@plasticbagUK when I saw vertigo I thought ” oh look, san francisco with parking!” 5:26 AM Dec 16th, 2008 from twitterrific in reply to plasticbagUK

@Zadi ships passing in the night : just arrived ago heading for a rental car and pali alto 5:28 AM Dec 16th, 2008 from twitterrific in reply to Zadi

Looking forward to the luxe bathtub at the 4 seasons 5:35 AM Dec 16th, 2008 from twitterrific

Sun’s cafeteria serving Indian food and playing music to match. 9:05 PM Dec 16th, 2008 from twitterrific

Day of filming (for a Jan release) complete, way too much time to kill at SFO. Bought Cosmo at my BIL‘s request – he’s cited in it. 2:30 AM Dec 17th, 2008 from twitterrific

useful to know if you ever fly into Denver: Freedom cab charges $1.80/mile as opposed to Yellow’s $2.25 9:17 AM Dec 17th, 2008 from web

they’re not wrong… 6:57 PM Dec 17th, 2008 from web

@michellefabio Italians have very short memories of their own history as mass migrants 7:33 PM Dec 17th, 2008 from twhirl in reply to michellefabio

I’m sure there are a million things I’m supposed to be doing, but my brain is molasses right now and I can’t remember what they are 9:22 PM Dec 17th, 2008 from twhirl

final uploads, downloads, etc. then some errands before our flight to Heathrow tonight. 5:06 PM Dec 18th, 2008 from web

heading back to Europe for a month after my longest stay in the US in 18 years (5+ months). Wondering what it will feel like. 7:51 PM Dec 18th, 2008 from web

Plane being inspected after it got hit by lightning. More delay, if we fly at all tonight. 1:13 AM Dec 19th, 2008 from twitterrific

We weren’t on the plane when it was hit apparently damage was severe. Overnight at a hotel then fly tomorrow 1:41 AM Dec 19th, 2008 from twitterrific

just talked to BA. So far looks like we’re on track to leave today and get to Milan Saturday morning. 3:28 PM Dec 19th, 2008 from web

at least we have a voucher for a taxi this time, so don’t have to take SuperShuttle and be there hours early 3:30 PM Dec 19th, 2008 from web

getting ready for our second attempt to leave the country 6:55 PM Dec 19th, 2008 from web

Waiting to drop our bags again. At least ba are handling this act of god pretty well so far 8:32 PM Dec 19th, 2008 from twitterrific

@wisequeen trying to! 8:49 PM Dec 19th, 2008 from twitterrific in reply to wisequeen

@wisequeen holiday only 11:31 PM Dec 19th, 2008 from twitterrific in reply to wisequeen

doesn’t happen to me often, but that was a fairly hellish trip. Finally arrived home 24+ hours later than expected 6:48 PM Dec 20th, 2008 from web

have no idea what I did with the charger for my Italian cellphone 6:58 PM Dec 20th, 2008 from web

@jeffreytaylor unfortunately, Northern California is a relatively small and unrepresentative part of the overall American reality 7:10 PM Dec 20th, 2008 from web in reply to jeffreytaylor

@IgorMinar where do you find Bosnian and Serbian pickles? and what are they like? 2:07 AM Dec 21st, 2008 from web in reply to IgorMinar

whoa. looks like we tiptoed out between potential (but not quite) disasters at Denver airport. 12:34 PM Dec 21st, 2008 from web

@davest maybe someone’s trying to remind you what it was like to live in Colorado. ; ) 5:19 PM Dec 21st, 2008 from twhirl in reply to davest

home in Lecco. bought 100 euros’ worth of chocolate at the factory outlet http://www.beginningwithi.c… 5:23 PM Dec 21st, 2008 from twhirl

major jet lag, up talking with Ross til 4:30 am. Interesting cultural reflections upon being back in Italy after 5 months in the US 11:39 AM Dec 22nd, 2008 from web

trying to remember where my turtlenecks are in the Lecco house 12:58 PM Dec 22nd, 2008 from web

did my old 2-hr commute to visit former colleagues in Milan. There is nothing I miss about that. 1:45 AM Dec 23rd, 2008 from web

in Italy, executives are being laid off 1:58 AM Dec 23rd, 2008 from web

I wish [American] [men] would clue in to how excluding sports analogies are. Red Sox vs. Yankees means nothing to me, or most of the world. 2:02 AM Dec 23rd, 2008 from web

@ThinGuy in which part of the world and by whom? 2:31 AM Dec 23rd, 2008 from web in reply to ThinGuy

@pizzocalabro a specific instance, but email. 2:32 AM Dec 23rd, 2008 from web in reply to pizzocalabro

@ThinGuy mostly a guy thing, and of course it’s very culture-specific, so perforce it leaves people out. Not good for biz communications 3:01 AM Dec 23rd, 2008 from web in reply to ThinGuy

@plasticbagUK there’s worse company than House 4:03 AM Dec 23rd, 2008 from web in reply to plasticbagUK

the family ambigram 4:38 AM Dec 23rd, 2008 from web

argh. almost 5 am and I’m still awake (did sleep from ~10:30-1:30) 4:49 AM Dec 23rd, 2008 from web

@caseymckinnon Jon Stewart and I were born EXACTLY the same day, and are both left handed 9:11 PM Dec 23rd, 2008 from web in reply to caseymckinnon

@italylogue I hope you have better luck than we did getting out of Denver. Where are you going? 9:14 PM Dec 23rd, 2008 from web in reply to italylogue

torchlight procession to the top of the mountain opposite; my friend Lisa is in there somewhere 9:35 PM Dec 23rd, 2008 from web

@fakejonathan hair smelling like truffles would be really, really gross 2:32 AM Dec 24th, 2008 from web in reply to fakejonathan

back online after 3.5 days without Internet (the horror!) 11:47 PM Dec 27th, 2008 from web

@medgno got back just in time. ; ) 12:16 AM Dec 28th, 2008 from web in reply to medgno

figured out how to add a tag cloud to my blog. Feeling quite chuffed about it, since I am not in any sense a programmer 1:42 PM Dec 28th, 2008 from web

taking a long time to get over jet lag. Maybe because of the trip from hell plus subsequent road travel in Italy. 1:55 PM Dec 28th, 2008 from web

had to speak to my bank to verify a wire transfer. The “security” questions are all facts that anyone could figure out about me in <5 mins 3:49 PM Dec 28th, 2008 from web

…and to change the “password” I would have to snail-mail a request on paper. No wonder identity theft is so easy. 4:05 PM Dec 28th, 2008 from web

kid: didn’t wake up in time to wash her clothes (no dryer here!), now wants to borrow my new cashmere. Tough luck. 6:11 PM Dec 28th, 2008 from web

maybe I just have a monstrous sleep deficit 7:21 PM Dec 28th, 2008 from web

@Roam2Rome somehow docs like that turn out about 30% shorter when translated into decent English 11:59 PM Dec 28th, 2008 from web in reply to Roam2Rome

@Roam2Rome no need for guilt – you have to wade through all those superfluous source words to figure out the content, it’s a lot of work 11:43 AM Dec 29th, 2008 from web in reply to Roam2Rome

@pippawilson io ho preso 4 [voli] in 6 giorni, a novembre 11:44 AM Dec 29th, 2008 from web in reply to pippawilson

@moroplace perche sei in ufficio? Non siamo in vacanza, o e’ solo per gli Americani? 2:15 PM Dec 29th, 2008 from web in reply to moroplace

Cartoceto photo gallery: memories of a different place, and a much warmer day! 4:00 PM Dec 29th, 2008 from web

waiting for the potatoes to boil so we can eat them with bollito (boiled meats) and yummy sauces 6:33 PM Dec 29th, 2008 from web

…while cleaning out thousands of duplicates in my iTunes library. Needs an automatic function for this 6:36 PM Dec 29th, 2008 from web

traffic to my site fell off sharply Christmas day and hasn’t regained. Does this mean everyone has a life outside the Internet? 7:37 PM Dec 29th, 2008 from web

argh! get these @#@$# Scientologists off my website! 8:30 PM Dec 29th, 2008 from web

the weird thing is, the Scientologists are advertising on my Funny Signs posts 8:33 PM Dec 29th, 2008 from web

Milan, Christmas 2008 12:09 PM Dec 30th, 2008 from web

@ceri I’ve wiped out my inbox several times thanks to system reinstalls, change of computer/OS. I’ve never been sure it was accidental. 12:11 PM Dec 30th, 2008 from web in reply to ceri

@timfoster a very old fave of mine [The Princess Bride]. The movie was great but the book (which I read years before) is even better. 3:14 PM Dec 30th, 2008 from web in reply to timfoster

spending my vacation digitizing more of my life (CDs that didn’t make it into iTunes last year) 3:47 PM Dec 30th, 2008 from web

@tgardner someone who is better left out of the gene pool anyway 4:35 PM Dec 30th, 2008 from web in reply to tgardner

wow. We actually have CDs that have never been entered into Gracenote 5:06 PM Dec 30th, 2008 from web

@MarketingProfs re. consumerism: One shock-but-not-surprise in moving back to the US has been just how much sheer crap people buy. 5:38 PM Dec 30th, 2008 from web in reply to MarketingProfs

pesto pizza and salad for dinner. Replaced the calories from the 1-hour walk around the lake in the freezing cold earlier 7:51 PM Dec 30th, 2008 from web

@koolinus very simple and yummy: Buitoni pizza base with mozzarella, pesto slathered on top, this time I added potato slices. 9:31 PM Dec 30th, 2008 from web in reply to koolinus

@missbhavens funny, I’ve just been moving the pages to do with my garden onto WordPress 9:31 PM Dec 30th, 2008 from web in reply to missbhavens

moving > 2000 pages from static html to WordPress is…a lot of work 10:15 PM Dec 30th, 2008 from web

@seancarlos fixing the links will be round two – right now I’m just redirecting, page by page 10:32 PM Dec 30th, 2008 from web in reply to seancarlos

@koolinus I first ate pesto pizza in a restaurant in Milan; if anything, blame the Milanesi! 10:30 AM Dec 31st, 2008 from web in reply to koolinus

@seancarlos nice, thanks. I was going to use Google Webmaster tools for this, is LinkSleuth better? 10:31 AM Dec 31st, 2008 from web in reply to seancarlos

all this and I’m supposed to do Christmas shopping, too? Amazon to the rescue! 12:04 AM Dec 1st, 2008 from twhirl

night before my last day in St B. Hasn’t been totally a vacation (worked every day), but I do feel refreshed, ready to plunge back in. Sorta 6:36 AM Dec 1st, 2008 from twhirl

“Many posts are in … countries where various discomforts exist and American-style amenities and e-mail are unavailable. ” FSOT guide 2:02 PM Dec 1st, 2008 from twhirl

@zephoria re copy editors, yes, even the Economist seems to have lost some, to my shock and horror 2:03 PM Dec 1st, 2008 from twhirl in reply to zephoria

@davest depending where you are, e.g. United checkin area, it may be quicker to walk. 6:43 PM Dec 1st, 2008 from twhirl in reply to davest

2 things re. this article : 1. the headline puns are passe’ 2. spot the Freudian slip! 6:47 PM Dec 1st, 2008 from twhirl

doing some very tedious stat work, half listening to some amazing live music 1:55 AM Dec 2nd, 2008 from web

In Manhattan most of Wednesday. Who wants to meet up? 2:07 AM Dec 2nd, 2008 from web

last morning in St B after a very late night. I was going to sleep later, but there was a goat bleating outside my window 2:00 PM Dec 2nd, 2008 from web

On my way to jfk to fly to Austin, collect a suitcase, and on to Denver tomorrow. Mpk again sometime before we go to Italy for Xmas dec 18 11:34 PM Dec 3rd, 2008 from twitterrific

@ItalyArtTravel home in lecco on lake comp plus abruzzo where my mil lives 1:28 AM Dec 4th, 2008 from twitterrific in reply to ItalyArtTravel

In spite of actually having worked every day of it, the “vacation” was refreshing. I’m Coming back loaded for bear, so watch out! 1:32 AM Dec 4th, 2008 from twitterrific

@jeffreytaylor did that building complex [capitol in Dhaka, Bangladesh] finally get finished? when we were there in 1976 it was a deserted construction site 7:44 AM Dec 4th, 2008 from web in reply to jeffreytaylor

back in Austin, briefly 3:04 PM Dec 4th, 2008 from web

10 minutes of Christmas shopping on Amazon 7:06 PM Dec 4th, 2008 from web

about to leave for the airport for the last leg of this very long trip. The next one may be as soon as next week, but will be much shorter 8:31 PM Dec 4th, 2008 from web

I want a “never tell me this again” check box for airport announcements. 10:36 PM Dec 4th, 2008 from twitterrific

Shuttle driver [taking me home, finally] returning to terminal for 1 more. My generous spirit wars w/ knowing this will make the trip even longer 2:38 AM Dec 5th, 2008 from twitterrific

@missbhavens thank you for your constant ability to make me laugh, often when I really, really need it 2:41 AM Dec 5th, 2008 from twitterrific in reply to missbhavens

back in the office after a month on the road, wading through expense reports and producing video 6:35 PM Dec 5th, 2008 from twhirl

Hey friends in Italy I’ll be back on the 19th. Let’s make plans to meet! 9:16 PM Dec 6th, 2008 from twitterrific

Enjoying the Colorado sunshine while my friend raids Borders. Sometimes I actually manage to sit still for a whole ten minutes 9:19 PM Dec 6th, 2008 from twitterrific

leaving those blue, blue waters behind 1:28 AM Dec 8th, 2008 from web

came home sick with a sinus infection. Feel like my head is going to explode 9:01 PM Dec 8th, 2008 from web

ooh, here comes the snow! 11:34 PM Dec 8th, 2008 from web

watching the temperature plunge at http://tinyurl.com/6o8lgz 1:45 AM Dec 9th, 2008 from web

not returnable 1:51 AM Dec 9th, 2008 from web

@anildash “woah” is how Tin Tin’s dog Snowy barks (in English). I always wondered how that was supposed to be pronounced. 4:44 AM Dec 9th, 2008 from web in reply to anildash

for the 2nd time, email from a Harker School student asking permission to use a photo from my site. That school is teaching great netiquette 6:20 PM Dec 9th, 2008 from web

@jeffreytaylor you’ll always be welcome to come enjoy the view from our place on Lake Como 6:22 PM Dec 9th, 2008 from web in reply to jeffreytaylor

@jeffreytaylor glad to hear it. The view’s not bad here in Colorado, either! 7:16 PM Dec 9th, 2008 from web in reply to jeffreytaylor

sometimes, to survive, you need a change of environment 7:28 PM Dec 9th, 2008 from web

Chelsea Bluegrass 12:16 AM Dec 10th, 2008 from web

editing video and running stats. As so often 8:08 PM Dec 10th, 2008 from web

@webmink examples? 6:10 PM Dec 11th, 2008 from web in reply to webmink

for anyone who’s really, really into storage (and video) 8:18 PM Dec 11th, 2008 from web

magician at work: http://tinyurl.com/5ppojd 9:23 PM Dec 11th, 2008 from web

@lbridenne76 @smaragdis Might be a good idea but I want easy, comprehensive, aggregated stats. I spend too much time running numbers 9:34 PM Dec 11th, 2008 from web in reply to lbridenne76

@trine I hope that is less serious than it sounds 11:30 PM Dec 11th, 2008 from twitterrific in reply to trine

trying to get into the <shudder> holiday spirit. 3:34 AM Dec 12th, 2008 from web

I am all out of cope 5:25 AM Dec 12th, 2008 from twitterrific

@missbhavens tell you what, I’m just gonna come live with you! 7:40 PM Dec 12th, 2008 from web in reply to missbhavens

an enlightened reader writes me: “get that Obama crap off this Italian website!” Obviously not reading too closely 8:34 PM Dec 12th, 2008 from web

@jowyang I used to “follow” people on the Usenet, with mostly positive reactions: http://www.beginningwithi.c… 9:07 PM Dec 12th, 2008 from web in reply to jowyang

@jowyang I think it would depend largely on how it’s being used. e.g., Amazon deals is exactly what I expect, so it’s not spam 9:18 PM Dec 12th, 2008 from web in reply to jowyang

mathematician Serge Lang used to make the world’s best eggnog for Yale Xmas parties. He used Courvoisier. That sounds perfect for tonight 10:57 PM Dec 12th, 2008 from web

yet another crisis tamed, at least for the moment. Home with eggnog. 1:29 AM Dec 13th, 2008 from twhirl

really, really glad I have a weekend of nothing much to do. Physically and emotionally exhausted. 5:18 AM Dec 13th, 2008 from web

@jeffreytaylor [a friend who had just left Paris to move back to the US] best to concentrate on the upsides right now. 24 hour groceries, for example. 4:58 PM Dec 13th, 2008 from twhirl in reply to jeffreytaylor

@divinacucina I call that an epic tourist fail 4:58 PM Dec 13th, 2008 from twhirl in reply to divinacucina

need to do a bit more Christmas shopping (SIL and MIL), video editing, pack for next week’s travels 5:07 PM Dec 13th, 2008 from twhirl

@tara_kelly . You’re providing info they need, if that also happens to be self-serving, that doesn’t make you evil. 6:24 PM Dec 13th, 2008 from twhirl in reply to tara_kelly

@lskrocki weird. The US medical system never ceases to amaze me. 6:24 PM Dec 13th, 2008 from twhirl in reply to lskrocki

the anti-Obama guy emailed me again, accusing me of being neither Italian (never said I was) nor American (which I am). WTF? 6:25 PM Dec 13th, 2008 from twhirl

Overheard in the mall: “yeah, she’s not gonna have a big butt forever” 8:24 PM Dec 13th, 2008 from twitterrific

survived a day of shopping. I don’t usually have the stamina for this most American of sports 12:56 AM Dec 14th, 2008 from twhirl

@anildash You’ve been reading Terry Pratchett, I take it. 1:02 AM Dec 14th, 2008 from web in reply to anildash

learn in Italian in Song: Acqua Azzurra, Acqua Chiara 1:45 AM Dec 14th, 2008 from twhirl

@markingegno hai bisogno di sostegno morale? 1:55 AM Dec 14th, 2008 from twhirl in reply to markingegno

@anildash start with “Hogfather”, which is seasonal and makes exactly the parallel you did: grim reaper = Santa Claus. Wildly funny, too. 3:04 AM Dec 14th, 2008 from twhirl in reply to anildash

providing Momly reassurances to the kid. Could use some of the same myself. 3:08 AM Dec 14th, 2008 from twhirl

@jscusc on a Saturday night, no less. Why ARE you working? 6:41 AM Dec 14th, 2008 from twhirl in reply to jscusc

@ThinGuy bring them out to Colorado. the 1-2 inches predicted looks like 4 to me already 3:45 PM Dec 14th, 2008 from twhirl in reply to ThinGuy

@stephenfry So glad to see you & Hugh are still friends. Hear there’s a lot of snark about him in the UK. 4:00 PM Dec 14th, 2008 from twhirl in reply to stephenfry

@ThinGuy Five?!? wow. In my book, just /having/ more than one is incredibly brave. 5:43 PM Dec 14th, 2008 from twhirl in reply to ThinGuy

don’t know why the neighbors are shoveling/snowblowing their sidewalks and driveways. Snow still coming down hard. 5:43 PM Dec 14th, 2008 from twhirl

@Halcyon thanks, eggnography.com was fun! 7:12 PM Dec 14th, 2008 from twhirl in reply to Halcyon

Pandigital photo frame for mother-in-law’s Xmas present looks pretty snazzy. Whole family will contribute photos. 7:22 PM Dec 14th, 2008 from twhirl

@glynnfoster depending, might still be better than no project at all. Here’s hoping for us warm ‘n fuzzy community types. 8:13 PM Dec 14th, 2008 from twhirl in reply to glynnfoster

@glynnfoster having a job I can be passionate about is why I left Italy. Here’s hoping I get to keep it! 8:23 PM Dec 14th, 2008 from twhirl in reply to glynnfoster

@glynnfoster Happy to say it has been. 8:29 PM Dec 14th, 2008 from twhirl in reply to glynnfoster

@glynnfoster er, has been noticed. 8:44 PM Dec 14th, 2008 from twhirl in reply to glynnfoster

Mom’s tech support, at your service 8:51 PM Dec 14th, 2008 from twhirl

it’s 1 F here, – something with wind chill. And the neighborhood kids are going sledding. Don’t think I’m cut out for Colorado 11:49 PM Dec 14th, 2008 from twhirl

transferring old posts about Christmas in Italy to my new WP site. 12:18 AM Dec 15th, 2008 from twhirl

last night’s SNL was so bad even Hugh Laurie couldn’t save it. Do they not have writers anymore? 12:35 AM Dec 15th, 2008 from twhirl

@macsun heading there tomorrow myself. Forecast is warmer, but also wetter 12:58 AM Dec 15th, 2008 from twhirl in reply to macsun

two concalls then a shuttle to the airport. Guess I better hurry up and eat some lunch 8:42 PM Dec 15th, 2008 from web

“Homei Chinese food $1 a scoop” sounds absolutely alarming 11:48 PM Dec 15th, 2008 from twitterrific

“The most typical case is when a number of residents group together to complain about the aroma of Asian cooking” http://tinyurl.com/5c74dm 1:41 AM Dec 16th, 2008 from web

These are nervous times, and my tweets reflect that…

Note: The time stamp is wrong on some of them, no idea why.

cancelled 1.5 hr meeting leaves me time to help with lab cleanup. Lots and lots of cables to pull and coil up… 9:25 AM Oct 1st

@ThinGuy you really want Congress deciding what’s a good business practice? Not that the business folks have a great track record… 9:26 AM Oct 1st in reply to ThinGuy

video: Ben Rockwood on “Storage in the Cloud” http://tinyurl.com/3w7xmp 9:37 AM Oct 1st

@ThinGuy yeah, that’s one thing I hate about politics: no one can stick to the topic 9:38 AM Oct 1st in reply to ThinGuy

let the games begin: http://tinyurl.com/6cvc5v 11:58 AM Oct 1st

almost at the end of a 2.5 hour meeting. Glad I don’t have to do this regularly. Need to develop executive stamina. 5:17 PM Oct 1st

two meetings, both scheduled at 9 am, neither of which I really want to attend… 7:37 AM Oct 2nd

Ross’ first midterms today. Hard to get over my long-standing habit of worrying about her in tests 7:40 AM Oct 2nd

@smaragdis what community summit? 8:50 AM Oct 2nd in reply to smaragdis

(Feeling a bit left out…)

@ThinGuy funny, my business card says I’m a community specialist (as well as videoblogger), but somehow I never hear about these things… 8:54 AM Oct 2nd in reply to ThinGuy

yay, no more meetings today. I can concentrate on editing Andy 9:02 AM Oct 2nd

waiting for last few minutes of video to process so I can get out of here 11:06 AM Oct 2nd

During the Vice-Presidential Debate

(I was following Twitter on my iPhone. Hadn’t realized one of my followers was the opposite end of the political spectrum from me. Made for an amusing evening.)

@giovanni national health yes, thanks and I can give you examples in my own family where it has worked very well 6:34 PM Oct 2nd from

@giovanni sure I also hate everything she stands for and belives in. She’s a fundamentalist wack job 6:35 PM Oct 2nd from twitterrific in reply to giovanni

@martinwake a really balanced ticket would include a gay person 6:43 PM Oct 2nd from twitterrific in reply to martinwake

Can we make it a requirement of office that you know how to pronounce “nuclear” 6:49 PM Oct 2nd from twitterrific

@giovanni we want a commander who won’t get us into the wrong wars 6:56 PM Oct 2nd from twitterrific in reply to giovanni

@giovanni Obama wants to use our military in the right place: Afghanistan 7:11 PM Oct 2nd from twitterrific in reply to giovanni

Dang we should have used “maverick” in the drinking game 7:22 PM Oct 2nd from twitterrific

@giovanni the only war McCain was in we LOST – because it was the wrong damn war in the first place 7:27 PM Oct 2nd from twitterrific in reply to giovanni

@giovanni Obama has an ivy league education and isn’t an idiot 7:30 PM Oct 2nd from twitterrific in reply to giovanni

@giovanni the most respectful thing anyone can do for our military is to not waste their lives uselessly 7:34 PM Oct 2nd from twitterrific in reply to giovanni

@giovanni there are plenty of very smart conservatives whom I respect. McCain used to be one of them. Palin never woud be. 5:54 AM Oct 3rd in reply to giovanni

@markingegno “Copriti e non prendere freddo” e’ il vero inno nazionale italiano, non solo tra le nonne 5:55 AM Oct 3rd in reply to markingegno

Translation: “Cover up and don’t get cold” is the real Italian national anthem, not just among grandmothers

@giovanni and of course plenty of conservatives went to Ivy League schools, W for one. But, yes, a good education should be a minimum 7:01 AM Oct 3rd in reply to giovanni

@giovanni as to socialized medicine: http://www.beginningwithi.c… 7:07 AM Oct 3rd in reply to giovanni

reality is that most college grads will end up in an office job. But ask a freshman what they want to do, and none imagine about offices 7:23 AM Oct 3rd

Thought while accompanying a high school senior to visit the UT campus.

sitting by the UT campus lawn, enjoying a fresh Texas breeze. Yes, everything in Texas is Texan, including the wind. 8:25 AM Oct 3rd

@timbray re. Guardian – interesting, maybe a bit scary. Never occurred to me that Twits might become news sources. 8:29 AM Oct 3rd in reply to timbray

My colleague Tim Bray was quoted (from his Twitter stream) in a UK newspaper.

McCain’s formative experience overseas was in a war and then as a prisoner of war. Obama lived with family in other countries. 8:32 AM Oct 3rd

Just sayin’: perspectives differ. 8:33 AM Oct 3rd

if you need a laugh about the things in life that really matter: http://tinyurl.com/4a7wem (thanks Dr. Horrible!) 4:50 PM Oct 3rd

I follow links and then I can’t remember how I got there. “Jesus Use Me” by the Faith Tones – there are no words… 4:53 PM Oct 3rd

Apparently all towing companies are assholes 1:08 PM Oct 4th from twitterrific

@gapingvoid Austin tx waiting with a person I don’t even know to get her car out of the tow lot 1:10 PM Oct 4th from twitterrific in reply to gapingvoid

it’s a beautiful morning in Austin. Pity I had such a bad night. Breakfast at Magnolia Cafe should help. 7:33 AM Oct 5th

@robinbloor wow, I’d forgotten all about that song. It’s not in my 2-disc best of John Prine collection 1:02 PM Oct 5th in reply to robinbloor

finished blog stats for September and notified the winners. They will be receiving cool t-shirts 1:03 PM Oct 5th

remembering an old favorite, thanks to @robinbloor: http://tinyurl.com/3oomnp 1:04 PM Oct 5th

stock price owie. “Down so far it looks like up to me” ? 12:43 PM Oct 6th

photos from Folsom (yes, safe for work) http://tinyurl.com/4ybewr 4:38 PM Oct 6th

it rained in the night, Austin is lovely and fresh this morning 5:58 AM Oct 7th

want to do something really different? teach at Woodstock: http://www.woodstock.ac.in/… 6:05 AM Oct 7th

http://tinyurl.com/3toka3 7:55 AM Oct 7th

is the sky falling? 1:34 PM Oct 7th

Maybe not sorry I missed the [presidential] debate. Heartburn bad enough as it is 7:34 PM Oct 7th from twitterrific

laugh so you don’t cry department: http://michellanea.blogspot… 8:29 AM Oct 8th

@AmandaLorenzani ooh, when? I might have to fly over for that one. 8:44 AM Oct 8th in reply to AmandaLorenzani

Reference to a Girl Geeks Dinner to be held on a yacht!

has anyone from Sun ever spoken at Web 2.0? if so, what about? 10:57 AM Oct 8th

it’s hard to listen objectively to music by someone I’ve known for 30 years: http://www.thesinghsband.co… 11:48 AM Oct 8th

@stoweboyd okay, so I’m going to submit a proposal. Never done this before (talks yes, proposal no). Any pointers? 1:55 PM Oct 8th in reply to stoweboyd

going to work the phones for Obama tonight, a first for me. Should be interesting. the guy who contacted me is from Dehra Dun. Small world. 8:13 AM Oct 9th

I will be either very happy or very unhappy when this campaign ends. Either way, it will be a relief. 8:34 AM Oct 9th

doing something I’ve never done before. 9:37 AM Oct 9th

Writing a proposal to speak at O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 conferene next spring.

how long is a conference abstract supposed to be? 9:37 AM Oct 9th

@tehduh the form says 400 chars for the description, doesn’t specify for the abstract. 500 [words] sounds good, though – thanks 9:43 AM Oct 9th in reply to tehduh

spent ~2 hours on the phone for Obama, wasn’t as scary as I had feared. Mostly polite older women. 7:25 PM Oct 9th

@coffeewithian sentence: “I have got to sleep more now.” 7:30 PM Oct 9th in reply to coffeewithian

He asked for a sentence of seven one-syllable words.

On the Phone for Obama: http://tinyurl.com/3hn8rn – hey, fellow Coloradans – we need you! 8:14 PM Oct 9th

@bicyclemark I so hated that movie [Zorba the Greek]. One redeeming feature of “Mamma Mia” was that it seemed like the anti-Zorba. 7:19 AM Oct 10th in reply to bicyclemark

finally heard from Ironworks BBQ. Usually closed on Sundays, but for our guest list, they’ll open. 7:55 AM Oct 10th

@jowyang my company is. I’d have a few things to say about recent stuff I’ve seen from you guys, though. Offline. 8:56 AM Oct 10th in reply to jowyang

@italylogue if you have an Italian credit card or any card with an Italian billing address, you can use iTunes Italy 8:56 AM Oct 10th in reply to italylogue

the ultimate ZFS Tutorial (video, part 1 of 3): http://tinyurl.com/3g7naa 8:57 AM Oct 10th

@MarketingProfs my daughter is now 19 and has been online since age ~10, pre-Facebook. online communications skills are essential today 12:18 PM Oct 10th in reply to MarketingProfs

She was asking what parents thought of underage kids being on Facebook.

Hate having to write my own bio. It always sounds smarmy to me. 12:48 PM Oct 10th

@jowyang ask first what % of voters even understand the issues. After all, how much do we really understand about the products we buy? 1:14 PM Oct 10th in reply to jowyang

hmm, possible snow on Sunday when I’m supposed to go door-to-door canvassing. 2:49 PM Oct 10th

not an American citizen? You can still vote in the US presidential election… virtually. http://www.economist.com/vo… 7:44 PM Oct 10th in reply to italylogue

@MarketingProfs FYI, I wrote about kids online a while ago: http://www.beginningwithi.c… 7:44 AM Oct 11th in reply to MarketingProfs

a drizzly, foggy day here in Colorado – writing weather! 7:45 AM Oct 11th

!@#$@#$ I write about politics on my blog and I get “a proven maverick” ad from Google. What the hell – let’s cost them money 8:08 AM Oct 11th

actually, that’s kind of amusing since it shows up right next to my photos from the Folsom Street Fair – not the juxtaposition Palin wants 8:09 AM Oct 11th

@rosso at least you’ve got a name they can spell. I have seen Italian magazine articles misspell the same foreign name 3 times in one page! 11:01 AM Oct 11th in reply to rosso

lunch was homemade rajmah dal and basmati – the Indian equivalent of good ol’ red beans and rice. Yum. Time for a nap. 1:14 PM Oct 11th

new rule: I will not follow you back on Twitter unless I know you, or you send a private message explaining why I should. 7:06 AM Oct 12th

got Palin off my website, now Bob Barr is advertising there. 7:10 AM Oct 12th

just back from 1.5 hrs of canvassing for Obama on a cold, dreary Colorado day. Very tired and hungry now. 1:00 PM Oct 12th

unAmerican activities: http://tinyurl.com/4zeonz 1:24 PM Oct 13th

argh. I really don’t need to be getting sick right now 4:13 PM Oct 13th

complete wardrobe failure. These cords looked black at home, turns out they’re navy 8:07 AM Oct 14th

today’s laugh/cringe, courtesy of another Deirdre: http://dsmoen.livejournal.c… 8:36 AM Oct 14th

the song “This Old House” always makes me grieve for my aunt Rosie. Catharsis on the morning commute is tiring 8:02 AM Oct 15th

then my daughter calls to tell me she’s desperately craving a dosa in Austin, perhaps because the weather is monsoony. Only my kid! 8:02 AM Oct 15th

trying to sort out November travel, plans are changing too rapidly 3:02 PM Oct 15th

a tool I’m using more and more as I move my life into the cloud: http://passpack.com 4:18 PM Oct 15th

@smaragdis Just don’t watch TV, or use Tivo to skip all ads. That’s the only way to avoid heartburn. 7:20 AM Oct 16th in reply to smaragdis

just finished reworking travel arrangements for November. Now I actually get a Sunday off – yay! 9:44 AM Oct 16th

playing with a Facebook election app http://zembly.com/mypicksus/ 10:20 AM Oct 16th

in his own words: http://www.brasschecktv.com… 12:29 PM Oct 16th

laugh at ourselves: http://cuddletech.com/blog/… 1:23 PM Oct 16th

@lskrocki mine’s campaigning for a Mac. Told her full-time school + 3.5 GPA = new Mac 3:43 PM Oct 16th in reply to lskrocki

the HPC student/community party I’m planning for SC08 in Austin is looking like it’ll be a blast. if you’re an HPC developer, write me 7:36 AM Oct 17th