What are the people of Twitter twittering about?

8/19/09; 11:56:02 PM Pacific

Who	Recent tweet	When	Count	RT
	ded: day 231: put a cork in it - http://bit.ly/ndZdY	11:32 PM dustindiaz	5,442	RT
	evan: Rough landing. Here safe.	11:31 PM	3,480	RT
	kevinweil: Taking @noradio's advice and calling it a night!	11:25 PM	1,283	RT
	evan: Landing soon.	11:14 PM	3,479	RT
	Magnuson: Tired muscles are good muscles.	10:35 PM	1,351	RT
	nk: There's no better way to understand @_why's work than notice its absence and see its reflection in the mirrors of the internet.	9:59 PM	3,197	RT
	al3x: It's editing night. Checked out the index for http://programmingscala.com/ and marked up some of @thebook for @dom.	9:50 PM programmingscala	13,542	RT
	Magnuson: @stevej Boxing? As in punching people? Who do you box?	9:34 PM	1,350	RT
	delbius: Watched District 9. Really, really good, but not at all a comedy. Feel a little like I was punched in the face by the movie.	9:27 PM	5,432	RT
	stevej: I'm fighting off a cold (or something). Going to bed early so I can box in the morning. Gotta punch it out, people!	9:22 PM	5,496	RT
	stevej: Stacy is watching a youtube video of a game called 'Twinkle Star Sprites'. She declares it 'ridiculous!'	9:21 PM	5,496	RT
	ronpepsi: Someday my kids will ask me why I did this and I will just admit that I'm into system administration. If I'm lucky they will blink politely.	9:18 PM	1,983	RT
	stevej: @evan I think this is the game I kept calling "rainbows and unicorns in space" whenever you mentioned it.	9:18 PM	5,496	RT
	evan: @stevej Good game. Also the source of the phrase "I'm so hangry".	9:17 PM	3,479	RT
	stevej: @evan I didn't see it and with a name like that, I probably would have remembered.	9:17 PM	5,496	RT
	evan: @stevej Do they have Twinkle Star Sprites?	9:15 PM	3,479	RT
	stevej: @robey it wasn't to me. (unless it was)	9:15 PM	5,496	RT
	stevej: @evan yeah, you'd better! (thanks!)	9:14 PM	5,496	RT
	stevej: Wii Virtual Console has a ton of NeoGeo, TurboGrafx-16, and other console classics. Baseball Stars 2 (neo-geo) is now on my wii!	9:14 PM	5,496	RT
	evan: @stevej When I land I will look at my shelf and recommend some more.	9:14 PM	3,479	RT
	robey: @stevej I tried to make a shadow ofthe collosus reference today and got blank stares. Sad face!	9:13 PM	2,284	RT
	stevej: @evan oh, glad to hear a recommendation for okami! @stacy beat Ico so we're Shadow of the Colossus is in our future fo sho.	9:12 PM	5,496	RT
	ronpepsi: Via @gadievron "Warehouse 13 is an horrible show (concept, acting, directing editing, gadgets) & I've never seen USSS agents look, talk ..."	9:00 PM	1,983	RT
	nk: Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Lucky Stiff coming in his kingdom. (_why 16:28)	8:48 PM	3,197	RT
	jessverr: Hands down best $4.00 I've ever spent on recreational athletic gear: Swedish goggles http://twitpic.com/ejwqk	8:47 PM twitpic	2,757	RT
	robey: Tried out typekit on my blog. Looks great! Who knew css could do that?! (I didn't)	8:41 PM	2,283	RT
	evan: CassandraObject adaptor for ActiveModel in the wild! http://bit.ly/cobject #cassandradb	8:31 PM github	3,479	RT
	biz: Wow, @livia is on a cooking and baking kick in our new home—also, the oven makes the place smell like Greek church	8:29 PM	1,131,309	RT
	Magnuson: Yo dawg, I heard you like tweets so I put a tweet in your Twitter so you can read my tweet while you Twitter. http://bit.ly/17kkaZ	8:29 PM jamiedubs	1,350	RT
	evan: @stevej Also, Lumines.	8:22 PM	3,478	RT
	evan: @stevej Okami & Shadow of the Colossus.	8:22 PM	3,478	RT
	stevej: digging through the closet, @stacy found our old PS2! It is now hooked up and we are debating PS2 classics. Do you have a favorite?	8:19 PM	5,496	RT
	ronpepsi: Sad. Listening to sad sounds.	8:18 PM	1,981	RT
	al3x: @mzsanford Except, apparently, your ability to spell "Milhouse".	8:14 PM	13,537	RT
	crystal: Dining with @Krissy and @Alissa at Oola, mmmmmmmm delicious	8:14 PM	14,276	RT
	evan: Nose is running.	8:08 PM	3,478	RT
	mzsanford: Home from climbing to find Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead on TV. Everything's comin' up Milhose!	8:02 PM	2,606	RT
	ded: lateish day	7:59 PM	5,433	RT
	meangrape: @vl The kind of taste you're talking about can be trained, developed and encouraged, but some innate ability has to exist.	7:49 PM	3,337	RT
	vl: RT @iA: @vl Personal taste is ineffable.Taste in the sense of aesthetic intuition is somewhat intelligible;it can be trained like wine taste	7:36 PM	5,201	RT
	ronpepsi: Sometimes this stuff is complicated. The other Marx: "Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?"	7:19 PM	1,980	RT
	kevinweil: And @abdur broke his wine glass. Stay classy, @twoffice. http://twitpic.com/ejlhh	7:18 PM twitpic	1,281	RT
	evan: Happy Days blog is pretty great: http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/	7:17 PM nytimes	3,478	RT
	kevinweil: Don't worry, this is normal for @anm. http://twitpic.com/ejkok	7:12 PM twitpic	1,280	RT
	rk: Butter lap time. (@ Ferry Building in SF) http://bit.ly/17Gal7	7:06 PM playfoursquare	3,729	RT
	evan: http://twitpic.com/ejj5o - Speed test results.	7:00 PM twitpic	3,477	RT
	ronpepsi: Warranty covered the defective electronic device, and now the car does not shock me every time I exit and touch the door.	6:58 PM	1,977	RT
	rsarver: I just ousted Sara C. as the mayor of Farmer Brown on @foursquare! http://bit.ly/C8G5q	6:52 PM playfoursquare	1,358	RT
	rsarver: Hanging with the hook (@ Farmer Brown in SF) http://bit.ly/C8G5q	6:52 PM playfoursquare	1,358	RT
	evan: http://twitpic.com/ejhve - Over West Virginia.	6:50 PM twitpic	3,477	RT
	alissa: @evan Oh noes! That dangerous electronic device you're twittering from is gonna crash the plane!	6:50 PM	3,573	RT
	andr8a: Via @friendster "We've had an email from two people who found each other on Friendster and are getting married. Do you know anyone like ..."	6:41 PM	1,571	RT
	evan: http://twitpic.com/ejf9x - TWEETING FROM SPACE!!!!!!!!!! BITCHES	6:32 PM twitpic	3,477	RT
	jack: RT @rar624 RT @AnnCurry: Here's my photo of Helen Thomas' reaction when asked if she'd join Twitter. http://tinyurl.com/ln6lsg	6:30 PM facebook	1,096,281	RT
	vl: Can taste be taught?	6:08 PM	5,202	RT
	jfray: "if BGP does it in garters, IS-IS does it in a whalebone corset" -@elizaswan	6:05 PM	1,038	RT
	mrtall: Unable to sleep. Watching "England's Top 20 ASBOs"	6:04 PM	3,015	RT
	jfray: "if BGP does it in garters, IS-IS does it in a whalebone corset" -@liquidgecka	5:54 PM	1,038	RT
	jkalucki: Have yet to take an indoor shower here.	5:54 PM	2,068	RT
	rael: @mzsanford indeed, my fellow adventurer. I'll be driving down, though, and in the office bright and early Monday morning.	5:53 PM	7,480	RT
	evan: Pilot says we will "weave around" thunderstorms over the rockies. Electronics off Noe.	5:53 PM	3,476	RT
	rael: This Book is Made (of Rabbits and Lemonade) http://is.gd/2p4Lx, c.f. http://ejohn.org/blog/eulogy-to-_why/	5:52 PM archive	7,480	RT
	jfray: 3 more words today: dad, mom, and dark	5:48 PM	1,038	RT
	evan: That dog is on my flight. 	5:39 PM	3,476	RT
	evan: "With ImageMagick and two Perl one-liners, I can make this animated .gif that looks like shit!"	5:38 PM	3,476	RT
	keerthi: Helping @andrea decide whether she should go to the workout or not :)	5:37 PM	764	RT
	evan: Gather round, as I tell ye a tale of Ian the Intern...	5:36 PM	3,476	RT
	crystal: A phone call from young haley! My day is much improved.	4:53 PM	14,273	RT
	jessverr: In Palo Alto and up for a pool workout tonight? Holla back.	4:52 PM	2,753	RT
	alissa: Working on things that people REALLY care about: A mixed bag.	4:49 PM	3,570	RT
	evan: http://twitpic.com/eiyst - Airplane dog.	4:42 PM twitpic	3,474	RT
	evan: At Dulles. Trading @twigsy for @buttonscat. Soon we will all be together.	4:30 PM	3,473	RT
	abdur: @evan I have been stuck in that traffic many times.	4:22 PM	9,035	RT
	mzsanford: Getting ready to cycle home. The ride is a good time to zone out and think about gettext internals.	4:21 PM	2,598	RT
	crystal: Trying to time my caffeine intake just right for sets and reps tonight, but really wanting to have some now. Right now.	4:16 PM	14,275	RT
	rael: Picked up some fragrant new Kenya Gaturiri and Ethiopian Mordecofe from the Stumptown Annex amongst other errands.	4:13 PM	7,479	RT
	mzsanford: @rael next week? We get to overlap again?	4:03 PM	2,597	RT
	rael: @alissa between this and the great @bs undressing, I am considering working out of someone else's office while in the Bay Area next week ;-)	4:01 PM	7,479	RT
	evan: http://twitpic.com/eirhm - Traffic'd.	3:52 PM twitpic	3,475	RT
	Magnuson: RT @jack: Have a credit card? Know your rights under the new CARD act signed into law in May: http://bit.ly/3xLbg5 (thx @billshrink)	3:50 PM billshrink	1,342	RT
	sean: Via @jack "Have a credit card? Know your rights under the new CARD act signed into law in May: http://bit.ly/3xLbg5 (thx @billshrink)"	3:47 PM billshrink	1,406	RT
	jessverr: Perhaps I am of the age where I should take down college fB photos. Alternatively, perhaps I am of the age where I don't care either way.	3:44 PM	2,752	RT
	sean: I said "just sayin'" because I never realized how hip and fresh that phrase was until CNN started using it. Just sayin'	3:38 PM	1,406	RT
	jack: Have a credit card? Know your rights under the new CARD act signed into law in May: http://bit.ly/3xLbg5 (thx @billshrink)	3:37 PM billshrink	1,095,394	RT
	ev: Had our first stroller-assisted adventure to pick up some lunch. #gettingthingsdone	3:36 PM	1,197,105	RT
	sean: What the hell? How did Radio Shack get my email address? I swear, there's no escape from THE SHACK(TM)	3:23 PM	1,406	RT
	jillyface: I am an emu. And a narwhal. Beware.	3:13 PM	1,462	RT
	jennadawn: An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.	3:07 PM	1,513	RT
	evan: http://twitpic.com/eii4i - Bay bridge.	2:48 PM twitpic	3,474	RT
	jack: Cat in a box http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaderlab/3837701454/	2:31 PM flickr	1,095,063	RT
	jessverr: I love checking the 'today in pictures' features of TIME and BBC - a daily dose of ephemeral art http://bit.ly/XrxaJ	2:30 PM time	2,749	RT
	rael: Why, @_why?	2:25 PM	7,481	RT
	sean: Wow. LG is building a new next-gen battery factory for free in Michigan thanks to gov't tax creds: http://bit.ly/vv0q2	2:13 PM chosun	1,406	RT
	anamitra: "trying to conserve my bitch credits for the week". Coinage of new terms is a pre-requisite at Twitter HQ meetings	2:12 PM	2,349	RT
	andr8a: A good experience is when you really make something happen in the world - - Ooga Labs	1:56 PM	1,569	RT
	al3x: Free THREE HOUR mix from Surgeon, one of my favorite DJs: http://bit.ly/5dL2J	1:46 PM filter27	13,533	RT
	evan: There's a bug in your website! How dare you sleep or eat.	1:45 PM	3,476	RT
	mzsanford: "I know! I'm an eloquent MFer!" — @sean	1:36 PM	2,596	RT
	kevinthau: Via @laughingsquid "more great video & photos are coming in from the Lombard St. Candyland conversion, it looks amazing http://bit.ly/TxoQb"	1:13 PM laughingsquid	4,223	RT
	krissy: TwitterHQ background noise sounds similar to a jr high school cafeteria.	12:56 PM	7,416	RT