Month: February 2010

PenguinSix's Tweets for the Week

  • @jack You should attend a Navy football game. Hats off, on their hearts, all vets standing at attention and student body salutes in reply to jack #
  • Navy orders ships at Pearl Harbor and San Diego to sea to ride out #tsunami #
  • Live TV stream from Hawaii of #tsunami preparations. http://bit.ly/2r5T1W #
  • Hawaii newspapers publishing evacuation guidelines in advance of #tsunami from #chile earthquake. http://bit.ly/1NmhN3 #
  • @emilychang Here is the Tsunami impact map. Pretty amazing graphic. http://bit.ly/aDQCtp in reply to emilychang #
  • Why are Canadian hockey players left-handed and US hockey players right-handed? http://bit.ly/cF5dcB #
  • Tsunami Energy map shows possible Pacific impact from Chile earthquake…. [pic] http://ff.im/gDGAF #
  • Easter Island under Tsunami threat. Hawaii to be hit later today about 1119am HST. http://bit.ly/9enej5 #
  • @GeekNews First waves in Hawaii about 11:19 am. http://www.starbulletin.com/news/bulletin/85659772.html in reply to GeekNews #
  • @paulgrav All eyes turn to Canada to set up the game of the century. in reply to paulgrav #
  • End of an era. Last test firing a Space Shuttle Solid Rocket booster. Video: http://bit.ly/bJEkYW #
  • Just bought about $4,000 in supplies and stuff pre-Hong Kong trip. And none of it on computers 🙁 Movers to pack for HK (Monday). #
  • @thekenyeung I think they've shared a printing facility for a number of years. Always thought it would be the other way around though. in reply to thekenyeung #
  • @Scobleizer Are you in the hockey arena for this one? in reply to Scobleizer #
  • @paulgrav Yes, they're showing Vonn's crash on another channel and I keep switching the tv. Disjointed thoughts tonight. in reply to paulgrav #
  • @paulgrav If it is a 3 goal game at the end of the 2nd I'd be wouldn't go to bed just yet. This is just nuts. in reply to paulgrav #
  • @Scobleizer It will just make their eventual defeat to the USA in the Gold medal game all the more painful. in reply to Scobleizer #
  • Wow, I think "kicking the ever-loving-S#@%" out of Russia is the only way to describe this game. Canada tastes blood. #
  • I F#$%#$% hate Costco. I'm recovering by listening to some Three Dog Night for some reason. Road to Shamballa. http://bit.ly/dB4XE8 #
  • @Scobleizer want to see pic of you surround by orange clad Dutch fanatics. in reply to Scobleizer #
  • The Hummer is no more. GM gives up. http://bit.ly/aKwyXe #
  • Great, just before I move to China: China poultry feed orders down >30% but bird flu?–No, that's not why. Yea right. http://bit.ly/dkT1Wb #
  • Pairs skating Gold went to couple who skated to Highlander music. Womens leader skated to James Bond tunes. Skate to guy music = Gold Medal. #
  • There's no point in going to the computer store today or this month since nearly anything I buy won't work in Hong Kong. Bummer. #
  • New passport arrived. Old one had 85 stamps in first 5 years and 2 in last 5 years. Life with kids. New one will get more action in HK. #
  • Think Canada's "own the podium" is up there with Bush's "mission accomplished". #
  • @msuster the game was on msnbc live. Isn't that live coast to coast as it is a national cable station? #
  • That was an amazing empty net shot. USA!! FTW!!! #
  • @Scobleizer isn't it on msnbc live?? in reply to Scobleizer #
  • @thekenyeung I think the real time web is going to be too slow if the game continues like this wild first period. #
  • GOAL!!!!!! USA USA. Take that Michael J Fox fans! #

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    Chile Tsunami potential impact maps

    Japanese Tsunami Map. Amazing what the Tsunami researchers can create in just a few minutes after a major earthquake. Here is a potential impact map from the 8.8 Chilean earthquake this morning. ETA to Hawaii is about 11:19 am, which is 14 hours after the first earthquake. Pacific Tsunami Center Alaska and NW US Tsunami Center ]]>

    PenguinSix's Tweets for the Week

  • It's just not the Olympics unless the Russians have something to whine about. http://bit.ly/9Wn8Q8 #
  • I am "the man your man could smell like" (http://bit.ly/9NLuFo) Going out to get 'two tickets to that thing you love' while riding a horse. #
  • One-third of all the biathalon competitors in the Olympics are in the military. http://nyti.ms/cA5uBd #
  • @loic pay him as an independent contractor not an employee in reply to loic #
  • @Nehalia Yea but the Chinese gold medal pair skated to music from the movie Highlander. FTW! in reply to Nehalia #
  • Denmark, Sweden and even the skip for the UK team are on my 'Babes of Curling' list. #
  • My cleaning lady's "4wd SUV" got stuck in the snow in my front yard. Had to tell her that she really didn't have a 4WD after I dug her out. #
  • @dcsportsbog They need some funky Norwegian curling pants to get some inspiration. in reply to dcsportsbog #
  • I learn more in one minute on Friendfeed than five minutes of sorting through noise on Buzz http://ff.im/gazpz #
  • Napping on couch watching curling telling myself I am not lazy as at least it is not bowling on TV. #
  • @thekenyeung I copy down all their settings and try to recreate the same photos, but it never works just right. Still learning. in reply to thekenyeung #
  • Dick Button ranting about figure skaters grabbing their skates during performances. World does not stop to take notice. #
  • Sweden's first gold goes to a non-blonde. http://bit.ly/btNapx #
  • Arrest warrant for Tour de France cyclist Floyd Landis for computer hacking. Weird. http://bit.ly/cl5xGe #
  • Just sold my second US Olympic Team Opening Ceremony Hat–this one for $500. Only one more left http://bit.ly/aflae0 #
  • @techmama Point out to your kid that the Chinese pair skated to the theme from Highlander, which is pretty cool. There can be only one! in reply to techmama #
  • Watching figure skaters perform to the song that was in the movie Highlander. There can be only one! #
  • @SLOGUNNER I got 2 for my kids & the lady was like 'do you want 1'. I said 'ok sell it pay for the others'. But at that price, all on sale. in reply to SLOGUNNER #
  • @jlcoassin That's why they included curling–so anyone of any age or condition can continue to have the Olympic dream, even into their 50s. in reply to jlcoassin #
  • My Polo Team USA Olympic hat finally sold, for $510 on ebay. wtf? I'll take it. Gotta love being trendy. http://bit.ly/9yqEHz #
  • My Polo Olympic Opening Ceremony hat is now over $400 on ebay. Guess there is a bit of a demand. http://bit.ly/98Uzbh #

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    Norway curling pants the 'hottest' thing on ice

    Much is being made about the Polo Reindeer Cap from the opening ceremony being the hottest fashion item of the Winter Games, but now it seems it has been supplanted by something a bit more garish being the sought after ‘must have’ for Olympic fans (which good for me too as I’ve sold my Polo hats for as much as $500 each on Ebay). The crazy pants for the Norwegian curling team are turning heads throughout Vancouver.  Red, white and blue plaid would look more appropriate on the golf course than the curling ice, which helps explain how the Norway team was able to get the pants.  The captain of the team went online to LoudMouthGolf.com to order these pants just before the Olympics.  Only $99 if you can still find a pair (and I should note their website is getting pounded). Unfortunately for Norway the pants were no help yesterday as Canada beat Norway 7-6. loud mouth golf]]>