Ryan Berg
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I am a user experience designer in New York, NY. I also do freelance web design and development.
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Watching highlights from KU's game this weekend after not being there made me feel really strange - watching life go on in Kansas without me
September 1st 2008, 2:04 a.m.
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Getting ready for some delicious Five Guys
September 1st 2008, 1:02 p.m.
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"We are proud of Bristol's decision to have her baby," Great - please let the entire country continue to have this decision, too. Thanks.
September 1st 2008, 7:11 p.m.
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Tennessee loses in overtime. Oh well.
September 1st 2008, 11:56 p.m.
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@
brittneymoore
Good luck at the internship!
September 2nd 2008, 12:30 a.m.
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Taking the GTI into harper vw for a new armrest. Wonder what my loaner's gonna be?
September 2nd 2008, 8:04 a.m.
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@
patrickbeeson
It broke! Driving a 2002ish Jetta for the day.
September 2nd 2008, 8:59 a.m.
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Fun new game! McCain on Palin, or Bush on Iraq: "The vetting process was completely thorough and I'm grateful for the results."
September 2nd 2008, 3 p.m.
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@
brittneymoore
If you're on a Mac, command-click on a checkbox and they'll all go. Not sure what the Windows equivalent is
September 3rd 2008, 1:21 a.m.
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Many thanks and congrats to the hardworking Django devs on reaching 1.0!
September 3rd 2008, 8:42 p.m.
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@
jlsisme
You should come back to Kuhnoxville, then.
September 3rd 2008, 9:30 p.m.
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Apparently Rudy has confused "a statement of fact" with "a spewing of mistruths"
September 3rd 2008, 10:14 p.m.
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Back to work on mockups
September 4th 2008, 10:26 a.m.
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Struggling to get settled in at the office today
September 5th 2008, 10:06 a.m.
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Lunch at lakeside
September 5th 2008, 12:04 p.m.
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I just had a $12 diet coke. It was severely lacking in vanilla vodka
September 6th 2008, 12:26 a.m.
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Getting really jealous seeing all these #djangocon tweets. Feel like I'm missing out on a ton of shared knowledge and fun.
September 6th 2008, 5:28 p.m.
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Rock chalk jayhawk! Happy to see a shutout victory!
September 6th 2008, 10:18 p.m.
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Having to relearn some basic PHP. Yuck.
September 7th 2008, 4:14 a.m.
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Poolside
September 7th 2008, 1:41 p.m.
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@
stu_j
sadly, django would have been a gun in a knife fight
September 7th 2008, 2:52 p.m.
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@
stu_j
just using mod_rewrite to send variables from a clean URL to php for including content. Otherwise I'd be find/replacing nonstop.
September 7th 2008, 2:51 p.m.
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Wow, good win Chicago Bears!
September 7th 2008, 11:29 p.m.
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Already crossed an item off this week's to-do list
September 8th 2008, 11:30 a.m.
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@
stu_j
I expect prompt pictures of your new place once you find it
September 8th 2008, 1:46 p.m.
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Listening to a webinar on IE8
September 8th 2008, 2:13 p.m.
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Awaiting feedback on a small freelance project. Time for bed.
September 9th 2008, 2:15 a.m.
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Apparently new nanos come in MSNBC News Spectrum color, now.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ipodlounger/2842833095/
September 9th 2008, 1:28 p.m.
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Just tried out the new iTunes visualizer to N.E.R.D's appropriately-named Seeing Sounds album
September 9th 2008, 4:06 p.m.
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@
bryanveloso
Have a couple minutes later today to talk about djangoplugables?
September 9th 2008, 5:26 p.m.
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@
skatterbean
That's now my second favorite Taco-related video. Second only to Taco Town.
September 10th 2008, 2:07 a.m.
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I finally blogged: Quit distracting your users.
http://tinyurl.com/585aod
September 10th 2008, 9:22 a.m.
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Finally started using Typogrify (
http://code.google.com/p/typogrify/
) last night on
http://ryanberg.net
September 10th 2008, 10:14 a.m.
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@
stu_j
whatchya gettin?
September 10th 2008, 12:17 p.m.
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@
kristoferbaxter
That's no bug. Apple laptops keep separate volume settings for headphones/speakers plugged in and not plugged in.
September 10th 2008, 1:30 p.m.
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@
kristoferbaxter
Okay, that is indeed strange. I see my system prefs switching properly. And pressing the volume up key doesn't do anything?
September 10th 2008, 1:39 p.m.
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Updating software since my machine needs a reboot. Parallels is killing me.
September 10th 2008, 4:02 p.m.
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Retweeting @
gruber
's link to McCain/Obama tax cut comparison from the Washington Post
http://tr.im/2a9
September 11th 2008, 12:24 a.m.
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@
yashh
My webfaction sites are all up
September 11th 2008, 1:46 p.m.
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@
yashh
Woah. Somethings wonky somewhere then, because I'm still seeing
http://ryanberg.net
and
https://djangofriendly.com
September 11th 2008, 2:18 p.m.
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Record-breaking 9 submissions for the Django-powered rootclip.com's latest chapter. Vote for your favorite!
http://tinyurl.com/rootclip-ce-5
September 11th 2008, 2:47 p.m.
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Learning that when I write about something non-Django related, my blog has no readership :-)
September 11th 2008, 3:12 p.m.
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@
mock
Knowledge which is sadly limited
September 11th 2008, 3:56 p.m.
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New SIM card in the iPhone has GPS working again.
September 11th 2008, 6:45 p.m.
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@
joshualane
I like how that worked out for me on
http://ryanberg.net
September 11th 2008, 9:16 p.m.
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Free food and beer at kincades?! Does that include the spinach artichoke quesadillas?
September 12th 2008, 9:25 a.m.
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@
boltron5k
Previous tweet should have been to you.
September 12th 2008, 9:36 a.m.
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On plane to Tampa to visit a friend and go to the KU vs USF football game!
September 12th 2008, 9:47 a.m.
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@
stu_j
I'll be taking you up on that.
September 12th 2008, 9:46 a.m.
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Having a beer by the beach in st pete
http://twitpic.com/b8td
September 12th 2008, 2:35 p.m.
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Oh yeah? Was it @
patrickbeeson
?
September 12th 2008, 3:44 p.m.
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Yup. Here to see the ku football game with a buddy from school
September 12th 2008, 3:40 p.m.
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Let's go jayhawks!
September 12th 2008, 11:16 p.m.
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Enjoying my first waffle house experience
September 14th 2008, 2:42 a.m.
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Just cleaned up from sand volleyball in the rain. Time for White Sox game & Entourage. If @
jlsisme
were here, it'd be a perfect sunday night
September 14th 2008, 8:06 p.m.
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Finishing a blog entry inspired by a visit to a country-western bar in Florida. It's about web design. I should have just gone to bed.
September 15th 2008, 3:37 a.m.
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Resisted the urge to associate line dancing with a well-executed horizontal rule
September 15th 2008, 3:43 a.m.
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A web designer walks into a country-western bar. He writes a blog entry.
http://tinyurl.com/56jrsc
September 15th 2008, 10:10 a.m.
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Restoring my iPhone after the 2.1 update went all failwhale on me
September 15th 2008, 6:12 p.m.
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@
dacort
There's not a lot of custom code on djangofriendly. It's django-voting, django-registration, django-comment-utils, django-tagging
September 15th 2008, 9:05 p.m.
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Watching the first season of LOST on SciFi
September 15th 2008, 10:07 p.m.
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@
justinlilly
http://djangogigs.com
September 16th 2008, 11:33 p.m.
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@
justinlilly
If you want to lean more to the design side but still use Django, the team I'm on is hiring.
http://tinyurl.com/ScrippsUEJob
September 16th 2008, 11:43 p.m.
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@
boltron5k
Might help to put your Hatablockas on
September 17th 2008, 9:59 a.m.
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@
sketch22
Have you been using something custom for your Readernaut invites, or is there an existing django app for this?
September 17th 2008, 1:21 p.m.
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@
sketch22
Great! Does it work well with django-registration? Looking for someone else to put it through its paces? :-)
September 17th 2008, 4:04 p.m.
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Heading home
September 17th 2008, 5:59 p.m.
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Except Albany has home cooked meals
September 17th 2008, 8:24 p.m.
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@
jlsisme
except Albany has home cooked meals
September 17th 2008, 8:26 p.m.
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Working on a really cool project
September 17th 2008, 9:27 p.m.
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I really like what happens when you type "search" at Google and hit "I'm feeling lucky"
September 18th 2008, 11:22 a.m.
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http://www.searchenginerapbattle.com/
September 18th 2008, 12:54 p.m.
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@
Rootclip
. Wrong parody. Airplane. My bad.
September 18th 2008, 2:28 p.m.
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Curious to try
http://macrabbit.com/espresso/
, even though I'm perfectly happy with TextMate
September 18th 2008, 6:47 p.m.
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Just redid my twitter design settings. Great job with the redesign @
twitter
September 19th 2008, 12:13 a.m.
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@
jlsisme
And what are *you* gonna do for *me*
September 19th 2008, 12:12 a.m.
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Freelancing the night away
September 19th 2008, 1:35 a.m.
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Design finally started to click. Time to rest up.
September 19th 2008, 2:24 a.m.
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@
Rootclip
Just enter in arrrrrrrrr / o-o-t-c-l-i-p / dot com hit enter
September 19th 2008, 9:59 a.m.
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Getting focused. Lots to do today.
September 19th 2008, 10:11 a.m.
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Debugging / writing really freaking obtrusive Javascript
September 19th 2008, 11:33 a.m.
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@
stu_j
Sorry for the caps, BUT CONFREAKINGGRADULATIONS
September 19th 2008, 3:26 p.m.
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Trying to clear my to-do list before I leave for the weekend
September 19th 2008, 4:34 p.m.
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Finally out of here. Weekend is starting off with margaritas.
September 19th 2008, 5:55 p.m.
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In knoxville's old city, waiting to meet up with friends
September 19th 2008, 11:43 p.m.
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*cough* cigarette smoke. Can't breathe.
September 20th 2008, 12:22 a.m.
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Ah, fresh air
September 20th 2008, 1:32 a.m.
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So. Much. Orange. Tailgating for the Tennessee Florida game.
September 20th 2008, 11:04 a.m.
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@
jagreda
nice seats. I'm outside the stadium watchin on tv
September 20th 2008, 3:33 p.m.
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@
stu_j
It's only the 2nd time in I think 60 years they've had a winning record in back to back seasons
September 20th 2008, 8:15 p.m.
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@
stu_j
But congrats. Hope you enjoy.
September 20th 2008, 9:12 p.m.
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@
stu_j
Even if the Sox hold on, I'd be surprised to see them escape the first round.
September 20th 2008, 9:57 p.m.
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Enjoying the beautiful weather by freelancing on the patio
September 21st 2008, 5:29 p.m.
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Error making me pull my hair out
September 21st 2008, 6:14 p.m.
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Figured out my problem. Time to pick up some meat to throw on the grill
September 21st 2008, 6:28 p.m.
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Freelancing till I can't stay awake anymore
September 22nd 2008, 2:16 a.m.
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First meeting of the week
September 22nd 2008, 11 a.m.
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Diving back into the Django code behind
http://rootclip.com
September 22nd 2008, 1:30 p.m.
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Fighting with subversion / Versions.app. Losing.
September 22nd 2008, 3:30 p.m.
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@
wilsonminer
New city pages look great. Much more effective for guiding users toward new and interesting content.
September 22nd 2008, 4:19 p.m.
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@
evilrob
I can't wait to see it. Have been looking for a solid Django forum app
September 22nd 2008, 4:17 p.m.
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Got a lot accomplished today on
http://rootclip.com
September 22nd 2008, 5:43 p.m.
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Unwinding with some basketball, then back to work on some projects
September 22nd 2008, 6:58 p.m.
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@
ericholscher
That's great news. Has the Ellington to 1.0 process been mostly converting, or a lot of rewriting from ground up?
September 23rd 2008, midnight
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@
bryanveloso
That looks pretty well-done. I wonder if it's any better than the well-known default, or just different but still good?
September 23rd 2008, 5:28 p.m.
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Thinking algorithmically
September 24th 2008, 12:10 a.m.
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Just booked a second trip to Chicago for October since the first won't be long enough.
September 24th 2008, 1:01 a.m.
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@
boltron5k
Oh, we'll hang. But if the cubs are still playing the second time I come to town, I'm not going anywhere near the city
September 24th 2008, 9:58 a.m.
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Grooving to some newly-downloaded Hieroglyphics while trying to catch up on work from last week.
September 24th 2008, 1:30 p.m.
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5:00. Quittin' time. Heading downtown for drinks, then volleyball
September 24th 2008, 5:01 p.m.
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Caught my breath after volleyball and a quick run. Time to dive into work for the night
September 24th 2008, 8:36 p.m.
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Trying to stay awake long enough to cross a task off my to-do list
September 25th 2008, 1:24 a.m.
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Turning mockups into HTML/CSS/Django templates. Then bedtime.
September 25th 2008, 2 a.m.
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@
stu_j
Knight Foundation has been funding some cool stuff recently. Can't say I have any ideas worth funding floating around :-(
September 25th 2008, 1:22 p.m.
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Anyone have any links to articles about usability consequences when breaking articles into multiple pages?
September 25th 2008, 3:25 p.m.
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@
stu_j
Thanks!
September 25th 2008, 3:56 p.m.
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F#$%@&! White Sox.
September 26th 2008, 12:08 a.m.
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@
stu_j
Congrats on the new place!
September 27th 2008, 9:04 p.m.
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Seriously, White Sox, WTF?
September 27th 2008, 10:04 p.m.
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Georgia's black uniforms are the best-looking unis in NCAA football
http://tinyurl.com/535a4e
September 27th 2008, 10:28 p.m.
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@
jlsisme
You're twittering from my couch.
September 27th 2008, 10:49 p.m.
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@
kev097
If Georgia got points for uni style, they'd still be down two touchdowns.
September 27th 2008, 10:48 p.m.
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New college football clock rules suck.
September 27th 2008, 10:56 p.m.
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Severely slowed down by contrib.comments in 1.0. I'm not used to this.
September 27th 2008, 11:50 p.m.
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@
bionicDan
I'll take a steak, too. Medium-rare, please. Thanks.
September 28th 2008, 7:55 p.m.
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Bears game, Family Guy, Entourage, catching up on Heroes, and getting some major freelance work done. It's a light Sunday night.
September 28th 2008, 9:09 p.m.
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@
jlsisme
I blame the highly-reflective 18" chrome wheels..
September 28th 2008, 10:56 p.m.
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Up too late. As usual.
September 29th 2008, 3:07 a.m.
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Anyone have an MLB.tv account I can borrow for the day? I'm trying to buy today's Sox game but can't get past entering my email & password
September 29th 2008, 1:25 p.m.
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White Sox rain delay is making me even more anxious
September 29th 2008, 2:37 p.m.
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At this rate, the White Sox game will be delayed long enough for me to get back home and watch it after work.
September 29th 2008, 3:22 p.m.
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Hm... Watch the White Sox game in HD on ESPN2, or listen to Hawk & DJ standard def on WGN...
September 29th 2008, 5:43 p.m.
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Just cracked open the one and only beer in my fridge to nurse me through the final innings of the White Sox game
September 29th 2008, 7:23 p.m.
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Grand slams by the Good Guys make my evening much less stressful.
September 29th 2008, 7:29 p.m.
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And the White Sox live to play another day. A one-game playoff to determine if they make the playoffs.
September 29th 2008, 8:24 p.m.
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New Facebook iPhone app's UI is really well-executed.
September 30th 2008, 12:44 a.m.
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Downloading my first album from Amazon's MP3 store
September 30th 2008, 12:49 p.m.
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@
jlsisme
Kudzu's sounds like the kinda place that'll grow on you
September 30th 2008, 1:57 p.m.
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Keeping myself busy until the White Sox play their tiebreaker
September 30th 2008, 5:57 p.m.
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First commercial break of "postseason" baseball on TBS and there's already been a Frank TV promo.
September 30th 2008, 7:44 p.m.
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@
ryansholin
I'm in search of the same
September 30th 2008, 8:14 p.m.
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White Sox are three outs away from winning the AL Central
September 30th 2008, 9:51 p.m.
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And Twinkies, enjoy the offseason.
September 30th 2008, 9:57 p.m.
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It's a White Sox winner! Enjoy the celebration, Southsiders
September 30th 2008, 9:57 p.m.
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@
stu_j
But I'm certainly willing to find out
September 30th 2008, 10:06 p.m.
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@
stu_j
I'm not sure Chicago can survive a Red Line World Series without imploding
September 30th 2008, 10:06 p.m.
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