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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 17, 2010, 7:16:18 PM
@aperebus vote them down if they're egregious to the point of carelessness. Those question votes have consequences.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 17, 2010, 7:15:46 PM
IMO this is the problem with charging money for software. You get the delightful choice between being whore *or* pimp!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 17, 2010, 6:35:50 PM
@aperebus it's just getting more popular and the audience++. in math terms, "least common denominator". see: http://goo.gl/4PGLL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 17, 2010, 6:28:24 PM
Awesome 5000 (via @jjc1138) http://goo.gl/jXeyh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 17, 2010, 9:22:03 AM
Flying first class is comfortable but still kinda makes me feel like an a-hole. Class systems, meh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 16, 2010, 5:56:52 PM
Stack overflow piñata! http://yfrog.com/g4n2sj
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betsyphd @betsyphd
Nov 16, 2010, 5:56:22 PM
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Two reasons why I usually bag my own groceries: the baggers usually suck and it makes me feel like I'm playing real-life T ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 16, 2010, 8:48:25 AM
Stack Overflow NYC world headquarters!! http://yfrog.com/f580890494j
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alexdickson @alexdickson
Nov 16, 2010, 8:46:56 AM
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Stack Exchange Game Development Q: Free ebooks about game development http://t.co/9kcKFL9
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 15, 2010, 9:52:55 PM
Dr. Strangedupe: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love Duplication http://goo.gl/WmU6O
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 15, 2010, 8:24:36 PM
"they will never look at you, at how you behave. They will never look into your eyes ... that's how you [tell] bad guys from good guys"
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Interesting article about airport security in Israel versus the US. (via @brec) http://bit.ly/7qQobW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 14, 2010, 4:07:07 PM
the Turing Police are real and they're patrolling online poker http://goo.gl/DbbT6 (via @jwz)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 14, 2010, 12:50:56 PM
Defenestration: The Movie http://vimeo.com/16611269
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 14, 2010, 12:35:15 PM
once you have a child, worrying about other people seeing you naked via the TSA scanner seems like .. the least of your problems.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 14, 2010, 10:08:57 AM
Woo! Got chosen for a Porno scan at the airport! Ladies of the TSA: you're welcome.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 14, 2010, 1:48:27 AM
Breaking the Web's Cookie Jar http://goo.gl/UmOiv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 14, 2010, 12:23:14 AM
Why must Jimmy Wales make love to me with his eyes every time I visit Wikipedia now? HE SEES MY SOUL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 13, 2010, 3:49:39 PM
getting a NYC t-shirt so I can fit in with the natives on my NYC trip... http://goo.gl/dx0b3
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joshbloch @joshbloch
Nov 13, 2010, 3:47:12 PM
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Map of important world locations http://goo.gl/zI3LN (Warning: puerile humor)
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splattne @splattne
Nov 13, 2010, 4:11:47 AM
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Why should I firewall servers? http://serverfault.com/q/201298/45
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 13, 2010, 1:50:35 AM
said to coworker: "I like to think of you as a brain in a jar that I poke with sticks over the internet"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 12, 2010, 3:55:32 PM
The mysteries of Google's index, explain them to me! http://goo.gl/fpR9I
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@codinghorror Thanks to your keyboard post I picked up this. http://is.gd/gYvRN Great choice for mechanical switches on a b ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 11, 2010, 4:22:20 PM
"The graveyards are full of indispensable men." http://programmers.stackexchange.com/q/18120/37
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 11, 2010, 3:34:22 PM
new public site -- for enthusiastic users of TeX, LaTeX and related systems http://tex.stackexchange.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 11, 2010, 5:48:19 AM
why I didn't care for Call of Duty: Black Ops (singleplayer), summarized in image form http://goo.gl/EThW2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 11, 2010, 4:02:25 AM
Call of Duty: Black Ops - great production values, was kind of meh overall until I got to the Kennedy anti-zombie white house endgame!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2010, 5:26:45 PM
new public beta -- physics! For active researchers, academics and students. http://physics.stackexchange.com
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digital_boy @digital_boy
Nov 10, 2010, 3:26:53 PM
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Thanks to StackOverflow, I just solved an issue that I've been trying to resolve for 6 months. Why didn't I post sooner ...
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KIA, if I were an inner city hip pop hamster youth, I'd totally buy your car.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2010, 12:29:55 AM
Just Cause 2 is such a sublime sandbox game. Highly recommended. Runs great on PC too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kjs-SC70Wg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2010, 4:36:53 PM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2010, 6:10:35 AM
Ghost plays Dance Masters, aka Kinect U So Crazy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMLY6veUvoE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2010, 4:53:36 AM
changes to Stack Overflow homepage -- test it out and let us know what you think http://goo.gl/o1rCt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2010, 4:15:54 AM
what I cannot explain to others, I do not understand myself
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2010, 1:45:38 AM
"we only hire ninjas"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2010, 1:26:11 AM
Kinect update -- works great with $50 (cough) proprietary extension cable that allows it to be in the correct position!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2010, 10:56:49 PM
@JoshStodola if you have technical issues during the build http://superuser.com if you need "what should I buy" advice, try chat.su.com
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2010, 8:36:48 PM
I just realized that I've started to use the word "page" synonymously with "screen". #webhaswon
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2010, 6:29:19 PM
"it's Clippy for the internet." http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1867229
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2010, 5:12:16 PM
The definitive site for human achievement http://urdb.org/
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@codinghorror Oracle = Emporer Palpatine. Microsoft = Dark Helmet.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2010, 5:10:10 PM
installing 64-bit Java to sandbox the sandbox. Tired of getting zero-day exploited by Java browser plugins. http://goo.gl/6YfG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2010, 5:00:34 PM
for those of you who thought Microsoft was evil, behold Oracle. Microsoft is (and always was) a fluffy little bunny in comparison.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2010, 7:17:25 PM
GPL : Catholicism :: BSD : Protestant Reformation -- fascinating read http://goo.gl/q5VUR
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2010, 3:01:26 AM
"such is the delightful, delightful world of Opera." the web browser, I mean. actual Opera is far less annoying http://goo.gl/Dh2ob
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 6, 2010, 5:21:29 PM
if you miss the podcast with @spolsky and myself, check out this video interview, now in non-hideous quality http://goo.gl/CwFe
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adam_pope @adam_pope
Nov 6, 2010, 3:42:07 PM
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God bless http://tex.stackexchange.com - where else could you get real time help debugging Latex on a saturday morning \c ...
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kevinmitnick @kevinmitnick
Nov 6, 2010, 5:18:25 AM
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I love this social engineering attack! LMAO!
http://tinyurl.com/2e754ky
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 6, 2010, 1:36:06 AM
I will say two things about Kinect. a) it takes a LOT of space and b) it is some Minority Report type shit when it works
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 6, 2010, 1:30:38 AM
I was so utterly and completely unprepared to see this video http://goo.gl/K94Qd
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tatehansen @tatehansen
Nov 6, 2010, 12:34:35 AM
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84% complete (application security @ stackexchange): you signed up? if not, help! http://bit.ly/bhbtNJ
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jcoehoorn @jcoehoorn
Nov 5, 2010, 11:11:12 PM
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@codinghorror Atwood's Law at work: http://bit.ly/cL2mqw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 5, 2010, 5:34:22 PM
just out of beta and now public: http://stats.stackexchange.com for statisticians, data miners, and anyone doing data analysis
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 4, 2010, 9:10:26 PM
to recover from an email hacking, you must think like a spammer.. sadly http://goo.gl/2qdHv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 4, 2010, 6:02:32 PM
the problem is I have a projector setup so my kinect sensor needs to be more than 12+ feet from the xbox.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 4, 2010, 5:59:47 PM
note that my kinect was bundled with a new xbox slim; does it even support USB + aux power connection?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 4, 2010, 4:44:28 PM
aw, fudge. I didn't realize kinect requires proprietary extension cable.. assumed it was USB. :( no kinect for me today then
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 4, 2010, 2:23:55 PM
@chaosTechnician don't cross-post. Try one site, and if you don't like the results, reformulate and try at another site.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 4, 2010, 2:23:04 PM
got a replacement cable modem from Comcast office; there was also a Comcast truck working on the lines across the street today. Suspicious.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 4, 2010, 1:45:31 AM
I probably shouldn't admit this on teh twitters, but I am like, super-mega-excited to get Dance Central http://www.dancecentral.com/media
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 4, 2010, 1:00:07 AM
ever wanted to follow specific tags on a site? or even across multiple sites? now you can! http://goo.gl/vEgn0
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 3, 2010, 6:56:58 PM
my Comcast internet has been severely crippled since election night, after being rock solid for 5 years. Ugh.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 3, 2010, 4:40:05 PM
Rock Band3 is now the 4th highest rated game of the year -- go buy it! http://goo.gl/fcjn
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 3, 2010, 3:54:20 PM
What the Enterprise Can Learn From stackoverflow.com http://goo.gl/b9kZ5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 3, 2010, 3:03:35 AM
The Horror of No Answer: Revival and Necromancer http://goo.gl/ABpRD
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jongalloway @jongalloway
Nov 2, 2010, 4:30:19 PM
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@kevindente Never ascribe to malice that which can be attributed to marketing.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 2, 2010, 2:36:04 PM
the real fender guitar for Rock Band 3 -- now officially priced at $279.99 http://www.fender.com/rockband3/exclusive/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 1, 2010, 10:45:48 PM
congrats SF Giants on winning the World Series, the first since they moved to California in 1957
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 1, 2010, 7:22:51 PM
@ataraxia_status consensus on http://webmasters.stackexchange.com is that the only benefit is getting changed content updated more quickly
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 1, 2010, 6:37:33 PM
The Sitemap Paradox http://goo.gl/Rkmp -- someone help me understand this
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 1, 2010, 2:53:05 PM
loving the 2D design of the new xbox dashboard update today. Very Courier-like.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 1, 2010, 1:39:29 PM
I chose the LX5 but you should never take camera advice from me -- I am the grandma who should be using an iPad when it comes to cameras
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simonech @simonech
Nov 1, 2010, 1:21:53 PM
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Just blogged: Lucene.Net needs your help (or it will die) http://goo.gl/fb/bo363
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 1, 2010, 1:07:07 PM
I ordered a new camera based on an excellent photo.stackexchange advice thread http://goo.gl/PAee
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ManningBooks @ManningBooks
Nov 1, 2010, 12:55:14 PM
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Congratulations Jon Skeet. C# in Depth, Second Edition ebook has now released! http://lnkd.in/TQMdaq
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 1, 2010, 12:29:35 PM
are you a UI designer or HCI expert? Check out http://ui.stackexchange.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 1, 2010, 12:04:52 PM
@ronnybrendel did you read the /faq on both sites? If not, you should. because that explains it quite clearly.
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splattne @splattne
Nov 1, 2010, 3:35:43 AM
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Search engine http://blekko.com/ is online. via @stephanw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 1, 2010, 3:22:48 AM
Rovio: or, how to annoy your coworkers from 2,800 miles away http://goo.gl/ftbL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 31, 2010, 12:47:17 PM
help us redesign the Stack Overflow home page http://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/69063/1
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splattne @splattne
Oct 31, 2010, 12:28:02 PM
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Here. RT @ravivyas84 Apparently you can die by laughing http://bit.ly/dhAlaH
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 31, 2010, 2:16:44 AM
Another advantage of Kindle 3 over iPad -- you really read books instead of Web Procrastinating
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 31, 2010, 12:20:32 AM
"even at the top of their game [a BBS] could service [only] a few dozen people simultaneously" http://goo.gl/gIHC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 30, 2010, 11:44:23 PM
remember that Strip Poker game maker from the 1980s, Artworx? STILL PUBLISHING! http://www.artworx.com/prodinfo.htm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 30, 2010, 11:02:18 PM
this job is 52 weeks of paid vacation, because my idea of a great vacation is working on #stackoverflow
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 30, 2010, 10:07:58 PM
Seesmic: worst logo, or worst logo OF ALL TIME?
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sebpaquet @sebpaquet
Oct 30, 2010, 9:37:19 PM
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Incentives matter. http://t.co/ovwWDc2 via @arach
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textfiles @textfiles
Oct 30, 2010, 4:16:24 PM
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So http://ascii.textfiles.com/speaking is your Jason Scott Speaking Bonanza, @codinghorror.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 30, 2010, 3:20:53 PM
Antoine Dodson turns pitchman for Sex Offender mobile app http://goo.gl/Oujo
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 30, 2010, 3:18:49 PM
Jason Scott: The Atomic Level of Porn http://vimeo.com/7088524
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