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YouTube - Echo & The Bunnymen - Gods Will Be...
Oct 1st
iPhone Developer Program
Oct 1st
Farewell, NDA
Oct 1st
Someone revoke this developer’s Apple license and send him back to Windows:...
Oct 1st
Billings 2 was awesome, Billings 3 looks better: http://www.billings3.com/ almost makes me wish I...
Oct 1st
[link] What we can learn about usability… http://tinyurl.com/53tv8d
Oct 1st
Do you ever check things off your to-do list because they’ve been there too long and...
Oct 1st
What we can learn about usability...
Sep 30th
<?php assert(T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM == T_DOUBLE_COLON); ?>
Sep 30th
[blogged] Command-line batch cron processing for Drupal http://tinyurl.com/4urswx
Sep 30th
TweetCloud for @DearRobot posts in the past 24 hours: http://tr.im/cloud
Sep 30th
My mouse’s superpower is scroll. Approx scroll rate: 2100 Google search results per second.
Sep 30th
Command-line batch cron processing for Drupal
Sep 30th
An El Camino style Cadillac CTS conversion just rolled past: UGLY.
Sep 30th
An open letter to Apple, courtesy of @BrandonGoodman: http://tr.im/push
Sep 30th
Portland Fusion Exchange
Sep 30th
Dancers: Check out the PDX Fusion Exchange instructors. I’m stoked. - http://tr.im/pfx
Sep 30th
I’m starving. Time for breakfast.
Sep 30th
Curse you, close proximity of the Q key when I’m trying to close a tab in Firefox.
Sep 30th
My, Omniture is ugly.
Sep 30th
Registered for Portland Fusion Exchange. You should too.
Sep 30th
Just about done for the night. Thanks for playing, bobthecow.
Sep 30th
What was Apple thinking? http://tr.im/fugly
Sep 30th
YouTube - OfficialApple's Channel
Sep 30th
I need something bacon.
Sep 30th
Dear Jared Stevens: You sure make yourself hard to contact.
Sep 29th
Does Omniture honestly put a backlink on every page they track? Wow.
Sep 29th
Logitech VX Nano review in 2 words: Scroll-o-Matic 9000.
Sep 29th
#VoteForTheMILF is one of the hottest trends on Twitter today :) http://tr.im/vote
Sep 29th
Best $6 ever spent on a domain name prank: http://voteforthemilf.com
Sep 29th
gender.twitmarks.com needs a third gender for the likes of @tweetstats, @DearRobot, etc: ROBOT
Sep 29th
bad news @dacort: http://tr.im/dacortina
Sep 29th
No description available.
Sep 29th
Teaching an old bot new tricks.
Sep 29th
Dear Interwebs: you should follow @DearRobot. That is all.
Sep 29th
Timely, in an anachronistic way - http://tr.im/hitler
Sep 29th
Powers of Persuasion Intro Page
Sep 29th
OVERHEARD please stop with the feedback loop. please.
Sep 28th
OVERHEARD the @ohbot is having some recursion problems :)
Sep 28th
it turns out that governors island has horrid cell service.
Sep 28th
QuickGold == Quıcĸsıɩⅴεʀ for pwnd iPhones == best thing ever.
Sep 28th
Current irritation: Flash widgets that say “this requires a newer version of Flash” when...
Sep 27th
i gots me a fixie | justin hileman dot info
Sep 27th
LISTEN TO THIS SONG | justin hileman dot info
Sep 27th
who's dancing now? | justin hileman dot info
Sep 27th
on wrecking a scooter | justin hileman dot...
Sep 27th
Okay, I’m done with the [old blog posts] now. Thanks for playing :)
Sep 27th
[old blog post] (more of a link, really) Thou shalt always http://tr.im/kill
Sep 27th
[old blog post] Happy new bike! (I kinda miss it) - http://tr.im/fixie
Sep 27th
[old blog post] Sweet-bros moshing - http://tr.im/moshing
Sep 27th
Reading through some old blog posts, found a few I feel like sharing :)
Sep 27th
[old blog post] My favorite quote about wrecking a scooter - http://tr.im/wreck
Sep 27th
Articles written and scheduled to post for the next month on a site I’ve been neglecting....
Sep 27th
[old blog post] The right to bear arms - http://tr.im/bearArms
Sep 27th
Gorgeous: http://tinyurl.com/4prno2
Sep 27th
Getting ahead (http://tr.im/ahead)
Sep 27th
IF YOU HAVE THE OLD LIGHTSABER APP ON YOUR IPHONE, DON’T UPGRADE. IT’S A TRAP.
Sep 27th
just lost #the_game
Sep 27th
No description available.
Sep 27th
Dear Omniture: there’s an easy fix for that column that keeps showing up as $#DIV/0! …...
Sep 26th
Isn’t it great when a corporation follows you on Twitter just because you mentioned their...
Sep 26th
Google just indexed hundreds of 404s on my site that’s down for maintenance. Poop.
Sep 26th
while true; do too much work; done
Sep 26th
I hate it when I forget which computer I’ve ssh’d into. hostname FTW.
Sep 25th
Joining McCain in #suspending my current project during this time of lunch.
Sep 25th
“Dude. You’ve gotta document any parameter you name z.”
Sep 25th
Dear Gmail: I’m not sure when you got around to it, but thanks for finally making a non-js...
Sep 25th
Done with the @woot SMS spamming. Unfollowing.
Sep 25th
Dear author of @ohbot … please stop. You just ‘overheard’ spammed me ~150 times.
Sep 24th
Talking with @akeisman about Comet, push technology :)
Sep 24th
One Baskin-Robbins Death Shake has more calories than an entire party platter of Chick-fil-A Chicken...
Sep 24th
#nsfw (language) #necessary http://tr.im/fxxxingNDA
Sep 23rd
Apple’s NDAing App Store rejection letters? Come on, Apple. That’s totally not called...
Sep 23rd
YAY REGEX!
Sep 23rd
cleaning up documentation…
Sep 23rd
A comprehensive list of things I want to eat right now: a Baskin-Robbins Death Shake. Things I...
Sep 23rd
Esteemed IE 6 Interweb Users: Your browser was released seven years ago. A lot has changed since...
Sep 23rd
Dear @vmwarefusion: 1) I’m stoked about the free upgrade to 2.0. I was expecting to pay for it...
Sep 23rd
Testing IE compatibility, accidently opened it in IE 5.0… Site in question failed miserably....
Sep 23rd
Signs that your Paypal-specific email address has been harvested: You get an email invite addressed...
Sep 23rd
Pro tip: MAC is a gun, a network address or a makeup company, not a computer model.
Sep 23rd
OTR chat FTW
Sep 23rd
Grr. 9pm and I haven’t left work yet. I’m totally going in late tomorrow.
Sep 23rd
Recursive tweet: http://tr.im/recursive
Sep 23rd
For the record, I HATE THIS MOUSE. MightyMouse FTL.
Sep 22nd
Dear iTunes: this “open then hang until reboot” schtick is getting a little old. Can we...
Sep 22nd
I need something ice cream.
Sep 22nd
Dear Apple: Telling me my charger is going to kill me but making me wait a month for a replacement...
Sep 22nd
Overheard: We are the cutesy thing ever. We disgust me.
Sep 22nd
Any guesses what this is: http://tr.im/aqua ?? That’s right. It’s a buck in the App...
Sep 22nd
Done playing with jabberbots. For today.
Sep 21st
Blood Lust is a dirty, lying Facebook app - http://tr.im/bloodlust
Sep 21st
To everyone: I’m posting this via IM. Be very jealous.
Sep 20th
grrr. i hate it when callbacks don’t call back.
Sep 20th
arrgh. accidentally sms spammed myself. ~150 messages :-/
Sep 20th
Dear self: Why did you wake up at 6:30? We are so going to regret this later… -Me
Sep 20th
Who searches for “www.(dot)info your happy friend” ?? Well, whoever it was found my...
Sep 20th
Thank you for emailing me the password I entered for my new account. You made the decision to cancel...
Sep 20th
The App Store is a plague of horrible, useless and ugly iPhone apps. Please stop rejecting the good...
Sep 20th
There’s a Lite (read: free) version of Galcon for the iPhone now. Go. Download —...
Sep 20th
[blogged] What the Milkshake? http://twurl.nl/ffc1yj
Sep 20th
One of these milkshakes == 1 dozen Krispy Kreme original glazed donuts: http://tr.im/milkshake
Sep 20th
Pro tip: If your app requires two extra clicks before every action (to hide the ads) and your...
Sep 20th
What the Milkshake?
Sep 20th
quotes | justin hileman dot info
Sep 20th
Wow, Spotlight. You’re absolutely horrid today. -bob
Sep 20th
Limited time only—quotes, in pirate: http://justinhileman.info/quotes
Sep 20th
MacRabbit - Espresso - Sign Up
Sep 19th
Nice chat with Jeff from Acquia over lunch. I’m excited about where they’re headed. #w2e
Sep 19th
Leaving a comment on someone’s blog about losing the game is a chump move.
Sep 19th
Ryan Adams’ _Wonderwall_ is an interesting pick for a Vampire Weekend Genius playlist, but...
Sep 19th
the Air
Sep 19th
oh no, Twitter. I most definitely said “cancel” not “save these hideous...
Sep 19th
New Twitter design, cue all the haters whining in 5, 4, 3…
Sep 19th
Also, flips a smaller bird to those who browse with JavaScript disabled.
Sep 19th
New Twitter design == giant middle finger to anyone still using IE 6 :)
Sep 19th
Quick! I need a seed for a new Genius playlist!
Sep 19th
[blogged] State of the Union http://tinyurl.com/4no5st
Sep 19th
State of the Union
Sep 19th
is making a scrumptious grilled cheese briquette.
Sep 18th
Flickr: The Through The Viewfinder Pool
Sep 18th
welcome to carsieblanton.com!
Sep 18th
Hot: http://ping.fm/8Lq7F
Sep 18th
lovin’ Carsie Blanton - http://carsieblanton.com/
Sep 18th
a sad list of books: http://tr.im/nda
Sep 18th
Dear iPhone: I’m so over the “phantom text alerts”. I know I got a message back...
Sep 18th
Interfacifying an existing class. Isn’t it supposed to go the other direction?
Sep 18th
No description available.
Sep 18th
sometimes i miss @hotdogsladies
Sep 18th
[blogged] the Air http://tinyurl.com/4vb6fe
Sep 18th
secret iPhone app approval process: http://ping.fm/qdQDv
Sep 18th
Next door neighbor has windows down, doors open, car stereo blaring Hindi pop. I <3 Queens.
Sep 18th
the Air
Sep 18th
[link] This is why I read Seth Godin http://tinyurl.com/5ybgfy
Sep 18th
So @stevefrancia just jumped out of bed mumbling something about a giant spider. Upon closer...
Sep 18th
PHP developer poll - Which unit test is best? http://tr.im/unit
Sep 18th
Some day I’ll learn that the 7 train sucks before 8 am. Almost missed my train at Grand...
Sep 18th
The show was great tonight. Enjoyed the MXPX set a little more than Lagwagon…
Sep 18th
Lagwagon and MXPX at B. B. Kings - Photo: http://bkite.com/01BnW
Sep 18th
monit
Sep 17th
YouGetSignal.com - A collection of...
Sep 17th
About to try this whole “sleep” thing again.
Sep 17th
#why_am_i_awake?
Sep 17th
Unexpected #ChoiceTweets silver lining: the easily converted URL structure sure makes it simple to...
Sep 17th
I think I won the Internets: http://tr.im/waitress (I found that in my referrer logs)
Sep 17th
Apparently @karenvizzy is talking about pulling off my pants?
Sep 17th
Bike seat ownership in NYC does not appear to be a zero sum game. Who has all the seats?
Sep 16th
Wow. bit.ly custom aliases are just a redirect to the regular bit.ly alias. Doesn’t seem super...
Sep 16th
note to self: only one copy of tweet tracking script should run at a time :-/
Sep 16th
Nice. Latest iPhone remote update does Genius playlists. I never have to leave my LoveSac again.
Sep 16th
Pro tip: Lots of people have started “overheard”ing things since we last had tracking....
Sep 16th
Thanks, @scobleizer and #seagate!
Sep 16th
regex based tweet tracking via sms WIN!
Sep 16th
[blogged] How do you find your biggest fans? http://tinyurl.com/66nuqm
Sep 16th
How do you find your biggest fans?
Sep 16th
Scoble’s crowd: 15 iPhones, 3 Blackberries, 2 “other”…
Sep 16th
DC Universe's Heroes and Villains
Sep 16th
stepped in poo. It was prob’ly human poo.
Sep 16th
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes.”
Sep 16th
This lack of AC is about to create a hostile work environment.
Sep 15th
Tip: Don’t send out tips abouttracking until you’re ready to enable it again.
Sep 15th
lazyweb: is there a secret way to disable the new “keep making sms noises until you do...
Sep 15th
magick.
Sep 15th
Bike messenger on the shiny new Pista: It works better if you start pedaling before you sit down and...
Sep 15th
RIP Richard Wright, Pink Floyd - http://tr.im/floyd
Sep 15th
Overheard: “Anyone I’m not into, I end up passing to my friends. I hate wasting a good...
Sep 15th
Twitter tracking via SMS: check. All @ replies delivered to phone: check. Thrashing Summize: check....
Sep 15th
If LogOnce could import 1passwd’s stored passwords, i’d jump ship. HEAR THAT 1PASSWORD?...
Sep 15th
accidentally unleashed a horde of SMS upon his phone :-/
Sep 15th
Hey Julie, your boyfriend didn’t mess around with that puta, so you should unlock the door and...
Sep 15th
Sherry Spensor, I’m not the least bit interested in selling you text links on my site. Kthx.
Sep 15th
“A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having!”
Sep 15th
If nothing else was fixed, 5 minute phone syncs FTW.
Sep 15th
ditto: http://tr.im/commando (@jefferyharrell)
Sep 15th
Gorillaz “Clint Eastwood” on my Radiohead “Creep” genius playlist? I guess I...
Sep 15th
lazyweb: With the 2.1 update can I turn push updates back on without killing my battery?
Sep 13th
HA HA! Would you look at that, Delicious Bookmarks seems to be working again. Thanks, Delicious!
Sep 13th
I pretty much slept all day today. Saturdays are pretty much amazing.
Sep 13th
Backing up my phone one last time before updating to 2.1. Hopefully this is the last of the 12 hour...
Sep 13th
ooh! what new hotness will Delicious Bookmarks update 2.0.104 bring? Maybe it will ACTUALLY WORK...
Sep 13th
Dear PHP. I wasn’t expeciting PAAMAYIM NEKUDOTAYIM either, but you don’t see me yelling...
Sep 12th
Also, I think I won PHP for the day. I can go home now, right? #t_paamayim_nekudotayim
Sep 12th
Yesterday was kinda “meh” … Here’s to a less “meh” today!
Sep 12th
xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math,...
Sep 12th
http://xkcd.com/391/ - Nice thought Unfortunately, not true.
Sep 12th
25 awesome songs by Desmond Dekker for $2… Can’t beat that - http://tr.im/israelites
Sep 11th
Be sure to listen to Dekker’s “Israelites”—One of the first international...
Sep 11th
[link] History of the browser user-agent string http://tinyurl.com/58vlu2
Sep 11th
Dear CERN: Congrats for not ending the Universe! #LHC
Sep 11th
Quitter Flock - http://tr.im/quitter
Sep 11th
Gmail Labs’ new “Navbar drag and drop” is hot. Dragged sidebar boxes stay dragged...
Sep 11th
Folding bikes have bad geometry and poor structural stability. On the plus side, you look like a...
Sep 11th
Overheard: “Now that I’m an art major I don’t have to learn things.”
Sep 11th
Lazyweb: How do you say “Please make my interface speak English again” in French?
Sep 11th
is tired of this hat. Maybe tomorrow I’ll wear a different one.
Sep 11th
Sept 10, 2008-over 1/10 of top 100 Google Trends are 9/11 related: http://tr.im/911
Sep 11th
Dear iPhone app developers: How many “Call one person by simply running this app” apps...
Sep 11th
aww, come on suddenly french web browser. why you gotta jack my “default browser” prefs...
Sep 11th
History of the browser user-agent string
Sep 11th
Dynamic Drive- FavIcon Generator
Sep 11th
http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/
Sep 10th
Pet peeve: People wasting my time because of their incompetence. I’m going to start billing...
Sep 10th
New Google Reader subscription: http://tr.im/end
Sep 10th
Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the...
Sep 10th
:) my blag is currently the first result for “what i have to do to be famous” -...
Sep 9th
if my “problem” was “escalated to teir-two support” 12 hours and is still...
Sep 9th
yeah. i slept a grand total of 90 minutes. #sucks_to_be_me.
Sep 9th
“chat with like-minded individuals” - http://tr.im/bling
Sep 9th
dear webhost: please to be serving up my filez. i know they’re there. i’m ssh’d...
Sep 9th
looks like i have lotsa of eggs in the one basket, and not so many in any other basket…
Sep 9th
location icons (local/network) in each file tab might be my favorite new feature in Coda 1.5 -...
Sep 9th
realizing that i never minimize windows these days… there are just so many better ways of...
Sep 9th
[blogged] tentatively http://tinyurl.com/574r7f
Sep 9th
Just converted @gruber’s Title Case script (http://tr.im/titlecase) into a Coda script....
Sep 9th
Web host pro tip: If I call and complain about downtime, make sure the server is up again before...
Sep 9th
the new adium does gtalk/jabber group chat!
Sep 9th
wishlist: an *open* short url standard API, so i can set any service of my choice in apps instead of...
Sep 9th
[blogged] Pirate envy http://tinyurl.com/6b4l2l
Sep 9th
getting sleepy… going to bed before i accidentally wake back up.
Sep 9th
is currently psaphonic.
Sep 9th
Pirate envy
Sep 8th
tentatively
Sep 7th
Fancy Zoom by John Nunemaker
Sep 7th
there’s no way this is going to do a clean reboot… sync. sync. power cycle.
Sep 7th
ahh… caffeine always works. headache is gone. as is any possibility of sleep.
Sep 7th
Setting phasers to “dehumidify”
Sep 7th
http://twitpic.com/ahsr - Be very jealous (@alesplin @saymoondan @t8kedown)
Sep 7th
“Clap your hands!” “But I feel so lonely” “Clap your hands!”...
Sep 7th
just had an all-thinning-shears haircut. pleased with the result.
Sep 7th
Nikto | CIRT.net
Sep 6th
finally disabled that stoopid “open iPhoto every time i dock my phone” preference. apple...
Sep 6th
poking things prob’ly better left unpoked. DM me if i start tweeting a bunch of crap all of a...
Sep 6th
[blogged] statistics http://tinyurl.com/6j428n
Sep 5th
music is my secret crush.
Sep 5th
statistics
Sep 5th
poop. stayed up too late :( good progress with work though :)
Sep 5th
every time i watch SLC Punk i feel like shaving my head. this time is no exception.
Sep 5th
I hate it when I accidentally go dancing too early.
Sep 5th
Typechart - Browse Web Type, Grab CSS.
Sep 4th
Done!
Sep 4th
Taking the stairs. See you in 12 stories….
Sep 4th
unfollowing @FakeSarahPalin — this stuff gets old pretty fast.
Sep 4th
come on, @twintro, you’ve gotta give me an @link to follow, so i can check out your new...
Sep 4th
reminiscing about maybes. - http://bkite.com/01ses
Sep 4th
[blogged] de La Rochefoucauld, on censure http://tinyurl.com/5flkyx
Sep 4th
reminiscing about maybes.
Sep 4th
Getting Started With jQuery QUnit for...
Sep 3rd
de La Rochefoucauld, on censure
Sep 3rd
Newegg.com - Western Digital VelociRaptor...
Sep 2nd
super stoked about http://api.zoopframework.com … not finished, but an essential Zoop...
Sep 2nd
arrgh. effectively killed current productivity streak by pulling massive changes into my repo and...
Sep 2nd
super stoked about http://api.zoopframework.com … not finished, but an essential Zoop...
Sep 2nd
http://tinyurl.com/poo-tracker - are you serious? do we really need this app?
Sep 2nd
wishlist for @socialthing: a button that says “holy hell, 854 unread updates? let’s skip...
Sep 2nd
pro tip: as cool as it is, *your site* is not my social network. pls make sure it plays nice with...
Sep 2nd
http://ping.fm/HQ7sY - you’ll never guess where i got this music :)
Sep 2nd
upgrading. trying to be optimistic about this round of “bug fixes”
Sep 2nd
rode the train without my phone tonight: wow that’s boring.
Sep 2nd
cuil still sucks. #for_the_record
Sep 2nd
XBMC + mac + attractive interface = Plex - http://plexapp.com/
Sep 2nd
apparently i’m not the only boing boing reader who purchased the toolbelt -...
Sep 2nd
The Man in Blue > There are no social...
Sep 1st
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Sep 1st