c9 | From Twitter 01-02-2011

15:35:56: RT @goldsbie: Deeply bizarre — a satirical web comic about the Ford mayoralty, rendered in Lego: http://bit.ly/f4zK0R
16:50:32: Man, the internet is getting harder to keep up with. New top-level domains: .co and .cat
17:00:24: Lost in a #curling blowout this afternoon. 9-1, so we shook hands after 5 ends. *sigh* Still having lots of fun so that's ok.
17:34:54: This netbook's keyboard is teaching me to stop loving function keys and to stop using "!". http://is.gd/jYB6z (pic)
17:50:24: "After 9 hours of "Shoah," the Holocaust is no longer a subject, a chapter of history, a phenomenon. It is an environment. It is around us."
17:51:34: Previous quotation is Roger Ebert on "Shoah" - a documentary on the Holocaust - which has the most chilling descriptions I've ever read.
17:53:03: "before, in reading or hearing about [gas chambers], my point of view was outside, looking in. Muller put me inside." http://is.gd/jYEul
18:08:31: RT @goldsbie: The Star's Cathal Kelly writes about the time he was arrested as a 15-year-old: http://bit.ly/hubVXp Like a wonderful litt ...
18:35:17: This will be a test of the internet. I will tweet a question with lots of hashtags, then start googling. It's like a race with all of you.
18:38:05: Our #ice #cubes keep leaving little #floaty somethings in my #drinks when they #melt. What's that about? #Time for #new #icecube #tray?
18:40:17: First site says it's just minerals from in the water (unfiltered tap) combining to be visible: precipitate. Maybe.
18:41:42: Wikipedia agrees, but "[citation needed]".
18:45:36: No different tray nor filter, so science options limited for now. RT @onshi: @c_9 do some science - make cubes from filtered water!
18:46:47: Just unfiltered East York tapwater, I swear! RT @ivanvector: @c_9 On unfiltered Toronto water? I don't get that. What are you drinking?
18:49:34: Most ppl seem to theorize that the issue is soap particles or minerals. Annoying. Have to try some real science to confirm what's up.
18:51:24: RT @stephenfgordon: Um, no http://yfrog.com/gzlkyp RT @natnewswatch: Canada’s economy is struggling to keep up with resurgent G7 http:/ ...
19:20:11: The Cable Connector Quiz! I got 8/9, only because I'd never heard of the correct name for one of them. http://is.gd/jYUfp
19:31:37: RT @gvwilson: Well, I didn't see *that* coming: http://tinyurl.com/2eql3rz
19:58:11: Absolutely incredible. (article that explains is linked at right) RT @acoyne: Detroit in ruins | http://j.mp/hy9wAV The Observer
20:55:59: RT @RobSprance: I don't know who this Chinese general is, but his toes really do taste like chicken.