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9/30/09; 11:58:02 PM Pacific
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jillyface: Checking twitter every few seconds to find out if there's been an earthquake. Everything is rattling...? Weird.
11:32 PM 
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Magnuson: The App Store of Twitter apps? Not really, but the reviews/ratings are very helpful - http://oneforty.com/
11:30 PM
oneforty
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crystal: Making myself sleepy.
11:25 PM 
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goldman: My favorite part of this viz of Google Acquisitions is the node for Genius Labs. http://bit.ly/107Eho
11:23 PM
meettheboss
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ronpepsi: Wondering about my sea krill slave.
11:09 PM 
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pankaj: A 0.5 chance in a binary outcome is always beautiful - leaving something for everyone
11:04 PM 
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ronpepsi: Being escalated-to a lot.
11:01 PM 
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evan: Explained why PAL and NTSC to @twigsy.
10:56 PM 
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stop: How to rotate videos with QuickTime (think this requires a QT Pro license): http://bit.ly/VVgY9 (via @wubbels)
10:33 PM
notebooks
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crystal: It's hard to get my work done when my really cute cat is parading himself in front of my computer screen.
10:16 PM 
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robey: I just saw "top gun" for the first time.
10:12 PM 
2,411
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stop: Rotating a photo 90° is easy. Rotating a video 90° should not be this difficult.
10:10 PM 
10,199
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al3x: Like a lot of sci-fi films, "Pandorum" was weakest on the script. Still, I'll take a haunted spaceship flick when I can get one.
9:52 PM 
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Magnuson: Want to eat in Mountain View, CA? Don't know what's open? Well, there's a website for that - http://bit.ly/n90LK (via @aneylan)
9:49 PM
whatsopen
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krissy: Tempted to stay up all night (on a school night no less) watching season 1 of Friday Night Lights.
9:48 PM 
7,505
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jess: Dave Matthews Band never gets old to me.
9:48 PM 
86,195
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nk: How do vibrators work?
9:42 PM 
3,535
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jack: Wow. The 18th floor of The Standard NYC is amazingly gorgeous. Great work, @StanDArde!
9:37 PM 
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evan: Hasidic version of Larry T. Bird: http://bit.ly/LNhSz
9:28 PM
hulu
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jess: "Thizzernet" and "Models & Bottles" both popped up on iPhone as nearby wireless networks. Never miss an opportunity to leave a digital mark?
9:19 PM 
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ronpepsi: Twain: "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."
9:05 PM 
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mrtall: At a Kylie Minogue concert surrounded by 100s of screaming gay men and one excited Brit. http://yfrog.com/2opjuj
8:47 PM
yfrog
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carolinehttp://twitpic.com/jsqku - @padmasree uses @twitter to expand her sphere of influence.
8:42 PM
twitpic
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jkalucki: Throwing my hands up at rrdtool and ganglia. We'll meet again.
8:39 PM 
2,189
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carolinehttp://twitpic.com/jsq7b - fwe&e achievement award winner @padmasree congrats!
8:39 PM
twitpic
14,131
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crystal: Zendesk! We meet again.
8:28 PM 
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santojay: OH: "Manistee, MI is between nowhere and nowhere"
8:01 PM 
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evan: RT @secrettweet3: Dear cat, I am so sorry i gave biscuits to the other cat, but it was hungry. Please forgive me.
7:53 PM 
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al3x: Oh shit. I hit the end of my circular buffer of computer science jokes and looped. Apropos, @evan caught the bug.
7:51 PM 
14,318
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crystal: "I've taught fitness for 20 yrs, minimum 4 classes per week; longest break taken is 10 days when I got married." cecily, paragon of fitness.
7:43 PM 
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al3x@evan You know, I was worried about that. Deleted.
7:36 PM 
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santojay: Guiness and The Woo. Not sure how, but it makes me happy
7:36 PM 
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delbius: Dinner: coming along nicely. http://twitpic.com/jshyp http://twitpic.com/jsi0g
7:33 PM
twitpic
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evan@al3x ahem: http://twitter.com/al3x/status/1707855196
7:19 PM
twitter
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keerthi: Pizza for dinner
7:11 PM 
822
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al3x: 2 legit 2 two-phase commit
7:09 PM 
14,318
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stevej: Out with @Stacy for her 30th birthday at Bella.
7:06 PM 
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robey: Poor caltrain. They can't even afford to keep enough of the new cars working to provision the baby bullet. :(
7:00 PM 
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ronpepsi: The kids and their mom seem to be nearing the end of a long and difficult day. Wish I could help but that doesn't seem likely.
6:55 PM 
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andr8ahttp://twitpic.com/c14l6 - North Point Street?
6:34 PM
twitpic
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andr8a: Watching history channel and sorting through email.
6:30 PM 
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andr8a@keerthi big hugs
6:28 PM 
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ev: Going to Where the Wild Things Are with hot date. http://myloc.me/QuYQ
6:18 PM
myloc
1,181,940
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keerthi@delbius @che am happy to have Twitter-folks around to rise my spirits :) It had been a while i spoke to my parents. Spoke to them. Happy.:)
6:16 PM 
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biz: Back home in sunny CA with @livia and all the animals
6:06 PM 
1,353,440
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jfray: Working on changing my attitude towards physical therapy as it's had me down all day. Need re-motivation.
6:05 PM 
1,240
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evan: Enjoying the reliability of the Rubyforge 2.0.0 gem.
5:58 PM 
3,607
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delbius@keerthi But we adore you! That should help. ;)
5:49 PM 
6,154
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keerthi: Feeling disappointed and low :(
5:47 PM 
821
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crystal: Ack! Going to the gym. Hope it's not too late for my class... RUN!
5:38 PM 
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Magnuson: Get excited, Lists are coming! - http://bit.ly/3jRCHt
5:15 PM
twitter
1,385
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ej: the fishman communes with the ogre
5:14 PM 
2,917
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biz: Lists are coming soon—good work @nk and team! http://bit.ly/ynSYU
4:56 PM
twitter
1,353,213
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santojay: Hmm. Interrrresting
4:53 PM 
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rsarver: The Lists API will be published shortly. See @noradio's email http://bit.ly/3MC4N
4:45 PM
google
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al3x: Lists are going to be TOTALLY AWESOME btw I had a killer list of DJs on Twitter and @nk deleted it in testing BUT STILL http://bit.ly/JKMbK
4:41 PM
twitter
14,314
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yukarim: 日本の皆様、新しいリスト機能を楽しみにしてください!RT @ev:Huge thanks to @nk, @rael, and @vl for working so hard on the Lists (http://bit.ly/JKMbK) Very stoked.
4:40 PM
twitter
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meangrape@jennadawn I loathe the smell of popcorn.
4:30 PM 
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mrtall: Congrats @nk, @rael, and @vl. Very cool stuff.
4:29 PM 
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rsarver: RT @mashable Twitter to Launch User Created Follow Lists http://bit.ly/1hljxX
4:25 PM
mashable
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mrtall: "I hope you die of _____, ______, _______ scabies." - @tomlorek, my own brother, cursing my name
4:23 PM 
3,136
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crystal: Ate beets. Purple ones.
4:21 PM 
14,376
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kevinthau: This is the thing I love. http://bit.ly/listsROCK. My lists are really good too, btw. Kinda like my mixtapes from the 80's.
4:17 PM
twitter
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dougw: Take it from someone drinking the Kool-Aid and on a sugar high, Lists is an awesome feature. http://bit.ly/listsROCK
4:11 PM
twitter
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ev: Huge thanks to @nk, @rael, and @vl for working so hard on the Lists (http://bit.ly/JKMbK) test launch. Very stoked about this feature.
4:09 PM
twitter
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jillyface: Fearing the Twitter Plague. Signs are not looking positive.
4:05 PM 
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delbius@jennadawn If it inches toward "burnt popcorn," I abhor it.
4:04 PM 
6,151
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JugglingPumba: Rousing from a 'Tussin induced coma.
4:04 PM 
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jennadawn: Who doesn't love the smell of popcorn?
4:02 PM 
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vl: Soon to launch on Twitter: Lists http://bit.ly/3jRCHt We hope you’ll like it!
4:02 PM
twitter
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kevinweil: This plane's first class section takes up 2/3 of the plane. Is that a weekday-flight-to-NYC thing?
3:57 PM 
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keerthi: I have some good news for @crystal at the end-of-the-day, that will definitely make her smile.
3:52 PM 
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ronpepsi: Wondering if it's really true that people are less likely to lie on a form if they sign at the top rather than the bottom.
3:51 PM 
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jess: Seriously guys, seriously. No, seriously.
3:48 PM 
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kevinweil: RT @robey: i solved the intro puzzle for cassandra: figuring out how to trick their website into letting me download the tarball. level up!
3:44 PM 
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rael: Finished faffing with that thing I was faffing with: http://bit.ly/N3oV1
3:39 PM
twitter
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goldman@noradio Doo eet doucement ... doo eet very slowly.
3:27 PM 
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jillyface@yukarim having a video meeting in the phone booth. An attractive blend of past and technology. http://mypict.me/Qq8J
3:25 PM
mypict
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evan: Me: "Don't worry, it will totally work." Ian: "You said that 10 times ago!" Me: "Yeah but it still will totally work!"
3:24 PM 
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mrtall: Context shifting like crazy today. Who am I? What was I doing just now?
3:16 PM 
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rael: Faffing with something.
3:13 PM 
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noradio: Unearthing the weenie, per @goldman's request.
3:08 PM 
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jillyface: Realized how confusing it is for @tyip opposite my desk when I mouth lyrics to songs like Shoop- bringing out the gangsta east coast in me.
3:06 PM 
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ded: OH: "I just met Dustin for the first time" in reality, they weren't talking about me.
2:47 PM 
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alissa: A confluence of annoying technology constraints has put me in a difficult position.
2:44 PM 
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abdur: You know you are a dad of little girls when your pockets are full of little hair bands. (via @kevinthau)
2:40 PM 
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al3x: Bay Area sci-fi/horror nerds: feel free to join @moonpolysoft, @bkudria, @wadeis, and myself for "Pandorum" at the Metreon tonight, 7:45.
2:32 PM 
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al3x: It's probably good that I never got into Nick Drake until now. Melancholy twee levels DANGEROUSLY HIGH.
2:28 PM 
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bs: Dinner with people that are awesome.
2:22 PM 
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sean: Nice to the point git-r-dun meeting with @mrtall and @noradio.
2:15 PM 
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jess: OH: "He's not attitudinally poisonous. He's like tofu - he'll take on the qualities of the environment."
2:09 PM 
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nk: It's just whales all the way down. (via @evan)
2:03 PM 
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evan: Released a client gem for Scribe http://bit.ly/192R44. 'gem install scribe' works.
1:55 PM
evanweaver
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sean: Mighty mouse trackball stopped working again. Time to whip out the alcohol again. At this rate it'll be at an AA meeting.
1:50 PM 
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jfray: Physical therapy from this morning has me still quite sore. Next appointment is on Friday. Hopefully this is helping, cause it sure hurts.
1:41 PM 
1,240
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krissy: listening to the new JayZ thanks to @mutgoff. Liking it so far.
1:30 PM 
7,503
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ded: at this fowa dinner thing. can't argue with free top shelf mojitos
1:25 PM 
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keerthi: Lunch Break! :)
1:07 PM 
820
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mzsanford@ej I must say, @reallytruly needs to design a better urinal gard …
1:00 PM 
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mzsanford: the world will be a better place.
1:00 PM 
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