1) do you like Rock Band / Guitar Hero? 2) Are you as crazy as I am? 3) buy this, it's on sale. http://is.gd/53SmL

Google Offers Named OpenIDs http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/11/google-offers-named-openids/

loved @wilshipley 's run-in with Negroponte. Good times. Remember when Wil used to blog? http://is.gd/53QIH

Nicholas Negroponte makes 5 predictions in 1984, 4 come true. http://is.gd/53QHI

r @jongalloway it looks like real OpenID to our system, anyway -- and you get a *named* google openid, which is a first. No more hashes..

this new Google Profiles OpenID support works in my testing! your OpenID can now be http://google.com/profiles/whatever

virtual windows xp mode in win7 is remarkably well done. It's not just a copy of virtual PC with an ISO as I feared.

wow, got an email from an actual googlebot engineer about a possible issue with indexing. Impressive.

Sounds like someone needs a side hug.

I had no idea how lust-inciting *front hugs* were destroying civilization... until now. Thanks TFH! http://www.tfh.org/

I am now required by law to link to this Christian Side Hug video. I'm sorry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Oj0-splZw

"I then asked him to think about why it might be that his brother-in-law is not the richest man in the world." http://is.gd/53hlh

I'd like to send this long distance dedication to a tiny minority of our users. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vaAlnR-LeA&fmt=18

rt @diveintomark Google Wave is a great tool for collaborating with people. Unfortunately, it turns out I don't actually like people

ever click a link and regret doing so? I know, all the time.

"Thanks for embedding the iPhone videos, but they are in Flash I could not view them on my iPhone. Can you repost them in QuickTime?" LOL

rt via @timbray and others: Teach The Controversy! http://controversy.wearscience.com/

The Beatles, one thousand years later http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2vU8M6CYI

How a social media dream deal between Reddit and Conde Nast fell apart: http://is.gd/52iD4

"Some people might argue that San Jose, California is itself a place not worth visiting before you die." http://is.gd/52grb

sure @brunosalvino , let's play Global Thermonuclear War! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecPeSmF_ikc

oh great, how the heck will I get white teeth and a flat stomach now? http://is.gd/52ghv

rt @migueldeicaza Why I am uber-super-fascinated by Silverlight 4 http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2009/Nov-23.html

The Website Is Down http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N38a5ja26xY

[lol] rt @charlesarthur Technorati could also win "site that can't find anything you know is there". Like the anti-search engine.

If there was a contest for World's Most Unreliable Website, Technorati should be undisputed world champion 5 years running.

I just *LOVE* the way retweets from accounts I have blocked show up in my timeline! Grrrrr.

NB: even IE6 gets this right. You can have multiple instances, or a single instance. Not sure about Safari and Opera.

Firefox, I *hate* your one-process-per-user model. Horrendously bad architecture decision writ large.

we watched Cool as Ice to prep for the (cancelled) Denver concert. SCREW YOU ROB. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrzp1zGuxbM

Vanilla Ice's metal phase freakout. Still bitter about that Denver show he cancelled. http://is.gd/51AT4

"I only play Gal's Panic for... y'know... the gameplay."

RT @schwarzwald: http://autocompleteme.com/ jackpot! via @mtodd

Crysis Back to the Future mod: I deem this Hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZAaKH0FYO8

I dislike blacklists, but as a last-ditch spam "defense in depth" they are useful. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001009.html

I may dislike writing ad code but I *love* writing anti-spammer code. GET SOME YOU F**CKERS! http://is.gd/50ffA

@howtogeek Battlezone is not from the "70's". -1 geek cred. http://is.gd/50dTc

here's a video for @robconery -- part of our 80's musical taste one upmanship http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMlpqOsc2BU

Johnny Rotten is, like, the crappiest anarchist ever.

I don't understand the difference between "The Sims" and "The Facebook"

ugh, even people you've blocked show up when someone retweets their stuff. Lame.

it's like arguing is more fun than CREATING STUFF. Maybe it is, I don't know.

seriously, the people who argue the most about this crap are the people producing the least. Just an observation.

Amazon PayPhrase? Google Wonder Wheel? Seriously, who comes up with this crap? Are they huffing glue?

Black Friday, meh. You can't pay me enough to leave the house in that kind of mayhem.

Harvard Business says Facebook is evil http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/haque/2009/11/facebooks_scam_ads_and_the_loo.html

rt @humantorch There isn't enough money in the WORLD for me to buy enough Bad Code Offsets to make up for my current projects :(

Buy Bad Code Offsets Today! http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001312.html

STAND BACK I KNOW BLOGGING

Stack Overflow careers employer beta now fully underway! http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/11/careers-employer-beta-underway/

"I want to debate with people on the internet but I worry that I'm not smart enough." http://is.gd/4YEwZ

Stack Overflow podcast #74 with @kathysierra and @bertbates is finally up! One of my favorites. http://is.gd/4YvL8

hopefully you're having a better day than this guy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBD3fMNGI98

"Now, it’s up to you whether or not you want to just do the bare minimum. Brian, for example, has 37 pieces of flair. And a terrific smile."

wrt all the angst over the Twitter official retweet: rt @jennyholzer
THINKING TOO MUCH CAN ONLY CAUSE PROBLEMS

the epitome of "tough crowd": IEBlog commenters. There are some official MSFT response comments in there, surprisingly.

I am so tired of this meme, but ... bacon flavored envelopes. http://mmmvelopes.com/

internet explorer 9 -- it lives! http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/11/18/an-early-look-at-ie9-for-developers.aspx

rt @jarrod_dixon Nothing says "Merry Christmas, let the beatings begin" like a tall boy: http://is.gd/4XJe5

I used to think blog apps were the new Hello World, now I'm thinking it might be twitter clients.

hey @fotc are on twitter now? I am going to New Zealand for Webstock 10 next year and I WILL FIND YOU

now this is the "type" of Ultimate Fighting a geek like me can get behind http://ultimatetypingchampionship.com/

Weird Al Yankovic helps explain auto-tune! features css-s-s-s.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYzv-AVi78E

did anyone notice the shoplifting at 2:14 in the Microsoft Store dancing video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSAXEVXvNz8

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (full album) DLC is out today! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHAo9npx3Q0

wow, we (the stackoverflow.com team) are blown away by the Linq to SQL profiler! http://l2sprof.com/home

and people wonder why I diss PHP: gaze in wide wonder at the joy I have not found: http://is.gd/4Wo9O

apparently Eric Raymond sucks at programming almost as much as I do http://bit.ly/1RrqBJ

@jkealey I'll take my valid safe HTML as proven every day on Stack Overflow at 20x the speed. I want our competitors to be slow! :)

benchmarked: AntiSamy .net is 20x slower than our Sanitize(BalanceTags(html))

I mean *I* parse HTML with Regex, but I *know* I'm doing something stupid. Stupid AWESOME.

I can't believe MetaFilter users actually had the "I can too parse HTML with regex!" argument. C'mon! http://is.gd/4W89W

rt @betsyphd Only on the Berkeley Parents Network: A woman discussed pleasuring herself in the shower and was criticized for wasting water.

belatedly realized after 6 months of email support that we should have been using Markdown formatting this whole time. Duh!

carpe noctem

c'mon @wilshipley didn't you ever see the movie Better Off Dead? COME ON MAN! http://is.gd/4VQxy

GeoCities: remembering MIDI http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2342

the 6 types of youtube videos there are waaaaaay too many of [Cracked] http://is.gd/4Vnhj

I am disturbed that @shoeblogger read peopleofwalmart.com and then quoted Yeats http://bit.ly/34Y3c0

wow @mstum just linked me to http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/ and it has blown my mind-hole

"I don't have to get all dressed up like I'm going to Wal-Mart or something." http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyzyx/251040544/in/photostream/

This morning: choose wisely. http://twitpic.com/pia5e

not just Bad Science but $32 million worth of it http://www.badscience.net/2009/11/wtf/

when you try to parse XML with regex, Bad Things Happen! http://is.gd/4UxGV

there are only "social media experts" because these people have no usable skills.

courtesy of the institute of Snap!thology http://bit.ly/sjq0c

"African-American Internet users use Twitter in greater proportion than any other racial group" http://is.gd/4Uxs8

Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No http://bit.ly/4lB26I

do you have *awesome* programming jobs? want to help us beta test the employer side of careers? Email us: careers@stackoverflow.com

because MetaFilter is awesome, and it sucks when bad things happen to good people #mathowielove

rt @jzy meanwhile, in Japan... http://bit.ly/tomP4

dogs welcoming home soldiers http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/40324

you know, it is possible and even sometimes okay to EXCEED your stated goals. Just throwin' that out there.

r @jzy "If you set your goals ridiculously high and fail, you look like a clown who can't even set goals properly."

rt @carnage4life Google announces embrace & extend of HTTP with new SPDY protocol http://bit.ly/1UfvVK

hey congrats to @jongalloway , now he's working for the "man" aka the "hansel-man" @shanselman

"Stack Overflow Careers - BEGIN YOUR SEARCH FOR SOME FINE ASS TALENT" uh, time for some copyediting on those emails

oooh @mimshwright I'm gonna get you, and your little basil plant too! :) https://twitter.com/mimshwright/status/5644487460

yes, "basil plant keeps dying". of COURSE that's a valid question on Stack Overflow. Thank you, Mims H. Wright!

jQuery is great, but jQuery UI.. uh.. er... can we kill it?