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10/28/09; 11:55:02 PM Pacific
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ronpepsi: Software: what has happened before, happens now, and will happen again. All of it. It's good to try to improve this cycle.
11:51 PM 
2,118
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evan: Muse? Kin? Sweetheart? The semantic web is secretly just a chapter in Twilight. http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/RelExtensions
11:47 PM
whatwg
3,725
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nk: I just mean it's terrible to be anything but a beginner. To have wonder, to be humble.
11:46 PM 
98,370
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al3x: I think my cat has taken up parkour.
11:45 PM 
14,838
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al3x@nk Let my people go. To Burger King.
11:35 PM 
14,838
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ronpepsi: Going to push through these things laying on the plate tomorrow. Trying to sleep shortly.
11:25 PM 
2,117
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kevinthau@nk Jealous.
11:24 PM 
4,772
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nk: Those with overly refined tastes are the most closed-minded of all. I want to break free from the tyranny of my middlebrow connoiseurship.
11:24 PM 
98,325
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ronpepsi: Tried fifteen times to express this thought and every iteration could have been taken wrongly. Scratched. Sorry to tantalize.
11:06 PM 
2,114
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nk: Table for one at Zuni. Oysters, champagne, and a burger.
10:52 PM 
98,267
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Magnuson: RT @TheBloggess: http://thebloggess.com/?p=4528 Twitter will molest you.
10:43 PM
thebloggess
1,459
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ded: "it's like sex with a midget" - our bartender.
10:39 PM 
6,685
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evan@jess It's very bulbous.
10:11 PM 
3,722
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jess: Conference Room Doodles http://post.ly/Allh
10:03 PM
posterous
186,399
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evan: He bites me then he rubs on me. Would prefer less painful metaphors.
10:01 PM 
3,720
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evanhttp://twitpic.com/nctuu - Cord cat.
9:57 PM
twitpic
3,721
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ronpepsi: The most difficult thing for a human being to do is to believe in something you cannot ever prove. Saying so is the second most difficult.
9:48 PM 
2,113
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evan: 
9:40 PM 
3,720
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evan@stevej APL!
9:37 PM 
3,719
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evan: Glad to be headed to Delaware but sad to be missing Kevin Smith on Friday.
9:33 PM 
3,719
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ronpepsi: I'd write a book about this but it's the same as it ever was. Happy for the good parts. Looking forward to family news.
9:27 PM 
2,111
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bs: Long day, fueled by miscommunication. Fantastic Retweet Hackfest.
9:24 PM 
58,572
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ronpepsi: Team raccoon thwarted for the evening.
9:17 PM 
2,109
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jillyface: Made some last minute repairs and touches to my very exciting halloween costume for work. So excited for friday!
9:15 PM 
1,993
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ded: hey @sporksf, we found some new pizza neighbors called Pie. hope this doesn't hurt our relationship :-/ they had @allagashbeer on tap too
9:03 PM 
6,682
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ronpepsi: Got a bunch of stuff done today and it doesn't feel like it. Kids still ridiculously happy and talking my ear off. Wish I could bottle that.
8:58 PM 
2,109
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al3x: "Only your mom would use the word 'turgid' to describe a baseball game." Yes indeed.
8:57 PM 
14,833
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stop: My AOL UNLIMITED Dial-up Install CD arrived in the mail today. Lemme know if you wanna borrow it.
8:20 PM 
10,587
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ronpepsi: I worked once with this really smart guy, Daniel Dulitz. It was sometimes difficult navigating through the company's growing pains.
7:59 PM 
2,107
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evan: Came home and apartment is magically spotless...not quite sure how that happened. 
7:53 PM 
3,712
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ded: Today I did 180 pushups. that's it. no thanks to the iPhone app. just me. doing pushups. the end. okay.
7:52 PM 
6,678
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crystalhttp://twitpic.com/ncdjn - Feel like buying these juuuust so I can click my heels three times on bad days
7:39 PM
twitpic
14,516
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kevinweil: Apparently this is "large" according to the quiznos here. You're off to a slow start, Atlanta. http://yfrog.com/e3s2ej
7:22 PM
yfrog
1,741
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kevinweil: Home sweet home for the next few days: http://yfrog.com/iy9mfj
7:10 PM
yfrog
1,741
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kevinweil: RT @al3x: How to be a celebengineer in 2009: write drivers for data stores nobody uses in production in languages nobody's ever heard of.
7:01 PM 
1,741
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anamitra: Just saw the future...it's alright.
6:47 PM 
94,484
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ronpepsi: Waiting to pick E and H up from their haunted house tour.
6:45 PM 
2,106
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robey: Ginormous-task-list fail: I added as many as I removed today.
6:02 PM 
2,492
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ded: no #smoothiewednesday today. it shall return says @al, and make its debut into #smoothiethursday
5:43 PM 
6,672
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caroline: cool! just discovered @FairlyUsed. highly recommended for those of you interested in copyright & fair use laws.
5:29 PM 
109,461
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stevej@mzsanford Lame? I thought it was Quality. hi-five!
5:29 PM 
5,562
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Magnuson: Amazing photos of the marijuana harvest in Northern CA. Photos by @MathieuYoung: http://bit.ly/wu6ua (via @GOOD)
5:26 PM
good
1,453
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mzsanford@stevej Lame Joke: (⁵⁵⁵⁵)
5:24 PM 
2,896
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stevej: Lots of teamwork today. I need a unicode symbol for hugging or for a group hi-five but all I have is this symbol from APL: ⍨
5:21 PM 
5,557
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robey: Freeway is completely empty. At 5pm. #bridgepocalypse http://yfrog.com/9g6y7j
5:01 PM
yfrog
2,486
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Magnuson: The last 24 hrs have been absolutely miserable and I haven't even started cleaning my apt (hasn't been cleaned in many, many months). Bleh.
4:57 PM 
1,448
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crystal: C a f f e i n e... where... are... you...
4:50 PM 
14,504
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rael: Even more of you now have Twitter Lists. Enjoy!
4:49 PM 
7,835
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nk: We're releasing lists to even more people. Don't get your panties in a bunch, Twitter.
4:44 PM 
97,436
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keerthi: Test Tweet
4:34 PM 
909
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rael: Practicing kind acts of randomness.
4:31 PM 
7,833
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rael: RT @dalmaer: "IE5/Mac was so advanced, it actually broke the web." http://diveintohtml5.org/semantics.html@t, you're vindicated.
4:18 PM
diveintohtml5
7,832
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evan@ronpepsi http://bit.ly/lIOv9
4:14 PM
skitch
3,710
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al3x: How to be a celebengineer in 2009: write drivers for data stores nobody uses in production in languages nobody's ever heard of.
4:11 PM 
14,819
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ded: "Some shit is being delivered" - @anamitra
3:59 PM 
6,663
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mrtall: Feeling dead on my feet today
3:57 PM 
83,377
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ronpepsi: Apparently construction work on the bridge will finish, then testing will begin. I don't think I understand what kind of testing this means.
3:54 PM 
2,105
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alissa: Ok then. I'm just going to hold off for a little while and react to this later.
3:28 PM 
3,735
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jess@kevinthau: "Why did you nudge me?" Me: "Because your Twitter SMS tip told me to! Wait, what's a nudge?" [Txt "nudge username" to find out!]
3:23 PM 
185,533
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robey: BlackHoleShard, won't you come, and wash away the rain? ♪♫
3:14 PM 
2,484
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evan: TCP_CORK
3:10 PM 
3,708
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mhegge: Was told my new eye glasses would pair well with a bow tie. I'm going to take that as a complement.
3:03 PM 
2,996
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rael: Whilst reading about chestnuts, I simply could not meander past the phrase "nut meats" without comment.
2:31 PM 
7,831
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rael: Whilst reading about chestnuts, I ran simply could not meander past the phrase "nut meats" without comment.
2:25 PM 
7,830
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keerthi: I am suddenly feeling very cold..:(
2:17 PM 
902
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Magnuson: Bummed about the Bay Bridge closure? Take the Z-line! - http://bit.ly/2lKgpb
2:16 PM
flickr
1,445
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mzsanford: Mr. Pedantic strikes again
2:13 PM 
2,893
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rael: Replacing last night's Indian restaurant food fail with today's Indian frozen meal success.
2:02 PM 
7,828
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sean: Pretty dark humor. First time I've heard a joke about secret police coming in the middle of the night to disappear someone.
1:56 PM 
1,680
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sean: And now for something totally different: North Korean jokes collected from defectors http://bit.ly/1OAesx
1:55 PM
nkeconwatch
1,680
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stevej@robey that's the legal driving age in Canada.
1:41 PM 
5,553
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ded: I favorited a YouTube video -- Citibank Big Boy Commercial http://bit.ly/LhGL0
1:39 PM
youtube
6,657
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jess: OH: "Nice pipeline."
1:32 PM 
185,219
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robey: ok, @lg's drivers license makes him look 8 years old.
1:29 PM 
2,480
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Magnuson: Downloading applications on Windows XP at 23 KB/sec, feeling like it's 2002 all over again.
1:29 PM 
1,441
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ded: I favorited a YouTube video -- Timmy T - One More Try (1990) http://bit.ly/vHbFQ
1:21 PM
youtube
6,656
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ronpepsi: The empty freeway approach to the bridge is a strange thing to see from here.
1:09 PM 
2,102
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rael: "Still working..." Interesting double entendre, Gmail.
1:09 PM 
7,820
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rael: 25% of y'all now have Lists.
1:01 PM 
7,818
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evan: "Family members...music...titties..." - @nk
12:56 PM 
3,705
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andr8a@crystal Re: Whole Foods - Imagine, if you didn’t.
12:45 PM 
1,757
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mrtall: Hear me out: we drain the bay, pave it over, and we solve the bridge traffic and chronic parking shortage problems in one fell swoop.
12:43 PM 
82,857
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jack: RT @CoryBooker: Taking r gun violence reduction strategy in #Newark 2 a new level = http://bit.ly/PiYNi
12:42 PM
youtube
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caroline: seems like there are more @yankees fans than @phillies fans on twitter. is that true?
12:42 PM 
108,669
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crystal: Wonder how much money I spend per year at Whole Foods.
12:38 PM 
14,503
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keerthi: Do not worry!, the SMS problems are being worked on. Things will be back soon. Keep yourself updated by visiting http://status.twitter.com
12:19 PM
twitter
896
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caroline: now i'm following the @yankees and the @phillies. though not sure who i'm rooting for yet. ;)
12:10 PM 
108,561
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ded: overhearing @biz explain The Princess Bride to @jennadawn. not the short version either. ends with "it's kindofa chick flick"
11:53 AM 
6,652
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evan: "Technically...with no weird issues...it would be in 'like' a stable state." @lg is full of confidence.
11:44 AM 
3,702
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dougw: Found my senior quote from high school hanging on a wall http://twitpic.com/naevt
11:42 AM
twitpic
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mrtall: We should just drain and pave the Bay. RT @stop "Alternate routes: 'The Z-Line: The Fastest Way Across the Bay' http://bit.ly/2lKgpb"
11:36 AM
bit
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stop: Alternate routes: "The Z-Line: The Fastest Way Across the Bay" http://bit.ly/2lKgpb
11:31 AM
flickr
10,578
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nk: OK, we turned off lists for a minute to see if was causing trouble. And it wasn't. So we're good. Currently, 25% of all users have Lists
11:30 AM 
96,479
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mzsanford@al3x there is a joke about @bs's mom in there but I'll leave it be.
11:22 AM 
2,891
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yukarim: 日本の皆様もご注意:RT@spam:We've seen phishing attempts today; if you've received a strange DM and it takes you to a Twitter login page, don't do it!
11:22 AM 
13,111
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al3x@mzsanford Deep catalog.
11:21 AM 
14,816
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mzsanford: Just pulled out an old @al3x reference. One of my eldest favorites: http://bit.ly/rFxUR
11:13 AM
bit
2,892
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meangrape: Someone downstairs must be depressed; they've been listening to Enya for hours and just switched to cante jondo.
11:13 AM 
3,406
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Magnuson: The new Kindle app v1.2 supports highlighting and notes! I've officially decided to keep my Kindle2.
11:13 AM 
1,435
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delbius: Lists are going out to more users now. If you don't have them, you might shortly! Yay!
11:02 AM 
101,350
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