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• @jimcorreia block the number (or always redirect to voicemail?) ? Or has the caller blocked caller ID? in reply to jimcorreia #
• Humph – no StoreKit/in app purchases in the simulator ! Makes testing/dev more of a pain 8-( #
• Add for ZipRealty on a train in Massachusetts has a picture of an iPhone with the vodafone carrier ident. ZipRealty even operate in the UK? #
• @dlouhy but not for long I'm sure. At least you're hanging with the right crowd! in reply to dlouhy #
• @danielpunkass Is there any other choice ? Mind you see this tweet : http://bit.ly/a5G3KA dweekly is behind PBwiki in reply to danielpunkass #
• Aahh… The history of science ! http://bit.ly/9hZpUH #
• @mattgemmell I'll probably burn in hell for pointing this out – but that site is BSreview.org (capitalization mine), just sayin'… in reply to mattgemmell #
• RT @fraserspeirs: After the last 13 years, I think I need someone to pinch me. This new government is real, yes? http://bit.ly/clFjNj :Wow! #
• @bluedonkey Hey ! Congratulations ! On the Big Island ? Kona Coast ? msg me for some cool hike locations ! in reply to bluedonkey #
• @bluedonkey Have a great time ! Talk to the concierge about the local beach just up/down the coast where you can swim with turtles! in reply to bluedonkey #
• @vmwarefusion Sweet ! And it's NOT done in Flash either ! in reply to vmwarefusion #
• @danielpunkass Happy Birthday – older – Man ! in reply to danielpunkass #
• I don't usually see many Brompton Folding bikes – for some reason I've now seen two others in 2 days. First ones in months! #bikeweek ? #
• @jeremykezer For a lady that works with animals – snakes aren't her 'thing' ?! in reply to jeremykezer #
• @aschmitt Oh no ! I hope recovery isn't too bad and you can get back on your bike soon ! in reply to aschmitt #

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• I see people posting using Ars-Technicas 'short URL' site http://arst.ch and I keep reading that as arsch which is something quite different #
• How do I tell Xcode that I want the single byte © from Mac Roman NOT the two byte UTF sequence : 0xc2, 0xa9 in a string constant? #lazytweet #
• Recalling what a real election looks like : http://bit.ly/bGoZ5p #
• @chuckdude What's the problem with your drive ? Not a Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 (specifically that model) is it ? I had luck fixing 1 myself in reply to chuckdude #
• @chuckdude Sorry – I don't think I can help there. My 'leet Drive hacking skills only apply to the 'cudas with bad firmware. in reply to chuckdude #
• @chuckdude Want a real office ? With a view ? Wanna desk in VMware for an hour ? in reply to chuckdude #
• They do love each other – I just got email from Apple promoting Adobe CS5 ! #
• @patlee I have the LG netflix enabled Bluray player. Works well for me – does good double duty. Also has player for media on SMB shares in reply to patlee #

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• @reitshamer http://winchester.us had local info for us – check your town website (we might just be very lucky I guess) in reply to reitshamer #
• How I spent at least part of my weekend : http://bit.ly/cCgESH It worked and I recovered my data – phew! #
• @Hybernaut I just hope the storm is done in the next 60 minutes so I can ride home in the cool **DRY** air ! in reply to Hybernaut #
• @danielpunkass congratulations ! Nicely done ! Now – 'bout them iThingy apps? in reply to danielpunkass #
• @mmartel Say hi to Cornell & Lake Cayahuga as you pass. Had a great time there last summer and will be back again this year. in reply to mmartel #
• @gruber See ! People don't need flash to be total cretins ! They can do it with open standards too ! in reply to gruber #
• Aahhh midday building evacuation – good job I was ready for lunch anyways. #
• @fraserspeirs Yep – I'm surprised (from here in the US) how poorly the LibDems have done. I wasn't expecting miracles but -5 seats ? Ooooff! in reply to fraserspeirs #
• IronMan2 was a fun way to spend a couple of hours! Great visuals, some nice touches and good one-liners – stay past the credits too #
• Another reason to stay for the credits – my friend Peter Murphy at ILM deserves the recognition! #
• @erik_price is that the roof of your building? in reply to erik_price #

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• @kylesm Email to the Kindle App – if you have a Kindle account (for .mobi format titles at least) ? in reply to kylesm #
• @kylesm Yep – figured that was the title, 'course I just emailed my .mobi format to my Kindle so I can read it at home tonight in reply to kylesm #
• @siegel Dude ! Ponies ! Faster Ponies too ! I like ! in reply to siegel #
• Wow ! Busy day for everyone ! @panic with Transmit 4.0 @siegel with BBEdit 9.5 Hey @marsedit – are you sure you don't wanna join the party? #
• @wilshipley You should go ! Is the Sultan going to be there ? He's loaded & he has daughters I think ! in reply to wilshipley #
• Darn – I should have played hooky this week and gone skiing !! http://bit.ly/bqmIGW (80 degrees forecast this weekend) #
• @aschmitt Go check out Michele & my old stomping ground 'The Wanch' in Wan Chai – enjoy Hong Kong ! in reply to aschmitt #
• @patlee Uh oh ! Some we 'know' telling porky-pies again ? in reply to patlee #
• @patlee Then it *must* be some wine vendor trying to pull a fast one ? in reply to patlee #
• @jimcorreia Cheerio old chap ! Hope we can catch up again some time in the near future ! #
• @tristan could have been worse. The owner could have been mounting the fist. in reply to tristan #
• @reitshamer it may depend on your location in town. Winchester is on the list – but only certain neighbourhoods are MWRA supplied in reply to reitshamer #

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• Man – that was nasty! 50 mins looking at wonky stack pointers only to realize I *wanted* a crash, just not the one I was seeing! #
• @fraserspeirs BA is offering crossgrades to ocean liners now ? in reply to fraserspeirs #
• @mattgemmell Bond has been delayed: http://bit.ly/b4amla in reply to mattgemmell #
• Winchester station closed due to accident – southbound trains running soon #mbta #
• @aschmitt Yep, it was not a good scene at the station this morning. Those on the Haverhill express were stuck for at least 90 mins. in reply to aschmitt #
• @aschmitt reports seem to suggest a suicide ('not an accident') but no name has been released AFAIK in reply to aschmitt #
• @kylesm ouch! That sounds as though it might be expensive! in reply to kylesm #
• @mikebernardo and on a poorly surfaced downhill street with a sharp turn and a big wall at the end? in reply to mikebernardo #
• Hmm… rumor is Apple wants to acquire ARM ? Perhaps they shouldn't have sold their stake back in the 90s after all! http://bit.ly/aXiNBW #
• Managed to dodge one thunderstorm on my ride to the station. I wonder if I'll be as fortunate on the next leg from station to home? #
• I think @fraserspeirs might have misplaced a 'd' in that last tweet about @danielpunkass ? in reply to fraserspeirs #
• Grrrr…. iTunes/Applescript is really p***ing me off ! I can't get it to do a simple 'tell … add POSIX file "/path/to/movie.mp4" no errors! #
• @cdmnky What's the magic for alias conversion ? I tried alias("/path/to/movie.mp4") and didn't get anywhere in reply to cdmnky #
• @cdmnky Turns out the problem was nothing to do with the script. iTunes will silent fail to add *video* files with an mp4 suffix! Use .m4v in reply to cdmnky #
• @gruber Isn't it just a 'rumor' according to CNet? You can't expect a paragon of journalism such as Gizmodo to report on rumor and innuendo. in reply to gruber #

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• @jtrainer Congratulations on the acquisition ! Sounds like a fun product to develop *and* use ! in reply to jtrainer #
• @gruber Of course 10 years ago JLG's company was working hard to get Flash on the BeIA. Times *have* changed, and he's correct today #
• @dsandler @emilsit Theres a prize for the first person to hack the new displays in the elevators in our building #
• At East Coast Grill for Hell Night. Just signed my life & more importantly my bowels away with the Pasta From Hell consent form. #
• @cdmnky are you using visual studio or windbg? Windbg is a 'power tool' vis studios debugger has always been good to me. Email me for tips? in reply to cdmnky #
• @dsandler During Tuesday apparently! Bldg mgmt should expect someone to get creative with them given the tenants:VMware,Google,MIT Game lab in reply to dsandler #
• Survived Hell Night at ECG, I 'lost' meatball roulette (hiccups), pasta was a little hotter than my meatball. Chile rubbed steak was awesome #
• @erik_price yeah, bit of 'ring of fire' this morning, but I was expecting worse. Perhaps it's still too early? #mysteriesofthedigestivetract in reply to erik_price #
• Eyjafjallajoekull is causing flooding (http://tinyurl.com/y4q3kg9), the waterfall in the bkgd is (I think) http://tinyurl.com/y5o87u4 #
• @postmechanical @jeremykezer BBC reporting suggests that the ash cloud should subside in a week or so (perhaps less) in reply to postmechanical #
• @jimcorreia welcome back to New England ! It's saying goodbye with one last reminder of what we live with here! in reply to jimcorreia #
• RT @reitshamer: 30 seconds of 500 frame/sec video of Saturn V launch from launch pad camera: http://vimeo.com/4366695 – Wow ! Just Amazing! #
• @herrod But Eyjafjallajökull is such a good codename for a product ! Or jökulhlaup (the flood caused by the eruption) ? in reply to herrod #
• @dsandler @emilsit Nice! Someone stuck a piece of paper with 'SPAM' on it over one of the new acreens in the elevators. #notquiteahack #
• @BastardMachine NBC finally 'fesses up: http://www.theonion.com/articles/nbc-admits-to-never-actually-making-an-episode-of,17241/ #
• Damp & Dreary in LI – sad to be missing @barcampboston – ah well… next year #
• @dlouhy Be proud of what you do & who you are ! Wolfram didn't 'spring forth fully formed', everyone starts somewhere and grows from that ! in reply to dlouhy #

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• For my little brother : http://bit.ly/cgSQKa (hat-tip to @siegel) #
• @dsandler My office-mate with a natural keyboard agrees completely (if he taps really loudly I wonder if you can hear him 7 floors down?) in reply to dsandler #
• @kylesm Cool ! Like to take a look one was 720p24 the other though is 720p30 (essentially). AppleTV ONLY does 720p24 and rejects others #
• Cool! Thanks to @kylesm I can be sure that my (phantom) iPad will be able to play 720p 30fps video (AppleTV can't do that !) Looks good too! #
• @chockenberry I thought at all AppStore apps (including Apples) obeyed the 'no private API' rule? It was the bundled apps that are exempt? in reply to chockenberry #
• RT @emilsit: Maven's local repository is not thread-safe? And no parallel builds? Uh, wow. http://bit.ly/9q3IOF Uh @evanscha !? #
• Feeling left out at this Cocoaheads – approx 40% of attendees have iPads out! #
• @cdmnky well now you can comiserate with @jtrainer neither of you willget the goodness of iPhone OS 4.0 in reply to cdmnky #
• @danielpunkass I think that is entirely the point, the language gives Apple freedom to make choices. They can say "We warned you" if needed in reply to danielpunkass #
• RT @danielpunkass: New on Red Sweater Blog, a debugging story – http://bit.ly/auKAhh. As Kon & Bal would have said "Nasty!" #

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• @postmechanical Congratulations to her for getting into grad school ! And congratulations to you for being closer to some sweet snow! in reply to postmechanical #
• Scons is way too smart for it's own good. Just spent 2 hours looking at 'cannot find <X>' failure during compilation … 8-( #
• @jimcorreia I hear you have a new job ! Congratulations ! #
• @bbum I've not usually had to remove mine (numerous MRIs) do you have ferrous metal in yours ? Or an MRI of the hand/wrist/forearm ? in reply to bbum #
• @bbum History of working with metal ? Metal particles (filings etc) embedded into the skin in minute quantities? It is a **big** magnet!8-) in reply to bbum #

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• If you were skiing @sugarbush_vt today and left at lunch or earlier you missed some awesome spring skiing! Lovely conditions across the mtn! #
• My photo of Vik, Iceland (http://bit.ly/b70vKV) evacuated due to volcanic activity (http://bit.ly/bxSi80) #
• @emilsit Or You've never interacted with X. Stop stalking them ? in reply to emilsit #
• Economy is clearly improving – was just passed by shiny new BMW M3 followed by an Audi RS8 #moneyfortoys #
• @postmechanical Now ? Taking your skis ? It's 18 degrees @sugarbush_vt this evening ! And they had a teeny bit of new snow today ! in reply to postmechanical #
• RT @mywarren: Daily telegraph makes inevitable cock up http://bit.ly/9h0cXS #
• Beautiful clear day here @sugarbush_vt, cold conditions yesterday,overnight & this morning make for more like January skiing on the groomers #

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• @postmechanical Yep – the Rapid Transits are assymetrical – I ordered a pair from GearX.com (in Burlington VT) I pick 'em up next weekend. in reply to postmechanical #
• Lots of water around Winchester – water from stream flooding street around hospital last night. Schools closed for the day this morning. #
• River is very high over the step dam in Winchester center. Bridge downstream closed, Middle school fields and nearby playgrounds flooded #
• Flooding by post office in downtown Winchester MA http://yfrog.com/jlmcij #
• There's a step dam about 6 feet under this water in Winchester center. http://yfrog.com/hq9hmj #
• @mattgemmell http://bit.ly/cFlAM2 Is a pretty good website. in reply to mattgemmell #
• @mattgemmel A fairly complete list of git tips from a colleague: http://bit.ly/bST2tR #
• @jcarreiro uh oh! What did you do now ? BTW you should check out @emilsit recent post of git tips. in reply to jcarreiro #
• @numist dude! A jet booster for your bike ! Are you sure the cargo net can take the thrust? in reply to numist #

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