Tweets from 2009
January
2009-01-01 03:12:42
uploading a few pictures from last night and writing my 2008 retrospective
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2009-01-01 06:57:53
arrived in Phuket, in the resort shuttle headed to our destination until 1/9
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2009-01-01 09:32:26
poolside at the Little Mermaid Resort in Phuket
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2009-01-01 12:35:47
laid up for the night with a foot injury from a sharp broken tile in the swimming pool.
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2009-01-01 12:37:28
would enjoy hearing some familiar voices if you have international calling: +66872463914
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2009-01-01 14:50:16
finally un-jetlagged? Could it be? Awake at 5am and tired at 10pm?
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2009-01-01 20:08:40
still jet-lagged
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2009-01-02 09:35:35
two very sucecssful dives in Koh Ra Chi Yai, now a nap, then some coding just for fun
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2009-01-02 10:14:01
I'm at Changwat Phuket -
http://bkite.com/03pax
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2009-01-02 12:00:50
going through diving photographs with mom
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2009-01-02 12:14:58
posted a bunch of great new photos to my Thailand set:
http://flickr.com/photos/vees/sets/72157611749281509/
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2009-01-02 23:13:15
poolside at 6am
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2009-01-03 00:29:11
enjoying a thai rice soup and OJ for breakfast before another day of diving
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2009-01-03 02:37:54
on a three hour boat ride to the dive site, hoping to arrive around noon
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2009-01-03 06:42:40
finished with the first dive of the day, but consuming air at a fantastic rate. Trying a bigger tank.
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2009-01-03 09:46:21
completed dive number two for the day with a bunch of fantastic underwater shots
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2009-01-04 10:28:52
thought glossy monitors were bad indoors -- outside on sister's laptop is like staring into a shiny mirror
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2009-01-04 10:32:17
thought the local kitten was cute until a half dozen fleas jumped off in concert
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2009-01-04 10:34:12
uploaded more pics from diving in Phuket, Thailand to
http://flickr.com/photos/vees/sets/72157611749281509/
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2009-01-04 14:31:49
using Visual Studio 2008 on a 800x480 screen over international DSL. Hellish torture in paradise.
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2009-01-04 14:39:49
watching Cindy upload a bunch of pics to her Flickr account:
http://flickr.com/photos/rafeosha/
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2009-01-05 13:03:04
will be good and not try to rsync 3.5GB of photos over international cables tonight just for the hell of it
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2009-01-05 13:26:28
watching the east coast wake up from its weekend slumber on IM
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2009-01-06 00:51:38
eating a squid, mussels, shrimp, mushroom and oregano pizza for breakfast. Pics or GTFO? I've got 'em.
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2009-01-06 03:56:33
in Phuket Int'l Airport waiting for a 12:35 flight to DMK
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2009-01-06 04:10:00
sitting next to a television in HKT, depressed by the news reports on BBCI
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2009-01-07 06:09:46
visited the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and the Grand Palace
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2009-01-08 00:26:14
not sure how I'm going to handle life stateside again.
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2009-01-08 03:25:30
trying to figure out the best place in Pathum Wan to sit and concentrate on a few hours of work today
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2009-01-08 03:50:58
fully caffienated and ready to go!
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2009-01-08 05:35:17
two cups of strong coffee and I wonder why I have that burning sensation in my chest. Duh.
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2009-01-08 06:47:29
listening to Baltimore City police from a coffee shop in Thailand. There is a "no durian" sign on the door.
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2009-01-08 07:27:40
giving up on being productive. My rdesktop app betrays me with too many segfaults.
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2009-01-08 09:11:57
packing and organizing for 0745 return to USA
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2009-01-08 10:26:00
all packed, going wandering for food and some final wandering around the city
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2009-01-08 11:41:05
had an amazing day today, very lazy, very fun.
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2009-01-08 15:21:01
just refilled a prescription at home with Skype
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2009-01-10 03:24:25
is "home" but still 3 hours and 150 mi from home. How does anyone sleep in economy class? Is it just because I'm 5'9" and lanky as hell?
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2009-01-10 05:08:50
titrating back up to terminal cuteness levels -- ten days of just kitten, then Elissa's return!
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2009-01-10 12:01:48
spending a few more hours in South Plainfield and then on my way home
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2009-01-10 17:45:43
crruising southbound o the NJ Turnpike
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2009-01-10 19:43:47
so glad to be home! Just had a kitten cuteness explosion. She's now following me around the house about 1/2 a length behind my foot.
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2009-01-10 21:48:43
finished catching up on over two weeks of mail in about two hours, now time to deposit some checks and get some caffeine
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2009-01-10 22:37:33
at Five Guys waiting for a cheese burger
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2009-01-10 22:49:52
institutes a shoe-free house rule
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2009-01-11 01:39:32
can't imagine going out for any reason tonight. It feels like it's 8 in the morning and I just pulled the worst all-nighter. Ugh.
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2009-01-11 04:06:46
did not miss yappy neighborhood dogs during my trip
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2009-01-11 06:58:55
spoiling myself with books!
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2009-01-11 07:22:50
after two weeks of doing all my writing on a 7" 800x480 netbook screen, this 22" and 15" widescreen combo is overwhelming. So many pixels!
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2009-01-11 17:21:35
off to gun show
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2009-01-11 19:19:13
at Red Emma's
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2009-01-11 20:16:39
just got Rob Banz on Facebook from @redemmas
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2009-01-11 22:28:01
got a good deal on a leather Safariland holster at the Timonium show
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2009-01-12 03:25:23
made "a rookie international traveler error in napping." Just woke up from 6pm nap, fully refreshed.
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2009-01-12 06:28:27
looks like tonight is going to be my day, no matter how much camomile tea I consume. Which is fine, but I wonder what my day will be like.
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2009-01-12 07:59:33
off to the supermarket. At 3am. It's my 3pm. This is perfectly normal. Then time to see how well my brain is actually functioning.
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2009-01-12 10:23:01
wishing the East Coast a good morning! What a pleasant morning it's been so far!
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2009-01-12 10:33:33
disconnecting from the social web today. Will be back at 20:00 ET to check in on how everybody else's day went and debrief on the blog.
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2009-01-13 06:12:25
awake again. At 1am. Time for a quick dinner and another attempt at sleep.
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2009-01-13 07:30:13
can't decide if I'm too hungry to sleep or too sleepy to eat.
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2009-01-13 08:13:38
sharing an apple with the cat
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2009-01-13 17:18:47
another Mountain Dew? I believe I will.
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2009-01-13 20:01:52
walking to the mall for food
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2009-01-13 20:42:17
winning at life! Now to win at work.
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2009-01-13 22:33:06
@city_paper spamming twitter like a bad RSS feed is not going to make you any friends, or keep you any followers!
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2009-01-14 00:24:03
angry that kitten decided to shred the shit out of the sole of my bare foot--which is still healing from getting all cut up in Thailand
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2009-01-14 08:39:55
awake again. 4am this time. Progress?
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2009-01-14 14:20:35
at work. Red Bull fueled. Had to run out for cat food this morning so I would not get consumed on my return tonight.
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2009-01-14 15:37:32
driving to customer site
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2009-01-14 22:20:22
fearing that if I stop at home for just a moment I will never make it back out again to be social and I need to re-acquire my evenings!
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2009-01-15 15:30:48
need a haircut badly. I look like a mop with eyes.
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2009-01-15 15:31:45
@SpamSpam yeah i have twice as much frost in my freezer as my entire block got last night
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2009-01-15 15:37:29
@bluehouselife man i wish i could still telecommute, i miss you guys!
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2009-01-15 15:45:00
energized and back on Eastern Time schedule, reveling in the joys of an empty (work) inbox, and excited that Saturday is almost here!
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2009-01-15 16:18:49
Welcome Maryland's State Delegate @toddlschuler from my District 8 to Twitter!
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2009-01-15 18:06:07
RT @toddlschuler: MD has cut $2.2 billion of an apx. $30 billion budget since 2007. $1.9 billion shortfall still projected.
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2009-01-15 18:11:28
just managed to spill mountain dew on my the seat of my jeans. While seated. How did I even do that? Now cranky, with a moist butt.
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2009-01-15 18:36:06
disconnecting from social net, back later!
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2009-01-15 19:49:09
RT @wendyscherer:
http://is.gd/g0BtKellogs recalls cookies due to salmonella poisonings.
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2009-01-15 20:00:58
having trouble thinking in a 79.2 degree office.
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2009-01-15 20:14:39
@MDSHA this is a great idea. can we tweet at you with accidents and road issues too?
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2009-01-15 20:16:17
@matthewcornell in inbox I/O, inputs are easy to visualize (any demand/todo), but outputs less so. Examples?
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2009-01-15 20:21:19
good day for new follows on twitter, very much looking forward to the updates of @mdsha, @toddlschuler, and @brentspiner
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2009-01-15 20:34:59
@JackMoore got @tweetbomb 'd
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2009-01-15 20:55:20
RT @EliW: US Airways flight crashed into Hudson river!!
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2009-01-15 21:01:43
RT @newmediajim: rescues are underway now. flight was from LaGuardia to Chalotte
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2009-01-15 21:19:42
RT @acarvin: Got a copy of @jkrums' photo and uploaded copy to Flickr since twitpic is crashing:
http://is.gd/g2vV
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2009-01-15 21:26:25
@k8et i'm just another retwetter, give @acarvin and @jkrums due credit
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2009-01-15 22:24:16
@skeevis when they start getting pregnant, stop drinking the water
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2009-01-16 04:15:26
had the most painless kitten nail clipping ever. No fuss, 10 seconds.
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2009-01-16 04:23:26
last bit of energy has just left -- out for the night.
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2009-01-16 18:12:31
in the office, full of hamburger and hot dog, pounding out code and counting down the hours to Saturday afternoon
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2009-01-16 18:37:28
is 81.7 degrees F inside the office, 13.8 degrees F outside the window. That's an obscene temperature delta.
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2009-01-16 18:52:03
@EdBennett fascinating list! A friend of mine on Facebook recently said "the CDC has nothing on my friend status list" for illness tracking.
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2009-01-16 19:11:10
wondering what the "24 HOUR BANKING ADJUSTMENT" line item on my Wachovia statement means. It cost me $10, so it better be worth it.
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2009-01-16 19:45:40
ah "24 hour banking adjustment" means I'm bad at math and don't know how to properly add up the total of deposited checks
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2009-01-16 19:55:27
for #followfriday via @shashib: this week i recommend @matthewcornell, productivity consultant and his blog
http://matthewcornell.org/blog
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2009-01-16 20:17:10
RT @maryvale: Trying to spread the word about a #whistlestop hashtag for tomorrow's Obama/Biden train trip through the DC/Philly corridor.
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2009-01-16 20:20:08
going offline, bbl.
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2009-01-16 21:27:17
a very local weather report -- Outside: 12.7°F. Office cube: 80.8°F. Laptop internal: 140.0°F. Home server HDD: 57.2°F.
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2009-01-16 23:46:28
at @redemmas enjoying a Malapesto sandwich and waiting for Gan Golan to start speaking
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2009-01-17 14:53:42
@bryanl for a stand-up desk I highly recommend adjustable-height restaurant shelving
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2009-01-17 15:15:51
watching live flight tracking
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2009-01-17 16:58:47
having flashbacks of the creepy guy in the red jacket at The Dizz last night.
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2009-01-17 17:39:59
happy for wheels down!
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2009-01-17 20:33:57
watching live coverage of #whistlestop on @abc2news
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2009-01-17 20:38:50
<3 BHO
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2009-01-17 21:19:05
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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2009-01-17 21:21:01
wonder is someone heckling Obama?
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2009-01-17 21:53:57
off to BWI
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2009-01-18 20:59:20
having a lazy day, thanks to caffeine withdrawal
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2009-01-19 03:00:32
dealing with nasty foot injury that was aggravated from walking around today, stuck in bed now - to Dr tomorrow for eval
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2009-01-19 04:00:15
feel like crap. Off to bed, hopefully to heal up a little.
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2009-01-19 13:25:15
doctor is not avail. until 10:15 tomorrow, anyone want to look at gross pics and help me decide should go to the clinic for my foot today?
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2009-01-19 13:40:36
off to Patient First. Should be an interesting drive in slippers.
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2009-01-19 14:11:00
at nearly empty clinic, up in five minutes
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2009-01-19 14:53:33
getting poked prodded and sliced open. Sure glad I came in today
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2009-01-19 15:57:18
drained
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2009-01-19 16:48:38
recovering at home
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2009-01-19 17:17:22
@StyleMagazine was an abscess: got an I&D, some blood work (no blood infection), and some horse pill antibiotics to help with the healing
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2009-01-19 17:47:26
hobbled (painfully) over to the mailbox to put the mail out a half hour ago. Just now realized there is no US Mail on MLK day.
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2009-01-19 18:34:28
@jjthomas it's probably because everyone is at home and on your cable frame for MLK day. 1,000 neighborhood kids playing WoW...
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2009-01-19 18:41:51
watching a ton of snow fall. What a pretty day!
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2009-01-19 18:45:45
advice of the day: When your doctor (scalpel in hand) says "this is going to hurt pretty bad," grab something and hold on!
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2009-01-19 19:35:05
@travisd1000 what's the cross at 70? close to the beltway?
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2009-01-19 19:36:11
@ryptide link is 404
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2009-01-19 19:48:38
medical knowledge I didn't need #1: "There are quite a few nematodes that propagate through dermal lesions."
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2009-01-19 21:53:02
cabin fever already, just knowing I can't go out. Next time I leave I'm stocking up on a month's worth of snacks and caffeinated beverages
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2009-01-20 00:15:29
pondering how today might be the most depressing day of the year, but tomorrow will make up for it all!
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2009-01-20 00:55:28
listening to the kitten snoring behind the 22" display, must be warm back there
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2009-01-20 01:06:04
if my stomach is this upset now I can only imagine what it's going to be like after one of these antibiotic pills. Sigh.
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2009-01-20 01:51:14
seeing if sulfamethoxazole and I get along. Somehow I doubt it.
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2009-01-20 11:47:36
strangely optimistic about today
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2009-01-20 13:57:46
hopping around the office.
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2009-01-20 13:59:56
@MDSHA have to say that your twitter account is awesome, and long overdue! Thanks for a great service. Hope it sticks around!
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2009-01-20 14:28:22
listening to @nprnews on @wypr to keep up on the excitement. Only 2.5 hours to go!
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2009-01-20 14:47:03
probably won't be able to watch the inauguration live, but at least I will be able to download an HDTV quality recording from TPB tonight
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2009-01-20 15:06:15
RT @BobWoods pedestrian struck by Metro train at Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro station .. Red Line pretty heavily affected
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2009-01-20 15:56:27
Twitter API is failing on half the requests. Thought it might be more reliable than the homepage due to lower rendering demands.
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2009-01-20 16:28:57
WMATA reports on Gallery Place station injury: "The woman has been transported to an area hospital with non life threatening injuries."
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2009-01-20 16:31:58
wonder if there will be a stock market bump at 12:01
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2009-01-20 17:26:48
hope to get a written copy of this inaugural speech as soon as possible to carry with me
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2009-01-20 17:49:04
"[W]e reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals...and we will not give them up for expedience's sake." Finally!
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2009-01-20 19:22:18
new MVA car registration is laser printed (instead of water-soluble ink) with a 2D barcode and tag number printed on sticker. Well done!
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2009-01-20 20:52:25
Have SqlDataSource & bound GridView on ASPX page, no code-behind. Delete row on GridView throws a foreign key exception. How do I catch?
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2009-01-20 22:57:04
a bit concerned that my right foot no longer fits in my shoe. I'm hoping that's part of the healing process.
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2009-01-21 14:43:02
preparing for a very good day
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2009-01-21 14:48:28
@BobWoods and you are retwittering someone twittering about writing about twitter
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2009-01-21 14:49:31
update: antibiotics are proving effective, swelling down almost completely after anight of rest, in regular shoes today at the office
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2009-01-21 14:58:14
RT @baltimoresun: a link to all the country's newspapers' front pages, commemorating yesterday's historic inauguration:
http://is.gd/3Me5
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2009-01-21 15:13:35
@LaurenAnanas did i actually manage to gross you out the other day?
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2009-01-21 15:14:12
RT @BobWoods: @vees And you just twittered about someone who retwittered someone else twittering about writing about twitter
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2009-01-21 15:45:35
annoyed that this oath fiasco is probably going to be bread and butter of talk radio for the next 8 years.
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2009-01-21 16:01:35
@LaurenAnanas that's what I thought. I have pictures if you want to see!
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2009-01-21 17:27:25
@sweetney Okay "brain babies" is so far the coolest phrase I've heard all year :-)
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2009-01-21 18:29:41
@marshallk uplug, debattery, soak in 99% rubbing alcohol, dry completely for a few days. works for cell phones, laptop may be tougher
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2009-01-21 19:12:12
fading fast
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2009-01-21 19:33:19
@ahrycyk I buy Pilot Razor Point pens by the truckload when I can find them, and use my Pentel P205 for scratching out daily notes. Always.
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2009-01-21 20:17:33
tapping into emergency oatmeal supplies, hunkering down for long night at work
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2009-01-21 20:33:32
@madmain brought the @tweetbomb
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2009-01-21 20:43:24
woke up this morning and Barack Obama is still POTUS. Yesterday wasn't just a wonderful dream
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2009-01-21 20:54:48
best headline of the day:
http://is.gd/gF67
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2009-01-21 22:25:15
good day on the stock markets today, should offset some of yesterday's losses in my retirement worth
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2009-01-21 22:35:15
LOL "In the unlikely event [Obama would] be challenged as president, the case ultimately would end up in Roberts' court."
http://is.gd/gK9E
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2009-01-22 18:02:52
have either resistant staph or some sort of Southeast Asian nematode parasite living in my foot. Lovely day!
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2009-01-22 19:15:46
planning for the future
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2009-01-22 20:26:58
cool fact of the day: capuchins have dichromatic vision like dogs, but macaques have trichromatic vision like humans
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2009-01-22 23:01:26
parked on falls road and watching geek after geek leave out the front door of the berndt group offices
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2009-01-23 04:59:59
just happy to be here
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2009-01-23 14:52:15
today's #followfriday rec is Delegate @toddlschuler who is live-twittering an inside view of the Maryland General Assembly & Judiciary Cmte.
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2009-01-23 15:00:42
@emacsen I'm very much in the third category -- the people who really wish their ISPs would offer it
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2009-01-23 15:22:41
infection appears to be gone! The skin on my foot is its normal "white geek" pallor. Double course antibiotics continue 10 more days, sadly
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2009-01-23 15:30:27
web2project (dotProject fork) overview webinar by @CaseySoftware today 1pm ET:
http://tinyurl.com/brukp7
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2009-01-23 15:33:06
RT @wtop: NY landlord fined $10K for taking tenant's toilet :
http://tinyurl.com/aw63lg
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2009-01-23 17:17:39
RT @oneeyedcarmen: Asus EeePC's from Geeks.com $229-$259 w/ free shipping
http://is.gd/gYqO
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2009-01-23 17:27:25
@kyeung808 Justice Roberts should have followed their example :-)
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2009-01-23 17:48:11
had a good year for home energy conservation: reduced annual adj. electric to 9,420 kwh (1,074 w/hr), gas use to 519 therms (5920 BTU/hr).
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2009-01-23 18:12:22
considering an automatic cat feeder for $40 on gold box--
http://is.gd/gYW7
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2009-01-23 19:11:51
so happy to be healthy and mobile again
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2009-01-23 19:17:30
shameless plug for my Baltimore-area police/fire scanner streaming audio:
http://delta.vees.net:8000/
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2009-01-23 20:45:23
going to spend the night in doing chores and enjoy every minute. When that's done, some 50,000 foot view life planning for next 180 days
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2009-01-23 20:57:45
on too many medications with a side effect of bruising and/or low platlets. Big red marks every time I bump up against something.
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2009-01-23 21:14:25
@michaelmhughes Mac users need to use VLC, it's an OGG stream
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2009-01-23 21:48:45
@travisd1000 try
http://delta.vees.net:8000/baco.ogg
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2009-01-23 23:47:28
just stopped at CVS on Taylor Av, and santa hats are 90% their usual $2.99 price, or 30 cents each. I bought 7. Anyone want some?
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2009-01-24 02:37:56
off to acquire groceries
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2009-01-24 16:32:00
inauspicious start to the day, getting out of bed now
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2009-01-24 17:33:49
a little overwhelmed with household paperwork and finance, even though I really enjoy doing it
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2009-01-24 19:44:54
got up, meds, breakfast, and a big bowl of spaghetti later I'm beat. Time for a nap. Yay Saturday!
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2009-01-25 18:26:10
quiet contemplation on the future, and also deleting unionfs hidden inodes on my Eee to finish an upgrade
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2009-01-26 01:59:59
watching the cat nod off with her head pressed up against a computer speaker that's blasting psytrance tunes into my office
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2009-01-26 16:20:13
navigating unfamiliar codebases and watching dist-upgrades do their thing
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2009-01-26 16:22:18
reads Google news: Caterpillar to Cut 20000 Jobs, Home Depot To Shut Expo, Cut 7000 Jobs, Sprint to eliminate 8000 jobs. Dow up 1.12%
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2009-01-26 21:50:10
@tweetcontest 14
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2009-01-26 22:41:47
haven't filled up my weekly schedule like this for about a year
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2009-01-27 01:07:09
tuned streaming scanner now to Baltimore Police Central and Southeast districts, and Fire/EMS citywide;
http://delta.vees.net:8000/
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2009-01-27 01:21:57
renewing library books online is awesome
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2009-01-27 15:49:02
RT @LaurenAnanas: but thrilled that the HoCo snow plow tracker is up!
http://tinyurl.com/hocosno
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2009-01-27 15:53:58
@ahrycyk the baltimore county library system is pretty tech savvy. In 1995 bcpl.net was providing home internet service to county residents
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2009-01-27 16:39:25
@oneeyedcarmen because writing "i 8==> u" is just plain creepy
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2009-01-27 17:03:43
@batterista twitter has orphaned my blog too, no posts since the 1st -- wonder how many people are saying the same thing these days
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2009-01-27 17:59:46
jam-packed schedule turned into a complete lack of events tonight. Every half-hour brings another cancellation e-mail.
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2009-01-27 19:19:09
set quite possibly the coolest desktop background ever
http://is.gd/hlrc
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2009-01-27 21:24:45
@SophieBegonia "breastaurant?" seriously? what editor let that one through?
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2009-01-27 23:31:05
headed into the supermarket at 6:30. Things I don't need: bread, milk, TP.
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2009-01-28 01:07:46
well fed, now off to cleaning and tidying
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2009-01-28 01:10:36
@phil_g the love boat! too adorable!
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2009-01-28 01:35:30
just fell off my desk chair in slow motion (although the impact sure wasn't). I wonder if the antibiotics are dulling my reflexes?
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2009-01-28 01:49:48
hunkering down for the snow
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2009-01-28 01:54:33
@hackedtobits feeding streams of central, southeast, and city-wide fire/ems, until the wind blows me in a different direction :-)
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2009-01-28 13:20:32
wondering if anyone in the Parkville/Towson area got on the roads today, and how they are past my glass-like street
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2009-01-28 15:19:16
venturing out onto the roads
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2009-01-28 15:50:42
is now covered in little red dots
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2009-01-28 18:51:01
doctor is upset because I have hives and can't come in to see him before he leaves for the day since I'm an hour away in Finksburg
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2009-01-28 19:10:33
another day where everybody cancels everything. From full slate to (almost) empty day!
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2009-01-29 12:39:58
been at the doctor since 0710 waiting to have the red dots looked at
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2009-01-29 16:05:33
has a "classic systemic drug reaction." What a charmed life I live.
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2009-01-29 16:49:48
@missbanshee i feel your pain, was covered in hives when i woke up yesterday morning too (saw via @BaltimoreGal)
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2009-01-29 16:51:07
@davewiner it's not like writers publish in a vacuum, LexisNexis and Google News Search is your friend for finding predatory journalists
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2009-01-29 19:19:11
looking forward to having a drink tonight
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2009-01-29 19:40:39
@BaltimoreGal IMHO the individual counties/city (Baltimore Co especially) are much more prepared than the state as a whole. All politics...
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2009-01-29 20:49:53
out of meeting and on bee line to food court
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2009-01-29 21:05:14
eating oatmeal cookies and you're not
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2009-01-29 22:20:52
think a bike ride is in my not-so-distant future, in spite of the 34 degree weather. The bike shop probably has really good gloves...
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2009-01-30 14:44:04
@StyleMagazine if you get booted say hello to a $500 ticket! Get off ASAP
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2009-01-30 15:08:47
why follow the big economic indicators like the Dow when you can watch the micro-economy of vees (updated daily)?
http://is.gd/hOkn
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2009-01-30 15:17:57
for #followfriday, I recommend @jephjacques, author of the amusing hipster webcomic Questionable Content
http://questionablecontent.net/
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2009-01-30 15:40:22
@StyleMagazine most of my friends who have regularly taken the light rail have at least one $500 ticket on their records
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2009-01-30 15:46:09
going off the social net for the rest of the day. Must focus time and attention to more productive ends.
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2009-01-30 16:43:15
@CaseySoftware I had a perfect record since 1997 until my 54 in a 45 written warning from the MSP last July.
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2009-01-30 16:59:50
waiting for Motrin to kick in so my knuckles stop swelling in the heat
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2009-01-30 17:01:23
RT @kyeung808: Facebook ID theft targets your "friends"
http://tinyurl.com/dmxm38
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2009-01-30 17:03:24
@stephbaltimore I think it's followfriday and not fridayfollow
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2009-01-30 17:11:32
will be turning in my E-ZPass transponder in June. No way I'm going to pay $1.50/mo for their "account costs"
http://is.gd/hP5R
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2009-01-31 15:09:44
is Google down for everybody or just for me? :-)
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2009-01-31 15:12:11
probably not going to get anything of merit accomplished today
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2009-01-31 20:13:52
finished preparing crockpot dinner, now the whole house smells like browned sweet italian sausage, and is just a little bit smoky
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2009-01-31 20:38:30
@petewebb don't fall #tweetbomb
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February
2009-02-02 14:25:21
didn't sleep well at all last night, hoping for a brief respite from stupor by way of a 14 oz starbucks frappuccino
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2009-02-02 14:43:54
does anyone else think that a few tokes is the least the U.S. can spot Michael Phelps in return for 8 gold metals?
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2009-02-02 14:58:27
resigned to the fact that missing microSD cards will probably be missing forever. Good luck finding something the size of your pinky nail.
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2009-02-02 15:37:32
need more caffeine
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2009-02-02 15:46:04
office temperature: 81.4 and climbing.
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2009-02-02 15:47:53
RT @sharkycharming: I am going to tweet the first complete sentence on page 114 of every book I catalog today. So look out!
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2009-02-02 20:41:30
@camillei Beautiful #tweetbomb song
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2009-02-03 02:21:33
reading Animals in Translation until bedtime
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2009-02-03 15:52:44
arrived to an action-packed e-mail box this morning
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2009-02-03 16:44:32
haven't written a blog entry in 31 days, for reasons described in the following blog entry:
http://epistolary.org/6812.html
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2009-02-03 18:35:04
@gfitzp my cat is all about apples
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2009-02-03 19:52:05
amazed at the fragility of Baltimore. We get a winter weather advisory icon on the TV all day for these little flurries? C'mon.
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2009-02-03 21:47:22
a quiet evening at home with a book and my cat? Yes, please!
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2009-02-03 22:07:26
have 1,316,010 minutes worth of (mostly) continuous data for AC voltage, load, and battery life of my home UPS. What should I do with it?
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2009-02-03 23:19:30
Bored? Got free long distance cell minutes? Join my drive-time conference call experiment: (712) 432-0080 pin 140522#. No topic.
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2009-02-04 01:57:25
laying on the couch enjoying a Fish Eye Merlot, Temple Grandin book, and the DJ Booger X radio show
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2009-02-04 05:22:50
new blog post on procrastination, the latest 43f podcast, and my adventures in reading at
http://epistolary.org/6813.html
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2009-02-04 05:24:04
@CaseySoftware its probably better than the indignity of being strangled for "loud typing"
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2009-02-04 14:50:42
down to just $19.96 in my checking account. Thank goodness payday is tomorrow.
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2009-02-04 17:04:34
if you're on Google Latitude please add rob@vees.net so I can play around with it
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2009-02-04 18:49:27
irritated that I can't run Google Maps app on my T-Mobile Nokia 6133 because a certificate is required. Firmware reflash imminent.
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2009-02-04 18:53:07
@EdBennett thanks for the link-up on cathode follower
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2009-02-04 20:57:32
@MagneticOrNot on every page or just once?
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2009-02-04 23:50:41
@benkutil because nothing makes a good architectural presentation like a dozen furries rezzing giant cocks all over the mock-up?
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2009-02-04 23:53:52
@tbridge let us know if POTUS shows up again
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2009-02-05 15:59:27
eating a subway sandwich
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2009-02-05 17:07:09
@csuspect i think almost all TED participants do have a valid case for assault against bill gates now
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2009-02-05 17:10:26
need to stop obsessing so much about account balances, possibly money in general
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2009-02-05 17:32:24
@tomloveland you got the country-style GPS that gives distances "as the crow flies" and occasionally says "y'all can't get there from here"
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2009-02-05 20:33:23
@thdpr Whassssssup #tweetbomb
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2009-02-05 20:34:02
@dcconcierge what a horrible day for a fire drill! we have alarm testing tomorrow (according to e-mail) but no need to evacuate
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2009-02-05 22:36:30
off to Harford Park Community Assoc. meeting tonight, but definitely a shower and quick meal first.
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2009-02-06 04:30:24
new blog post exploring some thoughts on balance, connection, the joy of winter:
http://epistolary.org/6814.html
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2009-02-06 15:24:02
now taking applications for today's follow friday. please send me an @ reply with the reason why today should be your day
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2009-02-06 15:38:50
need to drive to reisterstown rd at the beltway to deposit my paycheck today, anyone up for lunch at china best or something nearby?
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2009-02-06 15:47:21
cheating for #followfriday with a RT @ekivemark: nice list of medical field tweeters put together by @medicalstudent
http://bit.ly/vFG8
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2009-02-06 16:13:22
last call to join me for lunch and most likely sushi
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2009-02-06 16:38:20
RT @rdeal1: For a good time, click
http://tinyurl.com/j5382
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2009-02-06 16:42:27
@dwplanit Worthington Overlook station says 33.8 and no wind
http://is.gd/iDza
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2009-02-07 22:09:09
so guess how far I drove from Baltimore into central NJ before I remembered I was actually supposed to be going to Atlantic City?
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2009-02-08 03:54:43
RT @toddlschuler: Facebook has been banned on General Assembly computers. Twitter is now the only real time source of Annapolis news.
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2009-02-08 04:19:21
new AmEx contract: "You authorize us....to send a text message...at any number you give us or from which you call us." Should I be upset?
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2009-02-08 23:15:11
just noticed a happy face stamped on the back of a "loose change" envelope from Wachovia. Not sure why it cheers me up to much.
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2009-02-09 01:36:55
getting shivers and feeling worse with every passing minute. Please just be bad food and not flu.
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2009-02-09 16:08:54
at the office, feeling better, listening to Diane Rehm on 88.1 and working on felt factory stuff
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2009-02-09 16:59:12
forgot my cell phone this weekend, and was w/o mobile internet. Sister tortured me logging into m.facebook.com on her Kindle's free EV-DO
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2009-02-09 20:15:15
listening to C-SPAN radio and being amazingly productive to the prattle of indignant republicans on the Senate floor
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2009-02-09 20:52:12
LOL at "Everything that needs to be said has been said, but not every man's had a chance to say it." -Saxby Chambliss
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2009-02-09 22:12:20
entertained by ECC
http://evolution-control.com/and DJ Lobsterdusthttp://djlobsterdust.com/on MP3 player
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2009-02-10 00:34:37
at Goucher for Maathai lecture
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2009-02-10 02:16:08
questions from audience proceeding but good so far, nobody really crazy
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2009-02-10 02:18:09
proud of Goucher president for insisting next STUDENT in line for question
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2009-02-10 05:30:14
posted new blog entry on GTD, bad behavior, and Wangari Muta Maathai at:
http://epistolary.org/6817.html
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2009-02-10 12:09:26
bracing for a long-ass day. Send cookies.
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2009-02-10 12:16:59
RT @toddlschuler: Here is the bill to ban Beer Pong (Beruit) in bars:
http://tinyurl.com/aaj8cp
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2009-02-10 14:38:29
not imagining things, spam volume is way up again. Best/worst one: "From: brian heller <brianheller61>, Subject: wanna makeout!" Uh, no.
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2009-02-10 15:22:54
struck by the magnitude of the bushfires in Victoria:
http://tinyurl.com/cgksbt
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2009-02-10 17:42:48
amused by BHO on calling on town hall participants for questions: "I think I'll go girl, boy, girl, boy so I avoid any trouble."
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2009-02-10 18:18:18
wall impacted squish
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2009-02-10 22:11:35
looking for anyone who wants to meet for dinner from Owings Mills to Towson between 5pm-7pm tonight -- ping here or rob@vees.net
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2009-02-10 23:04:19
at Chipotle on York north of NP
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2009-02-11 13:29:31
having a very pleasant morning so far, looking forward to a productive and stimulating workday and evening
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2009-02-11 14:15:11
Maryland General Assembly to lift Facebook ban in 3 days:
http://is.gd/jadS
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2009-02-11 14:25:11
hoping that this weird bump on my elbow goes away quietly, unlike the weird bump on my foot that turned into two weeks of annoyance
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2009-02-11 15:07:51
wonder how much new shocks are going to cost me... when I finally get my car into the shop
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2009-02-11 15:11:25
@LaurenAnanas I hope to fire up the slow cooker this week as well
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2009-02-11 15:16:59
four facebook friends to 500. nine twitter followers to 300. which one I will hit first? blog still gets 1000 visitors a day, mostly bots.
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2009-02-11 16:20:54
Baltimore Police officers' tuition aid ending:
http://is.gd/jb3sIs a bad idea: recruitment lure decreased, fewer college educated police
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2009-02-11 16:34:22
@FenianEMT don't get me started on the quality of applicants they turn away :-)
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2009-02-11 16:58:53
can't say I'm disappointed that Sirius XM is tanking. Still bitter about the merger approval. Guess that didn't matter in the end.
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2009-02-11 17:36:17
the peanut factory manangement are testifying in front of the subcommittee right now on C-SPAN -- I think this is live
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2009-02-11 17:41:38
that was a short series of questions. 5A, 5A, 5A, dismissed.
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2009-02-11 19:01:02
Bye bye beer-pong ban bill:
http://is.gd/jcf5Sen. Della besieged by angry messages after the news gets out
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2009-02-11 19:09:44
@wtop unfollowed you because your twitter looks too much like an rss feed, and posts too much at once.
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2009-02-11 19:19:24
its the same temperature in my office as it is outside. That's astounding in both directions.
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2009-02-11 19:24:47
@zen_habits I'll embrace e-books when I get as much freedom (rights) as a book. I read free books and zine PDFs on my Eee, but no Kindle DRM
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2009-02-11 20:58:16
@sdolge definitely got to be a conversation, and nothing more frequent than one random post every 10 min... unless you're in one
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2009-02-11 21:10:35
elbow is definitely infected. Calling doctor tomorrow if no improvement overnight.
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2009-02-11 21:18:29
psytrance + minimal acoustic guitar melody tracks = awesomeness
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2009-02-12 14:24:09
tick tock tick tock tick tock
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2009-02-12 15:46:56
faxed my doctor because 1) infected elbow 2) no cell phone today 3) don't want to gross out coworkers 4) doctor doesn't have e-mail. <3 tech
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2009-02-12 15:53:54
looking for a good Baltimore local printer to do a 1000 business card run of this:
http://vees.net/images/card.jpgSuggestions?
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2009-02-12 17:39:53
according to BGE site, nearly 4% of customers have no electric power in Carroll County, less than 1% out in Baltimore County
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2009-02-12 17:49:52
music in my head: The Star Spangled Banner, on fast forward. No lie. I'm as confused as you are.
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2009-02-12 17:50:50
@starets yeah but the treatments for resistant infections and parasites are basically identical, so it really didn't make a huge difference
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2009-02-12 18:21:51
wish my doctor would call me already.
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2009-02-12 18:30:25
listening to Baltimore PD do their stuff along with two other listeners
http://delta.vees.net:8000/(OGG capable player like VLC req'd)
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2009-02-12 18:55:33
some librarians unsure of how CPSIA will affect childrens' books on the shelves, CPSC slow on exceptions, rulings:
http://is.gd/f71r
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2009-02-12 18:59:16
@bargainr no, but avoiding charities with high administrative and solicitation costs is always a good idea. local is always better.
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2009-02-12 19:39:24
back hurts
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2009-02-12 21:18:43
total liquid consumed so far today: 11 cups. Still feel dehydrated and my lips are totally chapped.
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2009-02-12 21:56:50
got no call back from doctor, even with apparent (to me) cellulitis. tempted to start on doxycycline again tonight and hope for no allergy
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2009-02-13 14:07:18
ave you noticed an up-tick in the amount of spam lately? I'm at about 54 overnight from a low of about 2-3 after that big host got shut down
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2009-02-13 14:48:05
for #followfriday, @bryanl : ruby hacker, prolific blogger, vlogger, twitterer, and tatft advocate
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2009-02-13 16:54:35
heard on @drshow: "We've [U.S.] managed to trigger nostalgia for the Russians in Afghanistan." Amusing, and a little depressing.
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2009-02-13 17:20:21
another day feeling like the "before" scenes in an allergy medicine (or antidepressant) commercial: blurry eyes, minor key music and all
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2009-02-13 18:09:14
suffering in the office heat
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2009-02-13 18:34:45
nauseous and feverish, but this would be a bad day to ask to go home early, after several mis-steps earlier today. Fighting it out instead
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2009-02-13 20:47:00
@HamRail no real pain or motion range problems
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2009-02-14 01:13:50
simplifying
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2009-02-14 02:13:08
sure it's late but does anyone want to get food and/or drink around Hamilton/Parkville?
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2009-02-14 16:33:54
<3
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2009-02-15 17:33:40
cleaning the home office
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2009-02-15 21:29:31
thank you eeeuser.com! My Eee PC 701 (4G) now overclocked to 100 FSB and running external 1680x1050 resolution on 22" flat panel. Woo!
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2009-02-16 14:46:16
spent the weekend with Elissa reading on the couch, watching 5 episodes of Firefly, leaving the house only for snacks and diner breakfast
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2009-02-16 16:35:24
is wfh today
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2009-02-16 18:26:01
voting my first Facebook friend off the island later this evening
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2009-02-16 19:19:12
starts the timer now
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2009-02-16 20:45:51
cranking out code like nobody's business
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2009-02-16 22:20:13
tried to walk to Royal Farm but didn't have the energy to make it all the way, wound up sitting on someone's steps then turning around
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2009-02-16 22:26:46
amazed by the art of frugal living:
http://tinyurl.com/dmwgpw
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2009-02-17 01:09:18
is off the undirected internet in 3... 2... 1...
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2009-02-17 02:42:51
was talking to myself in the supermarket and singing a song about string cheese (it is delicious) just now. I'm a crazy old man in my 20s.
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2009-02-17 15:13:32
watching the Dow at 7,597. Why do I even look?
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2009-02-17 21:08:59
overjoyed: there is a brand new Chipotle at Joppa and Goucher, just minutes from Casa de Vees -- no more driving to York Road for dinner
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2009-02-17 21:32:27
@acarvin re AAA: used to be cars, today the first I thought was bond ratings
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2009-02-17 22:10:30
just thanked a guy in the coffeehouse for sharing out his awesome music collection via iTunes, and he seemed a little confused
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2009-02-17 22:35:49
RT @AccordionGuy: Q: Difference between a large pizza and a social media specialist? A: A large pizza can feed a family of four.
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2009-02-17 23:08:17
come see me demonstrate the Baltimore County Ham Radio Communications "Go-Kit", a water-resistant, shock-resistant box of electronics wonder
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2009-02-18 00:11:52
at Creative Alliance -- stop by
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2009-02-18 07:22:07
realizing that my sleep schedule has almost completely flipped. This is bad news, boys and girls.
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2009-02-18 14:14:13
got my anger back. Rar.
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2009-02-18 16:35:22
is having a good day so far in spite of (because of?) my rampant bitter cynicism. Whee!
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2009-02-19 12:47:02
offline today. For reals.
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2009-02-19 20:40:29
@robwilkerson I thought there was a bill that passed in BaCi allowing you to buy out your ground rent at a market price?
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2009-02-19 20:56:21
incoming spam volume is kind of absurd today, even on greylisted accounts.
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2009-02-20 14:24:27
is it still peripheral neuropathy if the tingling is in the proximal phalanx instead of the finger tips?
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2009-02-20 14:33:22
@robwilkerson its funny to consider SaaS apps being developed on dev machines that can disconnect from the network w/o loss of function
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2009-02-20 14:34:45
@StyleAvenue i wish there was an easy way to get from the NE corner of baltimore to the NW w/o public transiting a giant "V" thru downtown
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2009-02-20 14:42:10
RT @ABC2_ALERTS: Police Make City's Largest Drug Bust Ever, We'll have Live video at 10:30am -
http://ow.ly/n5i
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2009-02-20 14:50:44
got 500 thread count egyptian cotton sheets from Amazon for $16 after free shipping and a small stack ($35 worth) of accumulated gift codes
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2009-02-20 14:51:17
@StyleAvenue define "wiped out"
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2009-02-20 15:17:12
my #followfriday for today is @thursdayb, freelance creative writer and blogger at
http://www.thursdaybram.com/
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2009-02-20 19:57:17
observation of the day: barbecue sauce is attracted to white clothing with a power that exceeds all other natural forces in the universe.
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2009-02-20 20:22:43
have a pocket full of dollar coins and no shame
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2009-02-22 14:55:33
time for breakfast!
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2009-02-22 17:16:00
cheap-ass hub on basement server rack just decided to give up the ghost, switched back to trusty Intel 24 port switch to get DHCP server up
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2009-02-22 18:50:32
dealing with a overloaded inbox and piles of paperwork
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2009-02-23 13:56:58
would like to download SXSW torrents, but need to upgrade server to Debian lenny to make new SSH host keys that ssh-vulnkey doesn't hate
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2009-02-23 14:49:28
stock market opened up today. Who saw that coming? (Not me) Dow only half a percent, but still dancing above 7 year low.
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2009-02-23 14:52:04
@EliW I think anything 17" or more should be classified as a "portable desktop." My Eee makes hauling around my 15" MBP feel indulgent
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2009-02-23 15:20:34
a week without anything scheduled? I must be missing something. A week in my appointment book hasn't been this empty since I bought it!
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2009-02-23 15:29:17
@pdkaizer appealing to green ethos with a 17" laptop. seems odd.
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2009-02-23 15:54:27
@bryanl because
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottandrew/3042460648/
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2009-02-23 16:43:49
not feeling all that great, hoping a simple lunch may cure that
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2009-02-23 17:26:31
@bargainr happy anniversary!
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2009-02-23 18:07:06
RT @jongaynor: the credit market is hilarious at this point. Amex to shitty customers: "here's $300. GTFO."
http://ping.fm/Enrni
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2009-02-23 19:00:09
it sure is Monday today
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2009-02-23 19:02:56
AP saying SP500 fell to 4/97 levels, Dow to lowest since 10/97:
http://ow.ly/qCb
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2009-02-23 21:23:09
fortunate not to get much e-mail during day. Sometimes I accidentally close Outlook instead of minimize and miss e-mails/appts... any ideas?
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2009-02-23 23:44:54
drove (at minimum) an average of 19,165 mi/year for the last 8 years. Assuming 30 mph average speed, that's 213 DAYS behind the wheel.
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2009-02-24 00:12:10
much easier to finish a dist-upgrade from upstairs in the warm over ssh
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2009-02-24 16:43:43
home sick today
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2009-02-24 16:58:59
@TweetContest those sauces look absolutely delicious
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2009-02-25 02:34:56
enjoy memes that get me writing again:
http://vees.livejournal.com/213448.html
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2009-02-25 04:04:07
big fan of Skype video chat
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2009-02-25 22:02:55
scoping out a space in Towson to sit and enjoy the world going past
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2009-02-25 23:40:48
irritated by the fact that Towson library has port-filtered wifi. Relegated to cell phone for ports 22 and 3389, to lazy to hack around.
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2009-02-26 03:23:39
full of fish and rice, and tired from Rock Band
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2009-02-26 16:24:39
random things like this is why I always carry a camera with me:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vees/3311967582/
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2009-02-26 17:15:02
found missing microSD card I thought I lost at work (
http://is.gd/kZ3p)at home in a box. not sure how it got there. secure digital elves?
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2009-02-26 17:17:21
@bargainr they just clarified that article -- 55% in four states, 87% of the lost value
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2009-02-26 17:18:19
@technosailor whatcha doin in town today?
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2009-02-26 19:48:10
@hamrail You were right on with the olecranon bursa guess. That's exactly what it was. Now I add an Aleve a day to my growing pill box.
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2009-02-26 20:09:23
does anyone have a GPS I could borrow this weekend to help at the open street mapping party?
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2009-02-26 21:16:21
just far too excited about my new bedsheets. I fear I might become a linen snob if I'm not careful. Wouldn't bode well for camping trips.
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2009-02-26 23:28:22
remembering that coding can be fun
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2009-02-26 23:34:51
anyone for dinner? anywhere between 21117 and 21234 that's cheap and fun. i'll even come to 21211 if its an appealing enough food choice.
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2009-02-27 00:04:00
finally to home
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2009-02-27 00:04:15
@joelmarkwitt best of luck with a solid diagnosis and speedy recovery!
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2009-02-27 01:53:20
e-mail box empty, RMA packaged up, dinner consumed. Time for laundry (new sheets!) and some recreational reading
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2009-02-27 19:02:44
@pseudolus thanks this looks like a fun podcast (is it wrong to tweet to someone just over the cube wall?)
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2009-02-27 19:03:29
listening to air traffic control out of JFK airport, even more soothing than county dispatchers. They sound so calm and relaxed.
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2009-02-27 19:05:07
@StyleAvenue re pillows: and sunlight kills so many nasties!
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2009-02-28 20:53:56
at Red Emma's, chillin.
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2009-02-28 22:02:58
still at @redemmas, and it's packed in here. Nobody wants to sit with me, though.
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March
2009-03-02 14:17:19
entrances to the beltway are blocked off by county fire trucks, turned around and headed back home
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2009-03-02 15:14:33
the high winds have arrived, snow is flying everywhere
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2009-03-02 15:30:09
if you are on Skype, hit me up. My Skype name is kc2aei
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2009-03-02 16:12:34
making espresso
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2009-03-02 16:56:19
wondering about your energy usage? check out
http://www.wattzon.com/
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2009-03-02 17:00:49
@bobtiki yes 695 this morning around 9am
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2009-03-02 17:01:01
@travisd1000 yes baltimore beltway 9am
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2009-03-02 17:47:45
hear that sound? That's the hollow thunk of inbox zero.
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2009-03-02 18:31:56
BaCo plow just made 2nd pass down the street, things must be clear now
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2009-03-02 18:34:47
so i can say #skittles @skittles here and get a shameless plug for
http://vees.net/on their homepage?
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2009-03-02 21:00:45
got the mega-winter cold coming on. Sinuses stuffed, nose running like crazy. Sorry for more posting about being sick... it's a bad habit
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2009-03-02 21:42:40
the cat is conspicuous in her absence and silence. Time to check on her.
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2009-03-02 22:34:35
when I was a teenager I used to quietly sit and listen to the ticking seconds on my wristwatch. I never do that any more. I wonder why not.
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2009-03-02 23:13:40
of course I unplugged a server when trying to unplug a unneeded switch. Of course it hasn't been down for 208 days, and needs a fsck.
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2009-03-03 01:35:38
minutes away from being totally worthless. I just bought this box of tissues today and its already half empty. :(
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2009-03-03 02:04:44
cons: rhinovirus. pros: 1 pound of ginger snaps cookies.
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2009-03-03 15:13:25
@nacks42 you have violated twitter prime directive #1
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2009-03-03 15:18:10
temperature survey: outside 16.2°F, basement server hard drives 57.2°F/64.4°F, cubicle 75.0°F
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2009-03-03 16:34:15
nauseated. Hate being sick. Hate it.
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2009-03-03 16:44:15
RandomGoodStuff is raffling this awesome solar backpack:
http://tinyurl.com/bq372h[RT @RandomGoodStuff ]
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2009-03-03 17:01:35
feeling better, sandwich helped. Rocking out to SXSW tracks.
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2009-03-03 17:07:35
watch that stock market slide!
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2009-03-03 18:07:08
damned if I didn't pick up a package of skittles at the deli this afternoon. That meme totally owned me.
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2009-03-03 20:05:30
watching the Dow climb above its opening, but still below 6850
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2009-03-04 01:32:20
an entire wash load worth of water came pouring out of my basement toilet due to clogged drainpipes AGAIN. I just fixed this!
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2009-03-04 02:58:07
two rooms in my house are officially empty. Wallpaper removal begins this week. I'm very happy, in spite of my lousy plumbing.
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2009-03-04 14:38:58
MSNBC says more US voters are in favor of giving residential DC back to MD than giving it a vote in Congress
http://ow.ly/CUk
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2009-03-04 17:01:56
temperature survey: outside 29.3°F, basement server hard drives 60.8°F/68.0°F, cubicle 79.6°F
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2009-03-04 22:03:43
forgot to eat lunch again, ugh! Off to catch a quick snack and then maybe work a little more.
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2009-03-05 14:39:40
tip of the day: Rock Band 2 and olecranon bursitis are a bad combination. Ow.
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2009-03-05 15:31:30
sad to be missing DrupalCon
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2009-03-05 16:02:51
anyone for lunch on Reisterstown Road? Anywhere from beltway on up...
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2009-03-05 16:04:25
@BaltimoreGal indoor or outdoor trash can?
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2009-03-05 16:44:31
@sweetney current desktop friends only
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2009-03-05 16:54:35
okay its officially 83 degrees F in my cube. Is 84 in the middle of the cube farm on this side. I'm melting. Melting!
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2009-03-05 18:21:00
kind of amazed that Citigroup stock is at 1.05. On a personal note, I've lost 6% of my total net worth since 4 months ago:
http://ow.ly/F14
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2009-03-05 18:33:36
@ahrycyk i agree, i've unlinked myself from all the cartoon pics
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2009-03-05 18:34:59
@jongaynor sadly none of my thermometers are networked
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2009-03-05 18:35:30
too hot
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2009-03-05 18:37:49
RT @baltimoresun: Breaking: Magna Entertainment Corp., owner of Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, filed for bankruptcy protection.
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2009-03-05 19:00:57
is there an application out there that will tell you the last day that [major index] was as low as it is at present?
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2009-03-05 19:56:40
lazyweb: looking for a quality electric shaver that isn't cordless. Anything you're all happy with?
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2009-03-05 21:11:12
temperature is down, but ability to concentrate is not returning so quickly. Of course I'm debugging through 8 layers of abstraction today.
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2009-03-06 14:08:08
outside temp: 48.0°F. Cube/indoor temp: 73.3°F/75.2°F.
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2009-03-06 21:49:38
coworker reports big accident on I-695 just east of I-795, assuming outer loop direction but not sure #baltimoretraffic
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2009-03-06 21:51:23
correction, east of i-795 would most likely indicate inner loop traffic #baltimoretraffic
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2009-03-07 03:06:07
kitten is transfixed by laser light show. Transfixed.
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2009-03-07 03:08:16
avoided this evening's traffic by taking Reisterstown Road to Northern Parkway, which is not like avoiding traffic AT ALL.
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2009-03-09 14:09:19
had a fantastic weekend headed into a seriously productive day. It seems like the last days of fall outside.
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2009-03-09 14:14:46
@miguelsix good to see you yesterday! stop being boring on twitter :-)
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2009-03-09 14:15:41
@sweetney truly awesome!
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2009-03-09 14:50:32
seems Wachovia Bank is tightening up, fewer freebies for good customers like me, getting nickel and dimed. Blog post to follow tonight.
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2009-03-09 15:00:11
@sheeliep i'm with you on the agony of dealing with American Home Mortgage
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2009-03-09 15:23:28
when I visit Elissa's profile page on Facebook, all the advertisements in the sidebar are for books. That's some smart marketing.
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2009-03-09 15:27:27
@DebtHater put the boxes up on eBay in their entirety
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2009-03-09 15:30:26
kitten was a maniac last night. I'm still a little woozy from nonstop interrupted sleep. Would have locked her out if my brain worked.
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2009-03-09 15:37:16
@thursdayb and get them shut down for violation of the phone company AUP?
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2009-03-09 16:02:15
@dj_kittycat overly aggressive businesses on twitter is what the block button is for. Enough blocks and they'll get dinged.
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2009-03-09 16:04:31
able to renew every book I have out from the county library online except for Watchmen, which is on hold request for someone else.
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2009-03-09 16:16:24
wanted to go sit someplace quiet outside and write over lunch, but the winds are too crazy. Unfortunately my cube is a creativity eater.
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2009-03-09 16:21:44
@phil_g thanks, i'm just being lazy and giving myself a little more schedule room to return it. I finished before watching the movie Sat.
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2009-03-09 16:51:25
@mikefictitious i keep trying to give it back to you :-)
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2009-03-09 16:53:04
finished a few pages of writing in the building stairwell, still a fair amount of editing to go.
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2009-03-09 16:54:08
was trying to figure out the term for the wind force that occurs near the side of buildings and walls. Is "shear" what I'm looking for?
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2009-03-09 16:59:42
@CaseySoftware didn't you learn your lesson the last time around?
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2009-03-09 17:04:36
@travisd1000 is that different than the radio controlled kill switch they have on my A/C unit? I get $10/mo for that during summer.
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2009-03-09 17:09:06
@travisd1000 me neither. summer temp is 82, winter temp is 58. Usually the insulation can eat the difference most of the day.
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2009-03-09 17:09:47
@k8et am more thinking of the force on the occupants leaving, the wind that pushes you down the street along the side of a skyscraper
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2009-03-09 17:13:07
the winner is @travisd1000 with "Venturi effect"
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2009-03-09 17:28:50
@redlightpress you are then one of the very few. what time is it for you?
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2009-03-09 17:32:28
it's happening -- Elissa and I are slowly starting to adopt each other's mannerisms. Some of my verbal affects are really annoying. :-)
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2009-03-09 18:07:59
@pseudolus i think he's looking for corporate folks
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2009-03-09 18:29:26
already consumed astounding amounts of caffeine but it seems like I will need just a little more to finish out the day
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2009-03-09 19:08:48
@EndTheRoboCalls I think @thursdayb was referring to the car warranty salespeople robocalls, not political anything
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2009-03-09 19:23:26
interesting how classical music makes my mind more agile. I feel like the complexity of EDM and trance should do the same, but it doesn't
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2009-03-09 21:10:42
@batterista key point by SEC - since lender does not know borrower, lender left w/o any recourse if Prosper fails or fails to perform duties
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2009-03-09 22:47:53
join me for food? Anywhere from 21117 to 21234 along the beltway or NP, or 21212 by Ryan's Daughter if after 7:00pm and I"m still here
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2009-03-10 12:57:29
about to disappear into a sea of music and lines of code. Wish the lights could be off. Fluorescent tubes kill creative brain cells.
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2009-03-10 13:56:42
just dealt with cold-call from recruiter trying to fill a position at my company. Random dialed directory to end-run our receptionist. FU!
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2009-03-10 14:28:14
RT @batterista: Phish in Hampton: Police seize over $1.2 m in drugs, $68K in cash from concertgoers, 194 arrests
http://tinyurl.com/bnoju7
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2009-03-10 14:32:07
that stupid phone call blew my morning concentration. Remember folks: if you work in a cube, receptionists keep you productive and focused.
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2009-03-10 14:36:02
@travisd1000 unfortunately i have to balance code production and responsiveness to clients/managers. Phone on, Outlook open all day long.
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2009-03-10 14:40:37
not relishing the thought of renting/operating a sewer snake again tonight, but it's gotta be done. No spare time to be home for plumber.
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2009-03-10 15:33:54
my credit union web site no longer has an API for my Yodlee OneStop, so I have to login individually for balances, etc. Get with the times!
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2009-03-10 15:36:43
Nasdaq up 5% on good news from CitiGroup. Anyone who bought C at $1 just made a 30% return on their investment.
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2009-03-10 15:41:11
new home value assessment -> higher taxes -> recomputed mortgage payment -> $6.22 increase in monthly mortgage payment. I can handle that.
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2009-03-10 16:56:09
having a good day today. Application design coming together nicely
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2009-03-10 17:13:43
@jongaynor you should use pigdin anyway
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2009-03-10 17:40:55
stopped subscribing to a bunch of liberal/campaign lists today. We won. You don't have to email me every day. I can just read the news.
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2009-03-10 19:03:16
most depressing thing about watching my net worth is when market can make a bigger change in a day than i could do in months of work/saving
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2009-03-10 19:07:09
watching the @TheDailyBlonde and @HerBadMother fight on Twitter with my jaw on the floor. It's a slow motion train wreck on both sides.
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2009-03-10 19:15:48
@BaltimoreGal nobody wins in a fight on the Internet
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2009-03-10 19:39:39
@neilstrauss Follow @TweetBomb
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2009-03-10 20:23:54
@matthewcornell didn't watching Seinfeld teach you anything?
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2009-03-10 20:39:47
have a APF Mark 30 (c.1975) calculator with a green VFD numbers on my desk. I actually use it all day for random math.
http://is.gd/mLIQ
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2009-03-10 20:54:12
@DCTenor1 relax, that probably pales in comparison to what happened to it in transit
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2009-03-10 21:01:49
any peeps in Baltimore want to help me snake a drain pipe this evening? Not a euphemism. Payment is not out of the question.
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2009-03-10 21:34:16
today's 7% gain on the major indexes could translate into a 1.6% increase in my net worth, not that it matters
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2009-03-10 21:52:25
@bobtiki turn off the display, hope for the best
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2009-03-11 01:14:01
not a night for chores. A night for burritos and books.
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2009-03-11 14:35:25
looking for thoughts on my new design before I have 500 printed on business card-sized stickers:
http://vees.net/~rob/newcard.png
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2009-03-11 15:00:02
@magurski if i don't use more than a few gallons of water at a time, i'm ok. been taking navy showers and following color flush rule
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2009-03-11 15:35:36
@mykeln actually this is what it looks like in business card size:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vees/3312379667
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2009-03-11 16:27:14
@chelandria welcome to twitter
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2009-03-11 16:28:21
@davetroy thanks i was just about to spend a few minutes trying to figure out how the bus thing happened when you answered the question
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2009-03-11 18:12:33
amused by the fact that @pseudolus is huddled up in his jacket (hood up) in the next cube over. It's 71 degrees! Practically tropical!
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2009-03-11 19:01:23
DSL sucking: 73 packets transmitted, 63 received, 13% packet loss, time 139212ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 314.032/527.462/737.350/92.646 ms
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2009-03-11 19:37:30
was hoping to spend $10/day this month out of pocket cash, is closer to $26/day. Major household expenses down, but incidentals up.
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2009-03-11 19:41:42
do you find that using twitter or short message services helps you write more focused and directed professional e-mails?
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2009-03-11 19:51:02
trying to make it through an entire day without high fructose corn syrup. So far so good, but it ain't easy. I'm craving right now
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2009-03-11 19:57:39
@mikefictitious I could certainly do a lot better, and I'm working on that
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2009-03-11 20:36:37
harsh, but I'm laughing my ass off
http://is.gd/myFC
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2009-03-11 21:47:35
headed to Forest Diner tonight for cake
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2009-03-11 21:57:56
scratch that, headed home and then to Home Depot. This time I will be wearing a tarp, and dish gloves.
http://ow.ly/Pqv
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2009-03-11 23:11:53
driving behind fedex truck 99647 with rapidly flickering brakelights, very distracting
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2009-03-12 02:54:35
AAGH!!! RT @HiFrucCornSyrup: @vees I know, I'm damn hard to resist. But don't worry. I'll wait for you...
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2009-03-12 15:40:58
naturally doing my own plumbing work made me sick this morning, and I just made it in. Should have just taken a 1/2 day and called a pro.
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2009-03-12 16:04:45
no corn syrup day two. Replaced candy with fruit, Mountain Dew with office coffee. Still craving, but not as bad as yesterday.
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2009-03-12 16:52:22
@LaurenAnanas thanks, but I'm not a big coke fan unless nothing else is around
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2009-03-12 16:53:08
@sugarfreak nobody plays punk in elevators
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2009-03-12 18:10:46
LAI contractors are running orange fiber cable under my office building complex. High speed net coming soon?
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2009-03-12 19:44:38
@ammre that's pretty much how it works these days
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2009-03-12 21:49:53
best way to deal with too much e-mail is to turn off my filters. Assures that every day my sub-folders are not collecting more either.
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2009-03-12 22:39:19
HUNGER/DINNER ALERT - 21117 eats? cake? sushi? buffet? sushi buffet followed by cake? reply here, facebook, email, whatever.
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2009-03-13 03:56:16
wash spinning, brain buzzing, code flowing. Is a good evening to be a scatter-brained insomniac.
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2009-03-13 11:59:14
oh yeah, that's what it's like to feel inspired about my work. Now can I repeat the last twelve hours again for the next 2080?
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2009-03-13 16:31:40
just saturated $104.90 worth of ASP.NET books with a $1.25 bottle of V8. Saturated.
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2009-03-13 16:42:46
@joelmarkwitt i haven't spilled anything at my workstation in a long time. My own personal physics lesson in liquids
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2009-03-14 14:35:30
so much for my productive Saturday, but frankly I like the way it's going so far much better. I should get out of bed soon...
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2009-03-15 20:29:51
lots of trash going out to the curb this week, a few weeks of backlog and all the detritus from wallpaper removal
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2009-03-16 02:45:56
filing, scanning, disposing, more filing.
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2009-03-16 13:40:49
feel like I'm in slow motion today. Was 3 seconds slow to react on my commute (lucky no accident!) and clock seems to be moving 2x as fast
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2009-03-16 13:52:41
We've secretly replaced Rob's high fructose corn syrup with caffeine. Let's see if his brain notices...
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2009-03-16 13:56:33
@batterista I see inbox zero as good time management and low latency. They're not necessarily always related.
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2009-03-16 17:47:14
water consumption way up. Coffee has me vibrating. Mostly keeping on track.
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2009-03-16 18:07:19
did I say no more coffee today? Lies.
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2009-03-16 20:13:21
getting harder and harder to consume healthy and energizing foods without HFCS. Prior planning of breakfast, lunch, and snacks necessary.
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2009-03-16 22:48:12
just bought a DTV converter box and new razor (the shaving kind, not the phone) from Amazon. With coupon and misc. credits: $19.48
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2009-03-17 01:42:25
I'm almost 30 and I don't own a corkscrew? And I really want some wine.
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2009-03-17 02:06:06
@MegMcKeever that's a good idea. I'll hit it up next time I'm up there. Wound up working it out with my Leatherman tool
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2009-03-17 02:20:37
tonight's food prep: Minestrone alla Minanese in the slow cooker
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2009-03-17 02:53:38
not as confident about this minestrone as I have been about some other slow cooker recipes, but we'll see in six hours!
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2009-03-17 13:20:05
forgot to add the beans this morning
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2009-03-17 14:36:35
timesheet, then coffee. Today's resolution: stop bothering goatee as nervous habit.
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2009-03-17 15:30:50
its really not possible to buy 3/4 cup of diced cabbage. What am I going to do with the other 3.5 lbs?
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2009-03-17 15:35:56
cooking with fresh veggies makes me happy to have my "slop bucket" for composting. Easy to end up w/ few pounds of waste -- now worm food!
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2009-03-17 15:57:43
well, it seems that the Twitterscape and Facebookland sure know a whole lot about cabbage
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2009-03-17 18:16:32
trying out Wakoopa to improve personal productivity in app usage
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2009-03-17 18:57:28
good day on the market today
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2009-03-17 21:24:21
headed home to get dinner on the table
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2009-03-18 01:30:15
17:25 PT: "Speakeasy is aware of a network issue affecting connectivity nation wide. We are investigating this issue..." Anyone else?
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2009-03-18 13:38:54
whatever the market is doing, it's welcome to keep on doing:
http://vees.net/toys/networth/fancy.html
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2009-03-18 14:18:05
looking forward to a lunch of home-cooked minestrone soup leftovers
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2009-03-18 16:13:32
it is going to take every ounce of my restraint not to buy a super sugary item in the deli today. These cravings are unspeakable.
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2009-03-18 16:22:33
not going to make it. My body wants a Red Bull. Or a Mountain Dew. Or some sugar wafers. Possibly a tub of raw isoglucose.
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2009-03-18 16:31:54
@MegMcKeever yes, corn syrup specifically. I compromised at the red bull, got a big slice of cake with mounds of frosting.
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2009-03-18 18:39:45
developing for QuickBooks SDK and ASP.NET. Anyone been down this long road before and can imbue some helpful tips?
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2009-03-18 18:48:46
@tanzabear When does your spring break start?
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2009-03-18 20:06:57
bracing for inevitable evening crash, and gluten-free cookies.
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2009-03-18 20:24:33
@technosailor didn't you say that twelve months ago? Maybe I'm just imagining things
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2009-03-19 13:44:47
it's possible that by tomorrow afternoon I will be back to the net worth I had 3 months ago, in spite of a 5% drop between then and now
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2009-03-19 14:02:49
RT @bsarsgard: Just bought a chicken suit. WTF is wrong with me?
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2009-03-19 14:03:27
RT @aiga_baltimore: help plan Baltimore's interactive art, media, and culture conference. spread the word please RT.
http://is.gd/nYuA
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2009-03-19 14:29:57
brought the scanner to work to snoop on maintenance and security radios, but guessed wrong on their frequency. All quiet on 464.5250.
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2009-03-19 14:40:59
@magurski which book is this? Disclosure?
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2009-03-19 14:44:39
@abachman haha your tweet about the conference is growing RT attribution legs. had to trace it back here to you.
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2009-03-19 14:45:08
@dwplanit They come in bunches. I get 3 a night sometimes, all with roughly similar usernames.
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2009-03-19 15:19:15
@abachman i sincerely want Baltimore to become the place to be for an information renaissance
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2009-03-19 15:48:33
@oneeyedcarmen got a $189 price point on a 901 three weeks ago from geeks.com, and that included a built-in webcam and accessible memory
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2009-03-19 15:51:53
@Ryanatmghwom lunch soon?
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2009-03-19 15:52:33
@FenianEMT ntfs fragments?
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2009-03-19 15:59:52
@oneeyedcarmen it was the second one i've bought, should tell you something :-)
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2009-03-19 16:03:23
@oneeyedcarmen show her this:
http://is.gd/o2vA(warning contains kitten)
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2009-03-19 16:05:34
@MissMktr
http://is.gd/o2xiWhy am I sending you this? No reason.
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2009-03-19 16:14:06
@amyhoy where are you hearing the sxsw theft stories?
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2009-03-19 17:16:06
@MissMktr Only the best new toy evar
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2009-03-19 17:48:17
@mikefictitious I get fishbotted a lot after a new LJ post
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2009-03-19 18:10:08
@MissMktr nah, i've had it a year and it's still my favorite.
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2009-03-19 18:12:30
@CaseySoftware OH NO! I'm so sorry, that sucks
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2009-03-19 20:24:17
@oneeyedcarmen yeah not there any more because they don't do any more custom programming. would still highly recommend
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2009-03-20 00:10:59
county police chopper Air over Parkville/Towson, got spotlighted by a cruiser on the way back home. Scanner seems empty, wonder what's up?
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2009-03-20 00:15:38
drunk driver accident old harford near taylor, searching for the vehicle. not related to the helicopter
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2009-03-20 00:20:49
suspect spotted on Hillcrest, walked into a house
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2009-03-20 02:25:22
police found who they were searching for, a missing 80 yo woman with dementia. Found her at Denny's
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2009-03-20 13:52:30
#followfriday that reply to me: @mikefictitious @magurski @FenianEMT @abachman @oneeyedcarmen @MissMktr @mamaslyth @MegMcKeever
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2009-03-20 13:53:35
@amyhoy welcome back!
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2009-03-20 14:34:18
action packed day today, wonder how I will fit everything in
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2009-03-20 17:52:15
for the record, I do not nor plan to own a life sized chicken suit. That this was the topic of this morning's exec staff meeting scares me.
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2009-03-20 19:04:21
@geekgirldiva You just got frak attacked. So say we all!!! #frakattack
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2009-03-20 19:05:08
@busse netbooks were made for stickers. they need stickers
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2009-03-20 19:08:56
@technosailor but still laptops, or just oil lamps and parchment?
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2009-03-20 19:20:50
@dwplanit i'm like the only guy who uses yammer more than once a day here.
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2009-03-21 14:44:17
in central NJ, reply if you want to meet up
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2009-03-21 19:21:54
spent the afternoon hiking around the Great Dismal Swamp in NJ with my dad. Queue "what else is there in NJ" jokes here:
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2009-03-22 19:28:42
in DE traffic on I-95 south
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2009-03-22 19:35:53
days like this the E-ZPass Only lanes feel indulgent. Skipped a mile of four lane toll traffic at 55 mph
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2009-03-22 19:49:22
@FenianEMT so remote desktop is out of the question?
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2009-03-23 00:26:41
just washed a lot of beard down the drain
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2009-03-23 03:34:16
finished what I needed to do this weekend, now rotting brain with a little online TV
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2009-03-23 06:00:27
sleep is evasive tonight
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2009-03-23 15:57:53
a 250 word-per-blogpost goal has been working pretty well. Seems more sustainable (conceptually) than variable length writing.
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2009-03-23 16:15:33
my favorite kind of news story: robber stabbed with own knife by intended victim in Halethorpe (via @baltimoresun)
http://is.gd/oz2Z
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2009-03-23 19:36:13
so many great possibilities for topic of my "Ada Lovelace Day" blog post tomorrow. Any suggestions?
http://is.gd/eJc1(HT @tomloveland)
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2009-03-23 19:41:39
in just 19 minutes the Dow could lock in a close of +436.87 (6%) or better. Amazing. There's really no logic to this stuff, just magic.
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2009-03-23 21:35:28
after eight hours of coding for work, I'm going downtown to learn a new programming language for fun. Then drinks, tho. I'm not all square.
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2009-03-23 21:40:16
in twitter speak, i'm off to @bmorehackers at @bhivebmore
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2009-03-24 04:25:07
@yflicker nice to see you this evening, we should talk more
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2009-03-24 04:28:53
papers to sort, car to fix, taxes to file, laundry to wash, wallpaper to remove, books to read, movies to watch, kitten to entertain, etc.
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2009-03-24 13:28:59
have staggering upper back pain today. May not make it through the workday. Need to find a good massage therapist in Baltimore.
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2009-03-24 13:59:44
@alexknowshtml be sure to mention that when you walk in the door
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2009-03-24 14:15:45
@brandonsavage does anyone not use apache?
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2009-03-24 14:23:52
back pain much improved after nsaid po, but i need to get to the root of the problem soon - posture, sleep position, exercise, etc.
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2009-03-24 15:14:01
upgrading to ubuntu intrepid
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2009-03-24 15:18:58
@jtrupiano Art of Project Management by Scott Berkun
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2009-03-24 18:14:20
checking Dell Outlet for a good high-speed, high-memory Linux development machine to stick in the basement with the existing dinosaurs
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2009-03-24 18:28:41
@hotdogsladies moved my bedroom into my home office to do some wallpaper removal. end result: my college dorm room
http://is.gd/oKKx
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2009-03-25 14:13:24
its a bit scary how quickly I can go from "Inbox Zero" to inbox 542, even with regular pruning. Shows a weakness in my to-do list upkeep.
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2009-03-25 14:30:38
is forecast to be about 45 degrees today, so my crockpot of dinner should keep nicely in the car in the lower parking garage level
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2009-03-25 14:39:12
via Randy Philipp "There is a suspected shooting here at UMBC, all of the buildings are going into lockdown."
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2009-03-25 14:40:45
RT @FirePix1075: confirmed patient dead @ UMBC from gunshot
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2009-03-25 14:42:28
via Randy Phillip: "just got word from Laura Brown that there was a suspected shooting at the TRC building" at UMBC
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2009-03-25 14:45:18
everybody at UMBC on my list please check in Facebook/Twitter let me know you're OK
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2009-03-25 14:47:19
RT @FirePix1075: UMBC was a suicide
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2009-03-25 14:53:01
anyone in UMBC area, their police are on KIL428 repeater, 155.55 MHz, local county police pct. is Wilkens on analog county trunk
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2009-03-25 15:02:37
@FirePix1075 Thanks for all the up-to-date info in re UMBC
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2009-03-25 15:14:28
RT@MikeCP: UMBC: policewoman said there was a suicide but the EMT scanner was reporting a shooting of a girl [...]
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2009-03-25 17:14:59
via @BaltimoreSun Body found near UMBC is investigated as suicide
http://is.gd/oVcn
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2009-03-25 17:45:29
fascinating lunch with @ekivemark on PHR informatics future. Inspired to go to @HealthCampPhila, and would if weekend wasn't solidly booked.
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2009-03-25 20:30:51
@tbridge what did open directory ever do to you?
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2009-03-25 20:32:33
seriously feeling "all over the place" today, but today seems like a good day to be everywhere at once.
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2009-03-25 20:38:24
@brandonsavage and heavy on skype?
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2009-03-25 21:05:53
automated periodic credit card billing for services is insidious. Haven't swiped my VISA card in a week, have $105.95 in four new line items
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2009-03-26 04:21:54
digital TV converter arrived. DTV is pretty solid, even piped to NTSC.
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2009-03-26 04:22:32
seems someone left a pot of flowers anonymously on my front porch.
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2009-03-26 13:27:52
when I have to pause and think for a moment at the elevator buttons before remembering my floor, I know it's going to be a long day.
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2009-03-26 14:15:00
after a 24 day hiatus from writing on my weblog I appear to have lost all of my non-bot readers. So: shameless plug
http://epistolary.org/
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2009-03-26 14:31:39
Chrome and Facebook combo are being brain-damaged today in the JS widgets. Not sure whether to blame my Chrome install or Facebook code.
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2009-03-26 14:34:04
@mykeln a quick dip in pure rubbing alcohol should displace any sediment that may have dried on the circuitry and then evaporate off quickly
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2009-03-26 14:37:33
Taxi driver protest downtown today at 2:00pm, expect delays. (HT @BaltimorePolice)
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2009-03-26 15:47:59
have I mentioned what a difference digital TV is to old analog signals? MPT HD is like watching a DVD. Crisp and clear video and audio?
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2009-03-26 15:54:41
RT @ignitebaltimore: [...] 100 pre-registration tickets left for Ignite Baltimore #3 on 6/25/09
http://tinyurl.com/ib3reg
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2009-03-26 17:21:52
in slow motion, which is better than no motion at all
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2009-03-26 18:18:36
RT @chuckpalahniuk: Tour dates for "Pygmy" announced. B'more is at Enoch Pratt 5/7 6:30pm
http://ow.ly/1tR5(no signing though, boooo)
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2009-03-26 18:35:45
@amyhoy slash7 is coming up as unavailable
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2009-03-26 20:01:14
have developed some sort of preternatural affection for programming financial and accounting applications. As they say in the parlance: FML.
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2009-03-26 20:56:24
I fear one day I will find myself at the Pearly Gates and the book on St. Peter's lectern will be a transcript of my chats with @bsarsgard
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2009-03-26 21:10:47
@FirePix1075 NBC says "No serious injuries have been reported, but about 40 people are being evaluated." (HT @insidecharmcity)
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2009-03-26 21:47:06
695 at rt 140 5-10 mph both directions,, backed up miles
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2009-03-26 22:03:30
695 at 83 s/b 0-5 east, 5-15 mph west
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2009-03-26 22:09:32
695 eb at 83 n 45 mph good flow
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2009-03-27 01:53:43
@CaseySoftware careful, fetch turns into a morning game. you'll have a bedsheet full of cat toys and no restful mornings.
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2009-03-27 15:05:15
#followfriday includes @pushingit @alli_jessing @tbridge @brandonsavage @gfitzp @mandiferous @kevininscoe @mikeficitous and @jtrupiano
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2009-03-27 16:04:00
#followfriday @SophieBegonia - help make her popular
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2009-03-27 16:05:13
@JessieX can you expand on your tweet starting with "Fear"?
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2009-03-28 22:34:28
on the ham radio playing in the CQ World Wide WPX contest on my new antenna setup
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2009-03-29 00:19:51
throwing the main house breaker at 20:30 just to see what it's like for an hour
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2009-03-29 13:40:58
this new antenna is amazing
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2009-03-29 15:49:29
thunderstorms with gusty winds. I guess I'll see how well my new antenna installation on the roof holds up against the elements.
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2009-03-29 15:57:25
@ekivemark some more evidence of the convergence here - bluetooth heart monitors:
http://ow.ly/1DCk
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2009-03-29 17:14:58
noise floor with the new antenna is between S7 and S8. I guess I should get used to that. Thunderstorms coming soon.
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2009-03-29 21:10:14
if my new antenna survives this storm, I'm set. OTOH I'm also not real optimistic. I see roofing tar and longer wood screws in my future.
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2009-03-29 21:11:16
@gfitzp it is 70 degrees F in Baltimore, with turbulent skies. Perfect hail weather
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2009-03-30 02:11:50
oh yeah, that's why you're not supposed to loop coax and put a hundred watts through it.
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2009-03-30 18:50:05
with my new antennas, my car is 7.1 feet tall at its highest point. Driving through the parking garage sounds like a xylophone playing.
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2009-03-30 19:21:05
@brandonsavage 5/8 wavelength for 144 MHz (2 meter wave) ham radio antenna is 4.1 feet long, plus a 3.3 foot trunk. still only 5 watts out.
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2009-03-30 19:50:23
@magurski some sort of magnetic force thing that feeds back on itself. not sure of the details (I'm a bad ham operator in some respects)
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2009-03-30 20:03:51
its Scala night at @bmorehackers with @jsuereth I forgot to pack my MBP again. Looks like another night of squinting at the Eee's 7" screen
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2009-03-30 21:02:22
started out the day with 8.5 oz of rice cakes. May end it with none.
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2009-03-30 21:02:56
@hackedtobits when the site comes back up let me know so I can hook my bcd396t back into the stream feed. Right now it's on my belt.
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2009-03-30 21:17:54
the @bmorehackers group has @jsuereth speaking on Scala today at 2400 Boston St (www.etcbaltimore.com) more info:
http://bit.ly/17wamu
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2009-03-30 23:54:42
anyone want to catch food/drink after @bmorehackers? maybe @bad_decisions?
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2009-03-31 14:57:09
can't remember the last time I left the house w/o ID and credit card. Weird feeling.
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2009-03-31 15:02:25
wow, @phil_g's 99 scala problems is getting traction on delicious
http://is.gd/pS0Y
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2009-03-31 15:03:27
@bryanl can't wait to see the final cut video from last evening
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2009-03-31 18:45:45
my distance from Inbox Zero is good indicator of stress and backlog. Home inbox @ 887 (usually <100), work inbox @ 18 (usually 0 by COB).
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2009-03-31 19:02:16
is anyone else excited that @mdsha appears to be twittering again after a 65 day hiatus?
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2009-03-31 19:11:45
@magurski I think it only works if you judge against your 60 day running average
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2009-03-31 19:12:52
@MegMcKeever that would be an awful waste. Used to be a traffic reporter and occasionally tweet w/ #baltimoretraffic when I'm stuck in jams
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2009-03-31 21:59:45
battery is emptying during hibernate on Eee, so replaced the hibernate on lid close script with a clean shut down. No regrets.
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April
2009-04-01 13:15:21
seems that mx.mail.yahoo.com is brain damaged today. 30 deferred bounces to the monthly mailman status message so far this morning.
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2009-04-01 13:36:43
this is weird all I have in my mailbox are bounces. I usually have at least a few hundred mailing list and spam messages.
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2009-04-01 13:41:49
is Twitter the only thing working on the whole 'net? My e-mail is empty and my web stats are at a standstill -- wake up everybody!
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2009-04-01 14:33:40
am the poster-child against filtering your e-mail. 4 notices from opensrs registrar about domain expiration and i miss them all. :-(
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2009-04-01 14:49:06
@bryanl can't wait! I want to watch it again
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2009-04-01 14:59:30
if you had a link to my blog or photo gallery please remove it so as not to feed the spammers. RIP epistolary.org and vees.net
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2009-04-01 16:12:13
@razzaque see earlier tweet - expired and snatched up by spammers :-(
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2009-04-01 17:03:54
stunning:
http://slashdot.org/~vees/achievements
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2009-04-01 17:25:51
signing out, happy AFD everybody
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2009-04-01 19:24:56
You should all be glad I don't know how to hang drywall:
http://leebert.org/af/
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2009-04-02 00:25:58
cooking dinner. not feeling well.
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2009-04-02 14:00:36
struts, stabilizer, and an oil change = $650. :-( Still better than new car payments, and at 154k miles I still have 71.6k more to the moon!
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2009-04-02 14:19:10
for the record, I was kidding about yesterday's domain name troubles. Please don't unlink my site. :-)
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2009-04-02 15:55:09
Gabber mp3s make me buzz harder than coffee. And I've also had coffee. And tea. Buzzzzzz.
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2009-04-02 22:45:57
calling CQ on 20 meters (14.318 MHz) if anyone's around
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2009-04-03 13:53:28
knocked laptop off the nightstand at 3am, 4' to the floor. Kitten decides it is the signal for "playtime until sunrise." I'm a zombie now.
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2009-04-03 15:04:11
yesterday was Gabber, today is Eurodance. What will Monday bring? I'm thinking Psytrance.
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2009-04-03 15:05:33
@jtamboli I don't know how a mail server could exist for longer than a day with that sort of brain damage. That would be an enormous queue.
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2009-04-03 15:08:18
911 back up in Howard County
http://ow.ly/1ZKs
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2009-04-03 15:20:58
@MissMktr the www1 makes me suspicious, but the rest seems ok
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2009-04-03 15:29:57
my net worth graph looks like a EKG this week. Some of it is the market, some of it is me. Either way, volatility makes me nervous.
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2009-04-03 16:10:01
looking to allow user to layout docs in a GUI using mail-merge type elements, replace in ASP.NET/C# code and then output to PDF. Ideas?
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2009-04-05 23:59:05
calling CQ on 20 meters (14.295 MHz) before it closes, though it may have already
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2009-04-06 00:00:07
@bryanl are you using the internal mic while screencasting?
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2009-04-06 00:13:54
calling CQ on 40 meters (7.220 MHz)
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2009-04-06 00:26:39
qrt
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2009-04-06 02:08:49
new cat on delivery from SPCA
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2009-04-06 12:51:49
distance from inbox zero - home: 1401, work: 3, rss feeds: 461
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2009-04-06 13:26:59
off the grid today. Be back at 7pm with new kitten pictures. Have a great day.
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2009-04-06 15:10:02
@magurski first cat is fine. she just needs a friend
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2009-04-06 15:37:03
need a Linux GUI editor with one required feature: live word count in the status bar. Suggestions?
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2009-04-06 17:41:22
@ryptide props on Seattle 3/27 mix - just what I needed today
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2009-04-06 19:00:20
3 hours to new kitten
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2009-04-06 19:01:31
@magurski is it feasible to get the no-process statements in writing via e-mail? Sounds like a perfect dailyWTF submit
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2009-04-07 13:01:33
meet my new cat, gizmo:
http://is.gd/rc3c
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2009-04-07 14:51:36
@jptoto who's we in this context?
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2009-04-07 15:09:49
day planner with a nod to microblogging layouts:
http://design-milk.com/status-calendar/
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2009-04-07 15:41:23
@frugaltraveler bought one for my trip to thailand 7 months peior and beat it up w/o mercy to make sure it would withstand travel.. it did
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2009-04-07 16:09:45
Winter Weather Advisory in western Maryland? Really? Wasn't it 70 the other day?
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2009-04-07 16:10:23
@frugaltraveler can't dm you w/o follow
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2009-04-07 16:15:41
distance from inbox zero - home: 1584, work: 0, rss feeds: 658
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2009-04-07 17:22:24
@jobmatchbox also bad sign when less ethical recruiters keep trying to social engineer their way through our company phone system for leads
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2009-04-07 18:21:40
Snow flurries in 21117. Amazing.
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2009-04-07 23:01:11
Productive day today. Now burrito and cats
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2009-04-08 02:22:36
cats are quiet, and dubiously regarding each other through a crack in the door. I'm exhausted from lack of sleep. Out.
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2009-04-08 20:59:52
sleepy
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2009-04-09 14:48:52
courthouse guards don't like it when you show up with knives, even if you're just there to file paperwork.
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2009-04-09 15:19:16
my new favorite number is 03-C-09-004086
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2009-04-09 16:06:08
is it closing time yet?
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2009-04-09 16:23:25
Of course I get my ham radio set up last week and we're barreling into the worst sunspot cycle year since 1913. Stupid ionosphere.
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2009-04-09 17:23:17
wishing that Visual Studio had a REPL. Got a good solution from @pseudolus to do what I need to do without one.
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2009-04-09 17:53:03
crazy right wingers buying in to census opposition. If enough republicans don't answer their doors, it COULD actually affect political power
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2009-04-10 14:06:00
distance from inbox zero - home: 2122, work: 4, feed reader: 1000+
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2009-04-10 14:08:19
Article on Guardian "Facebook reaches 200 million users" (
http://is.gd/rLW9).My first thought: "And I only have 519 friends?"
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2009-04-10 15:35:46
no cell phone today. Batteries out and no charger except in car
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2009-04-10 15:47:23
@MissMktr not at all. My phone hardly rings but when it does it's usually urgent
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2009-04-12 01:11:10
slept away a beautiful day. Still in bed with the laptop, wondering what to do next.
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2009-04-13 12:57:04
Monday morning already? But it's time for another nap!
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2009-04-13 14:22:00
I go through pads of grid paper surprisingly fast during a workweek
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2009-04-13 16:54:27
It smells like spring today
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2009-04-13 22:09:06
En route to #bmorehackers
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2009-04-14 20:53:47
I desperately need to start keeping a drawer of inappropriate starches at the office
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2009-04-15 18:10:24
distance from inbox zero - home: 2014, work: 4, feed reader: 193
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2009-04-15 19:14:39
my Facebook friends with 20+ mutual connections divides equally into burners and HS, with @cz2100 the only overlap:
http://is.gd/sC6H
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2009-04-15 19:26:51
my brain is trying to convince me that I could figure out this billing transaction payload if only I had a red pen to annotate my printouts
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2009-04-15 19:53:40
conservative teabag double entrendres in the news have been smacking me in the face all day
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2009-04-16 17:36:44
@BmoreMainSt Clementine is the best, their $7.50 breakfast scramble is a great way to start the day.
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2009-04-17 15:47:35
distance from inbox zero - home: 1801, work: 0, feed reader: 161
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2009-04-17 19:02:39
"Hours of scrotum-based humor. Oh my God, MSNBC is us! They're The Daily Show! What the f*ck am I supposed to do now?" -Jon Stewart
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2009-04-18 22:48:10
Anyone want to meet up for dinner? Parkville, Towson, Hampden?
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2009-04-20 13:37:47
Tip to recruiters: If you're trying to fill a position, don't call the guy on the bottom of the company totem pole. I'm busy being billable.
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2009-04-20 13:43:25
@brandonsavage They're trying to do an end-run around our HR department to get more information about the position we have open here
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2009-04-20 13:47:26
@brandonsavage And encourage more interruptions in my day? I used to be a recruiter. There's a reason why I'm a coder now: I hate people. :)
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2009-04-20 20:06:51
Join another another free and open learning Scala roundtable at the Canton ETC 2400 Boston Street @ Mon 4/20 6:30pm:
http://is.gd/twMb
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2009-04-20 20:09:26
@phil_g when did you and @haikugirl hook up? ;-)
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2009-04-20 21:16:08
my shoes are quite literally falling apart and off my feet. No time to get a new pair tonight. Guess it's church shoes or sneakers tomorrow
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2009-04-20 21:25:18
@kn0thing They only feel like they're really long. It's like... time... is just a concept... man.
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2009-04-21 03:26:02
home office + sump pump + space heater + server rack + freezer = 15 amp breaker blow. 3 minutes w/o power and I didn't even notice
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2009-04-21 13:31:46
definitely seeing the #opraheffect today in terms of followers and new arrivals
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2009-04-21 14:23:04
@EdBennett healthcare = more easily searchable/taggable. better 2.0 term
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2009-04-21 15:06:31
@marylandspca for teresa:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vees/3448451581/
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2009-04-21 15:59:09
My cats get up with the sun. The sun is rising earlier. This is a problem for me.
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2009-04-22 01:48:20
not going to Playa del Fuego this Spring. Hello NC!
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2009-04-22 01:56:00
I'm amused that folks on Schneier's blog were calling "MARBLE CAKE ALSO THE GAME" a convenient random combination of words. If only...
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2009-04-22 12:35:17
One of the cats pushed my laptop off the desk at 6am, then jumped on the bed and used my bare chest as a springboard to escape. I'm cranky.
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2009-04-22 12:41:19
RT @ikepigott Maureen Dowd would rather "be staked to a Kalahari ant bed" than be on Twitter. Can't we have BOTH?
http://tiny.cc/G0VVh
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2009-04-22 15:08:41
@technosailor What was the justification for finding you at fault?
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2009-04-23 18:10:22
@ekivemark Had a conversation with my doctor this morning about electronic PHR after he went to a DC conference. Very different perspective.
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2009-04-23 19:31:16
@BryanLiles found a great online tool for IE6 CSS compatability at
http://www.onderhond.com/tools/ie6fixer#standup
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2009-04-23 20:24:12
Every place I've worked since 1999 is a Point Breeze Credit Union member company. Pretty neat.
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2009-04-24 14:10:59
I've been hypergraphic this week. If you haven't been reading my blog lately, it's a good time to check it out:
http://epistolary.org/rob/
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2009-04-24 17:57:05
I could watch sneezing panda all day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzRH3iTQPrk
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2009-04-24 20:07:19
weekend to-do: 1. pick up bbq-type stuff, 2. get in hammock, 3. sleep and eat outside in backyard until monday morning
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2009-04-24 20:33:34
Was a ball of allergies today. Completely useless.
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2009-04-25 19:02:09
My main host appears to be down. If you need to reach me please use IM or rob@delta.vees.net. Working on it.
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2009-04-25 20:04:43
Ticket in with hosting provider. Not sure when to expect response. Never done this before. Use IM or rob@delta.vees.net if you need me.
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2009-04-25 20:27:21
@haikugirl you have to understand that we are all very protective of @phil_g around these parts :-) ... especially his wife. :-)
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2009-04-25 20:38:06
Customer support: "A customer in the same shared cabinet overdrew the power circuits in [it]." Waiting on confirmation power is restored.
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2009-04-25 20:45:01
Power restore confirm. Still no ping. Technician is going to check on physical boxes.
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2009-04-26 04:03:40
Dale remote restored about 15 min ago, everything's back to normal. Thanks for patience all around. Back to rob@vees.net for e-mail.
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2009-04-26 09:06:14
A day's worth of delayed e-mail is trickling in at odd hours.
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2009-04-26 14:35:57
87 outside, 75 inside. Tons to do. Backyard filled with life.
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2009-04-26 17:31:23
something stole the 'v' key off my external keyboard. I blame one of the cats.
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2009-04-26 17:40:23
Lawn patching in the back corner is done. Wish I had checked my watch to see how much time it took. Felt good, tho.
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2009-04-26 17:46:28
calling CQ on 20 meters as soon as my tubes warm up
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2009-04-27 13:35:04
@Jessie_Ziegler my noise on 80m was +10db. 20m was better, at S7, made 3 FL QSO party contacts. "K C question mark you're 59 PAL" - love it
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2009-04-27 13:38:16
every refresh adds over 150 brand new results for people talking about the inesway uflay (I dare not speak it's name) on twitter search.
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2009-04-27 14:04:43
@davetroy Why do you need the VZ supplied router anyway?
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2009-04-27 14:12:46
@jongaynor isn't there an NTI-style outside box that de-couples the phone? Silly not to do it there.
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2009-04-27 14:53:33
@mdith I lost another Presta valve stem again yesterday morning. I've never had a Schrader burst off in my hand. Presta, 3x.
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2009-04-27 15:18:23
@GusSent They're cheaper at Home Depot anyway
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2009-04-27 16:34:45
This makes my day:
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=inesway+uflayThanks guys :-)
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2009-04-27 21:23:11
continue to be free of inesway uflay, but have a freezer full of veggies, pantry full of cans, months of TP, and my ham radio just in case
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2009-04-27 21:36:38
on second thought, have quarantined my ham radio until further notice. Can't be too careful. They're communicative!
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2009-04-27 23:24:58
@RepDonYoung pretty sure there's no legislative exemption for ham radio licenses, except if you're the King of Jordan:
http://ow.ly/4acD
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2009-04-28 01:03:53
@HamRail I will put a plastic bag over the mic just to make sure
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2009-04-28 13:14:57
I continue to be free of the inesway uflay. Bought 240 ct loratadine yesterday. Might as well, I'll use them all before the year is out.
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2009-04-28 13:50:50
@FenianEMT What's this?
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2009-04-28 13:53:21
Distance from Inbox Zero - home: 2914, work: 0, feed reader: 464. Only 86 e-mails until I admit I have a problem.
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2009-04-28 14:03:42
One hour divorce prep class tonight 18:30 at the courthouse. Add to things I never knew existed before last month...
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2009-04-28 14:25:07
It's sad how many new twitter accounts appear to have been created for the sole purpose of trolling lies about the inesway uflay
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2009-04-28 15:07:58
@sugarfreak try the google browser
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2009-04-28 19:20:35
Plan: 17:30 leave work, 17:45 pick up cat, 18:15 drop off cat, 18:30 divorce school, 19:30 paperwork review, 20:15 yard work, 20:45 sleep
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2009-04-29 13:19:12
Does anyone know why all these big water mains are breaking in Baltimore City? I thought water main breaks mostly happened in the winter.
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2009-04-29 13:33:56
Have been popping the caps off my beer bottles all week using a tabletop and my fist. I think I have a few tiny broken bones in my hand now.
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2009-04-29 17:38:05
Am completely lethargic today. Caffeine is ineffective. Last ditch effort with high-volume techno, then maybe going to ask to go home early.
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2009-04-30 01:38:40
@EliW Just means you weren't using them hard enough
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2009-04-30 14:37:31
Laid off @baltimoresun employees invited to free month at @bhivebmore:
http://bit.ly/bhivesun
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2009-04-30 15:55:35
Got chills, lethargy, loss of appetite, and I think a headache coming on. Could this be it? Could I have the dreaded bacon lung disease?
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2009-04-30 18:40:30
After weeks of reading about "MIDs" on tech blogs, I finally found out what the acronym stands for today - Mobile Internet Device.
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2009-04-30 19:10:00
Epic win:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabiorex/3481266061/
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2009-04-30 19:18:56
Now I can't decide which makes me laugh more: "bacon lung" or "pig death."
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May
2009-05-01 15:33:21
@FenianEMT Just fixed. I realized the problem when my own feed reader started beeping incessantly.
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2009-05-02 15:15:16
safe in NJ, off to the bookstore
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2009-05-02 16:24:33
reading up on C# interfaces
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2009-05-03 16:24:22
Off to lunch with parents and grandparents in Monroe
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2009-05-03 21:22:17
Just bought plane tickets to the ALA Conference in Chicago!
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2009-05-03 23:20:53
63 mph, 12.3 mi of 168, dreary wx, light traffic
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2009-05-03 23:38:10
65 mph, 31.2 mi of 168, car talk mp3 playing
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2009-05-04 00:16:19
23 mi until nj is over
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2009-05-04 00:57:15
in md, 50 mi to go
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2009-05-04 01:27:25
Must be an accident south of me (i-95 s/b south of rt 24 exit). Traffic stopped, multiple fire + medic units responding via shoulder
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2009-05-04 01:41:24
At acc. .9 north of md 152 sedan rollover, 2 rt blocked, 2 msp on scene
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2009-05-04 03:25:55
home safe, with a to-do list as long as my arm
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2009-05-04 13:18:01
the BCPL hold system web site is not responding, so I can't make sure a copy of Neverwhere is waiting for me in Towson tonight
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2009-05-04 14:24:15
df: 99% use. sudo aptitude clean. df: 85% use.
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2009-05-05 13:28:44
Today is a Drum and Bass day. I blame yesterday's video of Beardyman at Google for getting me in that mood.
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2009-05-05 13:30:48
@tanzabear There was one on the shelf when I made the hold, so hopefully they will take that one and put it aside for me.
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2009-05-05 15:38:07
Because of our mutual Amazon gift purchases, my mom gets suggestions for tactical pistol holsters and I get "Only The Best of Tony Bennett"
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2009-05-05 20:23:01
@pseudolus pong
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2009-05-06 14:41:22
been writing code about as fast as I could type from 9 to 10:30 thanks to kickin drum and bass track. Now a brief rest to catch my breath.
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2009-05-07 15:17:43
Hot. Cranky. Tired. Blurry. I'm on the bad end of a Allegra commercial with the out-of-tune music playing backwards.
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2009-05-07 18:04:30
Boy, I most be cranky. The sound of my own breathing is annoying me.
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2009-05-08 02:49:07
Although I feel bad about kicking the cats out of the bedroom, tomorrow is too important and busy of a day for any disturbed sleep.
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2009-05-08 13:08:34
Four hours and 23 minutes to divorce.
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2009-05-08 13:25:06
Going to hit 3000 e-mails in my inbox some time today. This weekend will be something akin to an e-mail demolition derby.
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2009-05-08 13:34:47
@berkun Ah, but it is correlative Match insistent recruiter with the out-of-work friend, create project list out of 20+ disparate requests.
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2009-05-08 13:35:55
@brandonsavage Haven't done it yet, don't intend to. Worst case is I group by "From" and reply in batches with 160 character replies.
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2009-05-08 13:42:53
@edbennett All my neighbors and I trimmed our lawns in the pause between thunderstorms yesterday evening. Mower to 4" just to catch up.
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2009-05-08 14:08:16
http://isrobdivorcedyet.vees.net/
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2009-05-10 21:58:44
Home safe.
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2009-05-10 22:08:41
my SD card reader appears to be more lost than usual. May have to order another one on Amazon.
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2009-05-11 13:41:46
@davecorun welcome back to the twitterverse
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2009-05-11 13:42:05
@ralban Nice catching up with you on Friday
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2009-05-11 14:22:07
MD Delegate Jon Cardin says this weekend he and his girlfriend were both nearly run off the road on their bicycles for no reason.
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2009-05-11 14:24:53
@PhilDarnowsky SORRY TO HEAR THAT DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN JUST TURN DOWN YOUR SCREEN RESOLUTION?
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2009-05-11 15:21:56
My seasonal allergies appear to have only two settings: mildly annoying and death flu.
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2009-05-11 18:33:26
Most unusual Blackberry place: "My husband has a photo of me using my BlackBerry while in labor at GBMC." HT MD DailyRec
http://is.gd/yUxn
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2009-05-12 12:46:34
Is every road east of 83 and north of Northern a parking lot this morning?
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2009-05-12 14:04:54
It just occurred to me that in my entire 19.6 mile commute I don't pass a single gas station.
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2009-05-13 15:25:14
Looking for a good, reasonably priced gym on or around Reisterstown Road to shower at after biking into the office.
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2009-05-14 13:35:22
Damn you fetus cookies!
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2009-05-15 15:06:21
its #followfriday! @ethomasonline needs a few followers to encourage her to share her insights with the world
http://www.elissathomas.com
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2009-05-15 19:21:45
My cell phone is out of juice. Not that anybody calls me, but now you can't until 5:30pm when I charge back up in the car.
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2009-05-15 19:51:12
Curse you chaos butterfly!
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2009-05-18 14:54:10
Having trouble focusing my eyes today. Better than the usual problem, which is focusing the space behind them.
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2009-05-18 15:33:36
@mapgirlsfc That is a rather depressing article
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2009-05-18 19:18:40
@VinylFox Bandwidth is cheap and easy to manage, storage is cheap and also easy to manage, CPU is still expensive and annoyingly fickle.
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2009-05-18 19:23:52
totally roasting here in the office, can't tell if it's me or the office. Guessing me.
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2009-05-18 20:24:14
Having (good) flashback memories of parts of the Thailand trip, for no obvious reason.
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2009-05-19 01:37:03
Temperature in the upper 30s tonight out here in the 'burbs of Baltimore. It's still 69 at 9:30pm so I may not turn on the heat tonight.
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2009-05-19 03:01:05
Can I catch up with every stitch of May e-mail in the next sixty minutes? Let's find out (current inbox count: 1333).
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2009-05-19 04:00:24
Didn't get caught up with all of May's e-mail but did get the e-mail box down to 911 messages. Sadly my feed reader is beyond recovery.
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2009-05-19 16:18:27
En route to Finksburg
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2009-05-19 21:09:57
What should I barbecue tonight?
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2009-05-20 00:12:38
All messages from May are processed, leaving 746 behind. Going to get a grasp on the next week of outstanding tasks then nap.
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2009-05-20 01:41:40
Should I go to R2V in Hampden and hang out or go to sleep and be well rested for tomorrow?
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2009-05-20 02:10:11
Clipped one kitten's nails in 30 secs, no fuss. Kitten #2 had to be wrapped in a blanket, screamed I was killing him. 2 nails done, 8 to go.
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2009-05-20 02:11:48
I am like a clipping ninja. 7 nails to go.
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2009-05-20 13:33:33
Just received a spam mail with the subject of "You scratched my car." That's pure evil, right there.
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2009-05-20 16:15:34
Got a LiveJournal account and opinions about credit card fees? I've got a small poll up:
http://vees.livejournal.com/214234.html
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2009-05-21 04:24:29
Finally got around to watching "Saving Private Ryan" tonight. The older I get, the more I appreciate a good war movie.
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2009-05-22 04:46:48
Phase 1 backup drive potentially hosed. Annoying, but not horrible. Possible that I lost things I filed into '87-'06 years during '08.
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2009-05-22 05:45:06
Thought it might never happen, but a cat to cat and cat to human equilibrium appears to be established in my house again.
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2009-05-22 20:24:56
Congratulations Elissa on your Masters of Library Science degree!
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2009-05-23 01:09:11
en route to chapel hill with @phil_g, @ethomasonline, and liritsvoice
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2009-05-25 23:00:05
Found a camera memory card in the woods that belongs to a family with a white Chevy Impala NC license plate YNZ-2962.
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2009-05-26 03:41:19
Ah, civilization. A wonderful place where neither ticks, spiders, or slugs attempt to embed themselves in my clothing while I sleep.
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2009-05-26 15:16:21
Road trip to Chapel Hill was great, now really excited for the ALA conference in Chicago this July.
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2009-05-26 17:22:07
Radar map shows estimated 1.5-2" of precipitation over my neighborhood in the last 24 hours.
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2009-05-27 13:55:49
Wishing I could work over at @bhivebmore every once in a while. Reminding myself the upsides of W2 outweigh the downsides these days.
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2009-05-27 13:58:13
Yodlee's spider appears to be down, so I'll have to wait to update my net worth graph today.
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2009-05-27 15:40:24
@mapgirlsfc Yodlee makes monitoring a breeze. Easily watching all my accounts once a day mitigates any risk of security breach.
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2009-05-27 16:33:54
Do the commercials for Stephen L. Miles say "Not affiliated with any other law firm" on every screen because he left Saiontz & Kirk?
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2009-05-27 16:41:50
I want to be back on the Eno River right now.
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2009-05-27 19:31:34
The weekend was good to me: 242 messages left in inbox, 9 in work inbox. No progress on feed reader, which is way over 1000.
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2009-05-27 19:39:41
Amused that @JennyfromMTV blocked @ImmunizeCOKids. Modern day equivalent of hands over ears singing "LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU"?
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2009-05-28 13:42:49
In case of Carlson vs Comer. Judgment granting pltff an absolute divorce, etc. (signed 5/19/09). Case Status: Closed 05/27/2009.
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2009-05-28 16:26:51
Mall walkers freak me out when they change direction suddenly and in unison.
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2009-05-28 23:15:16
Just died a little inside from watching "The Vendor Client relationship"
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2009-05-29 16:52:11
Accident on RT Road at St Thomas Cr and north backed up at least a mile
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2009-05-29 16:56:24
If going to Rt 140 n of 695 take 795 to OMB instead
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2009-05-29 18:16:47
Navy-Marine Corps Military Amateur Radio Service may be sunset (unfunded and dismantled) on 9/30.
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June
2009-06-02 21:35:03
Anyone want to meet up for food between 21117 and 21234? I'll be rolling out in a few minutes with no solid plans.
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2009-06-02 21:40:54
My hair today is so crazy that @pseudolus just took a picture to post. Raise your hand if you're surprised.
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2009-06-02 21:54:50
RT @vees drum roll please..
http://twitpic.com/6hp61
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2009-06-03 01:49:26
My dinner was four strips of bacon, two hardboiled eggs, a bowl of chick pea salad, half a cantaloupe, a slice of cake, and a beer. You?
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2009-06-03 13:35:47
I'm totally disconnected today. Surfacing again at close of business. Don't do anything I wouldn't do.
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2009-06-04 13:50:55
Sleepless night. I'm vaguely cognizant of the fact I may be in my cube. Lucky today's work is just following instructions I wrote yesterday.
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2009-06-04 19:56:57
Discovered first heat warp on the MacBook Pro last night, probably from watching Hulu in bed. Pounded back into place with ball peen hammer.
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2009-06-04 20:07:33
@magurski It was an effective solution in the short term.
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2009-06-04 20:37:05
I want a nap so bad I can taste it.
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2009-06-05 14:31:47
@mrsmicah By hand-code, do you mean raw HTML?
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2009-06-05 14:34:14
@BaltimoreGal Thanks for the wecovet link, that's awesome.
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2009-06-06 14:43:03
Harford Park neighborhood Open House fair 6/6 11-2pm: 2522 Linwood Road 21234. Games, food, fun:
http://harfordpark.org/node/432
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2009-06-07 02:29:12
Caught a play and now dinner and drinks with Elissa at Rocket to Venus.
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2009-06-08 00:20:14
After 6 months of not lifting, I'm down from 90 lbs to 50 lbs on the barbells.
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2009-06-08 14:28:18
woot.com has a Asus Eee 900 with Linux for $174.99 after shipping. If you've seen how much I love my Eee, you wouldn't pass this up.
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2009-06-08 14:55:07
Scanning General Growth Properties repeater on 464.875. Can't tell whether it's CTCSS or DCS but I'll know by the end of the day either way.
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2009-06-08 15:27:22
OWINGS MILLS LTD. PARTNERSHIP repeater WPVX554. 469.875/464.875 DCS 703. 39-24-45.0 N, 076-46-50.0 W.
http://tinyurl.com/WPVX554
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2009-06-08 16:23:44
I make popping sounds when I have exceeded my RDA caffeine. So far nobody in the office has mentioned it.
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2009-06-08 20:36:41
@kyeung808 spit is a disease vector for so many things:meningitis, mononucleosis, influenza, etc.
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2009-06-09 19:53:13
One of our server room UPS units just scorched, and took out a 225 amp main circuit breaker (and power to our entire floor) on its way out.
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2009-06-09 19:57:35
Everyone in Baltimore ready for these storms?
http://is.gd/VzaJ
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2009-06-09 20:01:51
@spam natebaker_ehp
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2009-06-09 20:02:04
@natebaker_ehp Please stop spamming.
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2009-06-10 02:44:03
Office is closed until 8:30am tomorrow. Which would be great if it wasn't my usual start time. Up reading instead of working remote.
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2009-06-10 17:17:38
Power is out at the office again, doing paperwork (actual paper) and online via Eee and cell phone connection.
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2009-06-13 03:09:52
In a rather austere dorm room at Washington College in Chestertown, MD. When the sweat stops dripping off me perhaps I'll go to sleep.
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2009-06-14 02:39:58
I've seen my cats less than 1 hour in the last 62.
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2009-06-14 19:42:03
Passing thru DC in an hour or so, anyone want to hang out? Email or call!
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2009-06-14 21:33:19
Reading in the park
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2009-06-15 02:44:44
MS Walk weekends are always action-packed.
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2009-06-15 13:34:48
Back in cube, computer screen and pad of grid paper, like my weekend minus a radio. At least I go home to a queen sized bed and not a dorm.
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2009-06-15 13:54:19
My back still hurts from this weekend, and it's not like I rode 150 miles on a bike like a lot of the folks there. I just sat and talked.
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2009-06-15 15:33:56
Have pretty effectively switched to cash. Credit card bill this month less than $315: all gas, scheduled payments, and online shopping.
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2009-06-15 17:40:21
Lack of sleep is becoming a problem. Cats and comforter conspired to keep me awake and overheated last night. Remediation begins tonight.
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2009-06-15 20:35:00
Currently reading: It's Hard to Make a Difference When You Can't Find Your Keys by Marilyn Paul
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2009-06-16 14:48:03
@BCoExJimSmith Thanks for the follow and welcome to Twitter!
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2009-06-16 15:03:10
Just got handed business cards with "Robert Carlson" on the top. Last time I went by Robert was 1992. So much for identity management...
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2009-06-16 15:20:27
@PhilDarnowsky They're those things you scribble notes to yourself on when you don't have any other paper available.
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2009-06-17 00:55:13
Successfully finished a major step in a new work project from home after hours. While very satisfying, it is encouraging bad habits.
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2009-06-17 15:03:55
Caution: Irritable vees.
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2009-06-17 18:56:47
@HamRail Yes, I can't deny this at all.
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2009-06-19 14:16:41
Worst morning coffee ever. Wishing I were at HealthCampMD. One of these days I'll get my act together.
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2009-06-19 16:06:39
Its noon on Friday and I still have 6.25 hours left in my workweek, and a busy weekend. Can I catch a break? Please?
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2009-06-19 17:40:20
Can't get into YahooIM from Pigdin? Change your Pager Server to 66.163.181.166 or 66.163.181.173 (HT
http://tinyurl.com/8mrs74)
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2009-06-19 20:20:57
Watered down gas in Baltimore, via Consumerist:
http://www.wbaltv.com/money/19771014/detail.html
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2009-06-19 21:40:30
Hey ham folks, what's the best Field Day in the DC area for a newbie?
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2009-06-20 01:10:59
Something between my laptop and Speakeasy DC POP is dropping 3 out of 4 packets I send. Speakeasy says no network issues. Not happy.
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2009-06-20 02:28:11
Internet problems were in a rats nest of twisted telephone cable in the basement. DSL now home-run. Punch down gets installed next week.
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2009-06-20 02:34:20
@micahjgates yeah and its on northern district too if you want to listen
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2009-06-20 02:35:16
@nacks42 Checked in on the network status page, saw no issues, knew it was in my house, which made me cranky. Confirmed by fixing it.
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2009-06-20 13:23:30
At #bcbmore, folks picking sessions from piles of paper we made before the offical conference start.
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2009-06-20 13:28:51
@JessieX I saw you walk in but you didn't wave back :-)
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2009-06-20 13:29:28
I'm the guy who suggested Neighborhood Relationship Management - I have to leave by 12pm so has to be early session #bcbmore
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2009-06-20 13:37:04
Anyone still use IRC? Join the #bcbmore channel on irc.freenode.net. Also if anyone wants to start a Jabber group...
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2009-06-20 13:49:54
@bryanl your prize is a kick in the ass
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2009-06-20 14:31:33
@phil_g See you here soon!
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2009-06-20 14:37:12
Need another cup of coffee. There's a cartoon with a giant penis-shaped hat on the projector right now at #bcbmore
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2009-06-20 14:55:47
Future of Journalism tied with Green Capital and Car Share -- trying to decide which is more relevant to me right now #bcbmore
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2009-06-20 14:57:01
Neighborhood Relation Management session 11:30 in 2pm but I have stuff competition / connecting 1000 homes or fewer - come out! #bcbmore
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2009-06-20 15:10:06
Seems the future of journalism looks like the full life cycle of pharmaceuticals development and marketing. Waiting my turn to talk #bcbmore
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2009-06-20 15:16:55
Voting with my feet over to catch the tail end of green social capital #bcbmore
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2009-06-20 15:35:15
Neighborhood Relation Management session 11:30 in room 2p / connecting 1000 homes or fewer / what to offer - come out! #bcbmore
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2009-06-20 16:08:19
The discussion of how to reach neighbors by their goals is yielding fantastic change of perspective for me (room 2) #bcbmore
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2009-06-20 17:18:18
Thanks to everyone who came to my breakout! Sad to leave #bcbmore early, looking forward to next year. On I-95 headed north...
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2009-06-20 18:07:57
@GusSent Have one for me
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2009-06-20 18:32:22
73 of 138 mi - cresting Delaware Mem Bridge eta 1540
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2009-06-20 18:58:37
At Harrison House diner untersection of Rt 322
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2009-06-21 15:57:59
Lovely morning having pancakes with my grandparents in NJ and typing up notes from BarCamp neighborhood roundtable yesterday. #bcbmore
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2009-06-22 02:12:05
Successfully created two sacred (devoted to a single purpose) spaces in my house tonight: medicine cabinet and kitchen shelves. More soon.
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2009-06-22 03:11:19
Somehow I have acquired enough feminine products in my medicine cabinet over the years to soak up the Loch Raven Reservoir
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2009-06-22 14:47:35
Why do so many cool events always converge on a single evening? I think I've got tonight planned out finally.
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2009-06-22 16:33:23
The Baltimore County library server kcweb.bcpl.lib.md.us is infuriatingly slow on a regular basis.
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2009-06-22 18:08:42
"Crank [the movie] is the thinking man's Crank 2." -Tom O'Reilly
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2009-06-22 20:49:34
Got 3 remote power outlets, green laser pointer, USB to IDE/SATA adapter, 30GB laptop drive, 750GB desktop drive for $143 shipped. I'm :-)
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2009-06-23 14:44:31
Personal branding continues. Ordered 500 3.5x2" vinyl stickers to give out at ALA Conference and others:
http://vees.net/~rob/newcard.png
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2009-06-23 14:48:24
@ralban @micahjgates geeks.com
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2009-06-23 20:43:24
Seems like a nice day to take a bike ride to the library after work.
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2009-06-23 20:44:13
@sunrisedesign Full link and tracklist at
http://bit.ly/D2YsT
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2009-06-23 22:21:22
Anyone want to meet at Overlea Station bar on Belair for a Boh for the Fullerton Fireworks tonight around 7:30? Hit me up here or cell.
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2009-06-24 18:32:56
My house is getting clean and organized, been reading a book a week, eating right, being social, working hard. Elissa is a good influence!
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2009-06-25 02:15:51
It would have been nice to be asleep an hour ago, but I will settle for now. Somehow I wonder if even that's optimistic.
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2009-06-25 13:13:28
Today seems like it's going to be a very pleasant day.
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2009-06-25 20:09:35
Been quietly ignoring the signs that I might be getting ill today, but I have the feeling now I will be laid up before the evening is out.
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2009-06-25 22:33:07
If I say #ignitebaltimore it shows up on the big screen. Hi everybody!
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2009-06-25 22:50:15
At #ib3 in red shirt middle of audience with @dave_hammond. Say hi!
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2009-06-25 23:23:46
Session 1 take away: Roy likes goat porn. And he's having fun. #ib3
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2009-06-25 23:26:01
Session 2 take away: Dorkbot is an awesome concept but Joe may not have solid it to everyone here. #ib3
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2009-06-25 23:29:59
Session 3 take away: Steve says if you live in Maryland you should quit your job and start a new company. #ib3
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2009-06-25 23:32:41
Is Twitter search slow to update because MJ is (allegedly) dead?
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2009-06-25 23:36:03
Session 4 take away: J.M. says Gutter the only local magazine at the MICA Intern Fair. #ib3
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2009-06-25 23:41:41
Session 5 take away: Easedropping Debra found "the elevator...useful only for weather reports."
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2009-06-25 23:42:38
Session 5 take away: Easedropping Debra found "the elevator...useful only for weather reports." #ib3
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2009-06-25 23:47:37
Session 6 take away: Sergey, Patti can fix Google for you. She says so. #ib3
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2009-06-25 23:53:30
Session 7 take away: If Baltimore was a forest, we could have never filmed The Wire here. #ib3
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2009-06-25 23:58:37
Session 8 take away: Tea bags are filled with dust. Eschew them. Steep in a teapot. #ib3
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2009-06-26 00:37:48
Session #9 take away: BarCamp branded sport car demographic served. Serve freedom fighters, kids, puppies, aged. #ib3
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2009-06-26 00:42:35
Session #10 take away: Crowd sourced and designed financial risk calculator hosted apps exist. #ib3
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2009-06-26 00:50:08
Session 11 take away: Your Twitter feed should be real. Your passion is you. #ib3
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2009-06-26 00:53:25
Session 12 take away: Utility curves unite fields of study. Generalism saves the planet. #ib3
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2009-06-26 00:54:30
Woo, indeed. #ib3
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2009-06-26 01:00:01
Session 13 take away: Multi-spectral imaging - stack some dots and write algorithms like a cookie recipe. #ib3
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2009-06-26 01:06:10
Session 14 take away: Life is now. Stop moving and you might find your head on a wall. #ib3
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2009-06-26 03:20:43
To prepare for the distribution of my nifty new stickers, tonight I deployed a new front page of
http://vees.net/Feedback welcome!
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2009-06-26 13:06:06
No sleep last night. I feel a little odd this morning.
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2009-06-26 13:20:56
Ignite Balitmore #3 summary:
http://epistolary.org/6946.html#ib3
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2009-06-26 13:57:04
@dave_hammond nice to meet you last night
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2009-06-26 14:32:44
@technosailor But somehow Bruce Schneier agrees with him
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2009-06-26 14:52:12
"The Smog Blog" at UMBC says Ozone levels reached up to Unhealthy (code red) in Baltimore, MD.
http://alg.umbc.edu/usaq/archives/003394.html
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2009-06-26 15:31:15
RT @gfitzp I would hope that this means that the House of Reps also have held a moment of silence each time one of our soldiers is killed.
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2009-06-26 15:53:31
No cell phone today: Ran out of battery last night and forgot to recharge.
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2009-06-26 17:52:26
My custom printed 123stickers.com will arrive before geeks.com can throw some hardware into a box and mail it. Ordered both the same day.
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2009-06-26 23:42:18
@caseymultimedia I have the same problem. It's because they're trying to architect things in PHP, which is an oxymoron. :-)
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2009-06-27 00:45:41
Both cats are fixated on the same bird outside, but are sitting in different windows across the room from each other. Very amusing.
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2009-06-27 01:55:30
Tomorrow's plan: Sleep in, write a plan for this week and next month. Good night all!
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2009-06-27 02:56:37
Haven't listened to the scanner in a while. Signal quality better. Police and fire dealing with early fireworks.
http://delta.vees.net:8000/
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2009-06-27 09:30:20
House fire at 2909 Linganore Av (2 blocks from me) on the scanner, fire two sides and the roof:
http://delta.vees.net:8000/
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2009-06-27 14:31:04
My 123stickers.com order is in Medford, OR, my geeks.com order is in Memphis, TN. It's a race to the finish line! Who will win?
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2009-06-27 17:30:52
Ready for 1D class Field Day operation in 30 minutes. I am feeling so lazy today.
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2009-06-29 13:47:01
It's 9:46 and nobody has turned on the lights in our cube area yet. Only natural light and LCD glow. This makes me very very happy.
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2009-06-29 14:53:38
Planned Parenthood protested CVS locking condoms in glass cases. Poor use of PR resources. My local CVS is one of few stores not locked.
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2009-06-29 15:37:00
Loving my new shoes. Been wearing ill-fitting sneakers every day for the last few weeks because I haven't had time to go shopping.
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2009-06-29 17:03:25
Madoff gets 150 years, applause as judge announces sentence (Reuters) HT Rolfe Winkler
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2009-06-30 02:32:20
Large nondescript but very healthy lunch prepared for tomorrow. Turning in for the night but many random things batting around in my head.
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2009-06-30 03:54:58
@StuForCVS Yes - out of all drug and grocery stores in my area CVS is one of few with unlocked condoms, so not sure why PP so upset.
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2009-06-30 04:34:31
Helicopter circling nearby, can't tell if it's Air or Foxtrot. Sounds south of me so I'll bet on the city bird.
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2009-06-30 17:54:52
New toys:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vees/3675233865/
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2009-06-30 17:56:06
@jurph Our BaltCo community officer says he can tell the difference. Foxtrot has a whine that Air doesn't, I guess the type of copter.
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2009-06-30 22:42:00
This green laser is sort of amazing.
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July
2009-07-01 01:26:27
Rain has been causing my DSL line to drop out. Neighbors tell me Verizon's solution to Covad/DSL problems is "upgrade to FIOS." No thanks.
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2009-07-01 03:06:46
I really have no rubber bands anywhere in the house. It seems odd, but I guess it's not.
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2009-07-01 03:10:59
Internet masses! Entertain me!
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2009-07-01 14:14:01
My Facebook home page is an explosion of pictures of tiny infants, belly pics, and sonograms. My age demographic has officially reproduced.
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2009-07-01 14:31:39
@PhilDarnowsky @disappearinjon AIN'T what sheusedtabe, AIN'T what sheusedtabe, AIN'T what sheusedtabe...
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2009-07-01 14:51:07
@MegMcKeever You have an em dash on your keyboard?
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2009-07-01 20:55:51
If you'd like a vees.net sticker of your own, send me your info. Here are some in odd places:
http://vees.net/~rob/sticker/
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2009-07-01 22:21:13
At the Chesapeake Challenge Wrap-Up Committee Meeting in 21117.
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2009-07-02 03:29:37
On police scanner: "Subject is on her way home to her parents. She's highly intoxicated. (background) No I'm not!" LOL.
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2009-07-02 19:11:00
Headed to @redemmas this evening for a while tonight to hang out. Stop by if you're busy.
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2009-07-02 19:32:15
Headed to @redemmas this evening for a while tonight to hang out. Stop by if you're not busy. (correction to last status, thanks @pseudolus)
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2009-07-02 22:53:27
At the wtmd first thursday thing. Are you?
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2009-07-03 15:56:19
RT @mrmatt57: Ruby Tuesday @ the OMM is closed... They are pulling all the crap off the walls.
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2009-07-05 00:41:31
In Carney for fourth party
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2009-07-05 04:29:14
I haven't heard a train whistle from my house in eight years. Why do I hear one tonight?
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2009-07-05 16:51:09
Found my SmarTrip card in one of my many boxes. Now trying to make a little sense of the resultant clutter.
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2009-07-05 22:48:14
At Artomatic
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2009-07-06 00:11:40
In Chinatown
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2009-07-06 01:33:22
On platform to green line
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2009-07-06 02:53:10
Home safe, good night all
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2009-07-06 14:44:43
Why did I wear a heavy long-sleeve shirt today? I'm boiling up, and it's only going to get hotter outside.
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2009-07-06 21:02:26
Making sweeping changes to message queue management throughout solution in just 3 places. I <3 class inheritance.
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2009-07-06 22:09:25
Nice list of things to do at home today in the remaining 3 hours of sunlight. Looking forward to paring my list down to something decent.
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2009-07-07 01:50:24
My JM20338 USB to SATA drive confused me because the the device has no description, so it just shows up as ID 152d:2338 in lsusb.
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2009-07-07 02:10:26
I fear that a USB to SATA might not have the speed and stamina to partition and properly format a 750 GB drive.
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2009-07-07 02:24:12
Just exceeded 1TB in connected storage on my laptop. I know that's old hat to some of you, but it's pretty nifty to me.
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2009-07-07 02:29:52
Backup plan complexity grows exponentially with the number of disks involved, but at least I have 2x local and 1x offsite of everything now.
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2009-07-07 14:51:38
@ralban I would only use the cloud to clone backups anyway, so anything that I can find a API map to rsync would be sufficient.
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2009-07-07 20:43:51
THE PHP IS MELTING MY BRAIN
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2009-07-08 14:38:01
VLC media player 1.0.0 released. Finally supports playlist shuffle on Win32.
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2009-07-08 18:05:24
Trying to figure out if there's a hashtag for the 2009 ALA Conference. I'll go with #ala2009 until someone tells me different.
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2009-07-08 18:19:40
@TaraLSF Just found the page, which is how I found you and others. Hope to make contact this weekend at #ala2009 with fellow tweeps.
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2009-07-08 18:24:21
Definitely going to have to carry the MBP around at #ala2009. Eee is nice but 7" screen not great for processing a LOT of info very rapidly.
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2009-07-08 18:29:32
RT @MDSHA: Two right lanes still blocked with tanker crash SB I-95 south of MD 216. Off-load of vegetable oil from truck continues.
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2009-07-08 18:59:15
Added listed ALA 2009 bloggers, and RSS feeds for #ala2009 tag on Twitter, Delicious and Flickr to my Google Reader.
http://ow.ly/gNMq
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2009-07-09 03:21:35
@bookgrrl I went through the Artomatic 7th floor pretty thoroughly but I must have missed your stuff. Where will you be at #ala2009?
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2009-07-09 14:25:24
@bookgrrl Is that the one with the puzzles hidden in other installations?
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2009-07-09 21:41:53
Through the BWI checkpoint. Got randomly millimeter scanned. Somewhere there is a digital picture of my privates on file.
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2009-07-09 22:25:17
Were super conservative about our travel schedule today, and were through the checkpoint by 5:25 for 7:31 flight. Good start to our #ala2009
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2009-07-10 01:19:07
Arrived safely at ORD with @ethomasonline for #ala2009
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2009-07-10 05:34:51
@pseudolus I slept in so that I could be up this late today. Didn't want to try to work a whole day and then get packing etc. done.
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2009-07-10 14:14:57
Having breakfast at Cindy's place, sharing my phone internet over wifi so she can play on Facebook too. Touring Chicago in a few.
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2009-07-10 15:33:03
@library_chan We never really look at our Macs the same way once we get them home. In the store its lovingly from every angle.
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2009-07-10 17:40:47
Does anyone know the hours for the main registration desk? I'm mobile and don't have the best access to the ALA site. #ala2009
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2009-07-10 19:36:41
Thanks to everyone for helping out with the information, especially Lizard, @pseudolus, and @HamRail. The @alaannual person answered quick.
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2009-07-10 19:42:38
Arrived at #ala2009, got all registered and now resting in comfy chairs on the 2nd floor and watching folks process their materials.
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2009-07-10 20:01:49
Headed down to the exhibit floor with @ethomasonline making beeline to Alternative Press Center table. Then snacks? I hope so. #ala2009
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2009-07-10 20:14:37
Oops turned away at gate by security so en route to #unala2009
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2009-07-10 22:15:18
Sitting in a lovely green space off of michigan av then to a #3 bus to take us to tapas
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2009-07-10 22:18:56
Chicago is beautiful. Baltimore can suck it.
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2009-07-11 01:44:16
Met @griffey, @librarianbyday and @brewinlibrarian at #unala2009. Apologies to @megcanada for just jacking in without introducing myself.
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2009-07-11 15:02:09
Having a leisurely breakfast and then off to Open Knowledge Commons at 10:30. @ethomasonline is off to Connecting w/ First Year. #ala2009
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2009-07-11 15:07:15
@abbylibrarian Is John Green doing an author signing? Where is he? #ala2009
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2009-07-11 15:14:39
@riotxjess Are you going to post your list of awesome booths on your blog? I'd like to see it. #ala2009
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2009-07-11 15:17:58
Shared my #ALA2009 "information fire hose" of blog RSS, Twitter feeds, Flickr, Delicious, etc. at
http://ow.ly/h2m0- suggestions welcome!
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2009-07-11 15:34:21
Anyone else in Open Knowledge Commons (W-179) right now? #ala2009
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2009-07-11 15:55:25
Open Knowledge Commons not compelling. Narrated Power Point does not add value. Could get this out of a blog post. #ala2009
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2009-07-11 16:02:49
Moved to Metadata Workflows workshop. Looking forward to hand-out with URL list. XML code and standards going by at high speed. #ala2009
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2009-07-11 16:19:12
Thrilled by metadata workflow workshop. Reminded of Ch. 12 of Limoncelli's Time Management book.
http://ow.ly/h2tz#ala2009
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2009-07-11 17:49:43
Sushi at Tamarind outside the Chicago Hilton. $9 lunch specials. Stay tuned for review. #ala2009
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2009-07-11 17:56:35
@Autumnrunner Thanks for endorsement of Tamarind, we're there now enjoying a noodle bowl, curry, and strawberry smoothie. #ala2009
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2009-07-11 17:58:41
Women's room - line out the door. Men's room - just me. Librarian demographics much? #ala2009
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2009-07-11 19:03:40
Late to Secret Life of Data but already looks interesting. Anyone else in this session? #ala2009
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2009-07-11 19:18:14
Haven't used a shuttle bus since we got here. Working our way between MCP and Hilton via #3 bus with a 7 day pass. Fast and easy. #ala2009
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2009-07-11 19:21:02
@griffey Would have been good to pipe an API over to the @alasecrets account. Passwords are an unlimited access.
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2009-07-11 19:23:14
@eligerman We bought ours at ORD, there was a 3 and 7 day pass machine at the entrance to the blue line. Don't know where else. #ala2009
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2009-07-11 19:23:45
@wickedlibrarian There's a twitter tag for badges? Let me know when you find out.
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2009-07-11 19:36:52
@Sigafoos I was not aware of the 6 mo SSN verification thing.
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2009-07-11 21:42:56
Walked into "Disengaging Talking Patron" late and hit a big wall of angst. Seems woman at microphone just hates all patrons. #ala2009
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2009-07-11 21:45:33
"I think many of our talkative patrons have some sort of mental illness." Even suicide hotline callers only get one call per day. #ala2009
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2009-07-11 21:50:33
@JessieX the #ala2009 is the American Library Association 2009 Annual Conference, where I am with with @ethomasonline
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2009-07-11 21:51:50
Any twitter folks at #ala2009 I haven't met yet want to meet up this weekend? Drinks or dinner? Especially Baltimore/DC folks!
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2009-07-12 03:26:18
Book cart drill team nothing, need to see a #totebag vs. Pampered Chef throwdown. Also, I miss @alasecrets. She stole my heart. #ala2009
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2009-07-12 04:02:18
@capin Had exact same thought on the restrooms earlier today.
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2009-07-12 04:16:24
Caught up on all #ala2009 RSS feeds, now to process my outlines, handouts, pictures, notes from 3 days of travel and sessions to blog posts.
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2009-07-12 09:42:56
Either drunk or crazy guy pushing every doorbell in condo complex at 4am to try to get door or gate.
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2009-07-12 16:08:02
@wawoodworth Are you going to share your list?
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2009-07-12 16:31:56
At Preparing To Teach seminar, which is getting more interactive by the minute. Very happy about that. Doing voice exercises now. #ala2009
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2009-07-12 16:40:19
If anyone felt like they didn't get enough conference swag and want a vees.net sticker just find me at MCP today. #ala2009 #personalbranding
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2009-07-12 16:42:51
ALA tweetup lunch? Reply if you're interested in meeting up around 12:00 and finding something good to eat and meet in person. #ala2009
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2009-07-12 16:53:39
RT @thezenbrarian: Top 25 websites for teaching and learning
http://ala.org/aasl/bestlist/#ala2009
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2009-07-12 16:56:58
@agrundmann Thanks for privacy quote. Which session was this? Are there notes/handouts? #ala2009
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2009-07-12 17:57:37
Does anyone know where the Espresso Book Printer exhibit is? #ala2009 #lazyweb
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2009-07-12 18:06:20
Found it! RT @OnDemandBooks: The Espresso Book Machine is at ALA in Chicago, Ingram booth #2446. We are printing books, come see us!!!!
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2009-07-12 18:38:42
In Documenting Tragedy seminar (184W). Interesting thoughts on collecting oral history and archives of unfortunate events. #ala2009
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2009-07-12 18:50:57
@gwen17 Also in that session, feel bad for Tamara K. She must not be a regular speaker by how hard her hands are shaking.
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2009-07-12 19:15:33
@gwen17 Did you get any handouts/materials from prison library session? Also, where are you sitting?
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2009-07-12 20:58:13
Third row back corner of book cart drill team, it's filling up in here fast. Tiered seating would help, but got a good view. #ala2009
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2009-07-12 21:16:45
University of Pittsburgh team had me laughing to tears with their gold skirts on the book carts and Elvis impersonations. #ala2009
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2009-07-12 21:46:37
@paulapoundstone Apparently you have been reading @alasecrets
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2009-07-13 15:24:13
Snark cat is judging you
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vees/3717233634/#totebag #ala2009
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2009-07-13 20:25:21
In the LITA Open Source Software IG at the Palmer House Hilton. 3 people here, 6 minutes to start. Might be a cozy discussion. #ala2009
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2009-07-13 20:36:19
K.G. Schneider is new Open Source IG chair by virtue of hand raising. #ala2009
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2009-07-13 21:07:46
RT @VinylFox: just when I start to become complacent with the fact that I live in Baltimore, they find a body two blocks away from my house
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2009-07-13 22:21:50
Blue line to ORD to BWI
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2009-07-13 23:52:04
Boarded UA730
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2009-07-14 01:46:33
Arrived safe BWI
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2009-07-14 03:56:59
Both looking forward to and dreading the processing of my notes and collected handouts into a coherent blog post this week. #ala2009
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2009-07-14 13:13:59
Back at my cube reviewing notes to remember what point I left all my projects.
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2009-07-14 14:22:48
@TheSexist I have access to the protected @alasecrets entries somehow, so I made a PDF printout of all 114 if anyone wants them. #totebag
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2009-07-14 19:51:19
Nothing on the schedule for tonight, which is a HUGE relief. Tonight I'm going to make a burger, relax with a beer, and maybe sort laundry.
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2009-07-14 23:01:09
About to head out on the NCR trail from Paper Mill road with @chelandria. Nice end to the day.
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2009-07-15 04:35:29
Dinner of grilled Tilapia, rice, corn on the cob, blueberries, and a shot of spiced rum. Now crashing with cuddly cats.
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2009-07-15 16:26:25
Agonizing morning. I've got whatever Elissa's got, except my body is dealing with it slightly better (ie. I'm on my feet).
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2009-07-15 16:32:58
Accidentally picked up a Diet Mountain Dew. This day could get more annoying, but it's close to the max.
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2009-07-15 16:37:10
Enjoying 538's Dance Department #177. Nice smooth bass backed track with 8 bit influences to start the podcast.
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2009-07-15 19:00:55
Usually the mouse pointer built into my keyboard is sufficient, but I keep the trackball in a desk drawer for cut and paste days like this.
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2009-07-15 19:05:13
Sad:RT @baltimoresun: Wild pony struck and killed on Assateague Island.
http://tr.im/suEG
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2009-07-15 23:41:23
Documentation written today: 18 pages, 3,525 words.
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2009-07-16 14:06:22
People who pretend to be experts in computer security drive me nuts when it's obvious they know only what the nightly news has told them.
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2009-07-16 15:13:16
Roomba very effectively cleaned my bedroom last night. Add in clean sheets and subtract cats and it was the most peaceful night in weeks.
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2009-07-16 16:22:47
Panorama view of the ALA Conference exhibition hall left side #ala2009
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vees/3727151140/sizes/l/
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2009-07-16 16:26:43
Panorama of ALA Conference exhibition hall without cropping
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vees/3726346801/sizes/l/#ala2009
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2009-07-16 18:40:34
Jessica Keller: "typical gateway corridor...Harford Road...carries approximately 20,000 vehicle trips in a 24-hour period"
http://ow.ly/hsmI
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2009-07-16 21:12:51
Can I hit 10,000 words of documentation by the time I leave the office today? Lets find out! (3,019 to go!)
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2009-07-16 23:39:30
My charmed life: 52 mph in 35 mph = written warning for speed plus county equipment repair order for my broken (since 2001) right mirror.
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2009-07-17 01:42:11
Geniuses across the street just threw an aerosol can into a fire pit. Huge explosion followed by "OH F*CK" and screaming. Nobody injured.
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2009-07-17 03:42:52
Anyone know where to get a cheap replacement mirror for a 2001 Civic EX? I'd rather do this as cheap as possible. Color not an issue. :-)
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2009-07-17 03:47:25
Got pulled over by Baltimore County police on way to the BC library for a book about BC history en route to my BC neighborhood meeting. o_O
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2009-07-17 14:17:14
@slmcdanold I renewed mine yesterday so I could post the panorama pictures ASAP. At $25/yr its a bargain at twice the price.
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2009-07-17 14:17:24
RT @laureneh: It's Block Friday, baby! R U an Internet marketer who cn teach me how 2 B successful & harness the power of the Web? Blocked.
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2009-07-17 14:18:54
Looks like my weekend will include a trip to Crazy Ray's. Anyone up for an expedition this weekend? I've got tools!
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2009-07-17 15:08:34
@sarahdentan Thanks for the link
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2009-07-17 15:43:05
I never thought I'd see a tweet from @alaannual containing both #totebag and #nopants hashtags.
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2009-07-17 16:02:26
Everyone should #followalibrarian, such as @ethomasonline, @jodyth, @datag, @kgs, @gwen17, @wickedlibrarian, @wawoodworth and @taralsf
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2009-07-17 16:11:00
Insurance all paid up for the year. I love the coincidence of having a little extra in checking when the annual payment comes due.
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2009-07-17 17:10:23
Big thunderstorm churning its way past west of Richmond, en route to Baltimore/DC. Looks like a good one.
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2009-07-17 17:26:21
Time to hang a big do not disturb sign around my neck and tune out the world.
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2009-07-17 18:39:03
@keithwozniak Could you send me details on the wordpress spam database entries? Working on same problem.
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2009-07-17 19:28:28
@keithwozniak Found the hack off of the Akismet plugin, there were .readme.php.old files and other stuff linked as plugins.
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2009-07-17 21:20:01
@keithwozniak Send me an e-mail at rob@vees.net I will send you some information. Also will have a blog post re this soon.
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2009-07-18 01:01:01
Note today from Chase extending my monthly VISA payment due date by 5 days even while finance bloggers in chorus that opposite is happening.
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2009-07-18 01:17:42
Service manual for my car says the mirror assembly is so easy to replace I can do it with a flat-head screwdriver and a socket wrench!
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2009-07-18 01:23:18
Last call! Who wants to go to Crazy Ray's scrapyard tomorrow with me? I'll pay your way ($1) and buy you lunch for lending me your eyes.
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2009-07-18 02:06:41
KB2GSD SK
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2009-07-18 20:04:00
Need to borrow a dremel and grinding bit if anyone has one.
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2009-07-19 06:06:38
Life constantly reminds me that tomorrow is not required to have anything in common with today. While sometimes disconcerting, I don't mind.
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2009-07-19 16:18:02
Am I the only person who owns a cat who can fall off a desk and get tangled up in wires behind it? I thought all cats had finesse and grace.
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2009-07-19 19:28:53
Burned myself out this weekend, now just prepping for tomorrow.
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2009-07-19 22:55:09
Outside Penn Station watching belly dancers at Artscape
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2009-07-20 01:04:07
I suppose this weekend could have gone worse. At least I got some good bicycling in both days, and was social with the neighbors.
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2009-07-20 13:09:35
Glad I'm good at technical writing because I've been doing an awful lot of it lately.
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2009-07-20 14:53:43
@croma01 Fewer mountain lions.
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2009-07-21 02:10:23
Lovely night. Now I crash.
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2009-07-21 13:43:46
@bookletting Did that really deserve a hashtag?
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2009-07-21 14:41:25
Trying to figure out how to get back into "the zone" while daydreaming about upcoming travel, biking, kayaking, sun and ocean waves.
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2009-07-22 00:03:52
At 7.5 miles north of Monkton on NCR trail now headed back
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2009-07-22 01:58:04
Finished 15.08 miles on the NCR with @chelandria with different scenery than usual. Now chicken, rice, and grapefruit dinner - then sleep.
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2009-07-22 02:59:37
Damn it @elvestinkle, you just made me lose The Game.
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2009-07-22 13:28:00
Programmer needs Dew badly.
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2009-07-22 13:51:21
Searching for J.G. Ballard books and the book "The butt : an exit strategy" by Will Self shows up in results. Now I can't stop snickering.
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2009-07-22 15:13:48
Vanity Fair proofs Sarah Palin's resignation letter for publication, and warms my heart:
http://ow.ly/hTIW
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2009-07-22 18:26:44
My cats did not whine at the bedroom door this morning. Why? The 20lb food bucket was on its side and two cats were happily munching away.
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2009-07-22 18:39:28
VNV Nation alleged douchebaggery:
http://bit.ly/uloFn
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2009-07-22 18:52:42
@sandrasays I'd like to see your notes from the social media failure session.
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2009-07-22 18:55:23
RT @mdith: Crazy flooding at N. Charles & Mount Royal!
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2009-07-22 19:14:13
@tbridge Google Reader all the way.
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2009-07-23 15:17:54
Only a few weeks from full repayment of my home equity line. After that my only outstanding debt will be my mortgage.
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2009-07-23 19:51:33
Tonight's exercise: Visualize goals for house.
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2009-07-23 20:37:58
@mrmatt57 I'm the station not the train.
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2009-07-24 03:19:53
In my spare time I go to classes called "Emergency Communicator", and take notes for all of you to enjoy:
http://epistolary.org/6961.html
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2009-07-24 17:39:49
Stickers are old hat. This is my next round of personal branding tools:
http://www.straytats.com/
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2009-07-24 18:41:21
@dave_hammond I mailed it weeks ago.
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2009-07-24 23:52:43
How in this whole house can I not have any superglue?
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2009-07-25 01:22:15
Super Glue is no joke.
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2009-07-25 04:54:49
Bad news for those trying to beat the procrastination habit: You will fail. Often.
http://epistolary.org/6962.html
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2009-07-25 14:25:04
Waiting for the epoxy on my car mirror to set, then off to the police station for a inspection.
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2009-07-25 16:28:51
Mirror fixed and inspected: Total cost is $16 for mirror and entrance to Crazy Ray's, $5.29 for epoxy, and recycled stamp. Total: $21.29.
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2009-07-25 16:53:50
Want to work in my department? New Senior Web Dev position just posted 7/22:
http://ow.ly/ibl7
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2009-07-25 18:48:02
Went to pick up my laser mouse to find I had securely super glued it to the table last night. Oops.
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2009-07-25 20:39:44
Jersey Turnpike northbound is crawling at exit 7.
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2009-07-26 02:39:28
Wireless router at my parent's house is infuriatingly fickle, suffers a spiraling signal death after a few hours of heavy (my) use.
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2009-07-26 02:45:48
Definitely a certain irony to the trouble I'm having categorizing the massive amounts of information I bookmarked during #ALA2009.
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2009-07-27 12:28:42
@mapgirlsfc I have nothing to do with Otakon, never have. Try @phil_g.
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2009-07-27 12:29:12
Cranking out reports and code, looking forward to CopyNight DC at ALA tonight.
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2009-07-27 14:27:09
I need to get a spare SmarTrip card to keep in the car. I guess tonight will be as good a time as any to purchase it, since I forgot mine.
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2009-07-27 15:14:50
Today's headlines: "Woman Killed With Samurai Sword" and "3 killed in street sweeper accident." Are we all suddenly in Kill Bill 3?
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2009-07-27 22:04:08
En route to CopyNight DC, making good time so far
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2009-07-27 22:55:39
At CopyNight DC in the ALA buildings. Walls covered in reading-themed posters and art.
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2009-07-27 23:55:00
Fascinating discussion on traditional knowledge versus patents and copyrights.
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2009-07-28 00:32:58
In Dupont Circle for a little while. Call or direct message to hang out.
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2009-07-28 13:54:37
RT @sugarfreak: Kindlenfreude - unexpected joy when hearing bad news about the Kindle
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2009-07-28 14:22:00
Got my Google Voice number. I can now be reached at 540-999-VEES
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2009-07-28 16:19:46
Hello to @DistractedLib, @Baelen, @ubiquity75, @Sarterus, @cmdln, @tvol, @oitp, and @digitalhumanist, who I saw at #copynightdc last night.
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2009-07-28 16:21:38
@marshallk I did the exact same thing yesterday. Is a pint generally considered too much?
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2009-07-28 17:21:08
If the cats let me sleep in, it always means they have discovered or unlocked a food source. This is never a good thing.
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2009-07-28 18:23:21
@oneeyedcarmen already changed password. stupid phishers.
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2009-07-28 18:28:41
RT @spam: If you gave your login and password info to TwitViewer, we strongly suggest you change your password now. Thanks!
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2009-07-28 19:40:21
Firefighter shoots at bicyclist and kid for riding on a busy road. Helmet eats bullet, rider ok. FF arrested, $500k bail:
http://ow.ly/iqpv
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2009-07-28 22:12:38
If you're in the neighborhood...come out to China Best 6:30pm on 9958 Reisterstown Road for all you can eat sushi for like $15.
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2009-07-29 00:45:50
@wickedlibrarian Your iPhone is a "he"?
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2009-07-29 02:20:10
Writing an outline for a series of articles on what's variously known as traditional, indigenous, or local knowledge.
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2009-07-29 14:59:15
If I'm ever lost in the woods and a psychic tells you where I am or what I'm thinking, please ignore them and follow SAR protocol.
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2009-07-29 15:14:33
@ubiquity75 Absolutely inspired. It's something I'd never really considered at length before, but there's a TON of info out there.
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2009-07-29 18:49:55
Melancholy but thoughtful. Pondering the future. Enjoying a cookie.
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2009-07-31 03:32:22
I'll pack tomorrow morning before work. Because that always works out perfectly. Locking cats out to make sure peace is maintained.
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2009-07-31 15:45:40
How long have I known this weekend was coming up? At least almost everything is ready to get thrown into the car.
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2009-07-31 18:12:56
Found myself in a database online that matches divorce filings, names, phone numbers, and addresses and real estate listings. Super creepy.
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2009-07-31 18:39:13
@dave_hammond @censey it's behind a pay wall, but i'll direct you the link (so as to not give them more publicity)
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August
2009-08-02 21:13:54
Home from the beach, not looking forward to getting the sand out of everything I took there. Probably will shower and nap first.
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2009-08-03 00:48:45
Some of my favorite pictures from this weekend:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vees/sets/72157621801339099/
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2009-08-03 14:14:05
Glad there's no rain forecast today so all my camping gear can get dried out in the sun.
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2009-08-03 21:24:28
RT @kn0thing: Marijuana smoker breaks another world record
http://tinyurl.com/mt8pdc
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2009-08-03 21:31:04
@CaseySoftware Drupal to Sharepoint. That is highly disappointing. They totally should have moved over to Django.
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2009-08-03 21:35:48
I'm wandering in Hampden between 6 and 7pm. Anyone want to grab a drink?
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2009-08-04 02:23:46
@jtrupiano Sorry about the brain fart. Nice seeing you, really! :-)
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2009-08-04 03:35:53
Tons of stuff to do tomorrow, and all on a narrow schedule. Should be an interesting day. Good night all!
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2009-08-04 13:37:57
Civic is throwing P1259 VTEC System Malfunction error. Fed it some oil as first line fix, need it checked for any issue and code reset.
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2009-08-04 14:02:09
@starets More like odometer clicking over 161k on Friday. I'll just start carrying spare quarts of oil with me to feed the ravenous beast.
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2009-08-04 15:23:14
@dave_hammond I think my mechanic does use 5W-30, tho the engine says 5W-20 on the cap. I just didn't check it close enough and it got low.
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2009-08-04 15:54:17
Cats are safely at the vet, car is being screwy, and my place is a mess. Whee!
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2009-08-04 15:55:25
Mountain Dew WOW Game Fuel is nothing to write home about. Higher caffeine than regular; about the same as Vault I think.
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2009-08-04 15:57:25
Network Solutions re-brands the tired old "domain name" as "nsWebAddress(tm)." Marketing FAIL.
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2009-08-04 16:06:41
Need to give away my 1 yr old male cat. Healthy, neutered, affectionate -- but needy, loud, and a bully to my other cat.
http://is.gd/22l2C
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2009-08-04 23:16:57
Anyone up for dinner in or about Parkville? I'm in the mood for something I didn't cook.
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2009-08-04 23:43:50
It would probably be better if I wasn't able to turn my Check Engine light off while driving. But I can, and I did.
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2009-08-05 00:13:00
Who is at @bad_decisions right now?
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2009-08-05 02:26:08
I'm surrounded by books. It's an altogether pleasant feeling. Reading The Chocolate War by Cormier.
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2009-08-05 16:01:03
My life is out of balance. Not sure how to repair it. A sabbatical would be nice.
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2009-08-05 17:12:50
@gregschwartz Has Lyrasis contacted you?
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2009-08-05 17:14:42
RT @ammre: woah. vicodin also makes me drastically worse at snood too.
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2009-08-05 17:43:58
The mobile version of Google Voice is fantastic. Two clicks to dial my sister in Thailand.
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2009-08-05 19:28:57
via @BaltimoreSun, struck bicyclist is "John R. Yates of the 2800 block of Maryland Ave"
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2009-08-06 19:11:48
@mrmatt57 The grid missed you too.
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2009-08-06 19:15:31
Mechanic says they can't diagnose something they can't reproduce (which as a developer I totally understand) and low oil was likely cause.
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2009-08-06 20:32:25
I am wearing this shirt at work today:
http://www.cafepress.com/realninja/152
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2009-08-06 21:41:18
@jessiex Say hello to all the local twitterers for me.
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2009-08-07 18:59:35
This day has been one big feeling of déjà vu after another. Nothing particularly out of the ordinary, just an odd feeling of memory.
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2009-08-08 01:11:49
Yeah, I'm home. Yeah, I'm cleaning. Yeah, I'm lame.
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2009-08-08 14:01:19
Off to the RoFa for breakfast and a Red Bull, then home to finish emptying out the upstairs.
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2009-08-08 16:38:39
Just ordered a high speed document scanner off of Amazon. If anyone needs any bulk searchable PDF scanning done let me know.
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2009-08-09 10:11:41
There's a ton of people up at 5:30 and on Twitter. Must be everybody getting things out of the way before it gets really hot today.
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2009-08-09 18:30:51
Alternating between house cleaning and pissing away time on Google Reader, Google Voice, Twitter, Facebook, Weather Underground and OKCupid.
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2009-08-09 18:58:11
For some reason status posting Twitter over Firefox is timing out when I click "Update", but it works perfectly in Safari? o_O
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2009-08-09 19:24:30
@agrundmann Thanks for letting me know it's not just me.
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2009-08-09 21:41:55
The Roomba is almost done. Feel great about cleaning done this weekend. Will feel better after trip to recycling center to drop off e-junk.
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2009-08-10 13:25:47
No cell phone today. Use 540-999-VEES if you need to reach me. Once everybody is using that number I won't have to post these anymore.
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2009-08-10 16:40:46
I 83 backed up south bound below exit 16
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2009-08-10 17:10:03
A backseat full of recycling dropped off at the county over lunch. 2nd floor cleaning chore is officially complete, 52 hours after it began.
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2009-08-10 17:52:59
Protester injured in rally against national health care has no insurance from layoff, is accepting donations for his medical bills.
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2009-08-11 16:42:28
via @dcrtv: Detour Dave collapsed during a softball game and is undergoing heart bypass surgery.
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2009-08-11 18:29:44
This month's credit card bill is now the only short term debt I have left. Now to keep it that way.
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2009-08-11 22:10:29
695 East slow
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2009-08-12 01:40:43
Need to stop getting pulled over by the police. It's a bad habit.
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2009-08-12 15:07:05
Just realized that I can download a 750MB OS X 10.5.8 Combo Update image to bring multiple machines up to patch without multiple downloads.
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2009-08-12 17:43:51
I was happy enough with the stock Xandros on the EEE, but eeebuntu knocks it out of the park.
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2009-08-12 18:18:02
Another WMATA fatality, this time on the orange line. Man on the tracks, preliminary reports allege intentionally (via @dcist_updates)
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2009-08-12 20:44:42
RT @TheSexist: reddit user calls girlfriend a bitch on reddit, can't understand why she hates reddit (and him)
http://bit.ly/3sqVR
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2009-08-13 17:27:27
Looking forward to swimming tonight, and playing around a little with the underwater camera in a pool without razor sharp tiles.
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2009-08-13 20:01:16
@travisd1000 Canon SD600 and WP-DC4
http://ow.ly/jYWR
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2009-08-13 21:19:50
Reading this month's FCC amateur radio enforcement actions makes me sad, but also proud to be a respectable operator.
http://ow.ly/jZtQ
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2009-08-14 04:07:48
The beard is gone. Looked too much like Shaggy from Scooby-Doo in the pictures from tonight for my own comfort. Hair goes tomorrow.
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2009-08-14 18:46:27
@ReneePie What do you mean by "ran an E-ZPass"?
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2009-08-14 21:11:55
Ordered another set of Egyptian cotton 400 thread count sheets. Now if I could just figure out how to get the cats to stop kneading them.
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2009-08-15 01:33:21
too sick to move ugghhh this sucks
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2009-08-15 01:42:46
if you r in my hood and can bring me food plz reply.
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2009-08-15 02:15:24
food crisis averted 4 now. ugh
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2009-08-15 02:35:35
i feel craptastic. that is all.
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2009-08-15 06:10:12
Feeling better now, thanks.
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2009-08-17 02:38:39
Tubing down the Gunpowder Falls today was so fun and relaxing. Only one casualty today. Feel better, Kim!
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2009-08-17 13:22:38
RT @ethomasonline: a 3-yr-old british child is putting all of his books into the return bin with a "bye book!" after each and every one
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2009-08-17 14:18:54
Have ordered workspace in preparation for a week of focus. Very happy that it's "Wear Orange Day" at work. It's like my very own holiday.
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2009-08-17 16:33:16
You know, sometimes there's nothing more beautiful than an empty week in my day-planner.
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2009-08-17 21:05:04
Thinking of going to see District 9 movie tonight. Anyone interested? I'm game for any theater between Owings Mills and Parkville.
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2009-08-17 21:44:03
Okay, nobody up for District 9. That's cool. How about sushi?
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2009-08-18 00:39:47
Hacking Django.
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2009-08-18 13:02:07
Speed enforcement on Perring Parkway 41
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2009-08-18 17:23:25
Best name anagram: IRRITABLE CLOWN MORALS. Best short name anagram: RANCOR SLOB.
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2009-08-18 18:32:08
@ralban It was county, so was Taylor to Joppa. Looked like three circulating cars and two units that pull behind the first in support.
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2009-08-18 18:32:56
@mapgirlsfc Good deduction!
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2009-08-18 18:34:36
Now have more followers than I'm following, at least until Twitter comes through and nukes all the spammy marketers in round 2 elimination.
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2009-08-18 21:16:16
Oh look, the "make you feel really old" list is out for this year. Thanks Beloit College!
http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2013.php
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2009-08-19 03:30:15
Need to figure out my DSL drops packets in wet weather. Its probably a telco problem, and I don't want to deal with Verizon BS this week.
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2009-08-19 18:00:14
Maryland has no natural lakes.
http://www.mgs.md.gov/esic/fs/fs15.html
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2009-08-20 00:31:03
District 9: Because when a robot hurls livestock at a guy you just have to laugh out loud.
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2009-08-20 16:37:49
Keep Government out of Medicare!
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2009-08-20 20:59:15
Join me at an awesome screening of Plan 9 from Outer Space tonight at the Owings Mills AMC 17:
http://ow.ly/kLLh
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2009-08-20 21:54:29
Getting sushi at China Best at 6:30pm. Come join if you want.
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2009-08-22 01:39:03
On the phone with Speakeasy to diagnose packet loss in the rain. They seem responsive when packets are actually dropping.
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2009-08-22 14:40:18
Headed off for breakfast and a haircut in Hunt Valley.
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2009-08-22 22:01:42
Wow, I'd never truly understood the phrase "rolling thunder" until I heard it outside my window just now. This is quite a storm.
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2009-08-23 02:34:11
Hanging out at Alli and Joanna's birthday party.
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2009-08-23 14:48:30
Got some nice blisters from pan-frying squash and zucchini in butter last night, but it was totally worth it.
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2009-08-23 18:55:48
Document scanning completed since 8/14: 1,161 files, 1,881 MB. Not sure how many pages total, will figure that out when I have more time.
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2009-08-23 21:45:05
Same temperature inside my house and out: 89 degF
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2009-08-23 23:48:49
I will write a blog post tonight. I am so overdue.
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2009-08-24 02:30:35
In theory, I'll miss this heat when it's gone. Outside: 80. Inside: 86. Laptop: 137. Netbook: 140.
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2009-08-24 02:42:12
So hot the cats have abandoned the upstairs and are sprawled out on the basement floor. They're brighter than me sometimes.
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2009-08-24 04:41:46
Streaming police scanner is back online:
http://delta.vees.net:8000/requires an OGG player of some sort until I can install MP3 support.
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2009-08-24 15:04:24
Did not actually succeed in a blog post today. Need to finish my photo gallery upgrade since that's sitting heavy on my brain right now.
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2009-08-24 17:45:45
Google Voice is worth it just to be able to pick up a voicemail in the middle of a message.
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2009-08-25 01:23:02
Anyone want a coupon for $10 off a purchase of $40 or more at Office Depot?
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2009-08-25 02:15:17
An unexpected (not unpredictable) side effect of pan frying veggies with sticks of butter yesterday: dozens of tiny grease fires tonight.
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2009-08-25 03:03:39
Cat was chewing on the nozzle of the Dust-Off canned air. End result: Shocking for the cat, HILARIOUS for me.
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2009-08-25 14:38:17
Feeling icky today.
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2009-08-25 15:48:14
Having a hard time clearing the cobwebs out of my head this morning. Red Bull not helping.
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2009-08-25 23:19:55
Looking forward to trying out 13.5 tonight
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2009-08-26 11:00:01
RIP Ted Kennedy
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2009-08-26 14:11:46
13.5 review: Glad we sat outside. Indoor ambiance was beautiful but couldn't make up for the roar of reflected voices off the brickwork.
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2009-08-26 23:17:11
At los amigos having a drink
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2009-08-27 02:27:58
Tonight I am treating myself to a night of 78 degree air conditioning, and I'm going to enjoy the hell out of it. I think I've earned it.
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2009-08-27 19:55:15
Happy to be reading about Burning Man news from the comfort and banality of civilization for the twelfth year in a row.
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2009-08-27 20:26:04
China Best at Thursday 5:30pm.
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2009-08-28 00:50:15
Accidentally ate a piece of moldy bread. Going to pretend that's just like eating a mushroom or antibiotic pill so I don't freak out.
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2009-08-28 01:25:50
Time to switch on my air conditioning unit and see if all the work the BGE technician did on it tonight causes it to fly to pieces.
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2009-08-29 00:36:11
Our Admin Manager outdid herself for employee appreciation week and the company party. Great food, prizes, kids games, etc. Great job!
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2009-08-29 01:12:47
Dreading being anywhere but bed right now.
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2009-08-29 01:21:05
Why am I subscribed to CDC's "Emerging Infectious Diseases" journal? There's no way I could derive any positive benefit from reading it.
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2009-08-29 03:56:02
Got a little less than 3 inches of paper to process in my inbox. Things are looking good in the battle against the clutter.
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2009-08-29 18:18:48
Stop and go traffic, just watched a rear-end accident two lanes over.
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2009-08-29 18:56:12
More NJSP zooming by the stopped traffic. Sigh.
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2009-08-30 02:41:59
Wine and Django.
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2009-08-31 03:40:34
Back home, cats are ignoring me.
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2009-08-31 13:55:01
No cell phone today. Please use 540-999-VEES instead.
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2009-08-31 15:09:56
Today WBAL switched to an all-news format for morning drive-time, replete with awful traffic report background music. I hate it.
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2009-08-31 16:16:34
Just blocked all Facebook Applications from access to my account. This should stop every single future invitation, right?
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2009-08-31 16:23:48
@polyvalente Yes! Even the traffic conditions number is (800) 33-NJTPK
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2009-08-31 18:20:20
Tractor-trailer carrying grape juice overturns at city intersection
http://ow.ly/nsF3
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2009-08-31 20:42:19
Nauseated. Regretting pizza lunch a little. Regretting Red Bull pick-me-up a lot. Wish I was working on a familiar project.
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September
2009-09-01 13:50:56
WBAL's new news format annoys me enough to switch to WYPR, then WYPR's awful traffic reporting annoys me enough to switch back to WBAL.
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2009-09-02 00:18:04
Wine is awesome.
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2009-09-02 15:35:21
Twenty-five days to thirty.
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2009-09-02 15:49:03
House burglary, intruder poops in toilet, doesn't flush. Police run DNA, match on paroled burglar, get search warrant. Arrest. WIN.
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2009-09-03 04:13:35
"So you changed from introvert to extrovert?" "No, I'm pretty sure I went from introvert to alcoholic."
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2009-09-03 18:28:19
Getting chills. This sucks. I don't have time to be sick.
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2009-09-03 19:27:49
@bad_decisions How do you know it's a sobriety checkpoint?
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2009-09-03 20:13:22
@JessieX Will the real @JessieX please stand up? (Please stand up)
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2009-09-04 02:33:44
Last post on the old blog. Everything goes to archive on 10/25/09 start over with a brand new concept.
http://epistolary.org/6965.html
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2009-09-04 14:17:19
Listening to a Nickelback vs. Nickelback mash up. One song in each ear. It's horrifying.
http://musicforants.com/blog/?p=3005
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2009-09-04 14:43:49
@RyanatMGH Your grandma accidentally the status update.
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2009-09-04 21:12:09
Weekend plans: Sleeping, cleaning, laundry, kayaking, BBQ, bicycling, sleeping, picnic, Renfest, dishes, sweeping, sleeping, swimming.
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2009-09-06 14:34:18
Still in bed. Not complaining. Happy Sunday!
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2009-09-06 15:29:24
Just made the connection between the green laser I use to play with my cats and the green light on my MBP power cord. Now it makes sense.
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2009-09-06 17:31:43
The latest WordPress update was surprisingly easy. Untar and rsync over existing svn repos, go to control panel, update db, commit. Done.
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2009-09-06 18:09:07
via WBAL: An accident involving two vehicles has shut down the Bay Bridge on the eastbound side.
http://ow.ly/ohvp
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2009-09-06 18:34:33
Another 1.5 GB of photographs uploaded. Now to finish a first iteration of the new gallery for alpha testing.
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2009-09-06 19:00:24
As with many other days, the most useful tool today has been rsync.
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2009-09-06 22:19:22
"Those are big goldfish." "I don't think they're koi." "Yes, but they do seem a little coquettish."
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2009-09-07 18:02:14
Biked 21.8 miles to New Freedom with Shel. Now headed back.
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2009-09-07 23:21:31
NCR bike ride today: 4 hours, 1 minute. 43.282 miles. 19.9 mph top speed. 10.8 mph average.
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2009-09-08 15:32:43
It's possible I locked the cat in the bedroom again today. Debating going home over lunch to check.
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2009-09-08 18:16:20
RT @JustinLibrarian: Just had a patron complaint [...] Fiction title by an author with the last name Young. Call number? F YOU
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2009-09-08 20:59:51
Have been thinking about going to China Best for dinner all day today. I just might do it. Anyone else in?
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2009-09-09 21:25:05
Miss my buckling spring keyboard when I don't bring it into work. I also miss it at home when its here. Time to requisition a new one.
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2009-09-09 22:54:26
At Little Havana for Drinking Liberally tonight from 7 to 10. All welcome.
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2009-09-10 03:51:15
@wildbluebug I bought a pitcher, at least.
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2009-09-10 04:27:05
Defeat Joe Wilson:
http://www.actblue.com/page/kossacks4miller
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2009-09-10 15:36:43
My neck hurts like hell and the coffee is unusually bad. Otherwise no complaints.
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2009-09-10 15:46:09
RT @scottyrader: Joe Wilson and Obama should solve this problem like men. MarioKart Summit.
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2009-09-10 15:51:48
Gotta get off the Internet and focus. Be back tonight.
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2009-09-10 22:03:54
Boy are my cats going to be surprised tonight.
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2009-09-11 14:12:59
In Crystal City, VA:
http://slashdot.org/articles/01/09/11/2213210.shtml#on911
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2009-09-11 14:53:00
New "full zoom" satellite photos of Parkville on Google Maps. And my lawn doesn't have any random crap in it. Win!
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2009-09-11 14:59:00
@Sigafoos
http://bit.ly/1JKmof
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2009-09-11 14:59:41
RT @brandonsavage: CNN reported scanner traffic without confirming it. America just experienced War of the Worlds, 2009 Edition.
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2009-09-11 15:05:49
Etiquette-free Rep. Joe Wilson says "I will not be muzzled" and begs for contributions, after opponent Miller rakes in $750,000 in 24 hours.
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2009-09-11 17:17:17
@ralban I guess it's just Harford Park then. The imagery used to cut off exactly at the city line. Now I guess they don't care.
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2009-09-11 18:31:52
Looking for Baltimore plumber recommendations. I have one I'll call for sure but I'd like to get two other quotes.
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2009-09-12 17:58:34
Scanning scanning scanning. Did I mention I'm scanning?
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2009-09-13 00:07:58
Salmon, veggies, and rice cooking their way to a dinner.
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2009-09-14 14:40:25
Haiku from @egolikeness: Dear little grey cat / Do not leave chocolate starfish / Next to my pillow
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2009-09-14 17:14:10
One year of financial data collection as of 6pm tonight:
http://vees.net/toys/networth/fancy.html
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2009-09-14 17:16:49
How many folks will reply/add me if I write sex seo followers iphone buy sell auction women men dating money earn job fast?
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2009-09-14 17:18:15
@justin_fenton CNN posted unverified scanner traffic the other day and look how well it worked out for them. Which district?
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2009-09-14 17:23:35
Assaulted with rocks thrown from overpass while biking on the Gwynns Falls trail on 9/13. @BaltimorePolice officer unhelpful, said call 911.
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2009-09-14 17:27:51
Time to hang a do-not-disturb sign around my neck.
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2009-09-15 03:59:57
Nearly hit two deer tonight. Thought I was safe off the country roads, then one leaped out from the woods along I-695 right in front of me.
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2009-09-15 12:58:44
Hopkins student kills scumbag home intruder with samurai sword during second break-in. This guy deserves a medal.
http://ow.ly/prjT
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2009-09-15 14:05:37
Off the grid until 18:00.
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2009-09-15 14:13:17
@gdeems The helicopter was called "Natural One?" Did they not realize the last line of that song is "You may as well crash with me?"
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2009-09-15 22:17:11
Another lovely late night at the office.
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2009-09-15 22:35:42
You know what? I'm in a remarkably good mood today. I know this because I've been doing a lot of involuntary laughing.
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2009-09-16 01:35:07
Weighed in at 144 lbs today. It's a little early to be my winter weight already. This might be the year of mandatory winter jogging.
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2009-09-16 01:54:09
@marcirobin Been 130 lbs in the summer and 140 in the winter since I was 16. My highest was 150 after weeks of running/lifting and eating.
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2009-09-16 03:07:00
If it wasn't for junk mail, I'd wonder if my e-mail was working at all. Feast or famine here. Time to go through to-do folder.
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2009-09-16 14:04:15
Winner for best blog post title today is @phscoop with "Sword attacks not uncommon in Baltimore area"
http://ow.ly/pCvm
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2009-09-16 14:21:45
RT @justin_fenton: Police spokesman Guglielmi on sword-wielding JHU student: "He wasn't a ninja"
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2009-09-17 13:17:32
Sister of burglar killed by student with sword says its not fair that they didn't cower in their home and call 911.
http://ow.ly/pNaa
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2009-09-17 15:14:54
@jeffq73 Owings Mills
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2009-09-17 17:19:25
Anti-Government protesters upset over marginal WMATA service. Classic.
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2009-09-20 19:49:23
I am in allergy hell.
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2009-09-20 20:11:09
I have absolutely no patience for bullshit today. I am a to-do list check-off machine. Do not get in my way,
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2009-09-21 01:01:00
It bothers me that I don't have a single computer in the house with a modem port anymore, but not as much as I might have thought.
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2009-09-21 01:30:31
@CaseySoftware I think you're normal, but that may not help your case any.
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2009-09-21 11:51:52
RT @scalzi: Noted generally: The day one recognizes "hawt" doesn't mitigate "crazy" or "asshole" is a big day for personal growth.
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2009-09-21 22:34:11
Spent the day off the grid. Now I know everything I need to about System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker, and documentation to prove it.
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2009-09-22 01:57:18
Cooking reminds me how much of life is really only semi-controlled chaos.
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2009-09-22 03:27:41
Neighbors report power out but no problems at my house
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2009-09-23 01:10:48
Barack Obama doesn't care about Dundalk people
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2009-09-23 03:45:15
Bar trivia with @amandaudoff, @mandiferous, and two new folks. Didn't win but didn't do too bad either. Nice relaxed game and tasty beer.
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2009-09-23 14:23:27
Thanks to Wolfram Alpha I now know I was born 17 minutes before sunrise that day.
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2009-09-24 01:23:17
Finished watching Alex Gibney's Money-Driven Medicine at @thewindupspace, now taking in the Q&A and soapboxing.
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2009-09-24 04:24:57
Dinner at Red Emma's, Action Film Series at The Windup Space, Drinking Liberally at The Dizz. Enjoyed great stories and friends all night!
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2009-09-24 18:35:40
It's almost 2:30 and I'm just now hitting my stride. Do I blame biorhythms or the beers and revelry last night? The answer is obvious.
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2009-09-24 18:39:54
"I wish amphetamines could speed up a data transfer." "They do if you feed them to the pigeon." (HT @elvestinkle)
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2009-09-24 20:09:51
Many children of friends were born this week.
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2009-09-24 22:45:40
Switched cat foods this morning. Now both cats smell horrible.
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2009-09-25 02:07:50
I am quite literally having a tantrum right now. More phone calls. Argh!
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2009-09-25 19:07:26
@elvestinkle Happy birthday you old fart.
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2009-09-25 19:53:17
Looking for Baltimore exterminator recommendations with lots of experience, price not as big a concern as breadth of knowledge.
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2009-09-26 03:11:33
Hurray! @elvestinkle has arrived in Baltimore! Conspiring on party plans with him and @amandaudoff.
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2009-09-26 18:29:10
Taking a quick nap until 3pm and then back to cleaning up for the party.
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2009-09-27 18:32:40
Headed down to the Baltimore Book Festival for an hour or so. DM or text me to meet up.
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2009-09-28 00:07:21
Why am I not surprised that on my 30th birthday I'm going to sleep at 8 pm? Maybe something to do with an epic birthday party yesterday.
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2009-09-28 15:41:46
Apparently at 30 I'm supposed to get a mortgage, minivan, wife, kid, and a grown up job in a gray cube. I did that all in my 20s. What now?
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2009-09-28 19:24:19
@PhilDarnowsky Could start by spelling "Belair Road" correctly.
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2009-09-28 23:02:42
Pie, Pi, and coffee at my place tonight. Come over to watch Pi the movie and help me eat party leftovers!
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2009-09-28 23:47:51
Drinking a Miller Lite and catching up on work. What?
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2009-09-29 11:30:43
@brandonsavage No, because conceivably you will outgrow youth. I had wondered the same thing myself.
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2009-09-29 11:46:20
Sick and not looking forward to work today.
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2009-09-29 19:51:04
@FenianEMT It was definitely a non-contagion risk, unless you can transmit the too-much-beer-flu.
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2009-09-29 20:35:13
Haven't had to take a nap in my car during lunch in a long time, but it felt fantastic today. I think I'll have another after work.
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2009-09-30 02:21:14
Productivity contrast between my dark quiet room at home on my laptop tonight and my glaring noisy gray cube at work from 8-5 makes me sad.
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2009-09-30 15:08:04
My new cube mirror highlights my dreary gray office-bound existence.
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October
2009-10-01 01:37:44
@sunrisedesign That plate is 3FAN02.
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2009-10-01 01:44:44
Chillin at @redemmas.
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2009-10-01 14:07:41
Lauraville resident and Clementine owner Cristin's car stolen Tuesday: Silver Dodge Caravan tag 739M583. If sighted call @BaltimorePolice.
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2009-10-01 18:13:11
Don't forget: as of 10/1, texting, tweeting, or typing while driving in MD is illegal and carries a fine up to $500.
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2009-10-02 00:07:44
Both cats started fighting just now ON MY FACE during my nap. A cat was selected at random and launched across the room. I am not amused.
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2009-10-02 14:27:14
I'm on Wave as kc2aei@googlewave.com. If you're on, feel free to add me.
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2009-10-02 14:34:58
@wawoodworth I sent out all 8 of my invites within the first few minutes.
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2009-10-02 20:58:56
Weekend plans: National Electronics Museum on Saturday, Tour du Port on Sunday. Anyone else going to either?
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2009-10-02 21:27:35
Had 1-on-1 Google Wave chat with @susannesparks.Seems great for the way Google talks internally, irritating and disconcerting 2p scale.
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2009-10-03 21:32:37
Finished the tour of National Electronics Museum with @chelandria and the meet-up group, then Wegmans for lunch/dinner. Good day so far!
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2009-10-03 22:12:41
County police speed enforcement on Old Court Road eastbound at the Metro station at 18:00 today. Slow down, save yourself a ticket!
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2009-10-04 15:08:07
At North Point State Park at 30 mile mark of Tour du Port
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2009-10-04 17:26:17
Done 41 mile bike tour of Baltimore. Ow.
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2009-10-04 19:54:14
Honestly, my Google Wave inbox looks like a noise-filled wasteland. I'm really not impressed at all.
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2009-10-05 00:06:40
Just finished cataloging two shelves worth of books in my house to lend online. Here's a sneak preview:
http://delta.vees.net/~rob/books/
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2009-10-05 02:26:31
I only have 274 books with ISBN numbers? I'm a little disappointed by that number.
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2009-10-05 12:57:52
Yesterday a friend was incredulous that I knew the names of all the police helicopters. Honestly, I was surprised she didn't.
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2009-10-05 13:48:50
@starets The big three are Foxtrot (city PD), Air (county PD), and Trooper 1 (MSP Baltimore). Easy to tell apart in the daytime.
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2009-10-05 19:58:06
I've decided: the goatee disappears on Thursday night.
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2009-10-06 01:22:10
Have 56 lbs of documents bound for the shredder. Hoping to get about 200 more so that I can bring the price from $1.33/lb to $.30/lb.
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2009-10-07 02:12:04
Nine out of ten douchebags think you're a douchebag.
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2009-10-07 02:26:34
I can't date anyone I can't make a mix tape for.
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2009-10-07 02:27:30
It's been a long time since I sang a song about Jesus.
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2009-10-07 11:46:17
The proceeding three tweets brought to you by drinks at Dionysus, and me forgetting quotation marks.
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2009-10-07 14:23:27
OKCupid blog is awesome. Full of interesting, useful statistical info, plus latest entry begins: "Welcome back, dorks."
http://ow.ly/t9iS
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2009-10-07 14:27:08
@brandonsavage Congratulations! Update your Facebook status already!
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2009-10-07 15:54:38
Looking forward to belated birthday dinner with @tanzabear somewhere tonight.
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2009-10-07 16:19:59
@pseudolus You are an air space violation.
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2009-10-07 22:37:53
The gusting wind outside is making it feel obnoxiously like winter.
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2009-10-08 01:28:46
This is a horrible time for my internet to crap itself.
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2009-10-08 02:41:45
I'm all grown up now. That's why I'm excited about an order of 5 square per inch grid paper pads and 8" Velcro cable ties from Amazon.
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2009-10-08 04:13:16
Oh, Django, could you be more awesome? (No.) My prototype is a thing of beauty.
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2009-10-08 14:24:42
Okay, @pseudolus just gave me a mini heart attack with a cardboard box and a sad expression. A-hole.
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2009-10-08 17:01:42
I can has fixed plumbing.
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2009-10-09 01:44:33
@ralban Saffer.
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2009-10-09 02:07:31
Shower: fixed. Beard: removed. Dinner: consumed. Now to relax with a beer and enjoy the rest of my evening.
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2009-10-09 02:09:39
Things I love about winter: 24 hour grace period to move clothes from the washing machine to the dryer before mildew colonies grow.
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2009-10-09 02:33:00
I'd rather have three cats and one steak than two girls and one cup.
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2009-10-09 13:26:30
I feel like the deli made my egg sandwich with EZ Cheese.
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2009-10-09 14:33:32
RT @thekatermom: Jack-knifed tractor trailer SB 95 @ 395.
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2009-10-09 15:05:10
Am I missing some obvious reason why rape culture seems to be the prominent topic all over my feed reader for the last week or so?
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2009-10-09 16:21:37
My emergency fund is 15% of what it ought to be. My goal is to remedy this as rapidly as possible.
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2009-10-09 16:55:14
Boy that Nobel Prize award sure did bring out everybody's true feelings today. With any luck its long term impact isn't so polarizing.
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2009-10-09 17:31:36
I will not buy a Rebel XS today. I will not buy a Rebel XS today. (Anyone remember how this same refrain went with the Eee PC?)
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2009-10-09 23:31:58
Dinner in Hamilton anyone?
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2009-10-10 00:14:55
@phil_g And also, I realized, Al Franken's latest Senate amendment.
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2009-10-10 16:22:11
On the water for Brian and Karla's wedding.
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2009-10-11 08:21:11
Three rooms in this cabin and a snorer in every one. Wish we had preemptively clustered them all together. Outside. In soundproofing.
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2009-10-11 09:07:55
Sleeping in car.
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2009-10-11 12:15:37
@caseymultimedia Isn't it just as bad to text profanity from church to a large group of people?
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2009-10-11 13:00:35
Everyone is up with the sun
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2009-10-11 17:59:03
Home, and contemplating how best to upload and present wedding pictures.
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2009-10-11 22:57:11
It's official, no PDF for me this year.
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2009-10-11 23:42:01
Not feeling so well. I think the weekend might be catching up with me. This is not good. I have too much to do this week!
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2009-10-12 12:42:01
Now that I have a clean bedroom and working shower again, mornings feel like a preparation for the day, not just a big schlep out the door.
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2009-10-12 21:37:33
Chores and cooking night tonight. Winter prep and clutter elimination starts tonight.
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2009-10-12 23:08:08
Off to get ingredients for a warm crock pot dinner.
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2009-10-12 23:11:19
@vgill That's like asking what it costs to produce a single widget. Do you mean the first gigabyte out, or the billionth?
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2009-10-12 23:43:48
Painless food shopping. Soon chili prep and laundry. Good might so far.
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2009-10-13 00:46:53
New plan: Early down, early up.
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2009-10-13 00:59:24
@vgill Thanks, I learned something new today.
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2009-10-14 13:34:03
I know its going to be an excellent day when @kendallmiller randomly brings me a cup of freshly brewed coffee to my desk.
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2009-10-14 14:12:57
No amount of hand washing or alcohol wipes is removing the onion and garlic smell from my hands. At least the chili should be delicious.
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2009-10-15 17:45:14
This is not the worst day to be sick at home. I'm surrounded by leftover chili and warm cats.
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2009-10-15 19:40:34
There's no boy in the balloon.
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2009-10-15 20:04:53
I can tell how the economy is doing by the frequency of dunning calls I get for Ronald Mitchell on my (his former) home phone number.
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2009-10-15 22:26:55
Headache and soreness getting worse. Been better and worse over today but I'm pretty much confined to bed right now. Sigh.
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2009-10-17 12:33:15
In New Jersey
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2009-10-17 13:39:48
Nj state police speed enforcement i-195 both ways east of turnpike. Slow down
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2009-10-17 15:09:58
Congrats to Becky and Drew Potter and best wishes for a long and happy marriage
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2009-10-17 18:07:45
Sleepy. So very sleepy. I feel like a perpetual motion machine.
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2009-10-17 20:15:01
Demonstratably not a party machine.
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2009-10-18 00:47:17
Sleep seems so far away. Next stop is boardwalk arcade.
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2009-10-18 02:53:59
All partied and arcaded out out. 2 for 3 at air hockey, 1 for 2 on head to head racing games, 15 tickets in skee ball.
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2009-10-18 03:22:35
A drunken rendition of "Sweet Caroline" is drifting up though the floor of my hotel room.
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2009-10-18 03:50:36
@sugarfreak I don't think a mathematical curve will help keep the water out. Have you considered building a boat instead?
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2009-10-18 04:03:08
Lesson of the day: Drunk stewardesses in hotel bars bring the crazy.
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2009-10-18 15:59:10
Social overload weekend. On doubt about it.
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2009-10-19 03:13:19
My e-mail is down so please use another contact method in the meantime.
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2009-10-19 13:16:21
Three wolf moon says to check in your code.
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2009-10-20 01:27:14
I'm not sure why I expected the bag of Velcro ties to be sealed with anything else.
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2009-10-20 15:53:30
Firmly convinced by lolcats humor and @jonathancoulton song references that everyone needs to read @wilw's new book.
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2009-10-20 16:51:42
RT @FakeSheilaDixon: If anyone is looking for the Cafe Hon flamingo, it is now decorating my lawn at home.
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2009-10-20 17:57:08
@caseymultimedia Litter feet are the only reason I make my bed in the morning.
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2009-10-21 00:32:59
@marcirobin They didn't delete it, they just coupled it with "know god" and titled it different.
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2009-10-21 18:13:54
As much as it pains me to leave Speakeasy after all these years, I think I will order a FIOS install tonight.
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2009-10-22 02:56:18
FIOS install 10/23/09 8am-12pm.
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2009-10-22 13:23:53
Asking Verizon to not tear out my copper plant during FIOS install. Need concurrent DSL/FIOS for a month or two. Doubt this will go well.
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2009-10-22 16:09:37
On phone with Verizon, canceling voice line portion of the FIOS install order to prevent any confusion. Seems promising so far.
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2009-10-22 16:25:48
On minute 30 and 4th transfer of my phone call with Verizon customer support on this FIOS issue. Continues apace.
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2009-10-22 16:48:37
Need to get credit check for 2nd Verizon account. If I order from an account with a phone line, the FIOS will subsume my copper plant.
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2009-10-22 16:56:23
Verizon Customer Service: Helpful, but glacial. One hour into this call and it looks like we're about to resolve the issue.
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2009-10-22 17:00:17
Verizon rep was able to update the order without making a new account. I'll have to get her name to give her props for the effort.
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2009-10-22 17:57:40
The joystick mouse on my keyboard appears to be wearing out. That makes me sad.
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2009-10-22 17:58:17
@younggemini I think my Verizon call was successful, but I won't know until tomorrow morning when the order is finalized.
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2009-10-22 19:33:34
Looking for a place with beer, a vegan friendly snack or two, and free wifi in northern-ish Baltimore. Any suggestions?
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2009-10-22 23:11:17
Really effing irritated at my cats right now.
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2009-10-23 14:11:44
Just discovered that my first Bluetooth cell phone was also Nokia's first.
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2009-10-23 19:56:22
Oh 66.92.46.192, I'm going to miss you.
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2009-10-23 22:43:22
Nothing says a sleepless night like a new edition of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
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2009-10-24 17:35:02
Cats with bells: funniest thing ever. Both cats are running away from the scary new bell monsters on their collar at top speed.
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2009-10-26 02:26:00
Embarrassed to admit to non-librarians: I cataloged all the books in my house. Embarrassed to admit to librarians: Indexed by ASIN.
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2009-10-26 03:05:51
@howardjp What API do you use to query LOC?
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2009-10-26 03:08:33
Diet Pepsi does horrible things to my brain. I know this. Why am I still drinking one?
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2009-10-26 17:15:12
Hate hearing about police getting killed in my neighborhood, especially when by a careless driver who didn't watch for motorcycles.
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2009-10-26 19:09:09
Hi @Verizon why does it take 2 hours and 15 minutes with customer service and 4 separate order numbers to order residential FIOS service?
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2009-10-26 19:48:59
Could it be? Could I actually have a FIOS install date? For reals? 10/29/09. I think I'll be there to meet the installer myself.
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2009-10-26 23:06:49
I can't believe @Verizon messed up my FIOS order again. Rep called me to verify changes to my phone line and LD carrier, and I lost it.
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2009-10-27 12:27:03
Off the grid today. Do not disturb.
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2009-10-27 15:03:33
@eclasper Baltimore. OJ, ham egg and cheese sandwich, and an apple.
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2009-10-27 18:41:56
Still waiting for response from @VerizonSupport about my (shocker) still messed-up FIOS order.
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2009-10-27 19:23:39
Props to Joe D. at @VerizonSupport for wrangling my FIOS order. Pushed out to 10/30 and we'll see what happens that morning. I'm hopeful?
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2009-10-27 19:57:47
RT @HyperionVoice: Giving away 10 copies of HEAT WAVE by Rick Castle! You love the show; you know you want the book. RT to enter! (US only)
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2009-10-28 14:41:57
Want a Google Wave or Google Voice invite? I have 1 wave (actual invite, not nomination) and 3 voice invites to give out.
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2009-10-28 14:57:13
Sorry @josh_stein @rccmusic @jordykluin but Wave invite is gone. Only one person wanted a Google Voice? How odd.
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2009-10-28 15:09:56
I have 12 nominations (delayed invites) in my Wave box. @dave_hammond, @javierios, @jordykluin, @rccmusic, @josh_stein send me your e-mails.
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2009-10-28 16:25:37
@MeredithRae I'm having it installed on Thursday. Why?
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2009-10-28 16:27:45
RT @jtamboli: [...] Launch of DISASTERRECOVERYWORKINGGROUP.GOV By the time you finish typing the URL, it's already too late.
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2009-10-28 16:46:25
@MeredithRae If you have been watching my twitter feed you know that I've tried to sign up FIVE TIMES in the last week. Epic fail so far.
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2009-10-28 17:51:39
Where's the best place to buy a spool of CAT5 around Baltimore? Free time this weekend will be wiring my house for gigE.
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2009-10-29 03:30:36
Irritated at the slow throughput of my sewer line. One load of wash per hour is all it appears to be able to handle without overflowing.
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2009-10-29 17:27:06
FIOS install complete. @amandaudoff is ecstatic.
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2009-10-29 20:15:32
E-mail from Dad: He plans to retire to "Someplace where I can wear my handguns, and my sole regret will be that I have only two hips."
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2009-10-30 03:15:59
Tonight my grandfather had successful heart surgery to repair a 99% blockage, doctors say he will feel much better in a few days.
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2009-10-30 16:32:33
Bea Arthur: Awesome.
http://ow.ly/xGmY
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2009-10-30 23:52:21
If you are not at the Harford Park Hall of Horrors you are missing an amazing show.
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2009-10-31 04:48:28
At Wind Up Space. Great night so far with @amandaudoff around town.
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2009-10-31 16:04:22
Happy to have done an hour of long distance paper hole punching today. Been too long.
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2009-10-31 17:09:06
"Hey, zombies!" Good times thanks to @atomicbooks.
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2009-10-31 19:54:04
@razzaque People can't DM spam you unless you follow them
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2009-10-31 19:57:01
Need to pick up a large tool rental from Home Depot, but my trunk is too small. Do I rent the tool for $65 AND a truck for $20/hr? Sigh.
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November
2009-11-01 03:40:21
Thanks to help from @amandaudoff water is again flowing well in my house, the bathtub is unplugged, and cleaning will commence tomorrow.
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2009-11-01 14:46:15
Definitely a fascinating and amusing Halloween weekend. MLIA.
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2009-11-01 20:17:01
Not roller skating right now due to a cash flow issue. Did not have cash to flow to teller before sales closed. No credit cards.
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2009-11-01 23:22:45
Reclaiming my basement by being in it.
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2009-11-02 00:10:05
Fireplace, you are awesome.
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2009-11-02 03:35:28
Today's very pleasant day brought to me by the comforts of home: fireplace, dishwasher, washer, dryer, shower, bed, and cuddly cats.
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2009-11-02 15:59:06
Tonight I will find out how the fiber equipment plays against 100 watts of 14.310 MHz.
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2009-11-02 16:24:09
My city and county police scanner feed now has a new home at
http://www.scanbaltimore.com:8000/Click on the Parkville feed. Enjoy!
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2009-11-02 17:58:08
Turns out, "MLIA" is a pretty good mantra.
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2009-11-02 20:52:09
Suddenly I have the strangest urge to buy a calculator watch.
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2009-11-03 02:06:51
Speakeasy DSL modem has been off for a few days now and nobody has complained. Time to call and cancel? It'll be a sad end of an era.
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2009-11-03 05:16:11
I give up. Whatever might happen, I can't change it now.
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2009-11-03 05:24:22
Going offline for a while. Possibly days.
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2009-11-05 03:21:58
Seems the sewer line is mostly collapsed. After all that work and three days of good flow it's back to overflowing again. Bye bye, $3500.
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2009-11-05 15:44:05
@ralban No, just means another call to Saffer to come out with a ditch witch and some new plumbing. Sigh.
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2009-11-05 16:36:53
I just bought a guitar. I have no idea why.
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2009-11-05 19:29:55
Okay, you all are very supportive of the new guitar on it's way to my doorstep. I will try not to disappoint you, or it! :-)
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2009-11-05 22:32:30
Karaoke tonight at Midtown Yacht Club 9pm. Text or D me to meet up.
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2009-11-06 09:14:45
Awake at 4am like it's sunrise. WTH.
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2009-11-06 22:16:21
Anyone else going to Punkin Chunkin this weekend? Lemme know where you're going to be!
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2009-11-07 00:28:51
Shower, pack, head to Delaware. Going to be a long night.
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2009-11-07 16:13:51
The centrifugal round appear to be over. Loving my hot coffee. Punkin Chunkin is pretty awesome!
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2009-11-07 19:56:43
Off to the brewery
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2009-11-07 23:16:43
At Rehoboth with MOC at Dogfish Head restaurant. Did not get beaned by a pumpkin. Another night outdoors ahead.
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2009-11-08 20:09:19
Camped, watched some pumpkins fly, drank some beers, played some pool, and ate some s'mores. Now placating needy kittens.
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2009-11-08 23:15:43
RT @Ihnatko: At Panera Bread, in the presence of The King Of Chutzpah. It's one thing to use the WiFi all day but really: a desk lamp?
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2009-11-08 23:25:27
I don't care what the weather forecast says. I had the fireplace on last week and DAMN IT I WILL HAVE MY FIREPLACE ON TONIGHT.
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2009-11-09 12:58:48
It's not that I don't want a pool table in my basement, it's just that I can't imagine hauling one down there.
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2009-11-09 16:00:45
You'd think by the time I was thirty I would have learned not to put a half-wrapped chocolate bar in my pocket and walk around for an hour.
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2009-11-09 16:01:13
@batterista Time to start a compost heap. Leaves are great brown matter.
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2009-11-09 16:03:22
@hackedtobits Dogfish Head restaurant left a lot to be desired in their food quality and value. Was not impressed.
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2009-11-09 18:06:43
My guitar has arrived.
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2009-11-09 18:20:29
@dogfishbeer It was fine for pub food, I was just expecting better. The gumbo was so hot with pepper it didn't taste like much else.
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2009-11-09 20:21:03
It's hard to concentrate when I know there's a shiny new guitar sitting in a box in my living room.
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2009-11-10 22:11:02
Dinner, wine and guitar practice. All the fixins for a great evening.
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2009-11-11 04:08:00
Still laughing about my starter marriage being analogized to a Dodge Dart.
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2009-11-11 04:21:01
Guitar strings really hurt for the first few days. I'm told it will get better.
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2009-11-11 14:38:33
Woke up this morning and the fingers on my left hand still hurt from playing chords last night. I'm told this will fade with time.
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2009-11-11 17:04:14
Off to a bottomless pile of sushi.
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2009-11-12 04:45:20
Productive workday, sushi with my favorite gal, exciting contra dancing, and pizza and beer at Joe2 with friends. I call this a WINsday.
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2009-11-12 13:23:23
@JessieX As it turns out I have a free pass for the next time!
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2009-11-12 15:07:10
Looking at my Amazon purchase history for 2009 is both fascinating and a little embarrassing at the same time.
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2009-11-12 16:31:10
Headline of the day: "Penile erectile tissue grown in lab." Go science.
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2009-11-12 16:56:42
@howardjp
http://git.or.cz/course/svn.html
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2009-11-12 21:04:45
Does anyone want two free tickets to The Most Interesting Show in the World at the Recher in Towson tonight?
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2009-11-13 05:17:48
Well on my way to being a decent guitar player. A handful of chords and already I'm passable, if a little slow changing between them.
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2009-11-13 14:33:13
Every morning should start with a pretzel sandwich. Nom.
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2009-11-14 20:27:21
This is not turning into the productive day I had hoped it would be.
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2009-11-15 04:56:30
At annabel lee tavern.
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2009-11-15 18:57:15
My desk looks much better with all the cables firmly secured with velcro ties. Ah, the small joys.
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2009-11-15 22:25:47
Come to dukem! Eat tasty food! D if you want to join.
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2009-11-16 03:59:48
Hello winter slippers! I've missed you.
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2009-11-16 16:47:50
Today is a good day to be happy.
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2009-11-16 18:51:12
Lunch! Finally! Zomg.
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2009-11-16 19:15:10
Low-sodium V8 doesn't taste nearly as good.
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2009-11-16 22:33:24
Some days I code to live. Some days I live to code.
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2009-11-16 23:57:21
Headed to U street for dinner and a concert. Be there around 8. D to hang out.
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2009-11-17 02:36:05
Waiting for head liner band. Show sold out. Young but nerdy crowd still makes me feel old and nerdy.
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2009-11-17 03:04:32
I thought techno was mindlessly repetitive. These guys take the cake. Stupid drumming hippies.
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2009-11-17 03:07:48
Dude in front of me is playing a crossword puzzle on his iPhone. I am on twitter. The band drones on. Hippies sway.
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2009-11-17 03:11:06
Some girl poked me in the ear and ran away. Sure I have neon ear filters but what the hell? Hippies still sway.
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2009-11-17 03:13:50
Now @amandaudoff is making a puppet out of her beer cup.
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2009-11-17 03:22:09
Headliner up now. Very excited. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes.
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2009-11-17 03:40:11
Twitter is my Ravens news station of choice.
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2009-11-17 06:20:21
If Alex Ebert was a cult leader, I would totally "drink the kool aid."
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2009-11-17 15:08:25
Black pen asplode in the good laundry. FML.
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2009-11-17 15:30:05
Today is a good day to be happy, and Maryland is a good state to be happy in.
http://ow.ly/D3JW(HT @tomloveland)
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2009-11-17 16:41:56
I'm really tempted to donate all my clothes to Goodwill and just buy new everything this week.
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2009-11-17 18:11:47
Why does an auto-focus routine need to know what time it is?
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2009-11-18 15:40:14
Today is a good day to be happy about being healthy.
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2009-11-18 16:10:21
Thought that @consumerist headline read "Dear God, Consider Partnering With Ticketmaster." Duh, TicketMaster would never settle for 10%.
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2009-11-18 17:53:45
Just cancelled Speakeasy service. The CSR sounded as sad about it as I felt.
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2009-11-18 19:12:42
@brandonsavage Because Speakeasy is a great company and I respect them very much, but 1.5/384 DSL didn't meet my needs anymore.
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2009-11-19 14:36:17
Today is a good day to be happy and smile.
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2009-11-19 22:26:14
Brief stop at Franklin Square today, then a hot bath, cold beer, and fun book for the rest of the damn night.
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2009-11-19 23:28:04
Belt way jammed top side both ways. Sigh.
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2009-11-20 02:41:22
This has been a delightful evening so far.
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2009-11-20 15:23:26
Today is a good day to be happy about meeting new people.
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2009-11-20 16:17:20
Office water is reverse osmosis filtered municipal from Fairfax Co VA. 1000+ lbs of water travels 60 miles by truck to us every month. Sigh.
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2009-11-20 17:55:48
Ten ounces of marshmallows winds up being surprisingly large number when your co-workers have hidden them all over your cubicle.
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2009-11-20 20:53:44
@LaurenAnanas Regular, actually.
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2009-11-21 10:07:37
This is going to be the longest day ever.
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2009-11-22 15:34:54
Making up for this long week by going back to sleep.
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2009-11-23 01:37:44
I need to start blogging/writing regularly again. Thanksgiving seems like a good day to start back up.
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2009-11-23 02:31:20
Hibernation sure kicked in today.
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2009-11-23 03:51:02
Winter officially starts the first day I sleep with my space heater on.
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2009-11-23 07:10:33
@elvestinkle Good luck with the creative process!
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2009-11-23 14:52:18
Today is a good day to be happy about raised expectations.
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2009-11-23 16:07:30
RT @justingaynor: You know it's getting to be Christmas time when they put up the Christmas tree in the lobby of your office park.
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2009-11-23 18:22:24
I am captivated by the @wbaltv_court even though nothing is happening. Latest info from the Dixon case courtroom.
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2009-11-23 18:27:57
I love my iPod Touch but hate not being able to make fun of iPhone addicts anymore.
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2009-11-23 18:42:31
@annacreech I love it when my #totebag search feed lights back up. Snark ftw.
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2009-11-23 19:56:55
Police scanner QOTD: "These folks gotta be married. They're in the back of the wagon still fussin'."
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2009-11-23 21:25:02
@ahrycyk Get a $3 Nalgene splash guard at REI. Worth every penny.
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2009-11-24 03:01:01
Finally installing 10.5 to get Google Contacts to Address Book conduit.
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2009-11-24 04:53:07
Great, the 10.5 upgrade hosed my filevault home directory. I'm all backed up but my annoyance knows no bounds right now.
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2009-11-24 05:03:27
@amandaudoff It is no mystery to me.
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2009-11-24 12:22:00
Still irritated at my hosed MacBook. Been a while since I backed up my settings and chat logs. Email and documents are safe.
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2009-11-24 14:13:58
@chelandria It was because I used FileVault to encrypt my user directory and there is a known bug.
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2009-11-24 15:55:06
Today is a good day to be happy about simplicity.
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2009-11-24 20:29:56
WBFF says Parkville High School is on lockdown.
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2009-11-24 21:04:52
Soup using the pig's nose is commonly consumed in Hong Kong; this may increase the risk for zoonotic transmission of MRSA.
http://ow.ly/Fkgh
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2009-11-25 04:53:32
"You're a serial monogamist, aren't you?" Second date I've been called on that in a month.
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2009-11-25 14:14:59
Today is a good day to be happy.
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2009-11-25 15:36:15
These chocolate covered espresso beans aren't fantastic.
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2009-11-25 20:49:01
Coworker is planting candy corn around the office in a misguided attempt to frame me.
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2009-11-25 22:16:37
The journey to New Jersey begins now. Updates as the evening progresses. Tons to do before hitting the road.
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2009-11-25 23:25:02
Burrito refuel. Pack for weekend. Tidy up a bit. Goal to get out before 7:30 and there before midnight.
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2009-11-26 00:13:53
Departed at 1908
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2009-11-26 01:06:55
Trooper and highway admin usual just rolled by at mile 97 on 95 north in maryland. Maybe accident.
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2009-11-26 01:07:05
Trooper and highway admin truck just rolled by at mile 97 on 95 north in maryland. Maybe accident.
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2009-11-26 02:05:59
In nj. Only 100 mi to go.
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2009-11-26 02:44:06
Rollin along. Little more than an hour to go.
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2009-11-26 03:03:15
Feeling sleepy. Chocolate coffee beans sustain me.
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2009-11-26 04:02:56
Arrived safe in New Jersey.
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2009-11-26 17:52:53
Happy Thanksgiving everybody! Waiting for the fun to start.
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2009-11-26 19:05:27
Today is a good day to be happy about family and friends.
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2009-11-26 21:06:12
Stuffed. On couch. Purring kitten. Bliss.
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2009-11-27 01:05:24
Watching the Punkin Chunkin documentary on the Science Channel.
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2009-11-27 05:12:55
Watching the Mythbusters marathon. Enjoying a trip with only netbook, iPod, and 12 bags of laundry.
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2009-11-27 06:03:14
@elvestinkle It helps that my parents have FIOS too.
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2009-11-27 15:36:44
Why yes, I do think that 10:30 is a lovely time to wake up and gorge myself on leftover pumpkin pie.
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2009-11-27 19:18:08
Mom bought me a poster with every guitar chord I will ever need.
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2009-11-28 03:41:05
Spent all afternoon fixing my grandparents' computer so it is secure, robust, efficient, and entirely remotely controllable.
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2009-11-28 17:51:19
Over the river and through the w... I mean down the Garden State Parkway we go.
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2009-11-28 21:26:55
Arrived at grandparents in south NJ. Soon as I rolled up, iPod grabbed my email and told me exactly where I was.
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2009-11-29 00:48:16
If I ever see another turkey it'll be, oh, tomorrow morning.
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2009-11-29 04:09:18
The moon and stars over southern NJ are quite lovely in a crystal clear sky.
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2009-11-29 23:08:17
Home sweet sewer. Ugh.
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2009-11-29 23:19:51
It's good to be back but I might just lose my mind.
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2009-11-30 00:06:15
Having a beer and pretending I'm not home yet.
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2009-11-30 01:28:24
There are 569 items left in my to-do list e-mail folder. I hope to have at least 100 of them processed by 9:15, then read and sleep.
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2009-11-30 02:21:10
I appear to be able to process about 1 task per minute on the average, so I need to set aside 9 hours just to get through this folder.
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2009-11-30 02:37:57
@sweetney You will learn to dread "So, I Googled you before our date..."
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2009-11-30 03:22:02
Made my grammar-particular father cringe this weekend when I told him there was an organization called One Less Car (should be One Fewer)
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2009-11-30 03:53:56
Why am I productive? Because my MBP is out of service and my guitar is out of tune. Subsisting on a 800 MHz netbook.
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2009-11-30 05:59:07
My productivity is about to soar. Look out world!
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2009-11-30 13:36:54
Speed camera running at 695 inner loop construction zone.
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2009-11-30 16:53:51
Some mornings even a caffeine IV won't cut it. Not that I have that. I wish I did.
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December
2009-12-01 05:27:55
The moonlight is shining through the slats of my blinds.
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2009-12-01 14:13:58
Something tells me this is going to be a very long day.
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2009-12-01 16:04:27
Agh it's December! When the hell did that happen?
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2009-12-01 19:11:10
New Verizon FIOS use policy: I may not "post off-topic information on message boards, chat rooms or social networking sites."
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2009-12-02 02:21:53
@BioDiverseCity No, Verizon is just my ISP. That's the worst part.
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2009-12-02 05:31:19
Today is a good day to be happy about the natural wonders of full moons and rainstorms.
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2009-12-02 12:43:31
This is not the best morning.
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2009-12-02 15:00:47
Better now that I'm at the office ensconced in my headphones. Just realized I forgot my wallet at home.
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2009-12-02 20:14:27
Making it through today one breath at a time, punctuated by periods of unrepentant immaturity.
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2009-12-02 20:39:52
Facebook is getting rid of geographic networks. Stalking just got way harder.
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2009-12-02 22:03:40
@kgs Paywalled, except for first paragraph.
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2009-12-02 22:10:58
VISA bill: Apple iTunes, Toodledo, OKCupid, Facebook Ads, Netflix, Amazon Music, Amazon S3/EC2, Amazon.com. Spending 2.0.
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2009-12-03 07:14:14
Well damn, Wednesday didn't end badly at all.
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2009-12-03 23:22:11
This day is oscillating between laughing out loud for no reason and resisting the urge to stab myself in the eye with a sharp pencil.
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2009-12-04 01:41:17
Settling in for a late evening of wrangling some SOAP with Python. No, that's not a euphemism for anything. I wish it were.
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2009-12-04 04:09:44
Snow Saturday? I guess that's OK.
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2009-12-04 04:57:27
Today is a good day to be happy about precious friendships.
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2009-12-04 15:36:37
My iPod needs a magsafe adapter.
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2009-12-05 02:33:01
I can has week of naps?
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2009-12-05 17:50:32
Trying not to lose my mind today.
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2009-12-05 23:31:02
Congrats Emily and Gary on their marriage! A lovely Catholic ceremony with crowns and everything.
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2009-12-06 16:49:30
Anyone for breakfast in Parkville/Hamilton this morning?
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2009-12-07 14:44:07
You know what? If I want carrot cake and Mountain Dew for breakfast that's damn well what I'm having for breakfast.
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2009-12-07 16:41:20
"I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was. You know what I'm sayin'? Your wife does." -Mike Rowe
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2009-12-07 17:19:04
Tuesday morning can't come soon enough.
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2009-12-07 17:59:55
I'm looking forward to getting my house (literal and metaphorical) in order this week, as soon as my plumbing is back in service.
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2009-12-08 02:17:27
One hour and 15 minutes to back up my 77 gb sparseimage onto an external drive.
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2009-12-08 04:28:57
Mere moments away from wiping my MacBook boot disk completely and doing a fresh install of Leopard to fix it all.
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2009-12-08 15:03:12
A shower every day? What a novel idea.
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2009-12-08 16:16:31
An application that uses num lock as a status indicator is great for people who don't use the number pad all the time. Unfortunately I do.
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2009-12-08 20:01:35
Does the process of melting fall under chemistry or physics?
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2009-12-09 01:48:16
Wish there was a progress bar on dd. Does OS X single user mode have an iostat analogue I can check for throughput?
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2009-12-09 02:49:54
Answer to previous question: kill -INFO makes dd barf a partial status.
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2009-12-09 14:31:05
Often my first thought as I sit down at my workstation in the morning is that I'm slowly losing my mind. Not sure why that is.
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2009-12-09 18:48:17
Coffee overdose. Pulse 120 bpm sitting still. Whee!
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2009-12-09 20:41:40
My cell phone's been off for a few days and I haven't minded one bit.
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2009-12-09 21:18:27
@amandaudoff You are forgetting it also rings to my work extension.
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2009-12-10 03:23:17
This computer wants to be named "love." Who am I to argue?
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2009-12-10 21:02:29
Listening to all the SXSW 2009 songs on my iPod and rating each one as it comes through on random. I will share my top 20 in a week or two.
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2009-12-10 21:14:35
My computers are now named evil, chaos, freedom, solace, and love. My backup drive volume is named mercurial.
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2009-12-11 15:50:01
Happy #followfriday. How about @BioDiverseCity, @davecorun, @micahjgates, @w3nws, @elvestinkle, @phil_g and @sanssidhe?
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2009-12-11 16:04:23
I'm so happy that Baltimore County is going to single stream recycling.
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2009-12-11 18:10:06
@dj_kittycat Single stream starts Feb 2010 according to WBAL
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2009-12-12 14:43:26
Time to feed myself and then absolutely demolish my to-do list.
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2009-12-12 17:48:32
Today is a good day to be happy about having an awesome place to live.
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2009-12-12 17:49:13
Anyone for lunch in Parkville/Hamilton?
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2009-12-12 17:50:39
@Joab_Jackson If only that could include radar speed guns.
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2009-12-13 00:57:00
At Jodi's birthday party just down the street. Why isn't every gathering less than a mile away from home?
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2009-12-13 16:42:30
@bryanl I've never had any trouble with TMO coverage in Baltimore.
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2009-12-13 16:50:04
Remind me again why I write computer code for a living?
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2009-12-13 16:54:09
@bryanl I'm just talking about GSM/GPRS.
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2009-12-13 18:41:33
Dog hair dust bunnies are disturbing in a way that cat hair just can't match.
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2009-12-14 14:57:11
Today is a good day to be happy for no particular reason.
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2009-12-14 14:57:58
Four months until I can drop cell phone service entirely. I'm looking forward to it more than you can imagine.
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2009-12-14 15:24:25
Slept so well last night. Feel very alert and potentially productive. Ready to pound out code.
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2009-12-14 15:50:03
@joelmarkwitt Mind mapping is always a good start.
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2009-12-14 17:12:08
Put my Netflix subscription on hold until March because I'm never watching it. Better off with books and human beings anyway.
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2009-12-14 22:06:45
Join @amandaudoff and me for burger night at Hamilton Tavern on Harford Road! Burgers and BA Resurrection tonight!
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2009-12-15 00:10:11
Last chance to meet up at Hamilton Tavern tonight! 7:20 for beer and burgers.
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2009-12-15 00:48:26
My taste buds await a Crosstown Burger. Found open wifi here, just needed to set my own IP by hand.
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2009-12-15 15:47:00
Wondering whether the perjorative "cockface" best used as a noun, adjective or verb.
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2009-12-15 16:00:56
@EliW That's happened to me with my ham radio before, but never with my MBP. I used to get a nice current off my PB G4 case tho.
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2009-12-15 16:07:44
RT @bad_decisions: The most dense material in the universe is the concentrated ball of hate I have for the bank.
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2009-12-15 16:17:32
Just declared feed reader bankruptcy! It feels SO GOOD.
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2009-12-15 18:46:14
To get my Mac to sync with Google Account Contacts, I have to turn off my Google Apps account, because it uses the same login. That sucks.
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2009-12-17 14:58:38
Two civilian fire fatalities in Baltimore listed on today's USFA email.
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2009-12-17 18:56:18
ICC could cost up to 35 cents/mile. Costs $20.35 tolls to and from my parents in NJ. If it were all ICC it would cost $116.90.
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2009-12-17 19:49:16
Hiding at home again this weekend.
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2009-12-18 05:08:25
I am organized and inspired. Hoping it will last through this calendar day. I could really use it.
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2009-12-18 13:47:33
Off the grid today starting now. You all know the drill. Be back around six tonight.
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2009-12-18 21:04:17
Thundersnow. That's really all I have to say about that.
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2009-12-18 23:36:40
Dear idiot cat, if you flip the water bowl over it means you are thirsty until I get home. This is not my fault.
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2009-12-19 00:45:09
As the #snowpocalypse descends on Baltimore, listen in at
http://scanbaltimore.com/
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2009-12-19 01:24:11
Considering topping off the big battery before the #thundersnow just in case, but I'm lazy and it's cold.
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2009-12-19 01:27:01
Exasperated police officer on the chat channel via the scanner: "It isn't even snowing yet!"
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2009-12-19 02:56:26
RT @EdBennett: Comparing snow hashtags - #snOMG is the clear winner.
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2009-12-19 12:41:23
RT @redemmas: Getting snowed in at Red Emma's is delicious! We're serving up Vegan Cookies and Cream Cake this weekend!
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2009-12-19 12:52:24
I have milk, eggs, TP, bread, hot chocolate, coconut rum, fast Internet, warm cats, and a fireplace. Let it snow. #snOMG
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2009-12-19 14:48:47
The dumb cat just bolted outside, hit the snowbank at top speed and did a flying 180 back into the house. He's not happy.
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2009-12-19 15:47:41
Baltimore County is now in phase 1 snow emergency.
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2009-12-19 16:23:39
@tbridge Your dressed up for snow picture made me laugh out loud.
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2009-12-19 16:26:31
Morning dilemma: Do I add cocoa or coconut rum to my coffee?
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2009-12-19 16:46:04
via scanner: Baltimore County Phase 2 Snow Emergency plan in effect at 1200 today.
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2009-12-19 16:55:11
@mdith Are you in the city or the county?
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2009-12-19 17:41:19
Baltimore City is in a Phase 1 snow emergency. Snow ties required, parking in snow roads is still ok. For latest: (410) 396-7669.
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2009-12-19 18:05:57
@rdeal1 Out my front window
http://yfrog.com/351ggrj
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2009-12-19 18:44:55
Baltimore City is in a Phase 2 snow emergency. Snow tires required, cars parked in snow routes will be towed. For latest: (410) 396-SNOW.
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2009-12-19 18:45:59
City folks, if you usually park along an emergency route you are allowed to park in certain public school lots. Info at 396snow.com.
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2009-12-19 19:38:52
Baltimore City and County on Snow Emergency Phase 2: No cars w/o snow tires and no parking on snow routes.
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2009-12-19 21:28:11
Don't forget, you can listen in to what's going on during the Snow Emergency at scanbaltimore.com.
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2009-12-19 22:22:08
I can't tell for sure, but it feels like a preponderance of hit-and-run and domestic violence calls on the scanner today.
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2009-12-19 22:23:20
@benlikesmovies Want to come down here and say that?
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2009-12-19 22:33:02
@mapgirlsfc I got mail and they took my Netflix.
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2009-12-20 00:03:45
@RobSummer Are you stuck at the courthouse?
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2009-12-20 01:23:06
@anneheathen I'm consoled that at least my 3am drunk misdial this week didn't sing to me.
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2009-12-20 02:38:02
Water is on for a giant pot of spaghetti. Welcome to winter comfort food weekend on Rob's cooking show.
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2009-12-20 04:16:15
What a lovely day this was. Can we get another blizzard on Monday morning please?
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2009-12-20 14:44:14
Went out last night before bed and took care of all the snow on my walk while it was still light and fluffy. Now it's less so.
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2009-12-20 16:16:13
Snow accumulation on the birdbath.
http://yfrog.com/33en3j
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2009-12-20 17:01:58
@amyhoy In theory you/it could just use the SkyHook API like your iPhone does.
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2009-12-20 22:06:46
Finally dug out my car with Caitlin's help so I don't have to figure it out tomorrow. Road's still not plowed, not sure how Civic will do.
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2009-12-21 00:06:10
Being snowed in makes me so productive. House is clean and I'm (closer to being) caught up on work stuff. And I'm not annoyed or tired out.
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2009-12-21 16:04:03
Blitzing through work from my couch, waiting for the plows to come through so the Little Civic That Could can.
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2009-12-21 21:00:29
Anyone want to see Avatar tonight in White Marsh around 7pm?
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2009-12-22 13:54:33
Errant moisture appears to have electrically linked the "up volume" and "sleep" buttons on my iPod Touch. Fun times.
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2009-12-22 14:48:35
No offense, @davecorun, but Joel Moore in Avatar reminds me of you in just about every possible way.
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2009-12-22 17:13:43
@davetroy How can you literally buy into a city in a non-consumer mindset?
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2009-12-22 19:18:39
Apparently it's not uncommon that the volume up and power buttons on the iPod Touch get "linked." No easy remedies, tho.
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2009-12-23 16:54:03
Outside temp: 33.6°F. Inside temp: 82.3°F.
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2009-12-23 21:15:48
695 inner at R T road is 10mph #baltraffic
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2009-12-23 21:26:22
695 inner at green spring is 20mph #baltraffic
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2009-12-23 21:33:25
695 inner at 83 s is 30mph #baltraffic
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2009-12-24 00:44:35
In motion, grudgingly.
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2009-12-24 17:03:07
95 n at mm 100 in md is stopped to 5 mph #baltraffic
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2009-12-24 17:35:50
Three miles since last update.
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2009-12-24 17:41:52
Truck lost trailer at 95 mile 105 north. In shoulder now. Clear sailing above it.
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2009-12-24 19:13:25
Traffic stopped at nj turnpike mile 62 north.
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2009-12-24 20:21:17
Arrived safe after 4 hours. Time for pizza and relaxing.
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2009-12-24 21:17:43
@dj_kittycat Who said I'm driving?
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2009-12-24 21:18:03
@elvestinkle One crime at a time.
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2009-12-24 21:54:28
@elvestinkle Touché, sir.
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2009-12-24 23:52:15
@amandaudoff it's cold. Battlestar for sure.
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2009-12-25 01:06:34
Been so sleepy today. Glad it's post-dinner naptime now.
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2009-12-25 02:49:00
Be careful if you leave a viola in your car. You might come back to find your window broken and two violas.
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2009-12-25 17:15:45
Best Avatar review yet: "Dances With Wolves was a decent movie, and that blue is so goddamned pretty."
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2009-12-25 22:04:54
My coffee deficit is not to be trifled with.
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2009-12-26 00:01:10
Flipping through Facebook pictures of "where they are now" of my high school friends with mom on the couch.
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2009-12-26 01:25:01
Now that US air travel is on Orange Alert, I'm not so secretly glad I don't have to take any public transit home. What a hassle.
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2009-12-26 02:16:01
TSA press release on Flight 253 incident, White House calls it terrorism.
http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1261781694515.shtm
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2009-12-26 02:52:49
@yflicker Tell us how you really feel:
http://bit.ly/5I6mEQ
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2009-12-26 05:03:01
@jtrupiano Exactly why a parking pad was not an optional accessory when I bought my house.
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2009-12-26 14:56:35
Today I'm smart and having my coffee on usual schedule. This way my body won't decide to hibernate instead of function like normal.
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2009-12-26 16:55:59
If I could magically turn on the part of my brain that handles top-level architectural software design, I'd be the best coder ever.
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2009-12-26 20:36:51
Only 1.17 hours to back up Mom's old laptop and reformat. Not too bad.
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2009-12-27 03:17:25
Good ol' Sherban's Diner with the family.
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2009-12-27 15:55:14
Finished setting up a streaming scanner for my old local police department in NJ so I can enjoy it at home:
http://bit.ly/5Qfmyo
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2009-12-27 18:05:45
Headed out for post-Christmas in South Jersey. Sister in shotgun seat, tunes queued.
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2009-12-27 20:30:40
Arrived down south, settling in for evening with grandparents.
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2009-12-27 20:31:16
RT @laurenweinstein: TSA: I don't object to security being imperfect - it always will be especially in a "free" society. I object to bei ...
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2009-12-27 20:51:21
Don't like the Harpoon Winter Warmer nearly as much as I thought I would.
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2009-12-27 21:18:22
I predict the timing and scope of these new TSA rules will finally foment general revolt against a reactive security apparatus.
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2009-12-27 22:34:37
A true Christmas miracle would be me spending the next seven days in my bed with nowhere to go or anything to do. Maybe next year?
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2009-12-27 23:55:30
@dceiver Is that Howard Dean's signature sound?
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2009-12-28 00:35:04
Looks like one more stop on the journey home, in the right direction, to see aunt, uncle, and cousins.
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2009-12-28 02:25:55
Skyhook thinks I'm in Carrolton Texas. This house is like the Bermuda Triangle of iPod geolocation. Awesome.
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2009-12-28 16:43:23
Verdict: Transportation security apparatus failed. Incompetent terrorist plot failed. Aware, proactive, unarmed passenger saved the day.
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2009-12-28 18:44:31
It is so wonderfully quiet in the office today.
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2009-12-28 19:25:50
Fire Janet Napolitano. PRO TIP: If a bomb gets on a plane and a random passenger does your work for you: your system doesn't work.
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2009-12-28 20:13:36
@mrsmicah It's no surprise the system failed - it's brittle security theater. Its the hubris on the part of the administrators I hate.
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2009-12-28 20:15:14
@amandaudoff TSA is in a state of perpetual failures, reevaluation, reactivity. Bureaucrats not admitting that fact costs lives.
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2009-12-28 21:33:09
@SkyhookWireless Already submitted data on 12/27, but thanks for paying attention.
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2009-12-28 21:35:43
@brandonsavage You know you want FIOS.
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2009-12-28 22:08:18
Okay, not entirely fair of me to criticize Napolitano exclusively.
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2009-12-29 13:05:10
Today is a good day to be happy about warm clothes, warm cats, and space heaters.
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2009-12-29 13:46:34
I'm glad this season is over so I can stop using the phrase " a Christmas miracle" for ironic emphasis.
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2009-12-29 17:43:46
RT @mrmatt57: The Owings Mills Mall continues to crumble... Bye-bye Chick-fil-a!
http://img.ly/jzH
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2009-12-29 18:47:36
I miss Santa already.
http://yfrog.com/37hywej
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2009-12-30 18:19:32
Will a Boost Mobile starter pack SIM card will work in a unlocked Nokia 6310i?
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2009-12-31 18:50:59
Replacing server power supply with $16 (shipped) purchase off eBay. Frugal wins again.
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