What are the people of Twitter twittering about?

10/26/09; 11:57:02 PM Pacific

Who	Recent tweet	When	Count	RT
	al3x: Apparently open source projects have to compliment their competitors now. "X is awesome, but..." Just say X sucks and move on. #diplomacy	11:46 PM	14,792	RT
	ded: day 299: have a seat - http://bit.ly/3tYO91	11:18 PM dustindiaz	6,630	RT
	jillyface: Took my determination to really eat fish for the first time ever seriously: ordered raw tuna & tried eel. Proud but a bit freaked. Slimy!	10:38 PM	1,977	RT
	rsarver: Just nominated TweetDeck, Twitteriffic, etc for Best Twitter App http://mashable.com/owa #openwebawards. Sad we can't nominate a bunch :(	10:31 PM mashable	76,277	RT
	rsarver: Just nominated Seesmic for Best Twitter App http://mashable.com/owa #openwebawards	10:30 PM mashable	76,274	RT
	rsarver: Just nominated Tweetie for Best Twitter App http://mashable.com/owa #openwebawards	10:27 PM mashable	76,270	RT
	jfray: @andr8a The smell of cow poo was our baseball team's secret weapon. It didn't work against Yuba or Woodland. AgFarm FTW	10:04 PM	1,314	RT
	jfray: @rsarver sorry to hear :( Glad you're alright.	10:03 PM	1,314	RT
	stevej: @rsarver :-(	9:47 PM	5,547	RT
	ded: kinda sorta putting together a book proposal about lighting....	9:44 PM	6,630	RT
	rael: @rsarver I'm terribly sorry to hear it. Glad you're both safe though.	9:41 PM	7,811	RT
	rael: The first 1.5 minutes of "Fermat's Last Theorem" rather touched me http://bit.ly/4rfXer	9:38 PM google	7,811	RT
	mzsanford: @rsarver man, that sucks. Sorry to hear it.	9:31 PM	2,891	RT
	bs: Evening stroll through Russian Hill. The cool breeze settles over scattered thoughts.	9:10 PM	51,349	RT
	al3x: I think I need a Dollhouse-style memory wipe between bugs. "Caching problems? In this code base? How novel!"	8:57 PM	14,789	RT
	netik: Smart, pretty, sane. Pick two. http://yfrog.com/03wk2sj	8:49 PM yfrog	4,536	RT
	rael: "Enjoy" Geocities for the last time by way of XKCD's homage to the eyesore at http://xkcd.com.	8:48 PM com	7,810	RT
	rael: "The arcade ambience project…a crowded arcade room during the golden age of arcades in the 1980s." http://j.mp/3QBDcZ via @diveintomark	8:42 PM hofle	7,810	RT
	stevej: I just left a message for SF Animal Control about a possible abuse case. Now I'm going to read @SI_PeterKing's MMQB.	8:42 PM	5,547	RT
	nk: @timehaines Lists are list of people, but the meaning of the list is the thing the people have in common.	8:30 PM	90,905	RT
	evan: Wonderful evening at home with @twigsy.	8:29 PM	3,702	RT
	andr8a: @jfray @sfjulie I-5 + Poo = could be Woodland ;)	8:29 PM	1,734	RT
	rael: This week is looking up: Kris Kristofferson seems to have found someone else with H1N1 to visit in the mirror each morning.	8:28 PM	7,810	RT
	robey: wow, lots and lots of sirens went by (in mission SF). did they find bin laden in a hipster bar nearby?	8:25 PM	2,474	RT
	rsarver: stolen inventory: 1 Xbox 360, 1 Kindle (2nd one stolen in 5 months), 1 iPod touch and ALL of @devon's sentimental jewelry. drinking heavily.	8:22 PM	76,011	RT
	mutgoff: Watching Intervention based on a lunchtime conversation. Alcoholics shouldn't marry eachother.	8:16 PM	86,742	RT
	nk: The principle virtue of the new Twitter Lists feature is that it distributes content by topic, not personality.	8:10 PM	90,867	RT
	kevinweil: Success.	8:08 PM	1,731	RT
	meangrape: Twenty-eight months and one day of Izzie.	7:59 PM	3,401	RT
	andr8a: http://twitpic.com/n3qo9 - i am so glad @biz walked me to my car. thank you! :)	7:57 PM twitpic	1,734	RT
	ronpepsi: Dear Washington Redskins, "Ring of Fame" sounds like something other than what it is.	7:48 PM	2,101	RT
	jennadawn: http://twitpic.com/n3obh - Pressing some grapes @crushpad. Yummmm...	7:39 PM twitpic	93,045	RT
	abdur: OH: I am ok sharing my rectal teampaturure.	7:39 PM	59,071	RT
	jack: Nice! RT @matthunter: @Jack Mark McGwire joins #Cardinals staff as hitting coach. Gotta be happy about that!	7:28 PM	1,396,423	RT
	al3x: Yeah. We're monopolists. You caught us! And Obama's a fascist. Honestly.	7:24 PM	14,789	RT
	Magnuson: The most abundantly available but least frequently used part of a car: the driver's brain.	7:14 PM	1,427	RT
	al3x: Current status: http://bit.ly/2Lrqi	7:10 PM scrapetv	14,788	RT
	rsarver: Thanks for the tweets. We're both safe, nothing irreplaceable taken and they left The Griddler. Sandwiches tonight?	7:02 PM	75,831	RT
	netik: kicking around 111 minna for their EAT event. No one I know could make it this evening, but the menu, is tasty.	6:53 PM	4,535	RT
	rsarver: WTF!!!?! This city has it out for us. Our apt door was crowbared. Luckily no one was home at the time and they only took a few things.. Fuck	6:48 PM	75,799	RT
	santojay: RT @Rafe: Baby Einstein videos don't make kids smarter, may do opposite. Disney offering refunds. How about therapy? http://bit.ly/3Xitt5	6:35 PM sfgate	3,743	RT
	santojay: Noe Valley is perennially windy. Not a place kind to the comb over	6:24 PM	3,743	RT
	Magnuson: My brother Max in the Big Kahuna triathlon this past Sunday: http://twitpic.com/n39pw http://twitpic.com/n39rq http://twitpic.com/n39tj	6:01 PM twitpic	1,428	RT
	mzsanford: Staying home from climbing. Feeling unwell and hoping that this concession will keep me from getting sick.	5:48 PM	2,891	RT
	alissa: It's a good thing I have this never-ending mountain of email to sort though. Otherwise waiting on these tests would be boh-rring.	5:44 PM	3,724	RT
	ronpepsi: I can never remember how to spell "bougainvillea".	5:40 PM	2,100	RT
	evan: Fussing with @tmm1's perftools.rb.	5:20 PM	3,702	RT
	al3x: Anyone else remember Apple's Project X? Maybe http://bit.ly/2jOj6l or http://bit.ly/1mmFsD will refresh your memory? That shit was cool.	5:14 PM sdsu	14,788	RT
	rael: Some counting makes me sad.	5:05 PM	7,809	RT
	jess: http://twitpic.com/n2zzz - Busy dictating the strategy meeting notes.	4:55 PM twitpic	178,640	RT
	jack: 4 more things on my to-do list today.	4:51 PM	1,396,099	RT
	evan: @stevej The PS2 Sonic Collection has Gamegear games in it. FYI.	4:50 PM	3,702	RT
	stevej: @evan BTW, I haven't been able to get the GameGear from Star Games off my mind. I THINK I WANT IT! http://bit.ly/ZR2jP	4:48 PM flickr	5,547	RT
	mzsanford: Best part of the day; time to close some tickets that I fixed today	4:46 PM	2,890	RT
	stevej: @evan Another interesting factoid: in chinese, unit-test is the same word as regression-test.	4:46 PM	5,547	RT
	evan: @stevej Did you know that the Chinese word for regression is the same as the word for feature?	4:43 PM	3,702	RT
	kevinthau: Didn't bring enough cards to this conference	4:41 PM	4,744	RT
	sean: The multi-level-marketing potential of @ajishiosean has gone through the roof. Thanks for improving my cash flow potential, @caroline!	4:39 PM	1,653	RT
	sean: Came up with some get-rich-quick schemes with @niw. One involves annoying @caroline to the point she punitively adds you to the SUL.	4:37 PM	1,653	RT
	stevej: OH: "definitely looks like a bug-portunity"	4:35 PM	5,547	RT
	al3x: "anyone YC funds to do a startup based on Twitter will get priority access to the Twitter stream people at Twitter" http://bit.ly/1ed9i4	4:32 PM ycombinator	14,787	RT
	al3x: Made terrible late afternoon caffeination decision to aid the fight against an insidious bug. Will probably pay for it later.	4:12 PM	14,786	RT
	evan: I'm in your website, successfully refactoring your Thrift.	4:06 PM	3,701	RT
	Magnuson: Half the battle of providing quality user support is the user's ability to adequately + properly describe the problem they are experiencing.	4:05 PM	1,428	RT
	biz: Social Media Challenge Update: Tomato Nation, We Teach, Fred Wilson, and @livia are leading the charge! http://bit.ly/1wwzPz	3:39 PM donorschoose	1,440,850	RT
	evan: Hello via ThriftClient.gem, in a manner of speaking.	3:32 PM	3,701	RT
	jfray: Awww shit..Black Label Society's "In This River" is playing on TV. RIP Dimebag.	3:18 PM	1,316	RT
	kevinweil: OH @cayley: whenever someone says the word magic, it means they want you to do something really tedious.	3:14 PM	1,730	RT
	jfray: @andr8a @sfjulie I-5 + Poo usually equals Coalinga. But it could be Elk Grove or Galt?	3:13 PM	1,316	RT
	jfray: "All Nightmare Long" -- soviet zombies, speed metal, Tunguska..what else could you ask for?	3:10 PM	1,316	RT
	jfray: is it just me or is the new Metallica song and accompanying video kind of...awesome?	3:09 PM	1,316	RT
	mrtall: Thanks for the birthday wishes! Should I start my mid-life crisis now, or hold off a couple of years?	2:57 PM	76,309	RT
	evan: Oh nice, The Last Psychiatrist is on Twitter: @thelastpsych	2:47 PM	3,700	RT
	mhegge: http://thispeanutlookslikeaduck.com/	2:30 PM thispeanutlookslikeaduck	3,003	RT
	rael: @meangrape I adore how well the truth is captured in that joke.	2:06 PM	7,810	RT
	ded: should "then I am me"	2:04 PM	6,626	RT
	meangrape: @rael Ahah! Mathematician jokes! (The sheep one is particularly good).	2:01 PM	3,401	RT
	rael: "In Scotland there exists at least one field, containing at least one sheep, at least one side of which is black." — http://bit.ly/1FHz1I	1:59 PM simonsingh	7,810	RT
	al3x: @kevinweil There is no such thing as a breakfast pretzel.	1:52 PM	14,784	RT
	al3x: Finally got to meet @harper. What a fun, sexy time.	1:47 PM	14,783	RT
	jkalucki: Forwarding Tweets about urban dads buying and/or angling to buy Vespas to @betterhalf. It's all a bluff.	1:45 PM	86,825	RT
	caroline: @mrtall ☆｡.::･'ﾟ★｡.::･'ﾟ☆ヽ(*⌒∇⌒*)ﾉ happy birthday!ヽ(*⌒∇⌒*)ﾉ::･'ﾟ☆｡.::･'ﾟ★｡.::･'ﾟ☆	1:36 PM	101,856	RT
	meangrape: Mumbling to myself while I walk around. Our office is so crowded, it's not a good place for walk-n-scribble thinkers.	1:30 PM	3,401	RT
	mrtall: @goldman <HQ*|HQ> = destruction of universe, or maybe more bathrooms	1:26 PM	76,066	RT
	jillyface: So excited about the "Got the wrong Bob?" feature for gmail. Thanks @laura! One more protection against mistakes on craazy days!	1:16 PM	1,973	RT
	goldman: Good lunch today. Lasagna. And @noradio did an eerily accurate Mike Tyson impression during which he threatened to sexually assault me.	1:14 PM	1,289,354	RT
	goldman: @mrtall almost included some bra-ket notation to show the state of HQ.	1:11 PM	1,289,342	RT
	mhegge: Is Where the Wild Things Are suitable for my 3 year old son, or should he wait in the car?	1:11 PM	3,003	RT
	kevinweil: @Magnuson you're going to wake up with a horse's head in your bed.	1:02 PM	1,730	RT
	jillyface: Hmm. Jetlag and 2:30am arrival after 3 hours delay On the plane are finally starting to kick in. Numb but happy to be back in the office.	1:02 PM	1,973	RT
	jess: Lunch is now standing room only.	12:49 PM	177,957	RT
	jess: CHF to USD	12:41 PM	177,937	RT
	Magnuson: @stevej You're going to have to fill me in. BioShock sounded like a legit theme. It's Monday...	12:39 PM	1,427	RT
	stevej: @Magnuson I enjoy that you took my question literally.	12:35 PM	5,545	RT
	Magnuson: @stevej Nope, just using the custom system font Neutraface2	12:32 PM	1,427	RT
	stevej: @Magnuson what is this? Are you using the BioShock theme for your iPhone?	12:30 PM	5,544	RT
	Magnuson: http://twitpic.com/n1v6p - Mission: accomplished!	12:28 PM twitpic	1,427	RT
	alissa: Setting up a translink card. This process seems unduly complicated.	12:28 PM	3,725	RT
	rael: Less "less." More "fewer."	12:22 PM	7,810	RT
	evan: I really need to go to the gym.	12:19 PM	3,698	RT