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One Silicon Valleyite's perspective on life, politics, tech toys and whatever else comes by his desk.
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2011-07-31
| 09:41 | @altonbrown But you're now starting your 50th year, so there's that. |
| 19:55 | @VictoriaDahl Diddlenubs? |
| 20:01 | @VictoriaDahl How can I know that? I don't even know what they are! (And neither does Google, and it knows all.) |
| 20:05 | @VictoriaDahl I learn so much from you. And your books of course. |
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2011-07-29
| 05:04 | @VictoriaDahl Don Lemon did a great bit on last night's Colbert. Broke through the fourth wall. |
| 05:14 | Study in contrast between UK & US: @TheDailyShow censored because Parliament footage can't be used for satire. http://bit.ly/nm340r |
| 08:24 | Applying the marketing "elevator pitch" to skepticism. Concise, compelling & accurate. http://bit.ly/plREFw |
| 09:05 | I got 59 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 12:51 | Michele Bachmann declares her gay-not-gay husband off limits. Funny she never felt that way about Michelle Obama. http://bit.ly/o9tfcS |
| 15:26 | RT @ThePlumLineGS: I wonder if God will give conflicting advice to House GOPers on how to vote on debt ceiling [God wouldn't, would he?] |
| 15:28 | @VictoriaDahl I'd never heard that word before. Feel smarter already. |
| 17:18 | @VictoriaDahl I do. I'd not heard of gris gris before, but Google gave me plenty of references. |
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2011-07-28
| 08:40 | @joshtpm How about something from Dumb & Dumber? |
| 09:06 | I got 39 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 16:00 | I tested my vocab and know 34,900 words -- how about you? #testyourvocab http://t.co/wNMwKem |
| 17:25 | RT @wilw: "Nice planet." ["It'd be a shame if anything happened to it."] |
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2011-07-27
| 09:07 | I got 26 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 19:51 | Jeeze, we can't even claim the pride of the world's greatest douchebag! Get a load of this guy: http://gaw.kr/noX9kl |
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2011-07-26
| 05:39 | Software firm loses case brought by IBM, wants judge to seal evidence they're lying scum. http://bit.ly/oe2DxA |
| 05:41 | Sarah Palin worship "documentary" to go video on demand. Who in the world is demanding that? http://bit.ly/nAGqsr |
| 07:06 | Here's a hint for spammers: if your subject line or the start of your message includes the word "beloved", it goes straight into the bin. |
| 11:27 | MobileMe's being contrary. Mail app can't get online to sync notes, gives me User Disabled error. Support couldn't help. Anyone else? |
| 12:55 | @altonbrown You gonna eat all that? |
| 17:53 | Hey, Apple! Stop turning on trackpad gestures every time I upgrade the OS! I turned them off for a reason, dammit! |
| 21:13 | Tonight's Colbert Report: "This is America. Our vaginas speak English." Even good without context. |
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2011-07-25
| 06:16 | Apple vs. Google decision making via @counternotions. I was approached to interview at Google. Total WTF experience. http://nyti.ms/oFFj6E |
| 08:54 | To all the couples getting married in NY, good luck. Show those straight people how it's done. |
| 09:02 | I got 40 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
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2011-07-24
| 10:16 | Its time to repeal #DOMA. @alfranken isnt waiting, and neither am I. Click here to join us: #itstime http://t.co/1RDemri |
| 13:44 | I'm weak. Already subscribed to @SJRep. Got a call from Broadway San Jose & subscribed. Now ACT in SF called. Like I said, I'm weak. |
| 13:49 | With Rehab, Amy Winehouse wrote her own epitaph. What an incredible waste. |
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2011-07-23
| 10:34 | RT @kevermantweets: "Woman Gives Birth in McDonald's Bathroom in Newark" http://bit.ly/oDzCTD [Think she wanted fries with that?] |
| 19:14 | Didn't get to #SDCC, but I did enjoy two hours shooting the adorable Jenna. So there's that. |
| 20:50 | @billamend Not true! You have at least one. |
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2011-07-22
| 06:54 | Aussie take on Murdoch scandal. Most enlightening. http://ow.ly/5IVF1 (Via @froonium) |
| 09:04 | I got 33 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 11:51 | Don't you hate showing up to a party wearing the same outfit? #SDCC via @thinkgeek http://twitpic.com/5tlw3a |
| 12:30 | RT @JustaSunGod: Love this! -> RT @laughingsquid: Cat-At Loves You http://owl.li/5Ke60 [Awwww...] |
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2011-07-21
| 07:10 | Lesbian couple kicked out of Gertrude Stein exhibit for holding hands. In San Francisco. Oy, the irony! http://bit.ly/rsJuou |
| 08:48 | Engineer on call talking about nut rules. His slides show he's talking about NAT: network address translation. Acronyms & accents don't mix. |
| 09:03 | I got 22 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 09:11 | Universal shows music companies can't be trusted with DMCA takedown power. http://bit.ly/pe2LTP |
| 09:12 | @LorelieBrown I tried to visit, but my employer says the site is a source of malware & refused to let me in. |
| 09:14 | @LorelieBrown It's twoo! It's twoo! |
| 10:31 | @alwayscoffee Because they don't know the subject well enough to see all the ways they could be wrong. Or because they don't get nuance. |
| 10:42 | @alwayscoffee Me too. It's the difference between having a debate vs. a conversation. I have no time for debates, and no interest. |
| 14:37 | Yep, pretty much what I use it for. http://funni.ly/owazFG |
| 14:53 | @RickWebb http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/finermac/~3/JJEURvSJDuk/7849528212 |
| 14:57 | Here's a shocker. The FBI encounters forbidden knowledge publishers and acts sanely and rationally. http://bit.ly/qIpw9Y |
| 15:31 | Trying a hack to reverse Mac scrolling so it matches my iThings and prepares me for Lion. Weird, but I like it. |
| 15:54 | @VictoriaDahl Of all the legs I want to see, your son's doesn't even make it on the list... |
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2011-07-20
| 06:21 | @alwayscoffee Poor baby. I'd offer to kiss it and make it better, but you know: poison ivy. |
| 09:06 | I got 77 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 09:58 | @hellobuglers I read it as "Don't blame me. I vas just givink orders." |
| 11:02 | Gotta say @feliciaday was nerdorable on last night's #eureka. Did I just invent a word? It needed to be done. |
| 15:24 | Prosecutorial misconduct in the Casey Anthony case. Why won't they be disciplined for such a massive lapse? http://huff.to/oNQrZs |
| 15:39 | Is it my imagination, or did last night's @TheDailyShow not bother to bleep bullshit? I guess The Poop really doesn't Stop Here. |
| 18:47 | @KeithOlbermann Half who replied, maybe. I don't expect your audience to be so credulous. |
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2011-07-19
| 08:05 | Herman Cain is a bigot. Herman Cain is a doofus. Therefore all bigots are doofuses? (Or would that be doofi?) http://wapo.st/rkPjvx |
| 09:02 | Fox News & WSJ see News Corp as the victim in the phone hacking scandal. "No story here", they say. http://bit.ly/nnMTPT |
| 09:04 | Listening to two coworkers enthuse about family vacations at Disney World. I want to barf. I mean, how white bread can you be? |
| 09:06 | I got 6 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 09:19 | @scapersuse The WSJ was always conservative, but since Murdoch bought them, they've become a house organ for the Repugs. Awful and sad. |
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2011-07-18
| 09:02 | I got 14 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 13:38 | Just finished shooting with an amazing blonde. Now enjoying BBQ across the street from the studio. How convenient! |
| 13:43 | @reduced One Man Star Wars Trilogy has already done it. With a reduced cast even! |
| 18:09 | RT @BreakingNews: CORRECTION: Obama making a personnel announcement tomorrow [Not a personal announcement? Now I'm disappointed.] |
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2011-07-17
| 06:58 | Planning to use Central Expressway through Sunnyvale to get to my shoot this morning. Hope the 405 closure doesn't affect me. #Carmageddon |
| 08:03 | @JustaSunGod iPhone & iPad upgrade went without a hitch. Are you sure it didn't just move the icons around? |
| 13:02 | Back from this morning's shoot. I guess #carmageddon doesn't extend this far north. What a relief! |
| 13:32 | Byte Magazine is back, and their first anti-Apple screed is so pathetic, they end up retracting it and apologizing. http://bit.ly/qCCUcN |
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2011-07-16
| 09:05 | Comment on this article calls Sarah Palin "all antlers and no moose". Wish I'd thought of that one. http://bit.ly/pZcdlT |
| 09:52 | Good News/Bad News: Bad: both my shoots for this weekend were postponed. Good: I found two substitutes that should be fun. |
| 10:09 | Just got a ticket to Stuffed & Unstrung with Brian Henson at SF Sketchfest in August. So excited! http://www.sfsketchfest.com/schedule/ |
| 10:41 | RT @TomTomUSA: Ever wish u could just sore above all the #traffic? http://bit.ly/nhF8HR [Hope that's a typo!] |
| 13:17 | Marcus Bachmann is delusional, a lying sack, or more likely both. He's also a cartoonish buffoon. http://bit.ly/n8smbL |
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2011-07-15
| 08:10 | Fascinating @ggreenwald takedown of Wired Magazine on their withholding Bradley Manning chat logs. http://bit.ly/plIZNi |
| 08:17 | @ToryBelleci Yep. And we get to keep having fun watching you have fun! |
| 12:09 | See, I didn't know Slave Leia was a problem! http://bit.ly/pTSbwJ |
| 12:27 | RT @DepressedDarth: JK Rowling said this might not be the end of Harry Potter. Little advice, whatever you do, don't make prequels. [Word.] |
| 16:40 | For Michele Bachmann to accuse the President of chutzpah, mispronouncing the word in the process, is classic, Oy, the irony! |
| 17:17 | @VictoriaDahl What are these flaws of which you speak? |
| 18:27 | Off to @SJRep. It's One Man Star Wars tonight. Will the audience show up in Force? |
| 19:24 | Psycho Donuts in downtown San Jose is selling wookiee balls. Guess that's one way to keep 'em from breeding. |
| 19:40 | Listening to original trilogy Star Wars music. It's been way too long. |
| 19:45 | @scapersuse They're playing it before One Man Star Wars Trilogy begins. One Canadian man, I must point out. |
| 19:53 | For every empty seat at One Man Star Wars, an ewok cries. Or farts. One of those. @SJRep |
| 22:14 | One Man Star Wars was nerd humor at its finest. Also, his Gollum is almost as good as @donttrythis. Can @SJRep get One Man LotR? Please? |
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2011-07-14
| 08:21 | Why are Macs so quick to connect to the network? http://bit.ly/qDtRKK (Hint: their code wasn't written by morons.) |
| 09:07 | I got 58 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 10:21 | @joshtpm Death To Pawlenty? |
| 10:35 | @joshtpm Citizen TPaw |
| 10:37 | @joshtpm Pawlenty and Bust |
| 10:38 | @joshtpm On second thought, make that CItizen Tim. |
| 11:55 | Gosh, Repug Rep Darrell Issa's a hypocrite? Cancels hearing when evidence doesn't fit his bias. http://bit.ly/oKNtrb |
| 19:58 | Just saw a trailer for the Smurfs movie. Did no one learn anything from the Chipmunks? Or Garfield? Or Scooby Doo? Or Rocky & Bullwinkle? |
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2011-07-13
| 09:07 | I got 58 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 14:14 | @alwayscoffee @VictoriaDahl Imperfect 34C = 36D on the left, 32B on the right. That averages out right, right? |
| 18:25 | And I thought some of my photo shoots were overly complicated. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKpxd8hzOcQ&feature=youtu.be |
| 22:10 | @annvosspeterson Very good news, Ann. Now on to the recall vote! #wiunion |
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2011-07-12
| 09:05 | I got 39 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 09:18 | After 4 years of final Farscape cons, the Creation folks are saying they mean it this time! I was at the start; guess I'll be at the end. |
| 10:23 | @altonbrown Don't be sorry. Some of us enjoy the drivel. That's part of the joy that is Twitter. |
| 11:28 | @scapersuse Luck. Hope it goes well, they like you, you like them and it lasts a good long time. |
| 13:06 | For Michele Bachmann's husband, does Ph.D. stand for Phony Doctor? http://bit.ly/oGQbUs |
| 17:02 | McConnell: The problem with civilian courts is they can't be trusted to vote guilty every time. http://bit.ly/pPqJ9k |
| 17:04 | @paulandstorm [S] If you lie down for a bit, the feeling of sanity will pass. |
| 20:18 | @VictoriaDahl I wanna see! Here's the avatar @jawboneradio did for me. http://lockerz.com/s/119363701 |
| 20:21 | Wow. Want for my iPad. http://morrislessmore.com/?p=app |
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2011-07-11
| 09:03 | I got 40 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
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2011-07-10
| 08:56 | Heading home from my night in Berkeley. (Would have been a shame to waste a hotel room.) But first a little breakfast at IHOP. |
| 11:47 | Hey, frequent guest program! You say you don't know my email address, but when I try to register you say it's already in use. Which is it? |
| 17:32 | "I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way." http://lockerz.com/s/118688448 |
| 17:45 | @annvosspeterson Thanks! I knew the moment I took it! |
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2011-07-09
| 08:22 | Watching the end of an era. http://j.mp/nLG1gE |
| 08:36 | A beautiful launch. Godspeed, Atlantis. |
| 09:41 | Such an interesting Belly Flop. Seems a shame to eat it. (iPhone needs a macro lens.) http://lockerz.com/s/118209116 |
| 09:47 | RT @SJRep: In honor of #sjromsw, @psychodonuts in @SJ_Downtown will be selling Wookie Ballz after the show! http://twitpic.com/5n2ogy [Uhh] |
| 09:55 | @altonbrown Pine nuts? Is that the official disease of the Pacific Northwest? |
| 09:59 | Another employee followed me into the building this morning. His badge had been disabled the morning of his last day. Smooth move, IT. |
| 17:11 | Shooting in a Berkeley hotel room with a pale skinned English redhead. Life is cruel sometimes. |
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2011-07-08
| 08:39 | Intuit sends a polite "fuck you!" to Mac users of Quicken. Use our inferior Essentials product, never upgrade your OS or lose your data. |
| 09:36 | @MythBusters Popcorn. Slightly burned. The official snack food of explosions. |
| 10:13 | Cool. @SJRep is remaking their lounge as a Mos Eisley cantina during One Man Star Wars. Got my ticket! http://p0.vresp.com/eZzWfX |
| 10:28 | RT @ToryBelleci: Heck yeah I'll be at Comic Con @bonniegrrl. I'm gonna disguise myself as a Slave Leia. Try getting rid of that image. [Eww] |
| 11:03 | Listening to the Librivox.org recording of Dickens' Great Expectations. Tried reading it once with no success, but the audiobook's a joy. |
| 11:29 | Just decided to head to this year's Great Reno Balloon Race the weekend after Labor Day. Just might find something to photograph. |
| 11:36 | Is this the silliest iPhone accessory yet? I love my Nikon lenses, but seriously... http://engt.co/qazVM1 |
| 11:56 | @alwayscoffee Who could do such a thing, Ally? |
| 11:59 | @alwayscoffee Don't cry! I can't stand it when you cry! |
| 12:02 | @alwayscoffee Now why would I do that? Shirley you can't be serious! |
| 12:07 | @alwayscoffee I just want to go home and rewatch Police Squad. Wonder if they're on Netflix Instant... |
| 12:10 | @alwayscoffee Darn. I'm afraid mine might be in my storage locker. |
| 12:22 | @alwayscoffee Me too. Darn my feeble efforts to clear a path through my acquisitions! Darn you all! |
| 14:35 | @VictoriaDahl Times (& tweets) like these remind me of why I love you & would follow you to the ends of the earth, assuming there's WiFi. |
| 19:50 | Trying to get through Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows 1. Deathly tedium is more like it. Forgot how boring that last book was. |
| 20:08 | @nprscottsimon Maybe she meant to name her Regan. Can she turn her head 360° and spit pea soup? |
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2011-07-07
| 08:39 | Reading @altonbrown advise @donttrythis on the cooking properties of baby oil made from real babies. The future is a weird place. |
| 09:06 | I got 6 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 10:37 | Overreach? Senator, you're the poster child for overreach! http://bit.ly/o0F8rW |
| 11:43 | Sign says On The Border is a drug & alcohol free workplace. Really? An alcohol free Mexican restaurant? What's the point of that? |
| 15:17 | Dove with a death wish meets world's laziest cat. http://j.mp/mWmoCj |
| 16:57 | Finally got my new parabolic umbrella under control. Much failing and swearing were involved. But photography can now commence. |
| 17:08 | I'm good with computers and most complex electronics. But give me something mechanical and it'll be tears before bedtime. Maybe even lunch. |
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2011-07-06
| 08:36 | Does the pleasure of a long weekend outweigh the depression of facing the office after it's over? I remain unconvinced. |
| 08:47 | RT @TomTomUSA: Have you driven on any of the 20 greatest driving roads in the world (via @popmech): http://bit.ly/jIaobK [I've done only 4.] |
| 09:09 | I got 4 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 09:12 | They Might Be Giants cover Chumbawamba. Epic, and far better than the conference call I should be listening to. http://avc.lu/lN5Iqc |
| 09:39 | My cube environment as captured by Paper Camera, a new iPhone app. http://lockerz.com/s/117326649 |
| 18:41 | John Adams: ‘It Is More Important That Innocence Be Protected Than It Is That Guilt Be Punished.’ Seems apropos today. http://bit.ly/p2YT0M |
| 18:45 | Get ready for the worst fucking idea on the Internet: http://www.dontclick.it/ Suckus Maximus. |
2011-07-04
| 07:07 | Today I'll make my third attempt to see Crater Lake. Third time lucky? We shall see... |
| 12:28 | Turns out there really is a lake at Crater Lake. http://lockerz.com/s/116712720 |
| 13:37 | Back in California. Next stop: Weed, from which we get... weed, I guess. http://lockerz.com/s/116731205 |
| 16:08 | Hey, Alanis! Here's one for your Ironic sequel: http://huff.to/leWgvk |
| 16:08 | RT @RaynaRamsay: Passed my Exams..... I AM GRADUATING!!! [As if there were any doubt.] |
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2011-07-03
| 06:11 | Carpool stickers for hybrids have expired. I have no sympathy, since my Camry didn't qualify for one. http://engt.co/kyUCnR |
| 07:28 | Bye, Chico. I'm headed north. |
| 08:52 | Cool bridge. http://lockerz.com/s/116288221 |
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2011-07-02
| 08:03 | Easy commute this morning. Recession? Rapture? Or just getting a jump on the long weekend? |
| 08:06 | Ann Coulter calls Lady Diana an "anorexic, bulimic narcissist"? I know being a Repug requires you to be self-unaware, but really? |
| 08:26 | Oh, Canada, enjoy your day. But moderation, please. Don't act like your neighbors to the south. |
| 09:08 | I got 18 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 11:48 | @KobeATL Beautiful. But you already knew that. |
| 18:33 | @JackieKessler Any signs of change in his condition? |
| 18:35 | It's a long weekend so of course I'm road trippin'. Crawling & standstill traffic on 680, but at last I made it to my hotel in Chico. |
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2011-07-01
| 08:55 | If Go The F**K to Sleep were written by a Jewish mom to her adult son: http://bit.ly/kr8EDb (Miss you, mom.) |
| 09:05 | I got 37 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 12:18 | You must watch Plot Device right now. Seriously, stop what you're doing and watch it. I'll wait. http://bit.ly/mKCHzy |
| 12:34 | Is there anyone perkier than @mariancall? Could there be? Listen to Good Morning Moon, if you dare... http://bit.ly/kPHYSC |
| 14:38 | RT @ebertchicago: Reading this, I am humbled. I was way, way too easy on "Transformers 3." http://bit.ly/mCFpDP [He really didn't like it.] |
| 20:46 | Helped a friend move his studio tonight, followed by Mongolian BBQ. A good job all around. |
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