pulled the trigger on the 48 GB memory upgrade for our database server. All the *COOL* kids have tons of memory on *their* servers.

r @dehora the cloud is often even more expensive; flexibility, at a (steep) price

the only t-shirt you will ever need http://bit.ly/4yK8U

hey @spolsky , have you called for speakers via twitter?

the house that Daikatana built http://www.rbdg.com/projects/ionstorm/

r @carnage4life asks: How long will my vendetta against Facebook last? I've got some bad news for The Facebooks: I plan to live forever.

r @dun3 @JonWinstanley scheduled network upgrades at host datacenter until 2 AM PST

is the current iPhone App Store pricing sustainible? Seeing some pretty dramatic price drops for big name titles..

god bless all creatures, big and sma.. HOLY F**K WHAT IS THAT http://bit.ly/32NJT

the iPhone makes sending annoying pictures of food to my friends easier than I ever could have possibly imagined!

the insulting librarian: http://bit.ly/ieqOC

Reason #26 Why I Hate Software Licensing: it makes my brain hurt http://www.microsoft.com/Sqlserver/2005/en/us/licensing.aspx

r @alexstapleton right, for $100k we could build ~83 quad core + 8gb + 500 mb 1u servers = 332 cpu + 664 gb + 40 tb (!)

r @alexstapleton no, at the config Markus bought (8 GB DIMMs, ouuch) it's definitely $100k+ for that big iron. http://tr.im/pz4E

"We upgraded from a machine with 64 GB + 8 CPU to 512 GB + 32 CPU" I guess pof.com is going big iron, not mapreduce? http://is.gd/1bHss

the process of growing new humans is rather amazing. as in, I can't believe any of us ever made it this far.

previous was rt @lara_eagle who says "First time it wasn't faked (in a long time)." robots = efficient.

best. captcha. ever. Yeah, that DOES prove you're human. I think.. http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/6631/fakeorgasim.png

r @jongalloway with all due respect, Windows Mobile is ass. Needs rumored silverlight reboot.

rt @johnhann [iphone] is very sturdy and can handle a drop or two. Proof: http://is.gd/1byni

is it really worth it to get an iphone case, eg, to protect from dropping? I don't really want to make the phone any *bulkier* ..

when the disgusting snails come out, here's how I deal with them: GET SOME.. SALT! http://bit.ly/MtAJt

r @wilshipley Apple Stores have always been "lifestyle" stores. Like Styx once said: http://bit.ly/17pZij

via @timoreilly -- "speed matters" is not just lip service. http://bit.ly/DeDIK

Little known fact: our fourth stack overflow family site will be "seoseoseofarts.com". GET SOME!

Trust us - we're Certified Web 2.0 Social Media Guru Expert Maven Coaches. http://www.socialmediadouchebag.net/

so @migueldeicaza hates poor people. Good to know.. good to know..

ok what is with the logos that have .com in them (literally)? Maybe i'll use my shiny new 56k modem to get 50 free hours of AOL!!

r @jwynia agree, I "sidegraded" to 3 x Samsung 2343BWX because of the 2048x1152 res. I do lose 1" physical, but I gain logical pixels..

rt @psaffo ASCAP: that's not a ringtone - its a performance, so pay up! | http://tinyurl.com/mu7gno

"in our OpenGL ES testing, the 3GS is generally close to four times faster than the 3G" http://bit.ly/Q0n6F

rt @carnage4life explains the relationship between engineering and QA with a cupcake http://imgur.com/UGvFD.jpg

"We should learn to spend as much time looking for evidence that we are wrong as we spend looking for reasons we are correct."

does bustin' make you feel good? http://www.mobygames.com/game/apple2/ghostbusters/screenshots

rt @carnage4life Cool story about finding a lost iPhone with the "Find my iPhone" feature: http://happywaffle.livejournal.com/5890.html

r @nathanbowers it probably does, actually -- fex, Xbox Live has similar rate limiters on points card redemption. http://is.gd/19Cl8

World of Crashes - Team Fortress 2 Style (youtube) http://bit.ly/ILWSR

"Bret, the ladies go crazy for my sugar lumps." http://is.gd/1998p

r @wilshipley I actually don't have 3 30" monitors, I have 3 24". Anyway, I think I need slightly higher pixel density vs. more size..

r @longzheng I find my current 1920 x 1080 res problematic, because 1920 / 2 = 960, and that means I can't split web pages effectively.

is the LCD monitor market stalled at 30"? Strange that there don't appear to be any larger panel sizes appearing..

see @jarrod_dixon 's developer lair! now featuring autographed picture of Val Kilmer and a mini-Mola Ram!! http://is.gd/18AAr

thanks @tobiasgies for creating a proper demotivator for disapproval frog! http://is.gd/18AbE

disapproval frog finds you wholly unsatisfactory http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4322/disapprovalfrog.jpg

ZeFrank is such a smart guy, and this whole "I've gone to hollywood" thing is so profoundly *dumb*. I can't reconcile that.

well, at least itunes store is now drm-free on music, which was my main objection, really. That's the important thing, beyond format.

I agree that mp4 is more advanced than mp3, but mp3 vbr (what amazon mp3 uses btw) is equivalent in quality/filesize + works *everywhere*

so all song purchases from iTunes are aac? that sucks. need mp3 vbr for compatibility.

it will be a cold, cold day in hell before I ever allow in-text advertising on any site I'm associated with

"Worse than the dreams where something terrible happens to you are the ones in which you commit a horrendous act."

Loving kindle for iPhone but why no kindle for mac/pc laptops? Seems like a logical progression...

> 1 year later, still fascinated by radical honesty http://www.esquire.com/features/honesty0707

poolga.com has some amazingly beautiful iPhone/iPod backgrounds

people, people. have we learned nothing from Pauly Shore's BioDome? Walled gardens are all doomed. http://is.gd/17V6d

what is Edward Furlong doing these days? Brainscan trailer (1994) http://bit.ly/TbyvQ

r @omarshahine "Facebook .. sorta sucks" I fixed your tweet for you.

r @mattcutts Google's webmaster tools says robots.txt supports "regular expressions". http://is.gd/17MRJ I don't believe this is true..?

r @jzy "liver could not be transferred from this body because you are not authorized to use it on yours." DRM's a bitch, ain't it?

go home, IE6! http://www.flickr.com/photos/robotjohnny/3629069606/sizes/l/

3GS : 3G :: Pentium : 486 http://bit.ly/VkMHq

some of @spolsky 's mockups he gave us have some .. strange .. placeholder text .. the product of a clearly disturbed mind ..

there's an iPhone skeeball game called "10 balls, 7 cups"? I lol'ed. http://is.gd/16YUV

"foo could not be transferred from your iPhone because you are not authorized to play it on this computer." Oh DRM, I haven't missed you.

What's up with the graffiti on trash cans? Taggers, aim higher with your "art"!

ah, the guru meditation. http://bit.ly/KyWZw

can't. stop. buying. iphone. apps. But at these prices, why not?

best part of iPhone 3GS? Speed! 3.0 maturity! mobile safari! worst part? iTunes. gag.

For his epitaph he suggested, "I've finally stopped getting dumber." http://is.gd/16lhC

a four-figure income is much more achievable through blogging. Well, if you're really good.

"Blogging and Making Money. Want To Make A Six Figure Income, From Blogs. Work An Hour A Day." LIES!!!1! And I should know!

rt @jamesmarcusbach "Kids don't need you to be perfect, or even great. What they need from adults is the truth. Be REAL. Don't wear a mask."

LOLKILRATHI! http://bit.ly/NsZIa

first iPhone app I'm installing? babyshaker of course. then, every fart app. ALL OF THEM. If only iPhone had multitasking..

looks like my new iPhone 3GS arrives tomorrow as promised.. I guess I just take out the SIM from my existing AT&T smartphone and pop it in??

httponly cookie headers, x-frame-options header.. amazing how many things we *need* the browsers to fix in the core security models

ok, we can officially mark the completion of keyboard cat meme now. http://bit.ly/3esZoY

building servers up for http://superuser.com. OK, it's just an excuse to wear my sweet LED headlamp. But I make that thing *look good*

social software is made of people? Well, so is soylent green. That's all I'm saying.

Here's what 1000fps looks like. Wow. http://is.gd/15Fwl

"I forgot how much I like pickles!!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2HAroA12w

NoScript is the very definition of a "boil the sea" solution. It's toxic. Unless you love building whitelists for every site you visit.

when life gives you lemons, make a freakin' lemon cannon. http://is.gd/15eYw

rt @monowerker "escape by default in django was a fairly recent change, community persuaded core devs."

r @eschaton it's more like a brainstorming session. But you know how you're always supposed to say "yes, and"? More like "HELL NAW, and.."

dear "designers": crowdsourcing design should *not* be the same as an explosion at the clipart factory. I'm just sayin'.

when we're strolling with @rockhardawesome and I see another baby, for some reason I always think "BABY FIGHT!!!1!". My mind, it is broken.

burned myself soldering again. programmers shouldn't be soldering. this is almost as bad as that one time I had to write Perl code. Almost.

these WARP benchmarks are hilarious. Scroll to bottom. Intel "extreme" integrated graphics FTL. http://is.gd/14Wc2

stardock recommends switching to Windows 7 "as quickly as possible" http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/59187

you know what's awesome? cowboy first person shooter montages set to sad cowboy songs. http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/59186

instead of animals, each O'Reilly book should have a different type of scary woodcut clown illustration. ps this is why I'm not in marketing

rt @nathanbowers "modal [dialogs] are so bad that they can't even be used ironically."

c'mon guys, this is not new news. ALWAYS wait for the third version. That's when it gets good. #windows3.0lol

r @nathanbowers glad I waited for the 3gs. looks DRAMATICALLY faster (2x or more) per the video http://bit.ly/zBRif

so @chadpaulson just told me he took today off from work to play GhostBusters. Also, he's building an ECTO-1 for reals. True fan. RESPECT +1

I got to serenade my wife with Warrant's Cherry Pie vox tonight. I can now cross *that* off my bucket list. Thanks Guitar Hero: Smash Hits!

r @carnage4life what I've learned: I don't need to ever pay attention to anything with the word "opera" in it. Moving on.

Is it actually possible to even view my old-old twitter updates from 2006? I can't seem to do it from the web interface, at all.

r @wilshipley did you see that Run To The Hills (master) is now available for Rock Band 2? Buy it before WHITE MEN COME and TAKE IT AWAY!

logo design contest for superuser.com -- bigger and badder on crowdspring! http://is.gd/13h8L