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   also, being in a building with large numbers of the type of journalist I argue there should be many more of is inspiring #nicar #win
   [10 hours, 40 minutes ago, faved by 1] [at twitter]

    
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   @iamdanw it's a whole new box of tools for us to FAIL with.
   [2 days, 1 hour ago, faved by 1] [at twitter]

    
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   @iamdanw "can I pay with the wavey thingy" seems to work here just fine.
   [2 days, 4 hours ago, faved by 1] [at twitter]

    
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   just released microtron 0.13, with support for #hnews and #relprinciples. #microformats http://bit.ly/c9pRPI
   [6 days, 18 hours ago, faved by 1] [at twitter]

    
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   8-fold increase traffic for 1 day in a few hours for @twitfave; all of it directed toward a single year old tweet calling someone gay. Weird
   [1 week, 1 day ago, faved by 1] [at twitter]

    
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   "this type of file can damage your computer. Are you sure you want to download Silverlight.dmg?"
   [1 week, 1 day ago, faved by 1] [at twitter]

    
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   love it when I get "regular customer" recognition, but worried when that comes at a fast food place
   [1 week, 3 days ago, faved by 1] [at twitter]

    
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   stupid blog comment is stupid.
   [1 week, 4 days ago, faved by 1] [at twitter]

    
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   it's funny how "web people" seem to travel to talk to other "web people" more than anyone else I know.
   [2 weeks, 1 day ago, faved by 1] [at twitter]

    
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    consider http://www.r-project.org/ as another interesting way to learn programming for journalists. #wjchat
    [3 weeks, 1 day ago, faved by 2] [at twitter]

     
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    surprisingly, my health "insurance" has denied my first couple of claims. #americafuckyeah
    [3 weeks, 3 days ago, faved by 1] [at twitter]

     
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    question: those of you who advocate putting web application enviroment configs in version control, does that include database etc passwords?
    [3 weeks, 5 days ago, faved by 1] [at twitter]

     
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    here, use my meat stylus: http://bit.ly/d2i4zb (thanks @greatdismal, @pinktentacle)
    [4 weeks, 1 day ago, faved by 1] [at twitter]

     
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    @longcreative well, the @devfu guys normally drink some. You're free to bring your own, too.
    [4 weeks, 1 day ago, faved by 1] [at twitter]

     
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    "Use Google's jsmin.py so that Node can be used for evil" is one of the best commit messages I've seen in a while. http://bit.ly/dkTEbc
    [1 month ago, faved by 1] [at twitter]

     
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    having a #cultureshock moment, remembering my values don't match that of this place. Emphasised by "I LOVE GITMO" bumper sticker on way home
    [1 month ago, faved by 1] [at twitter]

     
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    quite like the echofon client for the mac. It looks spartan, and then you use it and it isn't, almost like textmate. http://echofon.com/
    [1 month ago, faved by 3] [at twitter]

     
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    "80% of toyotas are still on the road..." the jokes write themselves.
    [1 month ago, faved by 1] [at twitter]

     
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    the flexibility in rubys metaprogramming is something that seems like I'd love to use it, but hate it when someone else did.
    [1 month ago, faved by 1] [at twitter]

     
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    never heard monkey-patching referred to as "duck punching" before. I think I prefer it !
    [1 month ago, faved by 1] [at twitter]

     
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