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What are the people of Twitter twittering about?


7/21/09; 11:54:02 PM Pacific
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yukarim: Having a cozy time at the office with @evan, @chloes, and @gregpass. The green tea is waking me up.
11:43 PM 
1,978
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evan: # FIXME bug
11:35 PM 
3,323
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jessverr: At post chamber music fundraise event learning about Barrow, Alaska and whale hunting. I <3 random adventures in Menlo Park.
11:23 PM 
2,339
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mhegge: Wow.
11:23 PM 
3,034
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netik: Dentyne gum has a commercial with a guy giving out gum and saying 'Friend request accepted'. Social Networking = super mainstream.
11:03 PM 
4,013
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netik: working on a twttr database report and found a primordial tweet: "oh shit, this is going to be addictive" from 2006. heh!
11:01 PM 
4,013
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nk: Liszt's "Un Sospiro" is all I've ever wanted from music.
11:01 PM 
3,064
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mzsanford: "Okay Weaver! Let's see what's in the box! ... NOTHING! NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! ... STUPID!" #UHF (via @wilw)
11:00 PM 
2,456
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santojay: Seriously, Brian Williams needs to be the new Janes Bond. He was awesome at The Daily Show. Crisp zingers, that guy
10:51 PM 
2,740
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santojay: Crazy busy day. Heading back from Trader Joe's. Always a joy to shop there though.
10:49 PM 
2,740
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dougw: Heading outside for: ISS will cross the sky at your location at 10:34 pm! more details: http://twisst.nl/4267 (via @twisst9)
10:26 PM
twisst
4,439
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gregpass: Recounting bloody (if faultlessly reasonable) LARP adventure per @yukarim's so-called team building exercise.
9:59 PM 
2,436
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kevinweil: hadoopdb is built on hive, it says... weird.
9:51 PM 
1,070
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jessverr: Listening to a Mendelssohn string quartet and impressed by the coordinated movements and gestures of the performers
9:23 PM 
2,339
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mzsanford: OH: "I just texted my husband that I'm drinking." … I find the implications staggering.
8:51 PM 
2,456
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ronpepsi: Bummer, Potemkin barns.
8:49 PM 
1,873
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kevinweil: Wonderful dinner with @elizabeth, @randizuckerberg, @tworetzky, and @asaloner. Now for our next drinks...
8:43 PM 
1,070
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delbius: Too tired to do anything but whine about being tired (which I am doing tirelessly).
8:35 PM 
4,588
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andr8a: Via @TheCafeSF "The Café is pleased to announce its grand reopening, starting this Thurs. night (July 23). Come join us to celebrate! w..."
8:32 PM 
1,540
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mhegge: The tag on my Nudie Jeans says not to wash them for six months. Don't think they took into account doggy drool and dried beef liver treats.
8:13 PM 
3,032
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jack: I love the highline. http://bit.ly/rBJZj
8:12 PM
nytimes
933,008
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dougw: Evesdropping on the discussion of Twitter engineers; trying not to get in the way as I learn.
8:07 PM 
4,439
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jack: But first, 54 Mint.
8:03 PM 
932,982
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jack: Totally going in the hot tub tonight.
7:57 PM 
932,958
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evan: Great argument in Twitter-land over intuitive dimension naming for #cassandradb.
7:53 PM 
3,320
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rsarver: I just ousted @devon as the mayor of South food + wine bar on @foursquare! http://bit.ly/Ln6du
7:52 PM
playfoursquare
1,030
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vl: It took me a while, but now I’m addicted to audiobooks.
7:41 PM 
4,432
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abdur: At @umi for pre sigir trip... Showing my nephew the ropes...
6:58 PM 
8,913
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meangrape: Alternating between telling stories [well, the same one over and over] and singing alphabets. Parenthood: simultaneously boring and fun.
6:56 PM 
3,386
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sean: Via @PADILLACIGARS "whats a Parati -sir?"
6:53 PM 
1,305
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ronpepsi: Confirmed: There is more than one famous Joe Jackson. (Not exactly breaking news.)
6:43 PM 
1,872
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andr8a: TheCafe reopens this weekend? nice
6:38 PM 
1,539
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delbius: Eyed strangers arriving at office with suspicion even upon being informed of relation to @jessverr. After all, they were still into running.
6:33 PM 
4,587
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rk: riding the headlands in the morning with @rr. join us?
6:18 PM 
3,547
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evan: I think I fixed it.
5:29 PM 
3,319
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bs: Checking out our assets, if you know what I mean.
5:24 PM 
35,971
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crystal: Really hungry but can't eat until 8; heading to the most anticipated class in the spine series; hoping for 2 full hours of back bending!
5:19 PM 
14,104
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delbius: Hearts blessed: upwards of thirty. It's just one of those days.
5:18 PM 
4,583
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evan: Crap, it's still doing it. Blog is down for now.
5:18 PM 
3,319
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evan: Apache flipped a shit on my blog...odd.
5:17 PM 
3,319
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stevej@goldman lucky chances might be getting the upper hand on you.
5:05 PM 
5,331
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goldman: Trying to remember where I put my bar mitzvah money.
5:03 PM 
845,077
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alissa: I am beginning to suspect that our coffee cup supply has not grown at the same rate as our recruiting.
4:32 PM 
3,446
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jennadawn: Why does everything always become a fashion trend in the city? http://bit.ly/WohXK
4:24 PM
nbcbayarea
1,221
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meangrape: Via @kaylaWood123 "rachel mcadams is a trending topic. one can only assume is that she's dead. good enough confirmation for me. #RIPRach..."
4:22 PM 
3,386
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al3x: My reputation for absolutism proceeds me.
4:06 PM 
13,097
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nk: OH: "So non-Jewish musical Seinfeld?"
3:59 PM 
3,063
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jennadawn: Shouldn't have eaten that sugar bomb. ugh.
3:30 PM 
1,220
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jillyface: There is probably a very firm pattern that I rarely Tweet on Mon or Tues- work work work and minimum play. #Twitterwithdrawals
3:26 PM 
1,256
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jessverr: Feeling under the weather. What a bizarre expression.
3:24 PM 
2,335
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dougw: Thought long and hard about @mg's project. The most rewarding part of an open API is the democratized march toward improved user experience.
3:11 PM 
4,435
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meangrape: The way of the tiling window manager -- nothing exists outside of your applications. Except people stopping by your desk or emailing you.
3:06 PM 
3,388
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jennadawn: Intergalactic Tweets coming soon http://bit.ly/4qpZie
3:03 PM
flickr
1,222
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al3x: Listening to a beautiful mostly ambient mix from bvdub, courtesy of @mnmlssgs: http://bit.ly/OM7df
2:59 PM
blogspot
13,097
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evan: Looks like @seibert's relatively small CUDA system is kicking ass in the @engineyard contest: http://bit.ly/3sXQW http://bit.ly/112BcX
2:53 PM
twitter
3,318
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kevinweil: Anyone looked at #hadoopdb? Looks like an interesting project. http://bit.ly/Lwepw
2:48 PM
blogspot
1,068
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kevinweil: RT @rion: Learning puppet is like learning where meat comes from.
2:40 PM 
1,068
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andr8a: Via @keerthi "Yummy cookies. Thx to @gobbagobbahey!"
2:38 PM 
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evan: Cassandra hackfest is tomorrow evening; we still have space for 5 people or so. http://bit.ly/hackfest #cassandradb
2:37 PM
markmail
3,318
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keerthi: Yummy cookies. Thx to @gobbagobbahey!
2:28 PM 
745
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al3x: Twitter HQ is feasting on delicious gobs from @gobbagobbahey. Thanks!
2:21 PM 
13,096
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Magnuson: Another nasty headache plagues my poor noggin. Going to see the doctor Thursday morning.
2:20 PM 
1,313
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jessverr@santojay sounds like sorority rush terminology.
2:19 PM 
2,333
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santojay: "Why were you a neg, Greg", @Crystal to @gregpass
2:15 PM 
2,738
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evan: Some dude is here with sugar bombs.
2:13 PM 
3,316
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jessverr: From a friend: "This song will forever bring memories of you and I driving around, windows down, singing loudly and terribly and joyfully."
2:03 PM 
2,333
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alissa@delbius No you're not.
1:54 PM 
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sean: me-me-me idiot move of tomorrow: will complain to the indigenous wildlife of the North Pole about how it's cold in San Francisco
1:48 PM 
1,304
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sean: me-me-me idiot move of the day: talked about being busy to @jeremy
1:46 PM 
1,304
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caroline: verified @davidblaine. thanx @SirensEye @OrielAngie ;)
1:46 PM 
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andr8a: Via @delbius "I don't know what you guys are doing but I'm wearing a blinged-out Jenna Jameson t-shirt that just arrived. http://twitpic..."
1:22 PM
1,538
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delbius@stevej I would watch this movie also.
1:22 PM 
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stevej: Gigolo Killer Shatner is a hit! You're in luck, it's a real movie from 1974 called Impulse. I'll find it and we'll get some popcorn.
1:21 PM 
5,330
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ded: getting RAM installed. can't twitter with just 2GB anymore.
1:18 PM 
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delbius: I don't know what you guys are doing but I'm wearing a blinged-out Jenna Jameson t-shirt that just arrived. http://twitpic.com/b506c
1:18 PM
twitpic
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crystal: Sad I didn't make it to India as planned for this: http://bit.ly/3uZsR
1:06 PM
mashable
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mrtall@stevej gigolo
1:00 PM 
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stevej: Quick Poll: Which Shatner film would you rather watch? Shatner as a rural veterinarian battling spiders or Shatner as a murderous gigolo?
12:48 PM 
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Magnuson: Feeling terrible.
12:30 PM 
1,313
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mutgoff: Fear of missing out? Consider Twitter.
12:30 PM 
12,304
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al3x: We're nominated for a Pwnie. Yeah. Fair enough. http://bit.ly/G1qmh
12:24 PM
pwnie-awards
13,087
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kevinthau: Skitch is a life saver.
12:18 PM 
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jessverr: Listening: Imogen Heap "First Train Home" Doing: Financial models Feeling: Better despite hectic morning. Wondering: Why macs suck at excel
12:16 PM 
2,329
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al3x@kevinweil But not your last.
11:59 AM 
13,084
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kevinweil: Just had my first experience being bitten by Ruby's "sure, everyone can alter methods in common classes" feature.
11:52 AM 
1,068
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jkalucki: The utility, applicability and flexibility of cascading streaming servers is boundless. Boundless, I say.
11:52 AM 
2,005
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jessverr: While running late this morning I frantically threw on my roommate's Mitchum-Man deodorant. Jeeeez.
11:32 AM 
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anamitra: Congrats @twelpforce on the launch. Great way to connect users to employees!
11:26 AM 
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sean: Listening to the new Right Said Fred album, eagerly awaiting the release of Flash 4, and not wasting time with new-fangled cookies and SSL
11:10 AM 
1,304
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sean: Stepping into @bs's time machine and going back in time to 1992, where JP mobile browsers are cutting-edge
11:05 AM 
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mrtall: I love that the resort in the Maldives we are (probably) staying at for our honeymoon has a "Follow us on Twitter" link on their website.
10:48 AM 
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rk: Via @evan "CTO a: "Saying 'we'll run some benchmarks' doesn't excite the clients." CTO b: "Enterprise that shit up, mofo!" Result: http:..."
10:44 AM 
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jessverr: May the @twelpforce be with you - excited to see @BestBuy's investment in customer service 2.0 (via @TechCrunch http://bit.ly/O9J52)
10:40 AM
techcrunch
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al3x: When it comes to cocktail trends, mezcal is apparently the new punch. I can get behind this. http://bit.ly/srcR5
10:33 AM
alcademics
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evan: CTO a: "Saying 'we'll run some benchmarks' doesn't excite the clients." CTO b: "Enterprise that shit up, mofo!" Result: http://bit.ly/1mWeh
9:59 AM
mosso
3,312
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meangrape: Via @ahoova "wow incredible packaging and i would buy this if i saw it at the drugstore http://bit.ly/3ed2v"
9:39 AM
bit
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mhegge: Via @timescolonist "If you're travelling to Okanagan and wondering about the fire, follow tweets at #kelownafire"
9:37 AM 
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meangrapehttp://twitpic.com/b468v - @dwfrank It's a conspiracy. The seahorses have escaped the BART station. #seahorseconspiracy
9:15 AM
twitpic
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crystal: Kicked it up a notch- drinking Mighty Leaf Hojicha instead of the usual jasmine. Stayed up late playing mah jong, need the UMPH.
8:52 AM 
14,102
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ronpepsi: Network trouble, how about that? (And, why can't one ask "why about that"?)
8:40 AM 
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