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Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
computers are only as boring as the people that use them, mannnnn! http://goo.gl/2mbP
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I was on Herding Code podcast #87 to talk about Area 51, Stack Exchange, and Glockenspiels! http://goo.gl/EYgF
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I am convinced the human mind was not ever meant to process 3 way merges. <head asplode>
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Jef Raskin himself admits the single button mouse was a bad idea. You smarter than Raskin? I doubt it. http://goo.gl/Ctop
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
r @omarshahine I agree, the iPhone's "one button at all costs" is the same damn "one mouse button" mistake from 1985 all over again
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Hilarity == Teaching them to yearn for the vast and endless sea and then getting mutinied."
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
bieber.stackexchange.com -- WHO'S WITH ME?!!?11?!!@1
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
behold my fortress of solitude http://goo.gl/l89N
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Planning to enter the Stack Exchange (Stack Overflow) API contest? Time to get a move on! http://goo.gl/8VV4
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pickoo
@pickoo
@codinghorror I want to see a blend tec blender blending one of its own kind.
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I tire of blend-tec and blending. I want to bring back David Letterman dropping stuff off buildings.
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"And they turn out to be the most delightful people you will ever meet in your life." http://goo.gl/Ay8Q
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
absolut hacker http://imgur.com/Z9CWQ.png (via @jzy)
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
THE FORBIDDEN DANCE! http://goo.gl/PYAL
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I really wish I could say DVCS has made my life easier as a developer. Months in, still feels like a lot more grind-y daily work..
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Hell has videogames. They're just all designed by Derek Smart."
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
our first Area 51 proposal is now in public beta -- Web Apps! http://goo.gl/IXj1
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
r @ivofilipse5 flattr sounds more like a pyramid scheme than a social micropayment site.. http://goo.gl/hOQr
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
sometimes I think having children is like a chain letter. Don't break the chain, man!
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
man @rockhardawesome is *unbelievably* efficient at finding trash on our daily walks. That kid should adopt a damn highway.
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Blizzard moves to always showing full real name of users on forums -- canary in the coalmine http://goo.gl/5zUt
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damienguard
@damienguard
@lazycoder My priorities have changed over the years... Currently #1 people I work with, #2 what I'm working on, #3 wha ...
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jzy
@jzy
To all my non U.S. friends who have to work today, here's a dancing turtle. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWZRGZInJkw
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
news flash: If I listed everything "I didn't get any value from", I'd have no time left in the day to do anything else.
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"it was voted #2 of The 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.." http://goo.gl/p5W0
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
the Google Rube Goldberg / July 4th homepage widget is awesome. Between this and Pac-Man, Google is on a serious roll.
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"he refused to sign a contract with Major League Eating". http://goo.gl/rxYA
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jzy
@jzy
Composer Jason Robert Brown's fight with a teen girl about copyright. http://bit.ly/9BgI2N via @waxpancake
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aanttila
@aanttila
RT @digitalBush: The latest addition to the guitar hero franchise. http://bit.ly/dnrqqJ
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
total limbo ownage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNZocat6NJE
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"We are now, unexpectedly, living in an age when children can no longer get a proper chemistry set, but can make autonomous robots."
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
excellent Dan's Data article on "signal strength meters" http://goo.gl/R24x (via @alex_mck)
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"19 year old .. has been on a national crime spree, stealing planes, boats and cars" lolwut? http://goo.gl/8a63
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Who knew Hall and Oates were so infernally evil?" http://goo.gl/mjEP
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TALlama
@TALlama
@codinghorror Papaya Whip is the One True Computer Color.
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I infuriate @jzy by asking if the computer icon can be cornflower blue. http://goo.gl/ygUx
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I predict the "signal strength" indicator on a cellphone will behave like the gas gauge on a car.. always full, until 95% empty.
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
lol, alligator cell tower: "all mouth no ears" rabbit cell tower "all ears no mouth"
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robwittner
@robwittner
@wilshipley I've heard RF engineers use those terms when I worked in the cellular industry: alligator or rabbit.
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
welcome to our new full time designer, @jzy ! http://goo.gl/Ccb6
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sensoredmedia
@sensoredmedia
Happy 4th of July weekend everybody, well, except the British Empire ... Up yours Britain. #neverforget1776
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
so cool that Creedence is finally coming to Rock Band as DLC. Creedence, man! http://goo.gl/tTOB
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jongalloway
@jongalloway
We're talking to @codinghorror tonight on #herdingCode. Comments / questions?
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"The computer's a demanding lover. You'll feel married to it." http://goo.gl/vJnx
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Let's face it, the world needs more Pee-wee Herman" http://goo.gl/MeVg
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
ever wanted to kill someone with .. a puzzle? Now you can. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Po64G72gQo
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Unwanted side effect of working at home - discovering secret cat orgies http://yfrog.com/09u2fbj
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The Joel Test for System Administrators http://goo.gl/Tji8
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Cat Lassie will save me! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q2s8AJbsps (via @accordionguy)
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Plagiarism Inc. http://www.citypages.com/2010-06-30/news/plagiarism-inc/1
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Web Apps just entered private beta on Area 51. I need your support for the Pro Webmasters site proposal! http://is.gd/db1t1
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@3rdparty glad to hear it! expect more at the same time next week :)
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mrinaldesai
@mrinaldesai
Steven Sinofsky soooo needs to take over Windows Phone 7 .. and then MSFT, if they want a fighting chance
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Apple is reinforcing all my negative stereotypes of it as a company: choosing form over function!
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
http://goo.gl/THPy "With my [iPhone 4] bumper case on, I made it further into dead zones than ever before"
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EdibleApple
@EdibleApple
Analyzing iPhone 4 reception vs. signal attenuation http://bit.ly/cNizjv
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
rt @NikkiC_ New smart phone app by MIT offers inexpensive and accurate eyeglass prescriptions http://ow.ly/254x1
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jzy
@jzy
Beautiful electron-microscopic "teardown" of the iPhone 4's gyroscope. http://bit.ly/azU3A0 via @Ihnatko
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Not bad, Microsoft. Not bad at all." http://goo.gl/s0Wb
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
between glass back (?) and potential antenna hand bridging, iPhone 4 is 1st phone where I feel COMPELLED to add a case
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I feel like every time my hand bridges the iPhone 4 antennas, I'm crossing the streams!
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
this Nickelback algorithmic self-remix is *awesome* http://goo.gl/tcSI (via @drhayes)
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
questioning my gender role because I'm actually looking forward to Dance Central. I HAS MOVES. http://goo.gl/oqR5
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
downloading me some Nickleback for Rock Band.. reveling in the mediocrity I am about to experience!!
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Rock Band 3 to feature .. basically, auto-tune for vocals? They were careful NOT to say that, but.. http://goo.gl/OCXp
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Conan the Barbarian the Musical! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBGOQ7SsJrw (via @jwz)
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psaffo
@psaffo
Which Administration is to blame for the US deficit? The numbers leave little doubt: http://bit.ly/c4ZCnF
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
at-at day afternoon http://goo.gl/WbdO
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is to make sh*t up" http://goo.gl/bm4d
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
tiny usb gun, to repel those dastardly tiny usb criminals! http://goo.gl/SWJL
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I can't lie -- 326dpi is kind of giving me an eye boner.
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I need me a Kinect bundle. I got some dance moves to show off. http://goo.gl/PuCo
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
... but ruled out any party whose members had not seen all five seasons of “The Wire.” http://nyti.ms/ckNwmJ
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
some virtual guitar pre-history -- with an odd British TV show http://goo.gl/ANfx
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Stack Exchange Data Explorer open sourced http://goo.gl/QSCF
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"I wonder who the Stones have in mind to open for them for the rest of their North American tour, the Wu Tang Clan?" http://goo.gl/jm08
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I forgot to mention -- buying the iPhone 4 at the Apple Store *instantly* triggered fraud protection on my credit card. Like 2 mins later.
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Just avoid holding it in that way." seriously? From the top? This is INSANE. http://goo.gl/EEEX
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
the only home wallpaper you should ever use. http://goo.gl/MYCY
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
my favorite iphone wallpapers site, by far -- so awesome http://poolga.com/
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"do we really need 300 dpi monitors"? ... and Tufte wept.
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
seriously, do a graph of desktop display DPI over time. Oh wait, I did it for you. http://goo.gl/1Lxv
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
300+ dpi desktop displays will *never* happen IMO; OS X and Windows 7 apps break in far too many ways in "scaling"
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HMXCasey
@HMXCasey
I cannot wait for my 4 year break from vuvuzela jokes.
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
ok, despite my cynicism, I gotta say that FaceTime I just had with @superdalgas was actually kind of .. magical.
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
aha "settings->phone enable FaceTime." thank you @awilliams !
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Apple's FaceTime is so damn magical and revolutionary we can't figure out how to get it to work, at all
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Kitten Wearing a Tiny Hat Eats a Tiny Ice-Cream Cone, or, Why The Internet Was Invented http://goo.gl/lqig
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@HMXkfan that picture makes me feel funny
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
solid list of "must have" games for new iPhone users -- http://goo.gl/RLcf
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splattne
@splattne
@codinghorror iTunes : Apple = Outlook : Microsoft
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
why does iTunes suck? in a word, bloat. List of all ITunes "functions" (via @wilshipley) http://j.mp/cdyShx
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"we are promoting superior alternatives" namely, Google Chrome. Thanks Mozilla! http://goo.gl/iGmZ
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
iphone4 : holy crap retina display, where have you been all my life?
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Sorry @timoreilly the biggest failing of iPhone isn't AT&T; that dubious honor goes to iTunes
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"In a free culture, you get what you celebrate."
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Seems like a few hundred people in line at the Bay Street (emeryville) Apple store already. Good times..,
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anildash
@anildash
The best feature in iPhone 4 is going to be all the video blogs posting clips of their FaceTime chats with Steve Jobs.
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
impressed by what I've seen of Windows Phone 7 UI so far. http://goo.gl/1pAe but like Courier, it's gotta *ship*
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HMXCasey
@HMXCasey
I'll go see the new Twilight if it features this scene - http://digs.by/9kmANV