Rabidgremlin's Soapbox http://blog.rabidgremlin.com A little soapbox for me to stand on and rant from. Fri, 11 May 2012 11:59:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Tweet Log – 05-05-2012 to 11-05-2012 http://blog.rabidgremlin.com/2012/05/11/tweet-log-05-05-2012-to-11-05-2012/ http://blog.rabidgremlin.com/2012/05/11/tweet-log-05-05-2012-to-11-05-2012/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 11:59:00 +0000 jack http://blog.rabidgremlin.com/2012/05/11/tweet-log-05-05-2012-to-11-05-2012/
  • Oracle might only receive $150,000 in damages from Google http://t.co/Pe8Ilojj thats a lot less then 6 billion ->
  • New Facebook feature: Pay To “Highlight” Your Facebook Status Updates To More Friends http://t.co/AuOslPr0 ->
  • Zoo chimp makes elaborate plots to attack humans http://t.co/hfxDwTfS ->
  • words that are spelled the same but have opposite definitions are called contronyms eg dust – to add fine particles/to remove fine particles ->
  • Apple releasing mini iPad in October ? http://t.co/xegV3iBa ->
  • Wolfenstein 3D in a browser: http://t.co/eNwPpzGc ->
  • Facebook introduces an App center: http://t.co/GgqpKn82 ->
  • 1 plugin, 30 lines of XML, several hours getting the right certs in the right place & bam iOS Push Notifications are a go… love Mule ESB ->
  • Android reclaims 61 percent of all U.S. smartphone sales http://t.co/XWc2bqUN ->
  • mPass is Techday's app of the week http://t.co/Umiwm3ko #cool ->
  • wow nothing quite as stressful as fighting with a stupid config issue whilst a baby cries inconsolably in the room next door #frayednerves ->
  • Damn you SSL sockets and certs and the horse you rode in on…. ->
  • Oracle won NOTHING of significance. judge says 'there is zero finding of copyright liability' http://t.co/y7jA6dKU ->
  • Hadn't heard of this case before: Microsoft Might Have to Pay Google $4 Billion Per Year for Xbox 360 http://t.co/2jTYiU8Q ->
  • Mmm just discovered that my shoes are not waterproof … squaltch squaltch #stupidrain ->
  • very interesting new NZ ISP that automatically "places' you in the US so you can access geofenced services and content: http://t.co/SDFmp2Yl ->
  • Cute a URL with a picture in it (uses unicode): http://t.co/ZKJKmeaS ->
  • Nice open source tool to backup your gmail account: http://t.co/CImr6fmK ->
  • Unsealed Court Records Confirm that RIAA Delays Were Behind Year-Long Seizure of Hip Hop Music Blog http://t.co/XHcBIEWX ->
  • Microsoft Stores offering $99 Xbox 360 with contract now http://t.co/L4jSHc16 ->
  • Upgrade complete. Seems to have worked. #yay ->
  • Jury rules Google violated copyright law, Google moves for mistrial http://t.co/xaZB2b3q #damn ->
  • Ohhhhh my Iconia A500 is downloading Android 4.0 update #cool #hopethisendswell ->
  • Maybe playing Lotto isn't a tax on the math impaired after all: http://t.co/99XfiCLt ->
  • The frequent fliers who flew too much http://t.co/fmOgGZnS ->
  • New touch tech from Disney Research is awesome: http://t.co/KeYhrk2Y demo of using your body to control your mp3 player is fantastic ->
  • "A good developer has a natural, almost visceral aversion to complexity" some lovely sound bites in this post: http://t.co/ivgu4Tm4 ->
  • If you find yourself in a mindless: change, pray, run, loop, you don’t understand your code well enough to be editing it… ->
  • Ultimately, a programmer’s job is less to actually write code, and more to manage complexity http://t.co/ivgu4Tm4 ->
  • Video stabilization on YouTube http://t.co/zNHUQ2fz ->
  • Opa: unified lang to build web apps. Use one lang to genenrate server & client, html,CSS etc http://t.co/fBgVbfpN interesting idea ->
  • The baby took his first steps the weekend…. very cute ->
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  • Judge Alsup asks Oracle/Google to brief API issue in light of new EU ruling http://t.co/BJIhJsXG ->
  • A"classics" tag http://t.co/rLgFIRqq ->
  • GIMP 2.8 finally released features the new UI, layer groups etc http://t.co/bjMEpijN ->
  • US Judge rules: An IP-Address Doesn’t Identify a Person http://t.co/tbJN93CW ->
  • Scientists attach lasers to sharks for real… http://t.co/d38yGgHg ->
  • Fixie.js – Automatic filler content for HTML documents http://t.co/Abe1XD0I ->
  • Listening to Vicarious by Strawpeople on rdio… having serious flashbacks ->
  • EU Court of Justice: No Copyright on Computer Functionality or Computer Languages http://t.co/u5qq6ezc ->
  • mmm, just tried out http://t.co/yXnGitI6 Its Spotify for NZ. If you regularly buy music on itunes this would be way cheaper… ->
  • Google Docs gets a makeover, new fonts and templates: http://t.co/Nf6Lmjxk ->
  • The guy who made it so difficult to open your bag of potato chips http://t.co/dGnNCrvo ->
  • New linkedin iPad app is 95% HTML http://t.co/pnjG54TR some interesting takeaways here ->
  • I can style a whole app with only four hex values and SASS http://t.co/KvNpMUPR ->
  • The Decline and Fall of 'Draw Something' http://t.co/dVQersI7 ->
  • Law Professor: Megaupload Prosecution A 'Depressing Display Of Abuse Of Government Authority' http://t.co/8xTlIF2W ->
  • Android hits 51% share of all US smartphone subscribers http://t.co/rLcHl05S ->
  • Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox http://t.co/eQXPc3N1 ->
  • Android ported to C#: http://t.co/XbMR2dxg ->
  • Probabilistic Data Structures for Web Analytics and Data Mining: http://t.co/SguyvWf8 ->
  • Google's BiqQuery data analysis tool is now open to the public https://t.co/5Oqlxfg8 ->
  • Beer, NFC and Android = KegDroid http://t.co/iu0XlW5e ->
  • MS releases Windows phone skin for jQuery Mobile http://t.co/rk2aFJ6D ->
  • Loops and/vs Arcs in games: http://t.co/E8AnLPbi ->
  • How Billionaire Asteroid Miners Make Money — Without Mining Asteroids http://t.co/RVEQedTE ->
  • Klouchebag measures how much of a twitter prat you are… http://t.co/jbnitFML 41! Ouch, apparently I'm noisy… ->
  • Big Data's Big Problem: Little Talent http://t.co/LqiUrVj8 ->
  • Blender 2.63 released http://t.co/BrbXlYcw ->
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  • Zerg Rush Google Easter Egg http://t.co/zOi4fSY6 ->
  • urrrggghhh real-world data just hit my nice DB design…. serious mismatch…. new DB design required :( #shouldhaveusedmongodb ->
  • The House passes CISPA with a vote of 248 to 168: http://t.co/ilz3ZmYO #crap #crap #crap ->
  • Just installed Google Drive PC client, it crashed right after install but other then that seems to work very nicely. ->
  • Ubunto 12.04 LTS released http://t.co/I0Pngaak ->
  • Google sells off Sketchup http://t.co/dLx5lYjy ->
  • Did Google just destroy Oracle's case ?? http://t.co/j2j3NkPB ->
  • Oh dear just drove past a train full of people stopped in the middle of nowhere. ->
  • Great all the trains are kaput time to find a bus ->
  • The White House makes a formal veto threat against CISPA http://t.co/vgPbqBqD ->
  • Onion Browser (iOS Tor web browser, open source) now available in the App Store http://t.co/NmprCNmL ->
  • Asteroid mining not as crazy as it sounds http://t.co/JSZp4vFq ->
  • ACTA going down in flames in EU http://t.co/R2N6VcS5 ->
  • Free hi-res textures http://t.co/dWoNsE9V ->
  • Mmmm seems that Google gets to own anything you upload to Google Drive http://t.co/WBN8a9VN #crap #alwaysreadthesmallprint ->
  • Google Drive SDK https://t.co/BK7L3wnZ ->
  • Google now selling the Google Nexus in its Play store http://t.co/LWlNP9Em US only :( ->
  • Ooooo Google Drive has launched http://t.co/nmvqIcXx ->
  • OK which bastard feed me those shots last night….. #tightskull #yellingkids #urrrggghhh ->
  • The ZX Spectrum turns 30 http://t.co/iLuep9dr ->
  • Adobe releases CS6 pricing $49/month http://t.co/r8Oz8V4J Photoshop is $19.99/month ->
  • RT @StealthMountain: @rabidgremlin I think you mean "sneak peek" <- what do you know it worked :) ->
  • Ahhh these are points http://t.co/scvnVtwf ->
  • Bah stuck on the train just outside britomart… points failure … wtf are points? ->
  • Just testing something out… sneak peak ->
  • Adaptive images, to go with your responsive design http://t.co/iEjKl2Dl ->
  • 1990 is closer to the moon landing than it is to present day ->
  • A simple algorithm for solving substitution ciphers http://t.co/vNWBwXt2 ->
  • Jurisdiction/paperwork problem means that Megaupload case may never get to trial in US http://t.co/0dfRAWD5 #oops ->
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  • Pioneer Anomaly Solved http://t.co/i0TSGUjR ->
  • http://t.co/bgXu8FrX a free HTML based Visio. Pretty impressive what you can do in HTML these days. ->
  • Javatari,multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in Java with no external libs http://t.co/HrrAc8oH ->
  • Google's opening slides from the Oracle vs Google case: http://t.co/kktChe5B ->
  • Check out this site (in a modern browser): http://t.co/fqljkS4F Why flash is going the way of the dodo ->
  • Texting pilot forgets to lower gear http://t.co/mBO6tHyf ->
  • New Amazon AWS marketplace. Rent well known software by the hour https://t.co/mmY2SQR5 ->
  • Scale Something: How Draw Something rode its rocket ship of growth http://t.co/RsdE9pPN ->
  • Wow game dice go hi-tech: http://t.co/5A3Q5KPH ->
  • Anonymous makes TIME magazine's 100 most influential list: http://t.co/WP6mHcVb ->
  • Hilary Clinton the world will divide into "open" & "closed" societies based on their Internet policies http://t.co/CQ56vfGG USA=CISPA=closed ->
  • Famous websites as dresses: http://t.co/6pNjgQRT #cute #clever ->
  • All ten new 'Arrested Development' episodes will premiere on Netflix simultaneously http://t.co/uB8FyeN2 ->
  • Google and James Cameron to mine the asteroids? http://t.co/a9QTlZ1k ->
  • Shiny! I see I'm the featured developer on the @romotive site :) http://t.co/yIFxLbFI #happycamper ->
  • Oracle sure seems to be trying to pull a fast one in Androud case http://t.co/6cMFfjo0 I hope the jury sees it ->
  • SpaceX Given Green Light for First Launch to Space Station http://t.co/RnS8YgQO ->
  • Adding jitter to help your solution scale: http://t.co/vDlQ65ZU ->
  • IKEA creates an all in one entertainment system http://t.co/fms9chmm ->
  • Oracle CEO Larry Ellison: I don't know if Java is free http://t.co/d0j2M9Zw #notagoodlook ->
  • Oracle vs Google.. its not really about Android. Outcome could clear way for copyright on languages & APIs: http://t.co/6lMuTOYm ->
  • jeez 2 days away from work and someone messed with my office chair…. feel like the three bears ->
  • Oracle vs Google Day 1 http://t.co/ZntJnuIu ->
  • in the Internet age, software has close to zero cost of replication http://t.co/heKojv6g ->
  • Google Drive launching next week with 5gb of free storage ? http://t.co/K3UnlmJd ->
  • Review of the Raspberry Pi http://t.co/0DL3YVKS ->
  • Rackspace launches new Openstack base cloud http://t.co/TGl2xTUw ->
  • Very cool way of embedding pictures into QR codes http://t.co/ebFwO3gs ->
  • Interesting, Bride has asked for embargo on pictures on social networks until after the official photos are on Facebook #modernwedding ->
  • Wedding time! ->
  • Just pushed my first Android app for the @romotive Romo into the Android market: http://t.co/vdXJS1xJ ->
  • Trying to release an Android app before having to head off to a wedding… self inflicted pressure :) ->
  • Why Generation Y is Causing the Great Migration of the 21st Century: http://t.co/4rTzI8dg ->
  • US slams Australia’s on-shore cloud fixation: http://t.co/UsyIbxVF ->
  • Instagram gains 10 million users in 10 days http://t.co/898YjsNO ->
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  • oh dear… Boy Scouts racially code their popcorn: http://t.co/lTrACLyl ->
  • If you have a process and a delivery plan then bloody well follow it! #cranky ->
  • New data analysis shows that Viking landers did find life on Mars 36 years ago http://t.co/U3JhjN9D ->
  • Interesting, Firebase, like dropbox but for your app data http://t.co/DM4MSSiK ->
  • WTF??? http://t.co/bLEQqsKy ->
  • I've failed to make yet another top NZ twitter list: http://t.co/bYOKzvo4 I think need to hire a social media/PR expert type person ;) ->
  • Geocoder.ca sued by Canada Post for their open database of postal codes: http://t.co/vlIIZxjE dumb dumb dumb ->
  • Parody vids for Google Glasses are hilarious: http://t.co/ohjKEag2 http://t.co/mje5Ga1X http://t.co/6cAC6066 ->
  • OMG @mdiesch has pointed me at the best toolporn site ever… look at this http://t.co/MHUfsd7q ->
  • Unhappy with scrutiny, US removes last pretense of TPP transparency: http://t.co/IPN2ppGv @GarethMP why is NZ involved with this? ->
  • Been mulling over innovation approaches & unconferences that were discussed at @clearpointnz company meeting. Some interesting ideas there. ->
  • Google+ gets a new look http://t.co/r3l8plFS ->
  • "Tap the spacebar with your phone." – Bump unveils new photo uploader https://t.co/T25LMyhS ->
  • Oops major Facebook Android SDK security hole: http://t.co/v1NOKfPQ why you should always be careful what you log ->
  • Browser touch events… vendors and patents ( eg Apple) making things far harder then they should be: http://t.co/LOFo7yeM ->
  • Just looked at my last tweet & in my head I could hear my wife yelling "sure you're funny…. funny looking !" #marriedtoolong #lovemywife ->
  • I'm rather hurt that I did not make @nzheralds top NZ twitter user list: http://t.co/GkVgEZvm guess I'm not funny ->
  • Rick Santorum is dropping out http://t.co/OOU1xAHD ->
  • Github now supports DCPU-16! https://t.co/SVPczLNN Crazy. Gonna be interesting to see how Notch's new game turns out ->
  • Doing some work with Mule again. It rocks, Mule Studio is very very nice… ->
  • HTML5 Features Can Drive Up Mobile Websites’ Usage By Up To 28% ?? http://t.co/Mj4UIYDV ->
  • Did Facebook panic??? http://t.co/xv6mwqya ->
  • The Instagram Architecture Facebook Bought For A Cool Billion Dollars: http://t.co/oym1vLEL ->
  • Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, dies at age 83: http://t.co/GbomiU8P Commodore is the reason I code today ! ->
  • Raspberry Pi passes all certs can now be shipped http://t.co/0hr3ae3x ->
  • Facebook buys Instagram http://t.co/tdFDNxmk ->
  • 'Universal' cancer vaccine developed http://t.co/qUQrSqwk ->
  • Corpieations that support CISPA http://t.co/oRJLZQKI ->
  • Some good presentations on game level design http://t.co/SiG6dfUj ->
  • UK gov digital design principles: http://t.co/A3mcsKC2? ->
  • Cool map building techniques http://t.co/KKGZfZr1 ->
  • Google releases Android app to help with indoor mapping: http://t.co/BSCawHTW ->
  • A good overview of how MongoDB works http://t.co/mwcaKXpd ->
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  • Aahhhh I found it… I'm such a mug ;) @mightyape ->
  • bahh has anyone found the red egg in the @mightyape easter egg hunt??? Too many SW products ->
  • The Royal Canadian Mint just announced a new alternative to BitCoin http://t.co/iFSY9u9A ->
  • Google starts testing of its AR glasses in public http://t.co/45wIpRx3 ->
  • Hyper realistic paintings of mosh pits http://t.co/r35kywoP #artisweird ->
  • Six Stages of Debugging: http://t.co/7QTqmxvR ->
  • Wow! video of big rigs getting thrown around by tornado is pretty impressive http://t.co/xaIT0AkI ->
  • Tornado 1… 18 wheelers 0! http://t.co/iNKJ70gr ->
  • 50 changes Google made to search in March http://t.co/9u3pSsW7 ->
  • Nosh inks deal for cheap milk http://t.co/rdEsFaDY $2.49 for 2l vs $4.75 ! ->
  • Oracle, Google talks fail. Android patent case to go to trial http://t.co/Z0BOUaKG ->
  • Yahoo open sources Mojito a Javascript MVC framework for building cross-device web apps: http://t.co/YY816pnm ->
  • pow.js sunburst generator via CSS, canvas and jQuery http://t.co/siP8cn8D ->
  • Google Maps based tower defense http://t.co/rSmIHBXL ->
  • Piracy cut in half in France, yet music and movie revenues fell http://t.co/8lLlfvg1 #copyright ->
  • Paperfold CSS demo: http://t.co/jK9yZZBO very nice ->
  • Bootstrapped Startup Saves Over $100K By Dropping IE support: http://t.co/i29FlCSQ ->
  • WebKit.js: Yes it has finally happened! Browser Inception is now possible: http://t.co/pKRDYyNP ->
  • Responsive Design patterns http://t.co/Z9iNbmAY ->
  • "Girls around me" app, evidence that people just don't understand social network privacy settings http://t.co/D25NVRhR ->
  • Google Map's new 8-bit mode is hilarious… ->
  • If you haven't got a @dropbox account you should get one. Use this link http://t.co/wSch0egQ so I can get more free storage #shamelessplug ->
  • Daylight savings incorrect clock settings incident saw the household wake at 5am rather then 7am. Bit rough when I only got home a 3am…. ->
  • Just got an email from @quickflix with a link that let me complete my free trial registration without entering a creditcard #muchbetter ->
  • In a cab drunk Asian trying to explain destination to confused Indian cabbie whilst kiwi and south african act as interpreters ->
  • Ok rock band playing ability has gone right out the wind #blamethebourbon ->
  • In a strange turn of events I'm now playing rock band ….. ->
  • Finished up at the beerfest. Now playing pool at a dodgy pool hall drinking Bourbon. All seems right in the world. ->
  • Several beers in and so far the winner is the scrumpy cider! 8.2% ftw ->
  • Ahhh first beer at the beer fest… nice… ->
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  • RIM continues to implode: http://t.co/IqHpKYzS ->
  • My Romo smartphone robot arrived yesterday. It's cool: http://t.co/k9l1Klq7 ->
  • Oh good grief http://t.co/dDvYLHJo ->
  • lol someone has been "hacking" Google Maps: http://t.co/97706YOY ->
  • Got a @quickflix promocode for 21 day free trial BUT they still want my credit card details… #nahnah #nogo #fail #thatsjustrude #badfaith ->
  • Quickflix: the start of a NZ Netflix clone: http://t.co/EkiIUKgi looks very promising. Their PPV needs to be half the price however… ->
  • Google Account Activity: http://t.co/wxtsKt0y like Google Analytics for your personal use of Google products ->
  • Amazon's Jeff Bezos Discovers Historic Apollo 11 Rocket Engines at the Bottom of the Sea http://t.co/lad5YuZx ->
  • Version 1.0 of Google's Go language is out http://t.co/gGEsv2bM ->
  • Who would have thought you could turn this into a business: http://t.co/HmRflyWg ->
  • And the link to go with that last tweet: http://t.co/ztVWpwnk (need more coffee) ->
  • Aaahhh Paranoia RPG how i miss thee, so much fun, so hard to GM…. ->
  • BrowserQuest a MMO written in HTML5 by Mozilla: http://t.co/87eiiJG1 ->
  • Why the f***k is NZ involved with the TPP? ->
  • Google Drive finally launching in April? http://t.co/4MFECMOU ->
  • Zombies Run. Interesting game/exercise app that combines running and zombies! https://t.co/O1Xbc4vN ->
  • Just watched The Hunger Games. very good. Most true to book movie I have seen in a long long time. ->
  • Facebook hosts 140 billion photos, about 4% of all photos ever taken: http://t.co/KTeAo2Xb ->
  • Playing 4 games of DrawSomething and Angry Birds Space at the same time #nolife #lotsoffunforfrer ->
  • Shopping For Zero-Days: A Price List For Hackers' Secret Software Exploits http://t.co/shSYID2Z US govt pays $250k for iOS exploit ->
  • fecking IBM piece of crap software… "Wizard Interrupted, try again later" is NOT a useful installation error message! ->
  • James Cameron begins deepest dive http://t.co/dxHGwqG0 ->
  • Just tried out DrawSomething…. discovered that @YoungLy cannot interpret stick drawings ->
  • Good presso on Mobile trends: http://t.co/pTVaWZRm ->
  • How OMGPOP scaled to 36 million users in three weeks http://t.co/TI4oHLOl ->
  • Kyte, turn any Android phone into a kids phone https://t.co/dqyEJFVL ->
    • ]]>     http://blog.rabidgremlin.com/2012/03/30/tweet-log-24-03-2012-to-30-03-2012/feed/ 0     My Romo has arrived http://blog.rabidgremlin.com/2012/03/30/my-romo-has-arrived/ http://blog.rabidgremlin.com/2012/03/30/my-romo-has-arrived/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:45:19 +0000 jack http://blog.rabidgremlin.com/?p=1002 imageMy Romo smartphone robot turned up yesterday! Romo is the brain child of a couple of guys in Las Vegas and the result of a pretty sucessful Kickstarter project (the first I have ever contributed to).

    Romo is a simple tracked bot, about 15cm long, which charges via USB. What makes the Romo very cool, is the fact that it’s brains is your smartphone!

    The Romo connects via the headphones jack to your smartphone and it accepts commands via short bursts of sound, created by the apps you run on your phone. The commands sound like short chirps.

    Currently an app is available for iOS and Android devices, which lets you remote control your Romo. For this to work, you need two devices, one plugged into the Romo as its brain and other that acts as a remote control. Communicating via Wifi, you can drive your Romo around, get a video feed of what the Romo is looking at (via the attached smartphone’s camera) , take pictures and change the Romo’s expression with accompanying sound effects.

    Unfortunately the Android app running on my Nexus One and Acer Iconia A500 does not seem to work :-( My Nexus produced no movement at all and the A500 only sporadically turned on the one track. This caused a bit of panic as I thought that my Romo was defective but I then connected it to an iPhone (using an iPod Touch as the remote) and everything worked fine.

    Hopefully future releases of the Android app will fix my problems (the app was only released a few days ago).

    However for me, the most exciting thing about the Romo is the fact that it has a full SDK that lets you write your own apps. This makes the Romo particularly suitable as an affordable robotics platform. Currently the iOS SDK is available on github, the Android SDK is due for release “any day now”.

    If you are interested in the communications protocol check out this file and this file from the iOS SDK (no protocol docs have been released by Romotive yet).

    If you want your own Romo you can get one here.

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  • Trains all fubar again… crappy digital signage turned off again… #whatsthepoint ->
  • Phantomjs a headless webkit browser with JavaScript api http://t.co/kavyzHlw ->
  • Inception (the movie) explained: http://t.co/eR1NGT5g nice site ->
  • Zynga Just Bought OMGPOP for $200 Million http://t.co/LUuxDwKL ->
  • File sharing flying drones already exist https://t.co/IAwqo6bR ->
  • Was discussing building a fruit ripeness checking iphone app in the office. turns out there is already one http://t.co/jgIxmtMC ->
  • How we decreased sign up confirmation email bounces by 50% http://t.co/VlQkLHXl ->
  • Man Successfully Flies With Custom-Built Bird Wings: http://t.co/Ga54sgzM #isitapril1 #wiredfactcheckfailmaybe ->
  • Darth Vader In A Kilt On A Unicycle Playing Bagpipes http://t.co/VU0WhnXO ->
  • Very cool idea… the universal construction kit http://t.co/k6MmCdbp ->
  • I think I want one of these: http://t.co/mcWGlKFD ->
  • Humble Bundle for Android 2: http://t.co/lSg2LvoS ->
  • A meme image generator for Pinterest: http://t.co/dcvAfcyb ->
  • Realworld CSS3 http://t.co/UMgzlBfE ->
  • Newspapers lose $10 in print for every $1 they gain online http://t.co/d18gBZq7 ->
  • SpaceX Prepares For April 30 Launch To Space Station http://t.co/Ze0ZkCGj ->
  • Maybe I Was Wrong About NDAA, H.R. 347, H.R. 1981 & The Police State: http://t.co/cDvYLYfg ->
  • The Pirate Bay are going to run their LBs on Low Orbit Server Stations (flying drones) to avoid take down? http://t.co/xqdFmbSa #isitapril1 ->
  • Visualizing Networks with Hive Plots http://t.co/ga26I3zj ->
  • Copyright Math: the best TED Talk you'll watch all year: http://t.co/KR4fTTVu ->
  • If you are flying on a NZ5XXX flight with @flyairnz today then flight may be canceled :( Check out http://t.co/OUSFDeI5 ->
  • Unity asset store sale http://t.co/b9BQC4uX ->
  • FAA to review policy on tablet and book use on planes http://t.co/F3TFprgJ ->
  • Don't think you would ever see a US general make a speech like this http://t.co/6X1TPMsl ->
  • Nice TED talk on YouTube and the new form of media http://t.co/5bGFroMk #newtedandroidappiscool ->
  • Obama signs anti-protest bill http://t.co/bEqOy5rv ->
  • Number 2 son is 1 years old today #timeflys ->
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  • PayPal copies Square with mobile payment system: http://t.co/HneDe1RE ->
  • Militarizing your backyard with Python, Arduino, and computer vision: http://t.co/9e2ocxXF ->
  • Kevin Rose joining Google http://t.co/g8wgd1LP ->
  • Amazon Data Centers: 450,000 Estimated EC2 Servers? http://t.co/4yIEw4yD ->
  • new wifi AP installed… much better coverage… yay ->
  • OMG #foreheadslap RT @lancewiggs: RT @WSJ: Breaking: Santorum wins Alabama's Republican primary http://t.co/OMRiDEpv ->
  • Judge orders failed copyright troll to forfeit "all" copyrights http://t.co/OiFGoSlm ->
  • Java EE wins over Spring? http://t.co/mZsihSGM ->
  • WTF just discovered there are a series of of books entitled "The manga guide to…" http://t.co/W1Gp0yJf covers physics, linear algebra etc! ->
  • FFS… Hobbit pub in Southampton threatened with legal action http://t.co/CtqRPUPn #copyrightisbroken ->
  • Unity's new character animation features are very impressive: http://t.co/vAYZaQvb ->
  • lol… just saw the @flyairnz website described as "slicker than an oiled eunuch" by @vaughndavis ->
  • This "cloud paging" technology sounds like black magic http://t.co/Zjr9m1sn ->
  • Arm unveils 1mm x 1mm 32bit chip: "years of battery life" http://t.co/vAaAzbv7 ->
  • Use of Homeless as Internet Hot Spots Backfires on Marketer http://t.co/x2E0TZvN ->
  • 4:04am: http://t.co/jUEcy3lZ #lol ->
  • Send Them Your Money: http://t.co/SysIhaS2 A campaign to send the RIAA/MPAA billions they claim you owe them #veryclever ->
  • Yahoo Sues Facebook for Patent Infringement http://t.co/D4X1qeEK ->
  • Just fired up MongoDB for the first time… I like it! #itjustworks ->
  • Megaupload had a ‘large number’ of users from DOJ and U.S. Senate? http://t.co/PTKvs5a6 ->
  • Microsoft unveils universal voice translator! http://t.co/c19Vsn8D ->
  • Just discovered http://t.co/rJ6CzfZv #dontaskhow #peoplearescary #lol ->
  • Paypal Does it Again: http://t.co/nyYivIIc dont think I will ever use them for an payment solution ->
  • Posterous has been acquired by Twitter: http://t.co/PI5Db2T1 ->
  • Interesting discussion on JSON's "not for evil" license clause: http://t.co/6A40ax8u comments re IBM are pretty funny… ->
  • mmm, is JSON's license incompatible with commercial software? http://t.co/E9wF5HHE #donoevil ->
  • Good tips if you are writing tablet games for kids: http://t.co/B2l2lmeO ->
  • ooooo pretty pictures of imaginary tech: http://t.co/OkXCyuk0 ->
  • i love log files…. i hate log files ->
  • How posthumous Facebook profiles are changing the way we grieve: http://t.co/z5PyUDJo ->
  • A day in the Internet. http://t.co/kQIzXB0u nice infographic ->
  • The PrirateBox: http://t.co/8q5L2H9w MPAA et al just need to give up… sell DRM free content at reasonable price and be done with it ->
  • Kickstarter project soon to reach 3 million dollars: http://t.co/yzj4yVE6 ->
  • Khan Academy iPad app: http://t.co/gNEC6Hs1 ->
  • Sozi http://t.co/BuYn6pW8 an open source zoomable presentation tool. Uses Inkscape and SVG ->
  • Create interesting zooming presentations http://t.co/DlRTr9Ka no more boring slides ->
  • New blog post. A step by step guide to create your first Unity Android app: http://t.co/6HkbMPTk ->
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