Leaving the Twitter nest

Twitter had never really captured my interest. I used to be, and still mostly am, a private person who rarely shares what they're up to with the broader world. This led to me tweeting very little and primarily using it to doomscroll and retweet anything that caused a reaction in me.

With that said, there were some good moments, either inspired tweets I've retweeted or when I really gave it a go and tried to make it work. This will be a guided tour of everything that made me laugh or reminded me of something good when going through my Twitter archive, so enjoy.

Going forward, I doubt I'll use Twitter for anything other than complaining to companies. I've moved to geekyaubergine.com, which is powered by Micro.blog (a community/platform I'd highly recommend looking into).

My Tweets

Top Tweet

2020-02-11

Shocking Straight Brexit Banana. As soon as I saw this, I knew I had to reference the straight banana rumours surrounding Brexit.

The Rest

These first few tweets are cringe, enjoy

2012-04-16

I need to get a good photo for my avatar.

The first tweet, how boring

2012-10-13

I do love it when my program's finally start to look promising. #Python

2012-11-05

So, it would appear last night that I impulse bought PrisonArchitect. One of my best buys this year, fantastic game. Especially for an alpha

Ok, maybe not cringe, but it is still a very good game

2012-11-20

I need to get a 5 x 5 x 5 Rubik's cube.

I have one now and love it; sue me.

2012-11-26

Senior Maths Challenge today, could be a laugh.

God, was I cool, maths challanges, so funny hahhahahhaa

2013-01-21

I've missed #objective-c nice to finally get back to it.

The worst opinion I've ever had

2013-06-13

I swear my bank account cries every time there's a steam sale.

Universal truths. Still the most I've spent in a steam sale

2013-07-24

Just seen a duck sneeze. Not sure what is was expecting, but not that.

I wish I remembered what it sounded like

2013-08-02

Listening to Les Mis and programming, I call that a win.

It's a vibe

2013-08-03

The 'calm' before the storm.

I miss Disney. Looking out over Crescent Lake heading from EPCOT to the Yacht and Beach Club/Swan and Dolphin.

2013-08-03

Burger phone

If I'm not mistaken, this is just outside the bathrooms in Adventureland

2013-10-03

Glad to say that my UCAS application is done!

I remember that, screw that form

2013-11-16

The build is starting to come together (the parts at least)

2013-11-17

Java + MySQL is a buddle of fun...

Turns out I've never been able to spell

2013-12-27

I love it when you find a bug, add code to print info, and the bug is magically fixed. Gotta love #debugging

🤮

2014-02-25

Nothing quiet like revision and classical music

How did I ever pass English?

2014-11-21

A design that I've been playing around with for @UP_Racing.@richboakes

Glad to see my design skills have improved a little since then

2016-06-23

And now we wait #iVoted

It was not worth the wait

2016-09-02

Doing a hard reboot on a train because it's stuck, that's a new one on me

This was interesting

2017-02-20

Oxygen Not Included by @klei is amazing, can't wait to see the finished product.

I had some good opinions, and this was one of them. I still love this game

2017-02-24

That time Dorris took out a tree

2017-02-28

Semi-successful pancakes on the worst hob I've ever used

2017-02-25

Uber got very drunk and thought a 10-minute drive would take 5 hours

2017-03-16

I got selected for the Monzo shares scheme, so I became a proper adult and bought a whole 10 shares

2017-03-19

Saw the new Beauty and The Beast movie

2017-04-29

Did some walking, got a badge

2017-06-20

Sky developer using prod keys

2017-08-16

Got up far too early to see a very big ~boat~ship

2017-08-26

Went to Victorious festival as a non-festival person, was alright

2017-10-19

Cold and beautiful morning on the last working day of the year.

2018-04-12

Funny train name

2018-04-18

Traditional first BBQ of the year post

2019-04-22

Traditional first BBQ of the year post (yes, it was a year between good posts)

2019-05-29

IEEE 754 Go brrr

2019-10-25

2020-12-25

Covid meant I couldn't go home for Christmas, so I did my first-ever roast. Very successful, all things considered, and I only set the fire alarm off once.

That time when I tried to make a Minecraft Mod

I owe a lot to this mod (maybe not my windmill design skills). I learned many programming skills on a fun project I was motivated about. It's a shame it never went further than prototypes, though it was highly ambitious.