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Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
lol, googlebot has set our #stackoverflow auto-crawl rate to 10 requests/sec (the max). We've been feeling that, too.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
w/r/t previous tweet, I was only kidding. OR WAS I?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"I am now reducing your salary by 1k/year for every day this goes by unresolved."

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"a game of musical chairs, where the last one standing looked dumb and everyone else got absurdly rich." http://goo.gl/Whatu

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
the way Wikipedia blesses putting bizarre characters in URLs makes me want to get all face-stabby on them. http://goo.gl/STqQ
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maykelmoya
@maykelmoya
#StackGuru: a near realtime bot for all #StackExchange sites http://j.mp/g1eBRT #xmpp
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kevinmontrose
@kevinmontrose
Can't sleep so http://bit.ly/dPsq4I now works everywhere, #metroid nom-nom-noms.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"My common sense is tingling. It's my special super power."

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
picture properly viewed only with Zeppelin's "The Immigrant Song" playing at full blast. AhhhAAAAAAhhh.. ah! http://goo.gl/BmfdP

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Someone should take a stand, and tell her she's awful... but not me." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkoMbxHQmuM

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@nyuszika7h we did, but you did not edit the document to refer to Stack Exchange..

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
pulled the trigger on a new HTPC build with 35w sandy bridge: http://goo.gl/bUUwM

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@loydcase microatx

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@loydcase excellent, any HTPC mobo recommendations?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@loydcase hey, are those slow / low-voltage sandy bridge chips out yet? itching for a HTPC build but not seeing them..

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Stack Exchange Guitars Q: I need help getting out of my scalar rut. http://t.co/dlF3ip0

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The Process (a.k.a. Designing The Stop Sign Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wac3aGn5twc

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@loydcase hahaha consoles and "consumer-friendly" pricing.. that's rich. RICH!
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lizardbill
@lizardbill
Job description translation guide for programmers http://goo.gl/XfZ2n

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
[sic] might as well be [the author is an illiterate dumbass, and I would like to apologize to the reader on his or her behalf]

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Stack Overflow MeetUps – worldwide – April 6 http://goo.gl/nYt7K
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wilshipley
@wilshipley
Shakespeare once said, “First thing we do, let’s kill all the C++ programmers.”

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
bed intruder song comes to Rock Band.. with PRO KEYS!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5jpxlzv8r4

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
well, actually, our #stackoverflow mailing lists are 110% dick measuring contests.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"mailing lists that are 50% dick measuring contests." http://goo.gl/9WXLM
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malki
@malki
So first I stamped some envelopes "PLEASE BEND" : http://tumblr.com/xn91jnxfus - And now here is the result! http://tumblr.co ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
evolution of the web in a nutshell, 2001 to 2011 -- http://zombo.com/ to http://html5zombo.com/
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betsyphd
@betsyphd
I am currently in a lily-free building. Fuck you, lilies. http://t.co/j6ACwdU

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
IE9 is sooo much nicer than IE8. Major step forward for IE. Now we need to kill off IE7..
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brada
@brada
#overheardatwork: "You haven't authored a good API until your users can surprise you with it"

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
for those who missed it yesterday, I was a guest on the TechZing podcast http://goo.gl/AmTYt

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I was on a podcast, which I will call "play in the service of learning" http://goo.gl/AmTYt

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
build warnings: always ignored, because if they were *really* important, they'd be errors, right?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I'm continually amazed at the people who think behaving like an ass online gives them the right to scream "censorship!"

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
thank {insert deity here} that friction exists, otherwise... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifTIuA8Dq58

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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wilshipley
@wilshipley
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arnorhs
@arnorhs

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@lindgrenM yeah, the guy on the Coke team really doesn't like Pepsi. Shocking, is it not?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Q&A for mechanics and DIY enthusiast owners of cars, trucks, and motorcycles http://mechanics.stackexchange.com/

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
IE9 is really quite fast at workaday rendering, noticeably faster than Chrome. Shame about the font rendering though. :(

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The new Internet Explorers are here! The new Internet Explorers are here!! http://goo.gl/CIoF (final) http://microsoft.com/IE9

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Experienced guitarist reviews Fender Squier pro guitar controller http://goo.gl/1IGBa
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waxpancake
@waxpancake
The IE9 party is the hippest thing Microsoft's ever done. It's so good that it's shaking my perception of the company. C ...
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bradlarson
@bradlarson
Want to easily get the Deputy badge on Stack Overflow? Run some of these queries and flag the non-answers: http://t.co/ ...
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thecontentfarm
@thecontentfarm
How to Eat a Popsicle: 1) Slower. 2) Sloooower. 3) That's it. Aw, yeah.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I sense a parody going on http://www.thecontentfarm.net/

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
at just over 2 seconds for SunSpider, iPad 2 is definitely getting into netbook browser perf territory http://goo.gl/M1vHo
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johnmoe
@johnmoe
I'm worried about political instability in our nation's hipster coffee shops when all their mayors are at SxSW.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
katamari Stack Overflow! http://goo.gl/L3NtV details at http://goo.gl/UJa1B

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
ah, confirmed, Skype can use both front and rear cameras on iPhone 4. Excellent!
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SorenJohnson
@SorenJohnson
This map of Sci-Fi works is incredible. Wish they had the wonderful Mandeville's Travels under exploration/legend, tho ...
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StackExchange
@StackExchange
How accurate are fingerprints at identifying somebody? http://ur.ly/G9HA #skeptics
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betsyphd
@betsyphd
I had to pull a "Well, actually..." on someone today. In my defense, I was right.
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spolsky
@spolsky
Most likely startup to change the world? http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/6_tech_companies_raising_venture_capital_whic ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@jdjeffers there is such a thing as a dumb question, and dumb users. Not all of them, but some are unreachable.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
yes, if ONLY that user could find a link to the /faq! We make it so very, very hard to find! #sigh

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
redesigned #stackoverflow tags page (also network wide) http://stackoverflow.com/tags

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
actual commit message: "coded with 33.2% less crack."
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dwineman
@dwineman
Free idea: programming language whose entire syntax is various spacings and capitalizations of "all work and no play makes ...
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StackExchange
@StackExchange
When taking vitamins and supplements, does it matter if I take them all at once or should I spread it out thro... htt ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I needed the greenscreen set up for our board meeting with our new investors. Seriously. http://i.imgur.com/wud2M.jpg

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
results of my chroma keying adventures, a partial solution. http://goo.gl/c83Ct

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
wow looks like I should have searched.. my own.. sites.. first.. http://goo.gl/EYUNX

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
wow, even in 140 characters, nobody reads. I said chroma key in the last tweet. Amazing.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
is there any webcam software that can do live greenscreen (chroma key)? Google says not so much.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"if you need more than 3 levels of indentation, you're screwed anyway, and should fix your program." http://goo.gl/QIe8y

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
if I had a dollar for every time SQL Server has cached a bad query plan, I'd be a millionaire by now.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"we should expect by now that Facebook Places would have obliterated the use of Foursquare" http://goo.gl/3wp14

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
now public -- Drupal Q&A for developers and administrators http://drupal.stackexchange.com/

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@loydcase that is so not a loydcase move!

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
programming puzzle: single line password generator? http://goo.gl/C9iey
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jedisct1
@jedisct1
Oh, finally an ad server that doesn't suck: AdZerk http://adzerk.com/ /via @zeroload
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josephcooney
@josephcooney
@codinghorror I made this for you http://computerunlocked.com
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splattne
@splattne
Is it normal to get hundreds of break-in attempts per day? http://serverfault.com/q/244614/45

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
A New Name for Stack Overflow (with surprise ending) http://goo.gl/t3ttI

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"I just checked in some awesome new changes!" "I look forward to all your awesome new bugs!"

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Given two strings, work out if they both have exactly the same characters in them." code golf BEGIN http://goo.gl/hMk19

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
when the Facebook Zombie Poke goes horribly wrong http://goo.gl/ZT0Lf

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I vote for Mac Pro as "dumbest model of Apple Computer to own". It is the new Apple ///.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@rockarts I don't disagree, but at that level you should be asking "how much am I willing to pay these accredited experts to get my answer?"

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@rockarts hey man, be the change you want to see! we allow anonymous participation and even anon edits http://goo.gl/XqvsD

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
new public Q&A site beta -- Fitness & Nutrition http://fitness.stackexchange.com/

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"though too advanced at the time to build, it inspired future designers." http://goo.gl/Z84qz

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"I'm feeling douchey." http://unsuck-it.com/
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mahalie
@mahalie
Stackexchange is to user forums what Gmail was to email clients. Srsly. It just works good, real good...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
http://superuser.com blog on hybrid hard drives vs. ssds http://goo.gl/Cwwys

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Firefox team now explicitly copying Chrome in every way. Reeks of desperation. http://angl.in/frDmKU

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
now public with snazzy new design -- Q&A for cartographers, geographers and GIS professionals http://gis.stackexchange.com/
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ComputerHistory
@ComputerHistory
Thx @codinghorror for the high praise and Stack Overflow support! Maybe our slogan should be "Don't Die, Just Visit ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Stack Overflow and the Computer History Museum http://goo.gl/AJOgH
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agnoster
@agnoster
@wilshipley git gets easier once you get the basic idea that branches are homeomorphic endofunctors mapping submanifolds o ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@howtogeek no. often it's WORSE.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Journalist recommends installing anti-virus on Android phones. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. http://goo.gl/KaUIy

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
ah, excellent, the motor vehicle http://stackexchange.com proposal reached 100%. been waiting for that one to hit. http://goo.gl/gAE7M
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alyankovic
@alyankovic
I know it's not as culturally significant as Sheen's Korner, but it looks like they just found life in outer space. http ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
the best HD video yet for scaring your friends who are afraid of heights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Nd1qtk1Go
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StackExchange
@StackExchange
Which is the safest way to get root privileges: sudo, su or login? http://ur.ly/FGjh #unix