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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 16, 2010, 4:01:30 PM
WordPress gurus: why do I get so many spam comments on my WP blog? http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/q/2943/152
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 16, 2010, 2:40:26 PM
One day a student came to Moon and said, 'I understand how to avoid using BIGNUMs! We will simply use floats!' http://goo.gl/o6wd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 16, 2010, 1:57:58 AM
anyone ever homebrewed their own digital picture frame? any advice? http://superuser.com/q/200043/1
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2010, 11:30:25 PM
"warning -- there's no happy ending." is there ever, really?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2010, 10:58:58 PM
the all iPhone band performance; surprisingly not bad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAllFWSl998
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2010, 3:46:36 PM
I had almost forgotten the white iPhone existed http://goo.gl/vozK
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jonskeet @jonskeet
Oct 15, 2010, 3:01:09 AM
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@codinghorror Which site do you mean? Are you saying people find #stackoverflow addictive? Good grief - get some perspecti ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2010, 2:46:42 AM
Stack Overflow's "third place" finally out of beta http://goo.gl/o8ZL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2010, 2:38:06 AM
your users ask you, multiple times, for a "ban myself because I am addicted to your site" feature. Scary or awesome? Maybe both?
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WANTED: evangelist for Stack Overflow. Great pay and stock. If you can do it, prove it by evangelizing your way into the jo ...
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siracusa @siracusa
Oct 14, 2010, 7:03:02 PM
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John Sculley takes a surprisingly mature look back at his time at Apple: http://bit.ly/9oDRl5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2010, 4:55:51 PM
http://stackexchange.com is to forums as Wikipedia is to Britannica.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2010, 2:38:26 PM
now out of beta -- food & cooking (also covers bacon!) http://cooking.stackexchange.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2010, 2:12:41 AM
"there is no exit from meta. it is the hell that Jean Paul Sartre once wrote of."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2010, 1:18:08 AM
did you ask the one millionth question on Stack Oveflow??!? http://www.jsfiddle.net/yijiang/U9B9R/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2010, 1:07:37 AM
bah, StumbleUpon has no API. Any similar services with an API? read-only is all that is needed.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2010, 12:07:29 AM
naming is hard, part eleventy billion and one http://goo.gl/BTMB
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migueldeicaza @migueldeicaza
Oct 13, 2010, 11:00:51 PM
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Reddit is experiencing some cognitive dissonance pains over StackOverflow using 5 .NET servers instead of 500 PHP ones.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 13, 2010, 10:21:40 PM
default web browser viewable area statistics from Google -- depressing http://goo.gl/vhdB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 13, 2010, 5:10:21 PM
anyone know how to determine a website's websense classification? We can't figure it out.. http://goo.gl/73Uw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 13, 2010, 3:28:15 PM
Pro Webmasters was just launched! http://webmasters.stackexchange.com because running websites is SERIOUS BUSINESS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 13, 2010, 1:00:09 PM
@kenrachynski @chockenberry it has 88k views (!) and thus attracted some garbage answers; we tend to protect the q in these cases
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 13, 2010, 1:46:16 AM
@V4Technical that is not from stack overflow. it's from http://webapps.stackexchange.com
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 13, 2010, 1:13:48 AM
my Rock Band 3 keyboard stand arrived.. don't have the keyboard quite yet though :) http://goo.gl/ll8R
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 13, 2010, 12:28:48 AM
yeah, search is TOTALLY not a monopoly! Totally not! No way! http://imgur.com/6SiF3.png
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 13, 2010, 12:07:28 AM
this is why we have the Reversal aka "converted lead to gold" badge (see first answer) http://goo.gl/83OW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 12, 2010, 11:32:18 PM
our millionth #stackoverflow question! Hey, I didn't say they were all *good* questions. http://goo.gl/19sV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 12, 2010, 4:19:19 PM
woo! Doors greatest hits DLC for Rock Band 3, Hendrix's full "Experienced" album this week. Harmonix is on fire. http://goo.gl/P2rD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 12, 2010, 4:24:26 AM
zombie movies: not so good at the happy endings.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 12, 2010, 2:18:43 AM
sorry, Dead Set is a Channel 4 production -- zombie social commentary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQjq639WPiU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 12, 2010, 2:09:16 AM
watching the BBC series "Dead Set" after a recommendation in a Dead Rising 2 review, of all places.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 11, 2010, 4:08:26 PM
hell just froze over. Ad for new Microsoft Phone is actually.. really.. good. http://goo.gl/DAPu
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 11, 2010, 3:38:34 PM
for those who missed the 10.10.10 release yesterday, Ask Ubuntu is live on our network! http://goo.gl/X0m7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 11, 2010, 2:48:27 PM
did you know that all of our chat sites have awesome easter eggs? chat.rpg.stackexchange 's is .. http://goo.gl/vCkQ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 11, 2010, 2:12:10 PM
wait so this "new Gap logo" thing was all a publicity stunt? wait, I forgot, I DONT CARE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 11, 2010, 1:59:36 PM
Wikipedia allows URLs ending in period. {grinds teeth} http://goo.gl/BKRT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 11, 2010, 12:34:48 AM
"the key change is that people come to expect they can interact with the music that they love" http://goo.gl/DEQd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 11, 2010, 12:23:13 AM
banksy does the Simpsons. Hard to watch as a unicorn fan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo
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DougCoupland @DougCoupland
Oct 10, 2010, 2:40:32 PM
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Imagine it was 1975 and you got 75 pieces of mail every day. Well, you wouldn't, would you? But now everybody gets tha ...
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Just made my first little Unicornify "movie" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_19-KRu9xM8
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2010, 12:42:28 PM
ubuntu 10.10 launched -- and ubuntu.se.com is now http://askubuntu.com with blessing of Canonical!
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tatehansen @tatehansen
Oct 10, 2010, 12:31:16 PM
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what's up with area51's application security site being only 50% towards beta? are we that few? http://bit.ly/bhbtNJ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2010, 12:57:52 AM
the official kindle 3 lighted case is half the price of the device itself #razorssellrazorblades
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2010, 5:09:12 PM
"Lord of the Rings Online Doubles Revenue After Move to Free-to-Play" http://goo.gl/rxYn
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2010, 12:39:21 PM
Info on the Stack Overflow power outage downtime here http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/stack-overflow-outage-2/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2010, 11:46:32 AM
I learned today that Stack Overflow does not work without electrical power :P
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2010, 3:26:51 AM
behold today's @jonskeet in-joke ... http://i.imgur.com/xPEha.jpg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2010, 9:59:29 PM
Grover does Old Spice. SMELL LIKE A MONSTER. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkd5dJIVjgM
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NathanBowers @NathanBowers
Oct 8, 2010, 7:20:08 PM
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MySpace's new empty logo is fitting. http://j.mp/9JMQ2c via @typefiend
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Carnage4Life @Carnage4Life
Oct 8, 2010, 5:31:22 PM
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Android is Google's Agent Smith - http://j.mp/dv0n7F
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2010, 3:40:21 PM
is using rel="canonical" across websites you don't control (or like!) .. valid? http://goo.gl/VeAF
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2010, 2:30:54 PM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2010, 1:22:29 PM
just launched: gaming! http://gaming.stackexchange.com
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2010, 4:25:42 AM
@ataraxia_status that'll show RANDALL!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2010, 4:25:23 AM
amusing thread comparing l1,l2, ram, hard disk latencies http://goo.gl/uKCj (via @dehora)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2010, 1:34:22 AM
I practice FDD. Faith Driven Development. I *believe* my code is going to work!
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Fantastic summaries of #bos2010 Business Of Software 2010 talks done by @MarkLittlewood: go to http://bit.ly/a2v9xd and sta ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 7, 2010, 3:27:35 PM
"Before, it was like you gained superpowers overnight, but nobody bothered explaining how you use them." http://goo.gl/k21w
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2010, 7:11:19 PM
little red riding hood, infographic style http://goo.gl/i2Nx
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2010, 7:07:54 PM
Texting of the Bread is everything I dreamed it would be, and so much more. http://goo.gl/SDgk
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2010, 5:08:22 PM
I think I feel a Team America: World Police soundtrack run coming on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwF5i8hwGt4
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2010, 3:49:26 PM
oh look #newtwitter is mysteriously back for me, at random. :P
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splattne @splattne
Oct 6, 2010, 1:34:04 PM
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Disambiguation (disambiguation) http://j.mp/akzQZJ via @martijn_grooten
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2010, 1:15:42 PM
@johnmcc yeah, if you have a period in your myopenid name, you MUST type in the openid URL manually. Long story but also SSL related.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2010, 12:55:32 PM
dear openid.org : I hate you. More specifically, I hate your expired SSL cert.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2010, 11:17:22 AM
"It's the terror of knowing what this world is about" http://www.wimp.com/deservestip/
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Internet Keeps Growing! Traffic up 62% in 2010 http://t.co/Yn4xmgI via @gigaom
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2010, 3:38:28 AM
Q: What software development methodology was used to create Stack Overflow? A: http://goo.gl/RMa2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2010, 3:20:14 AM
contrary to what you may have been told, silica gel is rather delicious
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2010, 2:34:36 AM
this "removing an '-rf' file in Unix" question is like playing russian roulette! http://superuser.com/q/196236/1
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2010, 1:41:20 AM
Stack Overflow isn't on the xkcd map? http://xkcd.com/802_large/ ... we have more work to do!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 5, 2010, 9:14:34 PM
@howtogeek it's like paper!
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@codinghorror Have you read Verity Stob's "Diary of a Stack Addict"? http://bit.ly/aztclq
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 5, 2010, 3:50:01 PM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 5, 2010, 3:05:06 PM
go rouge! er, rogue! http://goo.gl/xjM1
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 5, 2010, 2:12:52 AM
naming is REALLY hard, part eleventy trillion http://goo.gl/N9Tr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 5, 2010, 12:34:03 AM
I bought this "texting of the bread" game sight unseen because the in-joke was SO AWESOME. http://goo.gl/qFNR
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betsyphd @betsyphd
Oct 4, 2010, 5:43:13 PM
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Service tech made joke about PhDs to me & says, "You're not a PhD, right?". News flash, pal, they give ladies PhDs now. #a ...
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tomhenderson @tomhenderson
Oct 4, 2010, 5:22:23 PM
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@codinghorror Judging by most of my email civilization ended a long time ago.
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PlasticAxe @PlasticAxe
Oct 4, 2010, 5:09:18 PM
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Yep, I'm getting back into making music. And it would mean a lot to me if you'd help spread the word. http://www.johnnyh ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 4, 2010, 5:01:07 PM
I can't believe people are trying to justify the "utility" of a 'thanks!' email. If we can't assume 'thanks!', civilization is over.
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Want to make a quick sketch that actually looks like a sketch? Try http://zwibbler.com/ Some bugs, but still quite nice (nee ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 4, 2010, 3:02:02 PM
one email sin The Oatmeal forgot http://goo.gl/cHUI -- the "thanks!" email.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 4, 2010, 1:54:40 AM
I'm not political even a little, but this Glenn Beck / Donald Duck mashup is sublime http://goo.gl/vWyx
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 4, 2010, 12:50:21 AM
just played a 3 song Psych Furs set in Rock Band 2 with my 10 year old nephew.. music games teaching the kids FTW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 3, 2010, 1:17:54 PM
@Xatter well, routers are just networking + unix + home user stuff, which is quite clearly Super User. I don't need your iPad for internet.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 3, 2010, 1:11:37 PM
@Xatter it's unix. did you read the post? 100% unix commands.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 3, 2010, 11:53:06 AM
dd-wrt firmware is great, but its QoS is a bit .. flaky. Details here, any ideas? http://superuser.com/q/195406/1
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 3, 2010, 11:26:24 AM
starting to appreciate the depth of what Steve Yegge so aptly called "shit's easy syndrome". :P
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 3, 2010, 9:35:41 AM
weird, my account got reverted from #newtwitter to #oldtwitter -- can't say I miss it much.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 1, 2010, 4:31:20 PM
Why did my banana catch fire in the microwave? http://cooking.stackexchange.com/q/7740/120
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 1, 2010, 2:34:19 AM
comparing small embossed fonts on mac and win: the embossing part II: the embossination! http://imgur.com/UIPE3.png
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 1, 2010, 2:26:55 AM
The Social Network soundtrack is great, Nine Inch Nails chiptunes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yczul_609Gg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 1, 2010, 1:26:16 AM
"Personally, I'd prefer to see the big, objective search engines who naturally sit at the center of the web offer URL shortening services"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 1, 2010, 1:26:03 AM
thank you google for building a link shortener that I can be 99.9% sure won't break the web. http://goo.gl/l6JP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 30, 2010, 10:25:11 PM
Thanks to Apple's "all fonts look bold" rendering strategy, designers now emboss everything.. and it looks like crap outside of Mac
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I've been saying this for years. We should absolutely have this in America. http://n.pr/9huRWC
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