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What are the people of Twitter twittering about?


9/16/09; 11:54:02 PM Pacific
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santojay: TV & Audio remotes have a strong inexplicable affinity for baby puke.
11:28 PM 
3,563
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dougw: What do PM and Beer have in common? I make my best decisions after 10.
11:02 PM 
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evan: Sleeping next to my beautiful wife.
10:53 PM 
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meangrape: Two cobbler night. Strawberry and rhubarb with cinnamon. Blueberry and rhubarb with sour cream. Homemade whipped cream. #treatsformywife
10:47 PM 
3,375
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ev: Wow, there are some seriously funny tweet artists I didn't even know existed over at http://favstar.fm/
10:25 PM
favstar
1,186,048
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al3x: Tech conference t-shirts: the sexiest garment a man can wear.
10:09 PM 
13,884
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ronpepsi: And now this thing works. Half a dozen more, and we should be good for a while.
10:03 PM 
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ronpepsi: Oops. The app reminded me my changes were unpublished. That's sweet, actually.
9:46 PM 
2,054
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crystal: Listening to my boyfriend describe "unfortunate facial hair." The phrase "goatee van dyk" was included.
9:43 PM 
14,358
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ev: "The bill just keeps getting more and more negative each month." "I know, we gotta do something about that bill's attitude."
9:35 PM 
1,186,079
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ronpepsi: Commentary on Mr. Brand sadly reflects my memory. No one can dispute his intellect or influence, but a light shines on how those are used.
9:23 PM 
2,054
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ronpepsi: Myles Brand died today. I was in a linguistic philosophy seminar with him at UO before he went to preside over some big football schools.
9:20 PM 
2,054
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ronpepsi: Myles Brandt died today. I was in a linguistic philosophy seminar with him at UO before he went to preside over some big football schools.
9:10 PM 
2,053
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Magnuson: The Twitter Brew has been bottled. Stoked about trying it soon. http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6758/79391350.jpg
8:55 PM
imageshack
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rael: The French Connection and Selenium testing — what could be better.
8:50 PM 
7,588
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Magnuson: Grooving to Nightmares on Wax. Can't resist dancing.
8:49 PM 
1,366
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jess: OH: "I am an ageless kind of cool."
8:44 PM 
4,482
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pankaj: Ridiculuous controversy continues big time on Indian tv news channels of @shashitharoor 's tweet abt traveling in "cattle class"
8:44 PM 
1,785
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ded: Launched some subtle changes to the twitter search widget: http://bit.ly/Vvl2k
8:38 PM
twitter
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ronpepsi: Harmless versus obvious error. This is certainly not obvious: http://www.ndcourts.gov/court/rules/criminal/rule52.htm
8:25 PM
ndcourts
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netik: Sf bike coalition bike in movie night http://yfrog.com/0ls42tj
8:24 PM
yfrog
4,401
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stop: I should have known better not to eat the Indian food at lunch today. Coriander / cilantro and I don't mix. Strange allergy.
8:18 PM 
9,845
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rael@mzsanford Erm, iPhone auto-correction? It started at 4.
8:13 PM 
7,587
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rael@ronpepsi Always a pot in our house. We must feast on marmite and cheese and ginger beer at the next Tea Time I attend.
8:12 PM 
7,587
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ronpepsi@rael Mmmmmmmmmmarmite, sir. I'll save some for your next visit.
8:08 PM 
2,053
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rael@ronpepsi you like Marmite?
8:06 PM 
7,587
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ronpepsi: Having been introduced to marmite from a plastic sack at an hotel, I'm mightily impressed by the real deal. Awesome gnarliness.
8:04 PM 
2,053
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ded: "don't put Brent, put 'Rock Kick Ass'"
7:30 PM 
5,957
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ronpepsi: Burrito mission accomplished. Bromsgrovian is out of practice, but we'll forgive her. Some quality kid time coming up.
7:18 PM 
2,053
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kevinthau: My house is something out of the movie, Outbreak right now.
7:04 PM 
4,484
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biz: Busy day of interviews and board meeting -- now headed to @livia's favorite, the opera!
6:49 PM 
1,281,967
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noradio: "Facebook has nearly no overhead." @NPR on how Facebook is able to be profitable. I consider nearly half a billion a year in costs overhead.
6:41 PM 
2,612
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stevej: Whoops dm fail
6:37 PM 
5,545
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stevej: Well wait servlets are at end of chain. So filter always comes before
6:34 PM 
5,545
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stevej: Yes
6:33 PM 
5,545
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pankaj: I wish one could turnoff iphone's spellcorrect in twitter clients
6:32 PM 
1,785
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mrtall: Still loving @shitmydadsays
6:03 PM 
3,121
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mrtall: And the winner or the Stephenson/Reimann Math Dork Popular Culture Reference award is... @robey!
6:00 PM 
3,121
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ameybhan: Does anyone else also feel that watching TV is like watching ads with programming thrown in for relief of monotony?
5:26 PM 
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robey: you're welcome: http://bit.ly/hd9aC
5:51 PM
skitch
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al3x: If NPR is concerned about dwindling listenership, they should try a more "urban" approach. New anchor show: "Ball Things Considered".
5:38 PM 
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jess: "We know one thing for certain: these numbers will be wrong. It will all come down to directionality and margin of error." #wordsofwisdom
5:34 PM 
3,532
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delbius: "You're kind of like the Hulk . . . . in general, it's too bad you don't turn into the Hulk."
5:31 PM 
5,925
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al3x@stevej Yup!
5:26 PM 
13,882
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ronpepsi: Awaiting my sibling. Hoping I don't let on how much I have looked forward to some marmite.
5:23 PM 
2,053
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robey: Gave up and went home so I could work.
5:14 PM 
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dougw: Breaking the rules http://twitpic.com/hzqlv
5:08 PM
twitpic
5,119
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crystal: Listening to trance, hoping it will put me in one. Not... working... yet.
5:06 PM 
14,363
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mzsanford@rael unless it's 5 o'clock.
5:05 PM 
2,764
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rael: Zero 7's The Garden is just so perfect for the four o'clock hour http://bit.ly/3VLFKL
5:01 PM
apple
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stop: Just followed a conversation with @rk without getting totally lost in engineering details. Probably more to his credit than mine though.
5:01 PM 
9,840
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jillyface: Ahh! Videos re 'cosmetic procedures', left my phone on desk, can't find my chapstick, about to be zapped-this is not my idea of a good time.
4:57 PM 
1,717
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kevinweil: OH: "A gram is typically the unit of measurement for the sale of cocaine on the street." @lg: "Or in Canada, for everything."
4:57 PM 
1,488
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jillyface: Horrified, again, to be in a 'med spa' for found 2 of tattoo removal. The doorman knew which floor I was going to. #notagoodsign
4:54 PM 
1,717
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mzsanford: And now, time for some Frontier Psychiatry
4:16 PM 
2,764
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stevej@al3x hey, are you keeping notes on this wacky mumbo-jumbo?
4:11 PM 
5,544
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al3x: Heading back to SF early to beat traffic. Only so much info about InvokeDynamic that's useful to me as a lowly non-implementor. #jvmlang
4:05 PM 
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abdur: "300 million children don't have a school to go to today"... "Learn to read so you can read to learn" John Wood from Room to Read today, wow
3:56 PM 
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santojay: Somebody at Twoffice is burping Indian food and that Gobi masala is losing its appeal.
3:50 PM 
3,559
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ev: OH (in board meeting): "It just sounded like Cream of Wheat when it came out of my mouth."
3:48 PM 
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sean: I fear that for the first time, I may be falling victim to Twitter SARS. Either that or the JP gov't made @mzsanford a carrier of FOXDIE.
3:41 PM 
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vl: Trying to create a *new* file in Fireworks and here’s what I get: http://post.ly/5MVL
3:41 PM
posterous
5,780
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jess: "You are their worst nightmare" -Industry exec after I casually mentioned I havent paid for cable tv since before college. All online, baby.
3:26 PM 
3,143
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al3x: Learning about a new language called Noop that's designed to be testable and to embrace legacy code. Imagine baked-in DI. #jvmlang
3:14 PM 
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evan: Wind is making this difficult. http://twitpic.com/hza9u
3:13 PM
twitpic
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mutgoff: Incredible video Shot on the streets of Atlanta's 4th Ward Neighborhood: http://vimeo.com/5793483 (New track from PILL)
3:04 PM
vimeo
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jillyface: My current feeling: Never go to a meeting- Returning to your desk may result in a trillion new emails, most which are urgent and important.
3:01 PM 
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stop: For the record, "flesh it out" and "flush it out" mean two similar, but ultimately, very different actions. http://bit.ly/12ymwY
2:56 PM
wsu
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ded: sorry @twoffice. i'm downloading skype and taking up all the office bandwidth :(
2:49 PM 
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delbius: I'm genuinely shocked it's not at least six o'clock. Relieved, too, as I would have missed at least one meeting -- but mostly shocked.
2:47 PM 
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mzsanford: First day back is a day of email and bug fixes. All things that need to get done but not great at keeping the jet lag nap at bay.
2:47 PM 
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Magnuson: Not bringing a jacket/sweater to San Francisco is like going to the beach with no towel/swimsuit. It's eternally cold in this city.
2:38 PM 
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sean: RT @al3x: Every time I think I might not want to use a Mac, I see someone trying to give a presentation off a Linux laptop and promptly ...
2:37 PM 
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goldman@mhegge Unfortunately, no. They were on first on Sunday and I never got there earlier than 4p.
2:37 PM 
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al3x: Every time I think I might not want to use a Mac, I see someone trying to give a presentation off a Linux laptop and promptly reconsider.
2:06 PM 
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mhegge@goldman did you see Themselves at coachella?
2:06 PM 
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robey: dude biking the wrong way down a one-way street, on the left side to boot, gave me a wounded look when he almost ran into me. chutzpah +1.
1:58 PM 
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evan: Attempting to grill hamburgers.
1:52 PM 
3,581
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meangrape: The definitive example of "you're doing it wrong." (Hilarious and cute). http://ow.ly/pH1X vua @discomaz
1:20 PM
youtube
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jennadawn: There are 770 million illiterate people in the developing world - 2/3 of them girls and women - John Wood @roomtoread.
1:18 PM 
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mutgoff: John Wood (@roomtoread) gave an inspiring talk at the office today. I'm so excited the Twitter is coming together to help them raise monies!
1:16 PM 
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jess#effyeahkindofmorning
1:14 PM 
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rk: RT @joestump: I honestly hope this meme lives on forever. http://kanyelicio.us/http://joestump.net
1:12 PM
kanyelicio
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Magnuson: my Sigg holds ice - http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/6048/50301744.jpg
1:08 PM
imageshack
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stevej@evan there is nothing in that picture that my mother didn't warn me about as a child, especially the woods and trailers. STRANGER DANGER!
1:06 PM 
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meangrape: John Wood from @roomtoread gave a moving talk at the office today.
1:05 PM 
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yukarim: Beautiful day in SF! 仕事開始。
1:05 PM 
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bs: Burying what matters most to work on what matters most.
1:03 PM 
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noradio: John Wood from @roomtoread gave an inspiring tech talk at @twitter today about educating the world's children http://twitpic.com/hyrwj
1:00 PM
twitpic
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evan: Fireworks / Hams / Bacons. http://twitpic.com/hyr6o
12:54 PM
twitpic
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santojay: Inspiring presentation from "Room to Read" founder John Wood. "When you learn to read, you read to learn" www.roomtoread.org
12:46 PM 
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pankaj: Awesome presentation by roomtoread founder John Wood abt efforts on bringing education to children in the developing world.
12:44 PM 
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jack: Walking to the Twitter offices for our Board meeting.
12:34 PM 
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robey: victimized by a drive-by FIXME. "FIXME: this is horribly broken but you know, whatever, not my problem, good luck."
12:34 PM 
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crystalhttp://twitpic.com/hyo9c - Good, and good for you!
12:33 PM
twitpic
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evan: "There is a HOLE in your SHOE." - @twigsy
12:31 PM 
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jess: "World change starts with educating children."- John Wood from Room to Read, an incredible organiztion Twitter is supporting. Stay tuned!
12:30 PM 
3,143
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ev: RT @wagnerofficial: Watch Wipeout tonight! I think this is the best episode EVER!!!!
12:25 PM 
1,186,170
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al3x: Cool thing about the JVM Language Summit: speaker says, "I'll show you the bytecode for this" and the audience actually perks up.
11:59 AM 
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noradio: Just got an email from Mint: "Subject: Unusual Spending on Sporting Goods". Excellent. My fitness goals are coming together.
11:52 AM 
2,608
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