Month: August 2011

Twitters for 2011-08-29

  • Wonder when an #epl team will try this @Zonal_Marking: Guardiola melding central midfielders and central defenders http://t.co/Dx5Baps #
  • @mxiayun Dude, no typo. Arsenal defense were so bad the OED should put match video up as new def for shambolic! #fail #gunners #
  • .@Charlie26Adam Scousers: the Next Generation. Looking forward to seeing him in the reserves soon 🙂 #ynwa #
  • @HarlanCoben and how many of those nine pages are bad VMA jokes? #

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Twitters for 2011-08-18

  • @kitt 254? Think of it as intervention from benevolent Cloud gods. #
  • @flannelenigma Kind of wondering who lines up against @LFC Saturday, no Gervinho or Song either /@feverpitch #ynwa #
  • @kmartino You work hard, it's an important issue, glad to do it. #
  • @kitt You should talk to GD about securitizing all these bonanza cash flows #everyoneelsedid #
  • Hung out with @whump and met @josevalim at SproutCore meetup tonight plus Strobe bought the real goods #awesome #
  • Just watched today's Barcelona vs Real Madrid Super Copa, battle of titans for sure #MarceloIsAnAss #

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Twitters for 2011-08-17

  • Wanted: Pointers to complex business apps that have engaging visual #design that add to #UX #lazyweb #tia #
  • .@SoccerByIves Ruiz now Europe cup tied for the season, not sure if Arsenal will be deterred #
  • One of our devs went to CVS and came back with many bags of chocolate #firingoffense #loadedgun #
  • 3 days a candidate and #rickperry already flipflopping http://j.mp/rtuhxk #GOP #fail #
  • Bought 1 in honor of @kmartino 100 Uniforms in 100 Hours $20 buys Philly public school kid the uniform required by law http://ht.ly/64kR2 #

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Twitters for 2011-08-16

  • BillSaysThis made enuf social cents from 20 Kachinglers for 24 latte(s) http://t.co/93SQNSc #socialpayment #
  • .@Zonal_Marking Surprised you didn't mention Euro 2012 and effect extra bodies now will pay next season too /@BetfairSports #
  • @Zonal_Marking understood, just seemed a fit with your thesis of rotation for health. #
  • @The_Pornlord Deserves better than bucket list from a web pro, IMO #
  • @mathowie Seen any Aussie Rules Football yet? Me lurve it! #

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Twitters for 2011-08-14

  • Reds started so strong today but came out for 2nd half looking like they missed naps– @Dirk_18_Kuyt should've started! #ynwa @LFC #
  • Gervinho's red was weak but deserved, Barton should've gone too and Song before both for the stomp #goodforliverpool #
  • RT @ozjimbob Saturday's outcome suggests Iowa GOP have a taste for major league pranks… statesmanjournal.com/article/201108… #ftfy #

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Twitters for 2011-08-13

  • @The_Pornlord Have you read Charlie Stross's latest, Rule 34, yet? Seems right up your, er, alley. #
  • @1Password Thanks for making software worthy of recommendation! #
  • Candidate's words always fair game | Questioner under fire for asking Bachmann what being a submissive wife means http://t.co/1bltW9k #gop #
  • @mahalramos Not at all, just hard to believe a "submissive" wife will not take unelected hubby's decisions as policy #
  • @mahalramos Not sure she can, word means what it means, though IMO that's hardly her biggest obstacle to nomination #
  • @mahalramos That's reasonable, but MB's use of specific Biblical term + self-professed religious beliefs are diff animal #
  • .@perezd "There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation, off by one errors & naming things." #ftfy #
  • Wearing my @Dirk_18_Kuyt jersey, PSYCHED 4 @LFC 2 open the next great season @ Anfield tomorrow /cc @John_W_Henry @pauldalglish #
  • Had an awesome 1:1 brainstorm w/our new VP Product this afternoon, @zuberance is rockin' #ilovemyjob #

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Twitters for 2011-08-11

  • Why am I not surprised? #CalTrain just cancelled my train, 5 mins after it was due, w/o announcing a replacement #fail #
  • And of course a northbound just blew right through the station #CalTrain #fail #
  • Train is so packed even standing room and vestibules are overstuffed #CalTrain #fail #
  • Blog: @Comcast: Cut the BS on Fox Soccer in HD and just answer already! http://t.co/8Y9u88X #fail #lies #
  • @alienvenom LOL I keep a phone browser tab open to it for months now! @caltrain #
  • Great novel, #recommended RT @amendlocke "The Restoration Game" is out in US from Pyr: amzn.to/rodE03 via @anynewbooks #

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Comcast: Cut the BS on Fox Soccer in HD and just answer already!

[This is the email I sent to Comcast, for all the good it will do.]

I’m getting fed up with the BS line the customer service people are told to give as an answer when I call to ask why I have to pay extra for Fox Soccer Channel and GolTV.

I was told, after waiting ONE FREAKING YEAR since my last call, the same BS: that Comcast cannot carry these channels in HD because the networks won’t allow it.

Fox, of course, says that they’d be happy to have the ONE OF THE TWO LARGEST CABLE COMPANIES IN AMERICA carrying their network.

Clearly one company is not telling the truth. Given that Fox can only gain from carriage the logical answer is that Comcast is not being honest.

What, is $250 a month for TV and Internet not enough to be at least treated with respect???

As it happens last summer I spoke with a manager after getting the standard BS line and he told me that Comcast was planning a network upgrade that would increase HD capacity but it wouldn’t be ready until about June of this year. Well, its August and I see I can get WGN and KCSM in HD but still no Fox Soccer Channel.

Why is Comcast not willing to answer honestly and openly? Look at the hottest thread on the customer forums, http://forums.comcast.com/t5/Channels-and-Programming/FSC-HD-Fox-Soccer-Channel/td-p/756830, over 400 posts from customers begging or telling of switching to a different provider and yet all Comcast Larry can say is he has brought the request to the team’s attention.

Answer already!