"succeeding [..] depends a whole lot less on not doing a few things wrong but on doing almost everything right" http://goo.gl/rtiY

good article on speeding up Stack Exchange http://goo.gl/cJfa

man, this mustard is delicious with these pretzels. If only there was a Stack Exchange for mustard enthusiasts.. http://goo.gl/WUNv

I can't decide which brand is more damaged: Enron or Internet Explorer.

r @danielstory reminded me that even though Win7 Phone UI looks great, its browser is still IE based. http://www.sadtrombone.com

managed to defuse an exploding user for once! victory!

@danielstory yeah the Win7 phone browser is a serious concern.. totally with you there.

I really prefer the Windows 7 style of UI over the iPhone style. It's more .. minimalist. http://tcrn.ch/cCDNS0

"It is unclear which version of the paradox is stronger." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox

Most historians and scientists agree this would be the most important moment in all of human history http://goo.gl/5kjO (via @rickt)

@travispuk @jonskeet commenting and downvote is more common. I would only edit if it's *dangerously* or *maliciously* wrong

I think @jarrod_dixon needs some Computer Love tonight .. sending him some http://goo.gl/6uHH

allowing a plus inside tags on Stack Overflow has caused no end of trouble. As if I needed another reason to hate c++ ..

Aliens vs. Pooh http://godxiliary.com/alienvspooh/Medium/

legaltorrents.com is now http://www.clearbits.net-- definitely a positive change; case study in the power of naming

still trying to suppress my disappointment that the Stack Overflow team didn't buy me this for Boss's Day http://goo.gl/gfqv

I think it's time to revisit the best remix in recent memory, Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell http://goo.gl/osjT

nature by numbers http://goo.gl/0Qu2

argh, Google Webmaster tools appears to be down. Darn.

I find @novaurora 's current blog post unreadable because of the text embossing

@maxxdaymon thanks!

"Google's implementation differs .. it first evaluates all Allow patterns and only then all Disallow patterns" <sigh> http://goo.gl/R00u

any .net gurus willing to delve into UriParser.Register for us? It's affecting our OpenID support.. http://goo.gl/JosU

@robconery .. sexually?

oh God, Michael Cera playing Michael Cera.. again.

hey @wilshipley check out my totally sweet Ferrari 250 GTO! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivlVfChBkzg

since @wilshipley mentioned Hulu -- great service, but the UI of the desktop Hulu client is a nightmare. Abominably bad. And slow.

wysiwig "editors" on the web are a nightmare, and a lie. OMG so many edge conditions. Just give me ASCII, please.

RT @OdeToCode: In depth look at text rendering - Silverlight versus Flash versus Photoshop. http://bit.ly/dss9bn

do you want to work for the man, or do you want to BE the man?

Woo! "This is … the most proud and excited I've ever been about a Django [site]: theonion.com is now Django-powered." /via ...

did @timoreilly just say "meh-sayers"? I have never heard this, but meh.

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story http://goo.gl/cULM

you'll get my HFCS when you pry it out of my fat, fat, fatty mcfatterson hands!

Neil Patrick Harris as the shoe fairy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDaszN9ByxM

you had me at "new film by Luc Besson." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6djPGS3RCA

yes, @bkaisner has a point -- I want to know who uses altavista.com as their default search engine today. It's still there.

Stack Overflow podcast 86, the last one for a while, with Anton of Math Overflow. http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/03/podcast-86/

why does cuil.com still exist? and while I'm at it, the band Creed?

cheat sheets and programming stuff http://www.quicklycode.com/

Computer Company Started In Garage 30 Years Ago Now In Smaller Garage http://goo.gl/MuRo

YO DAWG, WE HERD YOU LIEK PERIODIC TABLES. http://bit.ly/aGbadl

classmates.com should rename themselves omg-facebook-we-are-so-screwed.com

lol at classmates ad -- "click here so we can stop running these" http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/2223/classmatesad.png

sneak preview of the Stack Overflow podcast format http://goo.gl/9xck

Obama needs Joe Biden like Chuck needed Flava Flav. Tell ‘em what time it is, Joe!

wow, the band "Little Fish" is quite good.. wouldn't have heard them except through Rock Band DLC http://goo.gl/Psqm

auto-smiley made me smile http://fffff.at/auto-smiley

wow, $100 shipped for Rock Band Beatles Premium bundle? Amazing. http://goo.gl/mrif (via @rockbandaide)

I was just assuming HFCS has a Facebook Fan page. The lowest of the least common denominators.

bad news for High Fructose Corn Syrup fans http://goo.gl/vHM4

@howtogeek because it also works like smashing a dog's face in its own poop

the mythology of @ http://goo.gl/DS13

Commodore 64 re-launched as a PC. Wow, I thought they were kidding. They weren't. http://goo.gl/NtOc

12 core processors are now officially a thing. Better brush up on your concurrency. http://goo.gl/M4P0

virtual choir of 185 YouTubers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7o7BrlbaDs

The Cycle of (Time) Suck. http://goo.gl/KEx4 (via @jzy)

I had almost forgotten about christian side hugs. But then, I remembered.

I have got to stop clicking on these digital pinball links. Got. to. stop. http://goo.gl/7SOX

GameCrush: Paying Girls To Play With You http://goo.gl/BuCA

Microsoft case study on ASP.NET MVC and StackOverflow http://u.nu/26wu7

iPhone now a bigger $ gaming platform than the PSP. Of course the PSP is awful, but still. http://goo.gl/yOo1

"Mint and chocolate, How else would you feel like you brushed your teeth after eating chocolate?" (via @gbvb) exactly!

When I bite into a York Peppermint Patty, I get the sensation that.. mint and chocolate do not belong together.

seriously you guys don't know the Girl Scout Samoa? It is only the BEST FLIPPIN COOKIE EVER, that's all. http://goo.gl/Uda8

I once ate an entire box of Girl Scout Samoas at once. It was almost worth it. Almost.

another minor victory in the war on hyphens http://goo.gl/ZnNA

Serious Endorsement: RT @BillB Constantly impressed with the careful design that is revealed when using new C# features.

@dozba also, this http://twitpic.com/18ps7n

@dozba Thanks! We have something really excellent planned for April 1st as well..

well @jzy @nathanbowers it depends how much cheese you have. http://goo.gl/XN8D

seriously, the best sound in the world is your child's laughter. It sure as heck beats THE SCREAMING!! AHHHH! AAHHHHHH!!

My Name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my Blog, ye Mighty, and Leave a Comment. http://goo.gl/URDm

@dozba awstats is f**king horrible, isn't it? awful.

world spam map, circa 2004 anyway http://goo.gl/KfzC

heads up for Trilogy users: reputation changes taking effect http://goo.gl/tPGc Hey look, Health Care Reform!!! <runs away>

oh, you wanted to *live*? Well that costs money. Sorry, poor people.

I don't understand why people can't support my unbelievably inexpensive "you get sick, you die" health care plan.

yep, I email all my links to @mattcutts and he emails me back the shortened goo.gl version. It's pretty awesome.

a new war between persuaders (developers who want players’ money) and the rest of us (who want to give the players joy) http://goo.gl/RKfU

I am liking my new Dell Studio 14z. Happy to see my old laptop found a good home: http://goo.gl/7XBK

AZIZ! LIGHT! http://stackoverflow.com/users/123016

this WSDM 2010 paper uses creative commons Stack Overflow data to study two-sided markets (pdf) http://goo.gl/A95u

oh, how I long to "lay atop [my] giant Dragon-sized pile of gold coins and treasure"! http://goo.gl/nBnf

pole dance ruins wedding http://goo.gl/fqTj

more digital pinball pr0n. want. http://goo.gl/YfuO

"alternate reality" games like I Love Bees really piss me off for some reason I can't fully articulate. http://goo.gl/fYDr

ok, last one goes to @tomrittervg , just making sure the love is spread across all trilogy sites! Enjoy!!

congrats @sam_152 @chris_kasten @nilobject @danherbert -- that's 4, now I am giving a 5th to the highest Server Fault rep -- @ me

Are you a trilogy user with 1k+ reputation? I have three Battlefield: Bad Company 2 steam codes -- @msg me your user page URL

Audrey Hepburn? there's a word for that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamine

Instead of wondering, ‘Am I happy?’ they wonder, ‘Is this the best I can do?’ http://goo.gl/zS29

@wooliegeek oh, that's what I thought too

@dozba no, deploying at 9 AM PST *monday* while drunk -- that's the only pro move that would impress me.

Digital: A Love Story http://goo.gl/Iesa

@keyvan hey! February is a really short month!

new blog post, wherein I make fun of PHP. You know, the usual. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2010/03/compiled-or-bust.html

websites with page extensions ending in .nsf are like little "abandon all hope ye who enter here" signs

there is a dark, poetic beauty to the Darkness' "Givin' Up", if you know the singer's real world background http://goo.gl/5aaE

this one is for @jarrod_dixon http://goo.gl/0I3U