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What are the people of Twitter twittering about?


7/29/09; 11:55:04 PM Pacific
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noradio@kevinweil Intelij IDEA is awesome. I've really enjoyed writing Java with it.
11:47 PM 
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santojay@sean & @dougw Satisfactorily mollified! :o-)
11:45 PM 
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mrtall@kevinweil really? I wrote Java without code completion for years, never bothered me.
11:43 PM 
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sean@santojay and FWIW, I actually brought a cigar from Seattle with you in mind. Have it with me now actually. Will continue to save it.
11:40 PM 
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sean@santojay There will be a part 2, for sure. Hope you will make an appearance...
11:39 PM 
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dougw@santojay I owe you a similar congratulatory night out in a few weeks.
11:38 PM 
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vl@santojay good stuff, that one’s much deeper, uplifting.
11:29 PM 
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rsarver: Mmm. Great cocktails on a quiet night with @devon and her mom. Cilantro, vodka, chipotle powder on top. http://twitpic.com/c3y8a
11:15 PM
twitpic
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santojay@vl That was nice, indeed. Here is my favorite ad. Listen with headphones: http://bit.ly/3lWOIn
11:10 PM
youtube
2,834
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jessverr: Liz: "Stop, drop, and rocket." Teddy: "I think it's stop, lock, and pop it."
11:06 PM 
2,434
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evan: Briefly tempted to write an abstract class.
11:03 PM 
3,377
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delbius@rocio___I'm just letting you know that reporting someone for spamming when they're not won't get them suspended. Thanks!
10:57 PM 
4,789
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kevinweil: RT @joshbloch: I have decided to join the 21st century. Better late than never.
10:56 PM 
1,067
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al3xhttp://simple-backup.appspot.com/ fixed for actual. That last bug was my fault; forgot that @app_engine doesn't support some Python syntax.
10:55 PM
appspot
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delbius: I am unfamiliar with this "going to bed before midnight" thing but I'm not one to shy away from unfamiliar territory. Night!
10:54 PM 
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kevinweil: Not to start a holy war, but what's the best non-eclipse mac java/scala editor? No saying textmate, java is hopeless without code completion
10:40 PM 
1,066
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jessverr: Lost in an artichoke patch, looking for the beach. Literally.
10:39 PM 
2,434
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vl: The night-driving Volkswagen ad is so inspiring: http://bit.ly/NAoPa One of their best, in my opinion.
10:34 PM
bit
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santojay: Charles called tuna fish "silly chicken", Luke's parents forced him to juggle at carnivals. Now has nightmares about leotards (@charles) :-)
10:33 PM 
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ded: "does that have anything to do with the normal expressions thing?" via @jennadawn
10:15 PM 
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andr8a: Via @Cafe "http://bit.ly/rDAGs Ted Kennedy = Chappaquiddick"
10:13 PM
bit
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santojay@dougw and @sean WTF? You guys choose to go 'Madmen' on us and other whisky loving folk left out?
10:00 PM 
2,834
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delbius: Between coughing, sneezing, & blowing my nose, I look like the pic of health. At least I don't feel super sick; I blame allergies.
9:52 PM 
4,788
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al3x: If http://simple-backup.appspot.com/ hasn't been working for you, it should now. @simplenoteapp had a bug in their API, now fixed.
9:52 PM
appspot
13,085
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andr8a: Via @SteveOnBroadway "Summer of 40th anniversaries: Moon landing, Judy Garland death, Stonewall, Chappaquiddick, Sharon Tate (Manson Fam..."
9:50 PM 
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biz: maybe I'll watch some www.hulu.com before hitting the sack—they've got some good stuff
9:44 PM 
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stevej: Took me a while to get that opinion out, I was sidetracked watching William Shatner: http://bit.ly/16icz1
9:43 PM
youtube
5,426
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stevej: Opinion #1, concatenative languages encourage more reuse than object-oriented programs due to the focus on brevity.
9:42 PM 
5,426
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mutgoff: Talking direct democracy at Bottom of the Hill. Good times!!
9:41 PM 
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nk: "The appellation of heretics has always been applied to the less numerous party." - Edward Gibbon
9:34 PM 
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stevej: for the #twitter_reading_list, I read Chap 1 of Design Concepts in Programming Languages. Who else has? I have some opinions, people!
9:32 PM 
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al3x: Via @moonpolysoft "the first #functionalalcoholics meetup will be at 83 proof: http://www.83proof.com/"
9:26 PM
83proof
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jessverr: Adventure beckons.
9:26 PM 
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dougw: Man date with @sean. Cigars and scotch.
9:15 PM 
4,587
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rsarver: I just ousted @joyengel as the mayor of Tropisueño on @foursquare! http://bit.ly/wcuKb
9:06 PM
playfoursquare
1,121
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kevinthau: Was looking at my iPhone playlist and thought they were some whacky Trending Topics.
9:05 PM 
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ronpepsi: I don't use personal email regularly anymore because it is so polluted. I hear there's a thread about the Rickey Day this weekend? Let's go.
8:59 PM 
1,903
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mutgoff: Burrito Justice is a great name for a Blog!
8:58 PM 
12,183
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santojay: That Stimulatimg Story about the Birds and the Bees #failedchildrensbooktitles
8:36 PM 
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evan: Found a bag of jelly beans. Not good for my current "healthy eating" plan.
8:35 PM 
3,376
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robey: "hey obama, booze isn't how you resolve a racial incident, it's how you start one." -larry wilmore
8:19 PM 
2,183
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al3x: I say, this oil and this water isn't mixing at all! SOMEONE ALERT SCIENCE.
8:18 PM 
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pankaj: Off to dinner outside with family and @_manan http://yfrog.com/0oo4blj
8:18 PM
yfrog
1,443
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ded: while we're on regex's... if anyone made sense of the last one... does the definition in your head still apply to this "a#".match(/\b#/);
8:13 PM 
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Magnusonhttp://twitpic.com/c3gqz - Learning Morse code using my phone.
8:12 PM
twitpic
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ronpepsi: I used to think that ideas outnumbered minds. Whatever, it's cool, like a jellyfish lake: http://bit.ly/P6CyF
8:07 PM
wikipedia
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dedhttp://krtv.com - montana's news station; dropped in the twitter widget. nice :)
8:04 PM
krtv
4,763
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evan: Fed cat, took out trash, started first load of laundry.
7:44 PM 
3,376
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ded: so...... why does this work " $a".match(/\ba/);
7:33 PM 
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meangrape: Muni breakdowns invariably happen when I most want to get home.
7:32 PM 
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jack: RT @mintplaza: Something is happening right now on the plaza. http://yfrog.com/6c7x3hj
7:31 PM
yfrog
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andr8a@evan http://twitpic.com/be23o - classic
7:27 PM
twitpic
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sean: eating a jank sandwich
7:26 PM 
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jessverr: Meteor shower tonight (http://bit.ly/shQGu)- siiiiick. Reminded of camping trips to Table Mtn w/ Seattle Astronomical Society as a kid.
7:23 PM
bit
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robey: "even the most stoic, surly GOP congressman is now in the odd position of defending the president's very existence" http://bit.ly/16HQaY
7:20 PM
sfgate
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rsarver: Long, good day @twitter. Just realized I've been there 6 weeks and still loving every day of it. Fun things to work on at every turn
7:15 PM 
1,119
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kevinweil: Potluck, meteor shower, then back to work. Like @evan.
7:09 PM 
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evan: Loud girls on the bus. Stop shrieking.
7:01 PM 
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meangrape: Watching the N glide away from across the street...
7:00 PM 
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meangrape@ded I figured it out. \b works the way it should in all cases.
6:50 PM 
3,282
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evan: Vegan kosher halal bars. What's left? http://twitpic.com/c35lh
6:46 PM
twitpic
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pankaj: SB386 (6:33) AWOL in SF. No info posted. T18:37 (via @caltrain) http://yfrog.com/bbe4oj
6:42 PM
yfrog
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evan: Going home. A lot to do still tonight. :-/
6:38 PM 
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ronpepsi: Reading up on the Schooner appliances. And I may need to wear sunglasses when E & H's room is done getting painted.
6:37 PM 
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mzsanford: I have not felt this kind of heat since I was young. The kind of heat that makes you forget what it's like to be cold.
6:34 PM 
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santojay: Leaving Twoffice with a handful of snacks for pregnant wife
6:20 PM 
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evan@stevej Speakeasy, over moonshine still.
6:03 PM 
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evan: Custom CSS in DabbleDB views! Rock.
6:02 PM 
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stevej: convention over configuration is fine, I just wish I knew the secret handshake! (re: rails migration)
6:01 PM 
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Magnuson: Great little story about the magic of Twitter: http://bit.ly/Wg6NC
5:53 PM
richardcotman
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andr8ahttp://twitpic.com/c2yd0 -
5:53 PM
twitpic
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al3x: Wow, over 60 people are interested in the #functionalalcoholics drinkup on the 5th! @moonpolysoft will be sending out the deets via email.
5:49 PM 
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netik: poking at the twitter bird and making it go faster, then off to sys admin appreciation night.
5:45 PM 
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andr8ahttp://twitpic.com/c2x59 - MollieStone's
5:44 PM
twitpic
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andr8ahttp://twitpic.com/c2wkj -
5:40 PM
twitpic
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ded@meangrape is acting currently as my \B
5:39 PM 
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ej@abdur @pankaj do you want to play a game of hangman?
5:29 PM 
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abdur: Who knew working on f(u) with @pankaj would be so fun.
5:24 PM 
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jessverr: Earthy chic: http://bit.ly/Ynkn6
4:48 PM
urbanoutfitters
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mutgoff: I officially have no idea how to get into my gmail. I made it impossible and immediately forgot my password.
4:45 PM 
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mhegge: Listening to Japandroids (no Twitter account?) and looking forward to their show in September. http://www.myspace.com/japandroids
4:22 PM
myspace
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ej: one day, @gregpass is dreaming of you in tears and frustration, the next a whole team of people are working towards your goal. life is good
3:55 PM 
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al3x: So, wait: RubyMine has features that IDEA's Ruby plugin doesn't? Wha? I thought RubyMine was a subset of IDEA, not the other way around.
3:48 PM 
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caroline: finally @amandabynes got her user name back. now you can follow the *real* amanda. ;)
3:45 PM 
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sean: Via @eleighdubs "pepsi v. coke branding: http://tinyurl.com/lerv5j coca-cola wins!"
3:22 PM
inquisitr
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andr8a: Via @ChloeS "Update: Twitter master in @MTV's control room (http://yfrog.com/5oto8j) is one (sassy) @eleighdubs. Nice to meet you!"
3:18 PM
yfrog
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andr8a: Via @twitter "Our own @chloes went to @MTV and met the person who controls the 'push-live-tweets-to-air button. Cool job!"
3:17 PM 
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bs: "Right now some shit happenin' ... ain't happenin' so well." -- @goldman
3:15 PM 
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andr8a: (cute hat) rt @sukhjit @doverbey That was my bad. I've obviously forgotten how 2 use seemic! Forgive my hairpins, ok! http://is.gd/1Ti9A
3:12 PM
seesmic
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al3x: Shorn.
3:12 PM 
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ded: "we need to clean up the cruft because there's crap" - via @mrtall
3:11 PM 
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Magnuson@rael I still have an Anthrax shirt waiting for you at my desk. Don't forget!
3:03 PM 
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ded: "I found the worst code at Twitter" - via @rael
3:01 PM 
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netik: Surely, an audio engineer did not design the EQ in iTunes. It's only ten bands, and lacks the critical 5khz (pain) and 400hz (mud) faders.
2:51 PM 
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andr8a: Via @che3 "http://twitpic.com/c26u6 - Spam Support Applicant sent us some "CRAZY TASTY" stuff!"
2:50 PM
twitpic
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meangrape: Twitter SARS is getting me down.
2:44 PM 
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jessverr: Franklin Gothic Book size 12 is a pretty font.
2:38 PM 
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meangrape: Via @coda "This is why you don't store passwords in fucking plaintext: http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=131 Use a 256-bit user-specific sal..."
2:34 PM
perlmonks
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JugglingPumba: Was told to dress "not like a dork" for tonights Green Day concert. Too late!
2:25 PM 
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kevinweil: Neat, @patrickchung just showed me NEA's conference room glass that starts transparent and turns opaque at the touch of a button. Science.
2:19 PM 
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