Catspeek Dickshunary

Wow, there is really some cat talk going on the internet Especially for lolcats and some cats Chatting on Twitter.

I've followed @satsugaicat and sometimes its hard to understand cat speak, but I found a dictionary for you folks to enjoy cat speak.

But these are the things I would like to add:

MOL - Meow out Loud

ROTFM - Rolling on the floor Meowing

Pawsome - ~hu AWESOME 

Nom - ~hu food (nom nom nom.. sound of cat eating)

#fursday - A tag on Twitter for cats to recommend folks.

*nosetap* - greeting from a cat, a form of hello

Atenshun -  ~hu Attention

... damn.. too much to list.

--Iron Bowl

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Catspeek Dickshunary

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Learn how to talk like a cat for self-survival

Okay, so it was inevitable. You hang around with fuzzballs long enough, you're going to pick up their language eventually. However, for the catspeak-challenged, I've assembled this little usage dictionary to make their mewsings more understandable.

You see-- you've already learned one word. You will see many others on CLAW member pages. Before you know it, you too will talk like a cat. Miaou!

Affur	Hu. after	prep. Later in time; following Ex. 'Affur you, my winkwink.'
brofur	Hu. brother	n. Male sibling.
catress	Hu. actress	n. A female purrformer.
dats	Hu. That's	Contraction of "dat is". Ex. 'Dats what I'm trying to tell you.'
d*gs	Hu. dogs (vulgar)	noun 4-legged human companion far inferior to cats
ennything	Hu.anything	pron. Act, condition. Ex. 'Did you do ennything to your fur?'
evfur	Hu. ever	adv. Element of illusive time, i.e. 'Will you evfur be ready?'
fud	Hu. food	n.Sustenance. Of supreme importance to most cats. Ex. 'Don't furget the fud!'
fur	Hu. for, far (sl.)	adv. A measure of space or time
furevfur	Hu. forever	adv. Lasting as long as time.
furriend	Hu. friend	n. A fond name for a loved one. Ex. You will always be my best furriend.'
furry	Hu. very	adv.Extremely. Ex. The Wicked Twins are furry furry happy today.
furst	Hu. first	adv. A unit of impurrtance. Ex. 'I was furst in line!'
leeve	Hu. leave	v. Depart. Ex. 'Pleeze leeve the purrmises, Sir.'
leftofurs	Hu.leftovers	n. That which remains. With food, usually served again at a later time, and usually tasting better then.
mewsic	Hu. music	n. Vocal or instrumental sounds that are pleasing to the ear.
meowmie	Hu. Mommy	n. Female parent to a cat; may be two or four-legged.
nevfur	Hu. never	adv. Without possibility of happening.
ovfur	Hu. over	prep. surmounting, overcoming.
purrformance	Hu.performance	noun. An entertainment event for an audience, e.g., Clyde Big Paw's purrformance at the CLAW Theatre.
propurrty	Hu.property	n. Real estate, belongings. Ex. 'That tuna is MY propurrty!'
purrposed	Hu.proposed	verb. Presented to others for consideration. ex.: 'My brofur purrposed to his winkwink.'
purrsuader	Hu.persuader	n. A complimentary description of one who is very convincing.
sisfur	Hu. sister	noun Female sibling.
smurgle smurgle	Hu. (see def.)	v. Acts depicting intense affection between feline members of the opposite sex, best left to the imagination of the reader.
wedwink	Hu. wedding	n. Results from a ceremony reminiscent of a human wedding. Not all winkwinks can become wedwinks, because their humans lack the graphic skills to produce the extravaganza. A grandiose wedwink has just begun at dorissimo's domain.
winkwink	Hu.Sweetheart, betrothed	n. A serious commitment between two cats which much be approved by their brofurs, sisfurs, and hoomin beans (aka purrsons). The story of Taliesin's and Dwnn's courtship is athttp://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/5516/twidgy.html. Such a sweet story; take a hankie when you read it. It's like a long-term engagement, and as with many humans' engagements it may not lead to the altar.
wood	Hu. would	v. Past tense of 'will'. Ex. 'Wood you pass the catnip, pleeze?'
waz	Hu. was	v. Past tense of 'is'.
whateffur	Hu.whatever	n. Any and all. Ex. 'Whateffur you want my dear.'
whatz	Hu. what's	Contraction of 'what iz'. Ex. 'Whatz the purroblem here?'
iz, wuz	Hu. is	v. Third purrson state of being. Ex. "He iz furry handsome.' PT: 'He wuz very glad to see you.'

-- Iron Bowl

Twitter Games?

Some trends and fun on twitter:

#3wordsduringsex In this #hash tag, you put down 3 word that you can expect to hear or say (during sex). e.g. "wrap it up", "Glad i'm drunk"

#3wordsaftersex In this #hash tag, you put down 3 word that you can expect to hear or say (after sex). "Want some gauze?", "yes i came"

#twitterfilms Naming a movie with a Twitter twist. e.g. "American twitter", "Lord of the Tweets".

I'm trying to start this:

#nphdo What would Neil Patrick Harris do? (Harold & Kumar) "Snorting Coke", "Riding a Unicorn to save the day", "Steal a car to pick up whores!"

So let me know and join in the fun!

--Iron Bowl

Twitter.

Twitter, being a social media tool probably should be more vigiliant in managing accounts, but as a social media consultant and a trainer in Twitter, I feel that this suspension for having "suspicious activity" like #followfriday and RT??

I primarily use my account to build up my network, get news and entainment. I find it convenient to get help when needed too, but when I heard that people cannot see my updates yesterday and my account got suspended today, I was shocked!

Who goes there?

Sorry, the account you were headed to has been suspended due to strange activity. Mosey along now, nothing to see here.

...or if you're curious as to why an account might be suspended, head over this way for the juicy details.

Entry not found

You do not have access to entry #14362. It may have been deleted.

What is entry #14362?? and what is deleted?

When I followed the links, I got a page not found.

I've not heard back from them yet, and I sure hope twitter, as a social media tool will have responsive customer service!

--Iron Bowl

Sustainability and fuels

Singapore is a great place for research and development. Foreign Investors come to Singapore to produce biofuels, and there is a lot of talks about "Garden City" and "Eco-friendliness" in Singapore, however, itself is not using it.

Singapore introduced Natural Gas in 2006, (or earlier) and I known many people who have converted their vehicles to use Natural Gas. In fact, some taxis are using it too. I really liked the idea as I've seen the MBTA in Massachusetts converted their fleet to Natural Gas, and it has improved my quality of life as the exhaust gases were much more tolerable compared to the diesel fumes.

I thought that with the Government's introduction of newer fuels and push for more sustainable fuels and cleaner air, this trend will catch on, however to my disappointment, it was like any other sustainable initiatives in Singapore -- just for show.

Solar energy, hybrid vehicles -- all seemed to be "taxed" as luxury items. I really would like to see the government use biofuels or natural gases for public transportation as the copious thick fumes emitted by the buses makes me drive with my windows closed, and I have to turn on the aircon, wasting more gas.

Singapore has f oil refineries and has a carbon footprint that is one of the highest in the world. Singapore seemed to embrace the idea and has many foreign investors coming to invest, however Singapore is not using any.

Many countries in the region like Phillipines, Malaysia and Indonesia have begun using sustainable sources of fuels, but why is Singapore so slow and adamant when it comes to the environment? Isn't Singapore a first world country, and shouldn't the government that mandate everything else mandate the use of these sustainable fuels?

Some of these blends of biodiesel caneven cut carbon dioxide output of 10%. They would also require no change in pumps or modification to cars to use them.

I hope there are a lot of plans and action soon as for the Natural Gas initiative, I've still not know any of my friends who converted their cars to use it, pump it.

--Iron Bowl

#sgtweetup

I was at the first Tweetup in Singapore organized by Carl Griffith, and I was surprised at the turnout.

Here are my thoughts:

1) Location:

The location is not very easy to find, I had some friends who cannot locate it. However, it is not that far away from public transport, which is a bonus. The shape of the room, I fell is not very conducive for the event, small clusters of people, not really easy to get to. 

2) Food/Drinks:

The drinks there are ok, 1 for 1 for such an event is good, but beer selection is rather limited. Would love if they could provide more finger food like peanuts, or chips, then perhaps I would have drank more.

3) Event:

I felt like something was missing, and the event was somehow "hijacked" by the model presentation. I mean a tweetup? Should we get some tips on how to use twitter? I think there are some beginners who just joined, and may learn a thing or two from the veterans. I like the @ nametags, which was cool, but they can still be bigger and more obvious as I am wearing glasses and cannot see that well. The plus side is the models tweet, and why complain about models?

Although it was organized on facebook, I went through the attendees, and could not find a lot of people I met, and its also hard to find their twitter names if I did not get it down at the tweetup. 

There probably need a phone number to call if people are lost trying to get there.

4) Turnout:

Turnout was amazing for the first time this was held. I think we had close to 100 Singaporean tweeps at this sgtweetup. I expected maybe 40 to turn up, but it was great. 

5) Ambiance:

Like I said, it was not a very conducive place to meet. I think many tweeps who came are rather shy and I had to approach them to break the ice. The multiple chairs in the way did not help, and when people are standing with chairs around them, some may feel a little intimidated and do not approach.

The location felt small when everyone arrived, and it was a little too many people in a small room to mingle. In Singapore, I felt again that Singaporeans do not really have the culture to just socialize and network. I tried to have some conversation, but got smiles and nods instead. People don't seem to want to introduce themselves.

There were definitely some cool tweeps there. 

These are some cool tweeps I met:

@alightheart @stephietan @inrsoul @armchairdude @ctham @shaunmartin @illkagobius @callumlinden @belindaang @sgbrands @sm7catscan @aungtastic @armchairdude @BoltClock @gnoserif @halffinn @kensapp @chinyong @deliciatan @FoOie @iammyy @WeRecycleIT @micamonkey @trudinger 

Overall, there were many marketing people, and networking people, students, the usual geek... Luckily I did not meet insurance / fund managers / financial advisors / property agents / MLM people there.

I must say to those who refuse to come, this is a pretty cool event, you really missed out.

-- Iron Bowl

@ Google, London (AWESOME BEATBOX)

This is a must watch!

--Iron Bowl

Do not change for new EZ-link cards

On THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2009

I wrote a blog about my damaged EZ-link cards. Since then, nothing was done and I've called several times to ask about the status.

Initially, the call was to SMRT, then it was referred to ez-link, and then back to SMRT, and now to ex-link again. My cards all have about $30 - $50 in value and they have not been refunded yet. I was told processing takes 21 working days, but it is now May 4, and yet still no reply.

My new car which I got back in March is bad now, and the one I got in April is also bad. I don't understand how they can release such a bad product and not do any quality assurance. I've not even received my refunds and refunds are not immediate for faulty cards.

My old card lasted 4 years, and I've not replaced it since, and I've known more than 10 bad Transitlink cards since it was launched back in March 2009?

I don't know if it is my bad luck or just poor quality, but now, the refunds process and the lack of ownership of the problem is very annoying and I have not received any refunds. The phone calls to customer service is useless, and my advice is "DO NOT CHANGE THE NEW CARDS" unless it is really necessary.

The original cards, you get your deposit back, but these new cards, it is just a throw away, no deposits returned, and when it is faulty, you don't even get a refund!

--Iron Bowl