http://www.jeffdarlington.com The personal blog of Jeffrey T. Darlington, creator of General Protection Fault Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.jeffdarlington.com/2010/07/24/weekly-twitter-updates-for-2010-07-24/ http://www.jeffdarlington.com/2010/07/24/weekly-twitter-updates-for-2010-07-24/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:00:00 +0000 Jeff http://www.jeffdarlington.com/2010/07/24/weekly-twitter-updates-for-2010-07-24/

Back online. Fun trip but exhausted. Lots of great pics & some video, some of which I may have to post in the blog. We'll see… #

Scripting the end of the current story. Resolved most of the major plot threads but still have to tackle the hardest, the one I dread. Hm… #

Security alert: New 0-day Windows flaw uses shortcuts to execute arbitrary code, no useful fix available yet: http://bit.ly/aZklJT #

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Is it wrong of me to think it ironic when the soap dispenser in the Lowe's restroom is poorly secured to the wall? #

Rumor has it Froyo comes to the Moto Droid tomorrow. I'll buy my tipster a drink if he's right. (I hear Bigfoot likes root beer.) #

Well, no Froyo for me yet. Bigfoot, you let me down. Next thing, you'll be talking about a Verizon iPhone… oh, wait…. #

May be incommunicato the next few days; unknown Internet access & unlikely cell service. Surprisingly, I'm OK with that. #

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Deck reinforced, 7 windows & 1 door hung, & walls starting to go up. Not quite a Florida room yet; more like an Alabama or Louisiana room. #

My inner hillbilly is showing through; just used the phrase "[nervous] like a long tailed cat in a rocking chair factory" in a comic script. #

Keep forgetting to post: Finished "The Mote in God's Eye" by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle via Audible.com #

Rereading 7-year-old story arcs to keep the next GPF story internally consistent. Sometimes this massive archive is its own worst enemy… #

Trying to maintain an air of quiet professionalism is frustrating when petty, snarky replies are more instantly gratifying… :/ #

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Tearing apart our old deck to rebuild & re-enforce it. I have learned years of programming is not suitable preparation for manual labor. #

Apparently, my first attempt at using a circular saw has been [counts fingers] successful. #

Scripted 3 more weeks of the next story arc. Man, is this one getting exciting. Gripping drama, lots of emotion, and some snarky humor too. #

Verizon iPhone in January, claims Bloomberg. Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, Hitler & Marlin Monroe's love child confirm rumor. Must be true!!! #

Whoever came up with the idea of a shredder that talks obviously didn't know how ANNOYING it would be… #

But the joke possibilities… "The wastebasket is full. I feel bloated." "Please remove your fingers. I don't like the taste of blood." #

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RT @howardtayler The toys [of Toy Story] are related to Weeping Angels from Doctor Who, and have a soft quantum-lock. #ToyStoryTorchwood #

This Father's Day, I am grateful for the young man who made me a father, and the older man who taught me how to be one. Thanks, Dad & Ben. #

From MS Word's word count, GPF's Year 9 script doc counts as a novel (>50k) while Year 10 (current) is a novella (>20k) & still growing. O_o #

Had a small but subtle epiphany that could throw an awesome twist into the next story arc. Do I switch, or stick to the original plot? Hm… #

iPod's now running iOS 4. C'mon, Verizon & Motorola… where's my Froyo? I wants ta do some experimentin'… #

Supposedly on my last few sessions as a computer based training narrator. Not sure yet if I'll miss it or if I should be jumping for joy. #

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Finished 1st new Dr. Who with Silurians. Nice update of an old villain but I've got to ask: Why would a female reptile warrior have breasts? #

Test tweet to see if the new "repost tweets to GPF's Facebook page" script is working. Feel free to ignore this one, folks… #

Which is more embarrassing, the fact my son wants me to sing the old Pokemon theme song as a lullaby, or that I remember all the words? #

Six WordPress blogs upgraded to 3.0. How did I end up with so many? These things breed like rabbits. #

Sorry folks. Comicking delayed by my first chance to see Saturn & up-close moon craters through the telescope. Rings & holes in planets! #

Watched a raccoon steal a clean, empty milk jug off the back porch. Not sure what he's going to do with it, but I guess he's welcome to it. #

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My tens of thousands of armchair editors-in-chief must be slipping. No one has caught the typo in today's comic yet (except my wife). #

Typo fixed. If you don't see the change, force a refresh in your browser. If you never noticed the typo in the first place… never mind. #

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Mario Galaxy 2 is for masochists who thought the hardest levels of the first were too easy & want an entire game that is four times harder. #

Traveling on a business trip. The boy insisted that Mommy call me so he could say goodnight. Wishing I could hug him right now… #

Back from whirlwind business trip to Philadelphia for the day job. Dog tired & likely to lose a week of comic buffer. Now I collapse. Zzzzzz #

10:12pm – Order confirmation e-mail from BestBuy.com. 10:13pm – First piece of BestBuy spam. That's low, people. Really low. #

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Listening to other music to get a certain tune out of your head doesn't work when Shuffle keeps picking the song you're trying to get out. #

Hey Pixar fans: 100 Pixar characters and their relative sizes: http://bit.ly/97mF6U #

Nuts. A coworker pointed out there's another typo in today's comic. I'll fix it when I fix it, I guess. [Rolls eyes] #

Using the blog (jeffdarlington.com) to beta test a potentially cool new service. Let me know if you encounter problems reaching that site. #

If you were alive in 1980 and you haven't seen Google's home page today, you REALLY need to see Google's home page today. #

GOOSE FIGHT!!! (No, really. They're geese, and they're fighting. Why are you looking at me like that?) #

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Boy & I made blueberry muffins in bed for my wife for Mom Day. No, didn't spill batter all over the sheets, but getting the oven in there… #

RT: @merlyn: Yeay, old Radio Shack catalogs, for us geezers… http://bit.ly/cvwNdt [Curse you, @merlyn! I was being productive before this] #

Thought provoking: C in Danger – and thus Higher-Level Languages (?): http://bit.ly/9dk7ta #

At last! Android phone sales blow by Apple iPhone in U.S.: http://bit.ly/biZe6S #

Experimenting with Firefox for Android (i.e. Fennic). Impressive for a pre-alpha, but definitely not ready for prime time. #

Mildly disappointed no one called me out that Fooker's line in yesterday's strip should be credited to Groucho Marx rather than Bugs Bunny. #

Then again, Fooker would be more likely to recognize the line from Bugs than from Groucho. Nick or Dexter would have gotten it right. #

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