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The physical demands of Comic-Con wreck creampuffs like me. Heading back for last day @theguild booth.
- 7/26, 9am
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Being on the set of The Guild is the only thing that could get me excited about being awake & social this early in the AM
- 7/10, 8am
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"So you're saying to 'beat procrastination' I have to 'just get started'? I need a new productivity 'guru.'"
- 6/27, 6pm
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@Annaleen Jealous! Completely missed pride this year due to current combination of age and location.
- 6/27, 1pm
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@raywert Indeed. All those inadvertent acts of journalism and reader service ARE exhausting! :)
- 6/22, 4pm
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@jkottke Saw you said this hours ago, then in the midst of doing something else just now I thought, "Waitasecond. JASON was HUNGOVER?"
- 6/19, 4pm
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So, are you getting an iPhone 3GS? Why or why not? (Will compile and report back best responses.)
- 6/19, 11am
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@Miles312 Yes, it feels like screensharing or one of those collaborative text editors. Just, you know, in the browser.
- 6/12, 12am
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@fraying @hchamp Congrats! it's one of those wonderful "holy crap we're adults with home improvement projects" milestones.
- 6/11, 11am
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@grobertson hey, mighty fine collection! Thanks for including Better Gmail 2. :)
- 6/10, 8pm
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@Pogue I've found you've got to archive replies as you go due to that very problem :( good luck! [ http]
- 6/9, 2pm
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yeah yeah, I heard about the non AT&T tethering. (Been watching live audio/video stream at [ http])
- 6/8, 11am
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Turns out EVERYONE hates the pressure to be cute. (For the record, I think you're adorable.)
- 6/4, 10pm
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@phoch00 No attack, hardware fail on one of the devices that does load balancing across our web servers. :( Thanks for hanging in!
- 6/2, 5pm
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so much neat stuff coming from #allthingsd, kinda makes me wanna be a news blogger
- 5/28, 2pm
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@adampash yes! Wave looks cool. Love how it will be distributed hubs, seems the next step for the cloud.
- 5/28, 1pm
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Here's the project management software you use most at work and home. [ http] Most-mentioned: Basecamp and MS Project. Duh!
- 5/19, 3pm
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doing the regular Friday afternoon reckoning of all todo's left undone & resolving to do better next week. Damn you, productivity obsession.
- 5/15, 4pm
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Set up Gmail for Mom, who until recently shunned computers completely. This week she CHECKED it & viewed a Flickr set I sent her. HUGE WIN!
- 5/8, 8am
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"Clearly you want to have a baby. Just look at your Flickr favorites!"
- 4/29, 10am
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Happy Earth Day! Celebrating by showing off [ http] #lastyears
- 4/22, 11am
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I would like to publicly thank all my child-bearing friends for doing the work of having charming & adorable kids I can enjoy.
- 4/14, 1pm
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@LW_Will they've got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses...
- 4/12, 2pm
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@economicwoman true, I don't do lists on my site, but look at any magazine on the newsstand. Numbered lists became popular way before LH!
- 4/2, 10am
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fun with data visualizations: Broadway shows I've seen in the past 17 years. Behold the power of Javascript [ http]
- 3/30, 7pm
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got access to some of the most brilliant minds in tech this weekend; going home utterly grateful, humbled, inspired, and hopeful. #fooeast
- 3/29, 10am
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@wefollow #tech #blogger
- 3/22, 10am
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I will miss @annaleen's recaps as much as BSG itself; here's her finale rundown [ http]
- 3/21, 5pm
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@tmarnold ha, any tips for getting a word in with calacanis on the line? just ratchet up the assertiveness?
- 3/21, 1pm
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Ben Huh: "Everyone starts out on the internet as a douchebag. Then you do something that moves you above or below that line." #sxsw
- 3/17, 9am
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more and more, I find myself wishing email had this 140 character limit, too.
- 3/5, 4pm
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ooph, WordPress plugin updates=redoing all the things I changed in them by hand, AGAIN. There must be a better way besides forking, right?
- 3/5, 11am
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@jenbee ha! my "without fact-checkers" bit sounds so flip--needed a "tongue-in-cheek" disclaimer!
- 3/5, 10am
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@diveintomark good point. Re: unique 3-digit id, Google News requires it. (Just in case)
- 3/4, 10pm
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@jonpurkis I miss the Evernote iPhone app the most, and iPod features (cover flow, easy playlist syncing), though using Songbird now
- 2/24, 1pm
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Not doing anything else this Sunday afternoon? Come hear me chat with the guys on TWiT starting at 3PM PST [ http]
- 2/22, 3pm
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@zen_habits for you, Leo :) [ http]
- 2/11, 12pm
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Type follow smarterware to get new blog posts and status updates in Twitter
- 2/9, 10am
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@brainstormlab yes! [ http]
- 2/8, 3pm
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@dschach right on, nice work!
- 2/5, 3pm
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@mat @dylanjfield training for a super sprint in San Diego in May, riding an inherited Quintana Roo, my 1st bike with clip pedals (newb!)
- 2/2, 10am
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oh, tri bike = triathlon bike, not three-wheeler. Got a race to train for. :)
- 2/2, 10am
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@gdarklighter yes, the good skewers will make an appearance tonight. It's windy tho, so it'll be an adventure!
- 1/29, 2pm
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Googled "facebook connect rails", got "Did you mean facebook connect fails?"
- 1/27, 10am
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SD Geek bonfire has been rescheduled to next Thursday because we're wusses too afraid of rain tonight. [ http]
- 1/22, 3pm
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Oh man the waves are perfectly noob-sized today, big enough to catch, small enough to handle, surfing 101
- 1/21, 3pm
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Mac developers (Rails/Git), what editor/IDE you using? TextMate, Coda, Eclipse, other? It's been awhile.
- 1/21, 10am
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feel like I'm living in an episode of "When Good Web Sites Do Bad Things" this week
- 1/14, 9am
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@michellej Hahaha Glad you saw that, even though I borked your username. :)
- 1/13, 10am
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in LA today. Friends, DM me if you're free for coffee in Hollywood this afternoon.
- 1/12, 9am
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@brandonleblanc fantastic news, thanks!!
- 1/10, 4pm
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four years in and I still love a good Windows/Mac throwdown
- 1/9, 5pm
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@mat and @britneyspears
- 1/5, 9am
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swallowed up Outliers in one sitting, sucked in by the Gladwellian tractor beam
- 1/4, 3pm
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note to screenwriters: try consulting with an actual lesbian before writing that girl-on-girl scene. Really.
- 1/2, 4pm
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5AM wakeup=3PM nap. (yawn)
- 1/2, 3pm
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meeting @wilw definitely goes on my most memorable 2008 moments list. (Thanks Wil!) [ http]
- 12/30, 1pm
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@Norlinda @brianking @sillydoodah @blindcavefish great premise, tedious & depressing execution; Winslet almost makes it worth it, Leo=bad
- 12/30, 12pm
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@rklau Yes exactly! See you're reading the mag for the article, not the photos. ;)
- 12/28, 12pm
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@polldaddy thanks for a great year! [ http]
- 12/28, 12pm
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Windsor Terrace at the holidays is nothing if not a string of howyadoin's
- 12/19, 11am
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red-eye decimated me, but Brooklyn's so pretty all dressed up in white
- 12/19, 10am
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"I know you're Sicilian, but try to remember that bribing people is inappropriate."
- 12/17, 10am
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@mattbuchanan Here it is: [ http]
- 12/15, 3pm
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OS X 10.5.6 update hung on "Configuring installation" for 1hr+ but the Combo Update worked fine. And, my fingers are better, thanks. :)
- 12/15, 2pm
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@danpatmore same thing here. I did hard reboot, and it came up fine, but no 10.5.6 applied. Planning to try combo update.
- 12/15, 2pm
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@parenthacks I don't doubt it for a second! And I'll say I knew you before you unleashed it on TV!
- 12/13, 3pm
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@nerdist ooooh, excited to see you on Chelsea Lately!
- 12/12, 9pm
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@divrchk what version of the extension are you using? That is downright bizarre!
- 12/10, 10am
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@ferringer I've heard Preview's not working for folks, but it's working for me... button or automatically?
- 12/10, 10am
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spending the day getting my add-on's in order before I head up to Add-on-con tomorrow!
- 12/10, 9am
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Surefire way to alienate women and look like a dolt, #357: Write your web site as if every single person on the internet has a penis.
- 12/8, 8am
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@Mike_twitter sadly had technical difficulties with Persepolis, must get hands on disc (with subtitles). It looks so good!
- 12/8, 8am
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@hotdogsladies haha, the reason was to explain the pros and cons of the most popular MC's among our readership, silly! We're not THAT evil!
- 12/7, 3pm
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@erdoland Adorable!
- 12/7, 3pm
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@hotdogsladies I disagree; starting a post with the link is way more WTF-inducing than a direct explanatory lede.
- 12/7, 2pm
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fabulous movie recommendations, thanks all! Settled on Persepolis, with Wanted and Hancock as backups. Also in search of Man on Wire.
- 12/6, 3pm
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Plan to rent/download a movie tonight. What's the best thing you've seen on DVD lately?
- 12/6, 10am
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San Diegans, our third Geek Beach Bonfire is tomorrow night at 6PM, Mission Bay. Come! [ http]
- 12/3, 1pm
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Britney documentary takeaway: Being that famous really does suck.
- 11/30, 8pm
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stunned that Monday is December 1st. This year went by CRAZYfast.
- 3pm
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@rael those Twitter people are some lucky folks. Congrats on the acquisition!
- yesterday, 5pm
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@feliciaday Congrats on the Microsoft deal!!
- yesterday, 9am
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met Joyce Carol Oates today, she signed my book and joked about Princeton intellectuals and won my heart.
- 11/23, 7pm
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Love that mobile safari has dropped the http:// in the address bar entirely
- 11/21, 1pm
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my mom flew meatball sandwiches across the country for me today, and they were so damn good
- 11/15, 5pm
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every internet company needs that one whiplash-inducingly smart sales person who makes you realize ads aren't that bad; @superfem is ours
- 11/11, 7pm
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"Grandpa, was that the first time you've ever voted for a Democrat?" "In many years...I voted for Franklin Roosevelt."
- 11/6, 8am
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love that Brokaw keeps calling Obama "this young man" with so much respect and awe in his voice
- 11/4, 8pm
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Took exactly 5 hours in line to fix my borked registration and vote early. Worth every minute.
- 11/2, 1pm
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Donating to No on 8 [ http]
- 10/30, 8am
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@troymalone the question is, do social media butterflies suffer from infoenza?
- 10/25, 9am
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@Choire d'oh!
- 10/25, 9am
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OH: "He's a beautiful man, except he acts like a man, and that's not so attractive."
- 10/22, 6pm
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what's your DVR's highest priority season pass right now? Mine's Mad Men.
- 10/21, 7pm
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four years of publishing 6 to 12 a day, and I still get a little nervous before a blog post goes live
- 10/21, 12pm
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spent a week test-driving Android on a G1, and me likey but waiting for 2.0: [ http]
- 10/16, 1pm
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confession: been watching classic 90210 on YouTube and trying to figure out what exactly my 15yo self thought was cool about it
- 10/14, 10pm
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Word of the day: OY!
- 10/3, 11am
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yes, let's agree not to use the verb "leverage" when discussing business, marketing, and software. Leverage the word "use."
- 9/30, 3pm
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Sergey Brin says Google officially opposes Proposition 8 and I could kiss him for it [ http]
- 9/26, 3pm
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....and Clay Aiken fans are--shocked? Really?
- 9/24, 1pm
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AM workout benefits: you don't have all day to think of reasons to bail, and you're thrilled to sit at your desk and type when you're done
- 9/23, 1pm
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two whole days offline and everything's different.... good stuff coming up this week...
- 9/21, 11am
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multitasking: doing a radio interview on your cell phone while riding a bike that's taking and uploading photos to Flickr the whole time
- 9/18, 3pm
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Brad Pitt donated $100k to the campaign against Prop 8, the amendment to ban same-sex marriage in California [ http]
- 9/18, 10am
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@mamamusings [ http]
- 9/16, 10am
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most people seem happy with the iPhone 2.1 update, yet each time Safari crashes I get closer to a new Nokia.
- 9/15, 3pm
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Tina Fey as Sarah Palin was as good as I thought it could be
- 9/14, 3pm
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@Annaleen it's just like Gawker!
- 9/14, 3pm
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@mattcutts Phew, thanks Matt!!
- 9/3, 1pm
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What Firefox extensions must you have to work comfortably? (Me: Foxmarks, DownThemAll, Web Developer, Stylish/Greasemonkey.) Now you. Go!
- 8/26, 1pm
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@diveintomark incidentally, I happen to be curl-free in the hair way, too. But that's much less problematic. ;)
- 8/26, 1pm
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@opentape No go. :( do_post_request calls curl_init, and craps out with a Fatal error undefined & do_post_request lists songs, looks like
- 8/26, 11am
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@opentape Playing with Opentape--awesome, except my host doesn't have curl extension installed. What's a curl-free girl to do?
- 8/26, 10am
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Woke up outside Santa Barbara and cycled 20 miles through spectacular wine country
- 8/22, 2pm
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New Lifehacker design now live, and published my last post using MT today. The times, they are a-changin'.
- 8/21, 9am
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@voyagerfan5761 very late reply re: sailboat--it was a 24-footer, 2 sail boat, def ocean-going!
- 8/20, 3pm
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Annie's organic spaghetti-o's with soy balls? Not that bad. (My Sicilian ancestors just turned in their graves.)
- 8/18, 10pm
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Love when people say "a big site like Lifehacker" as if it weren't a couple of dorks in a chatroom going "oh yeah let's write about that..."
- 8/18, 4pm
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installing iPhone software 2.0.2, so long jailbreak
- 8/18, 2pm
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Dara Torres, will you marry me? (It's legal here in CA, you know.)
- 8/15, 11pm
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nutty week of meetings, phonecalls, interviews, appts... spent more time talking about work than doing it
- 8/14, 9am
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1985 flashback from my big brother: "Remember all that time we spent trying to figure out the gnome's name in King's Quest?" Do I!
- 8/12, 11am
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every time I see the words "social media marketing" a little piece of me dies inside
- 8/7, 6am
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suffering from a serious case of puppy love [ http] (why, allergies, WHY?)
- 8/5, 10am
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@mat Congrats!!
- 8/5, 8am
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everyday vs every day. setup vs set up. backup vs back up. its vs it's. These are the things that keep me up at night.
- 8/3, 11pm
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@monstro Congrats! You are my hero. Hope the calf muscles feel better soon.
- 8/3, 12pm
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My San Diego peeps: who's interested in doing a beach bonfire geek meetup? Thinking about organizing, want to gauge interest.
- 8/2, 2pm
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NYT sez Dr. Horrible had a "prominent gay subtext"--um, it did? Weird article all around.
- 8/2, 12pm
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traffic stats, charts, subscription numbers = a blessing AND a curse
- 8/1, 8am
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FTP'ed into iPhone to download SMS.DB and export it to CSV. Felt like a badass till I found out Syphone saves texts in one step. :\
- 7/31, 4pm
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few things better than that moment during story idea brainstorming when the screen lights up with a collective "yes!"
- 7/31, 1pm
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I would like Cat Deeley to host my life.
- 7/30, 9pm
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omg, my mug is on the front page of nytimes.com. When the reporter asked me for the photo credit, I was like "um, took it myself" *sheepish*
- 7/30, 4pm
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up to my eyeballs in soul-deadingly boring but necessary tasks. Now, those expense reports.... Blurgh.
- 7/30, 10am
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@HockeyPhool The Redesigned skin, and any general wonkiness... just click around and see if anything blows up. :) Thank you!
- 7/29, 6pm
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@Keakealani Uh-oh! Are you using a skin?
- 7/29, 6pm
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@careymhart you may have to press "Allow" for Firefox to install it--are you getting the yellow bar when you click the TinyURL?
- 7/29, 6pm
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@feliciaday knows Lifehacker! YAY! Also, if you haven't already, watch The Guild [ http]
- 7/29, 2pm
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@shanselman You can, if you jailbreak it. [ http]
- 7/29, 1pm
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grateful I wasn't at the OB/GYN when the quake hit. Glad to hear you're healthy (albeit shaken up), @MissRFTC [ http]
- 7/29, 12pm
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