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What are the people of Twitter twittering about?


8/18/09; 11:58:03 PM Pacific
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robey: today's accomplishments: fresh litterbox for kitty. end of list. better luck tomorrow!
11:23 PM 
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ded: day 230: shiny happy people http://bit.ly/gBkgw
11:11 PM
dustindiaz
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rael@robey and 4 eyes and lots of teeth... Eek!
11:01 PM 
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evan: Struggle to pick wedding music. Last minute attempt to possibly book a bluegrass band.
10:41 PM 
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dougw: Laughing with the mysterious Meghan http://twitpic.com/efwi9
10:28 PM
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sean: On the JP side: discussing how to translate "retweet".
10:27 PM 
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evan: "I was instructed by a computer program to type something here."
10:19 PM 
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sean: Ah snap, autocorrect capitalized AT&T. But they are at&t now. You know, all PoMo and hip and such now.
10:18 PM 
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dougw: But what if it's already a good night? I think we need a song for that, too.
10:10 PM 
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jillyface: RT @audomatic: BOOOOOZe
9:52 PM 
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mutgoff@stevej I love "smell ya later." One of the best Simpsons episodes ever. "Nobody loves Milhouse!"
9:31 PM 
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mutgoff: This American Life made me cry. The world isn't fair and I can't fix it :(
9:25 PM 
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robey: "web 2 dot oy" you can thank @piis3 for that one.
9:17 PM 
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meangrape: OK, cogs, get ready!
9:12 PM 
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mhegge: Of course I had to be looking at the 2008 line up.
9:05 PM 
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jessverr: Lovely disarray http://twitpic.com/efos4
9:01 PM
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mhegge: Line up for Rifflandia is looking incredible. Black Mountain, The Walkmen, Blitzen Trapper and Handsome Furs?!
8:54 PM 
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stevej: After a full year of I have to give up my campaign to make "smell ya later" a real thing. @noradio suggests I switch to "keep it sleazy"
8:54 PM 
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rsarver@dougw grrrr. victory, if even for a moment
8:52 PM 
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al3x: Was given a jar of nice pasta sauce by a friendly employee at @wholefoods SOMA.
8:47 PM 
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andr8a: Via @sukhjit "walked out of hot yoga and into super chilly SF fog. SF summers are awesome."
8:44 PM 
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andr8ahttp://twitpic.com/efm8k - this was suppose to be a ufo but...
8:38 PM
twitpic
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bs: Great run on the Embarcadero. Now: tea, book, dog. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/11456704
8:38 PM
garmin
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jack: The St. Louis Cardinals are playing the L.A. Dodgers and I'm listening on the radio. Reminds me of my Grandma's house.
8:30 PM 
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netik: OMG. Tweeting from 32,000 ft, in a plane, somewhere over Okalahoma. This rocks. Scored a free gogo Internet daypass.
8:22 PM 
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dougw@rsarver just sent you an email.
8:10 PM 
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biz: we had a good crew tonight for @sftechruns -- a nice 8k along the bay
8:06 PM 
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rsarver: Project Inbox Zero - successful. Just needed to be at the office until 8pm. See you tmrw gmail. I hope you speed up or things could get ugly
7:53 PM 
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al3x: Happy people drinking beer floats at @epicentercafe http://yfrog.com/7gl6pj
7:22 PM
yfrog
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alissa: The grunting, moaning and giggling coming from the front room at Twitter HQ is unsettling. Yes, I know they're working out. It's creepy.
7:22 PM 
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evanhttp://twitpic.com/efbj1 - Do you make it in the oven?
7:13 PM
twitpic
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ronpepsi: Not spending a lot of time on the computer tonight. Family.
7:12 PM 
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jkalucki: In a pinch, seasoned rice vinegar works well enough on jellyfish stings. Also, attracts flies and makes searing pain smell delicious.
6:24 PM 
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alissa: Oh look, @bs is undressing in the office. It must be Tuesday.
6:07 PM 
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dougw: Peer pressured @goldman to join today's @sftechrun.
6:00 PM 
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ev: If anyone has a (physical) copy of last Friday's (the 14th) SF Chronicle and wouldn't mind sending it to me, let me know. Thx.
5:56 PM 
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andr8ahttp://twitpic.com/eeysh -
5:42 PM
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mzsanford: Missing the #SMCSea event tonight. Hopefully I'll make it next month and I can bring some T-shirts.
5:38 PM 
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mutgoff: Great website for short film: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/insideindies/shortsfest/
5:34 PM
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al3x: Should go grocery shopping and hit the gym tonight. Taunted by dueling promises of beer floats and a robotic keggerator. WHITHER RESOLVE
5:31 PM 
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bs: "Twitter throbber spins endlessly." ... Yes, yes it does. http://bit.ly/1GnsC
5:00 PM
bit
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Magnuson: Got a carrot cake from @carrotcreative today! How creative! Very thoughtful too. Anyone want to help me dig in? - http://twitpic.com/eeqcr
4:47 PM
twitpic
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stevej: Via @inboxzero "Joining a Facebook group about creative productivity is like buying a chair about jogging."
4:34 PM 
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rk: hipsters or german gymnasts: http://missioncycling.org/wp/2009/08/18/synchronicity/ ?
4:31 PM
missioncycling
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jillyface: Imagining @jessverr & @mutgoff running with boomboxes on their shoulders, each pumping the volume higher in competition for the best songs.
4:28 PM 
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jessverr@kevinthau youngin' but a struttin'
4:26 PM 
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jessverr@mutgoff mark my words!
4:25 PM 
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mutgoff: One of my most favorite songs has the best video EVA http://bit.ly/HB6VB
4:18 PM
youtube
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kevinthau: Me: "What about: Green Lantern?, Flash?, Wonder Twins? Aquaman?" Them: "Aquaman, only because of Entourage."
4:11 PM 
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stevej: "whenever all other possibilities have been ruled out, the improbable, however unlikely, must be the truth" - Sherlock Holmes.
4:00 PM 
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mutgoff: Working my ass of on this running mix. Prediction: @jessverr describes it as "legitimately terrible" and makes me listen to Kings of Leon.
3:59 PM 
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al3x: RT @twitterapi: We've started a #twitterapi IRC channel on irc.freenode.net. Join us. http://bit.ly/dZeZD
3:52 PM
google
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rsarver: RT @twitterapi: We've opened the #twitterapi IRC channel (on irc.freenode.net). Join us. http://bit.ly/dZeZD ^MM
3:46 PM
google
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kevinweil: OH: "You're like a therapist for my debugging environment. Just sit there and listen and I'll work it out."
3:44 PM 
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ded: fruit snacks in kitchen
3:43 PM 
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andr8a: how did u know i had some redbull? lol
3:40 PM 
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andr8a: ;^?
3:30 PM 
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andr8a: /8^{~
3:30 PM 
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andr8a: :-,
3:30 PM 
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jessverr: Drinking a glass of water in prep for @sftechruns this afternoon- come join us (@dougw @mutgoff @biz @noradio) at 6:00pm at 539 Bryant.
3:29 PM 
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delbius: Every now and then a phone call results in me actually feeling my blood pressure skyrocket. Then I get a headache. No wonder I hate phones.
3:27 PM 
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crystal: Having my weekly meeting with @charles and @lukester, TEAM BUCKSHOT
3:02 PM 
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keerthi: So nice of jay (@meangrape) to come over to my desk for a quick chat. It had been long i had seen him :)
3:02 PM 
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anamitra: Kung Fu taco at Sansome/Jackson has some damn good asian tacos. The tip jar pulls out the nunchuks though, claims that 'Bruce Lee would tip'
2:58 PM 
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jillyface: It's ALL About "Head over Heels",Tears for Fears. Yes, I am Still trying to stay awake with my Best 80s Ever collection. Great lunch helped.
2:51 PM 
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robey@rael combined, two hobo cats have 8 legs. ponder that one!
2:34 PM 
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netik: Stuck in ATL until at least 2100h, in SF at 0130, sigh.
2:26 PM 
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pankaj: this code has @robey's stink all over it. that crazy guy. (via @stevej) :)
2:26 PM 
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stevej: this code has @robey's stink all over it. that crazy guy.
2:25 PM 
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netik: Idiots in airport bar discussing living in SF; Their knowledge, is wrong. They are on to Russian history, have to stop eva #blasterarm
2:25 PM 
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vl: Such a neat app: http://screenr.com/
2:19 PM
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andr8a: (welcome back) @sukhjit back in SF and back to business! This week is going to fly. So much to do.
2:17 PM 
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jessverr: Came back from a meeting to find the boys have taken over my desk and stolen my super rainbow tie-dye headband http://twitpic.com/ee52q
2:14 PM
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stevej@rael I just saw the homebrew section on wikipedia.
2:13 PM 
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ded: "star for a donation guy," happy birthday. I'm still not buying your stars
2:12 PM 
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rael@meangrape so long as they don't have an overage of legs and eyes, I'm quite comfortable — cat allergies aside.
1:55 PM 
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rael@stevej I've not, actually. Do you have any pointers to any of them? I can bring the Vectrex in to the Twoffice when there next week.
1:54 PM 
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meangrape@rael @robey's cat is normal. His house has been surrounded by hobo cats at some point in the past...I'm not familiar with their morphology.
1:52 PM 
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stevej@rael have you played the homebrew vectrex games? of course you have. how are they?
1:51 PM 
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rael@stevej I have a Vectrex and Atari 2600 — I love the former, don't find the latter as interesting as I'd remembered.
1:49 PM 
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stevej@rael no, never heard of them! I like the TurboGrafix-16 and NeoGeo, would love to own either.
1:14 PM 
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jack: Great meeting with the @prezi team! Now back to work.
1:10 PM 
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sean: Day brightened by reading the exploits of @fakeyukari
1:07 PM 
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rael@stevej ever been to @GroundKontrol or Billy Galaxy here in PDX? Both sell consoles and games. What's your platform fav?
1:06 PM 
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rael@meangrape depends... how many legs and eyes does @robey's cat have? Fair share or more than?
1:05 PM 
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al3x: This round of flirtation with @postbox lasted a whole two hours. It just don't feel right.
12:56 PM 
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andr8a: (i'm an Elvis fan!) @CirqueLasVegas Cirque du Soleil reps from the new Elvis show gave Elvis fans a sneak peak: http://twitpic.com/edn5s
12:28 PM
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stevej: Into cryptography and secure distributed systems? You should follow @zooko. His wacky new distributed blog has an interesting to-read list.
12:28 PM 
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meangrape@rael Hobo spiders? Are they in cahoots with @robey's hobo cats...or is it war?
12:26 PM 
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stevej@rael it's a video game store near weaver's place in north beach.
12:16 PM 
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netik: Touchdown in ATL; Medical emergency on our flight, and we are now stuck here with a 6 hour layover. Omg, The boredom.
12:12 PM 
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caroline: wondering if following 531 peeps is a bit too ambitious. :P
12:00 PM 
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robey: i'm chugging redbull instead of coffee now. there's no way to avoid the fact that this week is well on its way to being awful.
11:50 AM 
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evan: 
11:45 AM 
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evan: Via @crystal "Engagements and babies abounding! It makes the heart feel light! (I count 5 pregnant ladies, 3 new moms, 7 engaged, 1 ne..."
11:42 AM 
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rsarver: RT @abraham: full implementation of @twitterapi in @jquery needs testing: http://is.gd/2n25M
11:30 AM
google
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sean@al3x Why would you do that to yourself? Just use Mail.app, turn on "Organize by Thread" and enjoy the consistent mediocrity.
11:27 AM 
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Magnuson: The most incredible stories/entertainment available to mankind: @mothstories @wnycradiolab @TEDtalks (It's all free too!)
11:19 AM 
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rael: A friend was bitten by a hobo spider and ended up with a swelling that had to be lanced! I'll say it again: spiders are up to no good.
11:14 AM 
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crystal: Engagements and babies abounding! It makes the heart feel light! (I count 5 pregnant ladies, 3 new moms, 7 engaged, 1 newlywed, ottomh!)
11:13 AM 
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