It's Just a Bunch of Stuff That Happens » Fun http://stuffthathappens.com/blog Technology and Geek Stuff by Eric Burke Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:44:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Android Robot http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2010/02/13/android-robot/ http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2010/02/13/android-robot/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:27:23 +0000 Eric Burke http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/?p=1622 Check out my new hand crocheted Android robot:

Android Robot

I got the first one! You can get these on Etsy for $15.

This is a much better picture:

Robot

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Aidan Prefers Chrome from Eric Burke on Vimeo.

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IDE Feature Matrix

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LEGO Volkswagen Beetle

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Submit your best @davidangry Google I/O story on Twitter. After the conference ends, the best Tweet wins a $20 Amazon gift certificate.

Rules

  • Your tweet must mention @davidangry (so I know how to find it)
  • Your tweet must include the #io2009 hash tag
  • I am the judge.

The contest is real. @davidangry is not. Let the tweeting begin.

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This offends some people. They believe that by following you, you should in turn follow them back. You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours. Twitter is weird like that.

So how do I decide who to follow? I generally follow these groups of people:

  • People I work with or know personally.
  • People who are well known in fields I’m interested in, like Android development.
  • Familiar names that keep popping up on Twitter among the people I already follow.
  • People who @reply to me with interesting comments.

More and more, that last bullet is how I choose who to follow. If someone sparks my interest with a comment, I’ll click their profile and check out their time line and bio. If I like what I see, I’ll follow. It’s as simple as that.

Un-Follow

If people spend a lot of time tweeting about religion, teabagging, or other things I don’t like, I silently un-follow. That stuff stresses me out, which kind of defeats the whole purpose of Twitter. For me, Twitter is a way to relieve stress and amuse myself.

Speaking of un-following, there are tools to notify you when someone un-follows. Last year someone (who I don’t know) send me a personal email telling me he was un-following me. It’s OK, really. You don’t need to tell people when you leave, just go away.

I believe people should not concern themselves with un-follows. Sanitizing your thoughts and censoring yourself is a great way to be boring on Twitter. Instead, just be yourself and have fun.

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]]> http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2009/02/10/new-comic-web-site/feed/ 0 LEGO Eiffel Tower http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2009/01/01/lego-eiffel-tower/ http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2009/01/01/lego-eiffel-tower/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:53:40 +0000 Eric Burke http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/?p=932 I’m not too old to want this LEGO Eiffel Tower:

3-1/2 feet high, 3,428 pieces.

]]> http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2009/01/01/lego-eiffel-tower/feed/ 3 Stamp out Apostrophe Abuse in 2009 http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2008/12/30/stamp-out-apostrophe-abuse-in-2009/ http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2008/12/30/stamp-out-apostrophe-abuse-in-2009/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:25:39 +0000 Eric Burke http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/?p=919 Every time you people do this shit,

God kills a kitten.

Stop. Now.

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