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What are the people of Twitter twittering about?


5/17/09; 11:59:30 PM Pacific
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jillyfacehttp://twitpic.com/5ezga - Possibly the nicest bed ever. Bear agrees.
11:58 PM
twitpic
573

netik: voting absentee for tuesday's election. I kinda hate special elections; No one ever seems to vote in them, and important issues slip thru.
11:46 PM 
3,482

meangrape: via @timoni "DROOOOOOLING over http://www.busymanbicycles.blogspot.com/ Holy crap those are some gorgeous saddles."
11:46 PM
blogspot
2,528

meangrape@netik Be quiet, criminal.
11:45 PM 
2,528

netik: dear fastrak, die in a fire. six notices in one week for supposed toll evasion = pure lies.
11:43 PM 
3,482

pankaj: we danced like monkeys... One sample video http://bit.ly/17gijO
11:20 PM
google
670

jillyface: thanks @kevinthau! only here for a seminar, heading back tomorrow afternoon.
11:19 PM 
574

robey: i keep getting notifications that people are subscribed to my "friendfeed", but i have no such thing. help?
11:10 PM 
1,884

kevinthau: H5 to @BS for this awesome photo taken by @ded while @AFineFrenzy was playing @Twitter HQ. http://bit.ly/mISej.
10:44 PM
flickr
2,773

kevinthau@jillyface I love Seattle. Check out Zig Zag if you are in the city.
10:36 PM 
2,773

jillyface: looking forward to the start of a less intense week. day 1, hello seattle.
10:33 PM 
575

evan@mzsanford Figures it's a Seattle thing.
10:26 PM 
2,684

mzsanford@evan I own a utilikilt. Used to work next to the factory/shop. Very nice in an office with no AC
10:20 PM 
1,923

evan: I am scared by the market research that led to a "Utilikilts" ad in Linux Journal. "American-made utility kilts for everday wear."
9:59 PM 
2,684

stevej: We also voted tonight. I love absentee ballots.
9:37 PM 
4,986

delbius: OH: "I'm just a small-town squirrel, living in a maple burl . . ."
9:28 PM 
2,684

mzsanford@sean I know that from the the Baltic fund raiser, but it sounds like it was sponsored by Pepsi. New Generation what?!
9:22 PM 
1,923

sean@al3x "can you be my special ho?" urban poetry at it's best, a voice of a new generation. You rockin phat lines like that in the bay area?
9:20 PM 
1,105

evan: Oh where, oh where is my De-so-to cab? Where, oh where can it beeeeeee?
9:12 PM 
2,683

bs: Yesterday's purchase turned today's adventure. Al Merrick Water Hog: http://flic.kr/photos/bs/3540319821/
9:11 PM
flickr
35,556

mrtall: Ha! Maureen Dowd - plagarist: http://bit.ly/LFKS0
8:49 PM
talkingpointsmemo
2,227

al3x: Dinner ran too late, so we're forced to make our own Bad Movie Night at home. "National Treasure: Book of Secrets". Pray for us.
8:41 PM 
11,201

gregpass: Nameless alleys, serpentine passages, interior stairwells, and other like ENVIRONMENTS (@noradio, I squint in your general direction).
8:35 PM 
1,988

evan: Fliggo at work on a secret project. http://twitpic.com/5ep3t
8:10 PM
twitpic
2,683

evan: Fog rolling in. http://twitpic.com/5eo9q
7:57 PM
twitpic
2,683

stevej: Stacy's home-made bbq pork buns were a hit. especially with me. There's one left over, think I'll have it for breakfast.
7:54 PM 
4,983

biz: My wife and I are Celtics fans but @DwightHoward just thanked God and his Twitter fans after winning—maybe I'm liking Magic now?
7:47 PM 
575,009

rael: Just about finished a thing.
7:38 PM 
6,591

ronpepsi: The cool onshore breeze is undeniably in effect. All we need is a foggy morning before a sunny afternoon, and it may as well be summer.
7:38 PM 
1,591

biz: Is there such a thing as a 20pt shot in Basketball? If so, the Celtics could still win this!
7:37 PM 
574,969

rael: I'm routinely confounded the plethora of Submit buttons on Google Calendar's invitation page. Do I Submit Response, Save Changes, or both?
7:33 PM 
6,591

mhegge: Day drip in the westy to French Beach and in the market for a bumper sticker with a guy shrugging, palms up and SORRY in big block letters.
7:20 PM 
3,079

ronpepsi: I would be enjoying this game more if I did not have to see Steve Javie all the time. At least he is not under the net.
7:09 PM 
1,591

netik@mzsanford Us sound guys don't like molesting, unless it's from groupies. :)
7:06 PM 
3,483

jack: Dusk. Dolores Park. Duvel. Dark chocolate.
7:05 PM 
563,881

mzsanford: Watching @joshuadonnelly molest the sound guy. That's cool, he's a composer and film maker so he's entitled
6:56 PM 
1,918

biz: I'm helping @livia cure her week-long cold with Star Trek and Celtics—and it seems to be working!
6:41 PM 
574,787

sean@mzsanford I will be there after I finish this great cigar at tini biggs and buy aluminum foil (for cooking, not a hat)
6:26 PM 
1,101

mzsanford: Wondering when I'll see @sean and @dekellum at the Baltic Room. First band just started.
6:13 PM 
1,918

robey: doing the off-call dance! tho i still got about 2000 spurious pages, @akshay_adb handled the deploys, so it wasn't so bad this time.
5:25 PM 
1,877

al3x: My extremely belated review of the Kindle 2 that isn't much of a review at all: http://bit.ly/Vo36X
5:20 PM
al3x
11,192

evan: Wondering why I got a search page, since I'm not on-call.
5:11 PM 
2,678

mzsanford: Starting to get excited about the benefit concert with @J_Hizzo. Hoping to see a ton of people at the Baltic Room … 6 band, $10
4:54 PM 
1,918

abdur: via @SteveCase ""Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away" (George Carlin)"
4:47 PM 
8,662

meangrape: ad stuff.
4:47 PM 
2,526

stevej: family is over for some mother day (observed) grilling.
4:17 PM 
4,978

evan: Sitting in the sun at Washington Square Park.
4:16 PM 
2,678

meangrape: Izzie dinner report: cannellini beans and mustard greens in penne w/ a saffron-tomato sauce (approved).
3:46 PM 
2,527

evan: It is hot! I like it.
3:21 PM 
2,678

meangrape: Apparently I'm not the only person to come up with quince and habanero salsa.
3:20 PM 
2,527

pankaj: discussing landslide victory of Congress I in elections in India. Leftists and rightists both buried. 4th gen of Gandhi on way to power
3:17 PM 
667

andr8a: Working the house chores and answering emails at the kitchen table with no a/c in my apartment.
2:44 PM 
1,362

alissa: 91° San Francisco? Really? REALLY?! You are forcing rare wardrobe choices upon me. I hope you know that.
2:42 PM 
3,267

meangrapehttp://twitpic.com/5dz9l - Bread baking for the day complete.
2:38 PM
twitpic
2,526

robey@stop the primary reason i try to limit replies is that the twitter profile page will show it as my current status.
2:35 PM 
1,879

carolinehttp://twitpic.com/5dy84 - beautiful day!
2:27 PM
twitpic
8,911

pankaj: good to meet up with you @pkgulati !
2:18 PM 
667

al3x: Di-rectly under the fan.
2:16 PM 
11,188

stevej: RT @zephoria Also: embracing professional contrarians is not the same as embracing diverse views. Contrarians thrive on monkey wrenches.
2:14 PM 
4,976

jkalucki: A's first dance recital. Soon, biathalon meets, helicopter piloting classes and boys.
1:56 PM 
1,686

rael: RT @NASA "Due to the length of today's spacewalk...install[ing] some blankets on a bay door will not happen today" -- I know how you feel
1:45 PM 
6,591

stop: I'm curious if Twitter's change to reply delivery changed the number or type of replies you send?
1:44 PM 
7,063

meangrapehttp://twitpic.com/5du4p - Final rise. Baking soon.
1:43 PM
twitpic
2,527

rael: Spending some time with my son: racquetball, musical instrument shop, crepes on Alberta, then home for some Arduino programming and a nap.
1:40 PM 
6,591

netik: need breakfast. feeling sick, tired of arguing with people on the internets and increasing their commentor/adsense $$
1:19 PM 
3,476

kevinthau: Half moon bay could pass for Santa Monica today
12:59 PM 
2,768

jack: Watching a white blimp pass overhead. Wonder how many people are tweeting about this right now.
12:53 PM 
562,539

andr8a: The good news, i don't live in Sac.
12:41 PM 
1,363

andr8a: HOT out!
12:40 PM 
1,363

andr8a: Light Breakfast, awesome work out this morning, showered, lunch, sweating like a PIG in the laundry room.
12:40 PM 
1,363

keerthi: Its VERY HOT... going for a swim.
12:17 PM 
627

mzsanford: At the university district street fair with @ruth
12:16 PM 
1,916

kevinthau: Ahhh temperature perfection. 75' in HMB vs 90' in Menlo.
12:05 PM 
2,769

ev: yes! RT @kathysierra: Can I just say I was wrong re: replies? Now that I know you won't see my one-sided replies, I'm @replying w/abandon...
12:05 PM 
721,527

ronpepsi: Just put a Beckish map of the rail lines of Sodor on the family website.
12:01 PM 
1,589

kevinthau: Trying to drive over the hill to the beach. I guess I wasn't the only person that had this idea today
11:39 AM 
2,769

meangrape: Alpha testing super-awesome blackberry twitter client.
11:34 AM 
2,524

ej: Best sake ive ever had. http://twitpic.com/5c5i8 (via @evan)
11:33 AM
twitpic
2,122

robey: started off the morning by watching "Network" (movie).
11:30 AM 
1,876

ejhttp://twitpic.com/5cazc (via @evan)
11:29 AM
twitpic
2,122

ej@jfray congrats on your anniversary, and being one of the few to only have good things to say about marriage
11:25 AM 
2,122

ej: Happy 15th birthday @cd517!
11:17 AM 
2,122

ej: Awesome night of sushi last night. @umi went all out. Thanks @abdur @gregpass @jeremy @evan! Highlights were small batch sake, blackfin toro
11:08 AM 
2,122

abdur: Ouch I hurt, but last night was worth it... Thanks @umi
11:03 AM 
8,662

goldman: It's a shame that when they launched Wolfram Alpha, they set its lifeclock so close to Last Days. It'll probably achieve Renewal on Carousel
10:23 AM 
496,318

ded: Are you ready for the challenges?
10:04 AM 
2,402

gregpass: Once espied (with @jayvirdy) Hamish of the Isles during a serendipitous Inveraray pitstop. Many years (and drams) later: @lochfynewhisky!
9:47 AM 
1,988

ded: Remembering how cheesy graduation speeches are. #berkeley
9:40 AM 
2,402

meangrape: Just finished mixing and kneading bread dough with Izzie. Stepping up my challah game -- the rebbetzin brigade has been putting me to shame.
9:39 AM 
2,522

stop: Redesigning an experience that's been in long need of redesigning.
9:24 AM 
7,056

mrtall: Wanting to murder the murder of crows parked outside my window.
9:20 AM 
2,215

mrtall@al3x +1... one of the better comics I've ever read.
9:19 AM 
2,215

ronpepsi: Going to see if I can spot some turkeys and deer up the hill.
8:27 AM 
1,586

caroline: wishing @trent_reznor ♪ 誕生日┌(★o☆)┘♪└(★o★)┐*happy birthday!*┌(☆o★)┘♪└(★o★)┐♪ おめでとうー♪
7:50 AM 
8,903

jfray: Turtle clocks? Patented! http://bit.ly/xDCsN
7:33 AM
bobduljohnsonattorneyatlaw
288

jfray: I need to figure out how to beat this insomnia. Tonight has been especially bad.
5:12 AM 
288

jfray#3turnoffwords Microsoft Bob ruled!
5:10 AM 
288

jfray: Unless John Tesh and KOIT: "The Quiet Storm" decide to get in on the action.
3:54 AM 
287

jfray: Never has a riot been started by more milquetoast things
3:52 AM 
287

jfray: There was also the riot in the quad caused by Young M.C.'s "Bust a Move." Mark S. Allen from KSFM was DJ'ing that day.
3:51 AM 
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