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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2010, 6:21:48 PM
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is amazingly good. Wayyyy better than CoD: Modern Warfare 2.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2010, 6:01:58 PM
the cognitive dissonance of a dead-tree newspaper lolcat is not to be underestimated http://goo.gl/UUZ7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2010, 5:10:43 PM
those of you who fixed my syntax error in the retweet should know you are getting serious brownie points right now
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2010, 4:22:29 PM
whoops, I typoed the "rm -rf /" .. quite the paradox in Suicide Linux!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2010, 4:18:00 PM
suicide linux, where any unknown command is resolve as "rm -tf /" http://qntm.org/suicide
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2010, 3:03:26 AM
note to self -- stay away from power lines http://goo.gl/5mpB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2010, 11:02:44 PM
Jonah Falcon Needs a Job http://goo.gl/rFMU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2010, 8:45:27 PM
Dell's 8 GB DDR3 laptop memory upgrade price: $300. Same from Apple: $600. (cheapest newegg buy is $350 for same)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2010, 8:30:01 PM
Thought experiment: if Google disappeared tomorrow, which websites would be (almost) totally unaffected?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2010, 8:09:26 PM
I just realized @rockhardawesome is my megayacht http://goo.gl/1Ogc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2010, 7:50:50 PM
"I don't think we're going to get sex *and* get paid." "Why not?" "We never get sex or get paid." http://goo.gl/8wzs
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2010, 5:23:57 AM
do you hate CSS? No? Now you will. You're welcome. http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2010/02/12/fixed-monospace-sizing/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2010, 2:58:30 AM
The Chrysler Turbo Encabulator http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXW0bx_Ooq4
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2010, 9:11:24 PM
Dear UK botnet retrieving a question over and over, I am crushing your head! I am pinching your face! http://goo.gl/bJ7H
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2010, 7:09:46 PM
I much, much prefer crisp 2D GUIs to the shiny, pseudo-3D shellacked stuff in iPhone. http://goo.gl/g8ay
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2010, 6:56:42 PM
awesome new AAA LED flashlight arrived. Commence self blinding in 3.. 2.. 1.. AHHH!!! MY EYES!! http://is.gd/9QQ3c
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2010, 6:40:53 PM
@GabrielMcArthur are you in California?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2010, 6:40:11 PM
You will begin on the first day of class as a Level 1 avatar. Level 12 is the highest level you can achieve http://goo.gl/dpoO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2010, 3:54:27 PM
hmm. My driver's license expired.. uh, two months ago. That.. ain't good.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2010, 2:48:46 AM
the evolution of Apple, 2008 - 2014 http://i.imgur.com/NjjkM.jpg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2010, 1:17:58 AM
Pew Pew Pew!!! Nom Nom Nom!!! http://goo.gl/3zYo
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2010, 1:10:10 AM
the methodone metronome. Is it the reflector or the director? Does it imitate us or do we imitate it? http://goo.gl/jcs3
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2010, 12:56:00 AM
World of Dropcraft http://goo.gl/K9xq (via @jzy)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2010, 8:55:32 PM
megayachts are nice and all, but I'd rather have one of these http://goo.gl/71Ea
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2010, 8:52:58 PM
if you want to know why Google owns the web, the answer is right in our log files. No other web spiders even compare. Not even close.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2010, 8:35:53 PM
dear web spiders who aren't Google: you are all unbelievably and hopelessly retarded, and you fill me with shame. http://goo.gl/jqE6
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2010, 7:04:05 PM
yeah well I just gold starred Code Monkey in Rock Band on guitar AND IT WAS EVERYTHING I DREAMED IT COULD BE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2010, 6:25:01 PM
Code Monkey like Tab, Fritos, Mountain Dew, and you. Code Monkey not like stupid PS3.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2010, 6:20:58 PM
also, public service announcement: Code Monkey is available on Rock Band Network now. Xbox 360 only, suck it @wilshipley :)
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RockBandNetwork @RockBandNetwork
Mar 5, 2010, 6:20:13 PM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2010, 4:02:27 PM
my #dell laptop order wasn't cancelled this time, yay! Dell: Where We Arbitrarily Cancel Two Out of Every Three Orders(tm)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2010, 3:37:03 PM
@HMXkfan hey you know who has the highest concentration of C++ gurus on the planet? http://careers.stackoverflow.com IM JUST SAYIN'
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2010, 2:58:30 PM
WHY WAS MY C++ SLASH FICTION QUESTION CLOSED ON STACK OVERFLOW?!?! http://goo.gl/OKNE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2010, 2:56:57 PM
There are now more questions tagged [php] than [asp.net] on Stack Overflow. I don't know whether to be happy or sad.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2010, 2:47:30 PM
IMO Yelp has one of the sketchiest business models on the internet. In a Swoopo world, that should give us pause. http://goo.gl/m4vp
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2010, 12:11:39 AM
I am starting to think The Weyland-Yutani Corporation, er, I mean, Apple Inc, does not have our best interests at heart.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2010, 3:27:33 PM
the Beatles perform Stairway to Heaven http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfoccRna6I
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2010, 3:21:46 PM
Charles Barkley: "I'm a dumbass" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azs0zjoofzE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2010, 3:08:14 AM
Valve brings Steam to Mac (subset, obviously), with amusing image campaign http://goo.gl/IjQV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2010, 12:55:45 AM
"disable all your Firefox plugins" is the new "reboot your computer"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2010, 3:10:17 PM
it is absolutely freakin' hilarious to me that @spolsky 's Inc. article ends with "follow Joel on Twitter!" http://goo.gl/Ohzc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2010, 3:06:09 PM
who says speed kills? everything is better at 1000 frames per second. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUCRZzhbHH0
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2010, 10:20:43 AM
Thank you, morning radio, for Zeppelin's "Good Times, Bad Times". In a 7am sea of crappy autotuned hiphop, I really needed that
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anildash @anildash
Mar 3, 2010, 10:12:52 AM
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Wait, @spolsky says he's quitting blogging *and* looking for big VC dollars? I think we're being set up for a huge April F ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2010, 6:29:36 PM
wow, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is quite good. Recommended.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2010, 5:29:28 PM
Just as we always suspected -- Germans really *are* robots! http://goo.gl/m6QN (via @loydcase)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2010, 5:20:27 PM
do you know anyone on the MSFT team that wrote the Dynamic IP Restrictions IIS7 add-in? Urgent need to contact them. http://goo.gl/o4u7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2010, 5:14:31 PM
@HMXkfan you know where lots of KICKASS SENIOR WEB DEVS can be found? http://careers.stackoverflow.com . Just sayin'.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2010, 5:00:39 PM
ok, yes, this OK GO video is pretty damn amazing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2010, 4:44:58 PM
GIRL! I want to take you to a... http://is.gd/9yGOL
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austinkleon @austinkleon
Mar 2, 2010, 4:41:40 PM
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Inspiration for geeky-looking guys everywhere: http://bit.ly/bwbWW6
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2010, 4:31:20 AM
oh god @wilshipley is watching the Bachelor again. Can someone turn off twitter?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2010, 3:35:02 AM
the $41,300 NES cartridge. http://goo.gl/foeM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2010, 3:23:14 AM
my Amazon Payphrase is "Jeffrey's Empty Feeling". AMAZON CAN SEE INSIDE MY SOUL!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2010, 3:21:56 AM
LED flashlights: now ridiculously powerful http://is.gd/9vVrK
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2010, 2:33:51 AM
"I got two wrong answers from MVPs in the MSDN forums, and got the right answer in StackOverflow within six minutes."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2010, 12:22:44 AM
I love VCs who are so far up Facebook's ass they probably can't imagine a world without AOL, either. Vision: you don't have it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2010, 10:25:46 PM
The Juggalo News Network (adult language) http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f8ea7dc8a2/juggalo-news
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2010, 7:44:40 PM
I guess what I'm trying to say is that there are fundamental touch ui and form factor limitations that can't be softwared away.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2010, 7:39:30 PM
I would use my netbook for typing work but I can't tether for net access with the iPhone. #firstworldproblems
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2010, 7:03:41 PM
I love the iPhone for light browsing, but trying to *work* on the thing is Harrison Bergeron crippling. Does not bode well for iPad.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2010, 4:54:37 PM
wearing awesome purple Uniqlo socks and Tron t-shirt courtesy of @nathanbowers (yes, and pants, you sickos)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2010, 3:55:13 PM
all cover songs, all the time http://coverville.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2010, 3:38:57 PM
Somebody's got a case of the Mondays? Let's fix that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlLn0UicWrM (via @HMXkfan)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2010, 4:12:22 AM
I hear @wilshipley ends all his conversations with "Seacrest out!"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2010, 1:53:45 AM
preparing for tomorrow's meeting with @pmarca by watching the 1994 Internet Marketing Conference http://goo.gl/zNSX
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betsyphd @betsyphd
Mar 1, 2010, 1:50:19 AM
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NZ has awesome playgrounds, mostly full of this stuff. When I get rich, I'm outfitting our local park with all of it. http ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2010, 12:25:08 AM
what I heard is that Twitter can only search what fits in 64 GB of server memory at a time. Seems to be true; old-ish stuff just not there
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2010, 12:18:15 AM
counting down the hours until #dell cancels my third attempt at a laptop order! Goooo order! You can do eet! http://goo.gl/2kWB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2010, 10:21:44 PM
Twitter's search function is an embarrassment -- so bad, it is an anti-feature.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2010, 10:06:26 PM
There's darkness, and you must attack it. What do you do?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2010, 9:09:00 PM
we have a wireshark dump of some craziness we need a network expert to look at. any takers? email jatwood@codinghorror.com
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2010, 7:36:02 PM
I suspect this "toy" would set children back about 2 years in potty training. http://goo.gl/5eeS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2010, 4:06:51 PM
"good workmen don't buy cheap tools" argument fails, unless your Mac contains a different Intel CPU than mine. Shitbox x86 for all! yay!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2010, 4:04:04 PM
I think optimizing for build quality on a laptop that will be obsolete in 3 years, tops, is kind of silly. Maybe that's just me.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2010, 3:35:01 PM
r @TheWizardTower "Computers are tools and/or toys, not fashion accessories" exactly
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2010, 3:18:39 PM
mac keyboard + having to deal with bootcamp / driver issues are showstoppers for me on a mac. Also, price. I like 'em cheap and crappy.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2010, 3:01:15 PM
seriously considering deploying the Blogger Jackass Card against Dell, but that really isn't my style.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2010, 3:00:31 PM
have now been hung up on twice by Dell sales while trying to fix my inexplicably cancelled (twice!) Dell laptop order.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2010, 2:11:17 PM
I don't care for thinkpads @spolsky -- IMHO they are the boring Grey Flannel Suit of computing
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2010, 1:59:25 PM
this is now the second time I've ordered a laptop from Dell and my order has been arbitrarily cancelled. F**k you, Dell.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2010, 1:52:18 PM
with @rockhardawesome in the house, I need an astonishing number of rechargeable batteries http://goo.gl/wAWT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2010, 10:02:22 PM
unfortunately I lost my keychain items while in NZ. Suggestions for new improved EDC replacements? http://goo.gl/KLgd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2010, 8:16:17 PM
the little-w is because I'm lazy, and you should be too: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aur2899/4366974411/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2010, 7:49:53 PM
I forgot to post this picture of my friend and colleague @jarrod_dixon on his birthday! Shoot! http://goo.gl/yk57
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2010, 7:42:54 PM
gee, SORRY I got the type of Metal wrong! In the future I'll refer to this chart. http://is.gd/9lPJ1
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2010, 7:10:25 PM
Even black metal cannot get me interested in curling. http://goo.gl/H95d
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2010, 7:06:20 PM
Enough with the China, already! MAN! http://goo.gl/tRNv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2010, 7:05:02 PM
I'm not sure what we did before YouTube but I'm pretty sure it sucked http://goo.gl/QIl9
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2010, 6:54:50 PM
bananas exploding on face vs owls by @jwz http://goo.gl/CDW9
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2010, 4:22:09 PM
protip for travelling internationally with 11 month old baby: leave your sanity at home. You won't be needing that.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2010, 2:21:31 PM
I seriously need a vacation from my vacation.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2010, 1:37:40 PM
When you arrive back in the USA after travelling internationally the speakers should be blasting "America! f**k yeah!"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2010, 3:01:59 AM
they also have 24-hour (!) internet cafes in Auckland. Not sure I've ever seen that in the USA.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2010, 3:00:40 AM
I am intrigued by these Mad Libs forms but .. not sure it applies everywhere. "Wall o' Fields" is bad, tho. http://goo.gl/tR5O
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2010, 2:50:41 AM
there's an intersection here in Auckland where the (animated!) ped xing sign allows crossing from all 4 corners at once; crazy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2010, 11:06:09 PM
everyone wish @jarrod_dixon a happy birthday. Now as always, he is my huckleberry.
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