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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 28, 2011, 7:03:27 AM
yet another user who somehow kept a browser cookie based account alive for 16 months (!!)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 28, 2011, 5:24:06 AM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 28, 2011, 2:55:28 AM
oh my GOD, best Rock Band DLC announcement EVER. (I am a huge Clash fan) http://goo.gl/HOwMn
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 28, 2011, 2:38:52 AM
I think Google Translate needs a little work.. http://goo.gl/aR7K5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 28, 2011, 2:17:57 AM
I don't have OCD, I just like to wash my hands.. hourly. GET OFF MY BACK MAN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 28, 2011, 1:47:34 AM
Facebook has outstanding OAuth 2.0 support, but I would never support Facebook-only login systems http://goo.gl/xZeuT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 28, 2011, 1:24:02 AM
to understand the future of the web, you need to understand the peculiar story of Demand Media http://goo.gl/yT0NR
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 28, 2011, 12:57:20 AM
Sometimes I am not so prouuuud to be an Amurrrrican! http://www.joeydevilla.com/2011/01/28/caption-please
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 28, 2011, 12:10:41 AM
@LeffelMania fantastic, glad to hear it! And do check out our network of Q&A sites as well http://stackexchange.com/sites
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 27, 2011, 10:56:00 PM
I don't understand why MMORPGs charge money for the box the game comes in, when the real money is in the monthly fees..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 27, 2011, 10:13:31 PM
"I keep seeing perverse instances of Atwood's law ..." http://www.drdobbs.com/tools/229100358
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ferretthimself @ferretthimself
Jan 27, 2011, 9:18:29 PM
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A woman tells her programmer husband: "Get me a quart of milk? And if they have eggs, get a dozen." He comes back wi ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 27, 2011, 3:13:53 AM
This "insert yourself into a movie" game looks so lame, and yet.. I must have it. http://kotaku.com/5740243/yoostar-2-preview
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 26, 2011, 7:23:37 PM
my favorite offline page in our network: http://sstatic.net/stackapps/app_offline.htm ZARDOZ LIVES
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 26, 2011, 7:13:51 PM
The Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston Windows 95 guide (via @NathanBowers) http://goo.gl/9t5OP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 26, 2011, 6:52:08 PM
we're replacing our internal search engine on #stackoverflow so there may be a brief (5-15 minute) outage network wide
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 26, 2011, 4:34:04 PM
have you ever worked with anything <dramatic pause> *high tech*? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l31I9RvluEA
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pallingrid @pallingrid
Jan 26, 2011, 4:17:20 PM
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Listagram - browsing through the pics on Instagram http://listagr.am/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 26, 2011, 4:08:45 PM
if you've ever wanted to ask "does this code make my ass look fat?" now you can: http://codereview.stackexchange.com
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splattne @splattne
Jan 26, 2011, 2:05:04 PM
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It was about time that Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange were covered on TechCrunch: http://t.co/GEub1hg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 26, 2011, 1:13:06 AM
OMG @encosia found the commercial! You, sir, are the wind beneath my wings! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l31I9RvluEA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 26, 2011, 12:35:11 AM
I would kill for a copy of this old ITT tech commercial.. I remember it so fondly http://goo.gl/0ksOO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 25, 2011, 11:57:39 PM
I love Chrome but its broken text selection behavior drives me BONKERS. Please fix! http://goo.gl/Kmg6J
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 25, 2011, 11:22:25 PM
@dozba I'm thinking something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiBfF0cSEeM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 25, 2011, 11:13:50 PM
@dozba oh God
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 25, 2011, 10:59:14 PM
A Twitter Epitaph http://goo.gl/VbpEy
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jarrod_dixon @jarrod_dixon
Jan 25, 2011, 10:05:53 PM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 25, 2011, 8:50:21 PM
"David.. come on.. I'm a f**king YouTube sensation." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyNSx7TXVqE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 25, 2011, 5:31:57 PM
I want to be clear that everything I do for #stackoverflow and otherwise, I do because I love the web. There is no other hidden motive.
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hackernewsbot @hackernewsbot
Jan 25, 2011, 5:00:49 PM
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Forget Quora, New York's Stack Overflow Is Killing It... http://www.observer.com/2011/tech/new-yorks-stack-overflow-1 ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 25, 2011, 4:38:56 PM
I also think it's totally defensible for @dhh to drop OpenID as only 1% of their users were using it; I applaud their early support
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Nick_Craver @Nick_Craver
Jan 25, 2011, 4:36:13 PM
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Don't forget to cast your vote for new #stackoverflow community mods: http://stackoverflow.com/election
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 25, 2011, 4:35:18 PM
r @anildash just want to note our 500k users on OpenID, though I do have one caution: IDENTITY EQUALS EMAIL. Period. Design around that.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 25, 2011, 2:52:53 PM
"if you can't say anything nice about someone, make thinly veiled allusions instead."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 25, 2011, 2:44:53 PM
if you've built servers out with SSDs, SANs, or FusionIO please give us feedback: http://blog.serverfault.com/post/what-to-do-about-storage
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 25, 2011, 2:33:31 PM
loud klaxons and sirens in the distance. In the back of my mind, I always think "is the zombie apocalypse upon us?"
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Sweet. Joel/Stack Overflow on weekly podcast at guardian.co.uk http://goo.gl/9eF8U
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 25, 2011, 4:13:30 AM
rt: dear person running 5700 queries a day on http://data.stackexchange.com ... thank you, we really needed some blacklisting code
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 25, 2011, 4:12:54 AM
beautiful PC case. The anti-Jony-Ive, and I dig it. http://techreport.com/discussions.x/20291
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bramcohen @bramcohen
Jan 25, 2011, 4:02:33 AM
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Why do all bug tracking systems start by trying to enforce a process, rather than help you do whatever you want?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 25, 2011, 12:36:51 AM
experimenting with wikipedia-inspired anonymous user editing on #stackoverflow -- currently enabled
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 25, 2011, 12:04:01 AM
cathode vintage terminal emulator http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/ (via @jwz)
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StackExchange @StackExchange
Jan 24, 2011, 5:36:51 PM
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Did English ever have a formal version of "you"? http://ur.ly/BFV3 #english
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 24, 2011, 5:00:58 PM
"The only people who still use IE6 are anal web designers who test their sites in IE6, and billions of Chinese who use pirated Win XP."
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Rent vs. Buy Visualization of Top US 50 Cities http://trulia.movity.com/rentvsbuy/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 24, 2011, 3:42:20 PM
some #stackoverflow and http://stackexchange.com stats for 2010 from @spolsky http://goo.gl/AUyvQ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 24, 2011, 3:17:00 PM
I have this very bad habit of speaking out loud as I write emails, reading them. Oh email, you suck so much.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 24, 2011, 2:31:14 PM
@cannontrodder that is kind of our consensus as well. Not necessarily a bad thing, since Yahoo Answers is so bad.
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kevindente @kevindente
Jan 24, 2011, 2:15:53 PM
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From what I've seen so far, Stack Exchange is where people go for facts. Quora is where people go for opinions.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 24, 2011, 3:49:35 AM
continuing with #stackoverflow and stackexchange.com elections, and an *amazing* community contributed election page http://goo.gl/Wu27S
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markrussinovich @markrussinovich
Jan 24, 2011, 2:08:13 AM
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I've been waiting for something exciting for my first tweet: I'm proud to announce my first novel, Zero Day! http:/ ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 23, 2011, 10:08:22 PM
is there any article stock photos can't ruin? rhetorical question.
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14 Sample pages are now available on Amazon for my book "Securing SQL Server". Must be shipping soon. http://amzn.to/dVFW7n ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 23, 2011, 4:47:36 PM
I visited http://teddziuba.com/ and it was filled with useful, informative non-rants. Ted, what have you done with @dozba !?!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 23, 2011, 3:53:55 PM
ps I totally blame @dozba for the previous tweet
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 23, 2011, 3:53:17 PM
grr at asshats ruining my ebay auctions by winning with a "fake" USA account and paying with unverified non-USA paypal account. GRR!
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My Experiences as a Female Software Engineer: http://www.jeanhsu.com/?p=134
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50 free ebooks generated from StackOverflow topics: http://hewgill.com/~greg/stackoverflow/ebooks/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 23, 2011, 2:54:46 PM
Why Participate on Server Fault? http://goo.gl/W6QCt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 23, 2011, 6:27:35 AM
http://instantwatcher.com/ is a great resource if you have a Netflix account!
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Do Dogs have a soul? http://goo.gl/kCByG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 23, 2011, 3:36:57 AM
hey, you got your scifi in my fantasy! http://abstrusegoose.com/254
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 23, 2011, 3:23:36 AM
proposed obituary: "today, Jeff Atwood was marked [status-completed]. He is survived by his loving wife and child [status-reproduced]."
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pbendersky @pbendersky
Jan 22, 2011, 5:49:47 PM
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My BD player is now region free. Stack Exchange Electronics and Robotics Q: Arduino as serial console http://t.co/w9h0Xu ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 22, 2011, 3:51:38 PM
Apple's “Evil Proprietary Tamper Proof Five Point Screw.” http://goo.gl/mnL8k
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ExpertNet consultation ends Sunday. Get your comments in! http://expertnet.wikispaces.com/Getting+Started
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jarrod_dixon @jarrod_dixon
Jan 22, 2011, 3:56:48 AM
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This is my favorite "high expectations Asian father" image http://imgur.com/bajKP.jpg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 22, 2011, 3:55:15 AM
> You are in a maze of anonymous functions, all alike. Closures are west and east. You see here: $
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 22, 2011, 3:25:43 AM
"man, we need to switch to PHP so our web tiers get some decent CPU utilization"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 22, 2011, 3:00:27 AM
"the worst team member is the best predictor of how any team performs" http://goo.gl/4mFwR
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 22, 2011, 2:41:54 AM
"Stack Overflow has taught me more about writing effectively than any class I’ve taken or book I’ve read" http://goo.gl/QmyNd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 22, 2011, 1:24:45 AM
still recovering from the Bend Over and Lube Up 'enterprise' pricing of Dell's magical 'server approved' SSDs
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 22, 2011, 12:10:44 AM
"I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot. "http://goo.gl/vdYyT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 21, 2011, 11:10:23 PM
do you enjoy pain? suffering? Here is your CMS written in C++. Please contribute! http://goo.gl/DhlLm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 21, 2011, 10:55:10 PM
A poem: "Programming Is", by hello http://www.joshmillard.com/2008/06/12/found-poetry/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 21, 2011, 9:52:52 PM
Super Fanfic Comics!!1! http://nedroid.com/superfanfic.html
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 21, 2011, 9:20:52 PM
my God the number of batteries we go through with a toddler.. as always I recommend http://goo.gl/2mkJJ
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kevindente @kevindente
Jan 21, 2011, 8:03:10 PM
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Another Google search fail - look for any kind of process name and you get back page after page of spyware/pc cleanup/re ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 21, 2011, 8:02:35 PM
remember, kids, editors are your buddies! http://goo.gl/Arxij
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anildash @anildash
Jan 21, 2011, 3:37:40 PM
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The White House wants to have its own Quora-style Q&A community. We have to help them get it right: http://2.dashes.com/fXvcjD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 21, 2011, 3:20:12 PM
Google takes action on scraper content farms: kudos! http://goo.gl/Q4O9z
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Next time you tweet some abuse at a writer, celebrity or actor, think first. They might call you to demand an apology: http: ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 21, 2011, 12:06:44 AM
LOLAllTheWayToTheBankCats. http://goo.gl/mTqrO (via @jzy)
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betsyphd @betsyphd
Jan 20, 2011, 11:55:54 PM
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Thinking @codinghorror should fill out his executive wardrobe here. http://www.markbymarkzuckerberg.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 20, 2011, 11:55:10 PM
24 Gigabytes of Memory Ought to be Enough for Anybody http://goo.gl/ZtGuE
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waxpancake @waxpancake
Jan 20, 2011, 6:05:48 PM
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Someone should make a real car radio with only three stations: Magical Sound Shower 69.2 FM, Passing Breeze 74.6 FM and ...
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StackExchange @StackExchange
Jan 20, 2011, 5:39:01 PM
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When did the terms science fiction and sci-fi enter our vernacular? http://ur.ly/BT3N #scifi
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We do love graphs Don't we #sysadmins ? http://goo.gl/1ca2N
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 20, 2011, 2:15:05 PM
r @NathanBowers I found that I can't use any todo list apps.. if I can't keep my todos in my brain by myself, I'm screwed anyway
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 20, 2011, 1:22:44 PM
new #stackoverflow / Stack Exchange app for Windows 7, built with our API! http://goo.gl/Escz9
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 20, 2011, 1:21:29 PM
yeah, Gmail may have 99.99% uptime but that doesn't factor in how MADDENINGLY slow and unresponsive it can be :(
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Math.StackExchange question: Is the recently proposed polynomial solution to the (NP-complete!) 3-SAT problem valid? http:// ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 20, 2011, 1:04:31 PM
do you like building mission critical services in Python or PHP, in San Fransisco? Sure you do! http://goo.gl/HnXed
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kevinmontrose @kevinmontrose
Jan 20, 2011, 12:22:37 PM
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This is pretty neat. RT @gortok: If you're following the #stackoverflow election stuff, this page is indispensible: h ...
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#StackOverflow moderator elections are ongoing right now. It's pretty cool that the site is letting its users pick the new ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 20, 2011, 1:00:29 AM
my new printed checks arrived! no, seriously! http://i.imgur.com/f4nWC.jpg
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dansdata @dansdata
Jan 19, 2011, 11:19:49 PM
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Raymond Chen's continuing series of Withering Answers To Your Idiotic Questions remind me of Dr. Rodney McKay. http://bit. ...
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migueldeicaza @migueldeicaza
Jan 19, 2011, 11:12:31 PM
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Congrats to Michael! RT: @mjhutchinson Woohoo, first Stack Overflow user to get the "monodevelop" badge!
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