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9/25/09; 11:54:03 PM Pacific
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dougw: I was just confused with Philip Seymour Hoffman. Take a spot in line ladies.
11:35 PM 
12,810
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al3x: Watched a documentary about the life of Robert McNamara, alone, at home. WOOOOOOO FRIDAY NIGHT
11:27 PM 
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dougw: Rockstar job on today's picnic @mutgoff. Great memories, Mags.
10:40 PM 
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santojay: Thanks to @mutgoff for a really nice picnic.
10:34 PM 
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santojay: Gee Kevin, this pic is priceless!
10:31 PM 
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rael: There's something creepy about sharing a row on the plane with someone in a surgical mask.
10:30 PM 
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yukarim: Middle seat, en route to MD. Thnx @abdur for drink tickets<3! Person on my rt is nice and person on my lft is very prepared for redeye :)
10:18 PM 
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rsarver: I just ousted @devon as the mayor of Capannina on @foursquare! http://bit.ly/3pdQz
10:06 PM
foursquare
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nk: My superpower is that I can see The Obvious.
9:58 PM 
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rael: Chillin' at SFO after a wonderous week of pairing, peering, and cricketing.
9:46 PM 
7,606
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ev: The problem with borrowing money from China is that an hour later, you just feel broke again. (-Bush impersonator)
9:30 PM 
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santojay: Little babies love bumpy roads. Very soothing. San Francisco is like Venice for them.
9:15 PM 
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mhegge: Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Pearl jam opening with In My Tree.
9:02 PM 
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jillyface: Twitter picnics rock! (RT @jess - I knew they'd come around :) http://twitpic.com/j4ujx) TIE DYE Tuesday at work! Thanks @jess!
8:58 PM
twitpic
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Magnuson: Sad face for a hotdog in a hamburger bun that wasn't quite working out - http://twitpic.com/j5qnm (via @crystal)
8:39 PM
twitpic
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crystalhttp://twitpic.com/j5pqf - @Charles: hotdog in a hamburger bun
8:33 PM
twitpic
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mrtall: "I was in a punk band called 'The Rubber Band' when I was in college" - @rael. He played rubber drums and was surronded by rubber groupies.
8:27 PM 
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crystal: Stopped to eat at Manzanita in cute downtown Healdsburg on the way to Mendecino
8:19 PM 
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al3x: To say @nexus6 and I "played" badminton at the company picnic would be an overstatement. We fumbled with rackets and a birdie, net-adjacent.
8:16 PM 
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ronpepsi: Totally weirded out in what should be an OK way so I'm going to deal and do the right thing.
8:15 PM 
2,060
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ronpepsi: Mr. S's favorite book would be "The Cat in the Plastic Hat".
8:11 PM 
2,060
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kevinthau: Very fun company picnic. Sorry if you didnt get any watermelon. I think Sadie ate it all. http://twitpic.com/j5kra
8:00 PM
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jack: A surprise visit by Sasha and Ila makes for a great end to the week. Whew.
7:59 PM 
1,287,704
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pankaj: Soccer, cricket, wine and coworkers at company picnic!
7:57 PM 
1,820
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robey: Awesome company picnic!
7:53 PM 
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biz: Home after an official Twitter company picnic in the park—grilling, cricket, soccer, wine, and more babies than you might think!
7:43 PM 
1,327,584
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andr8a: (woot!) rt @lauraigomez hooooolaaaaaaa fin de semana......
7:32 PM 
1,662
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jess: OH: "Say YES to life - especially when with someone and for something."
7:30 PM 
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andr8a: The Unsecured Creditors Committee is no friend of ex-Heller employees: http://tinyurl.com/LowBall
7:22 PM
wordpress
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alissa: Away from my computer for five hours, and my inbox is still empty. What the... oh, right.
7:14 PM 
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evan: Picnic was good. Upset that that other thing happened.
7:10 PM 
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rael: OH: "Playing cricket apparently makes me dumb" —@mrtall
6:59 PM 
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andr8a: Fig, is this your girlfriend? @FigaroRascal: http://img85.yfrog.com/i/ikv.jpg/
6:56 PM
yfrog
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andr8a: rt @FigaroRascal Me and my homegirl @CallyTheGreat getting our nap on! Stop smooshin me, woman! http://twitpic.com/j52w3
6:54 PM
twitpic
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Magnuson: Company picnic: success. Playing soccer after 2 beers: not a success
6:48 PM 
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mrtall: Just played several "overs" of cricket. I still have absolutely no idea how to play the game.
6:44 PM 
3,126
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evan: "He can't yell at me when I'm on picnic!!" - @bugfux
6:38 PM 
3,598
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jess: Tempted to jump in http://twitpic.com/j53fa
6:13 PM
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ronpepsi: Brilliance. RT @Morros Thought process. http://twitpic.com/j4ybr
5:50 PM
twitpic
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jess: I knew they'd come around :) http://twitpic.com/j4ujx
5:20 PM
twitpic
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evan: Company pic-a-nic.
5:17 PM 
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mhegge: Spotting killer whales of the bow http://twitpic.com/j4s1p
5:05 PM
twitpic
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jack: Inbetween meeting #11 & #12
4:10 PM 
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mhegge: On our way to GM Place to see Ben Harper and Pearl Jam. http://twitpic.com/j4idn
4:05 PM
twitpic
3,021
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rael: Twicnic in Tiburon with the Twitter peeps after a longer-than-necessary but enjoyable bus ride.
3:44 PM 
7,606
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robey: Near death busperience.
3:33 PM 
2,399
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alissa: Enjoying the view from the windy mountain road in our field trip bus, while pondering Twitter left in @bs and @ded hands if we crash.
3:24 PM 
3,675
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evan: "Yachts are so lame...you might get seasick...or crash into an iceburg. You can do flips in a jet." - @lg
3:11 PM 
3,596
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alissa: Package was hand delivered by my very favorite @delbius. Eee hee hee heeee! I has stuff!
3:07 PM 
3,675
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mrtall: It's decided. Our revenue model is high-seas piracy. Larry Ellison, I'm eyeing your yacht.
3:05 PM 
3,126
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delbius: Driving to a picnic while @audomatic does Jewel impersonations. Hmm.
3:02 PM 
6,070
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robey: "when magellan, garmin, and tom-tom sailed around the world..."
3:01 PM 
2,400
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santojay: Umm, Honey, I'm Indian. I don't need 50spf.
2:35 PM 
3,595
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netik: Bus driver thinks the fastest way to tiburon is through Chinatown. Um, wrong.
2:34 PM 
4,463
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evan: iPhone MMS working?
2:31 PM 
3,597
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jess: OH: "San Diego is more or less a conservative donut with a liberal jelly center."
2:29 PM 
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mrtall: Trying to figure out what mobile game my coworker are playing. I keep hearing "Kill the walrus!" but can't tell if it's a euphemism.
2:23 PM 
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netik: On a bus, on the way to a picnic.
2:18 PM 
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ej: Wasnt hard to convince @akshay_abd that i would be doing a deploy from the picnic. That's how agile i am
2:13 PM 
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Magnusonhttp://twitpic.com/j40gj - I'm on a bus!
2:13 PM
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al3x: Papa literally has a brand new bag: a black laptop job from Saddleback Leather. Power adaptor case is a bit Ren Faire but otherwise nice.
2:07 PM 
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stop: I'd certainly find this useful: "iPhone Needs a New Home" http://bit.ly/2ypB0i (via @@frogdesign)
2:01 PM
teehanlax
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evan: Good thing the weapons-grade obfuscation of "bzip2" foils it.
1:56 PM 
3,595
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evan: Gmail won't let me send an executable file in a tarball...what?
1:55 PM 
3,595
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jess: I was that woman with three grocery bags, one resting on hip, holding the other by the side as handles broke, all fell in middle of street.
1:55 PM 
55,406
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keerthi@Magnuson contributed 1 more to it :)
1:52 PM 
810
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Magnuson: 594 unread emails in my personal email inbox. Considering just giving up on killing that backlog.
1:50 PM 
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netik: The official whitehouse photographers continue to amaze me. It's a standard to shoot for (literally.) http://bit.ly/9RipV
1:42 PM
flickr
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abdur@kevinweil is preparing for super hero duties... http://twitpic.com/j3tug
1:31 PM
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goldman: The sound of the car leaving in the breakdown of Billy Joel's "Moving Out" really sells the metaphor in a way that, say, the title cannot.
1:29 PM 
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alissa: Just met @fakeyukari in meatspace. Don't believe me? She threatened to steal a bus. See? Told you so.
1:26 PM 
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crystalhttp://twitpic.com/j3s1a - Most popular: keep ghosts out!
1:20 PM
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jack: 2 AWESOME technologies of discovery invented by you, the Twitter users: #FollowFriday & retweet! Follow this Friday: http://bit.ly/kISYg
1:05 PM
twitter
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keerthi: Asking some C and Unix questions to husband. Helping him prepare for an interview :)
12:40 PM 
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jack: Awesome. RT @fredwilson: Joseph Leonard is now open for lunch. I'm gonna check it out this weekend. http://foursquare.com/venue/84315
12:32 PM
foursquare
1,286,020
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jack: RT @mikebloomberg: Watch: Bono gives a shoutout to Mayor Bloomberg: #NYC #U2 http://bit.ly/3UR8b9
12:31 PM
mikebloomberg
1,286,010
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jack: Remember this is tomorrow (Saturday)! RT @mintplaza: Come by tomorrow! http://summerlandmintplaza.com/
12:12 PM
summerlandmintplaza
1,285,952
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caroline: verified peeps to follow pt 2: @Nelly_Mo @jeffpulver @Dolly_Parton @EricCantor @donnyosmond @peeweeherman @ShaunPhillips95 @Shane_Mosley
12:12 PM 
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JugglingPumba: Great compilation of unreleased parodies from Weird Al Yankovic: http://bit.ly/2ZidT5
12:10 PM
youtube
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caroline: verified peeps to follow: @CarrieFFisher @MayorSlay @kirkmorrison52 @AshleyMGreene @Mc_Driver @boninho @NikitaFilatov @mayortommenino @S_C_
12:05 PM 
13,946
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alissa: The USPS shipment status page says that my package arrived in San Francisco yesterday. ...can has? Can has please?
12:02 PM 
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netik: brought my 5d w/28-70mmm f/2.8 into work today, maybe I'll give @ded a run for his money. :)
11:57 AM 
4,461
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Magnuson: Apple software makes things too simple. Skitch + 1Password are great, but you can't do anything advanced with them like equiv. Windows apps.
11:56 AM 
1,379
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al3x: Emotional roller coasters: all the nausea and screaming of actual roller coasters with none of the fun.
11:54 AM 
14,215
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biz: The Brizzly guys gave me some invites to give out (tell 'em Biz sent ya!) http://bit.ly/fSlns
11:44 AM
brizzly
1,325,552
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delbius: "I don't listen to as much Beyonce as it seems I would." - @CapnWiley.
11:43 AM 
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pankaj: Looking forward to using the bat on @macgill's desk
11:37 AM 
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noradio: Devil's advocate: Show me a baby dancing like this to a Taylor Swift video http://youtube.com/watch?v=ikTxfIDYx6Q
11:16 AM
youtube
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sean: Interesting site with various murals created by artists funded by the WPA back in the depression: http://www.wpamurals.com/
11:06 AM
wpamurals
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jack: Shelter, food, & care for all displaced by policy, disasters, & war. That's the mission of @Refugees & why you should #FollowFriday.
10:58 AM 
1,285,716
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alissa: Ok, kid. The pants-sagging-past-the-knees look was what gangstas were doing when *I* was a teenager. Pfft. This generation. No creativity.
10:54 AM 
3,675
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sean@bs Citibank 4 lyf, yo
10:48 AM 
1,502
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jess: RT @pierre Clinton: most effective solutions originate from people closest to problem, not thousands of miles away. #cgi09
10:48 AM 
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sean@Magnuson Basically, to me it's a backwards compatibility feature. No more "viewmymessage.com" junk for people with non-iPhones.
10:46 AM 
1,502
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sean: MMS is available now, but not having it has already conditioned me to not use it. I don't think I care anymore. Email and twitpic are enough
10:45 AM 
1,502
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jack: One of my favorite websites & social movements, @Kiva is promoting entrepreneurship & face-to-face commerce globally. #FollowFriday & loan.
10:35 AM 
1,285,636
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Magnuson: Why do pple need MMS on their iPhone? MMS has existed on the iPhone for years. It's called email.
10:36 AM 
1,379
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bs: A very special Barcelona #FollowFriday. Two of my favorite Tweeters, @tiger & @alissa. And where would I be without @dan's travel advice?
10:35 AM 
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delbius: How do I stay so young-looking, you ask? Simple. Acne.
10:28 AM 
6,067
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bs: RT @twitter: Thanks to all our investors for sharing our long term vision. http://bit.ly/tWPDc
10:24 AM
twitter
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