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Tweets for 2013

Tweets for 2013These are my tweets for 2013 (minus replies and retweets). All the URLs are still Twitter's 't.co' ones, as the API doesn't spit out the original URL text.

  • Time machine back to year 10, 1998! http://t.co/FDjrAzCA #DrWorm was my favourite Jan 02, 2013
  • Gold! 'Old Cops Discover The Internet': http://t.co/47ITSJrW Jan 05, 2013
  • Darn. Oh well, it was worth a shot http://t.co/BuoySrn4 #DeathStar Jan 12, 2013
  • lots of profanity, but loads of hilarity "Darth Vader Voiced By Schwarzenegger": http://t.co/2SY7sm7z Jan 14, 2013
  • What a joke that Brave won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Film! Does Pixar get the awards by default? Wreck-It Ralph far more deserving Jan 14, 2013
  • lol, in looking at my WordPress stats, my blog is the number 1 hit for "ut3 pelvic thrusting" on Google. Gosh I miss playing that game... Jan 23, 2013
  • Google transparency data on traffic anomalies, removal requests, and user data requests. Interesting Aus stuff in there http://t.co/V9H8HZnm Jan 24, 2013
  • Great ad, really does a great job of showing growing up in the 90s. But nah, still not going back to IE. http://t.co/4Btxw29f Jan 24, 2013
  • Finally Amazon is shipping the Kindle Paperwhite to Australia! No more freight forwarders! Jan 24, 2013
  • A friend going to live in Sierra Leone to teach in Fr Themi's mission. Donate what you can! http://t.co/CoLRZx4v Jan 25, 2013
  • http://t.co/HvQ9A7kS Jan 26, 2013
  • So..... JJ Abrams confirmed as Star Wars Ep VII director. Interesting, especially all of the lens flare jokes going around at the moment... Jan 26, 2013
  • As someone who will likely need a liver transplant, this makes me sad. Sign up, and talk to your family! #DonateLife http://t.co/vfGMQBw4 Jan 29, 2013
  • Facing a tough choice for my Office free upgrade, between: Office 365 subscription for a year (all programs)x5 cmpters, OR Wrd, Exl, PPT x1 Jan 31, 2013
  • The 'Paperman' short that preceded Wreck-It Ralph. Marvellous; a must watch in full screen and HD. http://t.co/jOIzcYgD Jan 31, 2013
  • One day more... Will Arsenal sign anyone decent, or anyone AT ALL??? http://t.co/bBXvAwSQ #deadlineday Jan 31, 2013
  • ROFL! This is so true for most semi-advanced command-line stuff for me... http://t.co/uGKGm7ku Feb 01, 2013
  • I'm still not sure if Tarantino's cameo in Django Unchained was supposed to be Australian or South African... Feb 02, 2013
  • Weird website traffic stat number 2: A 2006 blog post of mine is the first result on Google (au) for the search query 'Nandos addiction'. Feb 02, 2013
  • What's the deal with the inferior #BOM forecasts for Brisbane compared to every other capital city (except for Darwin)?? Feb 03, 2013
  • Watching the Superbowl, and the presentation of the Walter Payton award; did not know that he died of PSC. Very sobering... Feb 03, 2013
  • Lol, lights literally out at the Superbowl... Feb 04, 2013
  • tsk tsk Telstra http://t.co/UyVF6UQU Feb 07, 2013
  • Wowsers, did not know this "Google To Pay Apple $1B Next Year To Be Default Search Engine On iOS" http://t.co/JSlLmNSB via @techcrunch Feb 12, 2013
  • Enough of this Harlem Shake stuff! http://t.co/FJFvelsO Feb 13, 2013
  • Awwwww yeeeaaah! Birthday money now spent ๐Ÿ˜€ New graphics card with two of the biggest releases of this year for free http://t.co/jgqWjTTM Feb 14, 2013
  • Crysis 3 currently putting my new graphics card through its paces. Some of the visuals are really spectacular! http://t.co/KUWj5pCadr Feb 23, 2013
  • Definitely my favourite goat version: http://t.co/59h85milm0 Mar 01, 2013
  • Wow, double 10s for Tomb Raider on Good Game, I might have to look into that one... #ggtv Mar 05, 2013
  • My thoughts on Crysis 3: http://t.co/jSeQD1myfl #Crysis3 Mar 06, 2013
  • When will games publishers realise that server-side saves and always-on DRM is never a good thing for the consumer?! #SimCity Mar 07, 2013
  • Weird website stat #3: This blog post of mine (http://t.co/vwgfzwFDAO) is the first result on Google for the query 'google is becoming evil' Mar 09, 2013
  • Sums it up perfectly (loving the Community reference): Bring Google Reader Back http://t.co/KweAdiHVG8 Mar 14, 2013
  • My thoughts on the end of Google Reader http://t.co/sefgU49Rvh Mar 14, 2013
  • Wow, Sebastian Vettel defied team orders to conserve the cars to win the Malaysia GP ahead Mark Webber. Webber was rightly p'oed! #F1 Mar 24, 2013
  • After the great #ggtv reviews of Bioshock: Infinite last night, I'm even more psyched to play it! But I have to finish SC:HotS first... :S Mar 27, 2013
  • hehe, very true... http://t.co/cWvV26cbqz Mar 28, 2013
  • Starcraft: Heart of the Swarm done. Storyline was disappointingly half-baked imo, the whole 'Amon' plot didn't really fit in well... Mar 29, 2013
  • http://t.co/VjwDnIG3yF Pentiums:Still one of my favourites; back in the day when 100GB of RAM and 40" flatscreens were beyond comprehension! Mar 30, 2013
  • Great #ggtv episode tonight; I've played in all three decades, and the 90s was definitely the best! Wing Comdr, TA, Dark Forces, it goes on! Apr 02, 2013
  • Like many others, I have settled on Feedly as my Google Reader replacement. Though I'm still unsure why their web version is an extension... Apr 03, 2013
  • Sad, but not unexpected news that Disney is closing down LucasArts as a development studio. We'll always have the great 90s memories... Apr 04, 2013
  • 1990s reminiscing on my blog... http://t.co/jhigPDkP6m Apr 06, 2013
  • All Adobe Updates... too true http://t.co/DB6ybiU1R3 Apr 10, 2013
  • So bad it's good! FC3: Blood Dragon trailer http://t.co/OVF3canoob Apr 17, 2013
  • Secret guilty pleasure: I love watching Survivor! Tonight's tribal was one of the best ever http://t.co/4ah5c59mLs Apr 18, 2013
  • Best. Game. Trailer. EVER! http://t.co/ypfXNP2rwV Jazzy Apr 18, 2013
  • bah! Why has @WesternDigital dropped AAM support on their hard drives! ๐Ÿ™ Apr 21, 2013
  • Bioshock: Infinite. Wow. Total mind-fudge, but a fantastic game all round. Apr 21, 2013
  • My thoughts on Bioshock Infinite: http://t.co/yLvcONoiaQ Apr 25, 2013
  • Weird website traffic stat no 4: My blog post (http://t.co/Jb9bc4A6v9) is the first result on Google for the search query 'logitech fanboy'. Apr 28, 2013
  • How do the Labor and Coalition NBN plans compare? http://t.co/FICtoMCXQs #nbn #fraudband May 07, 2013
  • Sir Alex retiring! Finally! ๐Ÿ˜› What a record he has. Surely the timing of this means Man Utd have signed Mourinho as the replacement... May 08, 2013
  • Community has been renewed for a fifth season! ๐Ÿ˜€ #sixseasonsandamovie May 11, 2013
  • Iron Man 3: Decent for a non comic fan, but I can see why a lot of fans (especially of the Mandarin) are p'oed. May 11, 2013
  • Blurrcchh, I used to stay in that hotel they're doing-up on #TheBlock when I went down to Melbourne for work. May 12, 2013
  • Love watching Eurovision always good for a laugh or two ๐Ÿ˜€ #SBSEurovision May 19, 2013
  • Happy St Totteringham's Day!! ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜‰ #Arsenal May 19, 2013
  • Definitely agree: "Boycotting DLC: Why we need to stop paying for extras we should have got in the first place" http://t.co/nXDCHLLo84 May 21, 2013
  • So the first Xbox was just the "Xbox". And the second Xbox was the "Xbox 360". And now the third Xbox is the "Xbox One"? Learn to count MS! May 22, 2013
  • I've only watched 1 1/2 seasons, but I'm hooked on Adventure Time. My favourite scene so far, the Tart Toter: https://t.co/Il9mw9aJXE gold! May 22, 2013
  • This has been stuck in my head all day! So great! "Bacon Pancakes New York Remix 10 Hours" http://t.co/GMmHM4HxW8 May 27, 2013
  • Game of Thrones: What. the. FUDGE?! Jun 03, 2013
  • lol 'Video Game: The Video Game' http://t.co/S0eQL43kp4 Jun 13, 2013
  • Delayed Gaming: The Walking Dead & Journey http://t.co/U7cTOhQz33 Jun 16, 2013
  • w00t, my Star Citizen card just arrived! Can't wait for this game! ๐Ÿ˜€ http://t.co/RkT4yFM8YB Jun 17, 2013
  • Straya!!! World Cup here we come again! Play like that there and we'd be out at the group stage... Jun 18, 2013
  • Kudos to @feedly for filling the Google Reader vacuum, as well as listening to users in implementing a pure web interface! Great stuff! Jun 19, 2013
  • Not cool dude, definitely not cool! >:( http://t.co/Q7wFzZsHW0 Jun 27, 2013
  • It's Lego traps! http://t.co/iJsSfZrFSX Jun 28, 2013
  • Oh no, what have I gone and done?! ๐Ÿ˜€ http://t.co/dxD4XPJo2J Jul 02, 2013
  • There's no reason why this can't happen in Aus! "Organ donation opt-out system given go-ahead in Wales" http://t.co/oQTeLK91O0 #DonateLife Jul 03, 2013
  • hehe too true. http://t.co/6W1cSEEIIc Jul 08, 2013
  • Say 'no!' to Vertical Video Syndrome! http://t.co/tBQNEfq7Kn Jul 09, 2013
  • The Steam Summer sale has begun! Avert your eyes! "The Steam Store is experiencing some heavy load right now. Please try again later" phew! Jul 11, 2013
  • Stumbled upon this when going for a walk on Sunday. This is why we need an all-fibre #NBN! http://t.co/zWF7AkVeBx Jul 17, 2013
  • I've been moved to the 'new' Gmail Inbox. Not sure what to make of it; I never liked Priority Inbox, so I don't have high hopes for this. Jul 17, 2013
  • It took them 4 months to figure out people didn't like it? RT @gmail "The new compose now has a full-screen option: http://t.co/3mwpVRczgi" Jul 20, 2013
  • Definitely looking forward to the Bioshock Infinite 'Burial at Sea' DLC! http://t.co/rhsPje7aJB Jul 31, 2013
  • Ninja Warrior and The Office on SBS2 makes 6:30 to 7:30 weeknight TV watchable again ๐Ÿ˜€ Aug 01, 2013
  • It begins... ๐Ÿ˜€ #starwars #lego http://t.co/EGL9Wkmn5m Aug 03, 2013
  • The interested stakeholders supervise construction (with weapons!) #starwars #lego http://t.co/Qjj7oCcT8s Aug 04, 2013
  • Stage 2 done, 93/221 pages. The Emperor does not share my optimistic appraisal of the situation. #starwars #lego http://t.co/5h5Jb4phw6 Aug 04, 2013
  • Real-life animatronic WALL-E! I want one!!! http://t.co/5IHgdr7EE8 Aug 06, 2013
  • Best. #Graffiti. EVER!! #AdventureTime! I see this on my way to work on the train near Coorparoo station. Awesome! http://t.co/G9tcUS9yhv Aug 08, 2013
  • New blog post: "My Rekindled Love of Lego" http://t.co/e0DNPSdcIJ ๐Ÿ˜€ #Lego Aug 11, 2013
  • Public holiday afternoon watching #StarWars. Can't get much better! #UseTheForce Aug 14, 2013
  • I played the Wii online for the first time in years, but had to change the look of my Mii because it still had hair :\ #firstworldproblem Aug 14, 2013
  • Finished the build of the SSD. I think this might have started a long decent into #Lego #StarWars http://t.co/BeK0kedFFM Aug 18, 2013
  • "Bounty hunters; we don't need their scum!" #StarWars #ESB #Lego http://t.co/VGF09y7Vns Aug 18, 2013
  • After building both in the last 24 hrs, I can definitively state that #Lego's instructions are miles better devised and written than #Ikea's Aug 19, 2013
  • And that is /the/ BIG difference! RT @redditau: Turnbull finally admits Coalition's NBN upload speed will be 4-6Mbps http://t.co/1abERfMdV0 Aug 22, 2013
  • When you write for a living, it's not a good feeling looking back at past tweets and noticing all the spelling errors :/ Aug 23, 2013
  • lol "Why aren't there dinosaur ghosts?" http://t.co/eLhutkGNff Aug 26, 2013
  • This was done in 2008! Marvel at their prophecy! "Sources Warn Miley Cyrus Will Be Depleted by 2013" http://t.co/SGI03d1t1L Aug 27, 2013
  • Finally turned on 2-step verification for my @Google account. Had I known 2-step can be done once per-device, I would have done it sooner! Aug 30, 2013
  • Finally getting around to playing #TombRaider after buying it 2+ mnths ago. GFX isn't skipping a beat, although the 'TressFX' hair is weird Aug 31, 2013
  • There's not many things that make me happier for a day than Arsenal beating Spurs after everyone has written them off ๐Ÿ˜€ Sep 02, 2013
  • Never thought i'd see the day when Arsene Wenger would spent 40m+ on a single player! #Arsenal Sep 03, 2013
  • Yowza, maybe I should buy my next computer's parts now?! Hynix DRAM plant erupts in flames, entire industry affected http://t.co/104uVJihKF Sep 04, 2013
  • Why are the heck are we going down this internet filter road AGAIN?! Sep 05, 2013
  • Fantastic idea! "Battlefield 4 will offer a vehicle training range for aspiring drivers and pilots" http://t.co/kqc7ZiyS1G #LessBFCrashes Sep 05, 2013
  • Shake what your mama gave you! http://t.co/cowneYtCIX Sep 06, 2013
  • Sausage sizzles turns my wife into an enthusiast of election days. And Bunnings. And Masters. And occasionally Officeworks... :/ Sep 06, 2013
  • I can't believe I just numbered 1 to 82 below the line on the Senate ballot paper! Sep 07, 2013
  • Yes, this is what it looks like. #JediR2D2Mickey costume playing pool with a lightsaber http://t.co/0GgdktQu8n Sep 14, 2013
  • What a fantastic Sunday; playing Tomb Raider all afternoon (great game btw!), and Arsenal are top of the league! ๐Ÿ˜€ Sep 15, 2013
  • As usual, the wait for the eventual release of the current GTA game on PC will be a difficult one! ๐Ÿ™ #GTA5 Sep 18, 2013
  • Now is that wonderful time of the decade where I'm speccing out a new computer! ๐Ÿ˜€ Too many choices! ๐Ÿ˜€ Sep 18, 2013
  • The final episodes of Futurama were fantastic. It's going to be missed (again) ๐Ÿ™ Sep 29, 2013
  • Yay, Brisbane finally is getting detailed #BOM forecasts! http://t.co/uYwofHsdHy Oct 02, 2013
  • Whoa, I really want to believe this is happening, but my hopes have been on hold for too long! http://t.co/kaLTzDaVNb #HL3 Oct 02, 2013
  • New computer build complete ๐Ÿ™‚ I'm going to attempt to give Windows 8 a proper go http://t.co/nCjPJiGUKS Oct 07, 2013
  • My 'Building the Executor' blog post ๐Ÿ˜€ http://t.co/9ggub9rYQ4 Oct 07, 2013
  • Fantastic list; imo, the score has always been the heart of Star Wars : "The http://t.co/t3kpA149sx 10: Best Music" http://t.co/BO8yYr2gSZ Oct 08, 2013
  • Adding fuel to the SSD-crashing-into-Death-Star measurement fire: "Exacting Executor Measurements" http://t.co/1yb1iuskEw Oct 09, 2013
  • The #BF4 Beta is good fun, the skyscraper elevator and building destruction mechanic is great. Definitely looking forward to the full thing Oct 13, 2013
  • So this (https://t.co/O7tiqYugxo) was whitewashed, so the artists came back and made a new one ๐Ÿ˜€ #AdventureTime http://t.co/CEu52UAeet Oct 14, 2013
  • Awwwww, the BF4 Beta is over already?! I was just getting into it ๐Ÿ™ Oct 16, 2013
  • I for one, have adopted more than a few ๐Ÿ˜‰ http://t.co/7lAaVNxG9d Oct 23, 2013
  • Fantastic "Buttersafe ยป Giant Marshmallow" http://t.co/JbfXUF0Tpg Oct 24, 2013
  • Goodbye Rav4, thanks for the memories over the past 12 years! Oct 24, 2013
  • After getting into it a few seasons late, The Good Wife is one of my favourite shows on TV. Great stories, great writing week after week. Oct 28, 2013
  • One space, unless you're using monospaced fonts! Or this: "Third Way" http://t.co/5gGcOn74GO Nov 01, 2013
  • I've had the Battlefield 'da-da da da-dum-dum' stuck in my head all day, can't wait to play tonight! ๐Ÿ˜€ Nov 01, 2013
  • Bullseye! http://t.co/iuc9NcaODR Nov 04, 2013
  • My Windows 8.1 thoughts http://t.co/qcB4Q5dtx5 Nov 04, 2013
  • Woot, got preview tickets to see Bad Grampa! #badgrandpapreview Nov 05, 2013
  • Holy 4G batman! On my Nexus 5, and Optus no less! http://t.co/x4sEnJXJYJ Nov 07, 2013
  • "How's the new vacuum cleaner going?" "It sucks" Nov 10, 2013
  • Waiting in line to see a preview of Bad Grandpa, apparently there's a hashtag quota to be made! #badgrandpapreview http://t.co/CipvRvtHXF Nov 11, 2013
  • Monday night movies with the Mrs. at #badgrandpapreview Hopefully they'll still validate our parking! http://t.co/wIl3IJnVwV Nov 11, 2013
  • Really enjoyed the #badgrandpapreview last night. Typical Johnny Knoxville hijinx, but funny nonetheless. Surprisingly, Des liked it too! Nov 12, 2013
  • Despina's reaction to KRudd retiring, and us having to vote in a by-election: "Yes! Another sausage sizzle!" Nov 13, 2013
  • Joytsick goodness for BF4 ๐Ÿ˜€ http://t.co/ZOw1aXwPMi Nov 17, 2013
  • Power outage means dinner by candlelight! First time using the candlesticks that are a wedding present 8 years ago! http://t.co/jSqNawqwVO Nov 20, 2013
  • Do I need to even say anything about this? Gogogogo http://t.co/5taOs1sXbK Nov 23, 2013
  • Pumped for the #SymphonyOfLegends tonight! Video game scores performed by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra! squeeee! ๐Ÿ˜€ Nov 23, 2013
  • Awesome mix of geeks and high-class symphony regulars! ๐Ÿ˜€ #SymphonyOfLegends http://t.co/cQJ1HnL72n Nov 23, 2013
  • Blog post on the #SymphonyOfLegends tonight: http://t.co/XfFgaOmH3W Nov 23, 2013
  • A worthy winner of this year's Saxxy's http://t.co/60NkjHzzx5 Makes me want to play TF2 again! Nov 28, 2013
  • #TombRaider is only $9.99 for today in Steam sales. If you haven't played it, that's a steal for one of the best games of the year! Dec 03, 2013
  • My own brief retrospective of the previous gaming generation http://t.co/QrlhVkUPit Dec 09, 2013
  • About time! Fantastic ๐Ÿ˜€ "Transit information now available for Queenslanders on Google Maps" http://t.co/S3kFnPEKp7 Dec 10, 2013
  • "I thought it looked trustworthy" #FiveWordTechHorrors Dec 11, 2013
  • *sigh* well I guess it's almost official now, RIP #NBN. It was a good idea while it lasted. Dec 12, 2013
  • #NBN "needs to be done with consideration for the outcomes we can deliver in 20 years" http://t.co/v89Je1WLqy Dec 13, 2013
  • Wooooooo new Community soon! http://t.co/fWj4rDRG0r #sixseasonsandamovie Dec 13, 2013
  • Just home from Ender's Game I found a huge spider in the house, which I promptly killed. The irony initially escaped me! Lucas the Xenocide? Dec 13, 2013
  • My thoughts on the Ender's Game movie: http://t.co/a4WhcIkJNk Dec 14, 2013
  • Flapping wow. Awesome squad play! http://t.co/IKKEGB7vrA #BF4 Dec 18, 2013
  • Wowsers. If this is real, it is mighty impressive #SuperAwesomeMicroProject http://t.co/eOmoIdFI36 Dec 18, 2013
  • Finally watched The Wolverine. Pretty forgettable movie, I should've just watched the credits scene. I'm pumped for Days of Future Past! Dec 22, 2013
  • I enjoyed The Desolation of Smaug a lot more than the first Hobbit movie. Seemed a lot better paced imo. Dec 26, 2013
  • According to The Lagoon Group Mini IQ Test Kit my IQ rating is about 130. About what I expected ๐Ÿ™‚ Dec 27, 2013
  • My 'Best and Worst' post for this year: http://t.co/tsuB7ihbKX Movies: Django and Movie 43 Games: Bioshock Infinite and SC:HotS Dec 29, 2013

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