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General — Pete @ 11:59 pm

Starting my day w/the sinking feeling that somewhere out there, Evil Otto is just biding his time #
@dsilverman The bond isn’t w/the medium, it’s w/the content. I listen to my local NPR station on the web because it’s my local NPR station. #
Gnome Conduit is pretty freaking cool. #
@dsilverman Done! :> #
Excellent! Senate blocks F-22 funding http://bit.ly/1auvkL #
I hate scanners. #
@daveweigel SHHH!!! You’ll let the secret out! #

General — Pete @ 11:59 pm

If that really was the last episode of Kings, they could have done a better job of wrapping things up. #
Heh. “We Do Not Advocate Attempting to Glue the Leader of the Free World to His Chair” http://bit.ly/Z8IMi #
What little respect I had for salespeople is rapidly withering away. #
One of my routers appears to have taken a giant dump. #
http://twitpic.com/b1i20 – No bicycles! #
Biking-wise, living at the top of the highest ridge in town is half good and half bad. #
@jdegrassi Unfortunately, the resolution isn’t good enough to make out the “Pan-Am Railroads is going green!” sign in the background. #
I wish VLC would spend a few development cycles making their UI not be a confusing mess. #
Another goddamn cracked blu-ray disk from goddamn Netflix goddamnit #
@algore Did you *really* need to send me 8 pieces of paper in the mail to beg money for the DSCC? How about email? #
I’m skeptical about a “Children of the Corn” remake http://bit.ly/hzhqj #
SMU dean blames boring classes on technology http://bit.ly/2Otx5j #
@cz Just read the Jarvis story. Nice add from VZ. Now how about rolling out some FiOS in Western Ma? #

General — Pete @ 11:59 pm

General — Pete @ 11:59 pm

General — Pete @ 11:59 pm

Today’s lesson: Add mtg title and location info *before* getting sucked into Exchange scheduling mayhem. #
D’oh! J. Michael Straczynski is no longer writing the movie version of “World War Z” http://bit.ly/153mUc #
This has got to be one of the stupidest excuses for a news story I’ve ever read http://bit.ly/XFXcT #
@stuntbox At least it wasn’t a tire track. I’ve seen that before. #
The outrage over Amazon’s Orwell Kindle deletions is stupid. It’s not like it was a secret they could or would do this. #
@joshtpm Amazon refunded the purchase price & deleted the bk because the publisher didn’t have US rights #
@hopeandolive You guys should have a veggie burger #

General — Pete @ 11:59 pm

From the bits I’ve heard of the new Moby album, it seems like he’s continuing his 10-year run of treading water. #
@hopeandolive Great to see local business building online presence. Wish more would! in reply to hopeandolive #
I would pay money for a twitter client that filtered out all “[FAMOUS_PERSON] is gravely ill” re-tweet spam. #
Cool–weather is looking good for a bike ride into town. #
@jdegrassi Wow. That is seriously lame. #
Shorter Michael Crowley: “Guy who was embarrassingly wrong about invading Iraq now blathering on about something else.” http://bit.ly/Py3E6 #
AAAA!!! The Canadian plague spreads to NYC http://bit.ly/e6LUr #
The sky is a very odd color right now. #

General — Pete @ 11:59 pm

@Paper_Chaser if it doesn’t include training for zombie-related emergencies, it’s not worth attending anyway #
@vijayv While I disagree w/the politics behind it, seems like a good reason for ebooks w/customizable content #
“I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record.” “Oh YEAH?” #
@ChrisLAS Almost entirely from references on other podcasts and random websurfing. Signal/noise is too low on directory sites #
Go read Rick Perlstein’s Newsweek essay “Beyond the Palin” http://bit.ly/omYtm #
This should be mandatory viewing for anyone making movie trailers today http://bit.ly/3wKgB #

General — Pete @ 11:59 pm

Messing around w/AutoHotKey. Seems pretty handy. #
Honestly, at this point, it’s difficult to get too excited about Senate confirmation hearings. Nothing real actually happens. #
@ChrisLAS BD A/V quality, while better than DVD, just isn’t SO much better to justify the extra cost. in reply to ChrisLAS #
Bernie Sanders makes a damn good point http://bit.ly/UMrlz #
Pet peeve: Tech “experts” whose analysis is based solely on tech expert community, completely ignoring masses of corporate and home users #
Peak Organic makes a pretty good IPA #
MSNBC: Saying “blowjob” is terrible, but murder… HILARIOUS! http://bit.ly/Vpaik #
Holy CRAP! A whole site devoted to Giant Shogun Warriors. I love the internets. http://bit.ly/3ZETgl #

General — Pete @ 11:59 pm

It would be better if I didn’t have to wear a sweatshirt in July. This summer sucks. #
@scoblitz I’d almost say unavailable is better–at least that saves me the pain of actually trying to use the site #
If the 1st installment is any indication, All Things Considered’s “California Characters” series is the most useless thing I’ve ever heard #
I could have SWORN I bought tomato paste! #
http://twitpic.com/a9xpp – Dusk in Greenfield #
Today’s international relations lesson: Jay-Z v. The Game http://bit.ly/8frL4 #

General — Pete @ 11:59 pm

Frank Rich nails it on why Palin is not going to disappear: “The politics of resentment are impervious to facts.” http://bit.ly/KhLNS #
Hells yeah. Go read Glennzilla on the IG report http://bit.ly/cWzfi #
I’m pretty sure Capt. Tupolev is my favorite character in Hunt For Red October #