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9/22/09; 11:56:02 PM Pacific
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rael: Took a shortcut it seems I'd quite forgotten to forget.
11:32 PM 
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rael: First time I've even thought about Au Coquelet since we left Berkeley. Thank goodness though as it's the only available food near my hotel.
11:18 PM 
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rael: Late night at the Twoffice. 1 part coding, a smattering of debugging, and a large helping of hanging with @nk.
10:28 PM 
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Magnuson: Koredoko is an app which shows you on Google Maps where photos on your phone were taken. Simple and amazing. - http://twitpic.com/islvh
10:13 PM
twitpic
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bs: Is there a way to Couch Surf where I can broadcast where I'm going to be and locals get pinged and can contact me if they feel like hosting?
9:58 PM 
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ronpepsi: No one committed errors more than Piano Legs Gore.
9:54 PM 
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abdur: Slashdot uids are the Erdos numbers of the hacker world... (via @dataspora) WTF?
9:49 PM 
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robey: so true: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200303/rauch (thanks @vl)
9:49 PM
theatlantic
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meangrape: Pita filled with hummus, schug, and sliced turkey for supper. Too busy with work to rustle up fancy grub.
9:48 PM 
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abdur: Just learned about the mute feature in gmail today, FTW, thanks @ramcmu, some people keep a thread alive way to long, you know who you are.
9:38 PM 
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crystal: Hand delivering a user letter.
9:36 PM 
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dougw: I know 3 people are in the same room I am because of @foursquare: @robb, @rk, @crystale.
9:25 PM 
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mzsanford: And with that, my day is complete. I feel like something was almost completed.
9:23 PM 
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al3x: From a plane's window far-off city lights at night Phosphorescent moss
9:15 PM 
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ronpepsi: Nice dinner with Japanese-only, English-only and Japanese/English speakers. @miekow always makes sure no one goes hungry.
9:00 PM 
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jillyface: not sure about my thai corn flavored candy for desert but sooo excited to have my australian friends with me for the nxt few weeks!
8:48 PM 
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nk: I think the most dangerous thing about computers is that they do what you tell them.
8:27 PM 
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JugglingPumba: Abdur and @umi have toggled my uni aversion. Excellent meal.
8:10 PM 
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Magnuson: Oops - http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/3402/33728107.jpg
8:08 PM
imageshack
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abdur: Great dinner at @umi with @jugglingpumba
8:07 PM 
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crystal: I'm pretty sure @opentable is the web service I've used the longest besides my email....
7:56 PM 
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crystal: Challenged self from a block away: arrival at the restaurant or completion of reservation with @opentable app first? @opentable triumphs!
7:55 PM 
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al3x: Upside of being stuck in Terminal 3 of LAX: chance meeting with @lonelysandwich. His smooth radio voice carries over in person, ladies.
7:54 PM 
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kevinthau: Preparing for a big launch tomorrow.
7:39 PM 
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evan: Helping @twigsy make dinner.
7:24 PM 
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Magnuson: Having a beer and 'rasta pasta' at Mango Carribean in Palo Alto
7:12 PM 
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vl: “For introverts, to be alone with our thoughts is as restorative as sleeping.” http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200303/rauch (via @zenmatt)
6:54 PM
theatlantic
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al3x@mzsanford Sometimes circadian rhythms are in odd time signatures.
6:32 PM 
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al3x: Terminal 3 of LAX is, uh, terminal. I didn't think high-traffic airports still had terminals this shitty.
6:31 PM 
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jess: RT @TechCrunch Twitter Begins Emphasizing SMS Again http://bit.ly/2GzUZe by @parislemon - @kevinthau and @twittermobile keep it up!
6:25 PM
techcrunch
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al3x: Killing two hours dead at LAX.
6:10 PM 
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ded: Today I did a total of 68 pushups thanks to the Hundred Pushups iPhone app. (Week 1, Day 4, Level 3) 8:14
5:53 PM 
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goldman: You know what happens when a midwest Jew and a Canadian fistbump? @macgill ends up with a broken pinky.
5:37 PM 
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robey: silly, and made my day brighter: http://bit.ly/iidWS -- lego version of the camelot song
5:27 PM
youtube
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robey: anyone else noticed this weird visual bug in snow leopard? http://bit.ly/3Wl51d
5:15 PM
skitch
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al3x: Everyone likes pretty data.
5:08 PM 
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goldman: This is an awesome visualization of how much the financial sector has contracted (via @nelson): http://bit.ly/3XgZVh
4:56 PM
nytimes
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kevinweil@mutgoff hahahahaha
4:55 PM 
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ej: Pretty much sums up my day http://twitpic.com/irgbs
4:54 PM
twitpic
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westelm: Special floor model sale 9/26 8 a.m.- noon at our Chelsea location (112 W. 18th Street). Up to 60% off on furniture and accessories.
4:47 PM 
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mutgoff@evan well you can show me the hot spots in that area. I NEVER hang out there so I need some advice.
4:41 PM 
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mzsanford: I need to stop coming to work early and then being annoyed by the avalanche of work at 4pm. It's barely lunch time for some of these people.
4:36 PM 
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evan@mutgoff I am at Jones and Lombard which is the opposite corner of the Hill.
4:30 PM 
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alissa: Now that cloves are banned, I have to order them internationally at 1/10th the cost. So, l'll smoke 10 times as much. Thanks a lot Obama.
4:29 PM 
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mutgoff@evan Polk and Vallejo. Close to you? We should start some neighborhood watch stuff. I heard it sketchy out there. #rh4theforseeablefuture
4:28 PM 
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evan@mutgoff What's your new address? #rh4life
4:20 PM 
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mutgoff: It's official! As of Oct. 1st I will be living in Russian Hill. I think I might need to go on a crazy J. Crew shopping spree!
4:19 PM 
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stevej: I wonder if today's FDA ban on flavored cigarettes will affect Big League Chew.
4:18 PM 
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jess: Great tweets coming from #cgi09. For an inside scoop from someone on the ground working for them, follow @heidiserene :)
4:17 PM 
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alissa: The mid-afternoon fatal fatigue is upon me. It's been nice knowing you!
4:10 PM 
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mutgoff@kevinweil please do this: http://bit.ly/ncpUJ
4:08 PM
twitrounds
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biz: My friends at ThingLabs have a cool new thing, an API for Twitter trend explanations: http://letsbetrends.com
4:05 PM
letsbetrends
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ded: at another place. classy music, fancy furniture, good drinks. if foursquare existed here, I'd be mayor of the city. #paris
4:04 PM 
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evan: FFI is like a party for your runtime where you never really know which .o files are going to attend.
3:49 PM 
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kohmi: twitterのみなさんに支えて頂き、日々を過ごすことができています。私には、音楽でしかみなさんにお返しできませんから、一曲一曲、精一杯感謝の気持ちを込めて、作っています。この冬、出来上がった私の作品をどうぞ聞いてくださいね。
3:41 PM 
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kevinweil: OH @emaland: I'm reinstalling. I call it "Microsoft debugging"
3:42 PM 
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ded: at the pick up bar next to the Moulin Rouge. With @erin, of course.
3:39 PM 
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Elizabeth: Just saw a series B deal with 5x participating preferred. Wow, GREED.
12:13 PM 
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hotdogsladies: Only three more American Apparel orders and I get a free creepy mustache. Nice.
2:54 PM 
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ev: I don't think Twitter would have done well at TC50 or Demo. (Likely response: WTF?) Wonder if Google would have. (Search? Yawn.)
3:19 PM 
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whitehouse: Astounding rises in health insurance premiums, broken down state by state, charts galore: http://bit.ly/Anz0w #hcr
2:07 PM
whitehouse
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mutgoff: Just discovered this website: http://www.youheardthatnew.com/ Now I will always know what the kids are talkin about.
2:55 PM
youheardthatnew
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abdur: What are the 3 values you want to teach your kids? Now, ask yourself if you do those in business? #goodfoodforthought (via @Elizabeth)
2:53 PM 
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dougw@jess Dan Deacon, TV on the Radio, and JUSTICE are this week's top plays in my iTunes. Bon Iver is being spun today given tonight's concert.
2:42 PM 
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Mattgar: RT @sfappeal SFPD Holding Community Meeting On Recent Mission Violence Tonight: http://retwt.me/bQZE (via @alauraborealis)
1:45 PM
sfappeal
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jess: A few favorite songs of the moment: Flower, Moby. Sunshowers, MIA. Come on Closer, Gem. What are you rocking out to right now?
2:20 PM 
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badbanana: Can't wait to read this 32-page magazine the U.S. Postal Service sent me, unsolicited, about direct marketers going green.
2:03 PM 
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ded: links to google maps, preferable :)
1:58 PM 
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al3x: Met @ginatrapani. Managed not to get my life hacked.
1:54 PM 
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mhegge@Magnuson I saw them live about a month ago. Singer was jumping around in the crowd and kept getting tangled up in his mic cord. Good show.
1:52 PM 
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Magnuson: I was turned onto Cage the Elephant's album by @Lukester today and it's amazing! Definitely worth the money.
1:47 PM 
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sean: Speaking of apocalypses, amazing Wired article about the Soviet Doomsday system that's still operational: http://bit.ly/fnhVB
1:42 PM
wired
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gruber: Now that I see a few new-style RTs in my timeline, I see how this might be a flat-out great feature.
1:02 PM 
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ronpepsi: Nathan Hale? Hale yes.
1:21 PM 
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Magnuson: Stormtroopers' 9/11: where were you when the Death Star fell? - http://bit.ly/4brCyy
1:15 PM
collegehumor
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ded: where can I go that's fun and walkable from my Twitter profile geolocation in Paris?
1:13 PM 
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stevej: Stacy called me back. I almost didn't answer, I was afraid it was Google Voice messing with me again.
1:03 PM 
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stevej: I tried calling @stacy to pick up more dayquil. Forwarded to our home phone which I then answered. I am on too much cold medicine for that!
1:01 PM 
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bs: I need a good discoteca. I am here: http://j.mp/4BotNG.
12:45 PM
google
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Magnuson: I just reviewed Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels in Palo Alto on Yelp - http://bit.ly/OFhrP
12:41 PM
yelp
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jess: Appreciate @nytimeskristof's cont'd efforts to highlight global women's issues. He's starting #HalftheSkyTues -here's mine: maternal health.
12:29 PM 
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evan: Looks like all parties have backed away from the ledge. Diplomacy success.
12:18 PM 
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shellen: Did you hear this young man, Kanye West interupted a young lady singer the other night. Terrible. Just terrible. Heart goes out to them.
12:14 PM 
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robey: amazing. at&t would like you to pay $150 to help them fix their terrible cell coverage, using your home internet: http://bit.ly/14fzzi
12:11 PM
wordpress
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sean: PM's stock is up 65% in the last year, thanks to "tougher" tobacco regulation by the FDA. Yeah, you're really, uh, sockin' it to them.
12:07 PM 
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ej: we did that
12:05 PM 
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netik: RT @viss Disable Mac OS X's spindump to improve performance when something crashes. http://bit.ly/1pfd5H
11:57 AM
skwpspace
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mrtall@bs @ded They are called maps. They are made of an ancient substance called paper.
11:54 AM 
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jack: About to walk into meeting #5. New offices!
11:50 AM 
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mzsanford: i'm really happy for your twitpocalypse and imma let you finish, but twitpocalypse 1 was better (via @rk)
11:38 AM 
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jfray: RT @rk: i'm really happy for your twitpocalypse and imma let you finish, but twitpocalypse 1 was better
11:36 AM 
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jfray: I sniffed the wrong glue to pick the stop day.
11:36 AM 
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bs: Oh Google Maps, please quit telling me I'm at my hostel when I CLEARLY AM NOT.
11:35 AM 
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ronpepsi: 33 bits.
11:34 AM 
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rk: i'm really happy for your twitpocalypse and imma let you finish, but twitpocalypse 1 was better
11:34 AM 
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jfray: I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue.
11:33 AM 
1,196
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jkalucki: Last tweet before the end of 2^32...
11:33 AM 
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biz: I just set up my Donors Choose Giving Page http://bit.ly/172Wus set yours up and join the Twitter group!
11:30 AM
donorschoose
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Magnuson: Still the most useful website on the internet - http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/
11:14 AM
downforeveryoneorjustme
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anamitra: In 2010 online ad spend est to be $65b. So I guess 2004 wasn't the peak or the plateau. it was a little hillock. with just a few trees.
11:02 AM 
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