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a comprehensive list of things i’ve eaten today: yogurt drink, greek yogurt, cheese, cheez-it...
Jul 31st
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Jul 31st
i heart dd-wrt.
Jul 31st
#socialthing posts via ping.fm now :)
Jul 31st
hey @1password … can we have the bookmarklets back? please?
Jul 31st
people are emailing me, asking me to enable comments on @bigbags blog. awesome.
Jul 31st
woot had bacon salt and i missed it :( http://www.woot.com/
Jul 31st
iTunes backs up my phone for over an hour and a half every night. rsync backs up from scratch in 20...
Jul 30th
the native @1password iPhone app looks pretty but it’s way less useful than the MobileSafari...
Jul 29th
Waiting for the beat to kick in.
Jul 29th
1passwd4iPhoneFTW!
Jul 29th
long nap :)
Jul 29th
I heart blues. - http://bkite.com/014ZG
Jul 29th
http://ping.fm/W1vtV <- wow, cuil. where did you get that photo?
Jul 28th
♪And I can start a book / I can make some mac and cheese / I can sleep twelve hours / You’ll...
Jul 28th
oops. webhost just called me out for an “abusive” cron job. totally meant for that to...
Jul 28th
http://ping.fm/fUBAU <- you have no idea how happy this just made me :)
Jul 28th
is worn out from sleeping so much.
Jul 28th
I used to clap on 1 and 3, now I snap on 2 and 4.
Jul 27th
Sleepy. Want to dance anyway. Why do I do this to myself?
Jul 27th
show me your phone, i’ll show you mine: http://justinhileman.info/blog/2008/07/myphone
Jul 26th
haHA! ya sirve mobileterminal!
Jul 26th
search results you find in server logs, part 3: “HELP FOR SOME ONE WHO IS IN DEBT AND LIES AND...
Jul 26th
On the Chinatown bus to Philly. This weekend is starting off with a healthy serving of spontaneous.
Jul 26th
thinking of turning off auto-tweeted blog posts (the ones that start with [blogged] or [linked])...
Jul 26th
going to philly tonight :)
Jul 26th
What a lovely way to burn…
Jul 26th
myPhone
Jul 25th
Moderation.
Jul 25th
Moderation.
Jul 24th
Inconsolata
Jul 24th
Medialets is tracking iPhone App Store...
Jul 24th
NorthTemple.com : IE 6 is a last-generation...
Jul 24th
i OWN the “songs about cartography” SERPs.
Jul 23rd
[blogged] Reset menu sort “weight” in Drupal 6 http://tinyurl.com/58amfe
Jul 23rd
from @security4all: patch your DNS NOW -> http://tinyurl.com/6l24av
Jul 23rd
that’s right. hide behind your little mask, coward.
Jul 23rd
wanted to go to sleep early tonight. need to fix my phone first :(
Jul 23rd
Perhaps “spicy pork with rice” from a street vendor wasn’t the best call for...
Jul 23rd
seeing strange traffic from google’s NYC office to the “edit results” post. maybe...
Jul 23rd
alright, i give up. i’ll upload these screenshots another day :(
Jul 23rd
appropriate? -> http://tinyurl.com/59ufb4
Jul 23rd
http://istwitterdown.com lies.
Jul 23rd
apple deprecated my charger. jerks.
Jul 23rd
Re DNS: check your DNS here: http://www.doxpara.com/ If it fails, set up OpenDNS here:...
Jul 23rd
Headed to nyphp meeting with @stevefrancia
Jul 23rd
not sure whether this upload is still going. how long until you give up and try again?
Jul 23rd
Reset menu sort "weight" in Drupal 6
Jul 21st
bleh. too many apps for this limited interface. can we have summerboard and friends back already...
Jul 21st
isn’t.
Jul 21st
happy happy DFU
Jul 21st
dear FedEx: i’m in New York. please to be not delivering my package to Salt Lake ->...
Jul 21st
“We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and...
Jul 21st
hi there, cydia.
Jul 21st
s3 iz bak.
Jul 21st
mr iTunes: what, pray tell, is the purpose of all those backups if you aren’t going to let me...
Jul 21st
i can has root #iPhone #terminal #woot!
Jul 21st
S3Hub: S3 Client (for Mac OS X)
Jul 21st
hmmm. IE 8 has no idea what to do with “:hover:before” … but at least they figured...
Jul 20th
wow, iTunes. thanks for making me redownload all my apps because i wanted to sync with my desktop...
Jul 20th
tell me you didn’t just “opt me in” to your mailing list… i trusted you with...
Jul 20th
http://ping.fm/2tr9C <- O_o i miss utopia.
Jul 20th
Twinkle’s refresh button turns into a whale warning sign when Twitter is down. Clever.
Jul 20th
*loved* dark night. just doing my part for the summize sentiment scores :)
Jul 20th
iPhone 3G + save benjis app + Circuit City website = in store price match at Best Buy. FTW.
Jul 20th
Trism: best iPhone app evar.
Jul 20th
If I knew you were one of those ladies who argue the price of everything in your cart I would have...
Jul 20th
walkscore.com gives my neighborhood 95/100, walkers’ paradise! -> http://tinyurl.com/6omv6p
Jul 20th
Yeah, Batman is cooler than you.
Jul 20th
i’m pretty sure it’s 90 degrees in my living room right now. luckily it’s about 25...
Jul 20th
my crackhead GPS unit just said “After 150 feet, turn left” … it’s in my...
Jul 20th
the new @1Password “go to page, fill form and submit” feature is the hotness. if...
Jul 20th
corollary: if you’re not using a mac, you can’t use 1passwd. therefore, you should also...
Jul 20th
email from “service@paypol.com” ?? sure, guys… not gonna click that link.
Jul 20th
Hacking the Technical Interview
Jul 20th
welcome back twitter
Jul 18th
firefox 3 update!
Jul 18th
free UI tip: if your website has a huge download arrow graphic and some text underneath that says...
Jul 18th
http://tinyurl.com/62g3vo <- i’ve synced my contacts three times. not a good way to inspire...
Jul 18th
lazyweb: what would you like MobileMe to do? (whether it does already or not)
Jul 18th
not feeling well :(
Jul 18th
http://ping.fm/rMUCa <- yesterday vs. today: no more push for MobileMe… :-/
Jul 18th
tag based contexts (ala Things) click more with my brain than hierarchal contexts (ala OmniFocus)...
Jul 18th
http://tinyurl.com/5pw4lr
Jul 18th
[blogged] How does that proverb go? http://tinyurl.com/6j9v89
Jul 18th
[blogged] More on Google’s “Digg-like” social search http://tinyurl.com/6fhvxd
Jul 18th
wtEFF Apple? MobileMe’s not going to push now? i feel like our whole relationship is based on...
Jul 18th
Google's "Edit Search results" experiment |...
Jul 17th
How does that proverb go?
Jul 17th
got an “X has added you” notice about an old friend. took a second to remember her face....
Jul 17th
dear @culturedcode: i love Things, really i do. but honestly. no online service? no sync with...
Jul 17th
dear @rtm: i love Remember The Milk. but i might have to find someone else. i need to Get Things...
Jul 17th
http://tinyurl.com/6nlyo7 <- people are already trying to game google’s social search edit...
Jul 17th
http://twitpic.com/4ceq - i’m not going to lie, http://tech.nopho.be is hot on the iPhone :)
Jul 16th
How does that proverb go?
Jul 16th
the upcoming search engine revolution -> http://tinyurl.com/5r92v8
Jul 16th
http://tinyurl.com/5rhfd5 <- stoopid iPhone. why do you take half an hour to sync?
Jul 16th
nerd question: what’s your favorite PHP framework and why?
Jul 16th
More on Google's "Digg-like" social search
Jul 16th
power cycling iPhone: third time since i got it. laptop: fourth time today. i hate you, Apple.
Jul 16th
overheard (@stevefrancia): “ok, first of all, don’t google goat██”
Jul 16th
http://ping.fm/EVW3U <- i heart machine translation :)
Jul 16th
matt cutts tweeted my google blog post. that’s always fun.
Jul 16th
Might have been lying to myself… I don’t know that I can actually finish a 10 pack of...
Jul 15th
AT&T just sent a text welcoming me as a customer… apparently they’ve forgotten about...
Jul 15th
An In Depth Review of the New Facebook
Jul 15th
Google gets Digg style voting for search...
Jul 15th
81% of people reading stories about Google SERPs are smarter than your average IE user. #user-agent...
Jul 15th
http://tinyurl.com/6aerpx <- twitter + summize == FTW :)
Jul 15th
thiefed a set of drawers from the office down the hall. wonder if anyone noticed?
Jul 15th
it’s always a good feeling when a new site is indexed and ranking :)
Jul 15th
[blogged] Google’s “Edit Search results” experiment http://tinyurl.com/6qxkeg
Jul 15th
Google's "Edit Search results" experiment
Jul 15th
interesting if you’re a nerd, might be interesting if you’re not ->...
Jul 15th
none of the settings links mentioned on the “Edit results” FAQ page...
Jul 15th
Google’s “edit search results” is interesting… i wonder how long...
Jul 15th
uninstalling @loopt so i don’t accidentally spam my friends with unsolicited SMS ->...
Jul 15th
So updating an appstore app rearranges all my icons? Thanks, Apple!
Jul 15th
iTunes just sent me a receipt basically full of free apps :)
Jul 15th
workin’ some Drupal magick.
Jul 14th
just did a fingers-crossed, on-the-fly realtime update to a CMS at work. it worked :)
Jul 14th
Listening to an intruiging conversation about dropping hits of nutmeg…
Jul 14th
dear @culturedcode: please, make with the sync already. love the app, but i need sync to use it on...
Jul 13th
AppEngines: i hate you and every one of your ebooks.
Jul 13th
about a thousand swedish bolts later, i have room to walk in my bedroom.
Jul 13th
Unitag | drupal.org
Jul 13th
twittersphere’s overall sentiment on Hellboy: “so-so” … i think i disagree...
Jul 13th
installing ~1gb of updates. desktop has been off the grid for about a month.
Jul 13th
Things I like: zipcar, GPS, MetroCards.
Jul 13th
Tal como son :)
Jul 13th
http://twitpic.com/3qf1 <- the power adapter is really cute…
Jul 12th
battery life isn’t so good when you play with your new toy all day
Jul 12th
The link called “settings” on the myspace phone/touch app doesn’t actually contain...
Jul 12th
the @twitterrific phone/touch app has a bunch of sweet features :) wonder when we’ll see them...
Jul 12th
Typing this from my new 3G iPhone
Jul 12th
Apple store employees running upstairs. Things sound like they’re coming unhinged outside.
Jul 12th
Manhattan Apple Store just jacked up at the end… Turned this into a mob. It’s a mess,...
Jul 12th
Angry customers cut as many people as possible while yelling about everyone cutting in front of them...
Jul 12th
seven hours and counting. iphone is almost in reach.
Jul 12th
AT&T servers are down, Apple store can’t sell iPhones… Hundreds of people waiting in...
Jul 12th
1/3 through the line in the last hour, still plenty of phones… - http://bkite.com/00UAQ
Jul 12th
1/3 through the line in the last hour, still plenty of phones… - http://bkite.com/00UAR
Jul 12th
7:30 pm, Manhattan Apple Store still has phones, 2 hour wait. I’m in line.
Jul 11th
finally off work! anyone know if there are any phones left in NYC?
Jul 11th
http://tinyurl.com/55mvkv
Jul 11th
question of the day: black 16 gig or white 16 gig?
Jul 11th
grey screen of fail. :-(
Jul 11th
making a list, checking things off. it’s going to be a good day.
Jul 11th
I am easily annoyed by devices with proprietary USB connectors.
Jul 11th
Nothing worth waiting for at the end of the Hellboy credits…
Jul 11th
If you have to grab on to a rail to demonstrate dancing Charleston, you shoul prob’ly leave...
Jul 11th
onNYturf’s subway map superimposed over google maps is great. it’s actually to scale,...
Jul 11th
anyone have an extra Socialthing! invite for @stevefrancia ?
Jul 10th
http://ping.fm/GBsHd <- that is all
Jul 10th
my sock drawer isn’t sorted… sock selection process: paw through drawer, pick single...
Jul 10th
thanks, @socialthing, for making recent updates highlighted so i can tell what changed :)
Jul 10th
_How to Win Friends and Influence People_ pt. 1: leave passive-agressive notes rather than...
Jul 10th
done for the night. done for. hasta la morning, kids.
Jul 10th
pet peeve: eating ice cream with weaksauce spoons. guess what kind of spoons we have… did you...
Jul 10th
working over presentation slides: “social media marketing” for my company. anything i...
Jul 10th
Missed my stop. Good thing the subway allows do-overs.
Jul 10th
Subway seating preference appears to follow the same algorithm as urinal selection.
Jul 10th
twitter works but pownce won’t post? wow.
Jul 9th
it turns out that tinyURLing a tinyURL is a bad idea. thanks, whatever part of my update workflow...
Jul 9th
exciting that quotably lets you “fix threading”. lame that it doesn’t have the...
Jul 9th
wow. just wow. -> http://tinyurl.com/56c4gn
Jul 9th
wow. just wow. -> http://tinyurl.com/6gxweu
Jul 9th
CSSEdit’s autocomplete doesn’t suggest style rules that I’ve already used in the...
Jul 9th
color scheming
Jul 9th
http://tinyurl.com/6cnqdz <- $73k == 44 sq. ft. condo in NYC.
Jul 9th
tech.nopho.be is finally getting indexed by google. took several days :-/
Jul 9th
brilliant idea: Thsrs … look up shorter synonyms -> http://thsrs.com
Jul 9th
1 day. 16 hours. 28 minutes. 15 seconds.
Jul 9th
no wonder i’m sleepy. this computer’s clock is two time zones away. it’s way past...
Jul 9th
well. this is lame. i can’t set up my wireless mouse without plugging in a wired one. i...
Jul 9th
“moving truck” came. thanks UPS!
Jul 8th
just moved over 250 lbs of packages up 3 *tall* stories. time for a nap.
Jul 8th
i lost.
Jul 8th
numbers graphs are hot -> http://tinyurl.com/6cwf4t
Jul 8th
breakfasting
Jul 8th
tweetdeck is a great idea, but holy awkward interface.
Jul 8th
why am i up this early? don’t i know better?
Jul 8th
♪ Of course I was raised to gather courage from those lofty tales so tried and true… ♪
Jul 8th
6pm. i’m about done.
Jul 7th
79 degrees, 97% humidity. no me gusta.
Jul 7th
♪ I just wanna tell you how Im feeling ♪ Gotta make you understand ♪
Jul 7th
note to self: make sure linkedin profile always includes an alternate form of contact, in case...
Jul 7th
the norman door at the office gets me about twice a day. - http://bkite.com/00Skl
Jul 7th
[blogged] tired of being sexy http://tinyurl.com/6dsd33
Jul 7th
one browser we don’t need to bother testing anymore: IE/mac… anyone still using that...
Jul 7th
flash developers: please, collectively, figure out “scroll”… it’s been...
Jul 7th
tired of being sexy
Jul 7th
cake covered mahna mahna!
Jul 7th
happy cookie night guys!
Jul 7th
my new hobby: opening IM windows with friends who use Adium or Pidgin (with ESP) and typing a few...
Jul 7th
get “rat is dead”, brand new single by CSS -> http://csshurts.com
Jul 7th
“redheads, not warheads. blondes, not bombs” - flight of the conchords
Jul 7th
things that annoy me: getting all the way to the other end of a package of cookies and realizing...
Jul 7th
have you seen le sac vs pip’s “look for the woman” yet? you should ->...
Jul 7th
Fell asleep on my arm; I’m now awake, arm isn’t.
Jul 6th
http://tinyurl.com/5z2w8y <- i like to see stats like that :) … broswer stats for...
Jul 6th
of a sudden i’m all wore out. need a nap.
Jul 5th
for the record, the macbook air is ill equipped to deal with a 1920x1200 screen…
Jul 5th
do you ever see a “friend” name on a social network and think to yourself “i...
Jul 5th
anyone have a ping.fm invite?
Jul 5th
[blogged] Tech.nopho.be http://tinyurl.com/5lqu4c
Jul 5th
Tech.nopho.be
Jul 5th
footnote support: check.
Jul 5th
Allway Sync adds S3 support, still looks like it was drawn in MS Paint. there’s a reason i...
Jul 5th
http://tinyurl.com/6loyjr <- :D
Jul 5th
little uncle sam dude on google maps street view is freaking me out a bit.
Jul 5th
happy birthday, united states.
Jul 5th
ignoring fireworks, tweaking a site design.
Jul 5th
overheard: “it’s probably because of my boobs. they probably think i had them...
Jul 4th
If you wear jazz sneakers when you go swing dancing, you will do at least one toe-pointed,...
Jul 4th
Homeless dude called me macgyver :-)
Jul 3rd
Just used my superrad tool belt to tighten a faucet in a central park restroom so i could wash my...
Jul 3rd
Zero to zipcar in 4 hours.
Jul 3rd
Hairs cut at Pablo InterCoiffure
Jul 3rd
dear ebay: did you honestly just suggest “abercrombie and fitch hoodies” as something...
Jul 3rd
[blogged] Dear Utah Drivers… - http://tinyurl.com/3vuudn
Jul 3rd
today: getting a haircut. suggestions?
Jul 3rd
really digging all the work being done on wamu’s online/mobile banking.
Jul 3rd
Dear Utah Drivers...
Jul 3rd
[blogged] The value of a perk is inversely related to the expectation of that perk....
Jul 3rd
The value of a perk is inversely related to...
Jul 3rd
initial thoughts: identi.ca’s jabber bot works. i’m sold :)
Jul 3rd
replicating social graphs: anyone with jaiku or identi.ca accounts, pls D me your username.
Jul 3rd
simultaneously posting to twitter, jaiku, facebook and pownce. preemptive apology to anyone who...
Jul 3rd
http://tinyurl.com/3jorxp <- best pref setting evar!
Jul 3rd
if twitter implemented openmicroblogging protocol, i’d set up a laconica server to host my own...
Jul 3rd
Operation ‘walk-in fridge’ complete. Room is quite bearable now.
Jul 3rd
Tamarindo snocone: not half bad.
Jul 3rd
turn it on, turn it up. necesito el aire acondicionado.
Jul 2nd
ff3 download day record is official -> http://tinyurl.com/5ctj3u
Jul 2nd
hold music: dave brubeck “take five”
Jul 2nd
good job, pandora “dreaming of me” by depeche mode *is* similar enough to add to my...
Jul 2nd
http://tinyurl.com/6kn2b4 <- mollom has done me right. zero false positives. also: no spam has...
Jul 2nd
if every time you post to freecycle you say something like “WANTED: i just saw X on TV and...
Jul 2nd
anyone have a 22 inch 2x4 they don’t really need?
Jul 2nd
http://tinyurl.com/3en4pt <- i work for these guys :)
Jul 2nd
“commuters give this city its tidal restlessness, natives give it solidity and continuity, but...
Jul 1st
Dropped my building key in grand central today. It’s gone. I need to pee, and my...
Jul 1st
http://tinyurl.com/59dy8u <- moving truck will get here in 7 days.
Jul 1st
http://tinyurl.com/6njtxl - only one more week :)
Jul 1st
we go years without a good SVN client for mac, and now two we have two? i <3 Versions, but...
Jul 1st
MBAir updated to 10.5.4, everything is functioning normally.
Jul 1st
Missed my train… Some day i’ll get the hang of this :-/
Jul 1st
Central market grill just sharpied out my full credit card number from my copy of the receipt (but...
Jul 1st
happy birthday, canadia.
Jul 1st