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Apr. 18th, 2009

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10:48 Information theory is fascinating, because it says that "nonsense" has more information than regular speech or writing. ff.im/2buVX #
15:50 The advantage of Unix for a programmer is that you can write "Bic programs," programs designed to be used once and... ff.im/2bPFL #
19:57 Finally watched Susan Doyle's performance. I was floored. ff.im/2c2HU #

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Apr. 17th, 2009

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18:26 It'll be nice to have a nationwide high-speed rail system. ff.im/2ausi #

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Apr. 16th, 2009

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21:12 Why give yourself an ulcer? ♫ blip.fm/~4eif4 #

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Apr. 15th, 2009

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15:25 Funny how most "anti-authoritarians" just submit to different authorities than everyone else. ff.im/27qHk #
22:27 Your relations are all power! ♫ blip.fm/~4cko6 #

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Apr. 14th, 2009

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15:08 Unix is the Velvet Underground of operating systems. ff.im/25XQg #
15:34 Ah, now FriendFeed is posting my updates to Twitter. ff.im/260Jt #
15:59 My FriendFeed page is the top hit on Google for my name! ff.im/262iZ #
17:57 Phil Spector convicted of second-degree murder - Los Angeles Times ff.im/268Lz #
18:44 With the threat of AP lawsuits, I think we need an open-content news agency, like a GNU for journalism. ff.im/26bx3 #
18:56 Liked "REALLY, Facebook!?!? According to your intelligent algorithm, you've assumed that I'm someone who..." [pic] ff.im/23NpN #
18:57 I like the beta FriendFeed. Very clean design. ff.im/26cj7 #
20:42 Journalists should be careful when reporting suicides ff.im/26i1h #
21:34 Liked "Penguin Day - Exploring Free and Open Source Software" [pic] ff.im/26hyl #
21:39 Can't say that I'm surprised that Phil Spector was found guilty of murder. ff.im/26ltS #
21:53 @polarscribe Careful, AP might sue you for mentioning them. Oops. #
22:15 Everything you do is political. ff.im/26nfP #

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Apr. 10th, 2009

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11:39 The rain is pretty light so far, and it's staying *outside* the house, as far as I can tell. ff.im/21fzN #

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Apr. 8th, 2009

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09:21 I'm trying to get deeper into Friendfeed myself. I find the whole "one social-networking site to rule them all"... re: ff.im/1YmDQ #
09:31 The Nambu Network | Social Messaging Streamlined ff.im/1YtKZ #
09:32 I'm starting to like friendfeed more and more. It's one-stop shopping for social networking. ff.im/1YtRJ #
10:37 Nico – It Was A Pleasure Then (Stereo Version) ff.im/1YybH #
10:37 The Stooges – Down on the Street ff.im/1YybG #
10:38 Chris Bell – Speed of Sound ff.im/1YybE #
13:18 Got FriendFeed set up with Twhirl. ff.im/1YI8k #
13:21 Libertarian Fantasy vs. Reality no. 42: Abolishing the National Weather Service. "I wish I could afford AccuWeather... ff.im/1YImw #
13:49 Native Google Chrome on Mac OS X: First Impressions ff.im/1YKfP #
13:49 iPhone Video Recording Interface, Digital Compass, Voice Control and Auto-Focus Camera - Mac Rumors ff.im/1YKfQ #
13:49 Mozilla reveals roadmap for Firefox 3.6, scheduled for 2010 - Ars Technica ff.im/1YKfS #
13:55 I like how powerful the filtering is. re: ff.im/1Xu8j #
14:03 It seems that the all-you-can-eat business model might be going away. Blame YouTube and BitTorent. ff.im/1YLb4 #
14:05 You know you're a geek when you hear the word "wine" and think of the software instead of the beverage. ff.im/1YKVZ #
14:30 Murdoch Calls Google, Yahoo Copyright Thieves — Is He Right? | Threat Level from Wired.com ff.im/1YMQO #
14:35 MySpace Diatribe Brings Death Threats | Threat Level from Wired.com ff.im/1YMQT #
15:40 OpenPandora.org - Pandora The OMAP3 Powered Handheld Linux Console ff.im/1YQIK #
17:00 Currently addicted to weather radar maps. ff.im/1YUKW #
18:51 @drewtoothpaste It's pretty cool to have a #dogtraders bell. #
19:00 Seesmic Dekstop seems to need quite a lot of work. #
19:02 Tiny personal helicopter for those with a death wish - Sparking Tech ff.im/1Z0Dx #
19:53 Mister Rogers defending PBS to the US Senate ff.im/1Z3wS #
20:03 I miss the '70s-era United Airlines livery. ff.im/1Z46s #
21:39 Pere Ubu – I Will Wait ff.im/1Z95y #

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Apr. 7th, 2009

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11:58 Murdoch Calls Google, Yahoo Copyright Thieves — Is He Right? | Threat Level from Wired.com ff.im/1XlEI #
12:00 Walgreens Pulls 'Chia Obama' | Threat Level from Wired.com ff.im/1XlIg #
12:00 Trying out FriendFeed after ignoring it for so long. #
12:58 Retrocomputing: Windows 3.0 on The Computer Chronicles ff.im/1Xp5a #
16:23 Buckminster Fuller - Live Your Life as an Experiment ff.im/1XANw #
21:09 Now that gaming has entered the cloud, I suspect video editing will follow. #
21:10 I'm perfectly happy to have servers do all the crunching. I think my next computer will be a netbook. #
21:19 Of course, cloud computing will only work if we still have net neutrality. #

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Apr. 6th, 2009

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09:24 I'm glad Obama is getting serious about nuclear disarmament. #
09:25 As a resident of the West Coast, I hope North Korea doesn't make a missile that can reach me. #
11:38 Regular television is an oppressive medium. #
11:50 @alexalbrecht Gas or charcoal? #
12:55 @neilhimself It's Sunday here. And I never could get the hang of Thursdays either. #
13:57 Whoa, just realized that Pink Floyd's "Lucifer Sam" is punk! #
22:09 Just listed myself in the localtweeps.com local Twitter directory in ZIP 94547 #
23:16 Is there a computer-based version of Buckminster Fuller's World Game? #

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Apr. 3rd, 2009

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09:13 RT @esabas: "What no wife of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he's staring out of the window." #
10:23 I wonder what the future of music is in a post-high-fidelity era. #
12:31 At least the Dow is over 8000 now. #
16:43 @markosmoulitsas I'd hate to be awake for that! #
17:04 Apple Airport Utility won't let me reserve a DHCP address. I need to map ports so I can seed torrents of, um, Linux distros. #
17:07 I guess that's what I get for using networking equipment made by right-click denialists. #
23:29 Oh great. I just broke a mug my brother gave me as a Christmas present. #

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Apr. 2nd, 2009

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08:54 Trying out Bluebird. It's a minimalistic Twitter app. #
08:57 I still prefer TweetDeck, even though Bluebird's alert sounds are really nice. #
08:59 Google April Fool's joke is awesome: bit.ly/HycW #
09:55 I think the main problem with journalism today is lack of self-reflexivity. #journchat #
09:58 Out of curiosity, checked CA Megan's Law Web site. Found 2 offenders within a mile of my house! #
10:00 Actually, 5 offenders! #
10:14 Disabled AdBlock on SFGate. The Chronicle needs all the advertising money they can get! #
10:22 I think it would be a good idea to disable ad-blocking software on newspaper sites. #journchat #
10:23 But if the ads get too obnoxious, block away! #journchat #
10:24 Raley's is the poor man's Trader Joes, which is the poor man's Whole Foods. #
15:37 I want to work for the most trustworthy and honest newspaper there is: The Onion! #journchat #
15:49 I'm launching the 4/1 project! #
15:56 Good luck getting this song out of your head:bit.ly/grvO (via @boingboing) #
16:00 How come dissent is suddenly patriotic when a guy from the other party is in the White House? #
16:38 Trying out the new Pandora. #
16:40 I love how a lot of rare and out-of-print music is on iTunes. #
16:44 I wish there was a Rhino Records for classic video games. #
20:43 Things that make my head hurt no. 23: "good" paper plates. #
20:48 Why do I keep getting followed by SEO types? #

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Apr. 1st, 2009

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09:22 Got extra crunky peanut butter instead of extra crunchy. #
09:26 Can rock and roll survive the recession? Recorded music is a cheap form of entertainment, especially when you can buy individual songs. #
13:16 Forgot the formula for converting millipedes to imperial units. #
13:44 Interesting article on Facebook profile images and self-presentation: bit.ly/vYnjg #
13:49 Hmmm, the article seems to say that people use profile pics with significant others to signal other people not to hit on them! #
16:32 Re-appraising the Velvet Underground's "Loaded." It's the Rodney Dangerfield of VU, but it's pretty good. #
16:33 BTW, I have the "Fully Loaded Edition" 2-disc version of "Loaded". #
16:35 @clatko You know Twitter's arrived when dead people are using it. #
17:11 So long, Encarta: bit.ly/TQYM #
19:25 @lizzydahl Hope it tastes better than it looks. #
21:55 The writer's best friend is the comma, and the reader's best friend is the period. -- So true! #
22:35 Watching Pets.com and longing for a simpler time when people lost money on startups instead of credit default swaps. #
22:36 I meant I was watching Pets.com commercials on YouTube. #

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Mar. 31st, 2009

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08:30 Wanted to sign in to my on-line class but Blackboard is down. #
13:25 I wish there was a way to see immediately what tweet someone is replying too. #
13:46 @BillCorbett BSD KVM FTW BBQ #
14:38 Played with NNDB mapper and found that Oracle funded both Ron Pail and McCain campaigns. #
15:45 Do you think the Fairness Doctrine should be revived? #journ #
17:32 @Scobleizer I follow people I consider "interesting." #
17:49 @drewtoothpaste A KFC Famous Bowl. #
18:02 Wondering if I should stop sending my tweets to Facebook. My politics don't sit well with some of my friends. #
18:02 For non-Americans: Talking politics is socially awkward for us. Well, for people who don't share your politics, at least. #
18:15 On the other hand, I love robust debate. #
18:16 @bobbiegoheen Great quotes! #
18:16 Twitter calls @ replies "mentions" now. #
18:17 #journchat is now trending on Twitter. #
18:17 We're number one on the search page! #journchat #
18:19 RT @kimbui: @journchat Be willing to learn. Be willing to change. And for heaven's sake, start a blog, even if it's about your cat. #
18:20 At least the Twitter Facebook app is smart enough not to send replies, er, mentions to my Wall. #
18:21 Mentions, mentions, mentions. They're mentions now, not replies. Gotta get used to it. #mentions #
18:22 Wish I could follow hashtags in TweetDeck. #
18:24 The key too discussing politics is not to be a jerk about it. #
18:26 @bobbiegoheen I'm either discriminating or I'm just a snob. #
18:29 @bobbiegoheen Go ahead, but there's a fine line between discrimination and snobbishness. #
18:29 @Pogue That's profound. #
18:30 Still getting used to the term "mentions." #
19:57 @Lileks Has a nice ring to it. #
20:46 It would be a good idea to not eat any pistachios for a while: bit.ly/MrZOi #
20:47 Re: the FDA pistachio recall. I feel like the bowl of petunias in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. #
20:52 @guykawasaki Nice to see California on top. #
22:14 Almost forgot how good Pink Floyd sounds when half-asleep. #
22:30 Wow, the very end of Pink Floyd's "Bike" is scary. #

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Mar. 30th, 2009

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09:37 I've got a feeling I don't want to know. #
09:39 @mashable I think a Twitter-based RPG would be awesome. #
13:01 @Lileks Not as bad as when I let an Australian put in a new toilet. #
13:06 I recommend Dr. Sbaitso if you need a therapist. #
14:41 I wonder if I should actually subnet my Wi-fi network instead of just using NAT. #
17:33 Sunday night TV doesn't mean as much when I can watch The Simpsons and Family Guy on Hulu now. Who watches TV on TV anymore? #
21:03 Steve Ballmer is going to electrocute a penguin to show how bad Linux is. #
21:41 I never metaphysics I didn't like. #
22:28 Thinking of starting another "real" blog, this one devoted to music. #

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Mar. 29th, 2009

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09:54 Drinking coffee and poking around the Toothpaste For Dinner archives. #dogtraders #
11:36 Come on, KFC, just come out with feedbags already! #
12:37 Never let knowledge interfere with your learning. #
14:40 @sylor Not nearly as funny as when DVC did it. #
19:22 I usually keep my lights off, so Earth Hour isn't much of a change for me. #earthhour #
19:27 @Ihnatko Jim Henson's puppetry in general was genius. Very expressive. #
19:31 I'm glad NASA's going to fake the moon landing again. #
19:33 Just kidding. I'm not a conspiracy theorist. #
19:34 Faking and covering up a moon landing would probably be harder than actually going to the moon. #
19:36 At least holocaust deniers are neo-Nazis? What political goals are moon landing conspiracy theories advancing, anyway? #
19:38 @chrispirillo Armagetron Advanced is awesome. I love that it's open source and cross-platform! #
19:40 An awesome, if overlooked, Joy Division song. ♫ blip.fm/~3jngm #
20:36 And now it's time to disparage human achievement for the sake of this planet I happen to live on. #earthhour #
20:36 Besides providing air, water, and food, what has the earth ever done for me? #
20:41 I wish I'd known the libertarian movement was a corporate astroturf campaign sooner. #

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Mar. 28th, 2009

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08:51 @gvanrossum How embarrassing for the guy who invented the language to sleep through a Python conference! #PyCon #
09:16 Surprised to see that #pycon is trending on Twitter. It seems Twitter is still full of geeks. #
09:17 I'm wondering when "import antigravity" is going to work. #pycon #
10:03 @trentmick Yeah, they've been proimising that for a while. #pycon #
14:59 In retrospect I think Sierra really wanted to be a movie studio rather than a game developer. #
16:23 Video games are like rock in the mid-70s: side-long epics and drum solos. #
19:05 Apparently I yell in my sleep. #
19:25 #followfriday @polarscribe @bjepson @billmachon @thekim @willmcjunkin @rwhe #
19:53 @Montaignejns I think it's just that we're in a slow news period right now. #
20:23 @wilw It was still pretty interesting. I'm the only person who's heard "Dark Side of the Moon" without drugs as well. #
20:27 @RobMcNealy I wonder if he was wearing the headset when he was arrested. #
20:29 I also have a family history of sleeptalking. #
20:56 I'm following a get-rich-slowly plan. #
20:58 #followfriday : Meatspace friends: @jayheath @sswalchek @sylor @polarscribe #
21:20 It's the weekend. Get your groove on! ♫ blip.fm/~3ien3 #

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Mar. 27th, 2009

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09:19 @rwhe Another person who's seen that movie! #
09:20 @jdickerson That harshes my buzz. #
11:19 Dig this Wikipedia screenshot for the Wii's Internet Channel: bit.ly/227sTJ #
11:41 The Onion A.V. club's Kraut-rock 101: bit.ly/N4v4 #
11:56 @rwhe But they need to come out with a special edition DVD pronto. Pan-and-scan? Come on! #
11:59 @rwhe But then again, note how long it took to come out with remasters of the Talking Heads catalog. #
12:07 I really miss the early, jangly REM. #
15:07 Margaret Thatcher had it backward. If you study sociology, you'll realize that there's no such thing as an individual. #
15:15 What do you think of the most credible journalist today being a comedian? #
15:22 I'm not denying the existence of individual persons, I'm just saying that humans are permeable. #
15:22 Just about every personality trait you have was shaped by somebody else. #
18:43 Stevie Nicks gets +20 coolness points for mentioning The Velvet Underground. ♫ blip.fm/~3gl8w #
19:06 Watching "Manos : The Hands of Fate" unMSTed is like looking directly into an eclipse. Just don't do it! #
21:49 If a tornado ever comes around here, I'll slit its wall cloud! #
21:49 I'm taking precautions ever since I got jumped by that cold front! #
21:51 Wow, I think I'm living in the future! But if it's the future, why am I describing it in the present tense? #
21:58 @drewtoothpaste does it again. I'm always getting beekeepers and bookkeepers mixed up bit.ly/16WN7o #dogtraders #
22:01 @drewtoothpaste I too have known the trauma of losing a pen. #dogtraders #
22:02 @drewtoothpaste But seriously, it sucks to lose a fancy pen. Bics, not so much. #drewtoothpaste #
22:02 Another neat Twitter app: bit.ly/1GZPT #
22:07 @drewtoothpaste Wow, a real life fail whale! #dogtraders #
22:15 @kwmurphy I like Kung Pao Chicken. Maybe I have an Asian thing. #
22:26 Sierra adventure game pet peeve: having to restart the game because I'd missed some item at the beginning. #

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Mar. 26th, 2009

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09:26 Try my -o option! #
09:53 RT @empireofno: Got 0 Plans: "Republicans are like an arsonist who complains that the fire department is wasting water" bit.ly/gQmbO #
12:27 @LeoLaporte I agree with the article. I'd like to see a more open social network, like Usenet was. #
12:28 Hmmm, is Twitter too centralized? Maybe I should just go back to IRC. #
12:51 @danieldoyle Note the irony of elites accusing liberals of being "elitists." #
13:14 The cool thing about Unix is that you can MacGyver something cool out of the various little utilities that come by default. #
13:15 @BillCorbett Out of thousands of tweets everyday and that one gets my attention! #
19:38 Record producer with synesthesia: "Could you make that guitar taste a little more yellow?" #
19:47 Iran has the highest numbers of executions worldwide: bit.ly/Sjipo #
20:01 The part of linguistics that's stayed with me most: how to pronounce the "ch" in "Bach" correctly. Bonus points if you can guess the sound. #
20:55 Can't believe the book section at Safeway doesn't have anything by Umberto Eco. I bet they've never heard of Roland Barthes either. #
20:56 RT @drtiki: Has anyone seen Lala? @tikitosca - have you seen her? #whereislala #
23:52 @drewtoothpaste What happened to your "This Dog is Awesome" video? #

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Mar. 25th, 2009

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10:23 Happy Ada Lovelace Day: bit.ly/LMXZb #
10:31 I'm waiting for Colbert to lead the revolt against AIG. I've got my pitchfork! #
10:32 I have a mild case of writer's block this morning. #
10:55 This might sound heretical coming from a geek, but I prefer GUI configuration over the command line. #
10:55 Of course, I'll write a script for stuff that happens frequently. Cron FTW! #
12:03 Anyone have any experience using Mac OS X Server in real life? How does it work out? #
13:29 Oh man, I totally forgot about VRML! #
15:08 There's a guy on the roof fixing a hole where the rain gets in, and stops my mind from wandering where it will go. #
17:45 To all the IT critters: Is it worth learning about serial terminals anymore? #
20:56 @hotdogsladies Strunk and White would be at home on Twitter. #
22:24 Is it just me, or does Mark Gormley sound like Tom Servo singing? bit.ly/CnESz #
22:32 Toothpaste For Dinner has a diet I can get behind: bit.ly/FQAQ4 #dogtraders #

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Mar. 24th, 2009

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10:03 #musicmonday All hail The Left Banke and baroque-rock! ♫ blip.fm/~3bc36 #
10:14 Consies will say that taxing AIG bonuses is "punishing success", but if they needed bailout money, they are not successful! #
16:33 Just added myself to the wefollow.com twitter directory under: #geek #politics #music #
17:54 18 AIG employees will be returning their bonuses: bit.ly/mYFEm #
18:09 @bjepson The big problem is the perception that Apple charges more just for looking pretty. #
18:12 People who say that Macs can't do real work should say that to musicians, artists, and movie editors. #
18:51 @TheBusyBrain Not at all. You deserve to be compensated for your work. #
19:08 I remember there was a make-like utility for Web pages, but I can't remember what it's called. #
20:38 Trying in vain to get my Mom's 1099 form from Yahoo Mail. #
20:39 I think the both hardware and software designers greatly overestimate the ability of end-users. #
20:39 Computers are still too complicated for most people to use. #
20:45 Rule 0 of usability: The user is presumed innocent. #
20:48 If the user doesn't understand your product immediately, it's a bad design, period. No exceptions. #
21:11 #musicmonday And here's some more Left Banke. ♫ blip.fm/~3c67c #
21:15 #musicmonday Rick Wright's masterpiece. Dig the Leslie speaker on the organ. ♫ blip.fm/~3c6c9 #
21:21 #musicmonday The Stone Roses, jangly guitars and a motorik beat. What's not to love? ♫ blip.fm/~3c6jz #
21:23 @kevinrose www.43folders.com/izero #
23:26 @drtiki But this is the Internet! We've seen much worse! #
23:29 It's depressing to see the spammers on Twitter actually have followers. I hope they're not human! #
23:39 Macs have a lower TCO than Windows PCs? bit.ly/jerL8 #
23:40 I guess it kinda makes sense that Macs might be cheaper in the long run. Mac OS X doesn't slow down after a year like Windows does. #
23:52 I'm yawning and having to prop up my eyelids. Good night, moon. #

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