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Wed / Sep 1

• Convert new plist files between XML and binary

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Tue / Aug 31

• RT @bradfordcross: Trude dat, and ping me if you are one. =) RT @dcurtis There are not enough awesome designers in startup land

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• RT @dcurtis: The Digg community has destroyed the Digg community while it was trying to prevent the Digg community from being destroyed. ...

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• Wait, wait, wait. Women can be saints, but not priests? That seems … odd.

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Mon / Aug 30

• Oh, man! I SO fucking told you guys! http://yhoo.it/bffh91 #chug #chug #chug

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• Call me old fashioned, but I'd like to be buried in a pyramid. (via @badbanana)

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• Not sure if I'm relieved or upset that I'm only an aspiring hipster. http://bit.ly/dekXX7

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• On a side note, @tweetimages served 9.7m @twitter avatars across the internets on the 25th.

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• RT @tweetimages: Fixed the issue by switching to OAuth. Caches are clearing. Should be operating normally in a few hours.

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• A new entrant into the #nosql ecosystem. Even has MySQL support! http://bit.ly/dky49G

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• RT @MeredithH: Holy shit EVERY SINGLE Planned Parenthood clinic in the Bay Area is closing by the end of this week. http://nyti.ms/blWSv ...

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• RT @shariv67: They should really replace, "I now pronounce you man and wife" with "FINISH HIM!!"

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• OH: "We were about to push to production, but I stopped them because it wasn't broken."

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• Looks like the OAuth switchover affected our white listing. I'm following up today. (via @tweetimages)

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Sun / Aug 29

• Current status: http://bit.ly/a6RCQg

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• OH: "I threw up $300 richer."

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• I'm back! http://moby.to/0qhver

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• Liked Google acquires social networking startup Angstro.

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• Liked party time at pt isabel today. this place is awesome..

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• Liked Foursquare Surpasses 3 Million Users.

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• Liked Suspect In Oak. Police Shooting Caught At Border - cbs5.com.

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• Liked Ono to mark John Lennon's 70th birthday in Iceland - Yahoo! News.

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• Liked Danville student chooses online college classes.

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• Liked Earl becomes a Category 1 hurricane in Atlantic - Yahoo! News.

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Sat / Aug 28

• RT @alexia: Don't hate the mayor, hate the game.

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• RT @jmhodges: Just going to leave this here. http://t.co/cAaQxlz

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• Dinner at @sacca's. Enjoying some Partridge in a Pear Tree from The Brewery. One of my favorites.

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• Liked Finally Kevin Rose speaks! But is it too little too late?.

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• Liked @MrBabyMan says: Please dont let individual content curation die!.

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• Liked Too Few Women In Tech? Stop Blaming The Men. Or At Least Stop Blaming Me..

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• Liked Plex 9, Anticipated Media Control Software, Arriving September 1st!.

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• Liked Foursquare Takes Over Times Square With A Massive Display Ad.

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• Liked Another classic zoom in..

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• Liked Attention, couch potatoes! Walking boosts brain connectivity, function.

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• Salt flats in Utah. http://moby.to/k5lt0p

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• A great overview of our CI process at @SimpleGeo using Hudson/GitHub by @ieure. http://bit.ly/97wL06

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• Liked Mans Missing Wife Found Under House Clutter After Four Months.

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• Liked Quotes: Paris Hiltons Twitter, Shortly After Being Arrested for Cocaine Possession.

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• Liked Webber takes pole for Belgian GP.

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Fri / Aug 27

• RT @paulg: Convertible notes have won. Every investment so far in this YC batch (and there have been a lot) has been done on a converti ...

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• OH: "I feel like every Mormon in the world is staring at me."

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• Liked PlayStation Controller Coffee Table For the True Gamers!.

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• Liked What makes an F1 driver special?.

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• OH: "I also got an ASCII dong into @b6n's talk." @ieure

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• Cops and secretly track your car with GPS without a warrant in 9 western states. http://bit.ly/d1S1I6

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• Fact: Chatting with @garyvee warms the soul.

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• Liked 7 Stories About Women Heroes in Tech - Please Send Us More.

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• Pretty excited to head up to Tahoe to see @garyvee, @kevinrose, @sacca, and @davemorin talk. http://tahoetechtalkconf.com/

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• Spent all day sick in bed yesterday. Catching up on email before starting the drive back to SF with @noweveryday.

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• Liked Google, Facebook To Microsofts Paul Allen: Your Argument Is Invalid.

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• Liked Facebook Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Like Buttons.

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Thu / Aug 26

• Liked New Digg Interface Doesn't Show Old Comments.

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Wed / Aug 25

• So @chrislea is IM'ing with me about a very hot and very famous woman hanging out in his kitchen with his roommate. UR DOIN IT WRONG!

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• For fuck's sake Missouri. Really? http://bit.ly/aBeBvw

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• "21 percent of Americans believe there are real sorcerers, conjurers, and warlocks out there." Fuck. Me. http://bit.ly/9xLvq8

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• One bright spot of the recession/depression in the US is that credit card debt is at an 8-year low. http://bit.ly/awrY0e

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• Congrats @foodspotting! http://tcrn.ch/c9LpcE (via @courtstarr)

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• Brazilian referee stabs player to death after free-kick row

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• Liked The 50 Most Beloved Street Fighter Characters.

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Tue / Aug 24

• Pure, unadulterated joy. http://bit.ly/bLQ420

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• Anyone know someone who can code OS X and iPhone apps?

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• RT @synack: I love that @simplegeo open sourced a tool that reproduces the functionality of a Cisco appliance: http://bit.ly/bgZ6g1 http ...

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• RT @MelKirk: Some people work to make things happen, others work to prevent it. The latter confuse me.

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Mon / Aug 23

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• My travel log so far this year shows 24 cities, 9 countries, 4 continents, 103 days on the road, and 88,753 miles flown.

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Sun / Aug 22

• When I was a kid, I had to watch funny videos once a week on Sunday nights.

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• Liked Majority of U.S. Workers Now Happy With Their Salary.

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• I wish @twitter would partner with @google to let me drop FeedBurner into my @twitter profile's RSS link.

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• OH: "I have a new goal: to be a better painter than the blind guy."

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• My favorite photo from S. Africa was of a couple of zebras wrestling. http://flic.kr/p/8untvX

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• Services_Digg php

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