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Daily Digest for Friday, Sep 23, 2011

☀️ Earliest posts come first.

Steve Ivy

RT @miller_joe: trying to start a list of the various statsd server implementations. http://t.co/TaUY0xvh #statsd #graphite #devops

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Steve Ivy

RT @eddedmondson: This is the second time the LHC has violated causality this year. The first time is coming up in December.

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Steve Ivy

@mattgemmell not only possible, it’s recommended! You do have to brew it a touch stronger though.

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Chrome and Popup Windows in OS X Lion

If you’re an OS X Lion user and have found that Google Chrome popup windows send your Desktop/Spaces into conniptions when switching between Chrome windows (I always have Chrome windows in multiple Spaces and the popup wreaks havoc with window switching, while remaining invisible), here’s how to fix it:

Steve Ivy

@SeanMcTex Dude, I so want a burrito verde and a gibson novel right now.

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Steve Ivy

“Hardly anyone liked R.E.M. who didn’t like them way too much…”

http://t.co/2V6ybKWF

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Steve Ivy

“…being a … fan meant getting wildly overinvested and then feeling vaguely disappointed by whatever they did next.” http://t.co/2V6ybKWF

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Steve Ivy

taking a break from feeling-sick-on-the-couch to feel-sick-at-the-desk due to more monitor space.

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Steve Ivy

@ethank I still have a manila folder with laser prints of lyrics and chords I requested via the listserv in 1992. #REM

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Steve Ivy

@ethank My bad, it was 1994. http://t.co/221bCzx1

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Steve Ivy

R.E.M. Via listserv http://t.co/sg2RmqK9

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Steve Ivy

Note the to: on that last pic. larry.infi.net, one of the first net providers in VA.

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Steve Ivy

Why does’t my iPhone have a “Spam” button next to “Hang Up”?

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Steve Ivy

RT @monkinetic: R.E.M. by Listserv http://t.co/WZNtZ5Hc

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Steve Ivy

“@gruber: If you guys push her to $25K tonight, I’ll keep my mouth shut here on Twitter re: weekend’s Yankees-Red Sox series.” oh please.

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Steve Ivy

RT @buzz: @schwa I’m often tempted to try to revive it. Especially since I’ve now built my own HTTP framework with built-in OAuth.

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Steve Ivy

@jeremyleeking heh.

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