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What are the people of Twitter twittering about?


7/15/09; 11:51:02 PM Pacific
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al3x: First time @ Rickhouse. 2/3 drinks were good. Half of what we ordered off the menu they didn't have the ingredients to make. Wait to return.
11:29 PM 
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ded: day 196: http://bit.ly/VDPaI
11:26 PM
dustindiaz
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dougw: Apple owns only 7.6% of the computer market. http://bit.ly/eT6zt I live in a bubble.
11:12 PM
bit
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mrtall: Listening to Welsh rap. I'm not convinced @miss_splendid.
10:44 PM 
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ronpepsi: Thinking about Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.
10:35 PM 
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dougw@evan for the record, I've always enjoyed the style of your tweets.
10:34 PM 
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dougw: Just got one of those emails signed "sent from mobile" where I know the author was sitting at a computer. I think of my phone as email, too.
10:32 PM 
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evan: Looking at what @nzkoz did.
10:28 PM 
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dougw: Apparently I'm good at shining lights into blackholes. Whatever that means.
10:18 PM 
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ded: my array skills are getting distraught: function move2Back(a, n) { return a.slice(n).concat(a).slice(0, a.length); }
10:15 PM 
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rk: I've been trying to enforce this rule with friends for awhile: http://tr.im/szco
10:05 PM
wordpress
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jillyface: King of kong is such an awesome documentary. I had no idea I'd be so enthralled with a video game story.
9:49 PM 
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evan: Why can't we all just add value to this paradigm?
9:37 PM 
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jkalucki: .ssh/config is the new .Xdefaults. Can waste hours fiddling with 'em.
9:32 PM 
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Magnusonhttp://twitpic.com/aiarg - The light gradually cycle thru the rainbow! So cool! (I'm a sucker for colored lights that change color)
9:10 PM
twitpic
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jessverr: "I have a great NYC mix I can put on, it's really unt-sy..." and so begins the adventure.
9:10 PM 
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bs: Sets and Reps at the gym with @crystal. Looking forward to writing while catching up on the tour. #tiredbuthappy
9:03 PM 
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rsarver: I just unlocked the "Super User" badge on @foursquare! http://bit.ly/cWTfJ
8:46 PM
playfoursquare
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dougw: Healthy dinner. http://twitpic.com/ai88b
8:45 PM
twitpic
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ronpepsi: This never gets boring. I should clarify: the causes are now boring, the effects are not. Mmm, brains.
8:45 PM 
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goldman: Going to the liquor store for cheese and cat litter. Then I think I'm gonna start drinking.
8:42 PM 
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rsarver: Off to hockey again. Hope i'm better this week
8:39 PM 
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rk: Excited to find a delivery when I got home. Turns out it's a Tupperware set. Still excited.
8:33 PM 
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jkalucki: Looking at the resume of a guy who is maintaining a product I started working on 10 years ago.
8:24 PM 
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dougw: That was quick. Already bar-bound. http://twitpic.com/ai5ht
8:21 PM
twitpic
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dougw: Reading my timeline in my best James Earl Jones voice until @dnickell concedes to have a pint with me.
8:17 PM 
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evan: At Mo's. New waitress for some reason.
8:07 PM 
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netik: One could rate today as 'teriffically bad'
8:05 PM 
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al3x: My nickname in the boxing ring was "Fists of Muslin". My uppercut was once likened to a gentle caress from a familiar lover.
7:55 PM 
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ronpepsi: I think the kids are singing but they may just be going insane. It's hard to tell at this age.
7:49 PM 
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crystal: Exhausting but fantastic sets and reps workout! Now, time for last nights left over teriyaki fried chicken!
7:49 PM 
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jessverr: Picking up Eleni - one of my best friends - from the airport. Watch out San Francisco, in the best way possible.
7:41 PM 
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caroline: for @rubarrichello fans who don't read portuguese. try this link: http://bit.ly/QdFUY & click on translate to english on rt sidebar. ;)
7:37 PM
twitter
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evan: So hungry.
7:29 PM 
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andr8a: Via @caroline "oh, and one more cool person to follow...@georgelopez! ;)"
7:27 PM 
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caroline: oh, and one more cool person to follow...@georgelopez! ;)
7:26 PM 
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ronpepsi: That was weird. Visited a blog just as it refreshed and it looked like a video was removed thereby.
7:25 PM 
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robey: funny wifi networks at todd's place: http://bit.ly/J5pqO
7:21 PM
skitch
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caroline: for all you f1 fans. it's official, rubens barrichello is on twitter. follow him @rubarrichello. so awesome! :)
6:58 PM 
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alissa: This is the third time today I've wanted to fav @al3x. Not his updates. Like, his head.
6:56 PM 
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kevinweil: Heading in to the @cloudera #hadoop meetup
6:48 PM 
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rsarver: Anyone that can send me a Google Voice invite? interested to check it out...
6:48 PM 
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al3x: Failed state machine.
6:48 PM 
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mhegge: Via @caroline "just heard from a little bird that @billcosby is twittering and it's really him. give him a shout-out! ;)"
6:39 PM 
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anamitra: Via @caroline "just heard from a little bird that @billcosby is twittering and it's really him. give him a shout-out! ;)"
6:34 PM 
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caroline: just heard from a little bird that @billcosby is twittering and it's really him. give him a shout-out! ;)
6:17 PM 
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ev: Visiting the maturnity ward. Test run.
6:16 PM 
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evan: "Hose Goose 10000!" - @rk
6:03 PM 
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caroline: now that i've officially given @shockozulu the verified badge. please follow john cusack & show him some twitter love! ;)
5:53 PM 
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rsarver: RT @parislemon: Google Brings Location To The Mobile Web On The iPhone http://bit.ly/XHFDb
5:39 PM
techcrunch
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Magnuson: Does anyone know if Michael and Michael be available online? I hate watching TV.
5:37 PM 
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evan: Wondering about @twigsy.
5:30 PM 
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ded: boo.
5:30 PM 
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sean: Taking a break at @jnjcigars before diving back into the po.
5:19 PM 
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bs: Via @qikipedia "Did you know that squirrels are the Devil’s oven mitts? MISS PIGGY"
5:13 PM 
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al3x: "I'm trying to rid the world of people like me." - @_why, http://bit.ly/J4Wqd
5:03 PM
quietube
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delbius: Hearts blessed: multitudes. MULTITUDES.
4:49 PM 
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evan: Cool, someone wrote a tutorial for bleak_house on Leopard: http://bit.ly/11dP0G
4:40 PM
elctech
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kevinthau: Via @eileenthau "I love how kids stash things. I found my home phone in Jordan's school bag. She told the teacher she was waiting for a ..."
4:40 PM 
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meangrape@al3x I've been wondering about that odd little Bud Light all day, too.
4:35 PM 
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Magnuson: My smoothie-sense senses Wednesday smoothies in the near future...
4:34 PM 
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stevej@al3x bud light showed up in the beer bucket on Friday. I suspect it'll be on techcrunch sometime this week. (I keed, I keed!)
4:25 PM 
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al3x: There is a single, somewhat inexplicable Bud Lite in the office fridge.
4:22 PM 
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mrtall: Updating my notification settings on Twitter's hiring management tool to automate my way out of being an ass.
4:17 PM 
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ded: heh. move to back: a.push(a.shift()); // i feel clever.
4:09 PM 
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goldman: Seriously, it's just Wednesday. That's amazing.
4:02 PM 
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yukarim: Via @ga9_h "今ç*¾åœ¨twitterã*—ã*¦ã‚‹è¡†è­°é™¢è­°å“¡3人 ( @takayamasatoshi @seiji_ohsaka @ga9_h )ã*¯ã€*ã*„ã*šã‚Œã‚‚本会議場ã*§ã*®ãƒ..."
4:02 PM 
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ronpepsi: "That's why you develop a brain, so you can think about more than one thing at a time." Staring off into space.
4:01 PM 
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yukarim: Via @seiji_ohsaka "おおっ、そうだ。今日はJapanTimesの取材予定されていました。話題は、Twitterです。"
4:00 PM 
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alissa: Clearly I've set expectations well when my friends consider it a compliment when I call them "not retarded".
3:11 PM 
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al3x: Let's try that video link again: http://bit.ly/gYqb8 SO COOL. (Seriously, this is neat, but you will look dumb.)
3:07 PM
bit
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evan@al3x The first thing I thought of was, "A lot of people are going to run into shit because of this."
3:00 PM 
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anamitra: Its great to say 'you-eye' instead of 'goo-eey'
3:00 PM 
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evan: Contrary to the blogs, replacing one component with a better one doesn't suddenly make the previous one the spawn of the devil.
3:00 PM 
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al3x: How cool are we all going to look when we've waving our iPhones around to use augmented reality apps like http://bit.ly/ykgCS ? SO COOL.
2:58 PM
youtube
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mzsanford: My weeks lack of sleep has caught me. Breaking down and getting afternoon coffee.
2:50 PM 
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sean: Getting to the point where I can't follow all the twitter employees.
2:15 PM 
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jessverr: "Without you, there's no power hour." -@alexnm referring to our intense getatonofshitdone sessions
2:10 PM 
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yukarim: Via @stirlingspencer "FIT TIP: Watching your waist line, wanting firm abs, but still giving-in to bad cravings...try an apple-it's a nat..."
2:06 PM 
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Magnuson: Just printed out the paperwork for a disabled person parking placard per @lg's suggestion. Hoping they'll give me one for my motorcycle.
2:06 PM 
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yukarim: OH: "You're assuming I'm a man"
2:01 PM 
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al3x: Also, I can neither confirm nor deny that @gruber may have the most poignant take on the situation: http://bit.ly/rdoTa. No comment.
1:59 PM
daringfireball
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keerthi: Lotz of sound in our apartment complex.. #noisepollution :(
1:46 PM 
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al3x: Our official blog post about the stolen data: http://bit.ly/2mo20K. Our secrets are not particularly exciting. Sorry.
1:38 PM
twitter
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Magnuson: Grabbing my jacket from my motorcycle and then lunch. It's much cooler in the city today.
1:30 PM 
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rk: Via @buzz "Yet another acquaintance from SF has expressed surprise that NYC has hipsters. Guess what SF: you didn't invent food or casua..."
1:18 PM 
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ded: Ok. Internet Explorer JS Date fix broke Safari. Both scenarios still work in Firefox. I love Firefox.
1:12 PM 
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vl: Via @CollegeHumor "Here it is, the most amazing Web site on the Internet. http://bit.ly/DITiZ"
12:49 PM
themostamazingwebsiteontheinternet
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jessverr: To do: diet down the diet cokes.
12:42 PM 
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delbius: I am tentatively (and tremulously) saying that folks should be back now; still tidying up remnants, but should be mo' bettah.
12:32 PM 
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andr8a: will do @ Annabelle - betcha it's super hot in Woodland.
12:09 PM 
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evan: Via @gregpass "OH: retort."
12:02 PM 
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gregpass: OH: retort.
12:01 PM 
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rk: Via @gregpass "Rare (if not singular) example of an effective pie chart: http://bit.ly/2z6EfF"
12:00 PM
bit
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delbius: Some accounts are still coming back up; I'll post when everything should be back to normal. :)
11:58 AM 
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ded: anyone trying to parse our wonky rails dates in JS. do this: var date = Date.parse(str.replace(/( \+)/, ' UTC$1')); seems to fix it.
11:54 AM 
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mutgoff: My sister (@autgoff) sent me this: http://bit.ly/19U5Z0 Hilarious! Rollerblading is lame.
11:47 AM
bit
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kevinweil: Switching back and forth between Ruby and Java... I keep not declaring types in Java and adding semicolons in Ruby
11:42 AM 
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bs: Via @gregpass "Rare (if not singular) example of an effective pie chart: http://bit.ly/2z6EfF"
11:34 AM
laughingsquid
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delbius: Has someone who is CLEARLY NOT A SPAMMER been suspended? Give it twenty minutes and check back; some accounts are being updated.
11:32 AM 
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This app was written by Dave Winer of Scripting News. When I write a blog post to describe it, I'll link to it here. :-)

Many thanks to Veerle Pieters for the awesome CSS table design.