Serious Sam HD for only $7. You want this. A classic, up there with Doom, IMO. http://is.gd/5SQ1G

oldie but goodie: Zod Kitches http://is.gd/5SPOK

rt @JMBucknall Academic paper on Swoopo http://is.gd/5RuvG Summary: Swoopo rakes it in no matter what

yay! all core MarkdownSharp tests now passing: http://is.gd/5DMjG , Java port from SO user: http://is.gd/5RoTf

w/r/t the previous quote; I think we sometimes do that without knowing. It's from here: http://is.gd/5QVlC

“The right answer is the answer that puts an end to the questions”

this is quite the mouse ... http://is.gd/5Qqtf

@loydcase LIES, Fermi is a myth, like unicorns and female orgasms.

"Safari and Chrome do not fire focus/blur events when the user uses the mouse to access checkboxes, radios or buttons." WTF!

round robin DNS -- "good enough" low-end load balancing, or generally bad idea?

the physics-based FIRE music visualizer. Seriously. Real fire. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpovwbPGEoo

r @wilshipley but in your world, you do not "Google Voice", apparently .. http://is.gd/5PXdj

getting a PhD .. is not so T.N.T. http://is.gd/5PKR8

@loydcase do you think this trend of consumer 3D is going to stick around, or is it a flash in the pan?

can't stop laughing at the "boobs used to be kinda hard to see" school of noveau movie criticism

sad but true criticism of the cult classic movie Heavy Metal. Start watching at 2 minutes in. http://is.gd/5Pz90

down to only one failing test on MarkdownSharp, at great personal cost to my soul. http://code.google.com/p/markdownsharp/

r @tomowens I agree the WordPress code is terrible, but (sadly) that is irrelevant. Polish and execution and community trumps all.

I may diss WordPress, but it is by *far* the most polished open source web app I have ever used. Truly impressive. Would donate.

remembering the Stephen Colbert wrist strong saga. http://is.gd/5NNLr

oh yeah RegexOptions.Singleline | RegexOptions.Multiline , that's not confusing in the slightest (totally valid, too)

r @corrosive6809 true, the phone / small device battlefield is pretty active, unlike the desktop/laptop. RIP PPC/Alpha/MIPS

news flash: when Apple switched to x86, the race was over. Intel won. x86 Uber Alles.

I used to own an Amiga (A1000 and A500) but this Zombie Amiga is just .. pointless. http://is.gd/5Nytl

the endless PC backwards compatibility morass http://is.gd/5NpyH

clarification: we are not talented enough to work with @jonskeet therefore he is ineligible! :)

want to work on Stack Overflow? Help us eat our own dogfood! http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/01/eating-our-own-careers-dogfood/

thinking about hiring another programmer to work on stackoverflow.com .. obviously, we'll be using http://careers.stackoverflow.com :)

porting this phpmarkdown regex over. "When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you." http://is.gd/5MGco

"You need to stop your wasting time with those toys and go to miniature medical school." http://is.gd/5MECM

networking problem all resolved! Unfortunately it was with the routing server..

networking problem at the datacenter with Stack Overflow.. stand by..

Interesting thread on .NET use on startups on Y Combinator: http://bit.ly/6tXUUo

@einaregilsson see http://code.google.com/p/markdownsharp/issues/detail?id=14

what they don't tell you about Apple's Time Machine is that it's *geologic* time http://twitpic.com/wp9ts (via @edbott)

rt @timbray View from the top. Really the top. http://is.gd/5MkVw

rt @parlar I read [your comment about kids toys] while doodling on this http://yfrog.com/4frgoxj

so we have all these new baby toys for @rockhardawesome and I kinda realized I find myself.. playing with them.. too.. :p

rt @HMXCasey Captain Jack Vs NPH in a Big Gay Tweet-Off - http://digs.by/172S

sigh. I ddos-ed our own blog by linking it from Twitter. Gotta love WordPress's "scalability". And this is on Linux, *with* wp-supercache.

Stack Overflow: Where We Hate Fun http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/01/stack-overflow-where-we-hate-fun/

r @bluej100 it's because programmers only think in 0 (never allowed!) and 1 (always allowed!) when reality is more floating point

Strangest Language Feature -- some of these are uber-WTFs. http://is.gd/5M9YX

How does a beautifully designed workspace make you feel? http://is.gd/5M4Fr

Paranormal Activity was better than Blair Witch, in that I didn't feel it was a complete waste of my time. I give it 3/5.

Ten years ago, I saw Blair Witch Project. I still want my money back from that massively over-hyped POS.

as an adult, you think you understand what love is. Then you have your first baby. My god, it is crippling.

I can't understand why people don't take psychics seriously http://www.garyspivey.com/

the invisible t-shirt http://is.gd/5Kuxp

for my next birthday, I *DEMAND* a unicorn cake. Or I quit. http://is.gd/5Koo5

I think this is what happens when you get bored with reviewing entry level stuff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1EDAaRr22c

ok I think I am done with ClipX due to its n-squared storage scheme. I need a lightweight replacement for a *simple* clipboard stack..

how did I not see Black Dynamite in 2009? I need to fix this stat. http://is.gd/5Jwt2

2010 -- the year everything changed http://nedroidcomics.livejournal.com/267656.html

I hereby extend an olive branch to dark chocolate enthusiasts. It is disgusting, but we must face our real enemy together: white chocolate.

"If you give a good idea to a mediocre group, they'll screw it up. If you give a mediocre idea to a good group, they'll fix it."

Pixar's cofounder on execution vs. ideas http://is.gd/5JldA

could be worse. could be raining. http://is.gd/5JgXx

upgrading @betsyphd 's netbook to an Acer Aspire AS1410-2936 (red) ; nice little machine http://is.gd/5JgjF

r @michaelpearsun "everyone excutes on about the same level" wow, you and I must live in different parallel universes or something.

ideas are worthless http://is.gd/5JeIZ execution is what matters http://is.gd/5JeMS

SPI Wargame Infomercial from the 70s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNDe_JDew1E

r @dozba the only thing worse than dark chocolate is white "chocolate"

I just noticed Recaptcha added some new inverted circles overlaid on the CAPTCHA words -- did they blog about this?

security theater -- it's the best show in town! http://is.gd/5Iu4z

thanks to Stack Overflow, I get to end 2009 by giving back http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/12/stack-overflow-gives-back/

holy cow @rockhardawesome is kind of standing up by himself a bit now

I didn't realize White People Liked.. Facebook http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/07/31/106-facebook/

the timeless and eternal question: hair, or weave? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulbKnaRhSHE

some solid progress on MarkdownSharp so far -- 21/23 tests passing! http://code.google.com/p/markdownsharp/

r @joshedler per your request, Brokencyde mp3 link http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0028H9R1Q/

Amazon MP3 is selling 800 mp3 albums for $5 each http://is.gd/5HaLw

Dissertations on His Dudeness: 'The Big Lebowski' and Its Dude Get the Academic Treatment http://bit.ly/4prveS (via @timoreilly)

We appreciate good design but aren't very good at it. Help us get better: http://fogcreek.com/Jobs/Design.html

http://superuser.com is an animal of a different breed: the only Trilogy site where traffic is *up* (way up) over the holidays.

fascinating -- making low voltage errors a chip design feature http://is.gd/5GpKw

sorry, here's the work safe version of the Machete trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtkHygcTC8A&feature=related

I can't wait for MACHETE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8cCzltPD6Y

10 email obfuscation methods compared with real world results http://is.gd/5GmOX (via @steelhoof)

unit testing randomly obfuscated email addresses is.. strange

I do not grok programmers who can't navigate code instantly by global and incremental search. Google was right. Get used to it.

Is it just me or do the new Priuses (priuses?) look kinda Pontiac Aztek-y?

Hey I actually know the writer of the movie "Book of Eli". Go Whitta! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1037705

good leadership can't magically be synthesized through open source in my experience

the amount of confusion in the wmd github about which is current is epic. Not convinced "let 1000 branches boom" model is a good idea

I just manually recolored a Dilbert strip to fix a panel continuity error. I think there is something wrong with me. http://is.gd/5G2cu

doesn't anyone else find it ironic that a game about clever wordplay and apt word choice is named.. "words with friends"? dullsville.

Top Gear's sensible Ford Fiesta test delivers the goods http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrQPqVvUMCQ

The SIlence of the Catto. I had not considered this.. I am ensaddenated.

did I just write an entire blog post so I could post a picture of @rockhardawesome ? Why yes. Yes I did. Thanks for asking.

corrected: birth, school, work, death (thanks Tretton) http://is.gd/5FjCg

I'm sorry Vevo and YouTube apparently hate the rest of the world. Region locking content is so 2002.

birth, school, work, death http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO5dcW0P75M

Photoshop Disasters, geek stylee http://is.gd/5FfTz

if nobody knows your open source project exists, then it effectively doesn't.

parens in URLs must die. I totally blame wikipedia for popularizing this crap practice. http://is.gd/5ESb7

moms4moms has finally arrived.. http://moms4mom.com/questions/3442/how-is-babby-formed

any blog post beginning with "when I studied martial arts.." causes me to tap out immediately. Unless it's about mutant ninja turtles.

ah @deadprogrammer reminded me of this excellent Knuth article http://is.gd/5EFc7

today is National Chocolate Candy Day. Finally, a holiday I can get behind! http://is.gd/5ECkG