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ckindel
@ckindel
I am convinced the only reason people are still using Emacs is nobody can remember how to exit out of it.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
playing around with triple monitors in Battlefield 3. Gonna need those dual 7970s.. http://t.co/3gENB1PV
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samsaffron
@samsaffron
Post broken link on twitter, deploy fix to website so link is no longer broken... the day is progressing as planned

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"he PC industry has, in a huge way, gone back to its roots in, you know, cloning [Apple]" http://t.co/tWAMPE4q
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samsaffron
@samsaffron
Just deployed http://t.co/Budwbjpe , it no longer uses L2S for CRUD, Dapper helpers are kind of nifty http://t.co/2AVeFXLi
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lazycoder
@lazycoder
Don't forget to click on the "behind the scenes" link in the HTML5 Cut the Rope game. http://t.co/jOHiFw62 Lots of inform ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
What's the right way to hard boil eggs? http://t.co/fAb2MtEv

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Week two of single parent deathmarch: I just had to look up how to boil eggs. LIKE A BOSS.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@dgraziotin that already does appear

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
my Chumby done up and died on me. It ain't right.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
this one for example, 2 x 8 GB = 16 GB for $99. http://t.co/GqClzv4y

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
holy crap 16 GB of DDR3 RAM is $99 now? #weliveinthefuture

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
still appropriate after all these years: http://t.co/LBs12Tlv

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
hey did @spolsky ever tell you about that one time he worked on Excel?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"it’s half the economy and half everything else, stupid” (via @ericries) http://t.co/YHbKakEH

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
here, let me save you a lot of time in American Election Season. If the economy is good at election, the incumbents win. If not, they lose.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
so @rockhardawesome has officially started using our own parenting techniques against us. "Should we get ice cream... or candy?"

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I did this little voltage soldering mod (see the 2nd customer image) and it makes this car USB adapter AWESOME http://t.co/ILIrPMCE

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@BernhardHofmann @codingbadger I close comments after a year for my own damn sanity

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
as full time single parent for 10 days (and counting) those dowdy, prairie clothed sister wives start seeming like .. not such a bad idea
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codingbadger
@codingbadger
I did a blog post earlier: "Stack Overflow Careers - not just for the Stack Overflow hardcore" http://t.co/e3oKg2G0 #s ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
this reminds me of that time @jarrod_dixon wore socks with his sandals. http://t.co/3A4Eb7UI
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jzy
@jzy
"This is the story of a person whose joke project became more successful than the one on which he lavished love..." http://t.co ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"everyone should learn to write as little code as possible", now that's something I could support http://t.co/UsaidKEh

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"everyone should learn to code" is a bad idea because it presumes code is the solution, when it's frequently part of the problem.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
microwave and baby monitor vs wifi.. FIGHT! http://t.co/blzjHGCF

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@tzury in incognito and as myself that result is below serverfault, but it is there
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psaffo
@psaffo
Stephen Hawking confesses to one mystery that even cannot understand: http://t.co/eowDYJYX

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
the only way to blacklist an iPhone caller is to give them a silent ringtone? Or pay $5/month? Lame. http://t.co/yEXGHvzT
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siracusa
@siracusa
The Greatest Paper Map of the United States You’ll Ever See http://t.co/fiROG8L0 (via @mjtsai)

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
aaaaand the relentless, neverending post-car-purchase Sirus satellite radio sales calls begin. Again. Here's your $77, stop calling.
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waxpancake
@waxpancake
Yo dawg, I heard you like Javascript... https://t.co/lr5rkXZH /via @mrdoob

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@ZenPsycho I need @spolsky to answer / explain this, it is right up his alley.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
top 25 subreddits: amazing how many of these are literal or figurative porn.. http://t.co/4R7L8CM9
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gknauss
@gknauss
You can tell Monopoly is an old game because there's a luxury tax and rich people can go to jail.
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textfiles
@textfiles
@codinghorror the other side of that coin, buddy: http://t.co/EkL06Coi

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
if you squint you can see Microsoft's future in here. Related: what does IBM *do*? http://t.co/l6ja0QWI
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thezeist
@thezeist
JavaScript raytracer. This probably illustrates law of least power the best so far. @codinghorror should be pleased. http: ...
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splattne
@splattne
Yes, there are people who enjoy custom slot car raceways: http://t.co/im8vHyqY

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
surviving indefinite 24/7 single parenting, everything I know I learned from http://t.co/7aubMCZc

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"These internet comments are making me feel extremely bad about myself" http://t.co/hDJQmISm

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
on a lighter note, this head scratcher my mom got me for my birthday may be the best gift she's ever gotten me http://t.co/u09LBvVN

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
So either @betsyphd in hospital for 4+ weeks or twin girls literally coming out, like, tomorrow, for reals. MOST EXCITING 2012 EVER!!!1!
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PoppaCouch
@PoppaCouch
@codinghorror why is that funny? What am I missing? Unicorn doesn't exist so break for no one... But not that funny to ...
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NathanBowers
@NathanBowers
'Shutting Down My Porno Site' http://t.co/zFXY7LQ4 via @brooksreview
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balpha
@balpha
Want to take photos at midnight? Be sure to read all the answers at http://t.co/L2S0TF5n (or share your own tips!)
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lizardbill
@lizardbill
Office Space: What kind of company is Initech? http://t.co/jD4Xo3uQ

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The winner of my "pick a license plate frame for my white minivan" is @marcgravell http://t.co/6LKDexGR

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness."

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Thanks for all the words of encouragement for @betsyphd ; still in hospital until Monday at minimum

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"People who say, 'I’m not a computer person' will be as disconnected from society as someone who says today,'I don’t know how to read.'"

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The way Google modifies search result links with Javascript always drove me nuts: http://t.co/dZbHpLMi

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
With @betsyphd in hospital apparently indefinitely, I have an even deeper respect for single parents #seriouslyhowdotheydoit
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ebertchicago
@ebertchicago
"As a child I naturally assumed that I hated everybody; but when I grew up I realized it was just children I disliked. ...
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johnkary
@johnkary

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I have a lot of first world problems, like bursting into uncontrollable tears while reading "Oh, The Places You'll Go" to @rockhardawesome

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
so @betsyphd was admitted to the hospital for risk of preeclampsia and she is :( please send her good internet vibrations!
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radenkozec
@radenkozec
Win IPad2, Acer Aspire, 160GB Intel SSD, Kindle fire... using Stack Exchange API V2.0 Public Beta http://t.co/j1lo5T2K # ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I washed my USB drive. Any long-term risks? http://t.co/tlWR5AT8
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mosspuppet
@mosspuppet
Scoble: Customers Don't Want to Be Idiots, But I Do: http://t.co/QSDsGraj // Please, for the love of God, share this wit ...
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avdi
@avdi
Also, some people seem to confuse "honesty" with "saying any old thing that pops into your head". /cc @codinghorror

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Imagine people having sex everywhere at any time. Weird, right? Inappropriate, even? That'd be radical honesty.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I think I understand why Radical Honesty is so seductive. Truth is like sex: forbidden, dirty, secret.. private.
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ashalynd
@ashalynd
If the programmers like each other, they play a game called "pair programming". And if not, then the game is called "peer ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
That amazing radical honesty article made it to Hacker News. It's Andy Kaufman crazy, the scary kind. http://t.co/X6ZB8gtq

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
no plan survives contact with children.
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psaffo
@psaffo
The Voyager spacecraft, Carl Sagan and the Golden Record, a love story: http://t.co/8Fu3fFaT

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"These activists saw other activists as tantamount to being their next of kin." http://t.co/aeN5sT11

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
did you get a beer brewing kit as a gift? Next step, ask the experts: http://t.co/wXdifkp6

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
the secretary problem (math) http://t.co/lC6i8JBn

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I only asked for one gift this holiday season, but I made it count. http://t.co/qwl0eoHh

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Current status: maximizing shareholder value.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Stack Exchange API v2 contest, with prizes! http://t.co/JePHG6ED

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
cute silicone cases for iPhone: cassette tape! http://t.co/tX4rCnIp gameboy! http://t.co/x4d7EqGF

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"a baby born today will face college costs that are 3.7 times current costs" http://t.co/70IA6VqK

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
It is also worth mentioning that rgb antialiasing only works (well) in one orientation, this is very bad for rotating displays...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Reading books on a low res pixel display just sucks. Retina ppi, eink, or death!

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
christmas means carnage http://t.co/EZnIVkx7
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lizardbill
@lizardbill
Time for Die Hard. Merry Christmas and Yipee Ki Yay, everybody.
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jongalloway
@jongalloway
@codinghorror @Pete_Brown A better Wikipedia banner idea: "Play internet professor now, my lord!" [bosomy wikipedia edi ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I was gonna buy Bastion on Chrome's web store, but every time I log in, I get silent fail and "log in" re-appears. even incog. lovely.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
If someone isn't pissed off at your moderators at least once a day, your sites are inadequately moderated.
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StackTeX
@StackTeX
How can we draw a Christmas tree with decorations, using TikZ? http://t.co/iFMJBnUH #tikzpgf
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lizardbill
@lizardbill
The front pages of both Hacker News and reddit have been clogged with GoDaddy posts all day. SOPA has already ruined th ...
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SuperDalgas
@SuperDalgas
#StackExchange is giving back to some great charities and projects this year: http://t.co/1HMFTXEV
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splattne
@splattne
I just did Stack Overflow a little favor and took the annual user survey they need for their advertising (<5 min.): htt ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Because I'm an asshole, I'm going to tell you the truth. Sorry.
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holman
@holman
Whoa whoa whoa- @godaddy supports SOPA? Our shining display of everything that is great in our industry supports lol I can't ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
the "pick my white minivan license frame" contest is still going. Current leader is @marcgravell with http://t.co/LItwfiHK -can you beat it?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I think I understand why children are so damn cute, otherwise I probably would have killed mine by now.
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RockBand
@RockBand
Considering a job in gaming (or anywhere else) in the new year? Pick up this rad e-book by HMX alum @okkfan for $1! http:/ ...
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aalear
@aalear
A round of applause for all 200+ people who make sure #StackExchange sites run smoothly every day: http://t.co/CjMGM1Ig

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
your mission: find me the most ridiculous/awesome license plate frame for a white minivan. I will buy, install, and photo-tweet the winner.
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thezeist
@thezeist
Implementing Minecraft in WebGL, a really cool example of Atwood's ( @codinghorror ) law http://t.co/kxrYRi8V

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"is it really that much worse if [the rich] pay 6% more in taxes? Give me a break. Look at what you get for it: you get to be American."

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Are those subtitles? http://t.co/haQEO84F
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jbruin
@jbruin
Search underdog Blekko gets serious, makes major improvements (exclusive) http://t.co/74a8K211
