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What are the people of Twitter twittering about?


7/16/09; 11:55:01 PM Pacific
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abdur: Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving...
11:53 PM 
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evan: Every fourth person who gets on this bus is amazed the price is now $2 and argues with the driver.
11:00 PM 
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keerthi: Watching a hindi movie
10:51 PM 
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robey: nice. vmware's parallels-conversion waited until the end of a 15 min process to tell me that it wouldn't work because the vm was suspended.
10:47 PM 
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ded: whoa. no linkify http://bit.ly/184F2z
10:24 PM
dustindiaz
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ronpepsi: Little changes make long ripples. Go for it.
10:23 PM 
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ded: day 197: bit.ly/184F2z
10:19 PM 
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netik: I am in a real life version of the wrestler. Jake the snake is on the DNA stage.
10:09 PM 
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kevinthau: The Hangover was hilarious.
10:08 PM 
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ronpepsi: For friends north (hairy potter): http://www.flickr.com/photos/weblogenvy/872677738/
10:04 PM
flickr
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caroline: images of jakarta bombing from @GaluhRiyadi http://twitpic.com/photos/GaluhRiyadi
9:50 PM
twitpic
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ronpepsi: Looks like there may be a trip to the A's game Saturday with the Best Man.
9:42 PM 
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caroline: Via @BreakingNews "A photo, claimed to be from the Jakarta car bombing at a toll road, has been posted to Twitter: http://news.bnonews.c..."
9:41 PM
10,974
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evan@jessverr You have the most BFs and BFFs of any person.
9:39 PM 
3,272
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evan: Got stuck at the office for no clear purpose. But namesearch is working.
9:39 PM 
3,272
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jack: Finally going through all my email. In between watching the fog seep over San Francisco.
9:36 PM 
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dougw: At dinner with two prolific tech luminares.
9:34 PM 
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stevej@mrtall that reminds me to go back to Cobbs. Maybe to hear Andy Dick spout some crazy in september.
9:31 PM 
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ronpepsi: This wants to look like a pimple.
9:27 PM 
1,950
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mrtall: At Cobbs listening to the worst comic I've ever heard in my life.
9:22 PM 
2,656
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jessverr: Takeout ThaiFood, Aerosmith Just Push Play, 7 best college girlfriends, wine, stories, and laughs.
9:20 PM 
2,261
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krissy: Family night dinner with my little man - a little man worthy of my undivided attention. Putting phone down now.
9:05 PM 
7,306
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caroline: Via @rayafahreza "MMC hospital phone number: +62-21 520-3435, +62-21- 527-3473 #Jakarta Ritz Carlton & JW Mariott explosion"
8:50 PM 
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caroline: Via @BreakingNews "Marriott International releases statement to CNBC on hotel bombings: http://news.bnonews.com/sgqp"
8:46 PM
bnonews
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ded: Just got a really hot kiss for organizing.
8:45 PM 
4,306
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ded: stop saying cream........................ cream
8:29 PM 
4,306
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ronpepsi: If I had a Veil of Ignorance I don't know if I'd wear it. Certainly not while putting for birdie.
8:24 PM 
1,949
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mhegge: Glenn Beck is a parody of guys like Glenn Beck right?
8:24 PM 
3,034
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stop: Finally solved a bug where Safari was adding an extra few pixels of height to a styled text input field. All came down to line-height.
8:17 PM 
8,565
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ded: margarita
8:16 PM 
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al3x: Hung pictures. Two photographs by @noele, one large framed poster of Damien Hirst's "For The Love of God".
8:16 PM 
12,952
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stevej: Somehow @stacy got a Google Voice account. Her number is 1-800-WHERES-STEVEs?
8:14 PM 
5,296
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stevej: This morning I rode a spinning bike while working on the speed bag. In support of Lance Armstrong. I guess.
8:10 PM 
5,295
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dougw: Just watched a girl faint as Al "Father of the Internet" Gore walked by. Or was it global warming?
8:04 PM 
4,483
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jkalucki: Many are trying to follow the private @hosebird account. @twitterapi not good enough? Should there be a public Streaming API account?
8:03 PM 
1,994
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krissy: not quite sure what to eat for dinner and Jace isn't helping out with ideas
7:54 PM 
7,306
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kevinweil: RT @evan: Cassandra hackfest this Wednesday, in San Francisco! http://bit.ly/hackfest #cassandradb
7:34 PM
markmail
1,043
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alissa: Judging by the looks of passerbys, mouthing the lyrics "I'm not insane, I'm not insane, I'm not insane" may imply the contrary.
7:27 PM 
3,427
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kevinweil@gregpass it's been rumored that @delbius was highlighting its shocking anatomical correctness.
7:24 PM 
1,043
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mzsanford: "I only have about 150 tweets to my name … because I have a day job" — CEO RealNetworks. Touché, sir
7:16 PM 
2,460
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stop: Electronic music from the ice cream truck is sounding creepy.
7:09 PM 
8,563
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mzsanford: Talking shop at #SMCSeattle has to pause while we jockey for seats.
7:05 PM 
2,460
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pankaj@krissy yes, i like it!
6:59 PM 
1,389
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carolinehttp://twitpic.com/almyu - dear @annieleibovitz thanks 4 the lovely book
6:51 PM
twitpic
10,968
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evan: Is neo4j good? I have no experience with it. Someone made a jruby binding: http://github.com/andreasronge/neo4j/
6:51 PM
github
3,269
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ev: Looking at a cool new page design. Ah...yes, let's think about the future!
6:37 PM 
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santojay: Some crazy loud hard rock music piping out of @yukarim headphones
6:35 PM 
2,684
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santojay: Via @kevinthau "Big fire near Sand Hill rd in Menlo Park."
6:34 PM 
2,684
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kevinthau: Big fire near Sand Hill rd in Menlo Park.
6:33 PM 
3,930
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andr8a: found parking at home @awesnap. I can hardly wait for monday. ;)
6:32 PM 
1,519
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jessverr: Wine with the BFFs awaits.
6:24 PM 
2,259
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mhegge: Noticed I drink more when the kids are around, but after today I'm making an exception.
6:10 PM 
3,034
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ded: iJustine is biggest trend right now. i'm packing up and going home.
6:02 PM 
4,390
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krissy: I've just renamed my internet persona to iBush.. ya like?
6:00 PM 
7,309
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sean: Wish I could join @mzsanford at the #smcseattle, but I've got a meeting...
5:57 PM 
1,288
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ej: Viewing in standard, watching them wiggle. Refreshing
5:52 PM 
2,625
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mutgoff: The terrorists have won.
5:52 PM 
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andr8ahttp://twitpic.com/ale2t - who left their trash? ;)
5:40 PM
twitpic
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Magnuson: Twitter has become so useful for me that it's almost too useful. I'm drowning in utiles!
5:39 PM 
1,288
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gregpass: Who touched my chicken?
5:23 PM 
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mzsanford: Getting ready to head to the #SMCSeattle event this evening.
5:02 PM 
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mrtall@evan except for that one year
4:53 PM 
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ronpepsi: Silence is golden, except when you are talking about failing, in which case it is a bit more brown in color.
4:48 PM 
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delbius@mikelimondba Yeah, that's what it's turning into for me too. And data's pretty slow.
4:42 PM 
4,405
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delbius: Instructions from @tiger: "If you get pinkeye, don't get your pinkeye juice all over us."
4:42 PM 
4,405
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netik: AT&T Phone system seems to be down around the SoMA Area in san francisco, no one can make calls
4:40 PM 
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mikelimondba@delbius I seem to have data but not voice on ATT
4:39 PM 
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delbius: Pretty sure this is AT&T's fault, but I haven't seen any announcements yet. :|
4:22 PM 
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delbius: Out of myself, @tiger, and @crystal, none of us have service on our iPhones with AT&T. I guess I didn't really need to make that phone call.
4:20 PM 
4,406
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evan: Cassandra hackfest this Wednesday, in San Francisco! http://bit.ly/hackfest #cassandradb
4:18 PM
markmail
3,268
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evan: Cassandra hackfest this Wednesday, in San Francisco! http://bit.ly/hackfest
4:16 PM
markmail
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nk: In all this excitement, trying to avoid being self-serving.
4:12 PM 
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bs: Twitter Blog: Someone Call Security http://bit.ly/Y7A3L
4:11 PM
twitter
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ded: Twitter Blog: Someone Call Security http://bit.ly/14oDDD
4:01 PM
twitter
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ej: Excited by the progress our team is making in my absence
4:01 PM 
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al3x: Er, sorry: "sparks" are feeds in Fever that you don't want to read in their entirety. What would you use for that? Already have @hackernews.
3:51 PM 
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ded@ev let me know when you want another glass of scotch.
3:50 PM 
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al3x: Jumped on http://feedafever.com/. What feeds would you use as "kindling" (stuff you don't want to read all of, but that adds signal)?
3:43 PM
feedafever
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bs: RT @ev: @TechCrunch "we have been given the green light by Twitter to post this information" What?! By whom? That's not our understanding
3:33 PM 
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stevej@rk this is my first real attempt so we're 0 of 1.
3:31 PM 
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rk@stevej have you found git submodules to work well at all?
3:20 PM 
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stevej: hmm, git submodules within other git submodules does not work transparently, it seems.
3:18 PM 
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caroline: Via @iamdiddy "RT @ThisismyiQ http://twitpic.com/akl7t - THROWBACK PIC OF THE DAY! WOW!!!! check out me and my boys lol!!!"
3:17 PM
twitpic
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evan: For eighty million years, birds have ruled the skies, seas and earth.
3:17 PM 
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andr8a: Via @ded "sigh."
3:09 PM 
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alissa@ev Perhaps @TechCrunch got a tip from an unnamed source that it was ok with us to release those documents. *ducks*
3:09 PM 
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rk: Via @harryh "Contemplating conducting a self-security audit this weekend. I bet I am surprisingly vulnerable."
3:08 PM 
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delbius: Via @santojay "Integrity, it appears, is a flimsy construct for some."
3:05 PM 
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dougw: RT @santojay: Integrity, it appears, is a flimsy construct for some.
2:51 PM 
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ded: Via @ev "@TechCrunch @arrington "we have been given the green light by Twitter to post this information" What?! By whom? That's not our ..."
2:50 PM 
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santojay: Via @Mike_FTW "It took 10,000x more computational power than the Apollo 11 command module had its disposal to get rid of that smiley fac..."
2:49 PM 
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caroline: best wishes on your engagement @IvankaTrump! *hugz* :)
2:47 PM 
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santojay: Integrity, it appears, is a flimsy construct for some.
2:43 PM 
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rk: Via @ev "@TechCrunch @arrington "we have been given the green light by Twitter to post this information" What?! By whom? That's not our ..."
2:35 PM 
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pankaj: Via @ev "@TechCrunch @arrington "we have been given the green light by Twitter to post this information" What?! By whom? That's not our ..."
2:21 PM 
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mzsanford@ev Why, by @arrington of course!
2:19 PM 
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rsarver: RT @ev: @TechCrunch @arrington "we have been given the green light by Twitter to post this information" What?! By whom? ...
2:16 PM 
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jessverr: RT ev @TechCrunch "We have been given the green light by Twitter to post this information" What?! By whom? That's not our understanding
2:10 PM 
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caroline: working & listening to beethoven piano concerto #5 e flat major op73, adagio un poco mosso, helps me focus :) http://songza.com/~qa5tz2
1:39 PM
songza
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mrtall: Via @DougCoupland "Do bears shit in the woods? No. They shit on my driveway. A huge pile filled with white plastic bag remnants. The Fed..."
1:33 PM 
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