• Twitter Updates for 2010-02-01 – http://jasontucker.us/2p #
• #GeekFit: GeekFit Podcast #40 [Audio] – (360) 450-5026 http://www.geekfit.com/500 #
• yay for excel!: =SUBSTITUTE(A2,".","") #
• Waiting for Jess to finish her dinner then were gunna watch a movie, not sure which yet. #
• Youngest is in bed. 3 songs in and she crashed out hard. :) I love nights like that, it makes me feel good to be a dad. #
• #GeekFit: What's The Secret? http://www.geekfit.com/501 #
• Phrase of the morning: "worst parking job ever!" http://twitpic.com/1119vc #
• I'm excited about Lost tonight #
• I just became the mayor of La Jacks on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/cvlosq #
• Directv why should I follow you on facebook Twitter and YouTube? You sent me and email but WHY should I follow you? What do I get out of it? #
• I'm wondering how @jentucker and I are gunna watch lost together. She tends to go to bed so darn early. I refuse to watch this season alone! #
• Watching House. This is a good one. #
• It would be cool if I would put my youngest to bed at 8:30 so @jentucker an I can watch Lost tonight. It's 2 episodes isn't it? #
• I'm doing something wrong if I cannot unlock the swarm badge on @foursquare during #macworld next week. #
• Wow, seems like one MacWorld vendor just loves to send me the same email over and over. #
• Heading to work. #
• Great… I'm getting a cold! #
• I had lunch at the park. I watched some Jim Rohn videos on youtube and took a walk around the park. It sure is a nice day to be outside. #
• It's not the weekend yet, I have to work Sat from 9am to… I've been elected to run our end of month process (my 1st time) on site :( #
• #FF @jentucker @billpalmer @iprong @mrxinu @ivyartemisia @JimmyVo @mansigupta @ivyartemisia @podfeet @dbwilldo @thatsmysherman @ohatdl #
• http://twitpic.com/11i70u "Subscribe Free" on the podcast page in iTunes. Some other pages say "Subscribe" only. Your thoughts? #
• A vendor of ours is using snagit during a demo. #
• Wow, World of Color at Disneyland is going to be incredible! http://twitpic.com/11jebs http://twitpic.com/11jebm #
• Lunch…. Finally #
• Watching home movies with Jess. http://twitpic.com/11m5xf #
• Rewinding dv tapes sucks. #
• I'm have to work today, run some reports and run a long process that I've have ran before. #
• This whole day is screwed for me. Tomorrow better be better. #
• Good chatting with @mrxinu tonight, we almost never talk on the phone. I'm glad I did tho, @mrsxinu gave me a good laugh :) Thanks hun. #
• Hopefully no xinu's we're harmed by the nature of the laugh, all in good fun. #
• Cleaned up our kitchen closet / pantry thing. Ugh, Gotta go back to work at 8pm for a bit. :( http://twitpic.com/11svif #
• I got an hour or so of work left this morning then I'm a free man. Going to my brother's house to watch superbowl with him and corey. #
• 5 Hours until humorous commercials begin… oh I mean SuperBowl. #
• "Dad, I had toast for breakfast.. can I have ice cream now?" #
• I'm flexing my social media butterfly wings this morning. #
• wrapping up work then popping Jess in the bath before going to my Bro and SIL's house to hang out and watch SuperBowl. #
• Watching football mens run back and forth between Bud Lite commercials. #
• This is the first time I've ever listened to The Who. #
• Coolest part of the half time show is the stage. Not who is on it but just the stage itself. Eh. Lame. #
• How much did CSI pay for that ad? Oh… They wrote that song? Ahh ok. I'm sorry that's the only relivant thing that happened so far. #
• iProng is now Beatweek. because that super bowl bet we lost a super bowl bet back in 2006 finally ended. follow @beatweek /via @billpalmer #

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• Twitter Updates for 2010-01-25 – http://jasontucker.us/dD #
• I dislike Symantec Backup Exec. #
• I just unlocked the "Local" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/8t8Ds0 #
• My Disney Vinylmation Park #2 collection. http://twitpic.com/zrbpz #
• /Film- VOTD: Lost’s Oceanic 815 Crash in Real Time, 24-Style http://bit.ly/4vJh1H via @AddToAny #
• I swear if I get caught by tech support singing to 80's music while on hold I'm gunna be pissed, blushing & giggling like a school girl. #
• Heading home, recording #Geekfit tonight with @mrxinu @swklassen #
• Started walk with @walkmeter at 8:09 PM, on a new route, see http://j.mp/6vx5eR. #
• Looks like I'm having to make a trek to irvine tomorrow morning for a meeting. Gotta be there at 8:30am #
• Sprinkles here at the park #
• No 80's music for Symantec today to sing along to. Yup I'm on the phone with them again. Bone thugs in haromony is playing.. No joke. #
• Are you following the iProng team list? You should we rule. @iProng/iprong-team #
• I call planned leak #appletablet #ipad #iBook #islate #idevice http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/apple-tablet-iphone-os-2/ #
• Watching Castle, "the president of the good looking club" with @jentucker #
• I'm at 499 friends on facebook. Which one of you wants to be #500? http://www.facebook.com/jasongtucker #
• RT @Jason "…back has solar pad for recharging,.." Can it recharge a Tesla? #
• Figures every apple announcement I miss due to some fire at work #
• ePub format, cool. 499, cool #
• Meeting up with @ronploof and @baseballhistory tonight. It's been a little bit since we've seen one another. #
• What about the iPhone? Is the 3GS gunna be the latest for another year? #
• In the car on my way home #
• Who's going to macworld? If we haven't met in person yet and your going I'd love to meet up. DM and let's chat. #
• Man, I really need to put a 1TB drive in my white iMac. Poor thing only has 200gb an it's full. #
• Playing with stanza for iPhone and creating epub files. #
• My iMac isn't acting healthy. Just moved 60 gigs of crap from the internal HD to an external. Onyx next, too much beachballing lately. #
• "Justifying an Apple iPad" http://bit.ly/cnBiBa /via @adamjackson I totally agree get mom one with 3G w/ $14.99 mo & shes good #
• Yay, new Skins (uk) episode! #
• I ended up going to bed at 9:30 last night. I actually fell asleep singing to my daughter to sleep. I got up and just went to bed. Awake now #
• Latest echofon for mac is pretty damn awesome. I may use this more than twhirl #
• Lovely, facebook's picture uploader is broken. #
• "Dad do you know how to say bananas in spanish? 'Alicia' see!" #
• I'm sorry, D23 1 year anniversary Fantasyland event at Disneyland is a complete waste of money. http://tinyurl.com/y9ffbmo /via @Luke94 #
• Preparing to take the youngest to the park to go play. Later we'll be hitting the library for their craft day thing. #
• Woah cool, @foursquare outputs check-in's in iCal. http://bit.ly/aqK8Qq http://twitpic.com/10jlhu #
• Wow, lots of Disneyland check-in's :) http://twitpic.com/10jlyq #
• I just became the mayor of La Mirada Regional Park on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/aoJRV3 #
• I had a great time at the library with Jessalyn today. http://twitpic.com/10l4jl #
• She made a winter crown! http://twitpic.com/10l6ay #
• Steve is always so much louder than me on #geekfit . I'm having to extract audio from video then levelate it. What I do for you listeners! #
• rendering out geekfit audio. Video is done and will be posting it soon. Dunno if i should push both out on the feed, video first audio later #
• #Geekfit #40 post written, uploading… video posting tonight, audio tomorrow. #
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• Uploading GeekFir #40 to youtube. http://twitpic.com/10nqu1 #
• Going to Disneyland today with the family. #
• I just unlocked the "I'm on a boat!" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/9mIwqA #
• #micechat tiki room meetup was way fun. #
• Watching Ponyo, the family has no idea what to think. "HAM!!!!!!" #
• Ponyo was cute but a lil too anime weird for the rest of the family. My 4yr old and I liked it. #
• Ponyo reminded me of Ranma 1/2 and how much I loved that series. 161 episodes I'm gunna start watching it again. http://tinyurl.com/yg7t9wj #
• Yay more Caprica Episode #2! #
• Watching Skins, Thomas' sister says to preacher after he quotes star wars on accident "Obi-Wan Kenobi is like God but with better weapons." #

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• Twitter Updates for 2010-01-18 – http://jasontucker.us/sD #
• I was out 15 days at 45 diff places and unlocked 8 badges in the past month! (via @foursquare) #
• Eating lunch, my head is pounding like crazy. Meds and food should help. #
• Good convo with @mrxinu today during lunch. Fixed #Geekfit feed issue and now heading back to the grind. #
• I wonder how many song Right on Dynamite has sold due to the Microsoft Sync ads being played all over to podosphere? Their website is sad! #
• I felt something weird in my sock under my foot so I take off my sock and find a small pic of my fid and friend http://twitpic.com/yu631 #
• Co-worker just asked me "you aren't going for a walk are you?" I repled "not with an odd tornado watch going on in LA" #Geekfit #
• There is this odd thing called "storm" occuring outside here in the SoCal area. http://twitpic.com/yu8f6 http://twitpic.com/yu8f7 #
• Heading home. #
• 15+ palettes stacked on the back of tour truck… In the rain… Really dood? http://twitpic.com/yvc03 #
• big rain looks like it's going to kick up at noon today. #
• Rainy SoCal fun fact: dress shoes are not made for puddles. #
• Ducks invade Disneyland http://parkthoughts.com/2010/01/20/ducks-invade-disneyland/ #
• Chllin at home with the family, watching Malcolm in the Middle. I got a few wordpress installs to fix tonight for friends and clients. #
• Wow, birthday wishes are already hitting my inbox. My birthday it tomorrow peeps! Early thanks to all. #
• Birthdays – http://jasontucker.us/Qr #
• Oh damn, lightning and thunder! #
• Recording live: http://qik.ly/2Ae9 #qik #
• Watching Golden Compass, the kids got annoying down stairs so I'm watching it in my room. #
• I wrote a blog post thus morning about my previous birthdays – "Birthdays" http://www.jasontucker.us/2010/01/21/birthdays/ #
• Hehehehe: "We at Cheap Ass Gamer would like to wish you a happy cheap ass birthday! Enjoy!" #
• ?? Birthday wishes are pooring in this morning. Thanks all! I wrote a blog post about it: http://www.jasontucker.us/2010/01/21/birthdays/ #
• My @ohatdl bot just gets slammed with direct messages from spammers. #
• Looks like the dept is taking me out for lunch for my birthday today. Awesome. #
• Writing a powershell script :) #
• Birthday lunch. (@ Ruby Tuesday) http://4sq.com/7FwkqQ #
• Wow, Ruby Tuesday is darn good food. I gotta take @jentucker there some time. I was expecting Red Robin style end up being classier & nice. #
• Heading home 1/2 hour early #
• Birthday dinner with the family (@ Outback Steakhouse) http://4sq.com/6SZB0g #
• Jess is determined to make lemonade from a lemon wedge from my water glass at dinner. #
• Woke up around the same time @jentucker did. Allergies kicking in or something couldn't breathe worth a darn. #
• Nice day at Disneyland this morning http://twitpic.com/zep73 #
• CM training a noob: "check your back doors, interact, make them smile and you should smile too!" #ohatdl #
• I love this ride! (@ Toy Story Midway Mania!) http://4sq.com/6s4AXJ #
• Had a great time with Jess at Disneyland today. Now heading for home to relax. http://twitpic.com/zfxj0 #
• Were celebrating my birthday today by going ice skating with family and friends. #
• I don't understand why people download iPhone apps that are seasonal or for an event. The Grammy app? Really? #
• Dear Apple Time Machine when I'm rendering video and using 100% proc and craploads of disk IO it's not ok for you to start backing up. #
• I never know what to wear for Ice skating.63 degrees outside now & will be 30 degrees or something inside. Massive coat or layered sweaters? #
• Thanks to Jen, Corey, Brandon, John, Gloria, Christie and kids for coming to my birthday party. I had a great time and some sweet gifts :) #
• My brother, SIL and cousin's got me gift cards & a great Invicta watch. @jentucker got me a vinylmation park #2 & a display case for them :) #
• I have four Vinylmation Park #2 figures now: Penny Movie, Aquara Mouse, Toon hole and the latest, Poncho. #
• Posting videos from today to Facebook (and youtube) #
• The kids are having fun playing. Jess needs to go to sleep but this is a rarity that they are ALL playing nice together. #

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My youngest daughter Jessalyn is 4 and has only been to a few birthday parties. Her take on a birthday party is one of the following or a combo of any of these:

Place:

• at a park
• while camping
• at the beach
• in the living room
• in someones back yard
• a restaurant

With some of these activities:

• see people you’ve never seen before and hide from everyone
• only close family and a few close friends
• eat food
• sing happy birthday
• eat cake
• eat pizza
• watch others take a wack at piñata
• watch a baby eat a special cake no one else wants to eat because he put his face all over it

My 32nd birthday is tomorrow and Jessalyn is VERY excited and I’m curious as to what she thinks my birthday will be and what combonation above she thinks will be occurring. I didn’t plan my birthday this year my wife did, my understanding is that she hasn’t told Jessalyn about it since she wasn’t quite sure what the activity would be. It was either going to be a trip to the mountains to see and play in the snow or a trip to Disney Ice to go ice skating. Jessalyn hasn’t done much of the former and has never done the latter. Due to the harsh weather that we have been having here in California it looks like we’ll be going to Disney Ice and have fun ice skating. Lately Jessalyn and I have been reading this book before bed called “Skating with Bears” by Andrew Breakspeare. It’s about a boy that isnt good at skating and sneaks out and night and puts his skates on and tries to learn. These mounds of snow near the rink turn into bears and they help him learn to skate. With us reading this book from time to time she’s been asking me about skating and if I’ve ever done it before. We talked about how I use to go skating yearly and how I also use to roller blade quite a bit. The connection of skating and roller blading didn’t quite work out in her head until one day I put them on and showed her. I’d imagine once we take her ice skating she’ll get the connection even more.

Ice skating and my birthday have quite a history. When I was a kid we would pile in as many friends as we could into the car and drive up to Blue Jay to go ice skating at the Ice Castle. We must have went to the Ice Castle at least 4 or 5 years in a row. In 2001 I wanted to go to the Ice Castle for my birthday and that year after a major storm the Ice Castle was severely damaged when the roof collapsed and they closed the place. A few years later we went ice skating at Disney Ice which looks like is now called The Rinks Anaheim Ice and we’ve been going there ever since. I wouldn’t mind making my birthday all about ice skating, everyone but Jen loves doing it. She typically sits on the side or in the bleachers and watches and takes pictures of us. Some day I’ll get her on the ice!

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• The honda chuck commercial was very smart. I'd watch more commercials if they were of that caliber and style. #
• Running spambot search and destroy on a win7 netbook sucks. Crazy slow process! #
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• I'm back at work today, running at about 80% luckly my task this morning is to so some winter cleaning of my desk, felt kinda spinny during. #
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• I use the term "crap" quite jokingly. He was more ragging on me like a good boss should. #
• Back home to sickville to work from home. @jentucker tells me that our oldest is sick with the flu as well. Sorry honey! #
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• Wow, Jen is right the neighbor's music is quite annoying during the day. #
• Apparently I follow a lot of people that have some involvement with the Streamy awards. #
• Working from home is not the easiest, Jessalyn is on my case non stop "Dad is it 5:30 yet?" every x minutes. My wife rules managing her :) #
• Taking the oldest and myself to urgent care. She's quite sick and I'm recovering but still under the weather. #
• I just unlocked the "Superstar" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/70QVaB #
• My tummy is all sorts of jacked up. I thought I was better but I guess not. Dr wants me to return to work on the 14th that's what I will do #
• Caitlin has 2 pink eyes and has the flu, I'm still jacked up as well. I hope Jen Chris and Jess come out of this untouched. #
• Working from home again today, stomach is quite jacked up. Oldest daughter crashed on the couch last night I wonder how she's doing? #
• Got the 4 year old in the bath. Once she's done were gunna watch a movie. I'm thinking veggie tales #
• Watching Bugs Life with Jess #
• Dear teenager: It's funny how myspace stops working after I tell you to go to bed. ph34r the network admin Dad! #
• It's almost worth the plane trip to fly up to WA and record @mrxinu dancing in a class like this: http://is.gd/6eDiN #geekfit #
• Back at work today. I have a few meetings to attend to today so it's gunna be busy. #
• Working late tonight. #
• Still at work. Symantec I hate you! Love, Jason. #
• Still at work. Talking to symantec about backupexec agents failing during update deployment #
• Today was a long day at work #
• I'm recording the Lady Gaga interview on Oprah tonight I'm curious of the hints @billpalmer has been mentioning http://twitpic.com/y6pf3 #
• Lovely, my mophie juice pack is making a mosquito noise #
• On my way home. #
• Sick again, 100.3 F fever. I'm soo done with this!!! #
• When my wife watches Cowboys football she is soooooo loud #
• My temp is 99.5. I've been in bed all day yesterday into today. My plan is to get cleaned up and take it easy. #
• I'm feeling much better today. I'm up and moving around some so that's good. This last week has sucked for me! #
• I have no idea where this 2nd round of flu came from. Sun-wed sick, all day sat sick! Annoying, glad my temp is 98.6 now. #
• I forgot just how bad the Bee Movie really is. #
• My loving wife is bring me home some chicken noodle soup from panera. #
• Yup, that should fix me up! http://twitpic.com/yldeu #
• #goldenglobes nope were watching the #icarlyawards http://twitpic.com/ylquz #
• Watching ace of cakes Duff on Imagination Movers with Jess. #
• "Dad, can I rub your back?" I love this kid! #

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• Awake after a long weekend spent with family it's now back to work. #
• Very funny Twitter t-shirt – I'm with @stupid http://twitter.threadless.com/product/2163/I_m_with_stupid #
• Watching Handy Manny Motorcycle Adventure with Jessalyn http://twitpic.com/wq01d #
• Reading iProng issue #57 I usually read it for the articles :) Katharine McPhee on the cover http://iprong.com/2474 #
• Hmm, mediatemple is borking on us tonight. Anyone else? #
• so @mediatemple looks like @iprong @Mums_Studio @fadiandraus @raphaelcaixeta @austinlauritsen @reelseo all are having issues tonight #
• We're having issue as well. :( site not loading, mysql db connection failed and such. @reelseo @TheFilmStage @grapefrukt @mediatemple #
• On the iPhone talking with @billpalmer about AT&T then the call drops going over a hill. Figures #
• new echofon is out supports lists and official rt function. #
• Oh the new echofon's list feature is quite nice. Here's a screenie: http://twitpic.com/wv9p5 #
• Wow the Rapier skin for xbmc is really nice looking. #
• I'll be trying out a new app called WalkMeter it may send a tweet or 2 during my walk today. http://www.abvio.com/walkmeter #
• New ver of Facebook app is out.has a contact syncing / matching thing. Next a booty call drunk dialer that finds single friends of friends. #
• Traffic on the way home? WTF? #
• Traffic on Colima blvd. Whittier locals what's going on here? #
• I work 8 miles away from home so I don't have traffic. Something is up here. Colima @ Camino Del Sur it's packed http://twitpic.com/wzqa0 #
• Had a good time talking with @billpalmer we always end up in a laughing fit some point in the convo. #
• Boxee beta: Mac, Win, Ubuntu not available for Apple TV yet working with the atv-creator community. http://bit.ly/57Mo6x #
• 40 mins on hold with symantec + 30 mins on hold before disconnection. Message says they are having comp issues. #
• I'm estimating 2:00 when I get to eat lunch :( #
• #GeekFit: GeekFit Links of the week January 7, 2010 http://www.geekfit.com/477 #
• At work checking up on a backup I was doing. Waiting for this tape to finish then swap tapes and go home. #
• xkcd.com :: Admin Mourning http://bit.ly/68qSYm #
• RT @acoolong: Lenovo, you seriously just turned away an HP employee from your party bc they're your competition? That's just bad form. #
• Tape swapped.. heading home. #
• My consipracy senses are tingling. Beta for boxee is out for everything but appletv. Boxee Box shown at #CES. Hmmmmmm hmmmmmm #
• Any of my Twitter peeps gunna be at Disneyland tonight? #
• #GeekFit: GeekFit Links of the week January 8, 2010 http://www.geekfit.com/480 #
• Playing Go Fish with Jessalyn. http://twitpic.com/xas9d #
• Watching Icabod and Mr Toad. Neither of us have seen it before, rode the ride a bunch tho. http://twitpic.com/xau2y #
• Ok, enough of that, moving on to Jungle Book instead. http://twitpic.com/xawb4 #
• TicketMaster + Live Nation = LiveBastard? BastardNation? #
• Jess and I packed a lunch. Looks like were going to Disneyland today. Anyone else going? #
• I love that there are so many Disneyland based twitter accounts: @ohatdl @dlfastpass @findingmickey @atdland #
• Hitting Disneyland with my 4 year old strollerless. #
• Wow an empty goofy lot! (@ Mickey & Friends Parking Structure) http://4sq.com/1QB2QO #
• Water drained at Disneyland, haunted mansion closed. http://twitpic.com/xeftq http://twitpic.com/xeftp #
• Jeeze the ship does drive like it's on rails! http://twitpic.com/xeg6z http://twitpic.com/xeg6t #
• "dude, Disneyland is starting to look like a tent city!" @ohatdl http://twitpic.com/xegn4 #
• Funny shirt i saw while waiting in line for Pooh: "I'm not late, I stay on Hawaiian time!" @ohatdl #
• "Dad why does the guy say 'my the forest be with you!'?" asks my 4 year old while watching jedi academy #ohatdl #
• Watching the slow process of the deconstruction of my daughters lunch. #
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• Heading for home. Had a fun day at Disneyland. http://twitpic.com/xg1sa http://twitpic.com/xg1rx #
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• Heading for home (@ Mickey & Friends Parking Structure) http://4sq.com/1QB2QO #
• Watching football with Jen. no matter how hard I try I still never "get it". Updated my avatar of an old pic of me rockin a Cowboys shirt. #
• I feel like the front of my face is gunna fall off. Damn you allergies! #
• I'm not feeling good today, sinuses are jacked up and a flu like tummy ache. Jess keeps bugging me to play with her ugh. #
• The kids are being their typical pains in the ass not listening to Jen. sleep overs bring kids & a trashed out. Jen isn't too happy bout it. #
• NBC Pulls Plug on Leno Prime Time Show http://dlvr.it/MKT /via @lanewsnow wow that didn't last very long. #
• Visa gift card fail! Lids website won't accept it :( /via @donttickleme hey @ellenyar know why? #
• Grrrr @Boxee beta crashes after 5 minutes of use no matter what I'm doing #
• Laying in bed sick, watching CurrentTv on directv since boxee keeps crashing on my iMac. #
• I've watched quite a bit of tv today, all of which was Current TV, digging Embedded, great show about music. #
• I just saw a commercial for fructose corn syrup? Wow, it was paid for by corn growers. The big take away was "in moderation" #Geekfit #
• … and here come the full body chills and the spins. I rarely get sick but when I do it's full bore. #
• I'm glad @jentucker and Jess are not here, I think i'd be a grouch if they were. Jen keeps sending me funny pics of them at Disneyland heheh #
• Lovely… tummy ache, spins, chills and now a head ache. #
• And in case you thought I was jesting over the "signed some guy's balls" tweet: http://is.gd/62oxP #nopantsaz /via @evo_terra too funny!!!!! #
• Anyone have any iPhone game codes I could redeem and enjoy? I'm soooooo done with live TV. #

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• Writing stardard operating procedures on how to clean up your outlook inbox. #
• Listening to Griddlecakes Radio, @ronploof rules! http://twitpic.com/vmtd3 #
• Knocked out 2 miles of walking at work #geekfit #
• Working out a live show for #geekfit for sometime later this week. Gotta ping @mrxinu about it. #
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• connected with Ellie Morriso… in Chorus on iPhone. Get Chorus http://bit.ly/4voUrG. Connect with Jason Tucker http://bit.ly/51M6PP. #
• Wow, chorus iPhone app is quite spammy on fb and Twitter. #
• Have you taken the GeekFit Listener Survey? It's 100% anonymous and its only 14 questions! http://www.geekfit.com/listener-survey/ #
• First time here. (@ Frisco's Carhops Bar & Grill) http://4sq.com/4TfWnI #
• Home from work and 2 side jobs. Watching Chris play Batman on Xbox 360 #
• Yes Keurig, I would like some iced coffee so I can get my iProng.com hack on ;) http://twitpic.com/vukch #
• Oh it's "Wear a jacket to work day". I guess the news, weather widget & walking outside in the cold wasn't a solid indication to me. Brrrrr! #
• GeekFit peeps, we're running a survey to get a better idea of who you are & what your demographic is: http://www.geekfit.com/listener-survey #
• #GeekFit: 2009 Listener Survey http://www.geekfit.com/471 #
• Win a license of the awesome Store ecommerce theme (http://bit.ly/4RASQ5) at BloggingPro http://bit.ly/6GlJgH on @blpro #
• I just became the mayor of Workman Temple Museum on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/5FkUkX #
• Listening to some patron at Chipotle talking about MLM and "super Sunday" and making friends and selling with his "team". #
• What's the going rate for a used wii system in LA/OC. Craigslist is showing $150+/- #
• Watching Cinderella with the kids #
• Watching Swordfish, next is Sneakers ;) #
• Ask me anything http://formspring.me/jasontucker #
• Going into work today '1/2 day', working until 2pm then catching a 2:30 showing of Avatar IMAX #
• Made it to Avatar Imax at 2:30. Whew! #
• Avatar Imax 3D (@ AMC Theaters – Puente Hills) http://4sq.com/682PKj #
• Yup that's me partying hard… Diet coke… Mini tacos… With my kids… At home… On the couch… #
• Singing twinkle twinkle: Cool cool little strong. Why wouldn't care what you are a boo-boo hello world so high lik (cont) http://tl.gd/1e3tg #
• Watching the neighbors shoot each other with roman candles. #
• Whittier sounds like a war zone. Where they selling mortors somewhere? #
• ???? Happy New Year! ???? #
• Who's staying up til Hawaii rings in the new year? #
• Watching bull dogs slide down a rose parade float with Jessalyn #
• That's right, were rebels! http://twitpic.com/w9idc #
• #GeekFit: GeekFit Links of the week January 1, 2010 http://www.geekfit.com/476 #
• Watching the movie Extract with @jentucker pretty good 1/3 into it. #
• Win a new Canon 5DMKII or $2700 of photo printing/product from @WHCCPro & Scott Bourne. Pls RT. Info: http://bit.ly/6Mtx9I #
• Hair cut, hair dresser is an AP holder, told her about http://ohatdl.com and now Jess and I are going to the library. #
• library is closed! Grrrrrrrr #
• I just unlocked the "Super User" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/8i2VGy #
• I was watching Whip It until Jess came down stairs just as the girl said "what's your roller name?" "Jabba the Slut". Now watching Bolt. #
• Going to Disneyland this morning, just @jentucker and I. Expect some @ohatdl submissions from us :) #
• Going to watch great moments with Mr Lincon it's @jentucker and I first time ever seeing it. http://twitpic.com/wisit #
• The #ohatdl crew is at Disneyland today. Hit up up and say Hi! #
• I just unlocked the "Explorer" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/7lNCGI #
• Sucks @jentucker posed and everything! http://twitpic.com/wiz8q #
• That is in fact terror in my eyes. I almost squeezed @jentucker leg off! http://twitpic.com/wj4wz #
• I just unlocked the "Photogenic" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/6GSSFJ #
• "don't you dare post that on the Internet!" sorry babe it's damn classic! #ohatdl http://twitpic.com/wjbgr #
• "Dude whats the score? 3g sucks at Disneyland" #ohatdl #
• Yup.. listening to Biz Markie "Just a Friend" after singing it with @jentucker in the car on the way home… yea dont ask :) #
• What is with the massive line for Pirates? #Disneyland #

Originally published at Jason Tucker. You can comment here or there.

Tags: twitter

• Twitter Updates for 2009-12-21 – http://jasontucker.us/ks #
• Thanks vendor for sending me a gift basket. Chocolates are too damn tempting. I shared at work and sending the rest home #geekfit #
• played with http://www.wheredoyougo.net/ pretty cool way to build a heat map of where you have checked in on #FourSquare #
• Figures, no lunch until after this meeting. I should have went at noon like I wanted. :( #
• Listening to TWiG, taking a walk at lunch in the cool "winter weather" #Geekfit #
• Classmates.com, I'll only join your service again once Facebook buys you, then I won't have to ;) http://twitpic.com/ukadc #
• I've been on hold for 35 minutes. WTH symantec? http://twitpic.com/ukmsg #
• How many of you say Gee Bee vs "gigabyte" when reading GB aloud? #
• Symantec Indian support team says GEE BEE. Made me giggle. #
• I'm beat. Heading home finally. #
• "Kirby wants to be a Dentist!" http://twitpic.com/uli38 #
• Looks like they're testing the World of Color water screens. Going to have to check them out. via @Luke94 #
• I'm watching the dollhouse episode the attic and man what a trip. I'm four minutes into it looks like a pretty crazy episode #
• Fine, I'll get out of bed if I have to! #
• Why is bejeweled on the iPhone such a battery suck? #
• RT @drobo RT to win!: "Follow @Drobo to win a FREE Drobo S! http://bit.ly/5tejIU " and be entered to WIN ONE! Winner announced 12/23! #Drobo #
• Don't get screwed on new post-holiday return policies – http://jasontucker.us/k9 #
• Jessalyn painting with grandma http://twitpic.com/uwdrs #
• More painting with grandma http://twitpic.com/uwg6h #
• It was awesome to hang out with my mom tonight, i only get to see her 1 or 2 times a year. #
• How much is it for singing lessons? I have 2 kids that need it… just so I don't have to hear bad singing OVER and OVER. #
• Had a great lunch at the familys house. Dinner in chino hills with more fam. #
• I just unlocked the "Adventurer" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/4uQ2PM #
• Scanning old photos my mom brought me, it brings back old happy memories ;) #
• Hey! I'm live on Ustream from my iPhone – http://ustre.am/CXx #
• I'm broadcasting, from my iPhone, live on Ustream – http://ustre.am/CXx #
• The stockings were hung on the wall with care in hopes of daddy getting 6-7 hrs of sleep before being woken with 4 year old excitement. #
• I was up til 3:30am last night and was woken at 7:30am. It's 1am now I hope I can sleep till at least 8. We'll see when Jess wakes me in am #
• Ugh, it feels like I got run over by a reindeer! #
• Pope, i feel the same way! http://tinyurl.com/yab5ol2 #
• Whoohooo! Home runs all around this Christmas! Everyone is stoked about the gifts they got this holiday. #
• "Dad, I wish you were 4 years old like me!" #
• Drifting in Need for Speed Shift on the iPhone is hard. #
• Making play-doh stuff with Jess http://twitpic.com/vh2ze http://twitpic.com/vh2zh #
• It trips me out when kids can recite lines from movies #
• When will mobile phones (cell phones) be called communicators. My iPhone is less a phone and more an ip connected communication device. #
• Tbh, I'd rather pay less for service just having wireless cell based net access & on demand voice access. I'd imagine there are more like me #
• Waiting for Up in the air to start. Aparently this is the older (like with a discount) persons Avatar. #
• I just unlocked the "Crunked" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/6p7f1S #
• Yummy! (@ Wing Stop – La Habra) http://4sq.com/4pttMT #
• WTF? In La Habra: "hair & nail casino" is their motto that getting your hair done here is a gamble? http://twitpic.com/vjjzx #
• For those of you playing the home game: hair casio > small house > little house on the prarie > Michael Landon dealing a poker game. #
• watching Jess play DigDug #
• preparing to upload Xmas pics and vids to flickr and youtube. #
• uploading pics then doing a puzzle with @jentucker #
• Crazy wide Disney Villians puzzle @jentucker and I are working on. http://twitpic.com/vk4z3 #
• Wstching to VOiD on justin.tv http://www.justin.tv/v01d#r=hLcotAo #
• Stupid NBC canceled
  The Philanthropist !!! What bastards! #

Originally published at Jason Tucker. You can comment here or there.

Tags: twitter

• Twitter Updates for 2009-12-21 – http://jasontucker.us/ks #
• Thanks vendor for sending me a gift basket. Chocolates are too damn tempting. I shared at work and sending the rest home #geekfit #
• played with http://www.wheredoyougo.net/ pretty cool way to build a heat map of where you have checked in on #FourSquare #
• Figures, no lunch until after this meeting. I should have went at noon like I wanted. :( #
• Listening to TWiG, taking a walk at lunch in the cool "winter weather" #Geekfit #
• Classmates.com, I'll only join your service again once Facebook buys you, then I won't have to ;) http://twitpic.com/ukadc #
• I've been on hold for 35 minutes. WTH symantec? http://twitpic.com/ukmsg #
• How many of you say Gee Bee vs "gigabyte" when reading GB aloud? #
• Symantec Indian support team says GEE BEE. Made me giggle. #
• I'm beat. Heading home finally. #
• "Kirby wants to be a Dentist!" http://twitpic.com/uli38 #
• Looks like they're testing the World of Color water screens. Going to have to check them out. via @Luke94 #
• I'm watching the dollhouse episode the attic and man what a trip. I'm four minutes into it looks like a pretty crazy episode #
• Fine, I'll get out of bed if I have to! #
• Why is bejeweled on the iPhone such a battery suck? #
• RT @drobo RT to win!: "Follow @Drobo to win a FREE Drobo S! http://bit.ly/5tejIU " and be entered to WIN ONE! Winner announced 12/23! #Drobo #
• Don't get screwed on new post-holiday return policies – http://jasontucker.us/k9 #
• Jessalyn painting with grandma http://twitpic.com/uwdrs #
• More painting with grandma http://twitpic.com/uwg6h #
• It was awesome to hang out with my mom tonight, i only get to see her 1 or 2 times a year. #
• How much is it for singing lessons? I have 2 kids that need it… just so I don't have to hear bad singing OVER and OVER. #
• Had a great lunch at the familys house. Dinner in chino hills with more fam. #
• I just unlocked the "Adventurer" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/4uQ2PM #
• Scanning old photos my mom brought me, it brings back old happy memories ;) #
• Hey! I'm live on Ustream from my iPhone – http://ustre.am/CXx #
• I'm broadcasting, from my iPhone, live on Ustream – http://ustre.am/CXx #
• The stockings were hung on the wall with care in hopes of daddy getting 6-7 hrs of sleep before being woken with 4 year old excitement. #
• I was up til 3:30am last night and was woken at 7:30am. It's 1am now I hope I can sleep till at least 8. We'll see when Jess wakes me in am #
• Ugh, it feels like I got run over by a reindeer! #
• Pope, i feel the same way! http://tinyurl.com/yab5ol2 #
• Whoohooo! Home runs all around this Christmas! Everyone is stoked about the gifts they got this holiday. #
• "Dad, I wish you were 4 years old like me!" #
• Drifting in Need for Speed Shift on the iPhone is hard. #
• Making play-doh stuff with Jess http://twitpic.com/vh2ze http://twitpic.com/vh2zh #
• It trips me out when kids can recite lines from movies #
• When will mobile phones (cell phones) be called communicators. My iPhone is less a phone and more an ip connected communication device. #
• Tbh, I'd rather pay less for service just having wireless cell based net access & on demand voice access. I'd imagine there are more like me #
• Waiting for Up in the air to start. Aparently this is the older (like with a discount) persons Avatar. #
• I just unlocked the "Crunked" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/6p7f1S #
• Yummy! (@ Wing Stop – La Habra) http://4sq.com/4pttMT #
• WTF? In La Habra: "hair & nail casino" is their motto that getting your hair done here is a gamble? http://twitpic.com/vjjzx #
• For those of you playing the home game: hair casio > small house > little house on the prarie > Michael Landon dealing a poker game. #
• watching Jess play DigDug #
• preparing to upload Xmas pics and vids to flickr and youtube. #
• uploading pics then doing a puzzle with @jentucker #
• Crazy wide Disney Villians puzzle @jentucker and I are working on. http://twitpic.com/vk4z3 #
• Wstching to VOiD on justin.tv http://www.justin.tv/v01d#r=hLcotAo #
• Stupid NBC canceled
  The Philanthropist !!! What bastards! #

Originally published at Jason Tucker. You can comment here or there.

Tags: twitter

I stole the following from this Consumerist article. I thought it was pretty important to share since I don’t want to see any of my friends get screwed over while returning presents this holiday season.

Consumer Reports released some advice for potential shoppers. Here’s their advice:

Get a receipt or gift receipt. Despite longer grace periods, retailers are becoming more insistent on a receipt in order to get a refund, and they’re more inclined to turn away customers without proof of purchase. Without a receipt, they may offer a store credit for the lowest price the item sold for.

Keep packaging intact. Stores are likely to refuse a return if the packaging materials are open or discarded. Even a missing instruction manual, cords and cables or warranty card can give retailers reason to deny the return.

Be wary online. Don’t just throw it in a box and mail it back. Online returns usually require a packing slip (typically included in any gift order), and a return authorization number. Call ahead to ensure that all requirements are being met.

Don’t break seals or cut out UPC codes. Items like computer software, video games, CDs and DVDs aren’t generally returnable for another title after the seal has been broken. If an item comes with a rebate offer, make sure it works before removing the UPC code to redeem the rebate.

Also, watch out for restocking fees at major retailers, mostly for big-ticket items.

• Amazon.com: 15% restocking fees for computers and fine jewelry
• Best Buy: 15% restocking fees on laptops, camcorders, digital cameras and GPS navigators
• Bidz.com: 15% restocking fee on all items. Plus shoppers have only 15 days to return items.
• Sears: 15% restocking fee applies to electronics products returned without the original box, used, and without all of the original packaging. The penalty also applies to some other products.
• Home Depot: special-orders and some cancelled orders are subject to a 15 percent restocking fee.
• Macys: 10% restocking fee on furniture
• Newegg.com: 15% restocking fee on all major purchases if the box is opened

Blatantly stolen from Consumerist who quoted Consumer Reports.

Originally published at Jason Tucker. You can comment here or there.

Tags: cool stuff, gadgets, tech