January 8, 2009

Tweets for 2009-01-08

  • This DerrekGehll character (and all it’s variants) have followed me now about 6-8 times. And each time it’s the same spam, different account #
  • I’ve started blocking the annoying spammer accounts now. I don’t think it does any good overall but it somehow makes me feel better :D #
  • Birdie 0.95 with the ability to send long tweets (which are automatically split into several tweets) is now out: http://is.gd/8Uee #
  • Woke up way too early … already feeling tired :) #
  • Now watching “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2″. We enjoyed the first one but don’t know how this one’ll go … #
  • “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2″ was OK except for Alexis Bledel playing the same old character over and over and over again … #
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January 7, 2009

Tweets for 2009-01-07

  • If you have 50 people you’re following, 1 follower and 1 update, I might not follow you back - especially if you’ve a get-rich-quick scheme #
  • What???? Norton has shut down anti-virus because my definitions are outdated by 9 hours. They expect computers to be always on? #
  • VMWare’s Unity is beautiful once you actually get it working with a Linux host :) All your Linux apps run on your Windows desktop … #
  • Ugh … hate beta APIs where they either don’t update the documentation or do not document everything correctly :-( #
  • Watching “Dexter”. The only thing I hate about the show is Deb. She’s supposed to be tough but she keeps acting all so girly and vulnerable. #
  • I’m curious to see how many of the lapses in the plot of “Dexter” were due to the writers of the TV show. I’m betting all of them … #
  • Finished watching the entire first season of “Dexter” in a matter of days :) I’m almost reluctant to see the 2nd season ‘cos then its over #
  • Yes, I know there’s a 3rd season of “Dexter” and two more to come after that but we’ve only got season 1 and 2 on DVD at the moment :) #
  • Dang, Delphi 2009 already has two update packs! Not a good sign in some cases :) #
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January 6, 2009

Tweets for 2009-01-06

  • Years ago, I used to really love Evolution as a Linux window manager. Now I can’t figure out for the life of me why I liked it so much :) #
  • Apparently, Tamil Nadu wants to get Kachchativu, a barren island, back from Sri Lanka. An island that the Indian government ceded to Sri >> #
  • << Lanka back in 1974. The timing seems a little suspicious to me … #
  • Time to work on a custom WordPress plugin for a client. Hopefully, I can get this sorted out by lunch … #
  • OK, plugin coding done for the time being. Time for lunch and perhaps some “Dexter” :) #
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January 5, 2009

Tweets for 2009-01-05

  • Legit Twitter accounts seem to have been compromised by the phishing scam because I’m getting phishing DMs from accounts that look legit … #
  • Might be time to do another firmware update on my phone but this time, go for a custom ROM which frees up lots of RAM … #
  • Lots of installs and upgrades today. Trying to install Ubuntu 8.10 since I got tired of upgrading from 7.04; Delphi 2009; and phone firmware #
  • Aaargh! The Ubuntu 8.10 image which took me a day to download at terrible speeds is damaged. Have to re-download now … Aaargh x 2 #
  • OK, the Ubuntu ISO download problem might have been solved :) Downloaded Shareaza, gave it the Ubuntu torrent but stopped immediately, >> #
  • << then copied over the old damaged file over the Shareaza partial download and told it to re-verify. It says 99.91% is fine and is now >> #
  • << downloading the missing bits. Hopefully, this’ll work and I’ll have a working image … #
  • Yes!!! Shareaza for teh win! It only downloaded less than 1MB of the invalid ISO and now Ubuntu 8.10 installs fine :) #
  • OK, Delphi 2009 installed. Have to wait for Delphi Prism to finish downloading so that I can test it out … so far, so good :) #
  • Finished Jim C. Hines’ “Spell of the Sparrow” - enjoyable short story. Wish there were more James and Alycia short stories… Are there? #
  • “Tropic Thunder” was really annoying and boring at the beginning but the ending was shrieking hilarious :) And Tom Cruise in the movie? Wha? #
  • “Merlin and the War of the Dragons” had so many parallels to the new “Star Wars” trilogy that it isn’t even funny :) In fact, it made me >> #
  • << realize that the Arthurian legend also has parllels to the original “Star Wars” trilogy … #
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January 4, 2009

Tweets for 2009-01-04

  • Bought Jim C. Hines’ “Blade of the Bunny” and “Spell of the Sparrow” as e-books. They sound very interesting … #
  • Watching “The Getaway” with Steve McQueen, directed by Sam Peckinpah but man is it slow … guess movies have evolved a lot :) #
  • Watching “Swing Vote” now and so far, it’s looking pretty good ;) #
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January 3, 2009

Tweets for 2009-01-03

  • There was a loud noise/explosion around 1am last night. Wonder what blew up? Nothing on the news so far …. #
  • Still trying to get Ubuntu upgraded. Very slow servers and various other errors making this a really, really prolonged task … #
  • Finally went from Feisty Fawn to Gutsy Gibbon for Ubuntu :) Now to do the next few upgrades … But first a few changes again … #
  • I don’t really like how Ubuntu does upgrades though. Removed a few apps to save on download for updates but it re-installed the removed apps #
  • Well, the upgrade to Hardy Heron at least launched without issues, unlike with Gutsy Gibon. But let’s see how it goes … #
  • Apparently there’s been another bomb blast in Fort about half an hour ago … #
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January 2, 2009

Tweets for 2009-01-02

  • Back to XP. Windows 7 has lots of nifty new features but overall it’s just not ready as an OS - doesn’t play nice with enough apps #
  • Personally, I think UAC causes most of these issues. And till 90% of the apps out there are written for Vista or Windows 7, it won’t work #
  • Back to trying to get Linux to work properly undr VMWare so that I can get stuff done :) No more Windows 7 at least for a while … #
  • Linux Mint wouldn’t play well with VMWare some of the time and I wasn’t in the mood to troubleshoot. Testing to see if Ubuntu does better #
  • Why is it that the folks at Norton still have not resolved the issue where they report certain installers as viruses? #
  • Gaaaah! Network speeds seem to fluctuate between slow and super-slow today! Can’t get Ubuntu upgraded at all … #
  • Today’s word of the day from wordsmith.org is: shilly-shally - Hesitantly; irresolutely. Similar to dily-dally. #
  • Watching “High Scholl Musical” - one of our nieces is a big fan of the movie series :D I feel as if I already know Troy, Gabriela etc. :) #
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January 1, 2009

Tweets for 2009-01-01

  • Stayed awake later than usual to finish watching “Santosh Subramaniyam” - it was that good :) Paying for the late night now though … #
  • Need to clear out data from a partition so that I can try Windows 7 on dual-boot. Works fine on VMWare but that doesn’t tell the full story #
  • Mmm …. “mung ata” (mung beans) for breakfast on the start of a new year! That’s the way to go :) (And no, I’m not being sarcastic …) #
  • Should I keep “Spore” or get rid of it? It turned out to be the most over-hyped game ever or I’ve just grown out of that sort of game …. #
  • Windows 7: under 10 minutes for file extraction and first reboot, 17 minutes to second reboot and logged in by 20 minutes. Pretty good :) #
  • Oh yeah, Windows 7 discovered and connected to my Wi-Fi as soon as it started up - no driver issues. I don’t think Vista did that … #
  • OK, #Birdie installed and working fine under Windows 7. Not sure how much of my regular apps I’ll install under W7 though … #
  • Windows 7 has a built-in wallpaper manager, was that there in Vista? I don’t think I ever used it in Vista … #
  • OK, first item I dislike about Windows 7 (besides the new taskbar, which is horrible) is the default system tray implementation … #
  • Hmm … NIS 2009 installs fine under Windows 7 - I could have sworn that some people reported problesm with W7 and Norton … #
  • Ah, there’s a built-in Windows 7 troubleshooter which will check for multiple anti-virus running, more than one user logged-in etc. Good :) #
  • Dang, my Chrome user data comes to around 537MB! What the heck is Chrome storing on my hard drive? #
  • Ugh, Chrome windows have a weird line through the left, bottom and right borders under Windows 7. Makes me want to go back to XP :D #
  • I like how the gadgets are implemented this time around in Windows 7. More OS X like but it doesn’t take up screen-real estate … #
  • Hmm … the vaunted troubleshooter does nothing for me with regards to device driver issues though it did dial down my screen brightness :) #
  • “Burn After Reading” is such a pointless, annoying movie where I wanted all the characters to just die, die, die! :D #
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December 31, 2008

Tweets for 2008-12-31

  • Bah, I hate web hosts who will not allow you to override PHP configuration settings! #
  • The Sri Lankan government is so bogus - two weeks after the budget they suddenly realize that there’s an economic crisis and come up with >> #
  • << a mini-budget to give relief to the people. They’re even going to “make sacrifices” for the people … probably will have one less >> #
  • << 5-star meal everyday for their part … #
  • Oh, wait. Maybe they meant “they are going to sacrifice the people” - that actually sounds more like it actually :D #
  • Extra, extra: Terry Pratchett to receive knighthood as part of the new year’s honours list! #
  • Installing Windows 7 in a VM. Let’s see how this baby does compared to Vista :) #
  • Windows 7 feels as if this is the release that Vista should have been - lots of little fixes and tweaks that make Windows easier to use … #
  • We watched “Dishyum” and “Transformers” earlier today. Now to see if “Santosh Subramaniyam” has sub-titles … #
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December 30, 2008

Tweets for 2008-12-30

  • The next version of #Birdie is now ready for release and I should release it today. But I’ve hit a brickwall with further development … in reply to mariedees #
  • Today’s Wordsmith.org word of the day: pell-mell - in a confused manner. Similar to helter-skelter or higgledy piggledy :) #
  • Looking at Mono to see if it would make a possible alternative cross-platform development environment for me to use. Adobe AIR has issues. #
  • “Bangkok Dangerous” - Nicholas Cage, the new Santa Claus: “He’s bad. Very, very bad.” :) #
  • I really dislike people who think you’re fools on Twitter - the ones who follow you, then unfollow but follow back if you unfollow them …