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After using Android on the Opitmus for a month, I miss the retnia display on the iPod touch the most. #

The π is a lie… Happy Half Tau Day! http://t.co/YIjs0hN via @tauday #

At work. Excel 2 tonight. #

Steps to update website: boot linux vm, ssh into dev server at home, checkout files, edit files, ftp finished files to remote server. Done. #

@nealyoung I want one for Windows. #

I'm looking for a website that used -webkit-mask-image, had changing Studio Ghibli images as the masks with 100 as the foreground. Ideas? #

Are there any special text editors for writing short stories or books for Windows that are any good? #

How do I install Ruby, Gems and Rails on Ubuntu? Seriously, too many versions and not enough updated information. #

This is why an OS should modularized. Apps should not do things that cannot be undone. #

I wish there was a news channel designed for smart people. Oh wait… #

The final work day. #

That is the ends the last day I work until April. #

@davidwalshblog Took too long for still too much memory. #

I was playing some music through VLC off my internal HDD. The music stopped completely when I opened a tab in Chrome. Something wrong? #

@lizettegagne I had a problem with it yesterday with what appeared a delay in updates too when it did come back. #

My song on the bus. On and off. That's excellent. #

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is only 892mb. #

Why does the windows live installer need to close all my programs to update messenger? #

An alternate Facebook. It might just be another clone but let's hope not. http://bit.ly/fzP1ml #

Amazon has made the art of spending money effortless. #

I know I can expect a new iPhone every year, I know when to expect it too. With others, I don't know anything. I can't plan then. #

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Busy tonight. School, might visit Murray and finally work. Oh and studying calculus. #

Just learned about mask-image from CSS3. Really nice for making scalable text with a texture. #

I want an HTTP header for "Old Content". So search engines will realize that it's old, eventually, and shouldn't be promoted as much. #

Launch now, a nap soo and finally work later. #

Back from work. On the menu, a pizza. #

Lock down. #

Quite real too. #

@nealyoung. Not sure. Nobody's saying anything. #

Lock down over. #

Pokemon Black has arrived. http://t.co/C1KNNd3 #

There is a wifi network called "FBI SURVEILLANCE VAN2" by my bus stop. Very odd. #

@nealyoung Win. #

And my song starts playing the radio on the bus the moment I walk on. Fantastic. #

"You can Google search on youtube for…" – teacher. #

First time that I've ever used a sticky post in WordPress. #

On channel 5 news, they did a segment where they showed off this cool new website "stumble upon" that's like "channel surfing". #

"A" as in "Palm Tree". #

Thesaurus.com suggests words that don't exist in Dictionary.com. Clever. #

Laughing. Spectacular laughing. #

My blog needs 19 views to break yesterday's traffic record. Seriously. #

Sore hands from too much TypeRacer. Lots of fun though. #

Quarter of the way to getting that iPad. #

@JakeWythers Mostly for development. #

"Hey look, grills." "Girls? What kind?" "… hot ones." Dad and I. #

@davidwalshblog It's like that but it is encrypted anytime it's being synced. #

That just ended 14 hours of quiet. #

I'd expect Google Docs spellcheck to follow the same logic Google Search uses for fixing misspelled words. It doesn't. #

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How can I enhance the search capabilities of Ubuntu? I need to index tons of files and external drives. #

This web design class should learn jQuery. It's easy enough for them and it could immediately be integrated into their "sites". #

Amazon Student – A clever way to entice Amazon Prime on kids, http://amzn.to/hHq8HS #

My friend's new slightly defective kindle. http://t.co/hJGwiM4 #

Reading the live coverage of the Apple Event. I wanted video. #

Did we really need 18 different iPads? #

Finished the keynote. #

A little rude but: are there trending Republican developers out there? #

Is the iPad 2 worth buying? #

@Bluebie Very good! #

I'd love Android 2.3 for this LG Optimus. Copy/paste is kinda important. #

Dual screen, Windows 7: Flash just stayed open fullscreen while I started working with another window. I'm pleased with that recent update. #

I think someone said that we wasted the term 'personal computer'. #

Today, we March Fourth! #

I don't care if you don't have new code to push. Commit even just the copyright update once a year. #

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That iPod touch camera seriously needs an upgrade. The pictures are terrible quality and very tiny. #

If anyone is building a computer, 8gb DDR3 1600 Corsair memory for $105 from Newegg. Fantastic deal. http://bit.ly/g3JcEC #

I'm very impressed that ntfs-3g is included with linux distributions these days. #

Well, Vistaprint. As cool as your 250 free card offer is, I'd have to pay for shipping. Sorry. #

I only would pin a tab if it were important. So Chrome decided to make them smaller than all my other tabs. Right. #

@leolaporte Welcome back! #

So much snow. #

The difference I notice most is the screen resolution between the Optimus and thr iPod touch. #

That extra day off was great but I'm still tired. Too much snow. #

It's hard to believe that authors were mentioning Netscape as a common browser is 2006. #

Can I force the Kindle 3.1 update? #

My web design teacher admitted he hasn't had good luck with "divs" and likes "tables" better because of some background problem he's had. #

I did not take the AMC. #

Someday, I couldn't care less about tech news. Other days that's all that's there. #

Is there a way to get Twitter for Android to work while twitter.com is blocked, similar to how Twitterrific works even so? #

I finished yet another book. It was fantastic. Next release on 11/11/11. Clever. #

@nealyoung Very nice. #

At IHOP. Pancakes. #

Finished at IHOP. Now to Radioshack for a new phone for my dad. #

Requested an @xydoapp private beta invite. Get one. http://t.co/dlWooYW #

There's a word that means "a color that is darker then black" that I believe starts with "f"? Any ideas? #

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It's like being a kid again. Diving into PHP and that fresh spring air. Amazing. #

Tonight's class is supposed to be "Online Job Search Basics" but we need a class for "How to show up for Class". #

For this class, it would be impossible to be more boring. Oh wait… #

Heading to afternoon classes at Saint Paul College. #

Phone hunt. Oh, very soon. #

I won. – sent from my Android. #

This LG Optimus V is pretty great. #

Yesterday, I broke the 600 view barrier for the first time on the blog. #

It's not out everywhere, but gmail now comes with a fancy top navigation bar. #

fafsa.ed.gov refuses to allow Chrome 9 through because it's an incompatible browser; Chrome 6 and 7 are fine though. #

I never finished Against All Things Ending. I was afraid of running up against the ending. #

It seems to be raining today. 50f is great but rain is bad. #

Even if you're not a designer, if you were sitting through this class, you'd be freaking out too. Pointless classes, misuse of tables… #

The server has been online continuously for a remarkable 39 days. #

Any suggestions for twitter clients on Android. I miss Twitterific and Twitter for Android isn't that great. #

Going to visit my middle school later day. #

That was an easy geography test. #

My "web design" class is using tables for design. In IE8 and Chrome 9 tables do not render like Dreamweaver does. Firefox 3.6 renders close. #

@nealyoung Care to elaborate? #

Visited Murray. #

After a few days, I do miss having to slide my phone. Just a little. #

My school blocks twitter but I can get/send tweets with twitterific on my ipod. Any method for Android? #

Cleaning my office. It feels so good to make things right. #

I didn't think the Moto Xoom was coming out so soon. Apple release scare maybe? #

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Starting the week now. Five days of fun. #

Ubuntu 11.04 alpha 2 isn't going too well. #

Seems like gmail has had problems for me all day. #

@firefox Are you going to have another download day? #

@astolwijk Happy birthday. #

Tonight at work is Social Networking for Parents. #

The class was canceled so I'm free tonight! #

@Matt_Petschl Good find. #

@nealyoung How much is that .me domain? #

@nealyoung Very reasonable. #

That was an interesting calculus test. #

I gave her the ring. #

Now, to ask her to dance. #

The Mall or America website is stunning. #

At the mall of America again. #

The cheapest way to ride rides at MOA is a pass for about $20. Absurd. #

The conclusion is: you really have no idea what you are thinking now and seriously have no idea what you are thinking in the future. #

And that is it. #

The last two hours. #

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I doubt there are many others having such a great time. #

I had a fantastic day and night. #

@LastPass That's great news! #

Aside from my own suck-age, how can these days get better? #

I found out. If I didn't have to leave. #

It's been an hour and the vacation of a tech-news free weekend is already over! Oh, life. #

If you haven't dusted your tower recently, it would be a good time to do it. #

@William_Kieser That's pretty good then. #

Today's the second day or the semester and I have work. It'll be fun. #

New first hour class is slow to arrive to the classroom. #

Simulation by Incumental Stochastic Transition Matrices: SISTM. #

Done with work for tonight. Also, I convinced a bunch of eighth graders to come to my school. #

@fakedarren Looks great. #

Going to Saint Paul college now for afternoon classes. #

Just setup a little ubuntu server for my dad so he can have automated backups. #

@William_Kieser No one is limited to Java. Learn JavaScript. #

Someone here next to me is quite awesome. #

A very interesting night full of speculation and memories. #

This morning: discussing the iPad 2. #

That nap was really fantastic. #

Just sitting here. It's pretty exciting. #

I don't project any blogging for two weeks or so. #

@TheAlmightyKee Yes! #

Someone smells good. #

Oh hey. It's an Initial Commit. #

When you're a kid, you think everything you think makes sense. It doesn't. #

eBay is not an online retailer. It's an online auction. Quite a difference. Don't say they have lowest price; they don't. #

And that will be the final Daybreak. #

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I really hate having a cold. #

Being sick at school isn't very fun. #

It was great seeing the old librarian today! #

@leolaporte Great to see the new studio! #

Watching the State of the Union address. If you're not clapping for the President, even if you disagree, there is a problem. #

"That's one of my greatest concerns as a parent." #

While slightly annoying, working with a single copy of Office 2010 spread among three computers isn't that bad. Ah, being poor. #

I wonder if Digg will ever see the day that "normal people" would know what it is by name. #

This is my first time using Apple ear-buds. It's pretty bad. #

When ever I see the "King's Speech" commercial, I always think, "High Speech" because of the Dark Tower. #

I hate that the music app takes so long to refresh the current playing position when I switch back to it. 2 seconds is too long. #

Are those tweeting problems fixed yet? #

First day of finals complete. It was great. #

Twitterrific update looks great. #

When you're teaching kids programming for the first time, you need to instill that it isn't anything cosmically difficult. #

I finished an AP Computer Science Final that's supposed to take two hours in forty minutes. #

Just finished the last book in the Trader's Tales series. I'll miss it. #

At school early. #

First final: English and "A Very Potter Musical". Win. #

"A Very Potter Musical" Hilarious. http://yfrog.com/h2qr6zj #

If all apps had ads from The Deck like Twitterrific does, that would be great. #

In JDK7, what does "JSR 292: Support for dynamically-typed languages (InvokeDynamic)" actually mean? #

Putting some fancy keypad door locks. Because they're the best. #

I don't have enough Feeds for interesting blogs or news. Any suggestions? #

And now, just a few minutes more. #

Apparently MobileRSS eats battery. #

Fantastic. #

At Mall of America. #

MOA doesn't have open wifi for the whole. #

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RemotePad. Best free app ever. Incredible. #

Very behind on all anime this week. I'll do a double run next week. #

"Hey, mom, what company made your BlackBerry?" Mom: "Uh… Virgin Mobile?" "No, RIM, Research in Motion." "Uh, I can't say I heard of them." #

Tonight's episode of Craig Ferguson was fantastic. #

@davidwalshblog I never get viruses. What shady websites? #

Fantastic walkthrough of integration by hand – with limits. #

I've been accepted into University of Minnesota! #

@samebertz Thanks! The only thing though is that they put me in Liberal Arts instead of CSE, which is very sad. #

LastPass for Opera is very nice. #

Loom bracelet. http://yfrog.com/hsqp1xij #

@leolaporte That's fantastic news! #

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Is there a way to style text based on text itself? Like, div or something? #

I don't care if you don't have anything to actually update. Just change a single letter somewhere so it doesn't say, "updated 1 year ago!" #

The penetration of Chrome is surprisingly high in those outside of the tech sector. #

I can see why many WordPress themes look the same. My head hurts. #

Firefox 4b8 and Safari 5.0.3 both are using ~250MB. One has two 15min flash videos loaded and paused. The other has 8 tabs open. Guess. #

Listening to anything written by Carl Sagan is good. #

It is incredibly sad that Pale Blue Dot by Car Sagan isn't in the Kindle Store. It should be. #

@ryanflorence I thought the same thing recently. #

Anything unexpected from today's viPhone announcement? #

Oh, just behave. You can do it. Maybe. #blasphemy #

When the Unites States is Imperial, it isn't called Imperialism. It's called "manifest destiny". #takeover #everything #

A loud table in the back of library was just talking about the new Verizon iPhone. News spreads fast. #

Hungry but not tired yet. Math was fun. Learned some clever tricks. #

A graph. http://yfrog.com/h0oi3nj #

"My corn is ready!" – My mother playing CityVille. #

I don't skip class for meetings. That's not what a great student does. #

The rate at which stress condenses and then evaporates is getting ridiculous. #

#ilovemath http://yfrog.com/hs5zwaj #

A calculus teat that didn't suck. #

Now: three hours of not doing much. #

SSH to home, SOCKS to home, SFTP to home. Transfer a file from home to the road. The power of linux and the terminal. #

With a WD Green Drive, apps open at the speed at which grass grows. #

PHP6 needs to almost mandate short tags. #

I wish WordPress were more portable. #

Yeah, that Dropquest is pretty cool. I suck at slider puzzles. #

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