Brian Layman’s Weekly Twitter Update for 2009-05-31

May 31, 2009

• Happy #TowelDay everyone! http://www.towelday.org In memorial of Douglas Adams, #h2g2 & this year, TowelDay founder Kojv. #
• A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. Happy #towelday!! #
• Jaxom is studying the midievil church. Mom asks “And what were the Archbishops in charge of?” His brother chimes in “The Holy Hand Grenade” #
• 2 Amish families locked out of homes b/c they can’t use electric testing equip on their waste tanks http://bit.ly/vWflH #
• My new FAVORITE coder quote “Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.” Donald Knuth #
• Sigh… It sucks, but these kids will probably be raised better since Dad & his beer bottles were thrown from the car. http://bit.ly/11NzJm #
• RT @corvida: 6 Awesome Tattoos To Tweet – Tweet Your Tattoos! #tattweet http://bit.ly/N0F9C #
• Are you going to the North East Ohio #WordPress #Meetup tomorrow? http://bit.ly/16UqxZ Topic: WordPress 2.8 Overview (NEO folks: Please RT!) #
• RT @RickM: Too many companies are blaming their demise on the economy. Many companies that were better prepared are hanging tough. #
• RT @leenewton & @blisstree: Red Bull Cola’s “Special” Ingred. is Cocaine? http://bit.ly/1NrUf – It’s Banned from Germany! #
• RT @problogger: BlogWorld Registration now open http://bit.ly/Cmp5Z – I’m speaking, would love to meet you there! #
• RT @wyliemac: Cbus would you have interest in a cigar-box guitar workshop? (Building one, á la http://bit.ly/B0ZMy )? via @soldierant #
• Counting pills… after today, 3 I have more days of antibiotics… and counting the day in 6 hour increments. #
• Brian is life castng from his phone again? What’s that all about???
  http://qik.com/video/1755584 #
• Spaghetti and meatballs… Yumm… Thx for the idea @tw3nty3ight – Photo: http://bkite.com/07U26 #
• Nice décor and yummy meatballs – Photo: http://bkite.com/07U2u #
• I’m back, dripping wet & completely stuffed. Staying here&working late is much less inviting when wearing soggy … – http://bkite.com/07U8A #
• Congrats to the wings! #redwings vs. #Penguins ALWAYS makes for good playoffs!!! What a good season so far… #
• #Ohio #WordPress info on #Facebook: #NEO WP Users http://bit.ly/NEOWPUG & NEO WP Meetup for May http://bit.ly/NEOWPMMay #
• Hot news for my many friends using @StudioPress themes: @BGardner & @Yoast have teamed up to SEOptimize these #WordPress themes #
• Working on converting 75 more blogs from #WordPress to WordPress mu… #
• Three cheers to @leenewton for making backups before doing an svn export – so I could recover from lost code changes & the minor heartattack #
• Ok the NEO WordPress Meetup is about to start… Late walk-ins are welcome and still arriving now! http://bit.ly/NEOWPMMay #
• Brian is life castng from his phone again? What’s that all about???
  [qik] – NEO WordPress Meetup, May 2009
  http://qik.com/video/1761274 #
• RT @wptavern: going to try and stream the NEO WordCamp Meetup – http://bit.ly/a3UOX let me know if you can see and hear this #
• Brian is life castng from his phone again? What’s that all about???
  [qik] – NEO WordPress Meetup, May 2009
  http://qik.com/video/1761335 #
• Brian is life castng from his phone again? What’s that all about???
  [qik] – NEO WordPress Meetup, May 2009
  http://qik.com/video/1761453 #
• Apparently there was no sound on the WordPress Meetup QIK stream http://qik.com/brianlayman so I’ve restarted the phone. #
• RT @Lotay: Hulu Labs debuts with desktop app (CNET News) http://viigo.im/Iy8 #
• Brian is life castng from his phone again? What’s that all about???
  [qik] – NEO WordPress Meetup, May 2009
  http://qik.com/video/1761507 #
• Brian is life castng from his phone again? What’s that all about???
  [qik] – NEO WordPress Meetup, May 2009
  http://qik.com/video/1761623 #
• Time to head home… As soon as I clean my workplace… #
• home at last… Now to get myself to relax and sleep – http://bkite.com/07WJI #
• Home at last… Now to get myself to relax and sleep – http://bkite.com/07WJV #
• RT @b5tech: Relaunched 70 Ent. blogs last night! New theme and converted to WPMU! Great job @joetek @leenewton @terryjsmith #
• RT @starked I’m a Blogger, Get Me Out of Here! : Reality Exploits – Send Lynn to Costa Rico!!! http://bit.ly/14KsRT (via @tweetmeme) #
• RT @lijit: Do you have what it takes to be Lijit? We need an Ad Salesperson & it’s an awesome place to work! http://cli.gs/9X2mH8. #
• RT @curtjonestweets: #FollowFriday follows that lead somewhere: @willblogforfood @mikeyoung @williger @BobCallahan @problogger @MarkClayson #
• #FollowFridaty @KierDarby Senior #VBulletin developer #
• RT @Mamacitax7: I got me a date tonight! – HEY GO MAMACITA times 7 GO!!! #followfriday #
• RT @MarsRovers: Thanks to @Nancy_A for this story on Julian, Spirit efforts to get free http://bit.ly/10SwmQ #
• Really ready for this day to end but I’ve set a task for myslef #
• Stupid blankety blank limitations of mysql referencing the same table twice in a query #
• Hmm maybe I’ll tent it #
• This query I am working on would totally work in #interbase or #firebird… #
• RT @taxgirl: Warren Co (Pennsylvania) newspaper apologizes for Obama assassination ad: http://tinyurl.com/mxzz7j #
• Btw if you like smoke & r interested in what I’m doing, I’m alternately trashing and rebuilding http://www.csifanatic.com and 66 other blogs #
• RT @chrisbrogan: Getting pissed about Spymaster DMs. People who make apps: do NOT enable DM invites. They count as spam. (Nice warning Tnx!) #
• Sigh.. the problem with a db with 600 tables is that you can confuse wp_1018_terms w/ wp_1019_terms & not realize the fix worked 20 min ago #
• Sorry I’m tweeting so much but everyone has logged off skype for the weekend & I’m feeling all alone *sniff* & I’m punch happy from no sleep #
• YAY MY WORK IS DONE! Ck out sm redone sites: http://sfuniverse.com http://24headquarters.com http://gryffindorgazette.com http://newtotv.com #
• OK I’ve been in this chair since 10 this morning after an all nighter. So I’m going offline for a bit. Catch you all on the other side #
• Good morning world! #
• Ohhh nooooo!!! I’ve just about gone as far as you can go in Facebook Mafia Wars So I can walk away. But SpyMaster IS mafia wars for Twitter! #
• RT @pburghstever: mobile pic: Dock Dogs competition at Clay’s Park http://bit.ly/eTZ5K – Oh What’s that all about? What’s going on a clays? #
• OK Totally love the tatt! Go Pens!!!! http://bit.ly/YOwNT HT @pburghstever http://bit.ly/YOwNT #
• Oh! new behavior in tweetdeck.. If you have an url in your shorten url field and hit send, it will shorten and add it to your tweet. bummer #
• RT @dlayphoto & @KimWheeler3: Cavs fans are holding their breath & crossing their fingers. if anyone can defy the odds it’s Cleveland! #Cavs #
• 3 cheers for the #Ohio senate reversing Gov #Strickland’s 75% budget cut for public charter schools http://bit.ly/SSBH3 #
• I love that, like any blade w/ honor, our pizza cutter has a name that our family always uses when talking about it: “Here is Shing’s cover” #
• My #fb #MafiaWars links: http://bit.ly/FriendBrian http://bit.ly/JoinBriansMafia http://bit.ly/PromoteBrian http://bit.ly/GiveToBrian #
• OK time to get the laptop so that we can trash talk at @QueenOfSpain all night ans the #Pens take the @wings to the cleaners… #
• Standing for the national anthem… #
• Cool end of the first allowed Twitter to catch up #
• Remember in @Tweetdeck you can set search for #Pens OR #RedWings and will update every minute with tweets for both tags #
• AAAAND that’s why slashing is illegal #Pens #RedWings #
• Gee another penalty against the Detroit BIG surprise! #Pens #RedWings #
• Lemuix would have had that in #Pens #RedWings #
• RT @pishkinn: There’s nothing like flying into the Pittsburgh airport on a night that the #pens are playing in the stanley cup finals! #
• OK Cooke that was just dumb #Pens #RedWings #
• #godaddy continues to demonstrate why I will never use there service… #
• Sigh… So far all of the goals in a 2-1 game have been scored by the #Penguins… #Pens #RedWings #
• Wondering if the octopuses will fly if Fleury gets his hatrick.. #Pens #RedWings #
• Congrats on actually scoring one of your goals #redwings #
• see how Osgoode handled that Fleury? Watch closely! #Pens #RedWings #
• wow looong stretch of uninterrupted play #Pens #RedWings #
• Liked the commercial? Vote&send a b5 blogger to cover the show- I’m a Blogger,Get Me Out of Here! http://bit.ly/XbACD #pens #wings Please RT #
• Fleury What the heck?!?!?!? Anyone have a handcuffs or even a stapler? YOU’RE NOT A DEFENSEMAN! CHILL! #Pens #RedWings #
• This is how we should have been playing all game! No Goalie #pens #redwings #
• It’s OK both sides want 7 games anyway #pens #redwings #
• It figures my 7yr who likes darth vader is now claiming to be a #redwings fan… rotten kid… #pens #
• OK.. so there was a NEW #PushingDaisies episode on during the #pens #redwings game? @sorka is NOT happy.. and is confused #
• Resending that last tweet it had a bad link #bush #
• #Bush NEVER would have taken his wife to a Broadway play with the #Pens and #RedWings in the finals! http://bit.ly/YyEj0 #
• Does anyone have the Jacobs Field pic from when they took the sign down for the rename& the workers left it as “bs Field” over lunch? #tribe #
• I will be glad when the #DTV switch over finally happens on Jun12 so that we can quit seeing commercials about it. IT’S NOT THAT COMPLICATED #
• RT @brianminor: Anyone that doesn’t understand [DTV] by now won’t until June 13th – lol Well said #
• RT @wptavern: Discovered Google Gears extension is the cause of my WordPress crashes in Firefox – Oh now that is interesting… in 2.8b2? #
• OK I’ve finally seen the Spaghetti Jimmy commercial and can make sense of this #RockwoodComic http://bit.ly/6FbgV #
• Watching ‘Google Wave [Open Source] Developer Preview at Google I/O 2009′ http://bit.ly/YD0z2 Google’s eMail replacement #
• Wah! 2 of my fav Sr High girls are graduating! They are not allowed! Wahhhh! – Photo: http://bkite.com/0827P #

Brian Layman’s Weekly Twitter Update for 2009-05-24

May 24, 2009

• I plan to do a lot ot wordpress work I promised I’d do in the evenings of the last two weeks today. Hopefully that will work out #
• The Code Cave: Now on WordPress 2.8 Beta 1 – http://bit.ly/xhr2x #
• New in The Code Cave: WordPress 2.8 Beta 1 Released – http://bit.ly/xhr2x #
• hmm this never sent: Hitting the road, returning to the states… Thanks to all at the @b5media Toronto office for a great week! #
• Spent most of the day asleep. I’m most of the way through the movie 7 Pounds. I still don’t know what it is about but it is really good. #
• wow…. I don’t know what else to say… … #7pounds #
• Basically slept the whole weekend despite optimistic plans to catch up on stuff yesterday & the day before. Slow and steady will be it 2day. #
• Reading more abt wp_enqueue_script which I’ve never used much before even though it is the right way to include scripts. Bad Code Ninja Bad! #
• <sarcasm>Oh, nice.</sarcasm> Every time I used my card in Toronto, I got a MASTERCARD CROSS BORDER FEE & a MASTERCARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE FEE. #
• RT @tweetdeck: @marcusnelson @uservoice @howardlindzon @sorenmacbeth @stocktwits huge congratulations to you all on funding- well deserved!! #
• last night was miserable #
• Ever tweet from space? @Astro_Mike does -I found him on @nasajanet’s list. She is @just_pete’s of http://bit.ly/BoredAgain more feminine 1/2 #
• RT @Sorka: @brianlayman (SPOILER) Two clips from ‘V’ featuring Morena Baccarin. http://tinyurl.com/r72vdo – OK clip 1 TOTALLY creeps me out. #
• I give up. now my voice is gone. Had @sorka make another appt for me with the doc. Hard to do that without being able to speak #
• Got back from the doc with a new anti-biotic for drug-resistant Strep. They didn’t test for strep, since she is prescribing this either way. #
• & to my intense relief, a codeine cough syrup! I was taking way way too much of the over the counter stuff and not making a dent in the pain #
• RT @omgshane: SUPER RANDOM CONTEST! Type ‘@omgshane Contests are fun #omgcontest’ exactly as said. You have until 8:30pm EST. The prize NADA #
• The doc said the pain and coughing should be better by 36hrs. I’ve dealt with it worsening for 9 days. I can take another 36hrs (w/ codeine) #
• RT @StaciJShelton: 120 is the new 140! http://tr.im/lIK1 -I was just gonna pass that tip on to sm1. Know your RT length! #
• Thanks @StaciJShelton! I’ve been staying away till I am sure I am not contagious! #
• RT @rhettmc: Thx @LifeB4Tw1tter for the great article How to make a viral online video for money, the Rhett & Link way http://bit.ly/12KJx8 #
• I just realized that I drank some water without worrying about the pain! YAY!!! #
• RT @SEOSEM: Facebook Blows Past 300 Million Uniques http://tr.im/m1aW #
• RT @Tastelikecrazy: Star Trek-Simmed: http://bit.ly/XcvTY #
• RT @Tastelikecrazy: > @JuliaGoolia: RT @MissBeckala: Do Roman paramedics refer to IV’s as ‘4’s’ ? #
• RT @kymhuynh: Lens flare easter egg on Facebook. Open a buddy chat then press UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, B, A, ENTER. #
• RT @tweetmeme What’s Black And White and Red All Over… : Bizlevity – Business News With a Humorous Perspective http://bit.ly/yXMBj #
• #followfriday @cowork_akron, @jjividen, @chrisauman, @jodibrooks, @StaciJShelton, @bnruggeri, @UrbanConnect, @CalllieSink, @DeloresPressley #
• it’s a creepy feeling when a friend, who is no longer with us, appears to follow you on twitter. There are too many common names out there. #
• It’s messing me up that there are two weeks between the 3rd Friday Tweetup and the 4th Thursday WordPress meetup #
• RT @jefflee: Integrating WPMu, BuddyPress, and bbPress – UMW Wiki http://ff.im/-39m5J #
• RT @rhettmc: Alka-Seltzer Great American Road Trip wins 2 golds & a Craft at the 2009 Bessies: http://thebessies.ca/2009/winners.html #
• Ohio WordPress Meetup: http://bit.ly/16UqxZ Add yourself to the attendees & pass link along! #upcoming #wordpress #meetup HT: @kimparsell #
• Lecturing the children about home office interuptions.I’d be at @cowork_akron today but we’re taking @sorka out for a belated birthday dinnr #
• reading about stack tracing in Firebug 1.4alpha & earlier: http://getfirebug.com/logging.html / http://bit.ly/v3Yg4 / http://bit.ly/10ajy3 #
• RT @CircuitCitycom Team is real excited to announce that Circuit City has relaunched!!! Logon to http://bit.ly/1a4rnj to see for yourself!!! #
• Out for the first time in a week, Taking @Sorka to birthday dinner. – http://bkite.com/07JEM #
• My first 2hrs out of the house were fun but exhausting. The meal looked good but tiny – I couldn’t even finsh half of it. I guess I’m at 60% #
• I’m tryin’, @zaneology I’m tryin! #
• RT @bizzia Expensify.com – David Barrett Interview : Startup Spark – Startup Business News and Advice http://bit.ly/15Q1S8 (via @tweetmeme) #
• Well I’m finally up and at ‘em. I completely missed one dose of antibiotics sleeping almost till the next was due. Could go for a nap now… #
• RT @photomatt: Due to overwhelming response, we have to close WordCamp SF signups soon, get in now! http://2009.sf.wordcamp.org/signup/ #
• I have “Mean kitty” going through my head. Thanks @smpfilms! Even though I set him up as a #Supernote team, my kids just got me watching him #
• RT @campingblogger: good read, “Social Media Is NOT The Answer” by @bnpositive http://tinyurl.com/pqgglg #
• Good gas prices here about… – Photo: http://bkite.com/07LpH #
• RT @thenfb: Saturday Film Suggestion: The Vinland Mystery – a terrific short doc on the discovery of a Norse settlement: http://bit.ly/cDBbs #
• RT @iFroggy: LIVE Copyright 2.0 Show with @plagiarismtoday in 10 minutes: http://is.gd/prLt #
• You’ve lost that lovin’ feelin.. http://xkcd.com/317/ #
• At church for 1st time in over a month. Had to step out as I am coughing too much. – http://bkite.com/07N9a #
• I did a 1/2 dose of syrup this AM. I should have done the whole thing since I was going out. – http://bkite.com/07N9o #

WordPress 2.8 Beta 1 Released

May 17, 2009

While I was rolling around near comatose yesterday WordPress 2.8 beta 1 hit the streets. We plan to do a thorough review of this project on Thursday at the Ohio WordPress meetup here in Akron, Ohio. So, I figured it would would be a good time to run it officially here in The Code Cave.

The upgrade process is as simple as always. Unzip the file, copy it over the existing files, go to wp-admin upgrade and click continue. When the official release comes out, I plan upgrading my wp-upgrade script as I still think it is useful. Even though WordPress itself has upgrade abilities within it, the full file backup and database backup that my script does, still provides added benefit. So, I’ll keep it around a while longer.

As for WordPress 2.8, you don’t need to fear about learning a totally new system from scratch. There are a number of nice changes and tweaks, but the basic interface remains the same. There are a lot of changes for plugin developers and the like, but the everyday users will see some things like the new widget drop zone that makes it easy to make a widget inactive without loosing its settings. I’ll be testing over the next few weeks to see what I’d consider note worthy for a release post. I used to even do a line by line comparison, but I don’t know if I’ll don’t be returning to that. For now you can read about the changes here.

If there is any part of this upgrade that you definitely think we should cover at the Ohio WordPress Meetup, please let me know so that I don’t miss it!

Brian Layman’s Weekly Twitter Update for 2009-05-17

May 17, 2009

• Made it to Toronto! Up to the b5 office. On the wireless network.. Eating chocolate covered grasshoppers… – http://bkite.com/07nqu #
• Blasted caps…. Delaying their fall, continuing their agony… #
• Blatantly obvious observation of the day: The @Gravatar logo ISN’T a power button symbol but the letter G rolled onto it’s back #
• Back from the morning meeting and then lunch. For supper I had fried Tofu at the Thai restaurant. And I’m havling Soilvaki for Lunch. Lks Gd #
• Ack.. am I a closet prince fan & didn’t realize it?!?! Listening to @joetek’s collection of 80s songs featuring fake British accents.. #
• Pump up the volume. Pump up the volume. Dance. Dance. #
• Just realized I will still be traveling back from Toronto for the Third Friday Akron Tweetup. Wonder if @brandice is still thinking of going #
• I’d love to read ggls plan to handle deep content (content reachable from forms) but I have to fill in a login form 1st http://bit.ly/11uEoD #
• Whoa.. HUGE underwater explosion! Water and dirt explode into the air. Are they Mining? http://bit.ly/raWb2 #
• Modifying the WordPress Sociable plugin by @yoast to include YardBarker and BallHype for use on http://EveryJoe.com #
• OH: “Ok – where’s the American” They wanted to know how to do zip codes the correct way… #
• So the gland below my left ear is swollen so much my cheek is sticking out & OUCH! Do I apply ice from the ice machine or apply a hot towel? #
• Looks like heat is OK to use on a swollen lymph node http://bit.ly/Nxpfx but the gland is swollen to an inch in size. Will need to see a doc #
• still up as the church bell rings 4am despite benadryl & pain pills + hot bath. It still hurts pretty bad + my nightly soar throat is back #
• RT @StaciJShelton: Awesome Ohio Folks: @GrowthGuy2 @cowor_akron @brianlayman @itstheplumber @DIYMarketers @DeloresPressley #FollowFriday #
• RT @artrudenko: @GrowthGuy2 @cowor_akron @brianlayman @itstheplumber @DIYMarketers @DeloresPressley #FollowFriday #
• Home! Went to doc 1st thing this AM. No Columbus wordcamp for me instead I’m taking 500mg of keflex 4x a day for 10 days. Not as fun. #
• Up checking twitter & email. Found @brandice and @sorka are plotting further bodily injuries for me -just cause I made 1 helpful suggestion! #
• Most impressed with @purlingsprite and spouse who ran a half marathon today. Way to go guys! #
• wondering what I missed at wordcamp ohio today (( #
• Reading http://bit.ly/PLsq4 to see if that glass of wine I had to ease my throat pain will counter the antibiotic. No but some types mix bad #

Brian Layman’s Weekly Twitter Update for 2009-05-10

May 10, 2009

• New HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy book to be released “& Another Thing” book 6 of the trilogy by http://eoincolfer.com #
• RT @brianshaler: Uninstalled (completely) Firefox and reinstalled. So much more responsive now and videos play more smoothly.(Trying now-BL) #
• “Eoin talks about “And Another Thing” at EasterCon” http://bit.ly/dOccC the next Hitchhikers book #
• Cover Art for the new #HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy bk “And Another Thing” Due on Oct 12, the 30th Anniv of #H2G2: http://bit.ly/12YluS #
• An hour into Mary Shelly’s book, Frankenstein, there is nothing I recognize in this novel regardless of how many movies I’ve seen… #
• For Firefly being such a horrible series that it had to be cancelled due to ratings… It sure gets talked about a lot. http://xkcd.com/577/ #
• RT @joetek: Happy Star Wars Day everyone! May the fourth be with you! http://joetek.ca/u/31 #
• Does anyone know of a Firefox Host mapping plugin that allows you to specify in FF the ip used for an url? It would help before/after cmprs #
• RT @steveouch: Here’s this weeks silent joke, enjoy: #
• bahhh I hate typing sentences that talk things like adding ads to the ad adder. For the next day misspell things like “He is very od” #
• I’ve been working here all afternoon. I figured it’s time to check in. I have the place to myself atm. Nice and… – http://bkite.com/079bB #
• Some deep lecture notes on computer and Internet security: http://tinyurl.com/cd3zbm #
• Hard reset my phone. Now I need to resync contacts, setup email accts, install apps. When did phone resets get 2b as hard as wiping a PC? #
• RT @leenewton: @sans_isc Adobe Reader/Acrobat Critical Vulnerability http://tinyurl.com/dd4jyt #
• Chan Can Cook? RT @weirdnews Jackie Chan and The World’s Largest Sushi Roll http://tinyurl.com/c83rdg #
• Brian is life castng from his phone again? What’s that all about???
  [qik] – A Qik Ride Home
  http://qik.com/video/1610568 #
• Ugh was too tired to concentrate to do anything but still couldn’t sleep till 4:30 last night. hate nights like that #
• RT @JimMacMillan: RIP Dom Deluise, 75. Getting lots of Twitter love: http://tr.im/kxFI #
• Since some don’t know, Dom DeLuise was in EVERYTHING such as Spaceballs, Muppets, 90210, Dexter’s Lab & Stargate SG1 which his son directed. #
• IBM launches a social network for developers w/ topical communities, wikis, forums, blogs & colab tools (see Activities) http://bit.ly/bL1qg #
• Brian is life castng from his phone again? What’s that all about???
  [qik] – Lunch at the Canal
  http://qik.com/video/1614433 #
• Grrr battery life is now maxing out at < 30 minutes from a full charge.. grrr #
• 2 for 1 Deal for Facebook Mafia Wars – http://bit.ly/cyDe5 #
• Finally eating breakfast but we only have powdered milk for my cereal.. powdered milk is just blechhh #
• lol I’ve never b4 heard the phrase “doesn’t load as instantly” It’s hilarious b/c software devs KNOW there are degrees of “instant” response #
• Is this the future of ads -via #youtube & @coreyvidal http://bit.ly/YLmwn I think so. Choose your own adventure commercials HT @valerie2776 #
• Ok I give up. Gonna drink some water because I haven’t yet today, and crash for 30 minutes & regroup… #
• Dropped Denise off at the airport. I’m Mr Mom for the next few days… – http://bkite.com/07e8U #
• It’s worse than that… there are fresh batteries in the exercise machine… #
• Oh no. The thrice yearly #DunkinDonuts vs #TimHortons vs #KrispieKreme debate has started in the #b5media tech team swarm again. Dunkin FTW! #
• Brian is life castng from his phone again? What’s that all about???
  [qik] – At Rhett and Link Concert!!!!
  http://qik.com/video/1627827 #
• Brian is life castng from his phone again? What’s that all about???
  http://qik.com/video/1632059 #
• RT @dlayphoto: Missing 15-year old girl, Cleveland, OH. http://bit.ly/SRzpu #missing – Please retweet! #
• Brian is life castng from his phone again? What’s that all about???
  [qik] – 4 wheelin
  http://qik.com/video/1639931 #
• Brian is life castng from his phone again? What’s that all about???
  [qik] – 4 wheelin
  http://qik.com/video/1639974 #

2 for 1 Deal for Facebook Mafia Wars

May 5, 2009

Send me 1 item on my wish list and put a message on my wall asking for any two items from this list and I’ll send them back to you. Make sure to provide a link to your profile or your profile name or I’ll not be able to find you. First Come: First Serve. So you might want to have a backup choice or two. I’ll adjust this page as I run out of stuff.

Of course if you want to do this you’ll need to:
Add me as a Facebook Friend
Join My Mafia
Promote me (I’ll give you at least a 13% bonus depending upon your level if you Promote me as your Bagman)

After less than 2 months of playing, I am a Level 160 Boss Mogul with master on every level up to underboss. I have 11 out of 14 achievements. I currently earn 111mil every 51 minutes. I’ve been leveling up 3 to 4 times every day, though I might hit 5 levels today. With >1000 mafia members, I’m really raking in the experience points just by other ppl using me in fights. So I should reach the max bagman bonus for you pretty quickly.

Here is what I am offering:

Ten of Diamonds
Monkey Sculpture
White Poker Chip

Ebony Cigar
Sky Cigar
Rose Cigar
Ivory Cigar
Turquoise Cigar
Gold Cigar

Eight of Spades
Nine of Spades
Ten of Spades
Jack of Spades
Queen of Spades

Topaz Ring
Opal Ring
Amethyst Ring
Sapphire Ring

Solid Tie
Striped Tie
Checked Tie
Geometric Tie
Dot Tie
Knitted Tie

Warhol Painting
Van Gogh Painting
Dali Painting
Monet Painting
Rembrandt Painting

Silver Cufflinks
Gold Cufflinks
Amber Cufflinks
Jasper Cufflinks
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Brian Layman’s Weekly Twitter Update for 2009-05-03

May 3, 2009

• I picked up 10 bags of sand and the kids have been playing in the sandbox ever since I brought it home… #
• Good morning! Good day so far but I have a little sick guy asleep on the futon. poor kid. tummy fills w/ gas till he wakes up crying & burps #
• Haven’t done movie quotes for a few days, so can you name this 1? “No more training do you require. Already know you, that which you need.” #
• RT @bnpositive: New on EveryJoe – – To Prefetch or Not To Prefetch http://tinyurl.com/dawl7o #
• Well done @spkr4thedead51 @timwiseman @d3causey & @pburghstever & also @purlingsprite who thought it might be Miyagi son at first <BigGrin> #
• Wanna get all Disney Animation movies in higher than Blueray quality on 1 disc? A mHD disc wd do it: http://bit.ly/51qTP HT: @spkr4thedead51 #
• Actually this would be great for buying all seasons of XFiles or BSG or any StarTrek series on 1 disc http://bit.ly/51qTP #
• BTW small rant here. On http://www.everyflight.com/ HDTV was placing high on every chart. WHY would you need HDTV on 6″-13″ screens?!?!? bah #
• RT @Mamacitax7: RT @punnyfunny I know a rancher who has 100 head of cattle, but he thought there were only 99 until he rounded them up. HAHA #
• Brian is life castng from his phone again? What’s that all about???
  http://qik.com/video/1564107 #
• Brian is life castng from his phone again? What’s that all about???
  http://qik.com/video/1564131 #
• Playin in the sand pt 1 and 2 http://qik.com/video/1564107 http://qik.com/video/1564131 #
• The answer to the movie trivia today was of course “Return of the Jedi”: L: “Then I am a Jedi. ” Y: “Ohh Not yet. One thing remains: Vader” #
• United States – Population: 303,824,640 (July 2008 est.) Suspected swine flu infections: 260. Infection ratio: 0.0000086% #
• Whoops wikipedia shows only 212 suspected infections as of today’s AP stories http://bit.ly/6gASf So my 260 was too high by 48 cases or 23% #
• The pills spammers have already caught onto the swine flu email titles. They must use ggl search word stats. As Francis says, “Pills Here!”. #
• RT @jimkukral: Join me and @marismith @jayberkowitz @rohitBhargava and more! for this free teleseminar this Thursday http://bit.ly/f8oi5 #
• RT @jeffr0: Did you see this regarding the next Ohio WordPress meetup? http://tinyurl.com/db4ea7 #
• Wow, I was up, wide awake, and downstairs before 7am with no alarm. That hasn’t happened for years. I’m eager to start morning mtn biking. #
• Hmm Taking a look at huddle.het. It looks pretty nice so far… #
• RT@bizzia said “Great site for working moms working at home: http://bit.ly/NJVlA” & for the Dear Husbands that love them #
• Copy to ClipBoard is CTRL+C unless it is CTRL+INS except in a console window where it’s ENTER unless that console is PUTTY where it’s hilite #
• So you highlight & press enter which wipes your text or just highlight & then paste & get the wrong thing . nm the ctrl+c just not working #
• And then you copy something in twitter, while ranting #twant, and wipe out what you’d finally gotten into your clipboard correctly… GAH! #
• mm feels nice to have had a good long successful day. I need to pick on some of my contract work that got shoved to the wayside next. #
• Beware calls from Chem-ware Corp offering to send “samples” of antistatic wipes. They mention $$ in passing. If you say OK you’ll be billed. #
• Well I had gone to bed at a decent time before dragged back to the land of the living by what turned out to be an nginx failure. Must sleep! #
• RT @linklamont: NO Live Show tonight. Here’s why: http://rhettandlink.com/blog/2009/04/30/428 #
• Buddypress 1.0 just released http://tinyurl.com/d6py6k Congrats @apeatling!! #wordpress #
• RT @doctoranonymous: I had many requests today & will comment on the current #swineflu situation on the show 9pmET http://tinyurl.com/d9fs24 #
• RT @blogworld: this is a great funny video about Twitter in Real Life http://bit.ly/voaep HT/ @daveknox #
• Batman: Dark Knight circa 1960 http://tinyurl.com/chywtg #
• RT @angsuman: AOL names former Google exec as head of ad business – 4th person in the role since 2008 http://bit.ly/dXw3b #
• OK Name the movie (No ggl till noon): “Of course he has a knife. He always has a knife. We all have knives! It’s 1183 and we’re barbarians!” #
• (and @Sorka helped me remember the exact quote so I could find the movie. So she can’t guess. I had the lead actor but not quite the title.) #
• Oh wow! @Becky_Middleton, Very good! I’ll not reveal the ansr for 30 min. I thought this wd be harder, though the movie did win 3 Oscars… #
• RT @JGHue: Is it possible to fall in love even though you’ve never actually met the person? Your thoughts and responses, please #
• Can you fall in love w/o having “met”? @JGHue , I agree w/ @kimparsell too. Meeting IS an important REQUIREMENT for a relationship to grow #
• It could be said that C.S. Lewis fell in love w/ Joy Davidman w/o ever having met her. Though perhaps he didn’t realize that till much later #
• Up and about again after a laydown. Not feeling so hot. BTW the answer to the movie trivia was “Lion in Winter” with Patrick Stewart. #
• RT @StaciJShelton: Code Ninjas and Developers who are AWESOME @mfubib @RDvsHTML @brianlayman #FollowFriday <– Code is Poetry to them.. #
• RT @Becky_Middleton: I dig these tweeps with their quotes and insights. Maybe U will 2. #followfriday @lamasuryadas @ryderjaphy @rohinkallat #
• Today is my 2yr anniversary with @b5media How many Twitter accts of ppl in pics w/ the story of my interview can u name? http://bit.ly/kdIuG #
• Facebook tip: On Left bottom of any page, Click on English (US) Now look above US & UK and select English (Pirate) Arr! #
• “* demanded that ye be mateys on ye olde Facebook. Ye need to say that ye sailed with Fred so that ye might be mateys on ye olde Facebook.”! #
• Arr @d3causey, ye scurvy-infested kraken, @JardinPrayer & @lilfigs29 Will send us to Davy Jones’ locker if we keep this up, the landlubbers #
• Facebook Tip: On Left bottom of any page, Click on English (US) Now look above US & UK and select English (Pirate) Arr! #
• RT @brianshaler: RT @iGordo: OH: “Swine flew?! I got some girls I need to call!… They promised!” #

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