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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2011, 6:08:41 PM
wow, IE9 RC scores 162ms on sunspider compared to Chrome 10 beta 235ms! Well done. http://goo.gl/Hngon
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ryantomlinson @ryantomlinson
Feb 19, 2011, 2:48:15 PM
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Blogged: StackO My First Windows Phone 7 App http://bit.ly/emmTam #wp7dev #wp7 #stackoverflow
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2011, 5:04:22 AM
reminder: Google Chrome will use faster SPDY instead of HTTP when talking to Google services. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPDY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2011, 11:40:49 PM
Intel's Atom (netbook) platform is an embarrassment at this point. Slow and intentionally crippled. Go AMD! http://goo.gl/o8PI7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2011, 11:35:59 PM
"the Aspire One 522 is the best netbook we've ever tested" well done AMD. http://goo.gl/2JU2D
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2011, 10:33:44 PM
good, timeless advice for anyone thinking of starting a family. http://goo.gl/s39VU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2011, 7:20:19 PM
Stack Overflow Rides Experts And Order To Q&A Success http://goo.gl/eYw3s
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2011, 6:09:25 PM
the ipad is good not because it's an ipad, but because it is a giant iphone. Just sayin'. #stillneedsretinatho
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2011, 5:14:55 PM
new, enhanced support for browser user scripts on #stackoverflow and the http://stackexchange.com network! http://goo.gl/OeE8G
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2011, 4:30:27 PM
cat laser bowling. so wrong.. yet so RIGHT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFztjgfDWDA
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dandjones @dandjones
Feb 18, 2011, 4:03:48 PM
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@codinghorror Well, actually, it's not physically possible to post an Internet link across someone's face.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2011, 2:27:13 PM
the next person who tells me "well, actually, 10 or less should be 10 or fewer" is getting a link across the FACE to http://goo.gl/x2GA5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2011, 2:16:54 PM
I, for one, welcome our new ketchup robot overlords. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C3D0rcFXrY
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josephcooney @josephcooney
Feb 17, 2011, 9:35:17 PM
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Overheard at lunch: "social skills? Where we're going we don't need social skills" #softwaredevelopment
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2011, 4:47:40 PM
why I <3 @migueldeicaza in a nutshell: go read this http://goo.gl/x2GA5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2011, 1:52:42 PM
@3rdparty because all your 'answers' are "EdgeSafe PST2PST will do live incremental backups of open PST files" (with link) ??
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jakemonO @jakemonO
Feb 17, 2011, 12:10:33 PM
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2 of my fave online personalities @nedbat & @codinghorror collide (kinda) in Ned's post on SO addiction http://bit.ly/gEViNZ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2011, 3:01:00 AM
great intro to the real Fender Squier Strat guitar in Rock Band 3. Skip to 7:00 for Crazy Train. http://goo.gl/ASuQ9
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 16, 2011, 11:10:48 PM
every child's dream -- a Higgs Boson plush toy!! http://www.particlezoo.net/individual_pages/shop_higgsboson.html
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lizardbill @lizardbill
Feb 16, 2011, 10:00:27 PM
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This might be the best analogy I've ever read. http://goo.gl/nOTxr #RoR
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 16, 2011, 3:50:08 PM
experimenting with consumer-ish SSDs on http://data.stackexchange.com -- seeing 5x query speedups http://goo.gl/66eSl
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 16, 2011, 3:16:45 PM
installed Windows 7 SP1, nothing has exploded.. yet
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StackExchange @StackExchange
Feb 16, 2011, 2:55:15 PM
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To use or not to use... Alternating Row Colors for Tables http://ur.ly/DQrv #ui
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 16, 2011, 1:11:21 PM
new site beta for project management folks http://pm.stackexchange.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 16, 2011, 12:26:20 PM
How is Apple's "give us each day our 30% tithe" any different than requiring Facebook Credits / Xbox Points?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 16, 2011, 12:22:43 PM
Stack Exchange Writers Q: How can I write an attention-grabbing first line? http://t.co/q7ISXpV
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siracusa @siracusa
Feb 16, 2011, 11:46:41 AM
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Getting warmer… http://bit.ly/dOn9uO #applevstheworld
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 16, 2011, 9:49:08 AM
@howtogeek CTRL+C, CTRL+V
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StackExchange @StackExchange
Feb 16, 2011, 8:50:53 AM
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How do we escape the cycle of bad college eating? http://ur.ly/DQBu #cooking
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demisbellot @demisbellot
Feb 16, 2011, 8:49:37 AM
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How http://servicestack.net deploys its live demo ServiceStack.Examples projects to CentOS/Nginx/MONO: http://goo.gl/aYaDf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 15, 2011, 4:12:23 PM
"experts-exchange ... was the #1 most disliked site on blekko" http://goo.gl/Pbv0K
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 15, 2011, 2:58:44 PM
"Public must fight to maintain net neutrality" seriously, how could you oppose this? because you love AT&T & Comcast? http://goo.gl/yWWut
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 15, 2011, 1:47:23 PM
Q: Just how many Q&A websites are out there? http://goo.gl/jRY7T
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 15, 2011, 1:01:27 PM
the difference is that we the people (at least in theory) control the government. We don't control Comcast.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 15, 2011, 12:44:06 PM
let me put it to you this way: Comcast *will* find a way to kill Netflix, because they control broadband pipes to homes. Repeat, forever.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 15, 2011, 12:32:20 PM
example: FM radio was invented in 1933 but not widely used until the 70s. Why? AM radio $$$ controlled the FCC.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 15, 2011, 12:27:08 PM
seriously, if you think network neutrality is bad, you haven't read the evil, evil history of telegraph, radio, telephone, tv..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 15, 2011, 12:11:03 PM
what's with all the anti-net-neutrality sentiments in the comments? http://goo.gl/9dOPV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 15, 2011, 10:47:36 AM
Blekko partners with Stack Overflow to improve search results http://goo.gl/sOJY9
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 14, 2011, 9:23:24 PM
"based on my incredibly shallow, superficial understanding of what you are doing, I shall now deign to offer you the following advice."
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StackExchange @StackExchange
Feb 14, 2011, 8:43:06 PM
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Justin Bieber detector http://ur.ly/DOhK #stats
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 14, 2011, 7:34:23 PM
Nathan Myhrvold's food porn http://goo.gl/fhSsv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 14, 2011, 7:29:22 PM
On the importance of net neutrality: http://goo.gl/9dOPV
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mattcutts @mattcutts
Feb 14, 2011, 5:56:49 PM
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I answered a bunch of questions about the new "block sites" Chrome extension over on Hacker News: http://goo.gl/mk4qP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 14, 2011, 5:45:39 PM
Unicode Character 'HEAVY BLACK HEART' says "happy valentine's day!" http://goo.gl/VL6zw
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jennyholzer @jennyholzer
Feb 14, 2011, 4:45:17 PM
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ROMANTIC LOVE WAS INVENTED TO MANIPULATE WOMEN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 14, 2011, 3:46:50 PM
we revved our API to 1.1 and have a fancypants new app gallery: http://goo.gl/ByFO5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 14, 2011, 3:39:29 PM
now a fully graduated public site with a snazzy new design: http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/
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up up down down left right left right b a #w3fools /via @gfosco
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 14, 2011, 3:08:11 PM
#BSidesSanFrancisco Feb 14-15, 2011: Discover the next big thing! http://bit.ly/BSidesSF #security
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mattcutts @mattcutts
Feb 14, 2011, 2:07:20 PM
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New Chrome extension to block sites in Google: http://goo.gl/nETVU Tell Google which sites you don't want. Please RT!
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AmbientLion @AmbientLion
Feb 13, 2011, 9:09:25 PM
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@codinghorror Want to feel old? Bring your kid to an arcade and have him try to operate classic Pacman by touching the ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 13, 2011, 7:53:52 PM
I thought we already knew the roundest object in the world: George Michael's bum. http://goo.gl/zOWJI
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 13, 2011, 2:48:12 AM
"it requires appreciating the merits of systems in which, so to speak, the trains do not always run on time."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 13, 2011, 2:45:09 AM
On the public Internet I believe IE6 is effectively dead; it's just enterprisey backwaters keeping it "alive"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 13, 2011, 2:36:18 AM
I really hope IE9 does well, and the current RC is promising. We need IE7 to die off fast(er).
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NathanBowers @NathanBowers
Feb 12, 2011, 3:53:37 PM
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My Mac's Spotlight indexing was broken. Searched for days, reinstalled OS, no help. Finally SuperUser.com came through ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 12, 2011, 3:10:11 PM
my take on SEO http://goo.gl/vu4Em and in the NYT today http://goo.gl/d5Y1D and http://goo.gl/HVmWB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 12, 2011, 12:39:29 PM
meet my adorable cat, his name is [closed] http://goo.gl/zaFsk
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 12, 2011, 11:50:32 AM
maybe I was thinking of it because Wikileaks is Radical Honesty for governments. So perhaps it's appropriate to revisit.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 12, 2011, 11:46:52 AM
I keep coming back to this article on Radical Honesty. It's too crazy to work. http://goo.gl/XYqnS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 12, 2011, 12:22:31 AM
"Total Eclipse of the Heart is the single greatest recording of always." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hoNPYGLZUo
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 11, 2011, 5:29:10 PM
I love my iPhone because of the apps, but I gotta say, the Win Phone 7 totally out-UIs Apple in every way. Kind of ironic, really.
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kevinmontrose @kevinmontrose
Feb 11, 2011, 5:27:49 PM
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#stackexchange API v1.1 released, announcement: http://bit.ly/g7J2SE some road map-ish things: http://bit.ly/ecATmS ( ...
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If a girl says that there's 1% chance she'll go out on a date with you, here's how many times you have to ask: http://t.co/hV9unno
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mattcutts @mattcutts
Feb 11, 2011, 2:53:08 PM
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Confirmed to NY Times that "we’re working on a variety of algorithms to try to address" content farms: http://goo.gl/tIzVP
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alexejhumphrey @alexejhumphrey
Feb 11, 2011, 2:52:55 PM
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#StackOverflow isn't about rep; it's about the buzz you get when you put the time in and genuinely help someone. 1 u ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 11, 2011, 12:57:15 AM
so apparently Facebook has 149 million "active" users in the USA. Population of the USA? 307 million. #holdmeimscared
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 11, 2011, 12:46:15 AM
I often feel I am superfluous because my team is SO GODDAMN AWESOME. And that's the way it should be.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 11, 2011, 12:28:10 AM
I had no idea how important net neutrality was until I read this book. You should read it too, it's great: http://goo.gl/zP99z
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 10, 2011, 10:22:15 PM
the "thanks" button is the digital equivalent of buying someone a pre-packaged convenience store flower.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 10, 2011, 8:37:39 PM
aw, darn, nuvi devices block you from the free map update if you wait 60 days after first satellite fix :P
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kevindente @kevindente
Feb 10, 2011, 7:01:37 PM
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@dozba when does your Sharepoint training start?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 10, 2011, 5:18:20 PM
Chrome 9 has a hidden flashblock function built in, and it is super slick (using "about:flags") http://goo.gl/pUtff
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@codinghorror You just cannot use fonts below 15px anymore. Maybe that’s a good thing.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 10, 2011, 4:51:36 PM
if you like blurry "we no hammer to pixel grid" Mac font rendering, you should love IE9.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 10, 2011, 4:40:52 PM
ah @toscho has the answer on IE9 font rendering changes: http://goo.gl/fAcBI
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 10, 2011, 4:36:07 PM
check out this IE9 vs IE8 font rendering. VERY different. http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/3951/ie9vsie8fontrendering.png
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 10, 2011, 4:32:32 PM
ew, weird, IE9 font rendering is a little.. crazy. Hardware acceleration side effects?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 10, 2011, 3:23:13 PM
two factor auth for gmail as an option, nice! http://goo.gl/npeAr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 10, 2011, 2:25:40 PM
we now sponsor http://stackexchange.com community leaders to attend conferences http://goo.gl/MXyIH
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mattcuba @mattcuba
Feb 10, 2011, 1:31:30 PM
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You just don't appreciate how much utility and value there is in a place like #stackoverflow until you go look at the comp ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 9, 2011, 9:39:13 PM
I don't see what's so wrong about wanting to be placed in a medically induced coma. Just for a few years.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 9, 2011, 6:38:28 PM
http://wordpress.stackexchange.com is about to get a suitably wordpress-y design.. http://goo.gl/Tul8K
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 9, 2011, 4:54:50 PM
Walk Like an Egyptian http://goo.gl/Gx1z
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 9, 2011, 4:27:47 PM
1950: 3 channels (NBC, CBS, ABC). 1980: 100 channels (cable). 1995-present: ∞ channels (internet).
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StackExchange @StackExchange
Feb 9, 2011, 3:45:09 PM
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2D Zelda collision detection http://ur.ly/Dy0E #gamedev
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GABeech @GABeech
Feb 9, 2011, 3:39:14 PM
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How did we make the #stackoverflow disk system faster? http://goo.gl/9epp5
#sysadmins #storage
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Booooooom @Booooooom
Feb 9, 2011, 12:05:51 PM
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wolverine? or two batmen? http://twitpic.com/3xyrz3
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 8, 2011, 11:48:23 PM
I still get a little thrill giving someone their first upvote on a http://stackexchange.com site -- pay it forward!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 8, 2011, 10:11:22 PM
@ProfShonle thanks!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 8, 2011, 7:25:50 PM
Invulnerability doesn't solve all problems. http://goo.gl/epmsp
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 8, 2011, 11:36:27 AM
"In a few years, men will be able to communicate more effectively through a machine than face to face." http://goo.gl/YZRBF
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 8, 2011, 11:01:06 AM
OMFG Total Eclipse of the Heart for Rock Band?!!? Pinch me, I am dreaming! http://goo.gl/ZPZQU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 8, 2011, 10:41:14 AM
The best way to thank me is by not thanking me. Thanks! (I'll just assume you appreciate my awesomeness as much as I do)
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typemock @typemock
Feb 8, 2011, 9:03:19 AM
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Congrats to @codinghorror and @spolsky and the whole #stackexchange team for their recent mention in NY Times http://nyti. ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 7, 2011, 6:10:47 PM
@JoshStodola it only shows to you; try viewing the page in chrome incognito mode. p.s. don't run over the phone!
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