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rebeccawatson @rebeccawatson
May 26, 2011, 3:51:20 PM
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Pope's pedophilia adviser helps catch & prosecute pedophiles. Ha ha ha j/k he was arrested for pedophilia. http://ti. ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2011, 2:47:07 PM
@dozba There Will Be Beatings
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annietown @annietown
May 26, 2011, 3:20:46 AM
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All the jokes left out of Bridesmaids: http://bit.ly/m8liR1 Everything tastes better w/ Hamm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2011, 1:26:21 AM
experimenting a bit with LED light bulbs at home, but they are a) expensive at ~$25 a pop and b) still not *quite* as bright as I'd like
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2011, 12:33:07 AM
"I estimate close to 50% of our server CPU resources go to serving crawler robots." http://goo.gl/QUIAI
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 25, 2011, 11:36:22 PM
the upcoming Dead Island game looks amazing (zombies, etc) http://goo.gl/4Tjs4
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 25, 2011, 6:36:57 PM
"second-hand sales cost us more in the long-run than piracy these days." http://goo.gl/WxArH
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 25, 2011, 2:33:55 AM
I love all the Mac apologists who swear iTunes is great on the Mac. Reality Distortion Field is a helluva drug
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 25, 2011, 2:25:13 AM
The only software I ever truly despised is Lotus Notes, but iTunes is rapidly closing the gap.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 25, 2011, 2:17:42 AM
Q: How can I establish my window as "super-awesome topmost?" A: http://goo.gl/XDm6e
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betsyphd @betsyphd
May 24, 2011, 11:45:08 PM
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Seriously, Bay Area, do we really need a HempCon every 4-5 months? Is the medical marijuana field making such rapid techno ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2011, 11:44:55 PM
"In a survey of 1,000 adults, women preferred men who looked strong and proud .. or sullen and ashamed, in that order." http://goo.gl/bm7C8
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2011, 9:53:58 PM
Netflix spends 600 million a year on postage. per http://goo.gl/OmJW2 YouTube spends 360 million a year on bandwidth.
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arstechnica @arstechnica
May 24, 2011, 7:39:38 PM
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Apple acknowledges Mac Defender malware, promises software update: http://t.co/m0ZpBNP by @ejacqui
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StackExchange @StackExchange
May 24, 2011, 7:05:24 PM
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Swapping heightmaps to depthmaps http://bit.ly/lpw84G #codegolf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2011, 5:41:32 PM
hmm, astronomy Q&A reached 100% commitment, so commit now if you want access to the private beta http://goo.gl/5zche
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2011, 5:39:41 PM
@ieure related to what? can you send details to team@stackoverflow.com ?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2011, 2:40:19 PM
beware, new twitter email settings, all default to ON. http://i.imgur.com/bPEWH.png
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2011, 2:36:18 PM
eww, just got the new "email me when mentioned" spam from Twitter. Making that default to ON is so uncool.
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Twitter added a new "email me when I'm mentioned" option (not rolled out to all yet.) And the default setting is… on. Yeah th ...
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waxpancake @waxpancake
May 24, 2011, 2:13:03 PM
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Duke Nukem Forever goes gold, 14 years after it was first announced. http://yfrog.com/h7j7qujhj
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2011, 1:05:22 AM
I need a time machine so I can go back in time and tell my past self not to turn SafeSearch off. MY EYES
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2011, 7:20:29 PM
It's so cute when users come up with elaborate backstories and emails for their sockpuppets.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2011, 4:09:00 PM
NOOOOO GLEN BECK! NOOOoooOOooOOooo! NOT MY PRECIOUS MARKDOWN! http://goo.gl/nu1Gl
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2011, 3:55:20 PM
@loydcase refactor that equation: Blu-Ray = dumb.
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My girlfriend just sent an email saying that she used #StackOverflow at work today! I was so proud! (Then I voted to migrate ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2011, 6:42:16 AM
The Infinite Version http://goo.gl/XBRqU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2011, 4:50:11 AM
I have never seen a truer comic about the internet. http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/051810/i-want-to-be-a-cat.gif
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agree with the top answer: "If you're a programmer, you're already creative." http://t.co/gyHI6nI
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2011, 3:38:51 AM
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jongalloway @jongalloway
May 23, 2011, 3:12:11 AM
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Can you help @secretGeek regain control of a hijacked domain? http://secretgeek.net/sg_hijack_1.asp
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2011, 2:33:43 AM
best code review ever? http://goo.gl/I8gBc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2011, 12:54:41 AM
now, who can use all 10 of those FAVOURITE British words in one real sentence? mmm?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2011, 12:51:03 AM
The funny thing about this "Top 10 Favorite British Words" article is I've seen @marcgravell use ~5 of them http://goo.gl/mLJHI
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Oh my god, Carmageddon is returning? Does @CodingHorror know about this? http://carmageddon.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 22, 2011, 6:54:19 PM
is @wilshipley complaining about PC beeps? I have to listen to these damn Mac startup sounds! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt1bgsvsWms
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jessamyn @jessamyn
May 22, 2011, 5:01:23 PM
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My father died this week. From @casahighland "The Globe obit makes him sound kinda insane. He might have liked that." http ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 22, 2011, 4:57:03 AM
we're testing out the NetDNA CDN now live on all http://stackexchange.com/sites -- moar speed 4 u! http://goo.gl/E5ezI
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 21, 2011, 8:44:33 PM
I need @hotdogsladies to be way more pissed off about all these bad rapture jokes I have to read
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2011, 7:48:45 PM
because @rockhardawesome now has a scooter, I had to get one too.. y'know.. for parenting reasons http://goo.gl/yFF4
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2011, 6:42:00 PM
RIP Macho Man. His wife made all his costumes, and they were awesome. http://goo.gl/CMfgN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2011, 6:22:59 PM
most surprising finding: Amazon's CDN is ... kinda sucky
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2011, 6:22:08 PM
Ben updated our amazon + netdna +edgecast CDN performance test with results: see world map at bottom! http://goo.gl/bb1YG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2011, 3:26:55 PM
I tire of rapture talk. I just feel sorry for people who believe that stuff.
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News of the weird Irony zone: Tech guru Pogue assaults spouse with iphone: http://bit.ly/kK9Sap
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StackExchange @StackExchange
May 20, 2011, 4:02:43 AM
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How many people does it take to steal a Star Destroyer? http://bit.ly/j6QYYr #rpg
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jarrod_dixon @jarrod_dixon
May 20, 2011, 2:34:28 AM
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"TESTING IS FOR PUSSIES" is totally going in our AssemblyInfo.cs
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2011, 2:11:45 AM
OPTIMIZE FOR.. (dramatic pause) UNKNOWN http://goo.gl/A9Y0L
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2011, 1:46:39 AM
TEAM ORIENTATION: Look, your job is to work. My job is to post amusing things on Twitter.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2011, 1:45:20 AM
"There's a lotta things about me you don't know anything about." http://goo.gl/43dMJ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2011, 1:05:42 AM
dear sweet FSM I am sick of doing no-op DVCS merges. DVCS "reduce" the merge pain by making you do it NON STOP.
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ShawnWildermuth @ShawnWildermuth
May 19, 2011, 6:18:52 PM
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Microsoft Bob to be released on CodePlex by end of July! Open Source Desktop baby! #rumormill #msteched #noitsnott ...
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migueldeicaza @migueldeicaza
May 19, 2011, 4:06:06 PM
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I love Marc's work, it blends Google ProtoBufs and .NET: RT @marcgravell Blogged: beta release of protobuf-net v2 - h ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2011, 3:26:01 PM
@dozba TICK TICK TICK
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jonskeet @jonskeet
May 19, 2011, 1:57:43 PM
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Listening to the #stackoverflow podcast. @codinghorror vastly overestimates the value of my time, IMO.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2011, 5:47:07 AM
the amount of USB crap that just stops working when you plug it into a powered USB hub is astounding.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2011, 4:28:20 AM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2011, 1:37:25 AM
1 day left in our Lucene.Net logo contest we sponsored to support FOSS! http://goo.gl/OtXmi
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2011, 12:54:18 AM
Why does Portal 2 hate the adopted children so much? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUQYrdgIJuI
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 18, 2011, 9:59:31 PM
"nearly 20 percent of peak downstream traffic in North America is used by Netflix on consoles" http://goo.gl/YA6Sj
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 18, 2011, 3:23:00 AM
huh, Google is oneboxing Wikipedia now? is this new? (note, this is a test query!) http://i.imgur.com/PmZ3L.png
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 17, 2011, 9:51:53 PM
Does Having No Color (Other Than Black, Gray, and White) Affect UX? http://t.co/TF8BERP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 17, 2011, 9:33:25 PM
just found out via @betsyphd that "It's Raining Men" was written by Paul Schafer. Mind blown... GAME CHANGED.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 17, 2011, 7:22:31 PM
Playing around with the liliput USB monitor for monitoring http://t.co/3RV6Z3M
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 17, 2011, 7:18:36 AM
The Speed of Light Sucks, aka, help us test CDNs to add more AWESOME for YOU http://goo.gl/bb1YG
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Atwoods law still holds true: http://bellard.org/jslinux/ cc / @codinghorror
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2011, 6:45:14 PM
Why are Apple and Microsoft "tracking" users? More technical details: http://goo.gl/7E86E
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2011, 3:20:47 PM
OMG it's like, cats and owls living together! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqmba7npY8g
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2011, 6:40:45 AM
for the record, this is OFFICIALLY how our software development process works at Stack Exchange, Inc: http://goo.gl/RMa2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2011, 6:39:36 AM
if you want to hear how things work on the Stack Exchange team, for real, and not my crazy version of it: http://goo.gl/KrYTc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 15, 2011, 6:25:59 PM
How many calories are burnt per hour sitting on an exercise ball? http://t.co/PoIFZ7q
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Discovered some pretty cool indy games from our Stack Exchange Gaming community's blog: http://gaming.blogoverflow.com
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tatehansen @tatehansen
May 15, 2011, 3:25:26 AM
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Is there a strong challenge to be made against the startup executive that believes security must be delayed? http://t.co ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 15, 2011, 12:59:40 AM
"I've outgrown that silly approach to language." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2011, 7:51:38 PM
more scary news from the SSD frontier http://goo.gl/h6PuR
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2011, 1:28:09 PM
Passed the classy Girls Gone Wild RV on the highway http://t.co/HQb2PtN
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arctictony @arctictony
May 14, 2011, 1:26:48 PM
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Wow, everyone should read this Matt Taibbi piece on Goldman Sachs http://bit.ly/ktrRtw
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splattne @splattne
May 14, 2011, 5:11:15 AM
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Who says men can't multitask? Italian bus drivers obviously can: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuvXRmucO7s (via @bmgnrs)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2011, 1:11:24 AM
@cokert yeah but every single time I land on one in search of information, it's hideously painful.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2011, 12:53:18 AM
I have just about concluded that phpbb and its ilk are a hate crime against the internet.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2011, 12:20:34 AM
"What I like are things that are different every time. That's why I like amateurs." http://goo.gl/MqJz3
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 13, 2011, 9:36:22 PM
buy a house with a friend? Sure, if you plan to MARRY them first. http://money.stackexchange.com/q/8368/877
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 13, 2011, 6:10:39 PM
Web 3.0 -- "Your policies are bullshit and your resolution protocol is worthless." http://goo.gl/odghh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 13, 2011, 6:03:11 PM
AC/DC has been pretty much writing the same song over and over since 1977. I am OK with this. http://goo.gl/WMTcu
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 13, 2011, 5:35:54 PM
Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters http://ecstasyoforder.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 13, 2011, 7:45:22 AM
in honor of their Hackathon right now in Ireland, we're sponsoring a Lucene.NET logo reboot contest! http://goo.gl/bAnyk
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 13, 2011, 2:47:17 AM
one of our noble sysadmins @gabeech just found the ultimate sysadmin discipline tool. WANT. http://goo.gl/nBDTx
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 13, 2011, 2:34:26 AM
I am shocked, *shocked*, to learn that a SSD drive in @samsaffron 's RAID 0 array has failed today!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 12, 2011, 5:26:15 PM
it's hard for kittens to kick their smoking habit sometimes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm31xBjfMNY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 12, 2011, 5:09:42 PM
Comcast really does care. ABOUT TORRENTS! http://goo.gl/nhyJ2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2011, 11:46:14 PM
"The absolute worst testers you can possibly have are developers." http://goo.gl/U0ZHV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2011, 9:15:48 PM
not to mention @betsyphd threatened to divorce me since the last iPhone update somehow required her to restore. Worked fine for me, though.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2011, 9:13:45 PM
iTunes makes simple things hard, and hard things impossible. Congratulations Apple.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2011, 9:12:01 PM
ok so all I want to do is copy ONE song to an iPhone. dragging and dropping from the iTunes music library -- or the OS -- doesn't work.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2011, 9:05:13 PM
every time I touch iTunes it makes me hate the iPhone. Simple things are so painful in it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2011, 5:35:23 PM
If you touch my display, I'll kill you. http://goo.gl/YRf9n
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jonskeet @jonskeet
May 11, 2011, 5:09:30 PM
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SE Podcast #04, including not one but *two* Skeets: http://bit.ly/j7FWzu
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