blaine Wow, turns out the sunrises here are mind-blowingly beautiful. I guess I never got used to that, growing up on the west coast... - 10/14, 11pm from Adium

blaine @eob any recent links to specs? Is it integrated into any RFID chips? It looks great, but can't find where I can buy it. ;-) - 10/12, 8am from Adium

blaine @nelson I quite liked the Wieliczka tour; I think which guide you get makes a big difference. The wifi is a bit of a trip, though, eh? ;-) - 10/8, 5am from Adium

blaine @johngirvin cups; sadly I have no access to espresso here, so it's drip. Thankfully it's @squaremile, though! - 6/18, 4am from Adium

blaine @alaninbelfast we usually get about ~250 KiBps down, maybe a bit more on a good day, less on a bad one. - 6/17, 2pm from Adium

blaine @alexislyon Auvergne, the touraine, and (recently) the Pyrenees. - 6/15, 6am from Adium

blaine RT @mickael It seems appstore broke certificate mgmt for users with non-ascii characters in name. Impossible to generate application again. - 6/9, 7am from Adium

blaine A nuanced view explains so much. Terrorists on both sides: [ http] (via @timbray) - 6/5, 2pm from web

blaine Feckin' tired, but thankfully that's the last time I need to be up really early (or awake really late) for a while. Except for baguettes. - 6/4, 1am from Tweetie

blaine Heading to Oxford Geek Night in an hour. First time to Oxford, should be fun. - 5/27, 8am from web

blaine @marramgrass that's insane. What if you're from London, and get hurt in the country? Why would your GP ever be involved in emergencies? - 5/8, 8am from web

blaine @WiredBob I can't remember when/where, but it's now on the board. :-) #barcampbelfast - 4/25, 3am from Tweetie

blaine @mirrorcone1 just a pair of PSB Alpha B1s and a portable t-amp. But man, so much better than that Mac Pro internal speaker. ;-) - 4/8, 4pm from web

blaine Starting into the heaps and heaps of email that have piled up. It was worth it, but holy crap this will take days. - 4/1, 1am from web

blaine Back home. That took a long time. Thankfully, I'm tired and it's time for bed. - 3/31, 2pm from web

blaine @visivo I think some hanging out is in order. - 3/19, 12pm from web

blaine My head asplode with visions of 3D music swirls. - 3/17, 10am from Tweetie

blaine Nap, check. Austin is warming up, this makes me exceedingly happy. - 3/15, 4pm from Tweetie

blaine @san1t1 oauth can be done with GET query params - no need to use headers. - 3/11, 9am from Tweetie

blaine @rhodacook exciting! It's crazy - 20 celcius in Washington & New York today! There was snow on the ground a few days ago, apparently. - 3/7, 6pm from Tweetie

blaine @cmtalbert thanks! :-) - 3/7, 2pm from Tweetie

blaine @glorialien but we wouldn't get to see you! Or are you looking at shorter tours? - 3/6, 10pm from Tweetie

blaine @Lapp awww, shucks! *blush* - 3/2, 3pm from TwitterFox

blaine The ultimate goal of every geek is to cause a segmentation fault in the person to whom they're talking. - 2/26, 3pm from Tweetie

blaine @harper you should chat with Anders! :-) - 2/21, 10am from TwitterFox

blaine @antonmannering I haven't yet, keep missing them (out of town a fair bit). Definitely mean to, though! :-) Is there a comprehensive list? - 2/9, 5am from web

blaine @antonmannering also, having moved from Canada -> US -> NI, NI is much harder, no question. - 2/9, 5am from web

blaine @rodbegbie fishcakes! - 2/4, 11am from web

blaine Amazing work from Stamen (and BT!): [ http] - OSM custom tiles + good geo-feeds = HOTNESS. - 2/3, 11am from web

blaine @natbat @simonw congratulations!! - 2/3, 5am from TwitterFox

blaine Up at an hour that is increasingly not-late for me. A lovely fire inside, and big waves crashing outside. I need to automate this update. - 2/1, 5pm from web

blaine @DogReader not sure about the Canadian one ;-) (Queen's Belfast) - 2/1, 3am from Tweetie

blaine @rhodacook hurrah! Exciting! - 1/28, 6pm from web

blaine @mickael I get 6 hours of text-typing time on mine. Also, external batteries don't weigh anything when you don't need them. - 1/28, 2am from TwitterFox

blaine In response to BaconCampSF, I will be hosting SeitanCampBelfast. That is, myself and @Maureen. Now to find a local source of Seitan... - 1/27, 2pm from TwitterFox

blaine @natdefreitas sure, if the machine(s) you're on gets seized. Gov't doesn't care about shared use (IMC thing was for a *comment*). - 1/26, 6am from web

blaine @NischalShetty or people who use the web interface. - 1/26, 6am from web

blaine @natdefreitas unless you're locked into your cloud provider, and *their* servers get seized because IMC is there, too. - 1/26, 5am from web

blaine Last night's storm was amazing. Waves up and over the road, and the flag outside is torn from the wind. - 1/25, 3am from web

blaine Support Gaza victims where the BBC won't ( [ http] ) - donate at [ http] - 1/24, 2am from web

blaine I can't believe it's Friday. Instigating revolution is a long, hard path. - 1/23, 2am from web

blaine @kellan sparky's? Sleep? Blue Bottle Cafe opens in 2 hours. ;-) - 1/21, 5am from web

blaine Thanks everyone! Rails, Drupal, Firefox, Eclipse, Wordpress most popular. That matches my list, also: elgg, audacity, freeswitch, adium. - 1/21, 5am from web

blaine Most interesting thing about the speech: "we", not "I". A call to responsibility. - 1/20, 9am from Tweetie

blaine @rileyjane that would be the perfect closing to the narrative arc of Full House. - 1/20, 5am from web

blaine @adam happy birthday! (also, trazzler is awesome, and it knows where we are! :-) ) - 1/18, 1am from web

blaine Mousse dì Limon is my new favourite food. It's like lemon curd, but I could totally eat a bucket full of it. - 1/17, 6am from txt

blaine @wdr1 I'd be interested to see a description of how the olympic stuff work. I'm not aware of a single successful user-facing use of them. - 1/17, 2am from web

blaine @rakugojon om nom nom nom! I think the produce was better last time, but late spring = better variety and quality than mid-winter. - 1/17, 2am from web

blaine @pauljevans yes, sorry - client side certs. - 1/16, 6am from web

blaine (i.e., the twitter suggestion tool tells me this) - 1/16, 5am from web

blaine For those interested in visiting us in Belfast - ultra cheap flights: [ http] - 1/15, 4am from web

blaine @emp I have no intention to fight ;-) Lead by example. - 1/15, 4am from Tweetie

blaine Dissapointed by Telefonica presentation; let's pretend to have social network integration by centralizing power in the carriers. #w3csn - 1/15, 1am from Tweetie

blaine At the W3C Workshop on the Future of Social Networks. Excited, this stuff matters. #w3csn - 1/15, 12am from txt

blaine Place for tonight sorted, big thanks to @maureen. Any suggestions for tasty (veg-friendly) food in Gracia? - 1/14, 12pm from txt

blaine Thinking I probably should have found food last night. Head now broken. - 1/14, 1am from Tweetie

blaine @unblab looks beautiful. Hoping I'll get an invite! - 1/12, 5am from web

blaine Michigan Theatre in Detroit, now a parking lot: [ http] - 1/7, 4am from web

blaine An interesting thread if you're following the Twitter/Phishing/OAuth thing: [ http] - 1/5, 2pm from web

blaine Why transit cops shouldn't be given guns: [ http] - 1/5, 12pm from web

blaine Help @leedryburgh and [ http] help homeless people in San Mateo county: [ http] - 1/5, 4am from web

blaine Happy New Year! Watching fireworks scroll past with the farmhouses. - 12/31, 6pm from txt

blaine Happy New Year! Watching fireworks scoll past with the farmhouses. - 12/31, 3pm from Tweetie

blaine Exploring Berlin and collecting provisions for tonight's sleeper train to Krakow. - 12/31, 5am from Tweetie

blaine Well, that was fun. Headache repaired and great conversations all day today. The evening promises more. Yay! - 12/30, 2pm from txt

blaine Hiding out on teh internets after eating the results of food hacking @ c-base. Deliciously sated. - 12/29, 11am from web

blaine @tamlyn Boo, I just took a closer look at Green Plug, and their advertising is deceptive. This needs to be a freely licensed standard. - 12/19, 8am from web

blaine @moleitau you just out-neb'd neb. Next time I'm in London, I'll expect a ride in your convertible tube train. - 12/19, 8am from web

blaine A nice, simple idea: [ http] If you work at a hardware manufacturer, please do what you can. Must be free to succeed. - 12/18, 3pm from web

blaine After a very nice trip to London, my body is thanking me for staying put a while. My inbox is, too. - 12/18, 4am from web

blaine Feeling cold, even though I'm not. Damned fever. I'm sure this will all be cleared up just in time to go home. - 12/16, 9am from Tweetie

blaine Oww. Like everyone else, it seems, waking up with a pounding headache and a stuffy nose. Thankfully, I'm feeling better than four hours ago. - 12/15, 1am from web

blaine RT @plasticbaguk Brickhouse people you should be hiring right now: @cjmartin @BenWard @jeanniey @afex @samtripodi @premshree @kevinrailsback - 12/10, 1pm from web

blaine Must share with everyone: [ http] - 12/10, 9am from web

blaine When I am sixty, this is very much the sort of event I would like to attend in honour of a great friend. This, and the afterparty, of co ... - 12/9, 1pm from txt

blaine @coda that's not my experience; it's kind of a brainfuck, to be sure, but if you're careful you shouldn't have to RY. ;-) - 12/6, 3am from web

blaine @coda Puppet's not a DSL, because it's not a language. Stop trying to code, and just describe the configuration. There are good reasons. - 12/6, 3am from web

blaine @wiredbob nice meeting you, too! In case it's not too late, phpldapadmin is fantastic. ;-) - 12/4, 8am from web

blaine Also, very excited about my new gig. Details to come, after the HR-a-palooza is done. :-D - 12/2, 8am from web

blaine @aidan60657 no proxy for streaming, just for adding to the queue, though I'm running my own in colo for that. - 11/26, 8am from web

blaine Seriously intense photos from the Big Picture: [ http] - yesterday, 1pm from web

blaine Abraço inspires Blue Bottle's heyday from thousands of miles. Stron - yesterday, 11am from txt

blaine Also, Boston is nice, so it's not such a bad thing. :-) - 11/20, 12pm from txt

blaine Missed my train to New York by misreading the departure time. Thankfully, trains rock, so it only sets me back 60 minutes. - 11/20, 12pm from txt

blaine Arrived at hotel for prorubyconf. :-) Hotels without wifi should be banned. :-( - 11/18, 3pm from txt

blaine Arrived in Boston, narrowly missing another fellow traveler at the airport. Anything interesting happening at the hotel? - 11/18, 2pm from txt

blaine So. Fecking. Tired. On the plane to Boston, looking forward to a hot bath and a nap. - 11/18, 12pm from txt

blaine @plasticbagUK that just means you've been in too many cabs this week :-p (that is, if you're really completely fine) - 11/17, 7pm from web

blaine Back in the US, and happy to see news about the anti-prop 8 protests. Sad I won't make it to Cali this trip.. - 11/15, 3pm from txt

blaine @jonthebeef having done it in the US (moving from Canada) I can say that it was much easier. - 11/11, 4am from web

blaine I need slippers, or warm indoor boots of some sort. Damn, if I weren't allergic to wool. We ran out of heating oil, and it's cold! - 11/7, 7am from web

blaine @aaronofmontreal that's exactly what I was thinking when I woke up at noon with a pounding headache. So worth it. - 11/5, 9am from web

blaine Obama ahead in Virginia, and still most of Fairfax to go. I never thought I'd say this, but Yay Fairfax! Go Fairfax! - 11/4, 7pm from web

blaine @al3x transactions and durability are more expensive, and you're not providing any kind of real-time feed now; small steps > giant leaps. - 11/4, 12pm from web

blaine @fredwilson from the rest of the world, thank you! :-) - 11/4, 4am from web

blaine Great. Apparently banks in the UK don't acknowledge the existence of post-dated cheques. Oh well, thankfully my bank's NSF fee is only £8. - 11/3, 6am from web

blaine @nycerine yeah. Insane old timey laws. :-( Oh well, not something we can change, unfortunately. - 10/29, 4pm from web

blaine Ok, now I'm totally fucking giddy. Off to Belfast for some celebratory drinks and poetry. - 10/28, 10am from web

blaine Just made my first booking with air miles (not for me). Very, very excited. - 10/28, 9am from web

blaine Just inadvertently modded my MacBook Air while walking upstairs. The screen now opens all the way. Everything else works. Yay for SSDs! - 10/25, 4am from web

blaine Getting the same throat cold @rabble is getting. - 10/25, 2am from web

blaine Just about to board SAA flight 264 to Munich. Thus concludes my trip to South Africa. - 10/19, 10am from web

blaine Flying back to London tomorrow, today: the Cape of Good Hope. - 10/18, 1am from txt

blaine Having a shower, on a train, while looking out at a desert in purple springtime bloom rates as one of the "best things, ever." - 10/17, 1am from txt

blaine Day two of MobileActive08. Got a good sleep, but my brain is taking a while to start up. - 10/14, 3am from web

blaine @nmds thanks! :-) Glad to hear it - it's always difficult to tell on the other side of the stage. - 10/9, 9am from web

blaine I just realized that this house was standing well before when Isaac Newton was born. It's certainly seen a lot in its time. - 10/4, 3pm from web

blaine Sneezing at all the mold Maureen's dug up cleaning cupboards and closets. It's worth it, though -- a turtle shell was found! - 10/4, 5am from web

blaine Wishing I was in Montreal with possibly one of the best collections of people ever collected. Enjoying gusts of Atlantic winds nonetheless. - 10/2, 1pm from web

blaine @zzgavin tons! Can't wait to see you all in London next week, though! :-) - 9/29, 1pm from web

blaine Sitting in utterly quiet room, catching up on email. Tempted to light the fire, as it would go well with the ocean view. - 9/26, 5am from web

blaine New location: secret agent's flat. Call me for details, 415.218.7185. - 9/20, 11pm from txt

blaine Last dinner in SF: jay's cheesesteak. Now to the Latin American for goodbye drinks. - 9/20, 8pm from txt

blaine New twitter design is very, very nice. Now that it's out, hopefully that means I can have lunch with Britt tomorrow ;-) - 9/18, 6pm from web

blaine If I ran a pirate store, I would sell Emergen-Sea. - 9/16, 6pm from txt

Just signed up for my Dipity account.

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blaine @ezmobius @charlvn: awwww, thanks ;-) - 8/31, 6pm from web

blaine Feeling detached, when feeling connected would be nice. - 8/31, 5pm from web

blaine For those that missed that last message, @iheartquotes has the scoop on Obama's VP. Hint: starts with "B", ends with "G". - 8/22, 5pm from web

blaine Hooray! I have a replies tab again. @bs rocks. - 8/22, 3pm from web

blaine My head is eating itself. Ow. Must find drugs. - 8/19, 11am from web

blaine Ahhh, lovely night with folks from the alternate side of the pond. Looking forward to more of that. - 8/17, 1am from web

blaine San Louis Obispo is very pretty, but may have a larger population of witches than Sunnydale. - 8/4, 10am from txt

blaine Sanam nom nom nom luang'd. They should make a TV show: LA Thai. On the food network. - 8/2, 10pm from txt

blaine Fun days ahead. Three parties and a weekend with an old friend who's just finished her doctoral thesis. - 7/31, 10am from web

blaine @plasticbagUK is hot, and it has nothing to do with Pederasty. Who knew: [ http] - 7/24, 1am from web

blaine Crap, missed BART by 30 seconds. Hate it when that happens. - 7/20, 5pm from txt

blaine Oh, found it - Clea Minaker. <-- Awesome. - 7/20, 1am from web

blaine I <4 my ANGRY HAND ( [ http] ) (two memes for the price of one) - 7/16, 2pm from web

blaine Morning: cleaning and east bay antiques. Evening: herbal tonics and an apocalyptic drama. - 7/6, 8pm from web

blaine Maureen's back from having all her [wisdom] teeth pulled. Happy as a clam, sense of taste intact, not dead. Worried no more. - 7/3, 1pm from web

blaine OH: Can I have a poutine? Sure can! - 6/27, 5pm from txt

blaine Hungry, Tired, Sore. Afraid of riding home in the cold. But getting TONS of email done. - 6/11, 10pm from web

blaine Sitting at the front of the plane is fun. You get to say Hi to everyone as they board. - 6/2, 3pm from web

blaine Sadly, because he makes his living *selling ads* on posts about *Twitter*. He should do something actually productive for a change, imho. - 5/30, 8am from web

blaine Sitting on the plane. Going places. - 5/29, 10am from web

blaine Sitting in Yosemite, more than a little surprised that I can send this message. - 5/27, 9am from txt

blaine They don't call them waiting rooms for nothing. - 5/23, 2pm from txt

blaine My sense of time has been all fucked up this week. - 5/23, 12pm from txt

blaine For the record, this is a big part of wanting to leave the US: [ http] - 5/23, 11am from im

blaine I need chocolate. Burning desire for chocolate. Narm Narm Narm. - 5/22, 5pm from im

blaine @factoryjoe *blush* - 5/22, 4pm from im

blaine @ev I don't care whether the specific case is valid or not. Twitter's philosophical response here is what matters. - 5/22, 3pm from im

blaine Want = bandsintown.com + last.fm. Salivate. - 5/22, 3pm from im

blaine @FallenPegasus it's not, but promoting a healthy community is important. If griefers figure out how to spam people with @ replies, oh he ... - 5/22, 3pm from im

blaine @chrisfullman if they want to be abusive / shitheads, they should do it using their own resources. - 5/22, 2pm from im

blaine @goldman yeah, but shithead users don't do anything for your service, and you have no obligation to protect them. - 5/22, 2pm from im

blaine Woke up dizzy. Agghhh, not so much fun. - 5/20, 7am from web