Twitter Updates for 21-02-2011

• Pleasent drinks and chatter, preceeded by visit to Hackspace. 00:22:11, 2011-02-21
• Oh, stall-current for these golf-caddy motors is scary. Estimated from graph at 55-60Amps. D: 00:23:07, 2011-02-21
• @retallicka The hackspace or the Pembury? in reply to retallicka 00:23:54, 2011-02-21
• @meekoblue Maybe? 180Watt motors. Gearbox puts out ~400rpm. in reply to meekoblue 00:34:51, 2011-02-21
• I liked a YouTube video — Powerman 5000 – Bombshell http://youtu.be/CflEDeaTtJA?a 00:43:51, 2011-02-21
• Idea: "Department of Corrections" org.uk website, listing all corrections & retractions made by newspapers & official orgs, daily. 13:38:27, 2011-02-21
• Unpleasent dreams last night. Had been kidnapped, had elements of the physical weakness nightmares too. 13:44:57, 2011-02-21
• @retallicka Oh wow. o_o in reply to retallicka 13:46:32, 2011-02-21
• @retallicka Maybe you just need extra-tempting food? Was going to make bolognese tonight, can easily make enough for two. Interested? in reply to retallicka 14:09:29, 2011-02-21
• Sounds like turbulence risk much greater than collision risk for London City Airport #cablecar idea. 14:33:11, 2011-02-21
• @ShemaLioness What's up Shema? in reply to ShemaLioness 16:37:18, 2011-02-21
• The Left 4 Dead 2 Demo is apparently taking up 38Gb of disk space. Something's wrong there. 17:14:21, 2011-02-21
• Impressive for a demo I never actually installed. Windows Add/Remove says it's taking up 2Gb. Revo Uninstaller does not agree. 17:15:12, 2011-02-21
• That's a few gigabytes cleared up. 17:37:36, 2011-02-21
• Now got 70Gb free on the C-drive. Once I defrag it should be ok to go dual-boot again. 18:25:24, 2011-02-21
• @ThrashWolf Aside from specialist pap like Quorn, a veggie diet *should* be cheaper than one with meat in. in reply to ThrashWolf 18:41:54, 2011-02-21
• @ThrashWolf I recommend parsnips roast in honey and paprika. Or anything stuffed with caramelized onions. in reply to ThrashWolf 18:42:56, 2011-02-21
• Intervention from the UN requested by Libyan delegation? Because the UN did so well over the Rwandan genocide in 1994, naturally. 19:17:12, 2011-02-21
• @Lizardbeth Maybe something like Kickstarter would help? Get the money pledged up front, etc. in reply to Lizardbeth 20:29:37, 2011-02-21
• @Lizardbeth Well, could always bundle both into one Kickstart? I woulda thought their rules would allow it. ;) in reply to Lizardbeth 20:36:05, 2011-02-21
• Enough dalliances! Time for engineering! With food! #muahahaha 20:36:50, 2011-02-21
• Full of spaghetti bolognese and honey-roast parsnips. 22:54:38, 2011-02-21

Mirrored from The blog-hub for Peter "Sci" Turpin.

Super-transition

Just thinking of how many super heroes and super villains purport to have had that defining moment where they became one or the other. Some moment of supreme stress, anguish or rage.

I can’t think of a villain who was kicked off on their career of mayhem by being dumped by their boy/girlfriend. But in the worlds various court systems, this level of emotional distress can be enough to plea someones way out of a murder charge just as much as the death of a loved one can. As can so many other unbeleivable defences.

Though you must admit it would be piss-easy to cast someone as a villain if their moment was “gay panic” or seeing a woman expose her ankles.

Of course, whether they see themselves as the villain is another matter completely.

Mirrored from The blog-hub for Peter "Sci" Turpin.