tired of it. I just find you don't see US athletes fall on their faces in pressure situations like Canadians do@bartekci #
- Won at soccer 10-5. A resounding victory #
- At the Firkin in Preston for the 3rd period of the Can/US game #
- @CuteGecko UK is tough to train for winter olympics in given they haven't invented snow there yet in reply to CuteGecko #
- @cdutson @cutegecko probably had to declare martial law for that much snow in reply to cdutson #
- @quirkycori The Ottawa Senators is a good topic in reply to quirkycori #
- @foxyalfy maybe it's like Chocolate Rain. YouTube that Ally in reply to foxyalfy #
- RT @chelpixie: Index this. haha. RT @cc_chapman: Google can kill you – http://bit.ly/arYs0W (ht @baratunde @thatdrew) #
- Still bitter I didn't get into @tedxwaterloo. Would have been something cool to do on my birthday #
- @jrodgers I applied. I thought I did an alright application, didn't realize I was being pitted in an essay writing contest or anything in reply to jrodgers #
- @jrodgers Overwhelming interest was the answer I got in reply to jrodgers #
- @jrodgers that would be a rather interesting stat in reply to jrodgers #
- @jrodgers @simon_clark @melle The part that gets me was that they extended the deadline 9 days, then claimed an overwhelming demand in reply to jrodgers #
- @jimmurphy seriously? Of course I'd be interested in reply to jimmurphy #
- @mikepgww If you want the 2nd ticket it's yours in reply to mikepgww #
- @jimmurphy Awesome thanks, I'll take 2 as I have another interested party in reply to jimmurphy #
- @jimmurphy how do I go about getting the tickets? Are they e-tickets or physical tickets? in reply to jimmurphy #
- I think this pretty much sums up Canada's game against the US yesterday http://modsuperstar.ca/kzm #
- @ccarmichael since the Olympics has started I've really missed the CTV news. I'd listen to it before bed pretty much every night in reply to ccarmichael #
- @gjhoodmo It's only in the last year I've come to appreciate Lloyd. We only get like 7 channels, so we watch a lot of CTV without cable in reply to gjhoodmo #
- @ccarmichael http://bit.ly/aJHEi4 Apparently Lloyd isn't retiring (via @aaronwarner) in reply to ccarmichael #
- @erica_mh Given the IE dev team spends most of their time playing catchup and hacking in backward compatibility would you expect any less? in reply to erica_mh #
- @footose I'm not sure there it. I think if there is it's called BarCamp. Ask @jesserodgers, he'd know in reply to footose #
- @melle I love that site, I remember posting it on my blog ages ago. I still get that Dear Aunt Agnes theme stuck in my head sometimes in reply to melle #
- @wendyhoomo Shoot, if I had a car I'd come over and have a coffee. in reply to wendyhoomo #
- @melle The Green Forest gets stuck in my head from time to time too in reply to melle #
- @khrystena I've done 2/3 of that walk once from Meineke in the snow and it's about a 15 minute walk. Don't think it's happening today in reply to khrystena #
- @ccarmichael That is awesome. And that was the theme I just listened to a minute ago. in reply to ccarmichael #
- @ccarmichael Good on TVO for protecting their online properties by getting the domain names in reply to ccarmichael #
- @nigelpkay the Canadians looked classy instead of garish. Though the French skaters cowgirl outfit was pretty hot in reply to nigelpkay #
- @randymatheson c'mon, that could be shortened to #fff
in reply to randymatheson # - @Nigel_Hay This was last night after the hockey game on CTV, but here's the only pic I could find http://twurl.nl/ejl50v in reply to Nigel_Hay #
- I wonder if Google paid @mashable for the prominent Buzz this buttons #
- Going out to tackle the white stuff. May actually need to find my boots for the first time this year. #
- @jhuinink I don't get why we were rolling with Brodeur anyways, he was playing like crap before the Olympics in reply to jhuinink #
- @MarkJHandy no such luck, but the shovelling is done in reply to MarkJHandy #
- @dmstuart not that horrible, but given my footwear options vary from runners to big winter boots with no in between I went for the boots in reply to dmstuart #
- @erica_mh do you follow @cutegecko and @cutergecko? in reply to erica_mh #
- @ENBdavies active doing what? in reply to ENBdavies #
- So @quirkycori told me we might win a medal in ice fishing tonight #
- @KarmicEvolution Hoover Elite Rewind from Walmart. Less the $100 and been awesome so far. Even has autoretractable cord in reply to KarmicEvolution #
- @KarmicEvolution not very quiet per say in reply to KarmicEvolution #
- @KarmicEvolution for when you're vacuuming in the mines in reply to KarmicEvolution #
- GM, these talking car ads are so crappy. Worse then you usual ads #
- Winner winner chicken dinner in the ice dance for Canada #
- F'in CTV, take every opportunity to play that believe song #
- RT @badbanana: Okay, Demolition Ice Dancing. Everyone performs their routines at the same time. Last couple standing wins. #
- @melissabernais happy birthday, yay for Pisces babies! in reply to melissabernais #
- RT @jesseacohen: Finally, an ATARI 2600 artist gets credit. http://jesseacohen.blogspot.com/2010/02/finally-atari-2600-artist-gets.html #
- @MarkJHandy yipe. Makes me glad my commute consists of rolling out of bed and walking 25 feet to the office in reply to MarkJHandy #
- @MarkJHandy I wish. Not quite to the additional employees level yet:) in reply to MarkJHandy #
- @saffyre9 I've watched it the last 2 nights and think I've figured it's mainly the jumps and throws are absent in ice dance in reply to saffyre9 #
- Tweeting from a Commodore VIC-20 http://modsuperstar.ca/vic20 Blog + Video from PC Museum @vintagePC #
- @Elsablaine LOST in reply to Elsablaine #
- @bwsot7m thanks for sharing my link in reply to bwsot7m #
- I just became the mayor of Canadian Tire on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/bkCClI #
- @kylemackie the ask for money is after you signed and not required. in reply to kylemackie #
- Wow, Cindy blows another penalty shot #
- @tlam agreed in reply to tlam #
- Almost LOST time. Nuts to hockey #
- Anyone from Cambridge going to TEDx on Thursday? #
- @gusgreeper Bobby Lu should have been starting along in reply to gusgreeper #
- @gusgreeper Brodeur was playing like crap pre-olympics. Then continued his crap play in his 2 games in reply to gusgreeper #
- @mo11ymonkey I'm loving this season so far in reply to mo11ymonkey #
- I'll be so pissed if Flash Forward gets cancelled and V gets picked up #
- @wendyhoomo the reality is Walmart has to be competitive on wages or else they'd be losing staff, which they don't seem to in reply to wendyhoomo #
- @JamieBeach c'mon, we now know what happened to Claire in reply to JamieBeach #
- @lin_dsay I knew it was coming back, but I don't think they've announced whether its been picked up in reply to lin_dsay #
- @BigBBrown Heel Michael Cole just seems wrong in reply to BigBBrown #
- So @quirkycori needs some Flintstones Chewable Morphine. Anyone? #
- @JamieBeach the episode was awesome just for the line about lying to a samurai in reply to JamieBeach #
- @quirkycori that and getting birthday gifts with Christmas wrapping paper in reply to quirkycori #
- @AaronWarner i just ordered my plates from the ministry kiosk in the mall. Pretty painless actually in reply to AaronWarner #
- @juicywebdesign back to this Twitter account, eh? in reply to juicywebdesign #
- @robbarrett try the Rural Alberta Advantage in reply to robbarrett #
- For any Dany Heatley haters out there http://twurl.nl/2n8g1q NSFW #
- Guess tonight we find who's really driving the bus in Pittsburgh, Crosby or Malkin? #
- Nickelback to play the Olympic closing ceremonies. Why don't we trot Celine Dion out there too? Really turn Canada from admired to reviled #
- RT @CarolFil: Toronto Star: We overpay for slow, old Internet: Study http://bit.ly/dhhofk #fb #
- @jooliah I'm surprised you weren't in Vancouver to watch the figure skating in reply to jooliah #
- I turned on the Olympics and it's actually snowing there. What a novel idea for a winter Olympics #
- I find that cross country skiing is the only sport that makes me tired just by watching how much energy they're exerting #
- Nintendo would be smart to release a version of Animal Crossing for Facebook. It would clean up #
- @rmdrimmie I'll have to get cracking too, I think I'm just over halfway through in reply to rmdrimmie #
- This hockey feed they really don't give you anything between periods. #
- @AaronWarner That explains it. With no sound it was like watching paint dry in reply to AaronWarner #
- Actually quite impressed with the video player on #CTVOlympics. Kinda works like crap in Firefox, but Chromium is nice and smooth #
- RT @CuteGecko: OH "Tiger shouldn't have apologised, he should have just taken his money and opened a string of strip clubs" #
- @KarmicEvolution Here's something along the lines of emoticons http://twurl.nl/n45xcn in reply to KarmicEvolution #
- @AaronWarner I may head over to watch the game too in reply to AaronWarner #
- Canada is finally looking good here #
- @jrodgers Canada only won in 02 because they got the wakeup call from the Swedes in reply to jrodgers #
- Do the Russians actually have a defense? #van2010 #
- @mikepgww Mildred McGuire is the Monster performer of that tweet in reply to mikepgww #
- @footose yeah, the actual ctvolympics.ca has good feeds in reply to footose #
- @quirkycori pizza hoover right there in reply to quirkycori #
- That bobsleigh crash was awesome. Glad to see they're alright #
- Canada Gold and Silver! About time we showed em how it's done #
- I just ousted @karmicevolution as the mayor of Wal-Mart Supercentre on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/7EjkV7 #
- @quirkycori More cowbell!!! in reply to quirkycori #
- @KarmicEvolution yeah, you lost your mayorship because of gingerale in reply to KarmicEvolution #
- @ccarmichael just some passing violation technicality in reply to ccarmichael #
- @quirkycori is it because Michael J Fox told you "You gotta be here"? in reply to quirkycori #
- @CuteGecko I was thinking ftlog Joomla instead:) in reply to CuteGecko #
- @daejin_v2 So where is said office?:) in reply to daejin_v2 #
- @daejin_v2 I'm game, is there anywhere in particular people are meeting? in reply to daejin_v2 #
- Thanks for all the birthday wishes everyone, it's appreciated #
- USA vs. Canada – http://modsuperstar.ca/yg8 #
- @daejin_v2 I just scored a 25, I think those 24 hour questions skewed it a bit in reply to daejin_v2 #
- @bartekci yup, that's me, random internet person from Cambridge in reply to bartekci #
- @jrodgers you definitely can't forget crazy:) in reply to jrodgers #
- @saucy_15 Yeah, A-Train didn't have a great game there at all. in reply to saucy_15 #
- This guy apparently really had to go http://modsuperstar.ca/xyv #
- Anyone meeting up for lunch before #tedxwaterloo? #
- @daejin_v2 did you get any interest for lunch? in reply to daejin_v2 #
- Arrived at #tedxwaterloo. There seems to be an inordinate amount of chocolate here http://twitpic.com/15a6ut #
- @khrystena yeah, guess Tweetie had an already loaded pic before I tweeted in reply to khrystena #
- @gjhoodmo I just did it online. What are you starting? in reply to gjhoodmo #
- RT @badbanana: Unfollowing @DalaiLama due to his nonstop American Idol spoilers. #
- Those US jackets look like a joke #van2010 #
- Went for lunch with @daejin_v2 to Ye's Sushi. I could definitely forsee future visits #
- @ENBdavies I didn't try the sushi per say, but everything I had was great in reply to ENBdavies #
- @ENBdavies no, willing to try. I'm allergic to shellfish, so just need to be careful with stuff like that. Need a good guide in reply to ENBdavies #
- RT @quirkycori: What a happy birthday boy! http://moby.to/4qrc8w #
- @gjhoodmo I look forward to it:) in reply to gjhoodmo #
- @jabide that it is in reply to jabide #
- Holy crap, I did live to see the day a plow actually went down my street. I'm shocked #
- @jimmurphy That was probably the best line of the conference for me in reply to jimmurphy #
- @Danovac lol, I didn't even get through the one massive one and I went there hungry too. I think since it was my bday the cook hooked me up in reply to Danovac #
- @Danovac I've got lunch for the next 2 days in my fridge in reply to Danovac #
- @jabide been a City fan for probably 10 years or more. More a bi-product of being a big Oasis fan originally in reply to jabide #
- @jabide Ade's gotta be smarter then that too. Missing 7 games due to suspension is just unacceptable in reply to jabide #
- @AaronWarner yeah, don't they know we're a drinking nation with a hockey problem? in reply to AaronWarner #
- That is a pretty awesome fortune to start my 30's with. http://dailybooth.com/u/202hs #
- Second Definitive List of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet http://modsuperstar.ca/4gc #
- @jooliah Hold out like I am. Buy the 4th Gen instead of dropping the money on a 3GS that will be dated in 4 months in reply to jooliah #
- @jooliah Well iPhone probably isn't going to have Flash anytime soon in reply to jooliah #
- @jooliah I think Adobe is trying to release their own Flash app wrapper, but I don't know when that is happening in reply to jooliah #
- I just became the mayor of Liquidation World on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/dv7uxl #
- @khrystena twice, it's not that hard. Usually I end up adding something to 4sq, then go there again and become mayor. in reply to khrystena #
- @bartekci it just announces when I become mayor in reply to bartekci #
- @khrystena have you checked in twice? in reply to khrystena #
- @khrystena I just checked and noticed there is a dupe for metro which I reported in reply to khrystena #
- @khrystena I want to become a superuser for Cambridge so I can fix stuff like that in reply to khrystena #
- @nigelpkay @khrystena it's called the Duke and Dutchess. They do a pretty decent breakfast #
- @KarmicEvolution yeah, there are 3 levels of superuser, but I think it's bestowed on you by 4sq in reply to KarmicEvolution #
- @KarmicEvolution probably:) in reply to KarmicEvolution #
- @KarmicEvolution correct, this is the semifinal in reply to KarmicEvolution #
- Sweet, 2 medals. Doubling up is how to do it. Now we just need to learn the podium sweep #
- @khrystena Thats Burns Hoff. It's a decent place. Used to be our hangout after baseball in reply to khrystena #
- @KarmicEvolution win all three:) in reply to KarmicEvolution #
- @jamesdeane I've long thought we should be able to send 2 or 3 curling teams too in reply to jamesdeane #
- @khrystena pasty white folk I guess:) in reply to khrystena #
- @ENBdavies I was shopping in Hespeler. And every place I went to was Canadian owned in reply to ENBdavies #
- @ENBdavies no idea, I'm the 2 eggs, bacon and homefries kinda guy in reply to ENBdavies #
- @browntowngirl Chara actually trains by wrestling in the offseason. in reply to browntowngirl #
- @ENBdavies there's a lot more sprawly areas of hespeler then the Holiday Inn Dr area. in reply to ENBdavies #
- @ENBdavies yeah, it's old mall areas. It's to the point they're replacing and revitalizing that area in reply to ENBdavies #
- @ENBdavies definitely old sprawl. There are 2 newer strip malls further up when it turns to Jamieson in reply to ENBdavies #
- @ENBdavies well another grocery store, McDs, Pizza, Thai etc. Next one has Timmys, pizza, Chinese, pub etc. in reply to ENBdavies #
- @ENBdavies check it out on streetview in reply to ENBdavies #
- RT @browntowngirl: RT @jianghomeshi: Morrow, Marleau & Getzlaf – the score so far: Saskatchewan 3, Slovakia 0! #Canada #
- @quirkycori you win teh internetz! in reply to quirkycori #
- Of all the provincial tourism commercials Quebec's is easily the cheesiest. Looks like a video they'd show us back in grade 5 #
- @ENBdavies I'm tri decade enabled now in reply to ENBdavies #
- @khrystena I bought some wood there for a quarter, it was awesome in reply to khrystena #
- @khrystena i didn't mean tourism videos, just the style and music in the commercial reminds me of cheesy 80s classroom time filler videos in reply to khrystena #
- @browntowngirl no medals being doled out in hockey tonight in reply to browntowngirl #
- Just wow, Canada definitely dodged a bullet there #
- @studawg I figured they'd be wearing their uglies against Chelski in reply to studawg #
- Find where you sit on the political compass http://politicalcompass.org/test http://twitpic.com/15nxdr #
- @ENBdavies actually I was very interested to know where you landed on that compass in reply to ENBdavies #
- @lisawaterstone kinda wish they actually had social media integration for that test in reply to lisawaterstone #
- @foxyalfy that's not nice to say about me:) in reply to foxyalfy #
- @ENBdavies The test essentially hits on the core beliefs of many of the typical US voter, one extreme or the other. in reply to ENBdavies #
- I just ousted @carterography as the mayor of paris, canada on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/61s6yP #
- Fresh Apple fritters from Brown Dog Cafe. This is pretty much worth the drive to Paris http://twitpic.com/15pgdu #
- @blakestevenson unfortunately it's my birthday party tonight in reply to blakestevenson #
- I just became the mayor of Zehrs on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/bhkCfu #
- Vicious, high stakes game of giant pickup sticks #awesomebirthday http://twitpic.com/15qrmh #
- It's like Al Quida celebrity new years all over again #
- Earthquake surgery YES! #bestbirthdayever #



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