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Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

I'm about as excited by Mozilla Raindrop as I am by Thunderbird, i.e., not at all #
Ubuntu 9.10 RC is out. I've been running the beta for about a week now, and like it a lot http://bit.ly/2jYHcr #
@ronsome Boot-time is great, but I've got it an a netbook w/SSD, so difficult to make a meaningful comparison in reply to ronsome #
@homermt You probably don't need the Carhartts in reply to homermt #
Idiots http://bit.ly/OK8fg #
The "Star Wars: Uncut" trailer is non-stop brilliance http://bit.ly/2IQVtF #
Nifty. "View live feed" just showed up as an option in Facebook. #
I'd be more impressed w/Facebook's "Live Feed" if it were actually, you know–LIVE #
http://twitpic.com/mmtlx – My bike rollers arrived today! #
Listening to the Flaming Lips' "Embryonic" for at least the fifth time this week. It's really good. #
@PeckBobb What's funny is that the instructions specifically say not to ride a motorcycle on them #
I hate to link to TechCrunch, but this is actually pretty funny http://bit.ly/qSEfX #

Politics — Pete @ 9:11 am

I’m still waiting for all the Congressional Republicans so violently opposed to government-run healthcare to introduce legislature eliminating:

For that matter, I’m still waiting for Congressional Republicans to come up with any healthcare reform proposal.

And no, “tax cuts” doesn’t count.

Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

RT @FakeAPStylebook: "Your" and "you're" may be used interchangeably if you are an idiot. #
@jdegrassi @sleepjunky I put the there/their/they're people in the same category in reply to jdegrassi #
Hulu to start charging for content in 2010 http://bit.ly/40xw2l #
@jdegrassi It's pretty hard to imagine they wouldn't charge as well, since they're likely the ones driving Hulu's decision in reply to jdegrassi #
Spending an hour or 2 w/MS Word forms makes me want to stab myself repeatedly #
Yes! Please read through your slides, bullet point by bullet point! That's what we all need. #
@MarkVopat Sadly, I'm stuck w/tools decided upon by the corporate overlords in reply to MarkVopat #
Grr. Why will no allow me to purchase a sensible quantity of fresh cilantro? #
I'll be glad when the blogosphere shuts the hell up about "contrarianism" #

Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

While interesting, WNYC's "Radiolab" podcast seems like an exact copy of This American Life #
Have an insane, illogical, and/or paranoid rant? The WashPost will apparently publish any piece of crap http://bit.ly/4h0ZeX #
Ha! Boxee website is blocked by the corp firewall as "streaming media". Idiots #
Prepare for epic wailing & screeching from the Ayn Rand crowd http://bit.ly/7ZNkc #
Mike Birbiglia is awesome #
Via Yglesia, a very informative post on the Obama admin's proposed "Too big to fail" policy http://bit.ly/1np141 #
If you haven't watched Frontline's "The Warning" yet, you should http://bit.ly/OV53V #

Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

@PeckBobb I've got like 3 episodes of that piled up & keep "forgetting" about it #
@homermt That would be id3kfa, I believe in reply to homermt #
Tom Tomorrow has diagnosed my problem http://bit.ly/14D6GS #
While I like the idea of it, git seems like a giant pain in the ass so far #
Wired has a really good article on anti-vaccination hysteria http://bit.ly/1RpDKN #
And he almost had a Cabinet position. With any luck, Giuliani will be next http://bit.ly/20TD5w #
Dear npviewer.bin: You suck. #
@harrymccracken First we have to go through the "They're all pirated!!" phase #
Yeah, he's an idiot, but what's the point of posting every bit of jackassery spouted off by random state reps? http://bit.ly/3f4ao3 #
"So some freak is going to come in my room, while I'm sleeping, & steal my tooth." Thanks, Supernatural! #
This "motion comics" crap really just seems like something from Liquid Television in 1991 #
HOLY CRAP THERE IS A NEW SLAYER ALBUM COMING OUT NOVEMBER 3RD. MOST AWESOME NEWS EVER. #
Cool. RT @trent_reznor: Happy birthday, old friend. Pretty Hate Machine turns 20. #

Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

At least all the bogus empty waves have disappeared from my Google Wave inbox. That's an improvement, I guess. #
xkcd wins again http://bit.ly/3wiako #
It's pretty awesome that because some idiots gave out their email pw, I now have to be on stupid vpn all day long #
@PeckBobb Wait, weren't you just in Austin? in reply to PeckBobb #
Google Wave would be a lot cooler/more useful if I could suck threads from other sites/services into it #
@ChrisLAS Reading the support thread (http://bit.ly/13XpLb), seems like unintended consequences of expected behavior in reply to ChrisLAS #
@PeckBobb http://bit.ly/Z17qE in reply to PeckBobb #
Wow. Just 1 day of using the Ubuntu 9.10 beta and I already like it a LOT better than 9.04 #
@sleepjunky I believe it's Harold *and* the Purple Plastic Crayon #
Have to admit I'm really digging this season of Fringe so far #

Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

Most of this seems like paranoia to me http://bit.ly/2q6Jh0 #
The Verizon Droid looks pretty damn cool #
I am not ready for this "High of 39 degrees" business #
Installed Ubuntu 9.10 beta on the netbook. Everything looks good so far. #
@gerdleon HPMini 110. Everything's working fine for me out of the box. Even sound & ethernet, which took some hacking on 9.04 in reply to gerdleon #
Nut brown ale brewed & fermenting. Off to the Night Kitchen for dinner #
Finally got around to watching the Dollhouse season 2 premier. Much better than last season. #

Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

@PeckBobb Journalism is dead. #
http://twitpic.com/lwpqp – Hiking at Wendell #
@jeffjarvis Yeah, GW blanks started showing up in my inbox late yesterday afternoon #
Stoudt's Fat Dog imperial oatmeal stout is good stuff #
@PeckBobb Yeah, they make a double IPA that's pretty great too #

Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

The sky is falling #
Republican asshats looking for their next scalp. WH is ignoring, but this campaign really deserves scorn & derision http://bit.ly/2XsX0T #
"Preso" is an inappropriate & irritating abbreviation for "presentation". Rest assured, when I rule the universe, it shall be banned. #
@lizkelly I always use it. Too much ambiguity otherwise, & if you don't think about it, most natural speech patterns have the pause. in reply to lizkelly #
Against my better judgement, I've gotten Mike Doughty's new album. Hopefully it's better than that "Golden Delicious" piece of crap. #

Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

NYT's puff-piece on Michelle Bachmann portrays all criticisms of her as "Democrats say…" http://bit.ly/4avsyq #
2 tracks in & I already like the new Flaming Lips better than anything they've done since The Soft Bulletin #
House of Representatives kicks the Freedom of Information Act in the nuts http://bit.ly/1nmekD #
For everyone RT'ing the kid-in-balloon story, please read it first–there's no actual evidence the kid was in the balloon when it took off. #
TripIt is about 1 more "Did you know?" email away from getting added to my gmail spam filter #
I love being constantly asked for information that people could easily find for themselves #
Dear Internets: I told you so. #
Ooh, neat! Got my Google Wave invite #