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Tweets: August 2008 Archives
@pgagolf thanks for the links!
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Random moment of the weekend. Phil Mickelson's caddy "Bones" and Phil's wife, Amy, gave me props for my R.E.M. T-shirt. Good times.
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Sarah Palin: From TV Sports Anchor To Vice Presidential Candidate Link
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Story three from the Deutsche Bank Championship: Anthony Kim Link
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Good job for meeting women ... K9 cop at a pga event ... Those guys are holding court!
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@khartline I just heard McCain is going to change his running mate pic to Tebow
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The best contextual ad I've ever seen online Link
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Two down at the Deutsche Bank Championship. Canadians, course records and razor blades ... oh my! Link
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One story down, five to go from TPC Boston. If you find anything that needs fixing, please to let me know Link
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@baratunde how about Sarah "Silver"man
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@KathySierra hehe my latest fun project for Missing Manuals could be called "books-to-blog"
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So if Sarah Palin is McCain's VP choice, that would make a 3 a.m. White House call 11 p.m. in Anchorage. I'm just sayin'
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Made it to the Deutsche Bank Championship. If you got a question you'd like me to ask someone, lemme know and I'll see what I can do.
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Playing Brooks & Dunn after referencing MLK ... damn, that was smooth.
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CNN just promoted its Heroes program for thanksgiving. Wow are we really that close to November?
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@BrianReich re wearing blue ties ... Barak will bust out the Red tie. This was also in play at the UN and White House before the Iraq war.
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Al Gore on John McCain extending the Bush-Cheney policies "I believe in recycling, but that's ridiculous."
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How does Michael McDonald get between Al Gore and Barak Obama and not Stevie Wonder?
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Looking forward to my "vacation" day tomorrow. On a golf course, covering the PGA event and working for ESPN.com. Having serious flashbacks.
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There's just something about a successful docbook xml to mt import conversion that gets me all giddy inside. I know, I know, but it's true!
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@huffpost when the convention dust settles, I'd love to meet up with some of your Movable Type people. Maybe we could meet at Web 2.0 Expo?
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Anyone going to the Deustche Bank PGA stop outside Boston this week? Lemme know.
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@sixapart Brad Choate has been and continues to be The Man.
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Shawne Merriman, please PLEASE reconsider and listen to Mark Schlereth. Seriously. Don't ruin your career for one season. Link
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@khartline ... or you could try going to my.safaribooksonline.com/search and putting "autoshapes AND ISBN = 9780596514310" in the search box
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@khartline I have Office 2008: The Missing Manual open and sitting in front of me Link
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thankyounewcoffeemakerformakingthiscupthestrongesti'veeverhadintheoffice!
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I'm strangely ambivalent about switching from DirecTV to Comcast. Once deciding nearly $300 was absurd for Sunday Ticket, the rest was easy.
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I'm posting this to favorite it ... Lauren "wants to know if happy hour counts as a meeting. Cuz if so, she has 7 meetings today."
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Why yes, yes they are playing "Are you gonna go my way" as part of Hillary Clinton's intro video. That. Is. Rich.
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Spike Lee just said he thought Hillary Clinton "will do the right thing" on MSNBC ... and I SO want that Obama posterizing McCain T-Shirt!
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@craignewmark thank you for that commentary on CNN. Hope restored. Link
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This is really really bothering me. I guess this is what we want as a country though, as I don't see things changing Link
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To all of you flying tonight and tomorrow. Bring distractions, rations and a real pillow. You might need them. Link
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@xmfred you couldn't possibly have timed playing "Under the Milky Way Tonight" by The Church any better. Thank you.
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@huffingtonpost 80px headline font for day 2 of the convention? Aren't you guys painting yourselves into a corner a little bit here?
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dude, I didn't know Kermit the Frog was going to speak at the DNC convention!
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THANK YOU D Wade for hitting that 3 right after Doug Collins just said you want to drive and not shoot a 3. I love when a Collins looks dumb
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meta minutiae: do the case of tags tip off a reporter's leanings? barack obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, joe biden, race Link
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I'm really, REALLY not in the mood to be thinking about the AP leaning toward favoring McCain 'cause of the man at the top Link
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heading to the MIT museum in a couple hours. What should I make sure I don't miss?
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@sixapart any news on posting from del.icio.us to MT 4.2 via mt-xmlrpc.cgi? searching for definitive answers is difficult at present.
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I'm happy turned off the ringer on my phone so that 3 am Obama-Biden text didn't wake me up. I do love the irony of it being 3 am though.
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@huffingtonpost thank you for my username and password that I requested. FYI, that was on June 25. Cheers!
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@macslocum seriously man, you have to just accept that we asked for this fake world and are getting what we asked for. Submit!!
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@macslocum isn't that restaurant featured in those "pretend Beijing" pics that sit in front of real buildings. Reality's overrated anyway ;)
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I kinda got a hankerin' for "climate controlled access to Metro" Link
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If the O'Reilly crew wins at trivia tonight, I think my absence should get at least a *little* credit.
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Some of you might have heard my line that I "copy and paste for a living" addendum: I also point and click. A lot. Especially today.
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RE: My tip. I might have "misremembered" tweaks I made to these bad boys. Apologies if necessary...
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MT 4.2 tip: when making new custom fields, default names are different (ex. 4.1 databook_XXX in 4.2 CategoryDataBook_XXX for example)
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Seattle I <3 you for taking what's yours from the "Super"Sonics. Can D.C. do this with the Twins and Rangers? Link
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Looks like Microsoft's Photosynth blog is being run on CommunityServer 2.1 ... Link
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Just thinking about how too much money killed rap and how too little money killed newspapers - both also played a zero-sum game.
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I think at least two of you (and possibly 5 or more) might find this very useful) Link
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Oh wow, maybe I shouldn't vote for Barak Hussein Obama after all. Link
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Any day in which you can get an "amen" is not a total loss ;-)
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Sometimes the East-West Coast time difference is your friend and someti... What? The meeting's NOW? Oh, OK. Between this and Beijing, OY ...
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@xmfred quit talking on the radio! That's why I'm listening to XM. Sorry the rest of you had to read that...
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@eesullivan rt: jewelry (handmade by me!) plug: Sage Green Beaded Necklace w/Pendant and Matching Earrings: Link
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"like all of these web ads, will have an impact only to the extent that it gets free media coverage." Link
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So if I started referring to McCain campaign director and Karl Rove protégé Steve Schmidt as Steve S*h*i*t, would that be bad?
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As people lament the current state of Journalism I just think of John Wooden: "Never let what you can't do interfere with what you can do."
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Woo Hoo! Just found out I'm gonna cover the Deutsche Bank golf tournament for ESPN.com. Thanks Kevin!!
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I know the sox got torched but I didn't think the fire department needed to come out.
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Seriously, what's better than meeting up with friends on a beautiful Sunday at Fenway Park ahead of a Josh Beckett start?
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When wondering why the php page is not rendering your php include, it is wise to confirm that you are, in fact, publishing a .php page. oy.
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Though I don't know the songs, I want to thank Simon and Craig for a great time watching Liverpool's 1-nil win over Sunderland in Cambridge.
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@laurelatoreilly ... The T execs NEED a raise cause they got a TON of security holes to fix ... thanks MIT! Link
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I have to agree with this. It's kinda like the ads the alcohol industry doesn't really want to show: Know when to say when Link
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I think the apocalypse will come in dribs and drabs. Wondering which this is Link
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MT 4.2 tip: S/R from mtIf to mt:If; mtElse to mt:Else;
and mtInclude to mt:Include ... we've been banging on this at O'Reilly for a bit.
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Photo caption contest: This stock photo, or perhaps just the bottom crop, made me laugh till I cried. https://www.support.com/about
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Fourteen months into the job and my boss just noticed I'm left-handed. I really must type all my notes, huh?
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@hrheingold HTML (Not short for Hotmail as a friend's former boss thought), digital audio recorder, xml w/ flash, and SEO-friendly headlines
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OK, if you know a veteran who needs assistance registering to vote, ping me. This is horrible Link
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He did it! That guy caught the 77 T bus! 5 of us cheered for you, in our own way. "The way he was runnin' he don't need no bus," said one.
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@sixapart LivingDot upgraded me to MT 4.2 ... So excited!
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Was just reminded anew about how great a product safaribooksonline.com really is.
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@havahula you need Silvio to introduce you to our friend bobfranken.tv ;-) you have similar theories on how to achieve fundamental change.
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@havahula i feel your IE6 pain. I am all for starting a movement to band together and stop support of it.
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Props to @tempo & the Get Satisfaction crew for getting top billing in @mashable Link
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rt @eesullivan shameless jewelry (handmade!) plug: Two-Strand Necklace w/Brown Glass Beads & Matching Earrings: Link
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Looking forward to tonight's Second Annual (?) O'Reilly sales conference in Cambridge tonight!!
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@susanmernit great talking to you today. You brought me back to my eons.com startup days. Good luck!!
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@eesullivan Mike I's we coulda gone to the game!!
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Don Orsillo: "19-16 Red Sox lead. Are you kidding me?" This is an all-timer. Oy.
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... And I just found out my buddy's screwed up AIM helped prevent me from being able to go to this game. Oh well. For the best...
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@jdlasica what do you got against us East Coasters? ;-)
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16-15 in the 7th. I blame this on Tim Daggett. Just 'cause...
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Yea, if you thought the Red Sox Rangers game was a done deal tonight, you might want to turn it back on. 14-13 top of the sixth. Seriously.
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I do feel bad for Ben that he ripped his Nats sweatshirt, despite my sarcastic reaction.
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Sittin' on a stuck T. At least it's above ground!!!
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I am happy because I am feeling the OpenX love. Link
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So maybe reading the MIT defcon MBTA security holes report on the train and making the map my desktop background wasn't a good idea ...
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Laura's awesome quote: "That's a great idea. Please don't say that within earshot of anyone else though."
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Memo to Mr. Plouffe and Mr. Obama: President Bush just said "I don't see America as having any problems." Talk amongst yourselves.
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My new sporting pipe dream: Mixed-race synchronized diving gold medalists. I assume this hasn't happened yet. Lemme know if I'm wrong.
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Obama just took some time out of his busy schedule to tell me he will announce his VP choice through text message. Carry on.
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Well that was a fun couple hours of mixing php, flash, xml, SlideshowPro and Movable Type. AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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@susanmernit after how many seconds is it an invasion of privacy to keep listening after you realize someone accidentally called you? ;-)
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My boy Bob Franken brings it on @huffingtonpost Link
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@spampy : "just got BarackRolled!!! Link
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I too have been "considered an unconventional but plausible choice" but definitely not for McCain. FAIL Link
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If you missed it, China Olympics cut off the U.S. national anthem just before "the land of the free" would have been sung. I'm just sayin...
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Al Trautwig: "If China spells history with a capital H ..." Um, Al, I don't think they use those characters ...
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welcome to twitter @eesullivan !!!
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Oh thank you Wordpress for inserting those stupid P tags INSIDE my blockquotes. Oh how I hate you right now...
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One Olympics detail I forgot about: the number of "Best in Show" moments between announcer and the expert in the sport doing color.
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John Edwards admits that despite his affair, China still has a crappy human rights record and Bush is still a dumbass. Or I made that up.
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@kimbui Amen re: web producers...
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I SO ache for boxer Gary Russell Link
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Perhaps my most ironic tweet. ever. Link
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I think Fox News would do NOTHING else but talk about Mustafa Abu Naba'a if Obama was tied up with him instead of McCain Link
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Hearing Windows XP's startup jingle for the first time on your mac is quite surreal feeling. Love the VMWare Fusion. (so far)
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good time at @bostonmash Link
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The world needs more friends like @spampy
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People can bitch all they want to about Facebook, but I'm psyched it reunited me with a college buddy from 10 years ago. Great time!
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Evan Bass from the diamondback ... Where the F are you?
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Go terps
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Jamison Hensley is my hero.
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Sometimes you can make up for some past sins, like when you relaunch a site you started years ago: Link
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I had a great time at @bostonmash meet. And I TOTALLY should have trusted my instincts and tackled that tripoadvisor owl. Next time ...
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my suggestion to media outlets covering the olympics. make the bgrd color #ccc or #666 as a reminder of china's horrible human rights record
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Chillin' in Courtyard lobby ahead of @bostonmash ... what a comfy chair! Hope i don't fall aslzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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@bostonmash ... I am bringing some MissingManuals.com freebies to Boston Mash Meet. Look for me (with a beard).
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if #dontgo supporters were right, they wouldn't care who was trying to derail their argument and instead explain why they're right. Right?
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@JustinHiggins Link
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remember ( ignore this tag #dontgo ) when playing a prank on someone, having witnesses there helps make it live on forever. Oh and go Obama!
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To @mashable and anyone else going to mashmeet who I might know... I'm gonna be there at 6ish. With a beard. ;-) Lemme know if you're going.
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If anyone is looking for some beautiful (I know I'm biased) hand-made jewelry, check out Erin's new Etsy.com store: Link
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No reference to Jack Kent Cooke from Darryl Green or Art Monk at Hall of Fame. Further confirmation that Cooke must have been a real prick.
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Is there a BIGGER clown than CNN's Rick Sanchez? And don't say Manny.
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Why do people say final for ANYTHING pertaining to the web?
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"The Log Cabin Republicans ... have nothing on the 'Black Republican PAC'" ... Fear(-mongering) & (self-)loathing anyone? Link
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If this is true, well, um, yea I don't know what to say. Link
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@baratunde thanks for that Link
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@timoreilly an interesting (and sometimes petty) back and forth about MT vs WP ... even if it is on the MT site ... Link
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Changes to LinkedIn policies, FYI: Privacy Policy: Link
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