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What are the people of Twitter twittering about?


8/30/09; 11:56:02 PM Pacific
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al3x: Lessons from "Rome": cheat at dice, get stabbed in the throat.
11:39 PM 
13,687
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ev: RT @VirginBlue "It's the 9th anniversary of our first flight. 1000 $9.00* one-way fares on sale at 9pm for you to help us celebrate! (Co..."
11:30 PM 
1,192,423
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ev: RT @andyroddick "i think its lame the US Open is trying to regulate our tweeting.. i understand the on-court issue but not sure they can..."
11:28 PM 
1,192,424
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ev: RT @bmonte "I just ranover a porcupine on the road by Mobergs, got pictures and it is in the freezer for you non belivers, only had one..."
11:07 PM 
1,192,435
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evan: What It's Like - Mark Kraushaar http://poems.com/poem.php?date=14488
10:52 PM
poems
3,547
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evan: Jupiter only smiles; the other Gods laugh out.
10:48 PM 
3,547
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ded: just finished SF night time fashion bridal photo shoot.
10:20 PM 
5,700
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jessverr: Whoops - hate it when I over steep jasmine tea #bitter(theteanotme).
10:15 PM 
2,916
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jillyface: Smiling (& not surprised) at the very high # of Twitter employees doing work on a Sunday night. The chat list is as high as any work day.
10:12 PM 
1,589
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al3x: Nursing a sore throat with tea. Too much good conversation this weekend.
9:40 PM 
13,686
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yukarim: 今日はとても素敵な結婚式に参加した:@pud @ilona おめでとうございます!wishing you eternal happiness! it was a perfect & dreamy wedding weekend.. congrats again <3 !!
9:33 PM 
2,360
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jack: Sleeping on an inflatable mattress. In New York. Good night, world.
9:29 PM 
1,156,517
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kevinweil: Just stumbled across this fascinating infographic about Facebook's growth, courtesy the NYT: http://bit.ly/2UUstW
8:37 PM
nytimes
1,394
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jfray: Had breakfast for dinner at Denny's in wickenburg and now we're at home. Nice eventful weekend.
8:17 PM 
1,115
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gregpass: Introducing I. to the words of Shizumaat: "The brute derives its nourishment by making puzzles; not by solving them."
8:17 PM 
2,564
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robey: tried eclipse again today, for 5 minutes. "font: menlo 12pt. line #s on." line #s appear 3px below the rest of the line. back to textmate.
7:54 PM 
2,335
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evan: "To wear a brand is to display the money that was able to buy it."
7:45 PM 
3,545
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biz: Just ran my fastest 10k and got the shout out from Tiger Woods on the Nike+ (I should give Tiger a shout out on his iPod—HA!)
7:05 PM 
1,192,583
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jessverr: Mediating an identity crisis over dinner between yams, squash, and sweet potatoes.
7:01 PM 
2,914
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jessverr@kevinweil @elizabeth I LOL'd at that tweet.
7:00 PM 
2,914
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jfray: Words not word
6:59 PM 
1,114
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jfray: New word read by the toddler: red, bug, dig, done
6:58 PM 
1,114
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kevinweil: Is this bad? @elizabeth, filing out an important application: "Kevin, what awards have I gotten?" Me, partial attention: "On foursquare?"
6:53 PM 
1,392
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andr8ahttp://twitpic.com/fxbo6 - woot! @bluecellars
6:37 PM
twitpic
1,596
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kevinweil: Finally got around to reading "The anatomy of the Hadoop IO Pipeline", http://bit.ly/1iMQjQ. Great to see the @hadoop team looking at this.
6:28 PM
yahoo
1,393
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ded#didyouknow BART will give back $5 in nickels, but won't accept more than $1.50 in coins?
6:05 PM 
5,699
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netik: Alrighty!
5:59 PM 
4,327
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jack: Setting up my new apartment.
5:48 PM 
1,155,864
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kevinthau@bs DM Fail?
5:35 PM 
4,341
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kevinweil: This is @elizabeth parking fail. http://twitpic.com/fx190
5:29 PM
twitpic
1,392
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kevinweil: Just spent 90 minutes in Sonoma Wine Shop trying 8 different small production wines. Best spot in Sonoma so far (@vinomuscardini close 2nd)
5:22 PM 
1,392
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bs: A-whoops.
5:21 PM 
34,137
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rk: You know your evening is going to end well when it starts with a pile of meat http://flic.kr/p/6Uedwm
5:20 PM
flickr
3,810
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bs: What's that sushi place you mentioned and the seasonal chili reyanos?
5:20 PM 
34,137
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pankaj: Slow 7 miles run in the hills. Wished I had gone early in the morning but glad that training for rnr sj is now underway.
5:19 PM 
1,669
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jessverr: Made the leap to medium spicy salsa #bigmoveformywimpytastebuds
5:09 PM 
2,913
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evan: Watching Tammer play Burnout.
4:45 PM 
3,544
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goldman: Only one pupil dilated. I feel odd. My crazy eye can hear dogs speak.
4:34 PM 
1,062,086
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jfray: Stopped for a stretch in Prescott. This place reminds me a lot of sonoma.
4:26 PM 
1,114
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jessverr: Forgot a towel. Air drying in the sunSHINE post swim.
4:13 PM 
2,913
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andr8a: happy birthday Janet (fb) from andr8a & @awesnap
4:09 PM 
1,596
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crystal: Loving my nerdy boyfriend
3:48 PM 
14,304
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jfray: Twitter Search let us know about a terrible crash on I-17 and we were able to re-route through Prescott. W00t!
3:29 PM 
1,110
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evan: Big props to http://logmein.com for painlessly busting firewalls.
3:28 PM
logmein
3,543
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goldman: Eyes nearing maximum dilation. Getting ready to push.
3:17 PM 
1,061,800
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ronpepsi: Three of eight skins, the rest halved to the end. Everyone played, including E and M. Nice doing a guy thing with friends and first-borns.
3:17 PM 
2,036
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jillyface: A great morning at accupuncture and then brunch with @delbius. Now instead of cleaning, eating popcorn and watching American Psycho in bed.
3:07 PM 
1,587
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kevinweil: Gundlach Bundschu is a pretty place, and the name is fun to pronounce. http://twitpic.com/fwdip
3:04 PM
twitpic
1,390
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dougw: In search of sun. Heading to Twin Peaks via the Embarcadero after the Giants/Rockies game made it apparent the southward skys are blue.
2:57 PM 
5,005
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biz: RT @pud "Getting married. About to walk down aisle. Putting phone on vibrate."
2:47 PM 
1,191,672
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jack: Hello, sunny New York. I missed you.
2:34 PM 
1,155,130
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kevinthau: Mal and I are checking out the Stanford Womens soccer match vs SDSU. Perfect day out. http://twitpic.com/fw6xg
2:24 PM
twitpic
4,337
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stop@evan Opposite of you, I'm glad to have our natural air conditioning back. Top floor of our house was an oven the past few days.
1:47 PM 
9,563
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rsarver: 4 or 5 firetrucks headed to a nearby house fire in the Haight. Watching people react on Twitter
1:32 PM 
2,122
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evan: Listening to Caitlin Cary.
1:21 PM 
3,542
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al3x: Those who only know me by reputation would be surprised that I've been broing out at Foo with a Rails Core dev and the Identi.ca founder.
1:14 PM 
13,676
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robey: now incredibly self-conscious about the way i pronounce "pillow"
1:11 PM 
2,333
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kevinthau@jessverr we are getting crepes. Come say hi
1:02 PM 
4,334
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jessverr@kevinthau ahhhh I'm just headed there now - you HAVE to try the Afghan flat breads.
12:59 PM 
2,912
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mutgoff@kevinthau Had fun chatting with you and your wife yesterday. She's a charmer!
12:54 PM 
12,332
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alissa: Well. September promises to be quite an eventful month.
12:52 PM 
3,602
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kevinthau: Hitting the California Ave farmers mkt with Mal
12:44 PM 
4,334
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al3x: I should be in a session learning about what comes after Arduino but PIZZA #foo09
12:28 PM 
13,674
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delbius: At @sporksf with @jillyface. Thought of @ded.
12:18 PM 
5,622
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evan: Sad that the heatwave broke so soon.
12:12 PM 
3,543
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biz: So, which is it? http://yfrog.com/164wijj
12:08 PM
yfrog
1,191,068
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kevinthau: Remembered a good HS FB quote on my run, "It's not the size of the dog in the fight that matters, it's the size of the fight in the dog."
11:54 AM 
4,337
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noradio: Sunday morning climb time http://twitpic.com/fvghg
11:48 AM
twitpic
2,502
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ded: everybody now! ♫ ♩♩♩ boka dof dof dof boka dof dof ♪♪
11:35 AM 
5,690
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mutgoff: Young Jeezy: "I'm not Twit, that's what y'all calling it? I'm not Twittin' tweets." http://bit.ly/130slH
11:32 AM
sohh
12,337
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delbius: People with follow/unfollow issues: a) it's being looked into, b) it prob. will be addressed Monday. I have no other info.
11:30 AM 
5,621
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al3x: Paul Graham is looking for suggestions of good, short programs to tackle in Arc. Folks here said: debugger, fuzzer, JSON library, etc.
10:40 AM 
13,668
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ronpepsi: With H under the weather, it is E and me going to the course for a round of eight. This could be interesting.
10:36 AM 
2,028
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rael: RT @bethgo: kicking off morning two of #foo09 with kacie kinzer and her tweenbots http://www.tweenbots.com/ she is my new personal hero.
10:21 AM
tweenbots
7,534
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rael: Kacie Kinzer's Tweenbots are simply lovely.
10:20 AM 
7,534
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al3x: In Paul Graham's session on the future of Lisp. #foo09
10:16 AM 
13,667
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netik: what a morning. pager, cat clawing me in face, page, claw, repeat. Cat now has food, and I'm off to investigate the pager.
10:14 AM 
4,325
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ej: wow, snow leopard freed up 16g of disk space. that's 25% of my macbook air's pathetic hard drive.
9:20 AM 
2,813
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jessverr: Sipping a morning espresso after a walk to the coffee shop.
9:20 AM 
2,912
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jack: Bye SF. See you soon, NYC.
9:04 AM 
1,153,878
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bs: Cervesas, tequilla reposado, y buen amigos en Techinanco, un restaurante detrás de La Pirámide de la Luna. #hackspedition
8:53 AM 
34,141
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jack: Big Apple, small footprint. http://bit.ly/15bGIR
8:30 AM
observer
1,153,735
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jack: Sad I won't get to see @_M_I_A_ live tonight. Getting ready to fly to @NYC.
7:39 AM 
1,153,556
RT

bs: Guarda de la Pirámide de la Luna. http://yfrog.com/bcpsgvj #hackspedition
7:24 AM
yfrog
34,145
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bs: "These piramids are clearly just conduits for stairs."
6:35 AM 
34,144
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bs: Up early to avoid tourists at Teotihuacán. Turns out there's a reason nobody's out at this hour. #hackspedition
4:25 AM 
34,144
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rael: RT @mattcutts: Can't decide which is more unlikely: me learning to solder or a werewolf game WITH ALL FOUR @$&*^% WEREWOLVES left standing..
2:55 AM 
7,530
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rael: And thus ends another lovely day at #foo with old friends, new acquaintances, and four frickin' surviving werewolves.
2:54 AM 
7,530
RT

abdur: How many dunk guys does it take to find Jupiter, wow cool when found
1:23 AM 
9,100
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rsarver: will.i.am, poetic and sick dj
1:16 AM 
2,107
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rsarver: I love that BEP has raisin bran and jagermeister back stage at Ruby Skye. FTW
1:05 AM 
2,105
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rsarver: Life is good
12:41 AM 
2,105
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rsarver: OH "your car is like a timemachine"
12:21 AM 
2,102
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jfray: RT @rael: Clocked 2 hours on a Segway singing "Believe it or not I'm walkin' on air." lol
11:52 PM 
1,104
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al3x: Free Camp ideas: Brew Camp, Jew Camp, Residue Camp, Shrew Camp, Pain Perdu Camp, Flue Camp, Gerard Depardieu Camp.
11:49 PM 
13,657
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ev: Jealous of the folks at @pud and @ilona's festivities. See ya'll tomorrow.
11:40 PM 
1,192,545
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rael: Clocked 2 hours on a Segway singing "Believe it or not I'm walkin' on air."
11:26 PM 
7,529
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Magnuson: My Comcast internet died. Again. I never realized that tethering on my iPhone would be so handy.
10:44 PM 
1,343
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alissa: I've used a lot of computers and vehicles. Not ONE of them had a self-destruct code. How advanced do we have to be to make a suicide button?
10:18 PM 
3,603
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jessverr: A lovely evening.
10:01 PM 
2,904
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