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Twitter Updates for the Week of 2010-12-05

Posted by Topper on 12/5/2010
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  • When BBC TopGear guys say its worth $60k more I believe them. When the US TopGear guys say it I think you've never bought a $60k car #fb #
  • Thinking about writing an automated response to all the recruiters who send me emails lately #
  • My reserves had more fantasy points this week thanks to my quarterback and running back both getting hurt in the first quarter of their game #
  • @jkuramot my favorite is "must suck less than the last version" in reply to jkuramot #
  • @ckras At the DNI or NGA level? in reply to ckras #
  • @squarism looks like you're either finishing the elevator sim or tatris. Enjoy the month off. in reply to squarism #
  • Wondering why a bunch of people I know are up so late and then I realize that they're all waking up for the day #

Twitter Updates for the Week of 2010-11-28

Posted by Topper on 11/28/2010
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  • That's a wrap from #UFC123 #fb http://yfrog.com/b551mmj #
  • I love how one of my previous employers still pretends I work there after being gone for 3 years. #
  • @jpiwowar not bad but I don't think they'll fly me to Chicago in reply to jpiwowar #
  • Another room to finish, another finger sliced open #fb #
  • @dannorris nah only a $50 co pay, I couldn't get 30 minutes with an electrician at that rate in reply to dannorris #
  • @dannorris Just buy a switch in reply to dannorris #

Twitter Updates for the Week of 2010-11-21

Posted by Topper on 11/21/2010
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  • w00t! Won fantasy this week. #
  • Who cares about the Beatles, iTunes still doesn't have Kid Rock #
  • "He has the mind of an engineer and the heart of an artist." -LJE on Steve Jobs #
  • This is how I appear in one of my customer's address books. http://twitpic.com/37ff25 #
  • @beaker then you'll love their new stuff http://j.mp/aAC1KW #
  • @tbridge You can always try Mechanical Turk http://waxy.org/2008/09/audio_transcription_with_mechanical_turk/ in reply to tbridge #
  • Thinking about getting a man thong to wear through airport security and dropping trow when I opt out #touchedByTSA #fb #
  • Thank goodness I don't live closer to @churchkeydc, I'd easily be an alcoholic by now in reply to churchkeydc #
  • Will be looking for the extra groping line at the airport tomorrow #
  • @jkuramot Agreed have customers already talking about building apps for the droid platform #
  • @jkuramot good marketing on verizons part, they're the winners in the confusion #
  • Flight back to Michigan, lunch at coney, dinner at Lockharts, UFC 123, and 4 good friends, can't beat that! #fb #
  • With one look at me the TSA said "here's the line without backscatter machines" #awesome #
  • MSU not having a good showing during the hour I was on this flight #

Twitter Updates for the Week of 2010-11-14

Posted by Topper on 11/14/2010
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  • @dhaimes do you have 9 women because it would need to come out in about a month in reply to dhaimes #
  • Somehow my mom won 4 floor seats to UFC 123 in Detroit in two weeks #fb #
  • Hammer drills on concrete make the ears ring #
  • I have so much crap around my house from all my "projects" over the years I need to make an inventory and purge it all #
  • I think I'm going to go on a rampage and disable all speaker phones within a 6 cube radius #
  • Just had a friend post his will on Facebook instead of actually having a lawyer draw up a real one. Wonder if it would hold up. #
  • UFC123 here I come! #fb #
  • I would bet that one of the large reasons for Kik's quick growth is teenagers who's parents demand to read their normal text messages. #
  • @jkuramot another good note to self: don't tell her she's getting fatter in reply to jkuramot #
  • Wondering when companies will realize their #1 asset is their people #
  • Wondering if I should buy into the GM stock at the IPO price next week. #
  • @caseycoleman buy him a new vacuum in reply to caseycoleman #
  • @dannorris The old dan would have scripted it on the first one and then automatically ran it on the other three in reply to dannorris #

Twitter Updates for the Week of 2010-11-07

Posted by Topper on 11/7/2010
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  • @dannorris I'm confuddled Pontiac has been dead for a while now in reply to dannorris #
  • Amazing what a database index can do, mysql query dropped from 61.77 seconds to 0.38 seconds #
  • @jkuramot ahem revenue streams you're not going to want to pay to sync, but you'll pay for the same service in both spots, old models suck in reply to jkuramot #
  • Really Discovery has a new show called "Brewmasters?" I'm all over it #
  • I don't know what these are but I want some http://is.gd/gI8rT #fb #
  • Dear recruiters, if your linkedin photo looks like it should be on facebook I'm not going to respond. #
  • @ddelmoli Theres always been a huge market for stupid in reply to ddelmoli #
  • Skype Beta for OSX is out today with group chat, not looking forward to 5 way family phone calls, it'll be like thanksgiving dinner #
  • @squarism been monkeying with Etherpad lately https://github.com/ether/pad in reply to squarism #
  • Ernie and Sparky in the same year. Sad year for Tigers fans. #fb #
  • @dannorris Have fun dodging the icebergs in reply to dannorris #
  • I have too much $$ left in my flex spending account. Any ideas on what to get? #
  • Happy for Rich-Rods win, probably means that they'll have the same shitty coach when they play the Spartans next year #fb #
  • @hammen both the wife and I ordered them today, plus I got "computer glasses" since I still have 20/15 vision in reply to hammen #
  • @ppedrazzi Was thinking more along the lines of bionic arm but they claim its not covered in reply to ppedrazzi #

Twitter Updates for the Week of 2010-10-31

Posted by Topper on 10/31/2010
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  • FYI turn signals save lives, but testing and driving is cool too #fb #
  • Wondering if I need to update my SF86 after sniffing all these paint fumes tonight #
  • This weekend I'm planning a rally to restore drunkenness #fb #
  • The rally has begun #fb http://yfrog.com/b5yizzj #
  • This evening of the rally to restore drunkenness will begin at Tuscarora Mill and end with this #r2rd #fb http://yfrog.com/5ly0zkj #

Twitter Updates for the Week of 2010-10-24

Posted by Topper on 10/24/2010
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  • Baby Einstein should be renamed Baby Crack #fb #
  • Moving companies = scam every time #fb #
  • We lock our source repository every night at 2am to do backups, it's sad that this isn't the first time I've been pissed waiting to commit #
  • @brad_tumy It has to do with the ulimits aka the number of file descriptors that can be opened at any time per process. in reply to brad_tumy #
  • She's here #fb http://yfrog.com/6dmrokhj #
  • Anyone remember when they used to have lockers you could rent at the airport? I never understood that idea #
  • @jkuramot good luck tomorrow #
  • @salemonz I'd take that in a minute, I bet Dorf used those old lockers to sleep in between flights in reply to salemonz #
  • RT @rmanalan: @jkuramot congrats! #

Twitter Updates for the Week of 2010-10-17

Posted by Topper on 10/17/2010
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  • @ckras yep you get another day #
  • @ckras no sadly I'm telling the truth we're all "working from home" tomorrow since we can't we into site #
  • Wondering what a bunch of AgileX guys were doing flying from Detroit to DC today #
  • @evanlution A box of ammo should do in reply to evanlution #
  • Left the window down on my truck last night during the rain and my contractors sheared off the light on the side of the house.Great day. #fb #

Twitter Updates for the Week of 2010-10-10

Posted by Topper on 10/10/2010
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  • @terrybean have we enabled the right people to listen to the questions before we listen to the answers? in reply to terrybean #
  • @fteter I'll take the east coast, you take the west, lets ride! Wonder if you're Clay or Grandpa though… in reply to fteter #
  • @brad_tumy nope, just another day in paradise in reply to brad_tumy #
  • Any interesting tech get togethers happening in Detroit this next week? In town for a wedding Wednesday through Tuesday #
  • @ckras I taught the people of Detroit how to shoot, don't worry in reply to ckras #
  • I love the hurry up and wait world, we know you're on vacation, but we need an estimate today for work that will start in 3 months #fb #
  • Cemeteries should have a wireless network that you can look up a persons location #fb #
  • @cdacko hopefully they don't cry too hard #
  • @dannorris hopefully @cdacko doesn't cry too hard #
  • @dannorris 1071 days since they have beaten our basketball or football teams in reply to dannorris #

Twitter Updates for the Week of 2010-10-03

Posted by Topper on 10/3/2010
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  • 30 years ago my father had a car exactly like this one, 30 year later I have one to match it http://is.gd/fwvvw #fb #
  • @dannorris I know Doug, thats the PolkInsight database he's talking about in reply to dannorris #
  • #1 sign I'm enjoying what I'm doing lately, Google reader shows "All items(1000+)" #
  • Ugh, the toll road isn't just red traffic, its dead stop black. http://twitpic.com/2tbuke #fb #
  • A little piece of me cringes every time that @milkfilk goes to speak to senior management. He just might tell them his real opinion. #
  • Dear ActiveLdap, I'm tired of your BS, I think I'm going to have to rewrite you #
  • Walked into a nightmare #
  • @dannorris I'm thinking I should change it to "Let that fucker burn" in reply to dannorris #

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