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What are the people of Twitter twittering about?


7/7/09; 11:57:02 PM Pacific
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santojay: A zero'ed inbox is a temporal illusion, a myth, a fleeting moment of misplaced bliss, a pyrrhic victory of OCD over existential harmony
11:50 PM 
2,625
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santojay: One of my favorite websites - Back in black. Triumph of will over stupid legislation! Hurrah! http://blog.pandora.com/pandora/
11:43 PM
pandora
2,625
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Magnuson: USB extension cords = an item you can never have too many of
11:39 PM 
1,290
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santojay: "Don't say yucky Dada, say Ewwww!", Mr. B
11:35 PM 
2,625
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ded: day 188: enjoy a margarita http://bit.ly/tundk
10:51 PM
dustindiaz
4,155
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mzsanford: Finished American Pastoral
10:37 PM 
2,409
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kevinthau: Good luck @kristysf and @ish!
10:16 PM 
3,779
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pankaj: what!! So many commas in those numbers...
10:09 PM 
1,250
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nk: "Ways to enrich are many, and most of them foul. Parsimony is one of the best, for it withholdeth men from works of liberality and charity."
9:56 PM 
2,886
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dougw: Was gracefully reminded that the answer is occasionally genuine empathy. Nothing more. Nothing less.
9:53 PM 
4,327
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stevej: putting all of conor mcbride's papers on my non-kindle.
9:37 PM 
5,358
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biz: eating some veggie chili @livia prepared (yum!) for dinner as I try to catch up on email and other things
9:17 PM 
882,861
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kevinweil: Gattica is a sweet ruby library for google analytics. http://bit.ly/17Zc9o
9:14 PM
github
947
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kevinweil: Gattica is a sweet ruby library for google analytics. http://bit.ly/3sFQTA
9:13 PM
github
947
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al3x@evan It's not just you.
9:07 PM 
12,626
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al3x: Feeling wrung out. Didn't grocery shop or make it to the gym. Five straight days of writing is not a good way to prep for the work week.
9:03 PM 
12,627
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crystal: Oh sweet. Tweet-tweet later and I find him @davidchoimusic. Totally following. Tweet-tastic. Tweet, tweetity, tweettweettweet. [eom]s
8:52 PM 
14,052
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crystal: Sitting alone harmonizing with this song like a big sing-loving nerd: http://bit.ly/KOnUo
8:45 PM
youtube
14,051
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evan: Confused by IntelliJ.
8:44 PM 
3,224
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crystal: Recovering frm first 2 hr "spine, strength and spirit" class in yoga series. Finding comfort in: http://bit.ly/VYryd
8:37 PM
youtube
14,051
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pankaj: Shocker of a bill from the hospital. Thank god for insurance.
8:35 PM 
1,249
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Magnuson: Decided to be super adventurous tonight. Ordered a tostada.
8:31 PM 
1,290
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ded@goldman ditto
8:26 PM 
4,150
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santojay: RT @ded: idea: Twitter Juicy Couture pants that say "follow this" across the butt.
8:23 PM 
2,620
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rael: The kids are less than impressed with my gift of toilet paper. "Lets see how far those blocks get you after dinner!"
8:08 PM 
7,206
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mhegge: And this is me curbing the pet tweets. For now.
7:54 PM 
3,101
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mhegge: Under Attack!! http://twitpic.com/9ni01
7:47 PM
twitpic
3,101
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goldman: In conclusion, I never fully woke up today.
7:26 PM 
780,951
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ded: pondering: why is it necessary that we have to recruit people? can't we just cruit them?
7:07 PM 
4,148
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ded: stand on a crowded train now? or wait 2 minutes to sit?
7:01 PM 
4,148
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ded@evan just 10 months? i suppose it all depends how you treat your inbox.
6:59 PM 
4,148
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andr8a: Via @Yola "http://twitpic.com/9n8ke - Strange Yola sightings around the world.."
6:31 PM
twitpic
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bs: Via @jeresig "getElementsByName was tweaked in the HTML 5 spec to make it work against all name attributes, not just some. http://bit.ly..."
6:21 PM
35,999
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ev: I'm in Idaho. Never been to Idaho. Hello, Idaho!
6:11 PM 
1,064,608
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andr8a: Via @georgelopez "Check out: http://www.lopeztonight.com"
6:02 PM
lopeztonight
1,465
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sean: Starting to wonder if my skype problems are my computer's fault, or my internet's fault. Skype worked pretty well from @mzsanford's place...
5:56 PM 
1,297
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evan: Via @paulozoom "@evan gmail should add some "aging" to old emails, like torn edges or dust"
5:49 PM 
3,224
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evan: I am sad that I have 10-month old emails in my inbox.
5:40 PM 
3,224
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Magnuson: Awesome new quest from @thesixtyone called The Bounty Hunter: you gotta track down a user when they are on T61 and listen to their radio :-D
5:36 PM 
1,288
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jessverr: Debating different approaches to content and people discovery with @nk: recommendation algorithms vs. crowdsourced human curation.
5:33 PM 
2,190
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delbius: It appears @tiger has become punchy from lack of entertainment and is creating her own amusement. I am casting dubious looks to my left.
5:15 PM 
4,004
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al3x: A blog post (the first in a while) on finishing up the book: http://bit.ly/5SJGf
5:08 PM
al3x
12,623
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andr8a@mhegge http://twitpic.com/9mxo7 - awe what a cute doggie
4:54 PM
twitpic
1,466
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dougw: Indebted to Dr. @team_team. @momdabom, fear not, I'm well taken care of at the office.
4:39 PM 
4,327
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mhegge: The "I'll drop it when I'm damn well ready to drop it" look. http://twitpic.com/9mxo7
4:38 PM
twitpic
3,103
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andr8a: Via @Charles "Test"
4:32 PM 
1,466
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goldman: My shirt tails are too long.
4:30 PM 
779,958
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crystal: "At the moment of commitment the universe conspires to assist you." - Wolfgang von Goethe
4:26 PM 
14,050
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rael: "It's like madlibs but with brands" —@duncan
4:25 PM 
7,201
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netik: Web 2.0, five years on: http://bit.ly/umDlE It reiterates the point I made at #velocityconf. Instrument Everything, and then apply science.
4:12 PM
bit
3,913
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mrtall: Reminder for tomorrow: Do not eat the jelly beans.
3:57 PM 
2,596
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krissy: "sorry, I just gleeked into the jelly beans" - "no problem, I just gleeked laughing at your gleek."
3:55 PM 
7,354
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krissy: Via @crystal "Rubber? Rubber makes me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a rubber room. Rubber? Rubber makes me crazy..."
3:54 PM 
7,354
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crystal: Rubber? Rubber makes me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a rubber room. Rubber? Rubber makes me crazy...
3:51 PM 
14,047
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mrtall@netik heh, forgot that... congrats!
3:50 PM 
2,596
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caroline: Via @ZAmmi "@Caroline ZOMG too funny! Have you seen this? http://bit.ly/ABLwE @diefailwhale (Via @Tavigreiner)"
3:39 PM
diefailwhale
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noradio@jkalucki @meangrape As a child a blue hornet flew into my ear and I did the single least sensible thing: I cover my ear with my hand.
3:20 PM 
2,032
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jkalucki@meangrape I had 20+ yellow jacket stings as a kid. Three miles from home.
3:17 PM 
1,935
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al3x: Beginning to think that in order to understand minimal techno, you need to understand ambient. Yin and yang sort of thing.
3:16 PM 
12,622
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evan: "The Greek Chorus on Hacker News sings of anger and lies." - http://bit.ly/2N2QmJ
3:11 PM
highscalability
3,223
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delbius: I have come here to chew bubblegum and bless hearts . . . and I'm all out of bubblegum.
3:04 PM 
4,002
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netik: What a good day for the Internet. Internet radio saved http://bit.ly/csc3l, Twitter lawsuit dismissed http://bit.ly/12bJIS. Go team.
3:03 PM
techcrunch
3,911
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kevinweil: RT @rk: if you're a scalability nerd and haven't read @evan's latest blog post, you should: http://tr.im/rizc
3:02 PM
evanweaver
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rk: if you're a scalability nerd and haven't read @evan's latest blog post, you should: http://tr.im/rizc
3:01 PM
evanweaver
3,408
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delbius: If you DM'd me, @'d me, thought really hard @ me (okay maybe not that one) you should be taken care of.
3:00 PM 
4,004
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Magnuson: I'm almost always hungry after typical meal times. Someone needs to open "snack restaurants" just for me.
2:56 PM 
1,288
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meangrape: I find the idea that @dougw can be alive after multiple yellowjacket stings odd. They're deadly! #deathlyallergic #epipen #dontstingmebro
2:56 PM 
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netik@mrtall You and I started on the same day, I believe ;) Yes, what a long year it's been!
2:55 PM 
3,910
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jack: Meeting @Bijan at @Sightglass.
2:53 PM 
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mrtall: One year ago today I showed up for work at Twitter... man what a crazy year it has been.
2:47 PM 
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dougw: I have a sneaking suspicion that @biz would love this tweet: http://bit.ly/SKfWz
2:44 PM
twitter
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bs: Via @Remiel "The internet is the most sophisticated delivery capsule yet for the placebic notion that having a voice and being heard are..."
2:44 PM 
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stevej@dougw then @noradio will tell you to carry on.
2:44 PM 
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stevej@dougw razor blade and shaving cream, sir.
2:44 PM 
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dougw: My leg hair -- normally a source of masculine pride, warmth, and pick-up lines -- is now the principle barrier to spray-on itch relief.
2:43 PM 
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al3x: Another essential resource for funny tweets: http://tweeteorites.com/.
2:32 PM
tweeteorites
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krissy: I cant help but favorite most of @haley's tweets -- this is one of many "bored, bored, bored" updates http://u.phoreo.com/5d.png
2:28 PM
phoreo
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mutgoff: Enjoying working on the couch with @Jillyface. I work much better in front of a television and it's warm glowing warming glow.
2:24 PM 
12,191
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meangrape: "...some devastatingly powerful suspension action."
2:23 PM 
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rael: Just realizing that @al3x isn't much of a cowboy name. Not that I'm surprised.
2:21 PM 
7,199
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jfray: First I'm gonna make it, then I'm gonna break it till it falls apart.
2:15 PM 
820
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stevej: Was caught up reading about Jay Leno's 3D printer and missed my bathroom cahnce!
2:03 PM 
5,358
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anamitra: A coffee spill on the desk is an opportunity to clean up the desk... the coffee stained sections of it at least
1:59 PM 
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ded: looks like my photo didn't make the list http://is.gd/1qkVy despite @erin being the most beautiful bride on the planet
1:57 PM
calumetphoto
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meangrape: Truncating massive amounts of data is painful...even when I know most of it is irretrievably corrupt.
1:52 PM 
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mzsanford: Dropped @Ruth at the airport early & she got on an earlier flight walked from security to her seat. Back for my meeting. Day improves.
1:52 PM 
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sean: Very much looking forward to @vudu9's out-of-the-comfort-zone Nosotros: http://bit.ly/5J7R0 (via @jcruz)
1:32 PM
stogiereview
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ded: idea: Twitter Juicy Couture pants that say "follow this" across the butt.
1:32 PM 
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sean: Funny: was just talking with some friends about how @vudu9 seems to stick to a certain flavor profile (but nails it)... now the Nosotros?
1:31 PM 
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anamitra: Via @ej "OH: "btw i follow your mom now""
1:27 PM 
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ej: OH: "btw i follow your mom now"
1:26 PM 
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stevej@bs not all of us take it into the shower.
1:23 PM 
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andr8a: Via @georgelopez "Michael Jackson " Vaya Con Dios""
1:22 PM 
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andr8a: Via @yahoo "MJ memorial search spikes: Staples Center cam, performers, songs, speakers, casket, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Elvis' funeral, as..."
1:22 PM 
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sean@al3x Given your mention of the Pirate Bay the other day, I suggest you listen to this instead: http://bit.ly/hKmgn
1:04 PM
youtube
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sean@krissy Agreed. Love that show. I used to mix an old fashioned every week for that show.
12:56 PM 
1,292
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bs: Dear Apple, I love the iPhone, but I went through 4 3G phones and my new 3GS's speaker is crackling. Furrowed brow.
12:49 PM 
36,000
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vl@stop so, when Twitter 3D is coming?
12:47 PM 
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al3x: Sound track for the first half of the day, a long mix by Donato Dozzy, courtesy of @mnmlssgs: http://bit.ly/2rFTEu.
12:31 PM
fairtilizer
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jessverr: "There is no shelf, the links are enough." Amazing work @mwesch "Information R/evolution" & "The Machine is Us/ing us" http://bit.ly/1HbcgZ
12:21 PM
youtube
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