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May 31, 2009
Writing and Chicken and Summer
  • 08:03 Seriously considering having a chicken sammich and potato salad for breakfast. It is summer, right? #
  • 17:52 Channel on Pandora.com of movie soundtracks (start with John Williams, toss in a little Elfman), makes for great writing background. #
  • 22:50 Best writing day in weeks. 2,531 words. Can I keep it up? Of course not, but it's fun to contemplate. Like winning a lottery. #

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Writing and Chicken and Summer
  • 08:03 Seriously considering having a chicken sammich and potato salad for breakfast. It is summer, right? #
  • 17:52 Channel on Pandora.com of movie soundtracks (start with John Williams, toss in a little Elfman), makes for great writing background. #
  • 22:50 Best writing day in weeks. 2,531 words. Can I keep it up? Of course not, but it's fun to contemplate. Like winning a lottery. #

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May 30, 2009
IthacaFest
  • 14:36 Another IthacaFest with no desire to buy anything... Except food. #

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May 29, 2009
Smokey and the Sitcom
  • 10:23 The power of @neilhimself & the 1st Amendment in funny books: @cbldf goes from 100 to 2,000 Twitter followers in less than 24 hours. Awesome #
  • 10:26 I'm proud to say, I was @cbldf follower number 3. #
  • 11:19 Smokey from LOST gets own series. is.gd/J7dr "...classic catchphrase, 'Brrrrr, chk-chk-chk-chk, muuuuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrhhh,'" #
  • 12:43 There be sunshine at the off-leash dog park. But no dogs. Except mine. #
  • 14:55 Phil Spector gets jail time. 19 years minimum. And that's just for the hair (according to @cnnbrk) #
  • 15:43 Just bought a Mod. 45 Automatic Knife. #spymaster bit.ly/playspy #
  • 16:47 Tonite: UP! in 3D at 7PM with nephews. Feel-good hit of the summer... until next week when the Sleestak porno scene hits the big screen. #fb #

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May 28, 2009
Lincoln Logs
  • 09:33 How to tell i'm a proud canine parent: I praised Kylie up and down this morning for taking a crap that stacked up like perfect Lincoln Logs. #
  • 11:25 I just found out there is Sleestak sex in the new Land of the Lost film. Wow. Just... wow. #
  • 16:31 Hulu Desktop is here www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop... or as I call it, another excuse to watch pilot for GLEE. #
  • 16:36 How is this is anyway better than the browser? Hulu Desktop throws in all the worst things about Windows Media Center. Meh. #

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May 27, 2009
Work at PCMag
  • 17:24 RT @dancosta: PCMag.com needs a Software Reviews Editor w/knwldge of Web 2.0, Lifehacking, SMB Networking & speling. bit.ly/rJQZA #
  • 23:28 RT @quixhobbit: Apparently Yon is some kinda fabulous place, because I keep rushing there from Hither. #

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May 26, 2009
Fake Brain Vacation
  • 08:57 woke this morning and for a few seconds had no idea where I was. It felt nice. Tricked my brain into thinking i was on vacation. #
  • 09:19 RT @DanAmrich: I would think everyone currently married would #rejectprop8 just so they could share in the misery. :P #
  • 09:47 A bird in the hand soon leads to bird crap in the hand. #incorrectproverbs #
  • 10:00 RT @PCMag: How do you know which Wi-Fi router is right for you? Here's some help: is.gd/EVNb #
  • 10:07 Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his stiletto-heels. #incorrectproverbs #
  • 13:45 RT @TheAuthorGuy: Calfornia Supreme Court upholds Gay Marriage ban: Same Sex couple resolve to resent each other without a cake. #

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May 25, 2009
Wonderboy
  • 22:36 You know what would be great? How about the power to kill a yak from 200 yards away...with MIND BULLETS? #fb #
  • 23:00 Came home to wet kitchen floor, wet counter, wet... cupboards? Yes, people upstairs had dishwasher flood. Upside: met wildly hot neighbor. #
  • 23:10 I ingested more red meat and booze this weekend than an entire convention of alcoholic butchers could put away. Also: bday cake & s'mores. #

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May 23, 2009
RIP Tigger
  • 09:49 you know what's kinda awesome? Saturday morning Skype video-chat with my dad. #
  • 20:54 The most wonderful thing about Tiggers? That he WAS the only one. Tiggers (Bouncera tiggris): 1928-2009. #

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May 22, 2009
Google Bought Montana?
  • 08:54 A cornucopia of germ free tech: is.gd/ClFf Who doesn't want a UV light with them at all times to highlight life's creeping crud? #fb #
  • 09:09 Welcome to the electronic age: apartment management just stuck a paper flyer on my door to inform me they now have a Facebook page. #fb #
  • 11:10 Sent SMS texts through Google Voice this morning; replies CCed to phone all come from Montana area code. Did Google buy the state? #
  • 13:42 PCMag After Hours is live and I'm a guest this week (is.gd/CphH via the worst phone recording ever. I blame technology. #fb #
  • 13:59 Transferring 7,836 files to my 60GB iPod after nuking it (after nuking hard drive and restoring iTunes). An action packed activity. #
  • 14:33 Total number of points I have in American Red Cross's soon to be killed "Points for Pints" program: 666. I am Satan's blood donor. #

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May 21, 2009
Freedom of Icky Speech
  • 09:16 Finally, Twitter finds a way to be useful to those obsessed with their kilowatt usage is.gd/C0XP #
  • 11:34 RT @feralsapient: Outstanding piece by Neil Gaiman @neilhimself on freedom of icky speech. A must read. bit.ly/12WQKV #
  • 12:00 No Apple iPad until 2010?? is.gd/C3ZC Dammit Apple. You don't really want my money, do you? (I don't expect to have any by 2010.) #
  • 13:07 Utter geek moment of the day: I knew the crew of the USS Kelvin should not know what Romulans were... is.gd/C5az #

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May 20, 2009
The Devil Sez...
  • 00:40 The devil sez: "Corporations are a way to enact sociopathic behavior on a grand scale...they're what make this country so damn great." #
  • 10:50 Laptop Hunters: Jennie. is.gd/z91M Much more realistic than Microsoft's ad. #
  • 17:47 I may just finish this story for work tonight. Sweet. Then I'll only be 1,500 posts behind in Google Reader. RSS Bankruptcy, coming up. #

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May 19, 2009
Gopher Needs a Sandwich
  • 12:51 Drove by what I thought was the fattest squirrel in the county... turns out it was instead the most emaciated woodchuck in town. #fb #
  • 18:22 RT @themediaisdying: Microsoft mag for IT pros, TechNet, loses most of staff because of company cut backs…tiny.cc/FLzDb #

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May 18, 2009
Wolfram Hart Alpha
  • 09:13 Sarah Connor Chronicles is officially dead. Chuck will be back but truncated in # of eps and budget. Dollhouse also back, but costs less. #
  • 09:29 Wolfram Alpha was just taken over. By a vampire... with a soul. #
  • 09:40 If you can have attorneys general and courts martial, why not hairs cut? #
  • 16:24 RT @nat_schumaker: My first post for PC Mag bit.ly/sxy1P #
  • 19:58 I've been sitting here since 5 writing about Windows utilities. However, that's more than I got done before 5 today. #

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May 17, 2009
AGP? Uh, No. Not AGP.
  • 10:38 why does my fancy-ass Quad-core computer only have AGP graphic slot? Why does AGP card cost over $100? it better have dual-outputs. #
  • 11:37 oh, it's NOT AGP? That's what I got for not knowing a slot when I see it & trusting random crap found on Google. Wolfram Alpha, here I come! #

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May 16, 2009
No Hail
  • 15:37 Apartment life of modern bachelor on a diet: just used my stove top for the first time ever. #
  • 16:08 15 minutes until nickel-sized hail! #
  • 17:00 No hail. Whatta rip off. Suck it, Weather Service. You've made me cry for the last time with your lies! #
  • 19:45 Forsooth! The Odinson is cast! Just don't call his kid "Tiberius." is.gd/Aw0r #

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May 15, 2009
Skippy Natural Lives in the Shadow of the Statue
  • 09:25 Finally reading all the Lost commentary spoilers. For those who still haven't seen it... can't believe Kate turned out to be a dude! #
  • 09:31 Video on "How to Use Twitter" is.gd/A8Kp Good tutorial, but it claims "you have potential to reach millions." If your name is Ashton. #
  • 10:29 This is hard for me to say as a lifelong lover of crunchy... but Skippy Natural Creamy? Holy crap. I would marry this peanut butter. #
  • 11:01 RT @CBLDF: Don't forget: New auctions tonight at 6pm PDT! www.cbldf.org/ebay #
  • 11:12 Going to be on KFBK-AM's (Sacramento, CA) Morning Show in about 10 minutes... unless it's recorded. Then, who knows when? #
  • 11:13 Topic is: Tech rules for job seekers. Meaning, 'how not to embarrass yourself with stupid email gaffes.' #
  • 14:21 Apparently today is "hook my family up to Skype for camera phone fun" day. #
  • 15:40 I can't believe Pepsi actually branded its newly re-sugared products "Throwback." Sound like soft drinks for vomiting atavists. #fb #

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May 14, 2009
Green Sleep
  • 10:08 I will no longer refer to what I'm doing as 'sleeping too much.' It will forthwith be called "reducing my carbon footprint.' #fb #
  • 11:22 i'm still using up blue envelopes I bought in college for sending out résumés. Yes, kids, résumés used to be printed. On paper. #
  • 13:34 Work? But this stuff isn't going to procrastinate itself, people... #
  • 14:56 Anyone wanna buy a kick-ass 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath Colonial on 1.7 acres outside of Ithaca? Now Super-Affordable! is.gd/rc8G #fb #
  • 16:46 12seconds - breaking out tiny12.tv/W83QG #

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May 13, 2009
GRRM is not your bitch

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May 12, 2009
Banjo Cedar, Porn Star of the Ozarks
  • 08:46 Amazon just sent me a suggestion to buy a book I bought from the site on Sunday, which it shipped out yesterday. Must be a really good book! #
  • 10:21 the #twitterpornnames bit may be scam to get you to reveal answers to security questions (name your first pet, name street you grew up on) #
  • 10:23 I suggest you use your SECOND pet and one street over. So mine will be "Whiskers Pine." #
  • 10:24 I would also accept "Banjo Cedar" but it doesn't sound very porny. #
  • 14:53 Star Trek on IMAX isn't really in IMAX format. Scandal? is.gd/z3NT Probably not. But how many more new films won't really be IMAX? #
  • 16:53 RT @saschasegan: New PCMag Radio is up: bit.ly/tewiS [Wherein I am mentioned by name for my trivial-ness.] #
  • 16:58 RT @anthonyha: Every sentence in Anthony Lane's review of Star Trek is pure gold. bit.ly/QhaMJ #

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May 11, 2009
Back from Iraq
  • 11:34 I'm glad my friend Bill is back with his family and not still in Iraq, especially when this kinda crazy starts up. is.gd/ySbh #
  • 11:56 I'd buy more books for Kindle on iPhone, but I share most with my parents. Buying new hardcovers is cheaper than getting them iPod touch. #

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Lab on Watch

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May 10, 2009
Gulag Paper
  • 22:28 observation: quality of motherhood is not reflected in the toilet paper purchased. Some great moms buy ass tissue not fit for a gulag. #

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May 09, 2009
Plotting and Pushing
  • 02:07 after 2am. I am untired. Tho theoretically, if I laid down, I might pass out. Should experiment with this. #
  • 20:30 Plotting things my characters will no doubt ignore. Stupid characters. #
  • 22:58 Pushing Daisies, you will be missed. Especially Emerson Cod: "Oh look at that. A dumb idea just found a friend." #

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May 08, 2009
Trek 2: Mudd's Revenge
  • 10:21 The rumors begin: Star Trek 2 will feature combined retelling of Mudd's Women and I, Mudd! Probably with some Borg. #
  • 15:36 squirrels, why do you insist on using the screen door to my patio as your personal climbing wall? There's a tree 10 feet away. #

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May 07, 2009
No Duke or Hulu Lovin'
  • 09:18 There will never be a Duke Nukem Forever? Ever? Never? Bummer. #
  • 10:10 Duke not dead... just the developer. Here's to playing Duke Nukem 4Evar by 2026! #
  • 12:29 I wasn't a very happy camper before. Now I'm less so after I hit a cat at 45MPH with my van, as he tried to streak across the road. #
  • 12:31 He was obviously a pet, as I saw a red collar for the split second he was visible. After I stopped to find him...I couldn't. He disappeared. #
  • 12:32 I searched every ditch and a few close by yards. Heard nothing, saw nothing. That almost makes it worse. #
  • 13:03 Verizon MiFi sounds great, albeit expensive. So... why can't the iPhone do this? (Outside of AT&T 3G not being as fast, that is.) #
  • 14:46 RT @dcorsetto: Oh my god, I'm having those hilarious wet farts that make you nervously run to the bathroom every time. #sogladIworkfromhome #
  • 14:51 AT&T, I would gladly pay you less for your iPhone service. It's worth not paying for at all sometimes! is.gd/xy3Y #
  • 14:54 Guess what's back? Wainy Days! is.gd/xy3Y "What can I get you idiots?" #
  • 15:40 Hulu now blocking out of country viewers who used the Hotspot Shield VPN. I understand the need, but it comes off as controlling & douchey. #
  • 17:12 Hulu, maybe all is forgiven! is.gd/xzNI This explains the sudden blocking of proxy IPs. Not blocking until now seems...less douchey. #
  • 17:13 Of course, I just really like calling corporations "douchey." Apple's next if they don't deliver an iPad this summer. Just cuz. #
  • 21:53 Speaking even as decades-long Trekkie, once obsessed with continuity and canon... the new Star Trek? Virtually FLAWLESS. #

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May 06, 2009
Distraction
  • 08:44 RT @VictorMilan: Instruction Manuals for the USS Enterprise is.gd/wUQX Hilarious! #
  • 13:48 Productivity, today you are my bitch. Unless I get distrac--OH, SHINY! #

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Hot Stuff
  • 09:52 Ithaca NY: everyone wants to live here, move here, buy here. is.gd/wUzk I'm doing it wrong. #
  • 10:49 why is computer/software not smart enough to know that it should NOT restart during a 2.36GB download in progress? Stop. Asking. Me. #
  • 11:37 I install a lot of operating systems that I never use. Character flaw, or job security? #
  • 11:39 Dom DeLuise dead at 75. Bums me out. Why is HOT STUFF not on DVD?? is.gd/wWml (All four leads of the film have passed...) #
  • 13:23 Hey @pcmag that's an awesome looking studio! (PCMag Radio live > ustre.am/2EGU) #
  • 13:24 Hey @pcmag i'm waving back. srsly (PCMag Radio live > ustre.am/2EGU) #
  • 15:38 The Onion shuts down print offices in CA. Not surprising -- i've only ever seen one print issue in 10 years -- but noteworthy. #
  • 15:39 Then again, is it? Onion is so strong online. Who but select few that won't take the laptop/phone/Kindle to the toilet will miss the print? #
  • 21:33 RT @CoyoteWild: Tor.com "Last Son of Tomorrow" by Greg Van Eekhout ow.ly/5j9m Good story. Worth Reading. Yum. [Agreed. 'Tis Awesome.] #

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May 05, 2009
Kylie met Kiely

  • 00:25 On Sunday night, Kylie met Kiely. Neither appeared traumatized in the end. And they both snore. #fb #

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May 04, 2009
Doors 1.0
  • 20:19 Saturday, after almost 17 years experience with only windows, I built a door. Okay, I helped. #

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Evil Cell Phone in Microwave

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May 02, 2009
Nephews by Height

The shorter guy here is 13 months older than his brother...

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May 01, 2009
Nerd Humor
  • 13:53 The talking dog in Pixar's UP is named DUG. (No "O".) I love that. is.gd/vVcU #
  • 14:18 RT @bheater: Hey friends, @kmonson and I started a new podcast! Nerd humor abounds! bit.ly/AlsnI #
  • 17:30 RT @chloegibbs: "my mouth tastes like poor choices" - www.textsfromlastnight.com/ [this is better than FMyLife.com!] #
  • 21:13 plot breakthru! make the dead guy into a living guy, and somehow, it works! who knew? #

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