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Jeff Atwood
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The Handsome Men's Club http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyGJXLxtVEo

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is amazingly good. Wayyyy better than CoD: Modern Warfare 2.

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the cognitive dissonance of a dead-tree newspaper lolcat is not to be underestimated http://goo.gl/UUZ7

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@codinghorror
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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@codinghorror
whoops, I typoed the "rm -rf /" .. quite the paradox in Suicide Linux!

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
suicide linux, where any unknown command is resolve as "rm -tf /" http://qntm.org/suicide

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note to self -- stay away from power lines http://goo.gl/5mpB

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@codinghorror
Jonah Falcon Needs a Job http://goo.gl/rFMU

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@codinghorror
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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@codinghorror
Thought experiment: if Google disappeared tomorrow, which websites would be (almost) totally unaffected?

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@codinghorror
I just realized @rockhardawesome is my megayacht http://goo.gl/1Ogc

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"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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@codinghorror
do you hate CSS? No? Now you will. You're welcome. http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2010/02/12/fixed-monospace-sizing/

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The Chrysler Turbo Encabulator http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXW0bx_Ooq4

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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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@codinghorror
I much, much prefer crisp 2D GUIs to the shiny, pseudo-3D shellacked stuff in iPhone. http://goo.gl/g8ay

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@codinghorror
awesome new AAA LED flashlight arrived. Commence self blinding in 3.. 2.. 1.. AHHH!!! MY EYES!! http://is.gd/9QQ3c

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@codinghorror
@GabrielMcArthur are you in California?

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@codinghorror
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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@codinghorror
hmm. My driver's license expired.. uh, two months ago. That.. ain't good.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
the evolution of Apple, 2008 - 2014 http://i.imgur.com/NjjkM.jpg

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@codinghorror
Pew Pew Pew!!! Nom Nom Nom!!! http://goo.gl/3zYo

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@codinghorror
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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@codinghorror
World of Dropcraft http://goo.gl/K9xq (via @jzy)

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@codinghorror
megayachts are nice and all, but I'd rather have one of these http://goo.gl/71Ea

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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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@codinghorror
yeah well I just gold starred Code Monkey in Rock Band on guitar AND IT WAS EVERYTHING I DREAMED IT COULD BE

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Code Monkey like Tab, Fritos, Mountain Dew, and you. Code Monkey not like stupid PS3.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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
Check out g4TV's RBN recommendations! : http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/703015/G4-Picks-The-Best-Of-The-Rock-Band ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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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@codinghorror
@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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WHY WAS MY C++ SLASH FICTION QUESTION CLOSED ON STACK OVERFLOW?!?! http://goo.gl/OKNE

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@codinghorror
There are now more questions tagged [php] than [asp.net] on Stack Overflow. I don't know whether to be happy or sad.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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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@codinghorror
I am starting to think The Weyland-Yutani Corporation, er, I mean, Apple Inc, does not have our best interests at heart.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
the Beatles perform Stairway to Heaven http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfoccRna6I

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@codinghorror
Charles Barkley: "I'm a dumbass" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azs0zjoofzE

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Valve brings Steam to Mac (subset, obviously), with amusing image campaign http://goo.gl/IjQV

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"disable all your Firefox plugins" is the new "reboot your computer"

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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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@codinghorror
who says speed kills? everything is better at 1000 frames per second. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUCRZzhbHH0

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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
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 ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
wow, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is quite good. Recommended.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Just as we always suspected -- Germans really *are* robots! http://goo.gl/m6QN (via @loydcase)

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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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@codinghorror
@HMXkfan you know where lots of KICKASS SENIOR WEB DEVS can be found? http://careers.stackoverflow.com . Just sayin'.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
ok, yes, this OK GO video is pretty damn amazing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w

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@codinghorror
GIRL! I want to take you to a... http://is.gd/9yGOL
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austinkleon
@austinkleon
Inspiration for geeky-looking guys everywhere: http://bit.ly/bwbWW6

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
oh god @wilshipley is watching the Bachelor again. Can someone turn off twitter?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
the $41,300 NES cartridge. http://goo.gl/foeM

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
my Amazon Payphrase is "Jeffrey's Empty Feeling". AMAZON CAN SEE INSIDE MY SOUL!

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
LED flashlights: now ridiculously powerful http://is.gd/9vVrK

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@codinghorror
"I got two wrong answers from MVPs in the MSDN forums, and got the right answer in StackOverflow within six minutes."

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Feeling Good http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJA69C6SlRk (via @cisellis)

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@codinghorror
The Juggalo News Network (adult language) http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f8ea7dc8a2/juggalo-news

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I would use my netbook for typing work but I can't tether for net access with the iPhone. #firstworldproblems

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I love the iPhone for light browsing, but trying to *work* on the thing is Harrison Bergeron crippling. Does not bode well for iPad.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
wearing awesome purple Uniqlo socks and Tron t-shirt courtesy of @nathanbowers (yes, and pants, you sickos)

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
all cover songs, all the time http://coverville.com/

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
videogaming for manic depressives http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=315

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Somebody's got a case of the Mondays? Let's fix that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlLn0UicWrM (via @HMXkfan)

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I hear @wilshipley ends all his conversations with "Seacrest out!"

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
preparing for tomorrow's meeting with @pmarca by watching the 1994 Internet Marketing Conference http://goo.gl/zNSX
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betsyphd
@betsyphd
NZ has awesome playgrounds, mostly full of this stuff. When I get rich, I'm outfitting our local park with all of it. http ...

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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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@codinghorror
Twitter's search function is an embarrassment -- so bad, it is an anti-feature.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
There's darkness, and you must attack it. What do you do?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
we have a wireshark dump of some craziness we need a network expert to look at. any takers? email jatwood@codinghorror.com

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I suspect this "toy" would set children back about 2 years in potty training. http://goo.gl/5eeS

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"good workmen don't buy cheap tools" argument fails, unless your Mac contains a different Intel CPU than mine. Shitbox x86 for all! yay!

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
r @TheWizardTower "Computers are tools and/or toys, not fashion accessories" exactly

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
mac keyboard + having to deal with bootcamp / driver issues are showstoppers for me on a mac. Also, price. I like 'em cheap and crappy.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
seriously considering deploying the Blogger Jackass Card against Dell, but that really isn't my style.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
have now been hung up on twice by Dell sales while trying to fix my inexplicably cancelled (twice!) Dell laptop order.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I don't care for thinkpads @spolsky -- IMHO they are the boring Grey Flannel Suit of computing

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
this is now the second time I've ordered a laptop from Dell and my order has been arbitrarily cancelled. F**k you, Dell.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
with @rockhardawesome in the house, I need an astonishing number of rechargeable batteries http://goo.gl/wAWT

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
unfortunately I lost my keychain items while in NZ. Suggestions for new improved EDC replacements? http://goo.gl/KLgd

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
the little-w is because I'm lazy, and you should be too: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aur2899/4366974411/

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@codinghorror
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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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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Even black metal cannot get me interested in curling. http://goo.gl/H95d

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@codinghorror
Enough with the China, already! MAN! http://goo.gl/tRNv

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I'm not sure what we did before YouTube but I'm pretty sure it sucked http://goo.gl/QIl9

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
bananas exploding on face vs owls by @jwz http://goo.gl/CDW9

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
protip for travelling internationally with 11 month old baby: leave your sanity at home. You won't be needing that.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I seriously need a vacation from my vacation.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
When you arrive back in the USA after travelling internationally the speakers should be blasting "America! f**k yeah!"

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
they also have 24-hour (!) internet cafes in Auckland. Not sure I've ever seen that in the USA.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I am intrigued by these Mad Libs forms but .. not sure it applies everywhere. "Wall o' Fields" is bad, tho. http://goo.gl/tR5O

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
there's an intersection here in Auckland where the (animated!) ped xing sign allows crossing from all 4 corners at once; crazy

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
everyone wish @jarrod_dixon a happy birthday. Now as always, he is my huckleberry.