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10/13/09; 10:55:02 PM Pacific
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ej: Deja vu of foucault and eggbeater bike pedals
10:40 PM 
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ded: OH: "it's like eating 5 trufells, and almost getting caramel"
10:38 PM 
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robey@nk nothing so far made me laugh as much as "this is basically horrible"...
10:37 PM 
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jillyface: I...um..kind of want to BE juliette lewis right now. I rarely feel that way but she's pretty badass. And hot. And an incredible singer.
10:37 PM 
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jess@jillyface haha no haven't been there lately, but i've heard the same rumors!
10:35 PM 
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kevinweil: I can consistently crash textmate by opening some protobuf-generated code. It's teh awesome.™
10:34 PM 
1,650
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jess@nk LOLing at your tweet.
10:26 PM 
136,754
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nk: LOLing at the bitchy comments someone put in the codebase. Rawr.
10:25 PM 
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jack: RT @AlecJRoss: @Jack and @jaredcohen with me in mexico city thinking about tech as a counter-narcotics tool.
10:21 PM 
1,357,886
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jack: I encourage you all to follow @AlecJRoss from the US State Dept. Pls welcome him to Twitter! #MexTech
10:19 PM 
1,357,890
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al3x: iTunes: Just what the hell is it doing, anyway?™
9:58 PM 
14,678
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al3x@delbius I bet your machine will look crispy in the dark.
9:56 PM 
14,678
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ronpepsi: Will send this review even if it's junk by tomorrow, because it's too useful. Who knew?
9:49 PM 
2,079
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delbius: Watched "Hackers" again. I, too, will some day triple my RAM and have a 28.8 modem. Some day.
9:49 PM 
52,464
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jack: The big question: why is no one speaking out about narcotic inspired violence here in Mexico? Is someone? #MexTech
9:41 PM 
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jack: What an amazing conversation at Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual's house. He's getting on Twitter this week! #MexTech
9:39 PM 
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stop: Following the SEO thread started by @fraying: http://bit.ly/4ffghV & responses by @dannysullivan: http://bit.ly/2tWtsN
9:37 PM
powazek
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ronpepsi: Nice running into Mr. Remick and child yesterday.
9:36 PM 
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robey: in exchange for the deed to your house enacted 1-jan-2013 after the mayapocalypse, i will give you $10k to spend during these "final years".
9:35 PM 
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jillyface@jess , have you been spending your time @ the marina safeway? I hear its a magical place for meeting people.
9:30 PM 
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stop: I keep seeing this "Ready to leave Google?" ad on Facebook. Don't they know? http://yfrog.com/5mwtvg
9:23 PM
yfrog
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jillyface: @ the juliette lewis show w/ @cascadem & K&P. Chick rock!
9:16 PM 
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robey: awesome set of videos of (and about) the 1989 quake, including the world series footage: http://bit.ly/10Yzb
9:15 PM
sfgate
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mhegge: Forgot I pre-ordered the new No Age EP. Love these kind of surprises.
9:13 PM 
2,996
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ronpepsi: Bertrand Russell: There is no nonsense so arrant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate government action.
9:09 PM 
2,077
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Magnuson: There's an unusually high amount of loud, low flying aircraft over Menlo Park tonight. #midnightairshow?
9:09 PM 
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ronpepsi: Well, it looks like it might be another interesting year. Halloween evening plans are set for the grandkids and the grandfolk.
9:05 PM 
2,077
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jess: Reminiscing about the old days of facebook with single text box walls and non-cropable profile photos.
8:45 PM 
136,549
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ronpepsi: Missed the nearby quake: http://bit.ly/toGT7
8:33 PM
usgs
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crystal: Cold days and hot baths: made for each other!
8:17 PM 
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jess: I am fairly certain I've met more interesting new people in grocery stores than bars.
8:12 PM 
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ronpepsi: Blinking going on.
8:01 PM 
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andr8a: Yay, ZD is back! :)
8:00 PM 
1,687
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meangrape: Izzie repurposing her elastic hair bands (aka ponies) as bracelets. http://yfrog.com/024u1j
7:47 PM
yfrog
3,402
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Magnuson: A guy+gal just exited the men's room in this restaurant I'm at after being in there for 20+ minutes. I doubt they were washing their hands.
7:36 PM 
1,425
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al3x: My day: inane caching bugs and feline pancreatitis. I'm going to the gym. Maybe I won't come back.
7:35 PM 
14,680
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Magnuson: Chilling at Erik's Delicafe in Redwood City moochin' off the free, anonymous wifi. Unprotected wireless FTW!
7:29 PM 
1,425
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anamitra: Grabbing dinner with the lads with baseball bats http://twitpic.com/lg6sf
7:11 PM
twitpic
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jess: d Laur en route
6:49 PM 
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jack: Please follow #MexTech for the conversation around our Mexico Delegation! Immediacy, transparency, & approachabilty to end violence.
6:44 PM 
1,357,494
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gregpass: Imagining imaginary centaurs.
6:32 PM 
2,660
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meangrape: Izzie supper report: cheese omelette (approved), chickpeas (approved), blender gazpacho (rejected). http://yfrog.com/9ghcjj
6:25 PM
yfrog
3,400
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rsarver: Off to dinner at Fringale and to see South Pacific with @devon. So cultured of us...
6:16 PM 
34,092
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crystal: Success=300 emails, 3 interviews, 2 meetings, bug triage, Zendesk fixes for my team, and a list of 19 evening-action items. Now: KICKBOXING!
6:05 PM 
14,365
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al3x: The exciting non-API project I switched teams to work on got cancelled, so instead I'm fixing critical bugs in the application. S'all good.
6:03 PM 
14,675
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jack: Headed to meet @SuzKPH and crew in the lobby to depart for dinner. #MexTech
5:55 PM 
1,357,395
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jess: OH: "Hadoop there it is!"
5:50 PM 
136,101
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Magnuson: You ever compose a letter/article/essay and right as you put the finishing touches on it you lose all your work? Ya, that's me right now.
5:32 PM 
1,423
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jack: Checking in and then I need to rush up to my room, don my suit, and head to dinner!
5:21 PM 
1,357,303
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biz: Excited to be expanding Twitter's interest in clean water initiatives to address the Haitian water crisis http://bit.ly/iGt8i
5:18 PM
prnewswire
1,399,962
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jack: Chatting with @nomilite about Mexico City, NYC, and the upcoming @aym conference! #MexTech #aym09
5:07 PM 
1,357,283
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jack: Driving through Mexico City. http://bit.ly/FG8v8 http://yfrog.com/2ms2bj
5:00 PM
google
1,357,265
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mzsanford: For anyone who has asked about becoming a translator, Sign-up at http://twitter.com/translate … we'll use that list when we send out invites
4:56 PM
twitter
2,838
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jess: RT @sacca Check out the Room to Read event in SF Thurs! http://bit.ly/1761kl @cellarrat @lowercasewines & @twitter all supporting the cause!
4:51 PM
exacttarget
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rk: "he should change his rapper-name to MC Verified, but misspelled" -@evan
4:07 PM 
35,935
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jess: Trying to soak in a fraction of the knowledge @jeremy is sharing w/ me. Thankful for his patience. And his tendency to personify software.
4:05 PM 
135,805
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jack: Hello, Mexico City. You look beautiful.
4:01 PM 
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jack: Wow. Extremely bumpy climb from SFO. Guess that was the remains of the typhoon at work.
4:01 PM 
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jillyface: It's kind of funny when you stop paying attention to what's playing on itunes and suddenly realize you're listening to Dio.
4:00 PM 
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crystal: Why now, Tumblr. Why now.
3:35 PM 
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rk@noradio pure sexiness
3:33 PM 
35,850
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al3x: One of our cats is sick. And it's the good one (that is, not @casecat).
3:29 PM 
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noradio: I welcome any and all theories on how I could have generated this sweat pattern: http://twitpic.com/lf9er
3:23 PM
twitpic
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caroline: cool @eurythmics vs @1omarion mash-up. http://songza.fm/~ak854m
3:15 PM
songza
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biz: "The Cast of Seinfeld on Twitter" -- this just made my day! http://www.slate.com/id/2231467/
3:02 PM
slate
1,399,666
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caroline: perfect song for a tuesday rainy day. http://songza.fm/~8ljmae
3:03 PM
songza
59,383
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noradio: Thanks everyone for donating to http://bit.ly/Hm8fQ! You all are the bestests.
3:02 PM
kickstarter
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evan: My umbrella is fine; it only leaks during peak rain.
3:02 PM 
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bs: Too much cheesecake in my belly. Thanks, @sweetcart! http://yfrog.com/02ernhj
3:01 PM
yfrog
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noradio: My friend's Kickstarter project is only $8 from being funded. Be the one to push her over the edge (so to speak) http://bit.ly/Hm8fQ
2:50 PM
kickstarter
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stop: One step beyond blocking: you can now "Report a user for spam" on Twitter. http://bit.ly/glHnk
2:37 PM
twitter
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mrtall: San Francisco Weather: 1, REI All-Weather Dura-Umbrella with Gust Vents™: 0
2:33 PM 
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santojay: My cabbie: "This state helped put a man on the moon, yet folks can't fucking drive in the rain"
2:29 PM 
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santojay: My colleagues using public spaces for private conversations, thus rendering those spaces private. :-) Twoffice #cramped
2:26 PM 
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biz: waiting for the sun to come up in Seoul—lots to do today
2:16 PM 
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jillyface: Grandmother sent box of vintage finds from her attic, inc hat! RT @caroline http://twitpic.com/leyz4 - christmas came early for @jillyface!
2:13 PM
twitpic
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carolinehttp://twitpic.com/leyz4 - christmas came early for @jillyface!
2:10 PM
twitpic
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santojay: Actually mistook somebody in Twoffice for someone else. #gettingbigger
2:06 PM 
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robey: deep lunchtime conversation about the relative culpability of cheney vs bush: intentional evil vs naive enabling (intent vs outcome).
2:05 PM 
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delbius: RT @spam: We've got a brand new "report as spam" feature! Read more about it here: http://bit.ly/2YWxvw & here: http://bit.ly/Pspqg.
2:01 PM
twitter
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mhegge@vl +1 for the 360
1:59 PM 
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alissa: Yay, packages! Stuff. It's my favorite.
1:53 PM 
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meangrape: Fighting off the post-lunch coma. Diet Coke isn't cutting it...perhaps it's time for espresso.
1:48 PM 
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evan@vl XBox360 for sure.
1:39 PM 
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vl: It’s been 6 years since I stopped playing games. It’s time to get back now. Should I buy a PS3 or XBOX?
1:38 PM 
6,360
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mrtall@alissa best. I love my car.
1:35 PM 
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crystal: 24 emails to go. HOLLA!
1:27 PM 
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mrtall: Bladderball returns to Yale: http://bit.ly/11hXYz
1:22 PM
youtube
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Magnuson: Having trouble tweeting? Please comment on this help article! - http://help.twitter.com/forums/31935/entries/67723
1:12 PM
twitter
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mzsanford: Testing my fixes for the translation tool. My pulse is quickened. I love this part.
1:09 PM 
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dougw: Today's excessive Diet Coke and coffee consumption, fruit snacks, cashews & Animal Crackers are dedicated to @sacca's century. Reciprocity.
1:03 PM 
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santojay: RT @iheartquotes: Miss Wormwood: What state do you live in? Calvin: Denial. Miss Wormwood: I don't suppose I can argue with that..
1:01 PM 
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ronpepsi: "...like a time traveler who goes back in time to kill his grandfather.": http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/science/space/13lhc.html
1:00 PM
nytimes
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santojay: OH: "I knew a lot of folks who bite, but they all turned out OK"
12:52 PM 
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sean: I've officially spread the NetExtenZ joke to Japan by way of @niw.
12:48 PM 
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sean: As @mzsanford said, can coffee is the answer to most problems. Tired feet? Pour can coffee on them.
12:38 PM 
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sean@kevinthau Have a good flight, see you over here...
12:35 PM 
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al3x: Wish there was another layer of relevancy discovery over TechMeme & Hacker News. Inbound links + voting are poor signals for some topics.
12:35 PM 
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kevinthau: We are making a break for it. Winds shifted.
12:27 PM 
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Magnuson: RT @rmm5t: Another Irrational App Store Rejection http://bit.ly/wif51 #iphone #appstore #applesucks
12:17 PM
eyestreet
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