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5/19/09; 11:59:19 PM Pacific
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ded: day 139 up: http://www.flickr.com/photos/polvero/3547446351 strobist info video: http://www.flickr.com/photos/polvero/3547439487
11:09 PM
flickr
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evan: Hope I can get @twang's tweet on a Threadless shirt: http://bit.ly/v0Ilm
10:38 PM
threadless
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stop: Grocery list app: http://www.sophiestication.com/groceries/ Use of Marker Felt is a little over the top. (spotted via a @tweetie ad)
10:33 PM
sophiestication
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jfray@stop wow -- that seems seriously impersonal. Maybe they could just..ummm...talk to their employees more?
10:31 PM 
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biz: Spending the first night in our summer rental which happens to be the home of @SarahM and @tonystubblebine -- the dogs love it!
10:28 PM 
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jkalucki: Following 400,000 users on Twitter, just because.
10:27 PM 
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stop: Sigh. I won't even add my own comment to this: http://bit.ly/DataResources
10:27 PM
wsj
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bs: A fast food employee filling out an internship application on the BART. Headphones on and pretending not to watch. Inside smiley face.
10:25 PM 
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ronpepsi: Guess I'm un-following.
9:52 PM 
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nk: How long will it be till the data produced in one minute exceeds the amount of data produced in all history up till then?
9:50 PM 
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al3x: And don't you think it's a crime? Time after time after time
9:43 PM 
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ded: just got back from day 139 with the 5D2... today's strobist info will be a video. post will be up in an hour.
9:40 PM 
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ev: via @Mickipedia "Ya know that sense of control and predictability you have? Yeah, it's bullshit."
9:38 PM 
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ronpepsi: Looks like the Governor's myriad budget patches are not going to pass. I guess that is why he is chilling in D.C. Someday, we will approve.
9:32 PM 
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meangrape: Had planned on going to sleep because of my delerium and exhaustion. Realized I must give myself a haircut, though. I'm some kind of hippy.
9:28 PM 
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mhegge: Might be my favourite Neil Young song ♫ http://blip.fm/~6noh3
9:23 PM
blip
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ronpepsi: Rebounding after a curious hiatus from curmudgeonliness. You know who you are. Godzilla skree rings in my ears.
9:04 PM 
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ev: Congrats to @ShawneyJ ( Will resist saying for what for risk of spoiling those Tivo-ing. Just don't click here: http://bit.ly/EjhGT )
8:55 PM
twitter
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stevej: Hey, @dom just nominated something stupid I said to be on a threadless tee: http://thrdl.es/~/2y4
8:52 PM
threadless
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ev: Working on too many things at once.
8:52 PM 
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dougw@abraham thanks for the nomination: http://bit.ly/SXHQ. I'd buy it.
8:49 PM
threadless
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stop: Cruising EPA, looking for a hidden UPS pickup location.
8:27 PM 
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gregpass: Having overcome taxonomic disquiet, wriggling into @yukarim's regifted toe socks for the first time -- I AM AN ANIMAL!
8:22 PM 
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stop: Seriously, so what *can* Brown do for me?
8:15 PM 
7,165
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delbius@evan Now at home and looking at the site. I love it!
7:48 PM 
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ev: via @semanticwill "@davegray i wonder whether we could make better stuff if we renamed "problem space" as "opportunity vacuum""
7:48 PM 
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rael: No, wait, don't tell me -- that does the opposite of what it says it does, right? No? You mean yes, right? Yes?
7:39 PM 
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delbius@evan clearly we would win.
7:19 PM 
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delbius: Passed a woman on the way to the BART who was either ranting crazily or having a one-person Bukowski poetry recital.
7:18 PM 
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ronpepsi@jfray "They swallow prey rather than biting pieces off it... They lie in wait, rather than chasing in open water."
7:08 PM 
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evan@delbius Woah... http://knowyourmeme.com/
7:07 PM
knowyourmeme
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jfray@evan @delbius your sanity has a flavor, nom nom nom
7:06 PM 
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jfray@ronpepsi Epinephelinae says, Yes, "I would like a new genera." At least it would if it could speak underwater.
7:05 PM 
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evan@delbius The philosoraptor will have to think about that one.
7:05 PM 
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ronpepsi: Developing something like a blood-lust for squashing unnecessary alarms. Epinephelinae, you want a new genera, don't you?
7:02 PM 
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delbius@evan Chuck Norris isn't an example of a meme; memes are an example of Chuck Norris.
6:59 PM 
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evan@delbius Long meta-meme is long.
6:49 PM 
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delbius@evan Yo dawg I heard you like memes so I put an ORLY in your copter so you could ROFL while you ROFLd.
6:48 PM 
2,698
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kevinthau: Welcome @Moluthman to Twitter!! I can see the Tweet Quality Index going up as I type.
6:42 PM 
2,796
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jack: Calling AT&T Customer Support. This is going to be awesome.
6:41 PM 
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evan@delbius But bitches don't know bout yo cloud ceiling.
6:40 PM 
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delbius@evan I'd be worried about hitting the cloud-ceiling-cat.
6:37 PM 
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evan@delbius You should get the orlycopter instead, it goes 30% more hai.
6:36 PM 
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delbius@evan My main mode of transportation is the ROFLcopter.
6:35 PM 
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evan@jfray @delbius @meangrape omgwtfbbqrlycptr!
6:34 PM 
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evan: Looks like @twigsy in en route now!
6:33 PM 
2,700
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jfray@delbius @meangrape orly?
6:33 PM 
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delbius@jfray Srsly. There's whole lolcat brigades nodding approvingly at our actions.
6:27 PM 
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goldman: Maybe I don't need municipal wifi. Maybe I just need to be allowed on all the wifi networks between work and home.
6:26 PM 
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jfray: RT @meangrape: "Doing serious internet business with @delbius. Seriously." srsly?
6:25 PM 
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ej: i have a new master
6:12 PM 
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delbius@meangrape You even threw in the extra vowels.
6:04 PM 
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meangrape: Look, people, if you're going to retweet a bit.ly link make sure it's not a spammer's link. :/
6:04 PM 
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meangrape: Doing serious internet business with @delbius. Seriously.
6:01 PM 
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delbius: Internet: srs business. Srsly.
5:54 PM 
2,695
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dougw@ev adding to this http://bit.ly/3aa8Wr from yesterday; also enables users to follow more friends via SMS, now with guaranteed less noise!
5:51 PM
twitter
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anamitra: Transparency 2.0 in govt, big welcome to @ShashiTharoor, newly elected MP from Kerala, India. Welcome to Twitter. Lets get the other 542 MPs
5:45 PM 
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al3x: Obsessed with "Formenverwandler" by Der Zyklus since I heard it in Louderbach's Resident Advisor mix (which is also tops).
5:24 PM 
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dougw: Hey @momdabom, please use TwitPic.com to send a picture of Katie to me. I miss my dog :(
5:22 PM 
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jack: Voted today in California
5:22 PM 
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dougw: Wow does asking people what they are coding get replies. Related: for those observant few asking questions, answers in a few days.
5:13 PM 
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jfray: this might be the weirdest thing I've ever seen: http://www.femskin.com/Video/index.htm (NSFW)
5:09 PM
femskin
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goldman: via @delbius "No, really, I just want to hug your neck gently with my hands. It's a friendship thing!"
5:07 PM 
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delbius: No, really, I just want to hug your neck gently with my hands. It's a friendship thing!
5:04 PM 
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goldman: via @seldo ""Temblor", like "fracas", is a word that only gets used in newspaper articles - http://awe.sm/EFl"
5:03 PM
awe
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krissy: dropping by the old hood to hopefully vote...
5:03 PM 
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ronpepsi: Going to vote. It seems like these elections are happening all the time nowadays.
4:54 PM 
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dougw: What are you coding right now?
4:38 PM 
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mutgoff: What's better than Marvin Gaye at work? Nothin'
4:31 PM 
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meangrape@mzsanford I threw up in my mouth a little.
4:26 PM 
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mzsanford: "Correctness is a secondary concern." … I wet myself a little when I read that.
4:24 PM 
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evan: Super excited to see @twigsy tonight.
4:12 PM 
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jkalucki: A nervy drive to the auto body shop. It came out of park with a bang.
4:07 PM 
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rael: Benchmarking some Javascript — and liking it!
4:01 PM 
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evan: "The most recommended brand by doctors and pharmacists.* *Among those who recommend a brand." Suddenly I am cast into doubt.
3:52 PM 
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gregpass: "I bring you a great tide." -- @bs
3:51 PM 
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delbius@mutgoff Yes. Profane and explicit awesomeness, and that's just my chats with people in-office.
3:50 PM 
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delbius: Pondering a new sideline coming up with middle names for people who don't have them.
3:01 PM 
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evan: This bus delights in sluggishness.
2:51 PM 
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sean: On the JP side: complaining about the 90's style mail-in-rebate scheme Sprint's doing with the Pre.
2:33 PM 
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mzsanford: "This ground is not the rock I thought it to be."
2:30 PM 
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sean: China to change foreign opinion by expanding "overseas propoganda". This is totally going to work. http://bit.ly/YgXQJ
2:26 PM
foreignpolicy
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jack: Fantastic: http://bit.ly/amwI6 Even more simplicity, transparency, & accountability. Let's work to bring these values to every system.
2:22 PM
nytimes
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stop: Headaches around 2pm just might be my body's internal reminder to stop working long enough to eat (or drink) something.
2:14 PM 
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kevinthau: Trying to help @lisaflo out.
2:07 PM 
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delbius: Hearts blessed today: hovering around three. A good day!
2:02 PM 
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jennadawn: Truly inspiring convo. Can you sign my copy of "keepin' it real: the @dougw story" for my desk?
1:52 PM 
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bs: Pleased to speak about Twitter's FrontEnd Architecture at Future of Web Apps London in October. http://bit.ly/fowa-britt
1:50 PM
carsonified
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mutgoff: via @UrbanPanther82 "@mutgoff I hope you said back - "We live in a cynical world. A cynical world. And we work in a business of tough co..."
1:46 PM 
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mzsanford@ej that's my voodoo doll. Just wait for round two.
1:44 PM 
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ej: my pinky toe really, really hurts
1:43 PM 
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jfray@mzsanford "my logic is falwless."
1:38 PM 
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sean: Also, they even have a USB recharger available. Also no "memory" either - they're like your cell phone's battery, recharge whenever.
1:31 PM 
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sean: Eneloop batteries are a must for the Mighty Mouse. About as powerful as a non-rechargable, can be recharged 1000 times: http://bit.ly/KWV4l
1:27 PM
sanyo
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ded: skype is not connecting for my conference meeting. @PeterAtSkype what's up? I get spinny ball of death - never lets me connect
1:27 PM 
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dougw@abdur it usually starts when the door closes. At least they gave you 600 seconds.
1:24 PM 
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jfray@dougw is the realest
1:24 PM 
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dougw: Just had a 5 minute conversation on the importance of keeping it real with @jennadawn. Never forget: I keeps it real.
1:22 PM 
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kevinthau: via @TechCrunch "An Interview With Queen Rania of Jordan On How Twitter Can Help Change The World http://tcrn.ch/2DS by @roicarthy"
1:20 PM
techcrunch
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JugglingPumba@abdur How is that different from any other day? :)
1:19 PM 
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