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Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Sword & Sworcery LP ; worth a listen http://jimguthrie.bandcamp.com/
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snuff_man
@snuff_man
I love that there is somewhere on the internet to discuss the usability issues of stargates: http://bit.ly/fXxBIa

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"I was beginning to think XKCD satisfied Godwin's law, with SQL injection being the catalyst."

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
if you want to become resilient to failures in your life, not just your code -- have a child. @rockhardawesome is the ultimate Chaos Monkey
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codepo8
@codepo8
Hackertyper - hack like a movie star - just type random keys: http://bit.ly/fenfIe

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Q: Who created the idea of Experience Points? http://t.co/0dW8e8d

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
UX Stack Exchange redesigned with help from usabilitypost.com -- http://goo.gl/xRMQ8
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jzy
@jzy
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SuperDalgas
@SuperDalgas
RT @jongalloway: Herding Code 110: Geoff Dalgas and Jarrod Dixon take us behind the scenes... http://bit.ly/edAtAz #Sta ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Working with the Chaos Monkey http://goo.gl/q3uim

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Everything happens for a reason. Except for those things which happen completely randomly.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
any hardcore OSX mousers want to assist on this question? http://goo.gl/gA9wv

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Q: How much pressure should I put on my kids to learn? http://t.co/rqIEDwG

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
these mormon ads on youtube are freaking me out, man

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I'm calling it: Harmonix will announce that Beatles: Rock Band will be exportable to RB3, for a fee. Hopefully with keys.
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MalwareMinigun
@MalwareMinigun
@codinghorror Happy Easter to StackOverflow! http://t.co/IU5C0QN

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Recommend me a good sounding compact iPhone / iPod dock!
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StackExchange
@StackExchange
What's the story behind the drawings on the wall in Portal 2? http://bit.ly/gwTCKL #gaming

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
If you are at a programmer conference and complaining that there are too many dudes on the dance floor, I have bad news for you.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
the Harmonix podcast is exceptionally good this week; meeting Colbert & Freddie Mercury vocal masters http://goo.gl/gLeJN

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
unicode, gotta catch 'em all http://www.alexsguide.net/comics/unicode/

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I always thought .ly domains were a really bad idea for so many reasons. http://goo.gl/xVss
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christian_pyn
@christian_pyn
@codinghorror speaking of unicorns... http://bit.ly/fs9AOc

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
despite their reliability issues, a computer without an SSD is no longer a usable computer to me. I've been ruined.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
all this talk of sax men and @NathanBowers hasn't seen "The Curse" yet? http://goo.gl/rZDr

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@loydcase ask on http://english.stackexchange.com they love that crap
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davedelong
@davedelong
How ominous... #stackoverflow #yesimaddicted http://twitpic.com/4o8pso

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
cat wears bunny hat (reversed, but still awesome) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkB_lCl6uoA

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Q: Does GLaDOS say anything meaningful when she "gives us the fast version" in Test Area 8? http://t.co/NhrTUg7

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
in our experience, consumer MLC SSDs eventually fail suddenly and catastrophically, almost to a drive. Across all makes and vendors..

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
buying a used SSD: bad idea, or worst idea? 2 out of 3 SSDs that we bought for the team in Oct 2009 have mega-failed now.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Q: What are the largest consumer sites that run on EC2? A: http://i.imgur.com/tnY5d.png
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StackExchange
@StackExchange
Does the "German" in "German chocolate cake" refer to the chocolate or the cake? http://bit.ly/gpSEN7 #cooking
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jzy
@jzy
worst jokes? or the best jokes evar? http://anti-joke.com via @flyosity

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
so apparently Lada Gaga isn't evil, just her *management*. This makes SO much more sense. http://goo.gl/VYXJ2
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BryanTheCrow
@BryanTheCrow
@codinghorror Apparently that was her manager. She's now given the OK. http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/gaga ...
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StackExchange
@StackExchange
How much in-game time has passed between Portal 1 and 2? http://bit.ly/hghCJs #gaming
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eads
@eads
@codinghorror a true test of an artist is how classy they are when Weird Al covers their song. Chamillionaire got an A+ with W ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I love reading troubleshooting on random phpbb forums. "I tried this totally random thing, I have no idea why, you should too!"

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Lady Gaga totally disses Weird Al. Hey, it's not like she asked Madonna for permission to steal her whole career. http://goo.gl/mMMS7

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
w/r/t my previous retweet, I have to admit I find the "behaves not at all like a normal web page" design of gizmodo really bothers me
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spolsky
@spolsky
What's this, a podcast?! http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/04/podcast-88/

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Think you're the world's biggest Firefox fan? Think again. http://goo.gl/tu6HM

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
how to tell you're absolutely, positively going in the correct direction http://goo.gl/lEGre
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StackExchange
@StackExchange
Why does Leia's accent change through A New Hope http://bit.ly/fpJ9bH #scifi

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
these GladOS insults are seriously the highlight of my day, and I know who wrote them, too. Well done @wolpaw

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I got an answer to my Portal 2 question in THREE MINUTES on Gaming Stack Exchange http://goo.gl/v2An2
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csharpfritz
@csharpfritz
After listening to Hanselminutes interview re: Dapper ORM -- I ran some sample code... this is more impressive to me t ...
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marcgravell
@marcgravell
blogged: Practical Profiling (http://bit.ly/hfEK6z); or: how I found the crazy insane code sucking all the cycles
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jkottke
@jkottke
Started typing sleestakoverflow.com into my browser. "A Sleestak kidnapped my children. How do I find the cave they were ta ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"This is Star Trek through the Rock Band filter. You are playing together as if you were on a ship." http://artemis.eochu.com/

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Well, actually ... it's spelled unAbomber."

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Who *doesn't* love drama? Apart from people with real work to do, I mean."
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leeked
@leeked
@codinghorror No class today because of Portal? lulz http://i.imgur.com/PTQOa.jpg

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Back in the old Portal test chamber; feels like I never left http://goo.gl/exFrz

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
PORTAL TWO IS NOW! WHAT WHAT!!! http://www.aperturescience.com/glados@home/
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NathanBowers
@NathanBowers
Seriously. Shrinkwrapped phone antivirus software is just too hilarious. http://goo.gl/aTcBI

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@dozba I'LL SELECT STAR FROM YOUR FACE!

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Stack Exchange PM Q: Is there any data to show planning poker produces better estimates than individuals? http://t.co/IACgyLa

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
new Wii HD console rumo.... zzz.. zz.. sorry. Dozed off a bit there.
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kevindente
@kevindente
Wait, the FBI just shutdown internet poker sites, but Washington DC just legalized it? http://goo.gl/OI95b

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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waxpancake
@waxpancake
OMG, Scott Adams is horrible. He defends his behavior, while ripping into @mathowie and Metafilter in the comments: http ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
fortunately for @rockhardawesome there are an infinity of YouTube videos with people doing really dumb stuff on motorcycles.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
torrents are for LOSERS! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPNL82EY1dY
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textfiles
@textfiles
@hotdogsladies merlin, please tell your followers about archive team and our efforts to download google video.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
here's everything you need to know about online community: it is always its own worst enemy.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
a "What's this story about fingering a Coke machine?" Q gets voted up twice and favorited before it is closed on #stackoverflow .. sigh.
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profoundlypaige
@profoundlypaige
I operate on hyperbole, it's literally my only rhetorical device. Pretty sure I would die without it. #hyperbolic # ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"I ask because that question is apparently un-Googleable spam-bait, drowned in snake-oil." http://goo.gl/nQe34

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
more domain name seizures: http://www.pokerstars.com . This is now officially a problem. http://goo.gl/2CaDb

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
updating Ye Olde Driving rig with some Need for Speed Shift 2 ; superb! http://goo.gl/KocTV and http://goo.gl/JIfVZ

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
ok, Blood and Thunder was a scary enough metal song without ADDING CLOWNS. No fair. http://goo.gl/uNRXV

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
ah @robconery u so crazy. "Is It Time for a Duel System on Stack Overflow?" http://goo.gl/SRr5G

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
wait, this pac-man arcade tombstone is real? http://www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2757041

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
two-factor SMS auth is becoming common, for better or worse. GMail and Craigslist both use it now.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
back story on the Scott Adams political subversive art project. It's like juggling chainsaws, what could go wrong? http://goo.gl/Hgtl4

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
my vote would be to complete Weezer's blue album, but I will also accept Metallica and The Who as valid answers.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I need Facebooks folks to go here and vote for ANYTHING OTHER THAN LINKIN PARK. Please. Please. http://goo.gl/EAY2m
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anildash
@anildash
Everyone who's competing with Apple in hardware or software should be using "No need for iTunes" as their lead competitive ...
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waxpancake
@waxpancake
Crazy, Dilbert creator Scott Adams created sock puppet accounts on Metafilter and Reddit to anonymously defend himself. ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
drowning myself in a chocolately, decadently rich pint of the finest blame.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Dear Chrome future superhumans, fix the horrible broken selections, this drives me NUTS as well. http://goo.gl/Kmg6J

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
apparently that's already fixed in chrome version INFINITY. PLUS ONE.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
minor things about Chrome that drive me nuts: double clicking on /fragment/ in an URL, selects "fragment/". whyeeeee
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marcgravell
@marcgravell
Gah! Roomba is at the same level as my PC's reset button! Reset button cable is now unplugged...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
per http://goo.gl/X2lfi we queried our session tables and are seeing real world cookie-to-user ratios of 1.5~2.0 to 1.
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cshirky
@cshirky
Key organizer of gay-bashing "National Organization for Marriage" changes his mind, supports gay marriage http://bit.ly/hzJlLJ

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
ah, the ol' switcheroo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CN_HrkBlRs
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jkottke
@jkottke
Stack Overflow has saved my bacon too many times to count over the past few months. Respek. http://stackoverflow.com/

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
a moment of silence for Crystal Pepsi. http://goo.gl/sqB7U

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@dozba like metal etched pretentious, or blank pretentious?
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qnal
@qnal
#stackoverflow no matter how obscure the problem, it seems to always deliver a solution, real #winning ! /cc @codinghorror

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"those that from a long way off look like flies." http://goo.gl/tfVm

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Webmasters: is there a standard ratio of cookies to "visitors"? http://t.co/tp0UmpQ

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"The Return of Werdna is considered an extremely difficult game." to put it mildly http://goo.gl/zZhsH

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
whatever is happening in Vegas, should stay in Vegas, Mister @jzy http://twitpic.com/4klky0
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spolsky
@spolsky
Joel's Totally Fair Method to Divide Up The Ownership of Any Startup http://t.co/liqAuPE
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jarrod_dixon
@jarrod_dixon
YES! My clipboard manager - Ditto http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net - fixed a window focus bug. Such a great app, it's 1 ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
buying a Kindle copy of @frandallfarmer 's "Building Web Reputation Systems" http://goo.gl/5rxKo