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9/9/09; 11:57:03 PM Pacific
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jillyface: Burlesque halls. Not bordellos. My bad.
11:54 PM 
1,653
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bs: Shuffleboard at Dock's Clock with @lukester and his B-Day wife!
11:48 PM 
34,027
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stop: "The simplest version works the best, and the first version is never the simplest." http://bit.ly/1nXWxC (via @vl)
11:44 PM
the99percent
9,666
RT

al3x: Enemy sighted, enemy met / I'm addressing the realpolitik
10:56 PM 
13,786
RT

vl: “The simplest version works the best, and the first version is never the simplest.” — A must read: http://bit.ly/3rQRpD (via @markbixby)
10:50 PM
the99percent
5,457
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jack: Happy to see Steve Jobs on stage again. Goodnight, world.
10:50 PM 
1,207,666
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rael: Whiffies Fried Pies are simply amazing! Savory pot pie and Guava pie for dessert.
10:44 PM 
7,567
RT

bs: Impromptu @sporksf with @ded, @erin, and @lukester. Yum.
10:39 PM 
34,028
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ded: yeah, @biz is awesome
10:34 PM 
5,849
RT

kevinthau: Hitting the wall.
10:31 PM 
4,409
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evan: Sleeping.
10:25 PM 
3,538
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jillyface: I love being in bordellos. As a visitor. When its no longer a bordello. (great american music hall sf)
10:09 PM 
1,653
RT

evan: Auggie dog!
9:48 PM 
3,538
RT

jillyface: As my wrist stamp indicates, I am fragile. At cass mc combs show. Girls is a great band imo.
9:27 PM 
1,653
RT

jack: Listening to the Beatles
9:16 PM 
1,207,426
RT

ronpepsi: Marx: "Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me?"
9:15 PM 
2,018
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ronpepsi: I am pretty negative. That increases the correctness ratio, but apologies anyways. It is all true. "Oh no, don't touch that!"
9:07 PM 
2,018
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rael: A werewolf in a box beats a fish in a barrel any day.
9:05 PM 
7,568
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evan: From @jessverr, dinner for Buttons: http://twitpic.com/h5qzd
8:48 PM
twitpic
3,538
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rael: Werewolfering at the Lucky Lab, Portland #pdxwerewolf.
8:35 PM 
7,569
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goldman: Got my new drivers license which lies about my weight by 15 pounds. But that's 10 pounds less a lie than when I filed for renewal. Progress!
8:25 PM 
1,111,654
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alissa: "That was my second alarm to tell me I probably shouldn't be at work anymore." -- @mattknox, from HQ
8:19 PM 
3,613
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bs: Glass of wine after a long day. Looking forward to a bit of hacking and giving Addi a scratch.
8:17 PM 
34,029
RT

jessverr: Hello Russian Hill, you look so nice tonight.
8:15 PM 
3,024
RT

jack: He'll be in SF soon! RT @rr: @jack http://sonicliving.com/event/1410526
8:07 PM
sonicliving
1,207,252
RT

jack: Hello again, San Francisco. Miss me?
8:04 PM 
1,207,247
RT

vl: Bing is the first result for the query ‘search’ in Google. http://bit.ly/searchbing
8:00 PM
google
5,460
RT

al3x: Donating to OpenBSD. I haven't used the OS in years, but I admire with their philosophy and work ethic. http://bit.ly/1ywZU
7:44 PM
undeadly
13,783
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ronpepsi: Remember, it can always get a hell of a lot worse. Srsly.
7:44 PM 
2,018
RT

robey: Today was a pretty shitty day. But there are four hours left! I'm optimistic (about its potential to get worse).
7:42 PM 
2,348
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evan: Baltimore.
7:38 PM 
3,537
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ej: I'm at Victoria Manalo Draves Park (1049 Folsom Street, 6th/7th Streets, San Francisco). http://bit.ly/mROH4
7:07 PM
foursquare
2,841
RT

pankaj: Australia eye 7-0 whitewash ovr zzz UK: ths was just another day, just another defeat,http://tinyurl.com/mvkxxe (via @Cricinfo_news)
7:00 PM
cricinfo
1,718
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ronpepsi: Trying to push some on-call sanity onto the beach. Burn the boats.
6:56 PM 
2,017
RT

jack: RT @MayerHawthorne: Oh yeah, here's my live cover of "Paper Planes" http://bit.ly/17auHa
6:51 PM
youtube
1,207,029
RT

al3x: It really wasn't a shorts day at all in SF.
6:39 PM 
13,780
RT

meangrape: Nothing better than coming home to no Internet service. Except maybe rubbing alcohol on road rash.
6:32 PM 
3,360
RT

netik: Heading there now.
6:25 PM 
4,365
RT

mutgoff: Whoa! Charles Boustany is an unimpressive character.
6:13 PM 
12,342
RT

bs: Doing a deploy. Not happy about it.
6:04 PM 
34,029
RT

caroline: ack! traffic hell pt two! #baybridgefail :(
6:00 PM 
13,388
RT

mutgoff: I want to propose a bill for less clapping. This is just inefficient.
5:46 PM 
12,341
RT

mutgoff: It feels overly dramatic climbing out of my sickbed to watch Obama's health care speech. Especially since I am currently well insured.
5:44 PM 
12,341
RT

rk: There's no thread as useless as web-scalability armchair-quarterbacking thread: http://bit.ly/2R7w3Y
5:31 PM
reddit
3,846
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ronpepsi: People are not used to the Bay Bridge detour. Eastbound traffic is backed up from the S onto Bryant.
5:31 PM 
2,018
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jack: Obama's speech on healthcare just started. Are you watching? #healthcare
5:17 PM 
1,206,591
RT

krissy: Sweet sweet @al didn't let me leave without a delicious smootie! Thanks, @al!
5:12 PM 
7,466
RT

rk@bs who gives a fuck about an oxford comma?
4:57 PM 
3,846
RT

sean: iPhone OS 3.1 beat me up and stole my lunch money and tethering
4:51 PM 
1,452
RT

kevinthau: Bomb In a Birdcage (Bonus Track Version) - http://bit.ly/18OjVq #iTunes
4:17 PM
bit
4,406
RT

kevinthau: RT @jennadawn: Hey @biz and @kevinthau looks like you lucked out today http://bit.ly/1S1wzY
4:07 PM
cnn
4,407
RT

santojay: Just entered a page of notes on an online form for a service only to lose it since I was auto logged out. Hate when that happens
4:01 PM 
3,509
RT

jessverr: In need of a quick pump up- searching for the "whatdya say" hip hoppy song w/ bit of the Imogen Heap chorus from the O.C., zero luck so far.
3:59 PM 
3,027
RT

jack: RT @Kiva: New Customer Service Support Intern role open at Kiva!! Help us spread the word: http://www.kiva.org/about/intern-cs
3:56 PM
kiva
1,206,258
RT

jack: He's awesome. RT @chloroformdays: @Alyssa_Milano @dbugliari @marchsilverman @jack - you gotta check this guy out http://bit.ly/f9diO
3:53 PM
kcrw
1,206,251
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ej: Just had my picture taken.
3:52 PM 
2,842
RT

sean@bs language is whatevar I want it tob e!!!!eleven!!!! (I hate that excuse.)
3:51 PM 
1,451
RT

al3x: The late fees for the celestial library are gonna be killer.
3:41 PM 
13,780
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bs: Apparently nobody told me that some folk now drop the Oxford Comma! What the fuck? Strunk and White are rolling in their graves, I tell you.
3:38 PM 
34,036
RT

jack: Looking forward to Obama's address to Congress tonight (8p EST). I'll be watching it at 35,000 feet.
3:36 PM 
1,206,193
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ev: Love the Undo Send Gmail Labs feature.
2:58 PM 
1,188,390
RT

evanhttp://twitpic.com/h4elh - Phoenix airport.
2:35 PM
twitpic
3,542
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noradio: The main reason I'm replacing my Nike+ in favor of a Garmin is that it doesn't detect pace changes well & so my actual run isn't reflected.
2:35 PM 
2,555
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jack: I love Apple's continued commitment to fitness. Relevant to healthcare debate. http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/features/fitness.html
2:19 PM
apple
1,205,912
RT

jfray: Several Lucifers come and we can beat them all.
2:19 PM 
1,151
RT

evan: Landed in Phoenix.
2:14 PM 
3,541
RT

mhegge: Forgot blip.fm was going to tweet the band name. Sorry mom.
2:13 PM 
3,031
RT

mhegge: listening to "Holy Fuck - Royal Gregory" ♫ http://blip.fm/~d3xiz
2:13 PM
blip
3,031
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mhegge: Loving the F out of Holy F
2:10 PM 
3,031
RT

jfray: Have Later with Jools Holland on the TV: INXS w/ Hutchence and Portishead. Nice background music.
1:53 PM 
1,151
RT

jennadawn: Hey @biz and @kevinthau looks like you lucked out today http://bit.ly/1S1wzY
1:17 PM
cnn
1,710
RT

robey: I should have just stayed home today.
1:09 PM 
2,352
RT

sean: 10+ years out of high school, it's photo day, and I have a monster zit. Some things never change.
1:00 PM 
1,451
RT

abdur: Doug Judd talking hypertable at Twitter: http://twitpic.com/h40f5 (via @kevinweil)
12:59 PM
twitpic
9,154
RT

ej@abdur for real? You are going to check into the @twoffice every day?
12:55 PM 
2,843
RT

kevinweil: Doug Judd talking hypertable at Twitter: http://twitpic.com/h40f5
12:50 PM
twitpic
1,442
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alissa: Apples to oranges: actually, a pretty comparable.
12:39 PM 
3,617
RT

meangrape: Defining "scalable" is, in every case, the same thing as saying "works for me".
12:24 PM 
3,364
RT

santojay: Heading over for the Giants-Padres game with @toddchafee and company
12:19 PM 
3,508
RT

evan: 20 minutes late to take off and still waiting...getting stressed about the connection.
12:18 PM 
3,540
RT

noradio: OH: "The prudent mariner prepares for the unexpected." (via http://bit.ly/3MRw4)
12:07 PM
google
2,556
RT

al3x: Hard to get excited about iTunes updates when Spotify has basically everything, streaming, instantly. Not that I would know, of course.
11:55 AM 
13,768
RT

meangrape: Feeling the urge for some bermudan fish chowder.
11:52 AM 
3,364
RT

rk: RT @jmhodges Twitter is to passive aggression as email is to condescension.
11:50 AM 
3,847
RT

Magnuson: It appears that the popularity of http://monopolycitystreets.com/ has taken the site down. I wanna buy my house!
11:36 AM
monopolycitystreets
1,357
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jack: Happy I was given the opportunity to participate in #g2s. Happier to meet people working to make the hard issues more approachable.
11:35 AM 
1,205,297
RT

jessverr: The @LittleSkillet has a pretty funny 'tude in the tweets. #follow
11:32 AM 
3,023
RT

mhegge: So the new nano has a video camera, built in Nike+ and an FM tuner. Can we expect bubble domes and gigantic cupholders?
11:12 AM 
3,032
RT

evan: Threat level: vomit! :-(
11:08 AM 
3,542
RT

andr8a: rt @sukhjit Happy 9/9/09, Friends! My last full day in SF. Wow.
10:59 AM 
1,623
RT

ej: javacc != agile
10:41 AM 
2,842
RT

sean: 21,178 entertainment titles in the App Store. That's great, except that 21,000 are iFart rip-offs and "That's What She Said!" (cr)apps.
10:37 AM 
1,449
RT

sean: So iPhone OS 3.1 is out... but... that'll surely kill tethering, right? #frommycolddeadhands
10:20 AM 
1,449
RT

kevinweil: RT @skr Some detail on what Digg uses Cassandra for in production: http://blog.digg.com/?p=966
10:13 AM
digg
1,439
RT

jillyface: I love my coworkers. And my workplace. A lot. I'm feeling grateful.
10:11 AM 
1,647
RT

evan: Running way late. Feeling sick.
10:05 AM 
3,541
RT

al3x: My life coach was suspended for gambling. Against me.
10:04 AM 
13,762
RT

netik: It's 9-9-09, and all I can think of is the boombastic drop of a kick drum. http://bit.ly/13rQml
9:57 AM
wikipedia
4,363
RT

jennadawn: Salesforce helps businesses get tworganized http://bit.ly/YUpuJ
9:53 AM
cnet
1,706
RT

caroline: welcome @danny_devito to twitter! :)
9:51 AM 
13,370
RT


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