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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 8, 2012, 2:44:28 PM
this geekatoo site works! Found a geek to help my mom: cable guy connected her to neighbor's wifi, neighbor moved.. http://t.co/RgSBjMJH
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 8, 2012, 3:20:52 AM
I need Splinter camouflage for my minivan http://t.co/Bapnp2cB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 7, 2012, 4:37:22 PM
Is your software considerate? http://t.co/EpK9UEoI
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 7, 2012, 4:21:09 PM
there must be a German word for this: when you're using the iPhone version of an iPad app because you're too cheap to buy it again
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jeffrey @jeffrey
Apr 7, 2012, 4:01:58 PM
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I'm getting pretty tired of the @facebook social reader bullshit. it's worse than a paywall. "you can't read this unless ev ...
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TheTweetOfGod @TheTweetOfGod
Apr 6, 2012, 4:38:53 PM
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The New 10 Plagues: 1. Spam 2. Smog 3. Starbucks 4. Kardashians 5. Emo 6. Talk radio 7. Sequels 8. Meth 9. Global war ...
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senordeveloper @senordeveloper
Apr 6, 2012, 4:16:54 PM
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It's done. Every shirt handprinted and uniquely flawed. http://t.co/A2n6PtVT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 3:44:35 PM
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donpark @donpark
Apr 6, 2012, 3:34:49 PM
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liked XRegExp http://t.co/qbPXQqXy - perf penalty estimate (~40% slower) seems reasonable
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 3:16:58 PM
my new business cards say "genius rockstar ninja guru brogrammer"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 3:01:00 PM
note that if I'm not too sympathetic to Java exploits 0wning Macs, it's because I got 0wned myself with Java: http://t.co/ozkNNwZF
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 1:52:38 PM
"AVSForum is a great resource, but you have to remember that everybody there is completely insane"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 1:09:46 PM
Serious Sam 3 is $12 today on Amazon. Fantastic sequel if you liked the original, though it starts slow http://t.co/ZPh17VgM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 9:07:15 AM
Huge Mac password grabbing exploit and 600k Mac infections can be blamed squarely on Java. http://t.co/vHEbDOlr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 6:11:37 AM
Q: What's one to do when a bank/insurance company/government website password policy is "6-8 numbers or letters, no special chars"? A: Cry.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 5:54:22 AM
@GrumpyOldITGeek perhaps, but going to two boxes with 4 video cards each is not hard at all, and that cuts it by 1/4 to 19 days..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 5:50:11 AM
you should *really* be scared if your passwords are all lowercase. 12 chars in 75 days on my box..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 5:25:33 AM
Speed Hashing, or, everything you know about salting and hashes is now wrong http://t.co/Mo05fE4i
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 2:37:04 AM
salts aren't relevant, if the attacker has the password database, they have the salt too.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 2:30:12 AM
my machine can brute force GPU MD5 all 7 character ASCII passwords in a little over an hour. 8 char in less than 5 days.
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vitroth @vitroth
Apr 5, 2012, 9:21:54 PM
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RT - SysAdmin fix time estimates by Utterance Ummm=30 minutes Uhhh=1hr Uh oh=2.7 hrs Oh Sh*t=4 hrs Oh f***=27+ hrs Hm ...
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lizardbill @lizardbill
Apr 5, 2012, 5:27:55 PM
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The Homomorphic Encryption Patent Land Rush http://t.co/pl3vGjC4
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 4:33:50 PM
@AurochsOfDoom good point, but I think it's a little different. We must eat to survive, drinking alcohol is optional.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 4:33:05 PM
GitHub, and all code hosting sites, should have first class "pick a license" support http://t.co/tmxVavXs
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samsaffron @samsaffron
Apr 5, 2012, 4:26:10 PM
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optimizeLegibility, handy when designing for the iPad http://t.co/fkoiLF1u
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 4:23:47 PM
"Seems like soon 'programmer' will be considered just as douchey a profession as being a banker on Wall Street." http://t.co/BAZYAF64
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rachelsterne @rachelsterne
Apr 5, 2012, 4:07:09 PM
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Bravo @Etsy for providing $50k in grants to support women in engineering. Learn more and apply: http://t.co/QdbVoGhW c ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 4:06:35 PM
and it's *FREE*? http://t.co/hAfSB1cZ
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GOGOGO RT @GOGcom: Fallout for FREE for everyone for next 48 hours http://t.co/3SxIHbtA the greatest RPG giveaway of all time!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 3:15:43 PM
hey @RockBandAide do you know of any better solution for this? http://t.co/92v0tvYi
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 5:23:51 AM
The paragraph mark is called a "Pilcrow"? WHAT THE http://t.co/KZ8p8dUk
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 5:16:40 AM
"a single porn site accounts for almost 2% of the internet’s total traffic" http://t.co/l0Y55Zjh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 4:54:06 AM
new biz model: buy four iPad 3s, extract and glue the 4 retina displays together, sell as an awesome 19.4" diagonal 4096 x 3072 monitor.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 4:31:45 AM
Do you, like me, have a home filled with screaming children? If so, you need this. A bit spendy but AWESOME. http://t.co/iHckioTO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 3:56:27 AM
Geek Squad's in-home "diagnose and repair a computer" service is $299. iPad is $399.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 2:53:57 AM
I don't remember the Atari 5200 being quite this exciting. http://t.co/Hx40uX6E
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Good artists copy, great artists steal: http://t.co/vJzx6doe
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2012, 9:33:05 PM
I am the crayon warrior!! http://t.co/0ZsPh5IV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2012, 7:22:50 PM
"being good at pinball is a sign of a misspent youth." http://t.co/qAVyemfE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2012, 6:56:53 PM
Oh Hydroponics Supply Stores, I don't know who you think you're fooling.
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RockBandAide @RockBandAide
Apr 4, 2012, 11:55:55 AM
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We've got more Rock Band Blitz details (including screenshots & videos), and a confirmation that export to RB3 is FREE ...
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SteveStreza @SteveStreza
Apr 4, 2012, 5:11:00 AM
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Just maxed out my Dropbox referrals by posting my referral link on Google's AdWords. 16 GB of free space. Total one-tim ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2012, 4:12:50 AM
Popes don't canonicalize: they canonize. http://t.co/vj6gNmHK
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mcguirejpatrick @mcguirejpatrick
Apr 4, 2012, 3:45:56 AM
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@codinghorror today I proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that you can write Fortran in any language
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2012, 10:11:52 PM
best book I've ever read, by far, for dealing with children aged 2 to 99. Go buy it already. And you're welcome. http://t.co/LqhKKZgJ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2012, 3:41:27 PM
I love reading all the user reviews of crap TN monitors from "designers" talking about the "excellent contrast and colors". Users suck.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2012, 2:48:31 PM
Larry David on Twitter would be pretty good. Pretty, pretty, prettyyyy, prettyyyyyy good. http://t.co/4jngJVD0
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2012, 2:37:25 PM
http://t.co/7LJqOdtl Guy: What? For free? Clark: Sure. Guy: Five dollars. http://t.co/kMfmemXx
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2012, 12:17:03 PM
http://t.co/I9u6T6J1 looks nifty, kids electronics.
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toddbishop @toddbishop
Apr 3, 2012, 11:28:36 AM
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Surprise: Microsoft makes list of top 20 Linux kernel contributors — first time ever http://t.co/oN4CiFjU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2012, 4:31:40 AM
proof that Star Wars fans .. http://t.co/0UyGeohe ... are truly insane: http://t.co/WUUVhZVU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2012, 4:03:06 AM
Make Your Thing: 12 Point Program for Absolutely, Positively 1000% No-Fail Guaranteed Success http://t.co/Tpr5fp53
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2012, 3:06:29 AM
good (but long) read by @patio11 Don't Call Yourself A Programmer http://t.co/pdkS7FTG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2012, 2:25:49 AM
I plan to buy this giant $10,000 book with my giant novelty check. http://t.co/AvPsedUf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2012, 1:36:54 AM
OMG PEAK CHOCOLATE http://t.co/fxgKTFka
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2012, 11:59:20 PM
Adding this flying car to my christmas list. http://t.co/8ECTISH6
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Carnage4Life @Carnage4Life
Apr 2, 2012, 11:46:20 PM
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Interesting article about cheating in PC games by intercepting Direct X calls - http://t.co/iViV9MVj
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samsaffron @samsaffron
Apr 2, 2012, 11:42:41 PM
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Get it while it is hot, MiniProfiler 2.0 released! See more at: http://t.co/mQlY2gGw and http://t.co/IREr86yl
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neiltyson @neiltyson
Apr 2, 2012, 11:34:31 PM
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Tyson vs Cameron vs Titanic. One of the few times in life when it's just fine to be a "son of a bitch": http://t.co/Nne9HsB6
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http://t.co/FNA3mXsi inspires me to delete a load of stuff
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twitlive @twitlive
Apr 2, 2012, 5:26:06 PM
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In case you missed it @kwiens of iFixIt talks to @leolaporte about the iFixit Guides, repairability and more! http://t.co/ ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2012, 4:53:43 PM
Steve McConnell sent me the original Coding Horror placeholder clipart he used in the ~1992 Code Complete manuscript http://t.co/YXR0owqY
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scottymac @scottymac
Apr 2, 2012, 3:03:22 PM
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This is what nerds like me drew in their 7th grade school binders in the early 80s. http://t.co/CHKQKtJ3 /cc @textfiles
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2012, 2:03:05 PM
the zombie afterlife of OS/2. Fascinating. Also: WARPSTOCK. http://t.co/ux6klGCB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2012, 1:53:15 PM
"Welcome to The Library of Alexandria: It has been [2060] years since our last catastrophic loss of data."
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ToplessRobot @ToplessRobot
Apr 2, 2012, 11:46:42 AM
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It's official: Jar Jar is no longer the worst thing in the Star Wars universe. http://t.co/1d2PieLD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2012, 11:44:11 AM
I always knew this is how video games were played in the UK http://t.co/pz1V7cVf
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textfiles @textfiles
Apr 2, 2012, 11:34:22 AM
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Think Piracy PSAs are new? Here's one warning against trying to warez a Corn Harvester. http://t.co/0aT1SpxJ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2012, 6:13:50 AM
Preserving The Internet... and Everything Else http://t.co/fp4CAeNm
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LeaVerou @LeaVerou
Apr 2, 2012, 3:43:02 AM
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Fascinating illustrated article explaining many of the odd characters in Unicode 6 (like Love Hotel) http://t.co/Jn7soIi8 ...
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"a weird unicorn graphic showed up and, like MS Clippy, asked me if I wanted help parsing XML" http://t.co/lhk4hELw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2012, 1:52:16 AM
One hell of a life goal: to love other people as much as you love your kids. Is it even possible? Children ruin everything.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2012, 12:27:30 AM
asking pointed questions is fine, but it's never OK to be a jerk in public. Nobody upvotes meanness in my experience.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2012, 12:16:02 AM
Pizza vs Skeletons for iOS is truly awesome, a shining example of non suck tilt controls. Go buy it, that is all. http://t.co/1mLn7I7x
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 1, 2012, 11:46:22 PM
iTunes is history's greatest monster.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 1, 2012, 11:24:57 PM
"At its heart, laughter is a tool to triumph over fear." http://t.co/L163asDA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 1, 2012, 10:54:24 PM
geez, I had no idea Readability was doing this stuff. Good, sane overview of the controversy: http://t.co/r4DfiuzY
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utkarshsinha @utkarshsinha
Apr 1, 2012, 10:02:53 PM
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Did I just see a magic unicorn trying to help me search on a stackexchange site? @codinghorror
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petervandijck @petervandijck
Apr 1, 2012, 8:03:31 PM
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WebOS, truly the Amiga of the 2010's. http://t.co/p8hbuthE
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Go check out today’s XKCD. Notice anything odd? See http://t.co/igQ2rcnZ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 31, 2012, 11:50:57 PM
wow, Hulu is doing the same exact april fools thing as last year? Way to phone it in guys.
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wtf at the paperclip unicorn on Server Fault. Is this some kind of sick leaving joke from @codinghorror? http://t.co/T1fk68l0
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@codinghorror yo mamma is so old, use gifs insteed of videos http://t.co/3FrjyMlO
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anildash @anildash
Mar 31, 2012, 6:39:59 PM
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Attention! A reminder: TABLET CAMERA is the official place to send all pix of people taking photos with an iPad: http://t. ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 31, 2012, 6:34:13 PM
yo momma is so fat, she runs in n! time. http://t.co/McF9w1g3
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 31, 2012, 4:49:15 PM
"Paul Graham told me to tell you that you suck." http://t.co/aC0PMU2S
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 31, 2012, 4:29:47 PM
I posit that bad humor and inept "journalism" are functionally identical. How about an Awesome Journalism Day? No? APRIL FOOLS IT IS THEN.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 31, 2012, 4:26:57 PM
April 1st: "is this somehow trying to be funny or is it just the usual garden variety incompetent or both?" Don't Make Me Think, Man.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 31, 2012, 4:16:07 PM
reminder: Wizzywig by @edpiskor is awesome, and books 1 & 2 are free to all. http://t.co/z8cdx9gH
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mikahopity @mikahopity
Mar 31, 2012, 2:33:42 PM
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@codinghorror excellent recommendation on Code Complete. First time I couldn't put a technical book down.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 31, 2012, 2:26:10 PM
The real problem with April Fool's Day: most people's idea of what's "funny" kind of ... sucks. Hard.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 31, 2012, 4:26:29 AM
the "save $15 for garbage quality" mentality http://t.co/6wrwMib5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 31, 2012, 2:08:17 AM
the little girl from The Wizard http://t.co/KCgfZJoQ is Rilo Kiley! http://t.co/EU18QUnk Mind: blown.
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This probably isn’t funny unless you’re a photog, but if you are it’s pretty funny: http://t.co/tOxE5I5R
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 30, 2012, 7:37:04 PM
I find your lack of faith ... disturbing. http://t.co/CL6nToSv
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willwertheim @willwertheim
Mar 30, 2012, 4:58:53 PM
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Good job Charlie! http://t.co/5Nt0qKul
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 30, 2012, 2:12:33 PM
chrome://gpu/
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Carnage4Life @Carnage4Life
Mar 30, 2012, 12:50:49 PM
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Examining the tragic life of a Skyrim Hoarder - http://t.co/bFnsTIcM
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ironicsans @ironicsans
Mar 30, 2012, 12:47:01 PM
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I know the internet moved on three years ago, but the Talking Piano is still the coolest thing ever to appear online. ht ...
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The Evolution of the Railroad Logo: http://t.co/m40kiMqu
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