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Looking Back

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I clicked the Readability bookmarklet by accident when viewing my profile page on Twitter and was surprised to get a single, nicely formatted page of every tweet I’ve ever written (all 500-ish of them). I had fun taking a look back at the last 31 months. Here’s a selection.

2008

  • My next-door neighbours are involved in making a feature film, shooting tonight nearby.
  • Conan the Barbarian or Super Mario Galaxy? Just one of life’s puzzles. Who am I kidding? Mario beats Arnold hands-down.
  • Listening to TMBG’s new children’s album… after E. has gone to bed. Is it bad that I enjoy it as much as her?
  • Just saw Eastern Promises. Great movie, great eye-stabbing scene.
  • Four chicken frames -> eight litres of chicken stock, frozen, to last us for the next few weeks.
  • Time to spend some time in the curious village.
  • How would YOU matchmake a bunch of humans into groups that then play each other at some game? Huh?
  • Basking in the glory of a freshly cleaned car.
  • Bowling is easier on the Wii. Beginning to suspect same for boxing.
  • Car stolen, crashed and written off. Up since 4am with the police.

2009

  • Back home; squeeze in an hours coding before bed at 3:30am, then wake up at 8:30am to get back to the Jam.
  • Been indoors for 8 days. Finally starting to feel on the mend. Was quite worried there for a bit – thought we were goners. Swine flu sucks!
  • Dana wants to push up to jump. Eighties child can’t handle more than one button. A to blow, B to jump… how hard can it be?
  • Final Twin Peaks sesh tonight. Dinner: T-Bone with Diane sauce, potato au gratin, salad, beer. Snacks: showbag goodies, beer.
  • Just tried to get into the wrong car. For five minutes.
  • Coffee and croissant at Perth airport, waiting for flight to Melbourne. Go!
  • Whisky poisoning not too bad. Coffee and shower, then off for Jaffe’s keynote.
  • Farbs: fan e-mail is a gateway drug to self-Googling.
  • Best advice for startups from the big publishers: “don’t build an MMO”.
  • Yahtzee says Project Natal is a “creepy little boy simulator”.
  • Dinner at Attica… Rob Sitch and Eddie Maguire just walked in. Only in Melbourne!
  • Plan to polish & release KranzkyEngine, and develop PostalWorker, which was devised at the hotel bar.
  • What’s up with the Hawkeye 4wd driving around with like 20 cameras mounted all over it? Seen in Northbridge.
  • Great party last night; 21yo scotch, good cheese, and arthouse cinema in the back garden. All while the kids went berserk. In a good way.
  • I ran 14345m before hitting a wall and tumbling to my death on my iPhone.

2010

  • Mixed a brandy-and-dry, and drank while munching green olives with pimientos. I think my hair will turn a swept-back grey soon.
  • Frankly, you should quite frankly prototype your GUI. Frankly, I say!
  • Channel 9 commentary: “he’s universally known in America”
  • Note to self: don’t type “anal” into the address bar as a shortcut to Google Analytics.
  • Counted dozens of smashed car windows walking to train station. Some brand new luxury cars in dealerships too.
  • Arrived at beautiful holiday house on the beach in Eagle Bay. Now, to figure out the optimum way to relax…
  • Played San Juan at 399bar last night, and I must say it was pretty cool. More German board games in small bars!
  • “I saw it on YouTube” not a valid defense for making daughter Cheerios fried in butter. But it seems so American! And we had no popcorn!
  • Curse you, Desktop Dungeons, for stealing my Friday night.
  • Chicken livers and ladies fingers at The Prophet. Good friends, good wine, good times. Great party at Tee’s afterwards. Eh, what kids???
  • Oh man that was totally fucked up. In the most awesome of ways. Breaking Bad, you’re the best thing ever.
  • Off tonight for a beef injection (1.5kg 400+ day dry aged wagyu ribeye to share, with roasted bone marrow and potatoes gratin). And wine!
  • Meat Stylus.
  • I am the mayor of crumpet (unfortunately NOT a euphemism).
  • Just realised I’m sharing my iTunes library at work. Trouble is, I’ve only used this laptop to assemble a playlist for my mum’s 60th.

Hmmm… what a strange way to look back on your life! But, I gotta say, I prefer myself in retrospect :)