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- Reading Offworld costs me money. Just bought Zephyr (draw snow pictures, same world social features as Ocarina) and Passage for iPhone.
# - Puzzle Quest, which I love, is finally out for iPhone, but at $10 for the first episode (1/3 of the game), I think I’ll pass for now. #
- @Jmartens I’m waiting for packages from both UPS and FedEx, Haven’t moved in a week. Methinks it will be a while before they catch up. in reply to Jmartens #
- @MCP85 yeah, I heard something about a space themed Puzzle Quest game. Should be fun. in reply to MCP85 #
- Just blew a tire at Cottage Grove in our way to Medford. Had fun changing it on the side of I-5 in the rain. At Les Schwab now…
# - And since my car is AWD, it needs 4 new tires instead of one (it was about due anyway). That was $600 I wasn’t planning on spending today. #
- Gabe is in heaven at Les Schwab. Running around like a fool shouting “weeel! weeel!” He’s entertaining the staff. And there’s wifi. #
- @Jmartens You can give any KGW people that don’t already have my name my name. I’d love to talk to them, anytime. in reply to Jmartens #
- @chrisorourke Where is that Crocs store? Not that I’m, you know, going to go there, or anything.
in reply to chrisorourke # - Stopped for potty break and food in Grant’s Pass. Almost to Medford! New tires working great. Glad the roads are clear, though. #
- @chrisorourke Biggest Crocs store I’ve ever seen was in the Super Brand Mall in Shanghai. I felt like a minor celebrity when I walked in. in reply to chrisorourke #
- @ejacqui
in reply to ejacqui # - Grants Pass, OR has AT&T 3G, if anyone wondered. I’m getting 750kbps. #
- @artwells Besides my flat tire, the Portland/Medford drive was smooth. No snow, roads were great. in reply to artwells #
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- Praise the Meltpocalypse! Hooray for the Thawnami! Nothing personal, @PortlandSnow, but don’t you EVER do that again! #pdxtst #
- Wow, @davewiner is right. Tweetree is REALLY cool. Threaded replies, media aware. Gotta play more. Here’s me: http://tweetree.com/jabancroft #
- Tweetree needs a mobile version. It’s a heavy web page, like twitter.com, and slow on my iPhone. Tweetie has me spoiled for speed. #
- I need to compare and contrast Tweetree and FriendFeed. The thing I like about both are similar. Need to suss out the differences. #
- @hangry You guys drove home through the Gorge? Wow. Glad you made it safely! That place has been the maw of frozen Hell lately. in reply to hangry #
- @JenFloyd08 OpenID is free. It’s a standard. There are tons of providers. The WP-OpenID plugin is free. but I have had bad luck with it. in reply to JenFloyd08 #
- @fraying My wife got me a sub (the geek special) to Fray for Christmas. Good stuff. Weird that the issues are totally different sizes, tho. in reply to fraying #
- @fraying Makes me wonder what the form factor of Issue 3 will be. Seriously, though, love your stuff, loved JPG before, you know… in reply to fraying #
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- Watching Tinkerbell with Emma. Secretly hoping that having a tinker/maker/hacker as a role model will offset all the princess influence. #
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- Great day. Opened presents with kids, just got back from seeing a movie (Bolt, which was great). It got really icy while we were in there! #
- @geoffk Saw Bolt in 2D. Loved it, which is more than I have been able to say for a Disney film for a long time. in reply to geoffk #
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- Merry Christmas Eve everybody! If you have an iPhone, Android, or similar, search “NORAD Santa” in Google Maps to track him today! #
- Melt baby melt!!! #
- @briancollette We had prolly 14″ here at the peak, with lots of ice and not NEAR enough plows and sanders. Worst snowstorm in 40 years. in reply to briancollette #
- Guess what! I just saw not one but TWO snowplows on Farmington. First I’ve seen since this started 11 days ago. Rarer than Santa Claus! #
- It’s RAINING quite hard in Aloha. It’s a slushy mess out there. Like driving in Coke Slurpee. Melt baby melt! #pdxtst #
- @briancollette It snows about once a year here. Maybe twice. Melts in a day. And that number of plows sounds about right. in reply to briancollette #
- @chrisorourke You and @camikaos will be proud to know I’ve been Croc-free since the snow started. They fill up with snow too fast. in reply to chrisorourke #
- Merry Christmas, everybo- ooh, Santa cookies! #
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- What’s Hwy 26 between 185th and Hwy 217 like right now? I have a dr appointment. After yesterday, I’d much rather stay home. #pdxtst #
- Tripcheck cams show Hwy 26 lanes mostly clear. I guess I’ll go for it. #
- Hwy 26 is clear in the lanes. Glad I didn’t chain up: tons of people pulled over to remove them, saw dozens of broken chains in the road. #
- @Kent_Giard Plan on taking chains off BEFORE you get on any freeways. No room to really do it once there. Dangerous to try on shoulder. in reply to Kent_Giard #
- @EricAppel Yeah, with all the deep ruts, changing lanes is about the most dangerous thing out there. It’s ridiculous. Stay safe! in reply to EricAppel #
- @tlockney yeah, I’m of two minds about chains. They help, but the cost to infrastructure is high. I doubt ODOT can afford to fix the roads. in reply to tlockney #
- Oh, the ignominy. Made it to my appointment and back without incident, only to get stuck at the foot of my own driveway. Had to dig out. #
- @memathews Dr appt was actually unrelated to my back. Feeling OK. Shovelling snow/ice sure is good exercise! in reply to memathews #
- Got a lot of the driveway shovelled while it was empty, what with my car stuck 10 feet away and all. #
- @atmasphere No kidding. Worst snow storm in 40+ years. And 6″ more expected by Christmas. in reply to atmasphere #
- @turoczy But what a way to go! in reply to turoczy #
- @ahockley Our garbage pickup didn’t happen yesterday when scheduled, but did happen today. Saw on news some aren’t picking up til next week. in reply to ahockley #
- Game deal alert: Guitar Hero 3 wireless guitar, all platforms, $19 at CircuitCity. Works with GH3 and WT: http://tinyurl.com/926oym #
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- Power’s out in Aloha… #pdxtst #
- PGE outage line says 2300+ people affected in Aloha. Power’s been out since 3:53AM here. No ETA from PGE. #pdxtst #
- Come on, PGE. It’s been 2+ hours. It’s starting to get cold in here… #pdxtst #
- 3 hours later, power’s back. Didn’t have to bundle us up after all. Thanks, PGE! #pdxtst #
- Wow. Several more inches of snow fell in Aloha overnight. There’s at least a foot. This is going to get worse before it gets better. #pdxtst #
- In a foul mood. Have had it with this snow crap. Tired of being cooped up. Supposed to be on vacation. This weather needs to Die in a Fire. #
- It’s not fair to my family to have to be around me when I’m this grouchy, and we need milk, so I’m going out. Wish me luck. #
- ZOMG those are the scariest road conditions I have EVER driven in. TV Hwy is a death trap, and hasn’t been touched by a plow AT ALL. #pdxtst #
- Lanes on TV Hwy are 6″ deep ruts in the snow/ice. Tried to change lanes, went sideways across three lanes into oncoming traffic :-O #pdxtst #
- SO lucky not to have hit/been hit by anyone. Saw many vehicles, with and without chains, fly right off the road. #
- I escaped harm on the road, but slipped and fell down the stairs in front of a store, crunching my back. Embarrassing and painful. #
- So, all that complaining earlier, about being cooped up at home? Still valid, but I’m awfully happy to be home right now. #
- @ahockley Oh yeah, driveway was fun, too. Car encased in a candy shell of 6″snow/1″ ice/6″ snow. I blame your #BancroftCarIgloo idea. in reply to ahockley #
- Still can’t believe there was NO sign TV Hwy had been plowed or graveled or anything. I didn’t see a single ODOT truck. Public Safety Fail. #
- @billpearson You have 24″ of snow?! That’s just crazy! Suddenly I don’t feel SO bad. Let us know if we need to airlift in supplies. in reply to billpearson #
- RT @oregonian: Our latest weather story, featuring a quote from @jabancroft http://is.gd/d4Ig in reply to oregonian #
- @billpearson I said several quotable things to that reporter. A bit puzzled why he selected that (lame) one. But he’s the reporter! in reply to billpearson #
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- @erikseligman Sure, no one expects insight and wisdom, but I try not to be “that guy”. I’m a nice guy with occasional mood swings. in reply to erikseligman #
- RT: A Twitterer was on the Continental jet in accident at DIA. Amazing Tweets: http://bit.ly/Bmrv (via @LenEdgerly) in reply to LenEdgerly #
- RT: Hacking the surveillance society (HS students sending speeding tix to their enemies): http://snurl.com/8yqf4 (via @timoreilly) in reply to timoreilly #
- @sumwan CamStudio gives you basically raw uncompressed AVI video files, which need some processing. Handbrake would turn ‘em into H.264. in reply to sumwan #
- @sumwan It’s like recording to uncompressed WAV files for audio. Need to compress/finish the result. Camtasia does that, but isn’t free. in reply to sumwan #
- The snow is back in Aloha! A nice crust of ice on top of what fell yesterday, now it’s snowing hard again. #pdxtst #
- I finally got out and took a few photos with my “big boy” camera (D40), and posted them to this set on Flickr: http://tinyurl.com/7b2462 #
- This pic shows how much has accumulated on the yard debris can in our yard. Haven’t measured, but looks like 6-8″ http://tinyurl.com/7zkvrp #
- @gregjsmith This much snow is VERY un-normal for Portland. We usually get a couple of inches once a year. 6-12″ for a week = Snowpocalypse. in reply to gregjsmith #
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- @Jmartens You can definitely keep the video from Camtasia and do whatever you want with it. Another app to look at is http://camstudio.org. in reply to Jmartens #
- Mmm. Nothing better than leftover birthday cake for breakfast! #
- Braving the conditions for some errands. It’s genuinely slick and snowing hard in Hillsboro. Go slow, you’ll be OK. I <3 my Subaru. AWD FTW! #
- Here’s a free idea for someone: make a nice Craigslist app for iPhone. #
- @betsywhim I found Craigsearch right after I tweeted that. Suppose I should look before I assume something doesn’t exist. Will check it out. in reply to betsywhim #
- @TiEsQue I thought Craigslist was pretty API/mashup friendly. Like HousingMaps.com? Hmm. in reply to TiEsQue #
- @KGWNewsChannel8 Next time you need on-air names for a winter storm, this has you covered: http://snowpocalypse.com/ (from my friend @clint) in reply to KGWNewsChannel8 #
- Wow. I think the Snowpocalypse earlier this week was just messing with us, this is truly SNOWMAGEDDON… #pdxtst #
- Snowmageddon in Aloha, about 5:30pm 12/20 #pdxtst: http://twitpic.com/useo #
- In other news, I snapped off one if the drumstick-holder tabs on my Guitar Hero drums. Thought I could fix it, but it’s really broken. #
- @ginabean Snowferno, I like that! Also, Snownami. in reply to ginabean #
- @rslux Nikon lens compatibility: http://bit.ly/nrkU in reply to rslux #
- We’re getting pelted with ice pellets now in Aloha. #pdxtst #
- @rslux I love my D40, but it’s a bit long in the tooth. No focus motor = only lenses with a builtin motor can autofocus. I want a D90 badly. in reply to rslux #
- Just yelled at some kids who were building a snow fort RIGHT BEHIND MY CAR. At 10:30 at night. WTF? Go somewhere else, ya hoodlums! *hmph* #
- @ahockley I ran out of room for #getoffmydriveway. If I get stuck because they built something behind my car, I’ll be using another tag… in reply to ahockley #
- And what kind of parent let’s their 10-12ish year old kids run around at 10:30pm playing in other people’s driveway? In this weather? #
- @ahockley yeah, that would be a laugh riot. Hysterical. Go ahead and try it. :- P in reply to ahockley #
- @ORMediaInsiders Your back yard is one thing, but about 3 feet behind a neighbor’s car, in his driveway? Building a wall of snow? in reply to ORMediaInsiders #
- @billpearson Bah humbug! in reply to billpearson #
- @ahockley I do not have snow Crocs. I have been Croc-free since I foolishly took out the garbage in them in the snow last Sunday. in reply to ahockley #
- Hoodlums moved all of 3 feet, in front of their parents’ cars. In the street. One sounds like he has pneumonia. I just don’t understand… #
- @memathews I didn’t lose my Crocs. I’ve opted not to wear them since they filled up with packed snow. in reply to memathews #
- Man, I’m in a bad mood. Going to bed, to spare you all any more lunatic ranting… #
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- Well, that’s a whole week of school cancelled, working from home, cabin fever, etc. Thanks Snopocalypse! ‘Preciate it! #pdxtst #
- Stupid @trimet machines. We missed our train waiting for tickets to print. “Card Type Not Accepted” 10 seconds after I used it successfully. #
- Saw my first Android phone in the wild today. He said his roommate has a jailbroken iPhone he’s gonna put Android on. Good luck with that… #
- Tonight, date night = Christmas shopping. I can’t figure out why I don’t plan ahead and do it all on Amazon each year. #
- With the exception of one extended family gift and some things I need to get for @rachelbancroft, we are done Christmas shopping. On budget! #
- And I found the perfect storage box for my Guitar Hero drums: a plastic Sterilite 30 gal. Drums fit disassembled, room for guitars, too. #
- @Jmartens For Windows, Camtasia is generally considered the best screen recorder. For Mac, it’s ScreenFlow, though I like iShowU, too. in reply to Jmartens #
- @macheist Thanks for the free Mac apps! Go get yours: http://macgivingtree.com/ #macapps (via @factoryjoe) in reply to factoryjoe #
There is nothing more fun than a bunch of geeks with crayons at Macaroni Grill… I’ve got a scan of one of my friends’ drawings of his “Happy Place” from one of our Grill lunches.