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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: Tom Scharpling on July 18, 2009, 04:40:45 AM

Title: Please, Don't Forget About FUEL DUMP.
Post by: Tom Scharpling on July 18, 2009, 04:40:45 AM

It's my Twitter novel, being written live, one sentence at a time.

You can read it at www.twitter.com/scharpling - just click on my FAVORITES and go from bottom to top!

And spread the word. It's starting to heat up!

Thanks.

Tom.

Title: Re: Please, Don't Forget About FUEL DUMP.
Post by: orator on July 18, 2009, 04:56:36 AM

 Someone posted these a while back:

http://209.20.80.196:8000/fd.html
http://twittertales.com/FuelDump

 You can read it there if you have trouble reading backward in Twitter. I think the first link is more up to date.

Title: Re: Please, Don't Forget About FUEL DUMP.
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on July 18, 2009, 05:20:03 AM

I have really gotta just take a few hours and read this start to finish.  Maybe I'll do a printjob and read it on the plane this week.

Title: Re: Please, Don't Forget About FUEL DUMP.
Post by: Martin on July 18, 2009, 09:42:31 AM

It's always a joy to log on to twitter and see a sudden BURST of Fuel Dump, like this morning.

Title: Re: Please, Don't Forget About FUEL DUMP.
Post by: Mike A.D. on July 18, 2009, 06:22:46 PM

Quote from: orator on July 18, 2009, 04:56:36 AM

Someone posted these a while back:

http://209.20.80.196:8000/fd.html
http://twittertales.com/FuelDump

 You can read it there if you have trouble reading backward in Twitter. I think the first link is more up to date.

That first link auto-updates every three minutes, I'm told.  It reads Tom's tweets and parses those with "#fd" into the text. 

Title: Re: Please, Don't Forget About FUEL DUMP.
Post by: Kid Pain on July 19, 2009, 11:22:04 AM

I could never forget Fuel Dump.

Title: Re: Please, Don't Forget About FUEL DUMP.
Post by: buffcoat on July 19, 2009, 05:49:14 PM

I'll never get over Macho Grande.

Title: Re: Please, Don't Forget About FUEL DUMP.
Post by: Pat K on July 20, 2009, 10:43:33 AM

Also, please don't forget about just regular old Dump, too.


(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6clFBkiptsU/SdpHRAX1KnI/AAAAAAAAAEo/l0rJEnQG9xY/s200/dump.jpg)

Title: Re: Please, Don't Forget About FUEL DUMP.
Post by: MattJohnson on July 21, 2009, 05:26:59 AM

My respect for Fuel Dump reached a new level upon discovering that it's written in real time, sentence-by-sentence!

Title: Re: Please, Don't Forget About FUEL DUMP.
Post by: Pastor Josh on July 21, 2009, 10:39:43 AM

Fuel Dump is at least half the reason I decided to give Twitter a try in the first place, and I am not disappointed.  Thanks, Tom.

Title: Re: Please, Don't Forget About FUEL DUMP.
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on July 22, 2009, 01:42:18 PM

it's possible that im completely biased, but i dont understand followers dropping @scharpling during Fuel Dump updates.

lame.

Title: Re: Please, Don't Forget About FUEL DUMP.
Post by: Reeleyes on August 08, 2009, 11:48:49 PM

This is great stuff Tom.

Title: Re: Please, Don't Forget About FUEL DUMP.
Post by: Sarah on August 09, 2009, 11:12:34 AM

Fuel Dump is the only reason I got on Twitter.

Title: Re: Please, Don't Forget About FUEL DUMP.
Post by: The Brighamist on August 10, 2009, 02:37:47 PM

http://twittertales.com/FuelDump is also kept up to date automatically.

Every half hour.

With all the Fuel Dump Tom can Tweet.

Title: Re: Please, Don't Forget About FUEL DUMP.
Post by: kittykittymeowmixhead on August 25, 2009, 05:34:44 PM

Tom, my boyfriend and I like to read to each other (I know, we're corny) but you'll be happy to know that we took turns reading Fuel Dump in its current entirety out loud the other night, and it was a true pleasure!

Title: Re: Please, Don't Forget About FUEL DUMP.
Post by: Matt on August 25, 2009, 05:46:35 PM

Quote from: Pat K on July 20, 2009, 10:43:33 AM

Also, please don't forget about just regular old Dump, too.


(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6clFBkiptsU/SdpHRAX1KnI/AAAAAAAAAEo/l0rJEnQG9xY/s200/dump.jpg)

That's a killer album, dere.

Title: Re: Please, Don't Forget About FUEL DUMP.
Post by: tits mcgee on August 26, 2009, 09:40:55 PM

I've got a long cold lonely nightshift ahead of me. This will undoubtedly keep me warm tonight.