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man, Alton Brown's Guacamole did NOT fail me today. The extra cayenne was a huge hit.

Go read DeWitt Clinton's piece on URL shorteners, right now. I'll wait.

my 9yo picks the one character and car she likes on Mario Kart, drives in automatic, and calmly wins most every race we have #notright

I bought 15 lbs of sheet steel today, and welding gloves #weldingisfun

@djacobs http://www.flickr.com/photos/redmonk/4691383895/ Formal Fridays in #phx

@wilw I, I got to tell you, I'm fairly excited to see what you're capable of.

"you could not wipe the smile off my face with a band saw and the ending to THE IRON GIANT" http://bit.ly/ciSZZg

wow, git commit --amend can be used simply to edit a recent commit message. git ftw!

@capndesign A few specialty bakeries carry a huge cupcake, in a flat rectangular shape, with a much higher cake-icing ratio.

discussing Mario Kart strategy with my 9yo #geekdad

Google reader feat req: let me specify that I only want to see items from people I follow that have been "shared with note", not "liked".

@rayners congrats!!

@monkchips so, I take it you'll be switching to all browser-based apps on your desktop #apps #bluepill

Twitter aims to be the man-in-the-middle: http://bit.ly/a3fhXf

I think @twitter's "safety" angle on link-wrapping feels disingenuous: http://bit.ly/a3fhXf

@carnage4life I collected some of my thoughts on @twitter + url-wrapping here: http://bit.ly/dlZ5KE

Bleary-Eyed Analysis of Twitter's Link-Wrapping Plans http://bit.ly/dlZ5KE (via @monkinetic)

This is going to be short and only partially thought-out, since I'm currently suffering from deployment-induced sleep deprivation, but that's not important now.

@Carnage4Life 3rd-party shorteners may have to target other publishers as clients (like TypePad), since individuals will just use t.co

@Carnage4Life but it does mean that twitter is likely getting into link stats, which is bit.ly's core strength.