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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2015, 11:52:40 AM
I'll never understand why stuff like this isn't built in to Windows http://t.co/cjBKor5n0C
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ustwogames @ustwogames
Jan 5, 2015, 10:58:51 AM
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Interesting fact: Only 5% of Monument Valley installs on Android are paid for. 40% on iOS. There’s a sneak peak of data!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 4, 2015, 8:08:27 PM
(peeking out my head from a concrete bunker deep underground) is the holidays over yet? Is.. is it safe to come out?
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This is the best thread on the internet. 2 guys argue about how many days are in a week. Start at #6: http://t.co/77102wtEjd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2015, 11:43:20 PM
What to do with an absurdly large 12k lumen led flashlight? Brandish it over your head while screaming "I have the power of greyskull" ✔️
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EricTopol @EricTopol
Jan 3, 2015, 11:22:47 PM
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Hospital elevator buttons have more bacteria than the toilets http://t.co/qcVLuk94xe @OpenMedicine via @medcitynews http://t
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mulegirl @mulegirl
Jan 3, 2015, 9:05:51 PM
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10 Comics That Shut Down Terrible Internet Arguments http://t.co/xzTbQQT8Ee
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chipdwyer @chipdwyer
Jan 3, 2015, 7:02:33 PM
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NYC is lifting a ban on ferrets as pets so get ready to meet even scarier people on Tinder
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textfiles @textfiles
Jan 2, 2015, 8:43:48 PM
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Was it archived? What the fuck do you think. http://t.co/u2Hz7CNeF8 - grab a copy, mirror, and remember.
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textfiles @textfiles
Jan 2, 2015, 8:43:46 PM
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Transgender Teen leaves heartbreaking suicide note, about lack of support from family. Family deletes the entire blog, tries…
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waxpancake @waxpancake
Jan 1, 2015, 10:03:27 PM
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"It’s been a very, very weird year." Zoe Quinn, professional badass, wraps up 2014 with a hopeful eye to the future. http:/…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 1, 2015, 7:11:04 PM
@ezranaut the poop honor system
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 1, 2015, 6:06:39 PM
Just FYI you guys http://t.co/JPHRgtH0Ki
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RT @MaxCRoser: 8 normal German words. Am German, can confirm. http://t.co/anbZBmyaSq < me loves German ;-)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 31, 2014, 10:07:57 PM
Via @lizardbill "despite being heavily bandaged, he reported for work on August 9, 1945" http://t.co/GmCzjl4kI0
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 31, 2014, 10:01:36 PM
Hats hats hats http://t.co/mFpNiui8aH
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 31, 2014, 9:54:24 PM
The hat I gave you my heart has the requirement "post an answer while listening to Wham's Last Christmas" -- brb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 31, 2014, 9:33:00 PM
My 2015 New Year Resolution http://t.co/yD0b2F75Vs
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betsyphd @betsyphd
Dec 31, 2014, 6:12:11 PM
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Name spotting in Marin county. http://t.co/NomcWat8jM
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Anon donor is matching donations 2-to-1 at @InternetArchive till end of 2014! My $100 => $300. Please join me; IA saves the Int…
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Solar prices - of whole systems - are now 59% below what was forecast in 2010. http://t.co/IRforp8qqj http://t.co/SKzVNG7ujm
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ironicsans @ironicsans
Dec 31, 2014, 2:49:15 PM
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Prepare yourself for the new year by reading about 2015 in the Back To The Future Wiki. http://t.co/b1bqU0NIBy http://t.co/…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 31, 2014, 2:18:33 PM
"this flashlight performs well and can be used until the top end of the heat sink reaches 150 °C (302°F)" aw yeah
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 30, 2014, 10:23:45 PM
oh, another Twitter argument http://t.co/3rAzLivL9v
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 30, 2014, 7:42:10 PM
Look what arrived in the mail today! Still waiting for that Construction Set Construction Set btw http://t.co/bJMNorBs08
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 30, 2014, 3:43:35 PM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 30, 2014, 3:30:22 PM
some tweets are so bad I instinctively want to swipe to delete them
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ALERT! - Pretty much the entire Calvin & Hobbes Kindle library is just TWO DAMN DOLLARS per title right now! http://t.co/IIpvO…
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pamelafox @pamelafox
Dec 30, 2014, 2:15:42 PM
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“The open office trap” http://t.co/UXqYokWYo0 …(according to research) younger folks handle them better, but everyone does w…
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SwiftOnSecurity @SwiftOnSecurity
Dec 30, 2014, 1:22:26 AM
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The @ozchrisrock account steals people's tweets and sells advertising. It's a scummy account Twitter should ban. It's …
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2014, 4:39:09 PM
well, as they say, the future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed. Which side of the distribution do you want to be on?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2014, 4:21:11 PM
Upon deeper inspection, the wikipedia base64 page is a bit disturbing http://t.co/9kH4YG8g7b
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2014, 2:59:56 PM
I like how some of the emoji are inexplicably English words. When images aren't enough to convey meaning! :cool:
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hoodinternet @hoodinternet
Dec 29, 2014, 2:43:34 PM
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I'VE ALSO COMPOSED THIS TRIBUTE TO THE TWITTER HEROES OF 2014 AND THE YEARS BEYOND. YOU'LL KNOW WHEN YOU ARE NEEDED. http…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2014, 2:19:20 PM
"It was something I had to do." http://t.co/ZeVXe1R0yw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2014, 1:39:04 PM
"this book made me (finally) realize that some of the best programming books are not about programming at all" http://t.co/U7bEAJdGNC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2014, 1:18:40 PM
I'm with @photomatt on this one http://t.co/oxr1pFCUDS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2014, 11:08:00 AM
You mostly don't need to use CSS vendor prefixes, except when you do: http://t.co/wY5wJfs6mv
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The Tragedy of the American Military http://t.co/Z66adkt8VR
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siracusa @siracusa
Dec 29, 2014, 10:36:47 AM
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I'm not sure which is worse, intentional manipulation http://t.co/5hvSXGNkeJ or emergent http://t.co/8q7N1rSFkB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 28, 2014, 9:20:54 PM
Dungeon Master and the perilous fuzzy bits copy protection http://t.co/O1fiHsv3tX
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FortuneMagazine @FortuneMagazine
Dec 28, 2014, 9:13:23 PM
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Elizabeth Holmes started her blood diagnostics company at age 19. It's now worth $9 billion http://t.co/LmCzy84OXB htt…
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wilshipley @wilshipley
Dec 28, 2014, 7:12:23 PM
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Fix App Store ratings, allow paid upgrades http://t.co/qja36CVCLs
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moeglichewelten @moeglichewelten
Dec 28, 2014, 2:58:34 PM
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I accepted a cookie. #31c3 http://t.co/ygYvunKjd5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 28, 2014, 1:23:58 AM
The weekly atheist newsletter. Who signs up for this stuff? Last week: still no god. This week: still no god. Can't wait for next week!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 28, 2014, 1:20:35 AM
There are basketball fans and then there's this guy http://t.co/UCnRXIbtvd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 28, 2014, 12:27:48 AM
Saw The Interview in a theater and did not die from a terrorist attack. Movie was IMO great. The Katy Perry and Margaritas .. unexpected!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 27, 2014, 7:22:06 PM
I find that my Hacker News rep score correlates well with my personal level of self-loathing
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Lyndsey360 @Lyndsey360
Dec 27, 2014, 6:34:25 PM
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Woaahh... Snagged #1 on #stackoverflow #ios this month just in time for @StackExchange hat season! #rockinTheCrown 😉 http:/…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 27, 2014, 6:32:52 PM
Just got back from Chuck E Cheeses or as I like to call it, token and ticket based freemium gambling for tots!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 27, 2014, 3:53:12 PM
Give in to the power of the dark side https://t.co/hZmLQFrGLt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 27, 2014, 2:32:58 PM
@howtogeek not many ads are flash these days though. iPad effect
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 27, 2014, 2:26:13 PM
Adblock Plus may cripple browser performance http://t.co/jwI5AU5pzw
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GravityJack @GravityJack
Dec 26, 2014, 10:23:31 PM
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Fox News: Oscar Mayer Wienermobile App Features Gravity Jack Development, Augmented Reality - #tech #mobile http://t.co/aK…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 26, 2014, 9:57:29 PM
"Minds matter economically as much as or more than hands or mouths." http://t.co/BP0S45PWn9
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 26, 2014, 8:23:23 PM
RIP Julian Simon, the contrarian optimist http://t.co/WTSjT9WQvj
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 26, 2014, 4:25:38 PM
@felixjodoin that sounds awful
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 26, 2014, 4:23:35 PM
@felixjodoin that's the beauty -- you can live anywhere, not just in San Francisco where rents are the highest in the USA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 26, 2014, 4:21:48 PM
Here is how much space you have to enter browser text on Android in landscape orientation. http://t.co/er62U7ZPHE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 26, 2014, 4:08:46 PM
@felixjodoin @paulg my @discourse co-founders are in Australia and Canada.
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splattne @splattne
Dec 26, 2014, 2:06:04 AM
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xkcd Phone 2 – A phone for the other hand® (OS by Stackoverflow®) http://t.co/khShXa95wZ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 25, 2014, 11:44:07 PM
So where is everybody? http://t.co/Iz3L4IjSH7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 25, 2014, 11:22:56 PM
Perfectly lovely Christmas this year http://t.co/0TRhz72hWW
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Clearly whoever designed the buttons on this microwave started their career working on Tekken. http://t.co/Wost1TtYnD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 25, 2014, 10:06:32 AM
"Get the kid his peaches." http://t.co/rJJGjcqyiJ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 25, 2014, 3:10:24 AM
Original Tetris, running on the Soviet made DVK-2 computer http://t.co/IR2A3TugV5 https://t.co/8ye9ozb0Z7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 25, 2014, 2:52:48 AM
Previously linked essay captures a lot about what I feel about programming. It's just a tool and not always the right one.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 25, 2014, 2:51:10 AM
"I labored over [building a crappy video game] for a month ... before I realized that I could just WRITE IT DOWN" http://t.co/d3dlPLvcdJ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 25, 2014, 1:11:15 AM
Remember kids, the fun begins at dawn.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 10:56:52 PM
Happy holidays, Silicon Valley startup style https://t.co/fETsb5eCZD
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On this day in history (1988), NYPD detective John McClane thwarted a terrorist plot at the Nakatomi Tower in Los Angeles, leav…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 10:37:06 PM
"Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things." http://t.co/3bhAGclGQA
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donjpetersen @donjpetersen
Dec 24, 2014, 9:44:06 PM
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@codinghorror could I interest you in a Twisted Sister Christmas? https://t.co/4o0I5WfeDZ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 8:03:28 PM
"the Manos: The Hands of Fate of christmas songs." https://t.co/AGKdZv12mA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 7:52:31 PM
"any Christmas song ranking is like trying to decide which was the worst genocide"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 7:51:47 PM
May you hear Wham's "Last Christmas" the precise number of times you want to hear it and not once more. https://t.co/i8ifMIPbg7
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The New Yorker wins. http://t.co/23XKNhWPUa
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Haven't been that good this year. Is Santa accepting "Right to be Forgotten" requests?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 4:52:15 PM
During Surface online RMA process for yellow screen edge burn, "let's reinstall/refresh Windows" and I was like http://t.co/YNytAU4N2R
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 4:46:21 PM
having to RMA my Surface Pro 3 as it developed a significant yellow discoloration along left (narrow) edge of the LCD.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 3:20:50 PM
@bkerensa @campd I feel like I should be able to f12, select target device, refresh. Responsive emulator not enough.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 3:08:38 AM
@rojoroboto @textfiles it is worse! anti-vax is anti-HUMAN!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 2:57:05 AM
@rojoroboto @textfiles well, being a racist is a dumb hobby, but it doesn't kill children.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 1:57:57 AM
Wow Firefox's mobile emulation options are terribad compared to Chrome. Also my Flash plugin is out of date! Thanks!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 1:31:03 AM
We will always be at war with our children, and they inevitably win in the end.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 1:10:15 AM
I never understood this "be kind because everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle" quote until I had 3 kids http://t.co/DLD78RzWe4
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@codinghorror You mentioned tracking when Kindles below $49. Right now, $29 after $30 prepaid Visa rebate at Staples. http://t
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 23, 2014, 5:42:34 AM
Waiting on the fonts to load so we can read the page at all is the ultimate "flash of unstyled content" and happens all the time.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2014, 9:33:51 PM
Entering the exciting but thankfully short lived "whoa I can pee on ANYTHING!" phase of potty training with the twins.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2014, 6:56:45 PM
Four charts that defined the world in 2014 http://t.co/Rr27JWSX1x
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dansdata @dansdata
Dec 22, 2014, 6:35:43 PM
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I've made up quite a few of these. They tuck nicely under a windscreen wiper. http://t.co/HQG3F4H881
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johnolilly @johnolilly
Dec 22, 2014, 5:49:02 PM
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Interesting. Google licensed song lyrics, shows them in results. Good for us! Bad for the crappy lyrics sites. http://t.co/…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2014, 4:59:13 PM
on auto-closing topics after too many flags from too many users: "being a giant a-hole certainly helps the process along.."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2014, 3:50:33 PM
"Do you think the Broken Window theory would have more support if they changed it to the Sidewalk Poop theory?" http://t.co/eyQIBACZVX
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2014, 3:13:04 PM
What 2,000 Calories Looks Like http://t.co/i2P2WkiNqQ
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6 things I learned from riding in a Google Self-Driving Car http://t.co/vOEOmTzKea http://t.co/Z3rRmkbLzS
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dinapomeranz @dinapomeranz
Dec 22, 2014, 12:56:55 PM
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The claim that women only apply for jobs when 100% qualified, men when 60%? Another urban legend: http://t.co/GpDzkfg1JN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 21, 2014, 9:48:56 PM
I can confirm the Pee Wee's Playhouse episodes on Netflix are all remasters. I encoded the older DVD versions myself, so I am sure.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 21, 2014, 7:56:14 PM
I once had a girlfriend who objected to the way I drew a slash through my zeros in our mails. I thought to myself, "this will never last"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 21, 2014, 6:26:24 PM
@howtogeek Sure @Nick_Craver can assist!
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