Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 08:20 The Walrus was John. The Hippo was Paul. cds045.da1.hwcdn.net/g5a9r2d3/cds/media/2ca/f5cec96e878f5/view.jpg #
• 11:47 I think I'm too old to die young. #
• 13:43 The trip from Clark St to Wall St on the 2 is precisely long enough to initiate feelings of claustrophobia in the susceptible. HI! #
• 14:44 Just saw my first 3DHDTV. Remind me again why this technology is in any way relevant? #
• 16:42 DAMN! I lost my copy of Stephen King's "On Writing". Musta left it on the G train. #
• 16:51 A troubled rich man doesn't know whether to commit suicide or keep working. Can you help? bit.ly/9CF6uv #
• 17:15 Breathe! Breathe! now PUSH! RT @madfoot: Ow ow ow ow ow ow OW. #
• 20:06 Order more business cards now #
• 23:21 BEST B-MOVIE EVER: Gun Crazy! #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 05:00 The Batman of Alcatraz #movieswithbatman #
• 10:14 You have allies. Find them. #
• 11:17 Thank you, but I think I would make the world's ugliest drag queen. #
• 13:19 I'm Through Being Cool. Actually, it can be argued that I never started. #
• 13:33 Apparently, this machine says I write like Isaac Asimov iwl.me/s/726f1bdc #
• 15:54 If this is true, discussions with USArmy mental health professionals are not confidential. www.ep.tc/problems/38/cvr.html #
• 22:13 11 minutes into "Covert Affairs" on USA. It's been sucking for 10. #
• 22:25 Covert Affairs = "Gray's Anatomy" in the CIA #

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• 09:41 Harris-Moore, Harris-Moore, flying through the night, Harris-Moore, Harris-Moore, Bahamas in his sight.... #
• 10:37 What if Twitter were some massive Turing test? Would you pass? #
• 13:14 I have every intention of hiding under my desk for the rest of the day. #
• 14:17 Note to self: always turn _away_ from the fan before sneezing. #
• 16:40 Check out my @cafepress shop! www.cafepress.com/wevegotdata wevegotdata #

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• 08:55 Better looking too, if you go for under-eye circles. RT @DerrenBrown: Night Owls Are Smarter Than Other People bit.ly/cR9p1l #
• 14:06 Hundreds of 000s of Europeans, in the same color shirt, jammed into city squares -- it would be frightening if they weren't face-painted. #
• 15:29 After a month of #worldcup action, this soccer newbie finds himself shouting "Schweinsteiger!" at exciting moments. #
• 15:31 Favorite part of any #worldcup match: the "I'M DYING!" routine every player makes when he goes down. #soccernewbie #
• 15:42 In what language do #ned or #esp players curse out the #eng ref? #worldcup #
• 15:49 RT @warrenellis: oh god would one of you just kick the fucking ball at a fucking goal I don't even care if it's your own fucking goal #
• 16:03 Universal #WorldCup Gesture: bit.ly/cg3hVr #
• 16:53 Am I just projecting my own feelings, or is there now a strong sense of "Let's get this shit over with" on everyone's part? #worldcup #
• 16:55 RT @tigoe: Looks like the English found a way to win the #worldcup #
• 17:08 As a New Yorker, I have legitimate reasons to support both/either #ned and #esp. I'm just glad it's over. #worldcup #
• 17:37 I trust that #FIFA has pre-emptively banned the Vuvuzela (Afrikaans, "Satan's trumpet") from all further matches. #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 04:24 giant noisy car or truck roaring down the street woke me up at around 4 AM. that never happens. this was *loud*. #
• 09:46 Serious Q: as a Christian, when you hear about someone being killed or hurt in police custody, do you ever think "That could have been me"? #
• 19:15 Winnebago Man at Landmark Sunshine NYC. Surprisingly touching film about an internet curmudgeon. #
• 19:56 How could this horse be worth a million dollars? www.milliondollarhorse.com/ #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 13:38 No. RT: @ejgertz: Wondering if anyone realizes just how dimwitted they sound when they use "#Obamacare" in a sentence. #
• 13:41 Well, you're your own boss. RT: @mat: How much do professional anarchists get paid? It seems like a fun career #
• 13:57 #FF @ejgertz, @fsquared, @eldre17, @madfoot, @emmaspan, @rachelswaby, @ninapaley, @docbrite, @racheline_m, @faraichideya #
• 14:01 #FF @smithhurd, @peephole, @janelleb, @lilyburana, @lynncorinne, @tinadupuy, @dcgrrl, @waterslicer, @jopearl, @jennydeluxe, @lisaiannucci #
• 14:03 #FF @aprilwinchell, @sarahrich, @franceMercantiA, @embeedub, @lemay #
• 15:16 New? This was me in the 1990s! RT: @brendankoerner @jackshafer: Bogus drug trend from CNN:"Robotripping." No evidence. bit.ly/cOKTs3 #
• 19:27 I would always hate to be Clarence Thomas, but I'd especially hate to be him now: bit.ly/9Vbh5W #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 08:50 Try watching the attack scene in Star Wars. RT: @stephenfry: Working on a screenplay at the mome. Signally lacking in inspiration. #
• 09:16 Guess: GOP stops unemployment benefits until autumn-ish. Many people sign up; making huge spike to unemployment nums just before election. #
• 15:47 When I was a kid I actually thought the name of the house was "Stately Wayne Manor". #
• 19:26 First time its been cool enough to walk into the Slope since Sunday. Total of three miles. #
• 19:41 Officer #Mehserle, which part was involuntary pulling out the gun or squeezing the trigger? #mehserle #
• 19:45 Officer #Mehserle, which part of the manslaughter was involuntary; pulling out the gun or squeezing the trigger? #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 08:44 Blood Popsicles to keep carnivores cool in the heat! Genius! bit.ly/dcfvHq #
• 09:04 NPR head sticks up for the intelligence of the American public, gets booed. RT @alexismadrigal: linkyy.com/Sd #
• 10:07 Sometimes? RT @DougCoupland: Sometimes it just feels really really wonderful to be alive. #
• 10:49 Con Ed reduces voltage to Vinegar, Boerum and Cobble Hills, Ft Greene, Bk Hts, DT Brooklyn, Red Hook, Carroll Gdns, bit.ly/cBs4Ve #
• 10:51 Are my eyes burning because of the excess ozone, or because I know they should bu rn because of the excess ozone? #
• 10:54 Isn't the past tense of forecast "forecast", and not "forecasted"? #
• 13:12 Devo - Fresh [Official Music Video] youtu.be/yyGpBRALBNc #
• 14:51 Is #ger even in this game? #worldcup #
• 19:20 Whats better to watch during a heat wave: "The Day After Tomorrow" (runaway ice age) or "The Day The Earth Caught Fire" (runaway heat wave)? #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 09:19 Top level athletes have a way of closing off lines of thought not to their advantage that makes me insane with envy. #
• 10:04 Cover foamcore in aluminum foil shiny side out, and stick it up in the windowframe. We had a 6 degree drop in temperature in 45 minutes! #
• 10:47 Conservative cognitive dissonance, AF : www.salon.com/entertainment/comics/this_modern_world/2010/07/06/this_modern_world/index.html #
• 11:52 NYC forecast to use 13.5 gigawatts of electrical power today. nyti.ms/dcgjrb #
• 12:45 NYC 102 degrees at 12:30! #hottownsummerinthecity twitpic.com/22yxez #
• 14:44 Linux box digitizes cable signal, saves it as ASF file on the networked hard drive, I watch ASF file on netbook in airconditioned bedroom. #
• 15:05 best use of the term "pantomime villains" EVER #worldcup #
• 16:50 ...its the hottest temperature in NYC since just before 9/11... #
• 21:43 Con Ed just called, asked us to power down. Time to read books. #
• 21:46 power fluctuating. next block over lost power. shutting down. #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 11:36 I used to hate hate hate hate "All That Jazz". It's gotten better in the past 30 years. #
• 12:39 So many of my friends are taking the train to and from their July 4 weekend. Thank you! #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 15:59 Lenin, Mao, Castro, et al led revolution, then made themselves dictator. Washington et al led revolution, then went home. #
• 22:13 WTF happened to Wikipedia? Are all my settings off, or does it really look different? #
• 23:10 Hellooooooo #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 10:11 Are any #arg players the descendants of escaped WWII-era #ger s? #worldcup #
• 20:04 I. Ate. Too. Many. Meatballs. #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 07:27 I hate when I have this dream, even without the Korean subtitles: youtu.be/Z4TOMHkBtRg #
• 09:56 I don't care if it rains or freezes, long as I got my Tea Party Jesus: teapartyjesus.tumblr.com/ #
• 10:14 #ned are really playing up the whole "William of Orange" thing, aren't they. #worldcup #
• 10:19 #Futurama was more than a bit cruel to Susan Boyle, though. #
• 10:34 spending the morning googling the foreign brands that appear on the animated wall #worldcup #
• 10:40 What is the official language for cursing out the ref? #worldcup #
• 11:07 Has a goalkeeper ever scored a goal from across the field? Some of these kicks travel almost to the opposing net. #worldcup #
• 23:50 Was the Cowardly Lion the first "Friend of Dorothy"? #
• 23:52 Who was Glinda's doppelganger in Kansas? #
• 00:24 Wicked Witch was killed in Oz and Miss Gulch doesn't re-appear when Dorothy returns to Kansas. Was she killed in the tornado? #
• 00:41 They're remaking "Arthur". Saving grace: Helen Mirren as wisecracking servant. bit.ly/9LYi7r #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 09:21 Time Warner Cable Brooklyn: They took away Fox Movie Channel!!!! NOoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! #
• 09:49 The new Cuban teen heartthrob: Elian Gonzalez bit.ly/a9D2xH #
• 13:29 Dear Jesus, there is a woman on 9th Ave photographing dog poop with her phone. Please call her home. kthxbye! #
• 16:10 No one believed me when I said the subway used to carry freight!! RT @NYCTSubwayScoop: The subway once carried freight in Bklyn... #
• 16:12 Bless you!!!! RT @charliejane: i checked with the BBC and there's no truth to the Johnny Depp/Doctor Who rumor bit.ly/aNGFoI #
• 18:15 Never count on something you don't control. RT @erikmal: Frustrating -- counting on embedding a video, and it says "Embedding disabled." #
• 18:16 What would you do if you had them back? RT @DougCoupland: suddenly sucked into a YouTube baby animal warp. Fifteen minutes gone forever. #
• 22:19 TONIGHT'S FUTURAMA IS BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #
• 23:17 Olivia Munn on the Daily Show: FAIL #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 09:39 Instead of calling it "dreaming", think of it as "all night hallucination partying". #
• 09:44 Space Shuttle Simulator kills 6 in China RT: @BreakingNews: bit.ly/aVyRE2 #
• 10:33 Even when thinking w/the little head? RT @rameshgandhi: Humans: only creatures whose sexual desire reside in the brain not the sex organs. #
• 11:13 Read this before you get married: bit.ly/d0TMQo #
• 12:34 RT @TheOnion: Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be onion.com/9fFoAD #
• 12:59 Just to be sure -- the cat doesn't have bionic legs by any reasonable definition of the word bionic. bit.ly/dmz3Fx #
• 14:44 When I see polenta on ritzy restaurant menus, I remember my grandmother saying they left Italy so they could stop eating that peasant food. #
• 17:07 I need to become expert in spherical trigonometry in the next 30 minutes. Anyone have the brain peptides to spare? #
• 17:16 Re:Spherical Trig Help - false alarm. I realized I could eliminate one dimension, flatten it out, and treat it like 2D trig. #
• 22:30 For every ton of oil, 1/2 ton of methan e is released from #oilspill bit.ly/bQu4pq #
• 22:38 One bbl of #oil is 42 gallons. At .95 specific gravity of water, 1 bbl weighs ~320 lbs. bit.ly/bQu4pq #
• 22:39 If #deepwaterhorizon #oilspill has released 7 million barrels of oil, that's 2.2 billion pounds of oil, and 1.1 billion pounds of methane. #
• 23:07 Methane has 21x the greenhouse gas effect of CO2. So the #oilspill has released the equivalent of 24 billion lbs of CO2. #
• 23:09 If one car emits 11 tons of CO2 per year, the #oilspill's 24 billion lbs in 70 days is like 5 million extra cars on the road. #
• 23:10 (((((8 * .95) * 42) * 7 200 000 * .5 * 21) / 2 000) / 11) * 5 = 5 484 436.36 #
• 01:07 For every tweeter? Or just extroverts? RT: @nxthompson: @penenberg Tweeting releases oxytocin, which makes us kind. bit.ly/ah8gia #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 13:43 Wearing fake bling correlates with other types of dishonest behavior. ORLY? www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/gino%20norton%20ariely.pdf #
• 18:54 Foursquare's entire business plan is a privacy hole. RT: @mat: Massive @Foursquare privacy hole, reported by @wired: j.mp/dr40aJ #
• 20:54 "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" on TCM is so dated it might as well be about another planet. #
• 23:22 Watching Helen Mirren on Daily Show. I hope I look that good at 64. #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 10:04 I love Flintstones vitamins. They're like SweetTarts that are good for you. #
• 13:01 The toothpaste has melted into minty fluoridated astroglide; the Vaseline flows like a runny nose. #HOT #
• 13:21 Q: How to represent female astronauts, pictograph style? Spacesuits don't have skirts or busts. #
• 17:33 Rainclouds promise relief but don't deliver, just like Catholic schoolgirls. #
• 17:47 I'd buy one. RT: @pomeranian99: A b&W printer, priced with a profitable margin, with cheap cartridges easily available. Doesn't exist, eh? #
• 18:59 MacUsers: who wants to test a tiny one-function app I'm prototyping? Must be famliliar with Terminal and chmod. #
• 19:01 Park Slopians from Pacific to 23rd, from 5th ave to PPW: Turn off non essential devices: bit.ly/bdO42i #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 09:54 I slept with my mouth open and now I have no voice. #
• 10:19 So #eng is all red, #ger is b&w, but the goalies are yellow and green. Are they independent contractors? #worldcup #
• 10:58 #eng England #ger Germany a grudge match since 1966? What about the destruction of Coventry? Or Ypres? #worldcup #fifa #
• 11:08 I miss the old Buckminster Fuller footballs #worldcup #fifa #
• 11:25 Would it be a faux pas to use the term blitzkrieg now? #worldcup #
• 11:33 Now the #ger team is just playing "keep-away". #
• 11:36 What ever happened to "We shall fight them in the fields," #eng? #worldcup #
• 11:47 Well, at least the goalkeeper for #eng England can go back to living with Curious George. #worldcup #
• 12:11 Must get my sweat glands inured to the heat. #
• 14:32 Who is the British #WorldCup commenter for ESPN/ABC? He sounds remarkably like Steve Coogan / Alan Partridge. #
• 15:04 Suggestion to all #worldcup teams: do not dress your goalkeeper in canary yellow. #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 11:34 Hanging indoors on this fine day, getting the windows done. #
• 11:50 As I age, I find myself growing more intolerant of the little things like lactose. #
• 17:31 #gha vs #uru ? This is the strangest game of Risk ever! #
• 02:24 WHY do I know the lyrics to Ewok Celebration? "Yub nub, ee chop yub nub..." #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 10:41 #peopletoavoid The guy who says "Go ahead. I can't see how it can get any worse." Dude, it can always get worse. #
• 11:32 #ff Ro/Bot Edition: @MarsRovers @MarsScienceLab @CassiniSaturn @SergeGreystone @twisst @towerbridge @lowflyingrocks @sfearthquakes #
• 11:38 #ff Ro/Bot edition (cont'd) @esamarswebcam #
• 13:52 O cooling rain. Please come to Brooklyn, we beseech thee. #
• 23:30 #irrelevant People who pontificate that this or that is "relevant". #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 11:14 Beats humans? I kicked its shiny metal ass! RT: @pomeranian99: Meet Watson, a computer that beats humans at Jeopardy: nyti.ms/b2YWtC #
• 13:59 "glut-" means glue-like (glutin), eating (glutton) or buttocks (gluteus). A sticky ass swallower is a gluteal gluteus glutton. #
• 14:01 Could you tell by my last tweet that I'm researching monosodium glutamate? #
• 14:14 Obama: now that Medvedev has a twitter account, we can throw away those red phones. #
• 16:16 Summer 2010 idea: All Wired writers run for congress on a technocratic, decentralized, DIY, resilient community platform. #
• 16:44 Watching the severe thunderstorm from Binghamton barrel in towards Brooklyn: bit.ly/doA9sA #

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• 02:41 Excellent! Thank you! RT @yuweiquan: @justpat ymca? #
• 10:57 My review of the #Gernsback classic #sf story "Ralph 124C41+". #scifi bit.ly/av65S3 #
• 11:51 And now the ritual smothering of the man who made the goal. This tradition goes back to ancient Greece, where the victor was sacrificed. #
• 11:56 Poor Audrey Tautou! #
• 12:27 The Man With No Name From Frito-Lay -- which sounds like the title of a Spaghetti Western -- is incommunicado. #
• 12:30 Same here, with @ejgertz ! RT:@alexismadrigal: Pretty sur e it will take all day to recover...from watching @sarahrich get so into the game. #
• 13:56 Is Michael Hastings, the author of the #RollingStone piece, still in #Afghanistan? Is he keeping clear of #TeamAmerica ? #
• 14:05 When #Obama walked away from the microphone, you could hear his balls clank. #petraeus #mcchrystal #
• 14:23 I hate hate hate hate hate getting scooped on a story. Especially when it is 100% my fault. bit.ly/a2yO3m #
• 15:52 RT: @stevesilberman: Ha! Chimp discovers hidden camera,via @sciencepunk bit.ly/cgKdKr #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 09:57 The Artist Formerly Known As The Artist Formerly Known As Prince, jamming w/ Larry Graham @ BB King's,6/16/2010 youtu.be/XxnmmhQlGoY! #
• 10:22 My @PopSci feature on carbon neutral communities brings out the skeptics! #co2 #green #energy bit.ly/cJz290 #
• 12:11 Marjorie Ingall: "universally acknowledged that a parent in possession of a Flip camcorder must be in want of a blog." bit.ly/duT4ox #
• 12:45 Where is this? RT: @thegizwiz: Mini NYC Consumer Electronics Show opens 2day. 70+ exhibitors showing trade & press new gadgets. #
• 20:28 Ketchup beer? RT:@brendankoerner: curious about this beer: Very heavy oregano type smell with a slight hint of tomatoes: bit.ly/Wgrz5 #
• 20:31 Torrential rain in Brooklyn making the heat wetter #
• 20:31 AMEN TO THAT! RT: @jetjocko: @erikmal @jaketapper Whew. Never. Cross. The Fact-checker. #
• 20:35 Hope fact checkers say the same of me: "Everything was backed up. He had all his research, all his notes." bit.ly/b0g9cd #
• 01:13 "Lola", "Respect", "Saturday Night", "Gloria" - Any more songs that spell out (some of) t he words in their titles? #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 11:40 My blog post about the Know Nothing Party, one of the spiritual ancestors of the Tea Party: bit.ly/cEO2lS #
• 12:23 "A vivid presentation of the DANGERS TO AMERICAN LIBERTY from Foreign Influence" - A Know Nothing pamphlet from 1855: bit.ly/cX5sl7 #
• 13:03 The anti-Catholicism of the Know Nothing Party of the 1850s, in many ways the spiritual ancestors of today's Tea Party: bit.ly/9uZDoN #
• 13:55 Wurst. Joke. Ever. RT @jetjocko:Thinking of marketing a new kind of delicious, self-similar sausage: The mandel-brat. It tastes like itself! #
• 14:40 What "Birth of a Nation" was to the KKK, this anonymous novel is to the Know Nothings. Next: a Tea Party reality show? bit.ly/9GaXaI #
• 16:05 >Know Nothingism is the attraction of a red flag for a bull< bit.ly/ad0vkd >Tea Party anger like road rage< bit.ly/ar6muG #
• 20:17 Hooray, I'm rich! twitpic.com/1yuziu #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 22:32 On the one side, a complete absence of women! On the other, a face off between Scientologists and Objectivists! twitpic.com/1ylzvk #
• 00:58 They want to limit immigration, and make the US English only. The 2010 Tea Party? No, the 1850s Know Nothing Party: bit.ly/9n9mH5 #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 12:52 In Green-Wood cemetary to watch Red Bull Air Race. 9th ave gate, rt on Border Ave, past Hemlock Ave, road makes sharp left. Look to the ... #
• 12:54 In Green-Wood cemetery, watchAir Race. PPW gate, rt on Border Ave, past Hemlock Ave, road makes sharp left. Look to the rt of Ms Liberty. #
• 15:16 Remember I watched that girl undress during my C pointers class, so never learned them? Seems we learned linked lists in that class, too. #
• 16:39 TWC has something called "Liquidation Channel". Thought it was about executing political dissidents, but its just cheap gewgaws for sale. #
• 22:40 watched Marathon Man. Why di d the Nazi go to the diamond district in person. Couldn't he make a phone call? #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 02:31 Clearly fake, but the young woman is stunning. Should remember, however, that rage is the easiest emotion to act. bit.ly/cArvBJ #
• 13:46 11% of Henry Hathaway's films have numbers in the title. #movies #trivia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hathaway #
• 20:12 Is there a C-Span for baseball? We need a tv channel where we can watch and hear the sounds of the game without any yammering commentators. #
• 23:10 I'd like someone to make "Tetsuo:The Iron Chef", please. #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 11:22 MAN:"Is this radiology?" ME: "I'm sorry, I think you have the wrong number." MAN: "YOU PEOPLE NEED TO GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!" <CLICK> #
• 17:48 Is George Clinton invited? RT @reeraw: 'what color is your utopia/dystopia?' — second life afrofuturist multiverses bit.ly/aqFumL #
• 18:05 joebartonwouldliketoapologize.com RT: @jonward11: House GOP told Barton apologize or lose his committee seat. His future is uncertain #
• 18:55 Reading Ronald Reagan's diaries. I thought it was something we made up to mock him, but he really did call Nancy "Mommie". Jesus wept. #
• 18:55 Most meaningless piece of "journalism" ever. www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/16/obama.speech.analysis/ #
• 22:48 To Serve Man, the action figure: www.mwctoys.com/REVIEW_100202.htm #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 12:25 Ok, I lost two twitter followers between today and yesterday. Who was it? Speak up! #
• 13:45 Generally, researching products for What's Inside does not make me change my lifestyle. This one will. Big Time. #
• 15:21 Silly me: I honestly thought "Nacho cheese" was a legitimate variety, like Cheddar or Limburger. Turns out it is often not even cheese. #
• 16:42 I don't get it. Rent a white guy? For a company that's not real? www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/rent-a-white-guy/8119 #
• 22:12 Just saw a Florida tourism comm ercial: <We have 825 miles of beaches. Most of them aren't contaminated!> #
• 01:21 Now this is what I call a rainstorm! #

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• 10:17 Listening to various Beatle songs backwards while researching the pig enzyme lipase. #
• 13:30 Reading peer reviewed journal article: "Manufacture of Cheddar Cheese Using Proteinase-Negative Mutants of Streptococcus" #ilovemylife #
• 20:26 Is "ask what you can do for your country" simply not a trending meme in the 21st century? #oilspill #
• 20:35 Got oldfashioned haircut at oldfashioned barber shop today. Ended with splash of lilac vegetal and dusting with Clubman talc. Hello 1959! #
• 20:45 BP executives ask for Secret Service protection during their meeting with President Obama tomorrow. #nonotreally #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 03:11 Key to prospering in the digital age is learning how to be shameless. #
• 11:04 Did the evaluators of the AfghanMotherlode calculate the price-depressing effect all that new lithium would have on the market? #
• 11:09 When The #Singularity Happens: Will an iPod full of emo or goth music have a morose personality? What about an iPod full of showtunes? #
• 11:36 When the #singularity happens: will your car develop a moral conscience and refuse to drive you to midnight booty calls? #
• 11:51 The Book of Revelation, presented in the style of 1970s van art. bit.ly/c0sRFp #
• 12:07 The latest from Tom "It's Not An Idea Until *I've* Thought Of It" Friedman. nyti.ms/8YlcLF #
• 13:17 What do you think you're achieving when you say things like "Do people still use email?" "Do newspapers still exist?" #
• 14:22 Pray they don't get a C&D from the Eat Pray Love lady. RT: @48hrmag: RT @eatsleepdraw: ESDmag was created in a weekend. is.gd/cO6e3 #
• 16:48 Which US astronaut served as pilot for one spaceflight and crew for his next spaceflight? #
• 18:18 What NASA astronaut has spent a year in space without ever riding on the Shuttle? #
• 19:48 Watching the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs vs the Buffalo Bisons. #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 14:38 Sorry, but no matter what anyone says, Brin did NOT become "part man, part machine". nyti.ms/9ls7yB #
• 14:42 Cuneiform tablets: "Plant Grafting for Mesopotamian Dummies" www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/history/lecture09/lec09.html #
• 20:12 Watching Ocean's Thirteen. Sad to think I will never be this cool. #
• 22:21 Are there two types of architecture: that which isolates you from the commons and that which engages you with the commons? #
• 22:26 We hear our internal voice telling us what to do. A re some people wired not to know that the voice is internal? Do they hear it as God? #
• 23:40 RIP Country singer and sausage maven (and Bond film actor) Jimmy Dean: youtu.be/wz6KzGeEX6o #
• 00:26 Can we trust the government's $1T estimate for Afghan mineral strike? The same people routinely inflate the street value of seized drugs. #
• 00:49 It's nice to know what's gonna happen : www.jvim.com/timeline.htm #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 12:05 Looks like the #oilwell is leaking *under the seafloor*. www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/06/evidence-points-to-destruction-beneath.html #
• 13:26 Was asked to record ENG vs USA world cup. I don't even know where the sports channels on my cable system are! #
• 16:19 I doubt anyone is blowing their #vuvuzelas. That buzz you hear is just people saying "vuvuzela" over and over and over. #
• 16:26 You mean the game just ends without one side crushing and destroying the other side? How un-American! #
• 20:53 Watching the PG-dubbe d version of "Scarface"(1983). Very unimaginitive replacements; no melonfarming iceholes yet. #
• 23:35 Johnny Cash seems to enjoy the silliness of singing the official lyrics to the Bonanza theme song. youtu.be/sinjOkz-nlw #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 04:34 Who knew Peter Lemongello was still active? www.plemongello.com/ #
• 05:12 Who knew Mummenschanz was still active? www.mummenschanz.com/ #
• 05:30 Who knew Earth Shoes were still around? bit.ly/92oHGV #
• 10:22 I'd like to see someone make "The Undersea World of Jacques Clouseau". #
• 13:53 Listening to Lola Rennt sndtrk while learning Python. 20 years of ending statements with a semicolon now out the window. #
• 18:37 EOTW is sked for 12/21/2012. There's time. RT: @hrheingold: On no! I forgot there won't be a Spring, 2012. going to work on my book anyway. #
• 20:20 Congratulations!!!!!!!! RT: @GarnetJoyce: My wife is a rockstar! She got offered the job at stanford on the spot! #

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• 11:17 No, play it big! RT: @ebertchicago: Advice to Nevada GOP candidate Sharron Angle: Downplay your call for making alcohol consumption illegal. #
• 13:00 Funny how so many "information should be free" folks have embraced the iPad, which is closed tighter than a level 4 biolab. #
• 19:45 I had to shut off twitter and email to get work done. Did you miss me? #
• 01:20 Asleep just before 11PM, awoke from a nightmare with a shout, now wide awake. I guess it's back to work, unless anyone has any better ideas. #

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• 10:51 NASA's cost-plus development contracts a thing of the past? www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/science/space/08nasa.html?hpw #
• 11:44 Once again, XKCD is all about truth: xkcd.com/748/ #
• 12:30 Notice how fewer people report that they "...threw up a little. In my mouth.." nowadays? SO glad that epidemic has passed. #
• 12:47 SpinVox speech-to-text service went away just as Google Voice's service got good enough to use. As long as I don't have to type. #
• 16:30 Prospect Park in the rain; not as bad as one would think. #
• 18:00 OK, it got too cold to be out in Prospect Park in the rain. #
• 19:45 Is it common to want to be known as "tits on a stick"? gothamist.com/2010/06/09/sexy_banker_had_two_boob_jobs.php #
• 21:09 Please donate what you can to help get this poor woman to Talos IV. tweetphoto.com/26361730 #
• 23:17 Jon Stewart = 100% correct in his slam at White House journalists on tonight's Daily Show. #

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• 11:27 Gives new meaning to the term "pussy magnet" online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704513104575256452390636786.html?mod=e2tw #
• 12:17 Once again I ask: are there any quantitative questions about the space shuttle program you'd like to know? How many? How much? #
• 13:25 Vote on which idea will have the biggest impact on society in the next decade: bit.ly/apqQ3P They left out brain research. #
• 13:31 I Predicted this less than a decade ago. www.patspapers.com /story_stack/item/college_kids_less_empathetic_than_decade_ago/ #
• 16:49 "features the full length nude bodies of Beatle John Lemmon and his mistress Oona" foia.fbi.gov/doors_the/doors_the_part01.pdf #
• 18:32 Ringo Starr turns SEVENTY in one month. #
• 19:16 Harvey Korman + Buddy Hackett = Who's on First classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/2010/06/bud-lou-clip-1978.html #

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• 09:08 I would imagine that most of New York slept very very well last night. #
• 11:06 What's Inside research: there are reports of people abusing this product to get high. I don't even see how such a thing is possible. #
• 11:08 What's Inside: it would be like hearing that someone was abusing Tums to get high, or chewing gum, or soap bubbles. Just doesn't make sense. #
• 13:37 PR guy called back; didn't give any product info, and actually seemed upset that Wired does What's Inside. "What is its purpose?" he asked. #
• 13:41 Judging from the tweets, Jobs' reality distortion field is in fine form. "Hard to remember lif e before iPhone?" Get real. #wwdc #
• 13:59 iPhone 4 gyroscope: Put it in your pocket, will keep you upright when doing side-of-the-road drunk tests! #wwdc #
• 14:18 iPhone 4: can I edit the movie while I'm watching it in the theater? #wwdc #
• 16:06 iPhone4 - if the steel frame is part of the antenna, and if you hold it in your bare hand, then isn't your body the antenna, too? #
• 19:16 1992 computer receipt: 486DX/33, 4 MB RAM, 210 MB HD,14" monitor,FDD:1.2 and 1.44, DOS 5.0, HP deskjet 500 (b/w) printer = $2348.50 #
• 23:36 What ever happened with Kevin Costner's oil sucke r? #

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• 15:41 www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/wou0272.html Tornado watch for NYC metro, Eastern PA, entire states of NJ, CT, MA, RI #
• 18:45 Watching 1974's "The Missiles of October". So impressionistic. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Missiles_of_October How lucky we were. #
• 01:30 I sometimes wonder if I would be a better writer if I took opium or laudanum. Then I remember that my typing is bad enough as it is. #

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• 04:11 How long before they start calling 3D television "3V"? #
• 11:10 First step of The Singularity: a Maker Bot makes a Maker Bot! blog.makerbot.com/2010/06/04/a-makerbot-self-replicates/ #
• 13:27 So, because Steve Jobs had a near death experience and feels a sense of mission, my Java apps are useless on the iPad? #
• 17:01 Book sale; $7 Anathem. #

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• 10:26 Do you go on vacation as yourself? Or do you create a temporary persona: "intrepid traveler", "person of leisure", etc? #

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• 08:31 It was the third of June, another sleepy dusty Delta day... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode_to_Billie_Joe #
• 10:45 One we find out what "r-e-s-p-e-c-t" means, why is it necessary to take out TCP? #
• 13:42 Researching What's Inside dandruff shampoo was a journey into the world of seborrhoeic dermatitis. The one I'm doing now: much, much worse. #
• 16:01 HP Lovecraft, in the style of Jack Chick: www.fredvanlente.com/downloads/WhyWeHere.pdf #
• 19:00 You wouldn't believe how disgusting this research is. #

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• 09:20 Egads! A generation of George W. Bushes? www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/magazine/30fob-wwln-t.html?ref=magazine #
• 11:09 Researching a What's Inside: was this product, developed in the late 1910s, unknowingly using stem cells? #
• 12:03 I believe I started the "not obama's katrina; big oil's chernobyl" meme Sunday AM. Amazing to see how far it's spread, and w/o attribution! #
• 19:17 I think I have it: the point of Fox News is to reassure people the the world sucks as much as they fear it does. #
• 19:47 Are the nycsubways "do n ot ride between cars" recordings triggered by someone opening the door between cars? #

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• 11:40 Wandering around at loose ends today. #
• 17:31 Directly upon getting home I take my pants off. Always. On those few occasions when I can't depants myself, I am extremely uncomfortable. #
• 01:55 Amazing! A guy plays the first movement of the 3rd Brandenburg Concerto on 10 melodica tracks! snipurl.com/wyy9b #

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• 09:46 Instead of asking if this is Obama's Katrina, ask instead if this is Big Oil's Chernobyl. #
• 13:51 Facebook NEEDS to know stuff about you! RT: @timoreilly: Putting Online Privacy in Perspective oreil.ly/93vVKw #

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• 15:58 Unexpected lunch at the Double Windsor #

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• 12:52 Upgrading my hard drive, because clouds have a nasty way of evaporating. #

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• 10:10 What's Inside our favorite spicy sauce??? whats-inside.tumblr.com/post/634449415/whats-inside-worcestershire-sauce #
• 13:28 Serious Q: McLuhan said that video is a "cool" medium. How then to explain Glenn Beck, and political shoutfest shows? McL was wrong? #

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• 09:46 I have been car-free for a solid year! And it has been a great year! twitpic.com/5fmjv #
• 11:51 Winners of the Michelle Bachman Hero Award: www.sacbee.com/2010/05/21/2768857/woman-killed-after-confronting.html #
• 13:10 Now it is Stroller Tailgate Party Hill: ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/where-the-hippies-hung-out-in-prospect-park/ #
• 20:36 Ah, my name is-a Eu-Gene. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeZlXJtLhMQ< /a> #

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• 07:57 Dreamt I met Glenn Beck for lunch. He asked me to appear on his show to present What's Inside every month. O Ambition! #
• 11:25 What does the phrase "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" mean to you? #
• 18:55 twitpic.com/1qg440 #
• 18:56 Who are you going to believe: me, or your lying eyes? www.slate.com/id/2254054/pagenum/all/#p2 #
• 19:07 "24 miles of Louisiana is destroyed. Everything in it is dead" bit.ly/bi1qFM #
• 22:30 Anyone have any quantitative questions about the Space Shuttle you've always wanted to know? Ask me. #

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• 17:16 Kitty hiding from vacuum cleaner monster twitpic.com/1qge41 #
• 22:34 Reading David Foster Wallace's "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again". David, did you HAVE to kill yourself? #
• 22:48 Have you ever seen gray ice cream? If so, what flavor was it? If not, what flavor do you think gray ice cream would be? #
• 23:25 A Partial Map Of Your Tardis: community.livejournal.com/dwfiction/2794749.html #

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• 13:51 Does Princess Leia ever lie to Luke in ANH? Everyone else does: C-3PO, Uncle Owen, Aunt Beru, Obi Wan, Han... #
• 15:58 So explain again why Chewbacca doesn't get a medal? #

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• 05:20 I told you I wasn't going to be able to get to sleep tonight. And I didn't. #
• 12:35 Why do tech writers all feel the need to be Nietzsche: "[privacy, books, print, the laptop, Adobe] ... is dead" #
• 14:45 Don't forget: Metropolis at FilmForum at 7:30pm. Be there or be led astray by a robot who will cause you to flood your underground city. #
• 15:10 I wanted to give a seminar on entropy but it all fell apart. #
• 15:13 Of course, something came up: now I can't make Metropolis tonight. trying for Sunday. #
• 16:09 And proud of it... twitpic.com/1prmh6 #
• 18:48 #firstdraft "I see the problem: You're confusing the pronoun 'who' with the nickname of the man on first base!" #
• 21:02 Another word for psychedelic twitpic.com/1ptyls #

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• 10:40 What's Inside too long this month. Had to cut the lines about taking a dump at SxSW, and the elves carrying bracken to a composting cottage. #
• 12:35 Listening to Rhythm Heritage's "Theme from S.W.A.T." while coding = exponential increase in typos. #
• 13:51 Miserable perverted bastard junkie string arrays in Java wasting my valuable time. #
• 23:40 I'm watching the funniest things on my DVR right now, to wipe the Grey's Anatomy finale from my mind so I can sleep! #
• 00:50 When I try and fail to use pointers, I am reminded why: The C++ class at Columbia whose windows overlooked the Barnard dorms. #

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• 11:36 How would you translate "fuckface" into Chinese? #
• 12:21 Let's contact CBS to complain that their 48Hr Magazine lacks photos of Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte. #48hrmag #
• 13:00 Have to rewrite vast parts of the article. Managed to save the line about taking a dump at SxSW. #
• 13:54 Did any of us think to include the blackmailing producer from CBS's "48 Hours" when we were writing about hustlers? #48hrmag #
• 17:30 Against all odds, Metropolis has been held over another week at FilmForum, NYC. We're going at 7:30 on Friday! #

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• 16:36 Saved my story!!!!! Have to do some minor tweaks to it! #
• 18:56 Chopping onions when my glasses started to slip off. I reached up to adjust them and almost sliced my nose off. #
• 19:07 First web joke I remember: "Did you hear OJ Simpson has a website? it's at ///////" [say it out loud] #
• 19:12 Earliest web joke I remember: "Did you hear OJ Simpson has a website? it's at ///////" #
• 23:14 BBC showing multiple fires in Bangkok as army moves against the protesters: news.bbc.co. uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10124369.stm #
• 23:18 This is a #test #

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• 15:36 Why they went with Shatner instead of Abe Vigoda is beyond me. RT: @ProgGrrl: CBS confirms "Shat My Dad Says" starring William Shatner. #
• 19:10 On my way to Lowes to save my story. #
• 21:01 did I just spot a mistake in the time travel episode of Stephen Hawking's Universe? #
• 22:38 THIS is what investigative journalism should be!! www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/nyregion/18blumenthal.html?pagewanted=1 #
• 01:01 I have a feeling I'm not going to see Metropolis at Film Forum -- I have too much I need to get done this week. #

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• 10:13 Without using any words or phrases found on their website, can anyone tell me what this company does: breakfastny.com/ #
• 17:40 It seems to be a complete hoax that Ronnie James Dio's death was a complete hoax. www.today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37180773/ #

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• 10:59 Immense $1 book sale at Brooklyn Central Library! Get here before I buy them all. #
• 20:21 Hey look! RT: @erikmal: Hey look, it's @justpat's infographic in @48hrmag: yfrog.com/eaqurj #
• 20:34 My favorite Go-Go's collection of Ray Guns: twitpic.com/1nr4ih #
• 02:06 After some initial snage, Operation Scrape is coming along well. I really, really enjoy coding in Processing! #

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• 09:08 World War Two for teenagers: www.collegehumor.com/article:1802364 #
• 13:57 Begging or bragging? twitpic.com/1nqm10 #

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• 11:21 When a TV show's writing staff wins an Emmy, does everyone get their own statue, or is there just one for the office? #
• 11:57 Vox Populi, Vox Dei twitpic.com/1ng2kv #
• 12:19 Cute 3yr old girl making people smile by saying a cheerful "Hi!" to everyone on subway car. Endearing at first. Then annoying. #
• 12:48 Island of Coney, 13 May 2010 twitpic.com/1ngh1i #
• 13:43 Nathan's Coney Island sells chicken chow mein. #
• 14:27 UPDATE: Nathan's Coney Island sells a flavorless mucilagenous sludge they call chicken chow mein. #
• 15:03 Skinned my knee without tearing a hole in my pants. WIN! #
• 15:27 During today's Coney Island sojourn, I got some sun, walked on the beach, outlined a feature article, sent out queries, and skinned my knee. #

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• 10:23 Andrew Sullivan: "my job is to think out loud. It is not my job to report stories." snipurl.com/w64kp #
• 13:17 Journalism has changed from "this is what happened" to "this is what should have happened". #

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• 12:13 Food poisoning. Suspected culprit: bad spinach. Ugh. #
• 12:19 I tried it -- the pic was unchanged! RT: @ptorrone: Your Photo as an Early Human bit.ly/a8ALgh #
• 13:11 Spinach is from Canada. Packaging is bilingual except for the "sell by" date, which is French. 2010 MA 17. Is that "Mai 17" or "Mars 17"? #
• 13:24 WTF does this mean? "Search is a way to harvest demand, not create it." bit.ly/9kPD1U -- Success in tech relies on being inscrutable. #
• 13:29 You're never going to hear me say I love my new gadget. I love people. Some places. Very, very few things. #
• 14:46 fucking goddam spinach food poisoning #
• 15:53 If this batch of bad spinach were a person I would be beating the crap out of it right now for making me this sick. #

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• 13:28 I have the same number of followers as Conan O'Brien!! #
• 15:36 What's the coolest "gettin'" term for sex? Gettin Busy? Gettin Fresh? Gettin Down? Or gettin something else entirely? #
• 16:05 Serious question: Do kids (ages 8-20) today know what a laser light show is? Anyone? #
• 16:52 Off to NYUs ITP show! #
• 21:40 How big is the Gulf oil spill compared to other places? #deepwater #horizon paulrademacher.com/oilspill/ #
• 23:52 Adding the word "monkey" before practically any noun makes it funnier. #
• 00:37 I wondered how long it would take -- RT @ClaraJeffery: @48hrmag take over @motherjones on weekend=new model of coworking/officesharing? #

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• 16:43 Time Warner Cable reports internet outages in Brooklyn. I, of course, already knew that. #
• 17:05 TW cable is also out in Brooklyn. This I didn't know until just now. #

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• 13:24 Why don't these cats listen to me? I'm bigger and I have a higher neocortex ratio! #
• 13:27 NYC TWC customers: tune to channel 72 to see eerie traffic cam video of a deserted Times Square. #
• 17:12 This kind of sucks. I have the design sense of a 2 year old, yet I have to design my own infographic. #48hrmag #
• 02:16 I contributed to @48hrmag - 48hrmag.com #

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• 10:27 Video tutorial makers: include a transcript, because I'm not going to watch it otherwise. Your job is to inform me, not surprise me. #
• 10:29 People, think: if the Times Square non-bomber's plane had taken off, he would not have "escaped" -- they would have turned the plane around. #
• 13:40 Actually, the Constitution *is* a suicide pact. We're supposed to be willing to die for it so others remain free. #

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• 08:43 Cop on TV saying NYers shouldn't stay cowering in their homes from terrorism fears. I don't know anyone who is. Do you? #
• 09:03 Tautology! RT:@The_Takeaway:"Had this car bomb exploded, no one would be suggesting he was incompetent."NYPDs Paul Browne ow.ly/1GHEZ #
• 02:22 Spokeo.com thinks I am a male Hispanic tradesman in his early 50s who plays sports, loves food and wine, and is not interested in politics. #

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• 11:14 My email "From" line says "Patrick". I sign the email "Patrick". Why do PR people always call me"Pat", a name I hate? Why? #
• 12:21 You're all invited to an orgy -- an orgy of Wired's "What's Inside" articles! whats-inside.tumblr.com/ #
• 14:06 Tumblrs, I beseech thee: Please promote my What's Inside blog. Thank you! www.tumblr.com/directory/recommend/humor/whats-inside #
• 20:44 Bowie's "Heroes" on loop as I try to figure out what to do for the rest of my life. #

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• 09:08 Didja notice that the NYCDOT traffic cams in Times Square were cut off last night? Citizens should not be shut out of information. #
• 09:15 There "should" be? Who says? @michaelluo: Given how many times nyc has escaped attack, there should be mass exodus but there isn't. #
• 09:22 SPOILER! @janewiedlin Annakin is about 2 kill all the Sandpeople. And not just the men, but the women & children too. #
• 12:13 snap-front pajama pants no longer stay up. must move exclusively to drawstring. #
• 12:58 Spent most of yesterday outside, topped off by an unexpected impromptu barbecue. Now I get to stay inside and work on my brand. #
• 16:31 Walking past the auto-parts store, where the Freon bootleggers are working the parking lot. #

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• 14:40 Got a reprint check from GQ South Africa! I thought those were strictly imaginary. #

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• 09:34 All those who chanted "Drill, baby drill", report immediately to the Gulf Coast for cleanup duty. #
• 12:58 Some communities compost and sell their sewage as agricultural fertilizer. Austin made a tidy sum every time you took a dump at SXSW. #
• 20:58 HELL YES! RT: @lemay: HELL YES RT @lmorchard: Max Headroom: The Complete Series, on DVD. Hell yes. amzn.to/bTAcuJ #

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• 18:35 #shatner / #esperanto fans: set your DVRs -- the movie Incubus will be shown on #TCM on Saturday morning at 2:15 AM. #

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• 09:47 Florida agency responsible for the licensing of firearms and carry permits? Department of Agriculture. bit.ly/9VfbFO #
• 10:25 Why I love my job: I just sent an email with the subject line "Media inquiry about cow manure" #
• 15:47 About to speak to a class of Columbia University journalism students. My advice: Marry for money. #
• 18:34 Either Danny Bonaduce or a post-suicide Vincent Van Gogh got on the subway at 14th st. #

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• 13:46 Did you have reason to contact the American Mulch and Soil Council today, as I did? I didn't think so. #
• 01:09 You NEED to help Patrick Farley kickstart his Electric Sheep Comix! bit.ly/9vNvpo #

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• 15:12 Well, that was kind of sucky. #
• 21:19 Person #1:"Snow, then 65 degrees on the same day? Weather doesn't even surprise me anymore." Person #2:"That's why global warming will win." #

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• 13:40 Rep. Duncan says since 9/11, 'more air marshals have been arrested than the number of people arrested by air marshals.' bit.ly/a3WN5E #

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• 02:51 Sad to report that I can no longer hit the high notes in "Dead Puppies". #

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• 21:50 Best cold blooded cinemaic murder: HAL terminating the hybernating astronauts in 2001. #
• 22:24 Ever notice how the protagonist of each section of 2001 has something to eat just before seeing the monolith? #

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• 10:00 I'm having a mid-week crisis. #
• 22:52 Jane Wiedlin for real this time: twitpic.com/1hdr4i #

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• 12:16 Pronounced "Bjork" RT: @ejgertz: EY-ja fjat-lya yo-kut. Got it? #
• 17:01 I think I got too much sun. #
• 23:14 Do NOT miss tonight's (20 April 2010) Daily Show. #

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• 09:44 Spent the weekend prototyping an #iPad app! Haven't coded that much, that fast, in a while. #
• 10:35 Is he saying "Ba Ba", "Da Da", or "Ga Ga"? #illusion www.media.uio.no/personer/arntm/McGurk_english.html #
• 17:10 twitpic.com/1gw7fy - I hate when my baat karo is limited #
• 21:20 Sitting in a quiet room, computer off, phone soon to be off, reading a real book. No one said you had to like it. #

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• 23:36 Bullshit. Spousal rape. RT: @cshirky: Bryan Caplan: "Women were freer in the 1800s..." bit.ly/ddCkzR #

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• 11:44 Does #processing 1.10 have a memory leak in #windowsxp? Still coding along regardless! #

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• 11:05 40 Years Ago, #Apollo13 returned to Earth. But things might have been very different: bit.ly/9dGyAu #
• 11:49 Croatian girl wakes from coma speaking German. Sometimes when I wake up I can't speak English. vb.ly/26u0 #
• 13:00 Rermember, a world of questions and answers await you at www.formspring.me/justpat #
• 13:59 Signing off. Will spend the next few days intensely coding like the old computer programmer I am. #
• 16:49 At the main library. All the C# and Java books are still on the shelves; all iPhone programm ing books are out on loan. #

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• 09:24 What should be our nation's Grand Challenges for the 21st century? The White House wants to hear from you: vb.ly/26so #
• 11:04 That #volcano erupting in #iceland? Its name is EYJAFJALLAJOKULL. For simplicity's sake we'll just call it "Bjork". #
• 13:22 Flying while disabled? United Airlines requires you to rely upon the kindness of strangers. evilpuppy.livejournal.com/365126.html #
• 13:24 SNL cast roundup: 4 are dead, 1 is in the senate, 2 are batshit insane. How does your graduating class compare? #
• 15:37 VASIMR, one of t he "new breakthrough technologies" that will get us into #deepspace: www.adastrarocket.com/aarc/VASIMR #
• 16:15 Ringo says God is in his life. Certainly _someone_ has been looking out for him. bit.ly/dm44g4 #
• 16:49 Great news --the iPad ecosystem will be carefull weeded! Let a thousand flowers bloom elsewhere! gizmodo.com/5517890/ #
• 17:29 Maker Faire NYC Sept 25-26!! bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/the-robots-are-coming-to-new-york-for-maker-faire/ #

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• 18:54 Remember: lack of intention does not equal lack of blame. #
• 00:20 Disabled and flying? United Airlines tells you to rely on the kindness of strangers. evilpuppy.livejournal.com/365126.html #

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• 07:17 My childhood #LEGO were chunky, lowrez, 8-bit. Current LEGO are HD. I'm not entirely sure this is better. #
• 09:32 Why are the internet tubes all plugged today? We need more fiber. #
• 11:31 Vatican: Ok, maybe they _were_ more popular than Jesus. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/1943017.html #
• 15:32 TV commercial directors: you know that thing with the rectangular signs over people's heads, like augmented reality only suckier? Stop it. #

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• 15:14 Ventriloquist Shari Lewis, Lamb Chop's pal, wrote the ST:TOS episode "The Lights of Zetar" about ventriloquist aliens: bit.ly/cHsyEc #
• 18:46 Found a wallet in the street. Afraid to take it to a police station, for fear of a sting operation. bit.ly/cKtQDg #
• 18:47 I found the wallet owner's phone number; voice mailbox is full, can't leave a message. #
• 18:49 Called #311 to ask for advice about the wallet I found. They said take it to a police station. I asked about stings. They said not to worry. #
• 18:51 Took the wallet to local precinct, whic h I just discovered is not a precinct but an NYPD "task force". Whatever that is.Out of my hands now. #

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• 03:28 Can't sleep. This is getting annoying. #
• 03:45 I wonder how many of the troubles in our lives come from having standards? #
• 00:02 I want to thank everyone for all the birthday wishes! Normally I let the day go by unnoticed, but this year you all made it very special! #

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• 23:35 Watching The Richard Pryor Show marathon. Funny but weird sketch comedy.Robin Williams, Sandra Bernhardt, Edie McClurg got their start here. #

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• 10:15 I'm so vain, I think every song is about me. #
• 14:43 Glass is analogous to dry ice for the Horta. #
• 14:50 "Evangelical scholar"-- that's the problem right there. @stevesilberman: Evangelical scholar fired, endorsed evolution bit.ly/dCaoV2 #
• 19:11 The photographer in the Philadelphia Story is the prettiest one in the movie. #
• 19:24 I have a feeling The Philadelphia Story is loaded with subtext that I'm just not getting. #

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• 12:22 Found some hacker tools. Now I want to spend the day cracking. #
• 14:52 WOOOOOOOO! The Buenos Aires Metropolis at Film Forum May 7-20!!!!!!!!! www.filmforum.org/films/metropolis.html #

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• 15:12 2007 tax refund arrived! Four dollars fifty one cents! I'm buying! #
• 15:25 Blew half my refund on a bottle of soda and a bag of pistachio nuts. Damn it feels good to be a gangsta! #
• 17:03 My double major in college!!! RT:@wired: Columbia J-School offering a new dual degree in computer science & journalism: bit.ly/bQcvH5 #
• 17:03 When in St. Louis, visit the Vatican Microfilm Archive: libraries.slu.edu/special/vfl/visit.html #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 13:30 The rest just weren't listening RT: @patkiernan: WSJ: 10m US adults w/ADHD, but only about a 1/4 know it. pape.rs/adultADHD #
• 15:18 Costa Rica = Kentucky's population, North Dakota's GDP, and has a land area halfway between Maryland and West Virginia. #
• 20:31 Reading "Reporting at Wit's End", a collection of St. Clair McKelway's pieces for the New Yorker. In book form. bit.ly/aWVbPh #
• 00:50 "I don't mind choppin' wood / And I don't care if the money's no good" -- is Virgil Caine talking about low wages or Confederate dollars? #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 12:01 Why are so many tweets of the form "my way is the ONLY way to think about this topic"? I find it ridiculous and tedious. (see what I did?) #
• 14:30 Serious Q to free culture fans: when others sell your stuff, how do you stop yourself from saying "why should they get rich from my work" ? #
• 16:58 RT: @justpat: Serious Q to #freeculture fans: when others sell yr stuff do you stop yrself from saying Why should they get rich frm my wrk? #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 10:57 Off to Easter. #
• 23:13 I feel stupid and contagious. #
• 23:15 Solar panel outputs 19 volts, then 9 volts, then 19 volts, then 9 volts, caused by the blinking LED display. Steady 2.1 amps, though. #

Collected Thoughts of the Day

• 11:00 Just told my favorite knitter about cellular automata. I could see the synapses fire and the fingers twitch. What beast have I set free? #
• 20:52 Charleton Heston's lines in "The Ten Commandments" were written by fortune cookie scribes. True story. #
• 21:22 To be sure, an app for the iPod Touch should work on the iPhone and the iPad, right? #