@sarahEmagee You’re not the one hangin’ out w/ the teal nail polish and stickers there, are you? Is that a… oh no! Never mind, not you.
Ever seen a bag o’ fish fillets with the big warning, “CONTAINS ALLERGENS: FISH” ?
@sarahEmagee Well, I say that you CAN take a nap! Nap: APPROVED. To demonstrate, I’ll take one! :-P
Hmm… Hard to type with an injured index finger…
@HaloWaypoint I would love to win Raskulls so I can run my Keflings around in the game! (I can, right?)
@sarahEmagee Why do you tempt us w/ these c00l things?
@sarahEmagee ARGH! The Ecospace folks ( http://tell.im/6w ) are not near me!
@margbrennan Ah, the power of Twitter! :-) Glad things worked out!
@sarahEmagee … or you can relax and meander over to a nearby Apple Store and snag a new 11” MBAir. Then you’ll have 2 cool devices!
@Veronica Or is that more like people who think that the TSA will make this 1 exception, just for them?
@Veronica Is that like people who go thru long checkout lines and then can’t decide how they want to pay for their stuff at the register?
@sarahEmagee Is it (even remotely) possible that they’re actually one and the same?
@sarahEmagee Seriously, for/from you, I can’t tell the difference between “work” and “play”… :-)
Plus it helps you practice-practice-practice those mad skillz. ;-)
The solution is, of course, that getting even the cheap contracts helps accrue CoD$, which also often hit the bigger challenge milestones.
Or even scarier, “Why is that guy always planting jammers at odd corners on the map?”
Or, “Why does that guy keep running around dual-wielding Pythons at the start of a match?”
Like, “Why is that guy always shooting down those spy planes in the beginning of the matches?”
I suspect that focusing too much on those B/Ops contracts gets a lot of the other TDM players confused:
@sarahEmagee You’re mailing out free snacks?
@sarahEmagee It’s weird trying to catch up w/ tweets over several days (but I always seem to try anyway)… Have u tried the XBox Uno?
@javamancy I see that the decision has been made, and the execution thereof.
Tick-tock-tick-tock… While it’s Christmas Day, there’s something else going on right now…
@majornelson How better to get into the Christmas mood than to spend time at the MSFT Store, Larry?
Will we succumb to the might of Microsoft Research in “The Path of Go”?
So… Activision is now gunning for EA, in addition to the 2 ex-Infinity Ward officers… Hmm…
@majornelson ARGH! Missed it!
micheleboyd Concerned about your holiday season during a zombie apocalypse? #TeamUnicorn has the answer! http://is.gd/jbb08
@sarahEmagee Good luck! I’m sure everything will be fine!
@Javamancy Is the final decision set?
@sarahEmagee That’s a BOW?
ConanOBrien Ricky Gervais has asked me to tweet this essay on his Atheism. I pray to almighty Zeus nobody reads this trash: http://on.wsj.com/gFmcm0
neilhimself There are five free short stories up on my website: http://www.neilgaiman.co… Enjoy. #HoHoHo
@feliciaday Um… You actually kept it around after the FIRST time?!?
@sarahEmagee wow, interesting history for Cindi’s…
@sarahEmagee Gotta menu for Cindi’s? Now I’m curious (and somewhat hungry)…
@sarahEmagee Gotta menu for Cindi’s? Now I’m curious (and somewhat hungry)…
@GQueen So… (sheepishly asking) What did you eventually settle on? :-?
@sarahEmagee Ah, my bad. XBL = XBox LIVE. Ask @majornelson ; I’m sure he’ll be happy to tell you more! :-)
@GQueen Describe what you’d like, and I’ll see if I have some for me to eat.
@sarahEmagee Get better soon! Perhaps you need XBL action in your life?
@GQueen … And you can coil one around your neck at a party. Peeps will think you have a fur collar… until it moves!
@GQueen Not always… it’s basically what you feed ‘em. :-) But, they’re soooo kewt and fuzzy!
@GQueen Ferrets!
@feliciaday Couldn’t you just cache the tweetonslaught?
@micheleboyd Well, there’s this mystifying thing: http://tell.im/6u … Are you the cause? Dunno.
@Veronica Maybe you need a business of ferrets to keep the cats distracted?
@thinkgeek Are we dealing with imminent gov’t shutdown?
… So the school closings begin…
@sarahEmagee You need a couple of ferrets to find the cat next time. :-)
When was the last time you saw a ferret-badger? http://tell.im/6s
… So let’s try this @SarahKSilverman thing.
@JimGaffigan Because you’re not a manic-obsessive over shampoo and comparable soap/detergent products?
Wonder if it’s normal for Adium to choke on tweet-connect-fails…
But here’s a flashback to the evolution of IBM’s dress code: http://tell.im/6q
… It reads somewhat like a corporate etiquette/style guide.
Er, okay, so there is an interesting thing about the UBS Dress Code… (WSJ reports: http://tell.im/6p)
Hmm… UBS Dress Code…
@majornelson And, of course, you can get in on the controversy: FAMAS vs. AUG? AK74 vs. AK47? M16 vs. G11?
@majornelson Another option would be to switch to some TDM for a bit. ;-)
@alexkingorg Regression to childhood isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
@majornelson Sure, but once you Prestige for the 13th time, you can play around with clan tag colors! :-)
… Might be: private jets?
Makes you wonder what Stevie was running the carbon for…
So… apparently after last night’s Colbert action (http://tell.im/6o), some lawyers got involved and we didn’t get the 2nd digit…
@GQueen I’m sure we missed you, too! :-D
@sarahEmagee You mean you started working AT a G.B… or you’re WORKING at a G.B.?
@CaliLewis But in the case of that list, I suspect the intent was to indicate that you need to have TWO pairs of comfortable shoes!
@CaliLewis It’s also very true for exhibitors, not merely the visitors.
@CaliLewis VERY true! I cannot overemphasize comfortable shoes for conventioneering!
LV is probably making book on how many digits will be revealed…
By now, probably there are at least a hundred tweets about it. But still amusing!
In case you missed last night’s dose of Colbert, this is one of the tidbits he opened with: http://tell.im/6o
@sarahEmagee Uh-oh… which part doesn’t make sense? (Or, <gulp>, all of it?)
@Veronica But you have a MyFi router, right? So you’re never really going without…
@majornelson Surprised that MSFT/Xbox LIVE doesn’t have charity donation game bundles…
@ambermac I think the 1st of the nasty blizzards on the East Coast was last December. Very cold. Does that count?
@StephenAtHome Sure, but do you have 1 of these? http://tell.im/6m … @sarahEmagee says she needs 1, too… get her a few? ;-)
@sarahEmagee … although neither forms are necessarily good or evil, but not considered a type of nigromancy.
@sarahEmagee “J”avamancy: practice of Java (coding) to envision or manipulate future or reality, ostensibly for general betterment.
@sarahEmagee “j”avamancy: a form of divination associated with “java”, coffee-based beverages in general, or coffee liquid or solid.
@sarahEmagee — but I digress: the Decision Maker is kewt! Not sure why it’s “sad” that you need it.
@sarahEmagee … But, I suppose, if you’re truly a retro-hardcore traditionalist, you just can’t resist the real deal: http://tell.im/6l
@sarahEmagee Actually, now that I think about it, I think there’s an official Mattel demo somewhere… http://tell.im/6k
@sarahEmagee Why not be a post-modern traditionalist, and stick with an online version of a classic? http://tell.im/6i
Okay, maybe it’s time for a new Web service that aggregates non-Followed But Interesting peeps…
Hmm… Maybe another financial reporter type… Like @margbrennan … Wonder where she went?
Okay, so repopulating the Followed bunch… back up to 39… But who will become the 40th?
@Javamancy You already have my part of the Decision; we’re waiting on the remainder of the board.
@Javamancy I suspect the Decision has been Made. Certainly, the die has been cast by the other party.
Maybe it’s time to break out the dev tools after this loooong hiatus and create some more private Web services!
Is it strange to be tracking and tweeting with multiple Twitclients simultaneously?
@TheoTypes Surprised you haven’t encountered the wondrous @CaliLewis before! But I wonder… do peeps still follow pod- and vodcasts?
@sarahEmagee What’s scary is that, despite the iPad, I find myself using the good ol’ iPod touch a LOT. :-?
@sarahEmagee Yeah, was ruminating over lunch earlier… Ended up with a quick penne rosa-type affair.
… But there will always be ferret kibble.
I suspect that tweeting between folks in different TZ’s messes w/ my dietary habits.
@sarahEmagee Hmm… haven’t had chicken ‘n dumplings in quite some time. Was just contemplating Irish oatmeal, a la @feliciaday …
@feliciaday … But don’t think that 2 mins includes: butter, bacon shavings, molasses, cinnamon, skim milk, almond shavings, or heavy cream.
@feliciaday Jus’ saying… for those times you just gotta have it quick (or at least in 2 minutes).
@feliciaday So… you’re into Irish oatmeal? Have you tried McCann’s quick cooking variety? http://tell.im/6h
Since we’ve known about the cough suppressant behavior of theobromine, like found in dark chocolates, for awhile, is it “news” again?
@sarahEmagee … Or the claw hammer sitting prettily next to the fearful alarm clock.
@majornelson Isn’t that just the utility and pervasiveness of Twitter, to click through links? ;-) But yeah, oh the irony!
javamancy Reassessing a 9+ year relationship… (Although most likely not what most of you may be thinking!)
@trutriciahelfer Ah, gotcha. I keep thinking I should try to do it, too, but then again, it ruins the FUD. ;-)
@sarahEmagee On a somewhat tangentially related note, did you ever apply to live in a museum ‘cube? http://tell.im/6e
Folks, do you remember the glass cube living experience? http://tell.im/6e
@sarahEmagee whoo-hoo! You’re home! O2t, I guess it doesn’t matter where I tweet you from…
@sarahEmagee Yeah, and that (too)… but living in a super-large human-sized snowglobe would be interesting, too.
@ryan Was it the burnt smell of circuitry that gave it away to you, FTW? Or the sound of the drive spinup but no UNIX-y startup?
@trutriciahelfer You should try to get the Verified check on Twitter. :-)
@Veronica It could be a lot worse: being horribly addicted to CoD:B/Ops’ Contract system and Wager Matches
@sarahEmagee OMG, you’re living in a sideway room! With diagonal snowfall?!? Just like being on the INSIDE of a snowglobe being shaken!
@sarahEmagee Uh-oh, you’re not 1 of those scary digital ninja, are you?!? :-O
@majornelson Hey, was there a Challenge Pack 2 for Lara Croft GoL?
Too krazy-kewt for work (depending on where you work, it could be NSFW): http://tell.im/6d
FYI: To set the record straight… the twittericon is that of Hal, our resident cute DEW ferret.
Always wondered when the resurrection of search aggregation tools would be coming…
@sarahEmagee With Google and SEO being what they are, it must concern the Googlers to no end…
@sarahEmagee Hilarious… and hilarity ensues! Nuttin’ like commentary on— what else?— commentary and those who do it.
For a limited time, the latest MacUpdate promotion bundle is now available! http://tell.im/6b
@sarahEmagee doesn’t it always?
@sarahEmagee It’s like 1 of those Seinfeld eps… where something good balances out something not-so-good, so you end up w/ “meh’s”.
@elizadushku WaterPik or ORAL-B powerbrush also?
Has anybody noticed recent issues w/ Flash uploader in WP 3?
Here’s an interesting thought about Robot Chicken and The Daily Show: http://tell.im/6a
Seth Green WITH Jon Stewart… hmm…
Hmm… Seth Green, Jon Stewart… hmm…
@sarahEmagee Hmm, yeah, gotta find somebody to ride shotgun for the video… good idea, though.
@majornelson Wow… EDF2017?!? Hmm…
majornelson EarthDefenseForce 2017 (@thevowel ‘s favorite game) is now available for direct download from Xbox LIVE http://mjr.mn/gV70u9
Where else would it normally take 240+ minutes to drive 12 miles?
@sarahEmagee Of course. That’s what living in the Wash DC area is all about: GRIDLOCK.
@sarahEmagee The feeling scattered and out-of-sorts… happens during the commute home. All-The-Time.
@majornelson :-P
@sarahEmagee FWIW, I feel like that pretty much EVERY day when dealing w/ night rush hour, aka 4-hr Extravaganza o’ Death+Mayhem.
@majornelson Is there such a thing as Anti-Santa? ‘Cause it’d otherwise be an ep of “Crazy Larry vs. Santa Claws” or somesuch… :-P
Nate goes ASCII-retro in a couple of tweets (at least): http://tell.im/69
@NathanFillion ASCII art?!? Really?
RT @elizadushku: Hey guys! News to report~ We have mutually & AMICABLY decided to part ways on “Bird Dog” due to creative differences. N …
In case you guys didn’t catch Eliza’s tweet a few mins ago: http://tell.im/66
@ConanOBrien I.k.w.y.m.b.i.y.j.s.e.i.m.w.f.S?
@elizadushku Hmm… thought that was some kind of risotto combo?
@majornelson … although tinkering about w/ the Forge/world map is fun (but then again, I’m not a good map designer).
@majornelson #NobleMP … I really like the Sword Base map as my all-time fave!
@Xbox Ah, seems that if I start a new window instead of following a link, I get a maint error page. Time to shift load balancing?
@Xbox Hmm, keeps 500 erroring on https://rewards.xbox.com . Is the SSL not configured for the site yet?
@feliciaday Well, sure, BUT that may -still- be kewt! ;-) Even adorable!
@SenJohnMcCain Would certainly be curious if you had @sn00ki, but what you would talk about? Maybe @jaketapper will interview her soon?
@sarahEmagee Well, I guess I’m not a fair-going individual. Time to make a change.
@sarahEmagee … Or, how about double-fried chipotle chili cheese onion rings with extra cheese, extra chili, with sour cream and BACON!
@sarahEmagee Is there such a thing as double-fried chili cheese onion rings with extra cheese and chili?
@CaliLewis Every time you promote things, like WPUA, it always seems like it’s worth a peek, at least. :-)
@CaliLewis … still remember the shock to AOL dev when Apple began using their ident gateway independent of the AIM/AOL ID servers.
@CaliLewis … so hopefully the # of peeps looking me up by my AAPL gateway name should be at a minimum.
@CaliLewis Yep, was a bit concerned when the new TOS popped up the other day. But I’ve been centralizing gaming to XBL and WP/AIM lately…
@sarahEmagee This is one of those days, meching out on all the WP302 deploys and config’ing iPads and TDM CoD:B/Ops… all at once… tired!
@CLCarpenter1970 Okay, so now I feel like I need that healthy cup o’ joe , too… The WP 3.0.2 upgrade is spinning through CI…