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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 30, 2010, 8:58:42 PM
why must I hate the Facebooks so much, yet The Social Network movie is getting such rave reviews? LIFE IS CRUEL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 30, 2010, 7:50:43 PM
I will be speaking at the Silicon Valley code camp next week: http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/Sessions.aspx?track=13
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 30, 2010, 4:31:17 PM
@davidsavagejr it's about webapps.. anything that "runs" in a browser.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 30, 2010, 3:18:00 PM
@JoshStodola funny, I was about to say the same thing about you! but seriously, take it to meta
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 30, 2010, 3:14:31 PM
so gargling salt water (or Listerine) *does* work! Thanks mom! http://goo.gl/WCBA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 30, 2010, 4:28:37 AM
@yetanotherchris sort of, see the "short permalink to this question" in screenshot here: http://goo.gl/wblc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 30, 2010, 2:10:07 AM
just found out @mavisbeacon is on twitter. mind? blown.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 30, 2010, 1:03:53 AM
you do NOT want me mentoring you. I am awful at it. My idea of good mentoring? "just stop sucking and be awesome!"
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siracusa @siracusa
Sep 29, 2010, 8:55:45 PM
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So Google can search the entire web in real time as I type, but Gmail still takes 5 seconds to search my few thousand emails?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 29, 2010, 8:55:11 PM
How do we rename a domain while preserving PageRank? http://t.co/IteLlU1
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 29, 2010, 5:07:03 PM
"Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or do you want to come with me and change the world?"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 29, 2010, 4:56:52 PM
I still use WinAmp to listen to music. DONT JUDGE ME MAN!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 29, 2010, 4:47:01 PM
@bigjim yeah the preview is good, I might pull the trigger on this one too
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 29, 2010, 4:46:36 PM
"I've actually finally figured out a use for the iPad: old people device. Seriously."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 29, 2010, 4:38:26 PM
wow, Trent Friggin' Reznor did the soundtrack for The Social Network movie? Crazy. http://goo.gl/KNmf
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World Tour already filled up in 7 cities. Hurry up and register, it's free: http://worldtour.fogcreek.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 29, 2010, 3:02:15 PM
for those who missed it late last night: "Subjective questions are dead. Long live subjective questions!" http://goo.gl/ziuE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 29, 2010, 2:30:56 PM
omg inventionland! I might even endure a commute for this! http://goo.gl/y3pS (via @deadprogrammer )
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 29, 2010, 2:17:31 PM
Stack Exchange Q&A site public beta: Electronics and Robotics http://bit.ly/aexGUl
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 29, 2010, 1:14:04 PM
Beyond Facebook: How the World's Mathematicians Organize Online http://goo.gl/NSmy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 29, 2010, 5:06:34 AM
Subjective questions are dead. Long live subjective questions! http://goo.gl/X0m7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 29, 2010, 3:11:18 AM
I almost forgot my Promise To America -- namely, dressing as Zardoz this halloween. http://stackapps.com/404
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 28, 2010, 11:35:59 PM
@howtogeek let us know what you think.. Kindle 3 is amazing (to me at least)!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 28, 2010, 5:11:58 PM
not kicking enough ass on the web today? http://erkie.github.com/ (via @michaelfogcreek)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 28, 2010, 3:26:30 PM
new global inbox for Stack Overflow and all related network sites: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/new-global-inbox/
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jongalloway @jongalloway
Sep 28, 2010, 3:11:20 AM
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Windows Live Spaces moving to Wordpress. Win. Millions of GuidUrls cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 28, 2010, 3:08:40 AM
@VoidSK needs specifics to address
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 28, 2010, 3:02:07 AM
Stack Overflow and Factionalism: Join or Die. http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/factionalism-site-or-tag/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 28, 2010, 1:46:28 AM
@gortok leadership is more than blindly following what the community thinks it needs. input, yes, but myopic at times.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 28, 2010, 1:04:06 AM
@gortok it's still subjective stuff.. that doesn't compile (or render in Safari) and isn't provably correct.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 27, 2010, 10:35:31 PM
Should “Developer Testing” be folded into a more general “Programmers” site? (hint: yes) http://goo.gl/PFMW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 27, 2010, 7:41:10 PM
Rock Band 3: pro keyboard, pro drums, pro guitar detail videos! http://goo.gl/v2Cg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 27, 2010, 7:00:02 PM
thanks to @mandlar here's how to opt out of those "The {user name} daily is out!" emails: http://paper.li/stop-mentions.html
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 27, 2010, 3:40:47 PM
I need to find the person who wrote the "The {user name} daily is out!" twitter-spamming software, and KILL THEM
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FogBugz 8 is officially launched: http://bit.ly/c9D2Ki And Kiln 2 is out too: http://bit.ly/9K1yEM Get better at everythi ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 27, 2010, 2:59:32 AM
"It's a better environment than the contentious discussions that used to happen on the syndication mail lists." http://goo.gl/FCZs
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 26, 2010, 8:53:07 PM
I have no use for moleskines (I'm into typing, not penmanship), but .. WANT http://goo.gl/PwjG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 26, 2010, 8:41:07 PM
had to retire my year old MS Natural 4000 with one of the $19 replacement ones I scored; TOTALLY different key feel!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 26, 2010, 3:19:31 PM
no, no, no.. a Kindle 3 size iPad. Phones are pocket size which is great for pockets but do you carry books in your pocket?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 26, 2010, 2:34:20 PM
a smaller iPad would address literally every complaint I have about the device (stupidly-low-res, heavy, awkward, expensive)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 26, 2010, 2:20:57 PM
I kinda wanted to see the Facebooks movie before, now that it's getting such rave reviews I REALLY want to see it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 26, 2010, 2:45:05 AM
those faster multi-core CPUs aren't doing much for software, but they're sure making h.264 the new MP3: http://goo.gl/RACd
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RT @tlrobinson: What happens when you hire a datacenter admin with OCD: http://i.imgur.com/D3E8M.jpg
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pickover @pickover
Sep 25, 2010, 10:10:33 PM
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Wikipedia's list of common misconceptions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_misconceptions (rt @quintic)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 25, 2010, 3:52:43 PM
I just donated to the dd-wrt project! http://goo.gl/p9TV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 25, 2010, 3:01:30 PM
Apple's Airport Extreme, is Extreme all right.. "Extremely Disappointing" http://goo.gl/1PUs
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mattcutts @mattcutts
Sep 25, 2010, 2:55:12 PM
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Do you hate software patents? If so, you have until Monday to tell the USPTO: http://goo.gl/V7lg Please RT!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 25, 2010, 5:06:24 AM
because everyone needs a (great) router! http://goo.gl/p9TV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 25, 2010, 2:45:32 AM
according to NameBench, UltraDNS is fastest for the sites I visit http://code.google.com/p/namebench/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 25, 2010, 2:25:48 AM
nneeerrrrrrddddsss! (via @howtogeek) http://goo.gl/sttI
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 25, 2010, 1:43:50 AM
it's like a Cosmo article from some alternate, but equally terrible, universe http://goo.gl/EWfU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 24, 2010, 10:00:23 PM
if you haven't seen it yet, the Bioshock Infinite trailer is amazing and worth watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0fDEA0BFSM
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Is that Bill Gates staring back at you from Outlook 2010? http://ping.fm/iCm9m
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 24, 2010, 1:42:55 PM
does anyone know anything about triggering "article mode" on the Kindle browser (or similar)? http://goo.gl/dOaL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 23, 2010, 6:29:05 PM
"If you have three pet dogs, give them names. If you have 10000 head of cattle, don't bother." (dogs = icons)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 23, 2010, 5:11:26 PM
(largely irrelevant since to me, the phone is just an awesome pocket web browser, but the point stands)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 23, 2010, 5:10:27 PM
when your from-boot phone UI design is "a desktop with a shitload of icons on it", you have failed. utterly.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 23, 2010, 4:59:45 PM
windows 7 phone UI vs iphone UI. Apple's "sea of icons on background" approach sucks. http://goo.gl/0kOk
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 23, 2010, 4:35:02 PM
I wonder if anyone has told Mark Zuckerberg that his site is down? We should write something on his wall.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 23, 2010, 2:59:38 PM
"It's weird, it's like in Chicago they don't have multiplication or something." http://goo.gl/jxTk
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 23, 2010, 3:35:58 AM
37signals .. 37 pieces of flair.. and a *terrific* smile.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 23, 2010, 12:51:22 AM
data porn is insidious. Showing just enough data is sexy, showing too much data is a gynecology lesson.. NOT sexy.
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NathanBowers @NathanBowers
Sep 22, 2010, 8:44:35 PM
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How to put together 67 terabytes for $7,867: http://goo.gl/naQk
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 22, 2010, 7:13:49 PM
Stack Exchange Q&A site public beta: OnStartups http://answers.onstartups.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 22, 2010, 1:37:55 AM
congrats both @cwilso and @timbray on your new(ish, for Tim) advocate jobs at Google!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2010, 5:29:36 PM
the most awesome image you will see today, guaranteed http://goo.gl/DeJU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2010, 5:09:03 PM
r @kevindente at halloween, it's traditional to scare yourself with your own old bad code.. http://goo.gl/34bX
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2010, 4:57:26 PM
"given the British genius for coded utterance, this could all be about something else entirely."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2010, 4:53:11 PM
Bob Marley "Legend" songs for Rock Band look like a lot of fun, actually http://goo.gl/Wqn2
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lizardbill @lizardbill
Sep 21, 2010, 4:28:25 PM
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Businessing: The Kama Sutra of Success http://getbusinessing.com/
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Carnage4Life @Carnage4Life
Sep 21, 2010, 4:27:27 PM
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Six Apart getting sold to an ad network? End of an era - http://tcrn.ch/9h6GjW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2010, 3:54:19 AM
"suck it, DateTime!"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 20, 2010, 11:05:05 PM
Pandas: they can kinda be dicks sometimes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X21mJh6j9i4
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 20, 2010, 10:47:05 PM
if it ain't broke, then you're not trying hard enough. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2004/11/dont-be-afraid-to-break-stuff.html
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 20, 2010, 9:36:37 PM
my router decision is in the superuser chat room (readable by all) http://chat.superuser.com/rooms/19/recommend-me-a-router
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 20, 2010, 5:56:42 PM
thinking about upgrading from my old 2007 router http://goo.gl/gr5B. Any recommendations on the new hotness?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 20, 2010, 3:16:50 PM
Stack Exchange Q&A site public beta: Android Enthusiasts http://android.stackexchange.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 20, 2010, 12:52:16 AM
"I put on my LED headlamp" is my "I put on my robe and wizard hat"
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The problem with voice recognition in Scotland. I died laughing. http://bit.ly/ctwD9s
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 19, 2010, 4:19:04 PM
A Fair(y) Use Tale by Eric Faden of Bucknell University http://goo.gl/imWq (via @danherbert)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 19, 2010, 2:36:02 PM
best practices for fair use of online video (found via wikipedia's fair use entry) http://goo.gl/AJ2q
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 19, 2010, 2:25:59 PM
even google chrome is talking like a pirate today.. http://imgur.com/6laqH.png
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MarkFreedman @MarkFreedman
Sep 18, 2010, 10:48:00 PM
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With #StackOverflow approaching a million questions, I'm wondering if all programming could be learned just by spendin ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2010, 6:26:26 PM
Liberace, the Lady Gaga of the 70s, now forgotten http://nyti.ms/aSGiBw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2010, 5:01:36 PM
With @rockhardawesome at a wedding; the phrase "bull in a china shop" comes to mind
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2010, 6:50:15 PM
@cannontrodder tell me more about this, first I have heard
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2010, 12:40:42 PM
"they've actually gone and built the damn thing -- and it works." http://goo.gl/7fhw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2010, 12:25:13 AM
what css2/3 styles, when applied to a string like [01:00], say "this is a clock time?"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2010, 10:28:01 PM
chat transcripts (all our chat rooms are public / indexable) are finally shaping up http://imgur.com/2gbxP.png
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monkeyfudge @monkeyfudge
Sep 16, 2010, 4:36:30 PM
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@codinghorror @feylya I wonder if many will be wearing the sexy Elmo costume http://tinyurl.com/3x77ovm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2010, 4:24:07 PM
awwww snap it's almost slutty halloween again! http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/fashion/19costume.html
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mcsweeneysbooks @mcsweeneysbooks
Sep 16, 2010, 10:17:48 AM
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Release History of My iPhone Fart App. http://bit.ly/cXWJDb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2010, 6:58:35 AM
I wish I could unwatch the True Blood season 3 finale.
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Wooow! Rounded corners in IE! What's next? Being able to install a browser without rebooting? Meh, I guess that's asking too ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2010, 5:31:12 AM
@BernhardHofmann ah I had upvoted that but forgot. I'll update it with the responses from the twitters
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2010, 5:12:56 AM
animated GIFs are kryptonite to Chrome's superman. When will Chrome finally support [esc] to stop animating? Sigh.
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