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Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
MY DATABASE SERVERS, LET ME SHOW YOU THEM!! http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/database-upgrade/

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"I sometimes type with my eyes closed .. I've ... correct[ed] typos without ever having seen them." http://goo.gl/w5gO

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
On #stackoverflow, Google is 87% of all incoming traffic and 98.69% of all search engine traffic.
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rockhardawesome
@rockhardawesome
In my spare time I enjoy reading fine literature. http://yfrog.com/176c9gj

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
remember all those jokes I made about FarmVille? they don't seem so funny any more. http://goo.gl/8Ecx

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
just out of beta and now fully public, Photography Q&A -- http://photo.stackexchange.com
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SkaveRat
@SkaveRat
@codinghorror damnit! 5 different searches, 5 times SO as #1, 5 perfectly working solutions. in a row

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I heard the radio edit (censored) version of that Cee-Lo "F**k You" song on the radio today. Not .. at all.. the same song

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
trying out the topre realforce keyboard. Warning: keyboard pr0n ahead: http://goo.gl/9cNr

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
studying some of the newgrounds.com community systems for possible inclusion in Stack Overflow

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
still responding to emails in my backlog from 2009

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"we ultimately hope to erase the boundary between 'gamer' and 'musician.'" http://goo.gl/P5vo
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Cocoia
@Cocoia
It's over, OS X is finished. Linux wins. http://coc.io/osxkiller

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
what they don't tell you about playing keyboards: it's hard not to dance. And sing.
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jongalloway
@jongalloway
Some people, when faced with a problem, think "I know, I'll dismiss it with a witticism." Now they have zero problems.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
you guys pro keys in Rock Band 3 is TOTALLY AWESOME! Go buy it now! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJGKWWLQQFc

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Speed Saves http://goo.gl/iy79

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Stack Exchange Q&A site public beta: Board and Card Games http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Hark a Vagrant does Dracula http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=285

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
first Rock Band 3 song played? Tom Petty's "The Waiting (is the hardest part)" of course -- 5 stars! http://goo.gl/KkMj

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
There's like 10 people, tops, at this Fable 3 midnight launch. #woo
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betsyphd
@betsyphd
Paged Dr. Google Images to diagnose child's minor diaper rash and OMG MY EYES! DO NOT WANT!!! UNDO!!!

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
BRITISH rappin' farmers ad. If this is the future of advertising sign me up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOHAUvbuV4o

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
there is a midnight GameStop release tonight.. for.. Fable 3? WTF? There are Fable 3 fanboys? Seriously?
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jonathannesbitt
@jonathannesbitt
@codinghorror check out what my friends did for Halloween http://yfrog.com/75bcrej

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Avid poker player? Please support our Area 51 Poker site proposal! http://goo.gl/c3ca
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dansdata
@dansdata
I contest the allegation that an 11-layer Rubik's Cube will "bring you joy": http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.492 ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"there appears to be no other option when you work for Stack Overflow ... its either awesomeness or death by public shaming"

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I love reading Ray Ozzie, the guy who created Lotus F**king Notes, write about "too much complexity".http://goo.gl/7Vi8

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Xeon (Nehalem) hyperthreading and SQL Server -- not working well for us http://goo.gl/LmMv

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@licorna hmm, working OK for me here.. maybe try http://goo.gl/M1tT
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BryanTheCrow
@BryanTheCrow
Blown away by how well stackexchange.com has cracked the code for building self-policing communities. GJ @codinghorror ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
now out of beta -- http://math.stackexchange.com -- don't forget to read the /faq !

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Prisencolinensinainciusol http://goo.gl/mLDO video http://goo.gl/Hus4

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
yep, according to its proponents, Dvorak keyboard layout is going to take over the world soon! #noreally

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
why did I even buy Fallout: New Vegas? I have no time for these quests. I have, like, real world quests.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it."

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"google is broken" is like "the compiler is broken"; we had this problem on superuser too! http://goo.gl/RhKM
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lizardbill
@lizardbill
Funny or Die's "The Ballad of G.I. Joe" http://bit.ly/2cZy2 Has a much better cast than the movie. http://imdb.to/9Six9O

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
according to my TypePad dashboard, my blog has 24 lifetime page views. That may not be correct.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@howtogeek the best revenge is living well

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
reminder; #stackoverflow and the rest of the network may have some downtime today, starting NOW: http://goo.gl/tdbR

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@sdegutis I predicted that people would be surprised that it didn't suck -- but that the browser would be the weak link. Shrug.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
as predicted, Windows Phone 7 is surprisingly good... except for the browser. dealbreaker. :P http://goo.gl/6F3k

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Ducky DK9008 black on black laser etched keyboard http://goo.gl/Iv7D

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"advocacy might in fact signal that the individual is boiling over with doubt" http://goo.gl/KZwz (via @lizardbill)

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
ok, the iphone dock keyboard is definitely cool! http://matias.ca/usb2keyboard+/ (via @ircri)

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The Keyboard Cult http://goo.gl/0Dx2
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BillB
@BillB
@codinghorror "Everything You Know Will Be Obsolete in Five Years" Then why do we still have C, C++, Unix, and Windows?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Everything You Know Will Be Obsolete in Five Years http://goo.gl/1pCA

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@arnie0674 address at bottom of every web page we serve

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@arnie0674 what's the specific query, email us the details

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@codinghorror

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I applaud Amazon for at least trying to accommodate "lending" on Kindle http://goo.gl/07ME

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
r @averyj as long as an answer you don't hate is near the top, that's about the best you can do for subjective stuff: http://goo.gl/ziuE

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
new public site launch: Game Development http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
this google query is even more hilarious today than it was yesterday (first result explains) http://goo.gl/fYve

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
why I love anonymous comments: "I hope none of the servers catch dysentery or drown wading through a river." http://goo.gl/tdbR

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
RTFM -- not healthy for sysadmins, or anyone else, really http://goo.gl/uJUI

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I now possess the ability to play Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Rock Lobster & Space Oddity on my very real guitar http://goo.gl/4HWi

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
protip: please click that "faq" link before asking. It's there for a reason.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
how should we service background tasks on stackoverflow.com ? http://programmers.stackexchange.com/q/13711/37

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
bees! HOW DO THEY WORK?! http://goo.gl/egdb

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
r @mattcutts why would googlebot stop indexing pages in our sitemap.xml? how can we diagnose? http://goo.gl/K4o9

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
fluorescent lighting and digital cameras don't always mix well http://photo.stackexchange.com/q/4115/94

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
definitely the best band performance by cats I've seen in quite some time http://goo.gl/FvZK

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
when people ask me, "Jeff, why is your wheel of blame covered in blood?" I tell them it is better not to ask such questions.
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RockBand
@RockBand
Henry's word is sound! RT @HMXhenry The Piano Man himself as DLC shortly after RB3 launch with keyboard-tastic tracks. htt ...
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a7an
@a7an
gansta lorem ipsum generator: http://www.lorizzle.nl/?feed=1 Lorizzle ipsizzle dolor shizzle my nizzle

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
to be clear, the (second) Java exploit executable I had, was from browsing for images on Google Images. #stopthemadness
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Pete_Brown
@Pete_Brown
@secularcoding @codinghorror I got a bunch through ad networks on "top ten xyz" sites. Disabled Java and didn't install ...
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secularcoding
@secularcoding
@codinghorror true story. I got several viruses from the pirate bay via java in Chrome before I disabled it. No probl ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Chrome 7 is out already? wow! http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/10/chrome-7-arrives-with-bug-fixes-better-html5-support/

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
public service announcement. Use Chrome? Be sure you disable any vulnerable plugins! http://goo.gl/6YfG

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@codinghorror
r @thecoffman Microsoft is slightly better at the web than Apple, which is to say they are f**king terrible at it.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
in fine MSFT tradition the new xbox.com BROKE EVERY SINGLE OLD INCOMING URL. try it yourself http://goo.gl/zlXI

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
is there any way to do a "download all" on an xbox 360? http://goo.gl/vRAp

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
ah, ok, xbox.com is undergoing an upgrade. Bad time for me to have to deal with my Xbox 360 RROD and DRM transfer then http://is.gd/g9TMA

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
marvelling at how abysmally bad the xbox.com website is. I lost track of timeouts and errors, even in IE8.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
woo, my million dollar unicorn bills arrived! http://goo.gl/yO0x

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
our goal is NOT to splinter the WordPress community; our goal is to make it stronger http://goo.gl/29Sf
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JakeS
@JakeS
And as usual StackOverflow has the answer to my problems. I could kiss @codinghorror right on the face.
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betsyphd
@betsyphd
Why is the bedroom so cold turned away on your side? Is my timing that flawed our respect run so dry? http://is.gd/g7Ibt

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
ahhh! Xbox 360 RROD! warranty covered, but one week before Rock Band 3 drops? so not cool, man!
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MossyBlog
@MossyBlog
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timbray
@timbray
You gotta listen to Steve's anti-Google rant. We're doomed, DOOMED, I tell ya. http://is.gd/g7mlC

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
wikipedia's URL insanity continues: behold the article with a FORWARD SLASH IN THE URL (!) http://goo.gl/tJ0D

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats." http://goo.gl/vu88

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
panopticlick still fascinates https://panopticlick.eff.org/ -- note the "one in x" column for each data point

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"I got the shotgun, you got the briefcase.. it's all the game, though, right?" http://goo.gl/SNAh

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
lol the Das Keyboard site sells earplugs as a "keyboard accessory" :P http://goo.gl/7A6h

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
this epic keyboard thread gives me a total compu-boner. can't stop reading it. http://goo.gl/yg7a

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
has Apple ever shipped a TN LCD? I can't think of any. This is an area where I respect Apple's attention to detail.
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haacked
@haacked
"Research shows that if you want to be a happier person don't read self help books. Just have happier friends." #fb http:// ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
IMHO video skype calls (for work) add almost nothing in practice over regular voice-only calls.. is it just me?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
that NY Times article on Japan was incredibly depressing http://goo.gl/nxqV

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"I recently had the opportunity to outfit the ultimate(-ish) Rock Band 3 setup at our NYC home office.." http://goo.gl/4ecY