Twitter is giving away my username after two years of trying.

 

So bummed,

After wanting the username @fox (twitter.com/fox) for about two years, I finally noticed that there has been a dramatic change in the past few days. It may or may not be the real deal this time, but either way the twitter support has completely failed me in getting it for myself.

Here is my email log, as best as I could find it, dating back several years now between support and myself. Plenty of candid responses, but no actual progress.

If you’re interested to see what it used to look like, before a few days ago, see below. The account itself dating back to 2010 with activity. Big up JC!

I’ve tried to track down jc, but it led me down a very arcane subset of the internet and ultimately a dead end. I never got to ask him if he was willing to give it up.

Currently the account has been freshly rinsed, and is still pretty much dead.

There is not much more I can do other than sit back and see if it’s really becomes a 20th Century Fox account, even though they already have an established username on twitter (@20thcenturyfox).

Many of my friends would agree that I’m fox, including @cn and @adii, to name just two. So nothing could be more rad as a twitter username!

What my @foxinni, looks like at the moment.

Twitter is an amazing social network and only because I love using it so much, do I care to complain about it.

Regards,
Malan

Youtube Reloaded

This is a free Chrome extension I made because of an idea I had. Written in javascipt and CSS, it’s about the most efficient way I could find to create a different layout for Youtube.

What does it do?
Displays comments and videos side-by-side on the Youtube watch page.

Where can I get it?
→ On the Chrome Webstore

What does it look like?

Youtube Layout Screenschot

Youtube Layout Screenschot

Have fun and rate!
M

Version 4

An emotional moment comes as I finally polish up this LONG overdue theme for my site. Many things can attribute to this theme taking well over 6 month to complete. Among those are the love/hate relationship I have with design, the lack of focus and the need to get everything perfect.

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District 9 out of 9

This past week I went to go see District 9 again. The make of any good movie is one that you can watch twice in quick succession only to appreciate it even more. The subtle South African flavor coupled with a unique story, told in an uncanny documentary style fashion made for an enjoyable second ride. The certain individuals I’ve coaxed into watching  this big screen action movie,  found that my recommendations were sound.

Remember, the Tamatometer never lies…

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Twitter is suing me

Last week I got notified that one of my domains (twittersa.com) has been flagged with a “Trade mark Infringement”, and subsequently had to be handed over. I don’t think that this is uncommon, as I’ve had other domains ripped out from underneath me.

Wogan and me teamed up last year and created a streamlined Twitter site for South Africans. It was somewhat successful, but as of today we’re closing it down.

It was a good run, and if you pay good money to trademark your brand, you retain that right to sue. No hard feelings.

Qwitter, it hurts…

Lately I’ve been getting lots of twitter followers. I think it’s mostly because of my recent move to WooThemes and thus I’ve refrained from over posting to twitter. I really don’t want to seem like a loony toon who tells people what he had for breakfast, and only try sharing stuff that are genuinely cool and interesting. But that might be on the change (again), this is why.

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