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MrAlanCooper
@MrAlanCooper
A creepy good (8min) movie about creepy futuristic augmented reality: http://t.co/m2yDDv7b Gamifying EVERYTHING.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I hope the iPhone 5 comes in Zune brown. How awesome would that be?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@eableson that is insufficiently enterprisey.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
speed isn't everything of course, but when you struggle to build pages that serve in under 50-80ms.. not good.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
as a person who has recently switched from .net to interpreted languages for building websites, interpreted is .. quite a lot slower. 5-10x.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
WAIT WHAT

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
feedback was to wait on upgrading my iPhone 4, so I waited -- and today's the day, going to Apple store for a shiny new iPhone 4S! Hooray!
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shog9
@shog9
Answering questions on Stack Overflow is a lesson in humility: http://t.co/39LEETWx - my experience as well, and a great way ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“breastaurants” lol http://t.co/mqLYlAVY

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
steganography, yo http://t.co/QIO4O0hO

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
nerd herd http://t.co/ikOFH5OM

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Miss Mao Trying to Poise Herself at the Top of Lenin’s Head http://t.co/B1D9da8M

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I've decided that Intel's "turbo" scheme for Xeon processors is a cruel joke because servers never *have* single-threaded 1/2 core loads.
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Pinboard
@Pinboard
I wonder why wine pairings are limited to just food. Give me a nice dry red for configuring LDAP, for example
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jongalloway
@jongalloway
@codinghorror That is unfair. It takes some real imagination to come up with a pants thermometer. http://t.co/EFWeSvl6

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
note that medical conditions preventing one from eating ice cream do not, and should not, count.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Is there anyone who non-ironically does not like ice cream? I do not believe such a person can exist.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@Myrmidon16 probably a safe assumption, though some games work OK with it, if they are designed with that in mind. SMB is.. not. :)

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Skeumorphism, aka "mindlessly replicating the physical world in the electronic one due to utter lack of imagination" http://t.co/oULZ2mBq

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The good news is that you can play video games in hell. The bad news is that it's Super Meat Boy controlled only through Kinect.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
there are as many sides to a story as there are people in the story http://t.co/lM1murwG

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Songs where the backup vocalist is more famous than the singer: You're So Vain, Somebody's Watching Me... others?
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balpha
@balpha
I'm creating a list of funny quotes from the court proceedings of the Java API lawsuit: Pearls of Oracle v. Google http://t. ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
the official comics archetype times table http://t.co/Oqx0Ytk9

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
He should have just titled this one "you gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em" http://t.co/cPYGfijR

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Total Annihilation fan? You want some of this: http://t.co/iznqOjZV

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Overcoming adversity is what produces character. And character, more than IQ, leads to real and lasting success." http://t.co/G46lyD3r
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christian_pyn
@christian_pyn
.@codinghorror law - if it can be written in javascript it will! OCR & Neural nets in javascript to decode captc ...
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Matt_Alt
@Matt_Alt
Three words: Printable Zardoz origami. You're welcome. http://t.co/qIYJhRZA
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Vespa59
@Vespa59
this is the best conversation that's ever happened on twitter, which i then stole from @sudama https://t.co/GF08FuII
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jjustice
@jjustice
Objective C always reminds me of nursery rhymes. -(id)doYouKnowTheMuffinMan:(TheMuffinMan *)theMuffinMan;

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
was playing Kinect with @rockhardawesome and it "just worked", even with a kid under 4. This is what the Wii was *supposed* to be, folks!

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Apparently the legal risk of treating high income folks means doctors should focus on the poor. I am OK with this.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
. @andrewguenther unfortunately no, I will not be speaking, I had to cancel 3 speaking engagements because of this 5 week jury duty

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Is it about justice, or the money? I guess here in the US that's the same thing.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I am way more excited about better eInk displays than Yet Another Android Tablet http://t.co/XX8Sdtdj

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
If open source is so great, where are all the open source billionaires? http://t.co/g8SGEqnJ
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RockBand
@RockBand
Hey #RockBandBlitz fans! We've made some changes to the coin economy. Power Ups cost less and playing gets you more! http: ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
After the horrible Kindle Fire software experience, I can't trust any Android devices from Amazon. I'll take the new e-ink reader though.
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balpha
@balpha
Hey, a Java update! Does that mean the exploit is fixed and I can re-enable the browser plugin to fix all the... zero... sit ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
to be fair, in Windows 8, I should be using the "modern" Music app, not Ye Olde Windows Media Player. It's not bad. http://t.co/H4mShkBe

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Exhibit A: http://t.co/mcd6VobI Exhibit B: http://t.co/pCJZoYbS
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waxpancake
@waxpancake
There's really no easy way to sum up Homestuck and its rich, strange fandom. I wrote about it last year: http://t.co/ku8 ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I'm so glad they improved Windows Media Player in Windows 8. Not. The only app that makes iTunes look like solid engineering.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@noahkrueger $15/day in California. $18, why, that's oil money!

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@noahkrueger I don't have a job.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
A roomful of strangers listening to your loved ones describe the final hours of your life with tears in their eyes. That is what death is.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
This ultrabook is the best PC laptop I've ever used, but I'm not sure that's enough any more

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
And now, for no particular reason, a reminder that you should have a generous life insurance policy particularly if you have kids

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@gortok you should see a specialist for that

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@gortok I could not bring myself to lie. Many others did.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
First day as alternate jury duty for a 5 week trial. Not good times.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The definitive regular expressions book, now in updated second edition: http://t.co/PaBrW1eB

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"No one should do what I did. Let the science provide something safe, which it will." http://t.co/Q2qYmv2J

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
thinking about buying myself a brand new shiny iPhone 4S! I've been due for a new phone!

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I think I have a problem with authority. http://t.co/S3dL3994
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brianbondy
@brianbondy
A programmer goes to the shop to buy some milk. His wife calls and says "While you're out, get some eggs." He never returns.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
revisiting "separating programming sheep from non-programming goats" http://t.co/rRptr2BW
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seesharp
@seesharp
"To those of you who haven’t tried sitting lately, I recommend it wholeheartedly." From "In Defense of Sitting" http://t.c ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Breaking Your Enthusiasm (warning, Season 5 spoiler) http://t.co/ZTS2AYpn

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really." http://t.co/IbGDTDgs

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
So long Breaking Bad. I'll miss being totally stressed out for an hour every week. See you and Meth Damon in summer 2013!
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jzy
@jzy
How @jarrod_dixon and I initiate a Skype call. http://t.co/GmoJv1mH

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
You can see why parents who lose children through tragedy become relentless, obsessed activists: they have nothing else left.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I was warned by @siracusa that becoming a parent would make some things hard to read. He was right. http://t.co/2oiDkO5j

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"coöperate"? "élite"? Who the hell do you think you are, New Yorker Magazine?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Interesting article about marathon cheating http://t.co/AKNboJMg discussed on forum, let's have a look OH GOD MY EYES http://t.co/CY7fRDEy
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lizardbill
@lizardbill
12 (Really) Controversial Programming Opinions http://t.co/WvVJcO9q
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hugodahl
@hugodahl
I just got: 'Effective Programming: More Than Writing Code' by Jeff Atwood (@CodingHorror) via @amazonkindle for free! htt ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Thinking of opening a Lord of The Flies Daycare Center just to see who shows up.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Every time we go to the pet store for kibble and litter, I am reminded that children are the ultimate and final pet experience
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Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver
Put up a MVC4 sample project for the #stackoverflow exception handler: https://t.co/brccVCjX

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
A plush uterus toy for @theladybabies http://t.co/sPbT7awh

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Chrome's continued terrible font rendering on Windows is becoming a deal breaker. Does dev or canary have improvements (directwrite)?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"When you vote to close a question, you are really voting for that question to be eventually deleted." http://t.co/9umYmv7J
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supafamous
@supafamous
@codinghorror The maple syrup thieves have been identified and cops are pursuing: http://t.co/PQn49iuv

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
meanwhile, in Canada http://t.co/5eQWkdet

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@rootwyrm no actual money, not even possible, just earning "coins" through playing it. Not what you are talking about, at all.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
hey @rockbandaide I can't get past "you need coins to be competitive" kind of.. ruining Rock Band Blitz for me. Seems unfair, all the time.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Mobile device performance will easily increase 5x-10x in the next few years. Desktops and laptops? Not so much.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Happy friday! To all us verified twitter users, I mean. Champagne all around!

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Random: I'm loving me some insulated tumblers. Look good, keep things cold with ice, no sweaty glasses. http://t.co/pteTkpUg

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@SuriReale You're ... somewhat ... outside my core audience of programmers; always encouraging to hear!
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siracusa
@siracusa
Read this and weep—weep!—for our totally insane copyright laws: http://t.co/cZBYXnO9

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The gods of random chance failed me. Sworn in as alternate juror for 5 week trial. Nine, nine, nine.. nine.. http://t.co/rNv0d1gv

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
wouldn't a 7" device need to be about 1433 x 1075 resolution to achieve true "retina"? Nexus 7 is 1280 x 800.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
enthusiasm for iPad mini dampened considerably by likely 1024x768 resolution. That ain't even retina-esque.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I have tremendous respect for our public jury trial system but the wheels of justice sure do turn excruciatingly slowly

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Since Miguel is nagging people about their typing skills, I will too: http://t.co/9rHSJSEv

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"In the pecking order of the university, those who are most abstract and irrelevant are at the top, most practical and useful at the bottom"
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OReillyMedia
@OReillyMedia
The #RegEx Cookbook: 'Accessible and almost ridiculously comprehensive' - @codinghorror And now 50% off http://t.co/4A ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
OH SWEET JESUS STAR WARS DETOURS CANNOT UNSEE MUST SCRUB BRAIN WITH BLEACH
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richardkerris
@richardkerris
It's as if everything else before was just a rehearsal for this ... :) STAR WARS DETOURS™ Trailer http://t.co/tIT ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
See also: Pinball Construction Set, Adventure Construction Set, Racing Destruction Set http://t.co/8GQMa60i

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I have not said anything nice about http://t.co/okRpMfpI , but I should, because it is a stellar upgrade from http://t.co/Kpg7Lvg8

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The Project, Inc. http://t.co/9yNN3fpY


