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• I should have walked. #
• In BC, the government-run gambling site gets shut down because people could gamble with others' money. Elsewhere, this is called government. #
• HOLY SHIT MAN LANDS ON MOON (no joke, it's streaming at http://kottke.org/apollo-11/ RIGHT NOW) #
• Ingrown toenails suck. #
• Wednesday. That means another pair of annoying-as-fuck free newspaper shillers at SkyTrain stations. #
• Surely I'm not the only one snickering at Sears for selling a line of refrigerators called "SMEG". #
• RT @ebertchicago Onion story from 2007 currently being accepted by TeePees as gospel truth. Blow this up to read. http://twitpic.com/27bi03 #
• The things you learn after living in an apartment for 6 months: the phone that's hooked up to our building's front door has a phone number. #
• Ding dong Shaw is gone! #
• Fred Phelps 0, ComicCon 4d6: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/07/22/super-heroes-vs-the-westboro-baptist-church #
• This, this is awesome: http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/07/22/bruce-campbell-to-star-in-burn-notice-prequel-movie/ #
• Elizabeth enjoys the act of eating apple slices. Swallowing? Not so much. She'd rather chew and then spit it out. Our daughter is charming. #
• Okay computer, copy-and-paste would be really nice right now. #
• Somebody murdered a raspberry: http://twitpic.com/28oirn #
• Lesson of the day: don't fuck with moose. RT @ctvbc B.C. man dies after hitting moose with car http://bit.ly/cjo3NU #

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• I see Switzerland is the place to be if you're a child rapist. #
• 9 was minding his business, talking to 10 about Gordie Howe's clothes. Why 7 8 9? Nobody knows. #
• If you proposed having an annual event where an average of two horses died each year, you'd never be able to put it on. #
• Yet the Calgary Stampede lives on. Three horses and one steer dies last year, and the death toll is four for this year so far. #
• This year one horse was euthanized because it bucked so hard it broke its back. #
• How can one be a programmer and not know what += means? #
• RT @PBSNeedToKnow "Probably half the people who report that they have a food allergy don't" — Overdiagnosis? http://to.pbs.org/9q7rbi #
• The only new iPhone you can get from Telus is the 8GB 3GS. Everything else is "refreshed". They must be preparing for iPhone 4… #
• Good! RT @ctvbc BC Liberals' popularity tumbles as HST rolls in http://bit.ly/ckgahr #
• Why did I wait so long to start following you, @oldspice? #
• RT @news1130traffic Pattullo Bridge closed in both directions TFN due to a police incident #
• With the Patullo shut down it's nice and quiet on our balcony for a change. #
• I had a Tim Tam Slam for breakfast. #
• Back seat on the SkyTrain! http://twitpic.com/258gfl #
• Fuck you, Excel. Why are you changing "04-1916" into "5936"? #
• Fans of Shakespeare! If you're on twitter, check out @IAM_SHAKESPEARE — tweeting every line of the complete works, 1 line every 10 minutes! #
• RT @drjonboyg And this is why I'll keep being an iPhone user: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/07/android-junkware.html #
• The death toll at the Calgary Stampede is now up to six. Congrats! #
• Bison sausage best sausage. #
• Uhoh! The Pinky Ponk is stuck in a tree! #

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• Why is this MDS plot not working? #
• They just changed the only bathroom on our floor from unisex to women's only, which is apparently against WorkSafe BC regulations. #
• Anybody know how much data Google stores? #
• Re google data use question: you're all a bunch of smartasses. Every answer was either "all of it" or "everything". You make me proud. #
• HOLY SHIT. RT @CKNW NHL: Probert dead at 45: Former Red Wings enforcer Bob Probert was pronounced dead today… http://bit.ly/bBkGi1 #
• Seen at Burrard SkyTrain station: a guy with a sign that read "FORESKIN IS FABULOUS" #
• 5% left on my battery. Hope I make it to wo #
• This is seriously the best thing ever. BP: Putting the "Fun" in Dysfunction http://bit.ly/9fLeS5 #
• Who is this Prince guy anyways? #
• Go Oranje! #
• What was with the last five minutes in the Netherlands/Uruguay match? Was watching it without sound. Yellow card? Playing an extra 2 mins? #
• Done and done. Two of you know what I'm talking about. #
• S O C I A L I S M is here to stay. #samroberts #
• Best nickname I've seen so far for the old GM Place (now Rogers Arena) is "The Call Centre". #canucks #
• IM IN UR NAGIOZ MONITORIN UR SERVERZ #
• Fuck. SkyTrain track fire at 29th Street. #
• Well that delay wasn't too long. #skytrain #
• Canucks are retiring Naslund's #19 Why? He was good, but worthy of a number retirement? #
• Elizabeth has e coli. Also yeast and a bookworm. http://bit.ly/asxUmn #
• Can someone please give @benkuchera a hug? He seems extra grumpy tonight. #
• RT @stilkov Software patents just suck RT @merbist: wow the Shazam guys are real jerks: http://sites.google.com/site/redcodenl/ #
• iPhone devs, is it possible to control the flash on the iPhone 4 without taking a picture? #
• This is one of my all-time favourite pictures of Elizabeth: http://bit.ly/a7sJa4 #
• YESSSSSSSSS! Judge Rules Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional http://bit.ly/bOdxen #
• Nine problems in five months means goodbye Shaw, hello Telus. #
• Crispy Bacon flavour potato chips? Yes please! #
• Happy aphelion day! The Earth is at its farthest distance from the Sun today! #
• Give the GameDeals Party Van a noble death! http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/bnc/zip/1829141969.html #
• You can't get away from me! http://twitpic.com/24fj7r #
• Go Oranje! #
• As a hockey fan I'd like to say wow, soccer players are soft. #
• …and soccer players whine too much. Soccer needs a 10 minute unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. #
• They breed eyebrows well in Spain, don't they? #
• This World Cup final is brought to you by Hallmark. #
• How do you say "fuck" in Dutch? #

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• I still think the Second Amendment ranks as the stupidest thing about the United States. #
• Viral gastroenteritis can go to hell. #
• RT @drjonboyg McLaren >>>> Ferrari, and this one reason why: http://is.gd/da38I #
• Today is the 23rd birthday of the loonie! Happy birthday! #
• RT @stephenfry Happy 143rd birthday, you dear, darling dominion. #CanadaDay #
• Tora! Tora! Dora! #badkidmovies #
• Having more than a gig of RAM in our computer is going to be nice. Hope I can pick it up from NCIX tomorrow! #
• Hey Telus! What happened to my Visual Voicemail? #
• I know some people in Hawaii who are going to be very happy with Netherlands' performance today. #worldcup #
• OH: "Yesterday was our 4th of July." #
• Just once I'd like an automatic WordPress upgrade to work. Doesn't matter if it's core, plugins, or themes, they all time out. #
• What is this, Upset Day in the World Cup? #
• OH GOD GHANA NOOOOOOO #
• SkyTrain doesn't start running until 6:07. This makes it tough to catch at 5:40. #
• Heading to Nanaimo! (@ Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal) http://4sq.com/93QbK #
• Sharing a danish with mommy: http://twitpic.com/223agw #
• We made it! (@ Departure Bay Ferry Terminal) http://4sq.com/bbJVV0 #
• RT @timoreilly At Monticello, Jefferson’s Gardening Methods Endure http://nyti.ms/brYeJn #

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• Holy shit, Portugal. #
• Installing Nagios: surprising easy. Now to get it to monitor other computers in our cluster. #
• I love socialism. $100/month from the government for each kid under six? Thanks! #
• Also got a random check from Time Warner. Why? Who knows! Who cares! Free money! #
• Should I try upgrading to iOS 4 tonight? #
• Two days, two iOS 4 upgrades, two bricked iPhones, two visits to the Apple Store. I'm never doing an update again. #
• Dammit, I can't swipe an email to delete it, only to archive it? Dumb. Now I have to read spam to be able to delete it. Dumb. #iphone #ios4 #
• NoFunCity Football – why is Vancouver so tough on BC Lions fans? http://bit.ly/dc3J49 #
• Crazy ripply clouds over Vancouver: http://twitpic.com/1zbpp5 #
• Argh. Took Alice's iPhone in to Apple store to unbrick after unsuccessful iOS 4 upgrade, they gave me a new iPhone… running 3.1.3! #
• Twitter protip: if you're retweeting a tweet that has a URL in it, remove non-URL characters before hitting submit! #
• I mean, it's getting really annoying seeing tweets like "RT @canspice man this is the awesomest website ever http:/" #
• Totally awesome how Granville SkyTrain down escalator was busted, but they didn't switch either of the two up escalators to run downwards. #
• Congrats Henrik! RT @VanCanucks #Canucks H. Sedin stuns the crowd and wins the Hart -KR #
• Booooosh RT @VanCanucks #canucks H. Sedin beat out Ovechkin by 60 points. Took 46 first place votes compared to Ovi's 40 and Sid's 20. -KR #
• I wonder how long we're going to sit… Oh, a dog on the tracks between Joyce and Patterson. That'll do it. #skytrain #
• They caught the dog. Now we get to look forward to more delays and holds and crowded cars while things sort themselves out. #skytrain #
• RT @herbcruz Translink expense receipt: One large T-bone steak: $15.00. Lol :) #dogontrack #skytrain #
• Yummy crab cakes! http://twitpic.com/1zotyr #
• One for Shit My Kid Ruined: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/06/25/bc-water-damage-prank-campbell-river.html #
• This is, putting it mildly, complete horseshit. RT @ctvbc Police get special arrest powers for duration of G20 http://tinyurl.com/34x6k74 #
• Who's got two thumbs and is winning the office World Cup pool? This guy! #
• Of course, picking England to win against Germany means I'll quickly drop out of first place. #
• My picks for round two of the World Cup: Uruguay, USA, Mexico, England, Netherlands, Brazil, Japan, Spain. Crazy, I know. #
• A gorgeous day to be at the museum: http://twitpic.com/1zykbe #
• You wish you were here. (@ Vanier Park) http://4sq.com/amjPf7 #
• Seriously, how could it get any better than this? http://twitpic.com/1zysa8 #
• RT @billmaher I know its mostly kids but anyone so idle and lame to camp out for a phone or a movie shld be used to stop up the oil well #
• I know the US is probably going to win, but I'm hoping Ghana will. Office pool be damned. #
• So does the US realize they need to win this game? #
• Dammit. Knew I should have picked Ghana. #
• Welp. #
• Hey look: another race, more whining from Alonso and Ferrari. #
• Ferrari: Italian for "fine whine". #

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• Does anybody actually use a sitemap on a website these days? #
• Seriously? $500 for a 500GB hard drive? #
• I am sad that Shamryn Hobbies is closing their store. Now we need to find a new place to browse model train supplies. #
• Rebuilding RAID arrays sucks. 31% complete after 26 hours? Hooray! Should have started this on a Friday… #
• Trying to figure out why I should stay with Shaw when I can get faster Internet and a better PVR for $30 a month cheaper from Telus. #
• RT @ctvbc BP quietly breaks ground on controversial B.C. project http://tinyurl.com/3935hb4 #
• Annoying bug in third-party software fixed, patch submitted to author! Protip: close your file output streams, people! #
• Why do all these genetics programs take data in different formats? To keep me busy writing Perl code to convert them? Argh. #
• RT @CKNW Hey Buddy, where's your engine?: If you've driven through the west side of Vancouver lately, you may have… http://bit.ly/bNm63O #
• Time to kick it old school with some Danny Tenaglia. #
• So is Ferrari Italian for "I whine too damn much about racing, everybody should just get the fuck off the track and let us win"? #
• …because Luca di Montezemolo is getting really tiresome. Maybe Alonso wouldn't have been passed if he could properly defend his position? #
• …and now Massa's complaining that Schumacher didn't give him enough room to pass? SHUT THE FUCK UP IT'S CALLED RACING. #
• If only I had a working cluster to run all of these commands on. 45 minutes of waiting could be cut down to 5. #
• Jesus Christ, USA, you'd better get your act together for the second half. #
• Bleeding Heart Show for Track Of The Day? Thank you @cbcradio3! #
• It would appear that the USA has scored. According to Twitter the appropriate response is GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL #
• RT @ARockLegend 40 cop cars lined up in anticipation of post-game Lakers riot. None for E3. Now, which games promote violence? #
• Pass to the man in white, not the man in green! Bloody England. #
• Needs more poke, lau lau, and loco moco: http://twitpic.com/1xww4q #
• SkyTrain delays because of power outage downtown. Hooray. I wanted to get stuck on the train anyhow. #
• No SkyTrain for Waterfront, Burrard, and Granville stations. I dodged a bullet: got on at Burrard 5 minutes before power outage. Whew! #
• It's funny seeing people getting mad at @translink because SkyTrain isn't running, as if they orchestrated the power outage. #
• A fine coincidence: my iPod was paused on Broken Social Scene's "The Stuck" while I was stuck on the SkyTrain. #
• Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there. My present from Elizabeth? A sheet of plywood! First step in our model train set! #
• Holy shit. Just discovered we have Arthur C. Clarke's first published novel, "Prelude To Space". http://twitpic.com/1yho1l #
• Also first (book club) edition of Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land": http://twitpic.com/1yhoob #
• Fun at the Levi's Store: http://twitpic.com/1yjt6h #
• RT @BPGlobalPR Pray all you want, but if God can stop it, why did he let us let this happen to begin with? #GodIsAMeanie http://ow.ly/20UzN #

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• Anybody have tips on multithreading a single-threaded C++ program with OpenMP? Go/no-go? Said program isn't my own, but it's open source. #
• Nachos and NeoCitran, a winning combination. #
• Listening to the opening of "Where The Streets Have No Name" while on the SkyTrain reminds me of the #Canucks Must see a game next season! #
• make -j 8 #
• Good lord gcc takes forever to build. #
• One good thing about lengthy compilation cycles is I get to clean out my inbox. INBOX:ZERO! #
• The fuck? Ontario gets HST rebate cheques but BC doesn't? http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2010/06/08/ont-hst-rebate-cheques-100608.html #
• It would be awesome if people didn't have to be told to give up their seat on the SkyTrain to a person with a cane. #
• There's one B&B to boycott: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/06/08/bc-rights-tirbunal-gay-couple-bed-breakfast.html #
• Oh Samba, your intro page is so quaint. "Windows 2000 looms on the horizon…" Maybe try updating pages more frequently than every decade? #
• Time for some Salmonbellies action! http://twitpic.com/1vp1j5 #
• Of course I picked Mexico to finish second in their group, and of course they're losing. Bah! #
• Allez France! #
• It's weird how McKesson keeps popping up in conversations this week. #
• RT @timoreilly Worth reading: NYT on language acquisition in children whose parents spend too much time plugged in. http://nyti.ms/amEiH0 #
• Go England! #
• Come on Crouch, do it for England! #
• I picked the US and England to cone 1-2 in the office World Cup pool so I guess a draw is acceptable. #
• "Come", obviously, not "cone". #
• I would love to see graphs of tweets/second during the World Cup. #
• Holy shit, I just saw a reply of the US goal. How many death threats has Green received so far? #worldcup #
• Opening night of Antony and Cleopatra! Hooray for Bard On The Beach! http://twitpic.com/1wbqai #
• I was led astray, we're actually seeing Much Ado About Nothing! Sorry, @bardonthebeach! #
• I miss Speed's coverage of Formula One. BBC is alright, but Varsha, Matchett, and Hobbs are way better. #
• Holy cow, the Canadian GP was awesome. Too bad it's followed by Valencia. #
• One area where the Tikis beat out the Tonys is chicken katsu. #

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• My question for the Canadian government: why is Celine Dion allowed to breed? #
• Now that was some decent rain. Reminds me of Hilo, but colder. #
• I don't mind stealing bread from the mouth of decadence. #
• …or is that "from the mouths of decadents"? #
• Either way Temple Of The Dog rules. #
• BC Liberal HST lies to remember for the next election: http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2010/06/01/HSTHitsAndMyths/ #
• . @aallan while we're showing off new kit, our new HP cluster: http://twitpic.com/1t1zhl in reply to aallan #
• I must remember to ask Elizabeth's daycare if it's okay to send peanut butter along for lunch. #
• It is completely awesome how the bus was 10 minutes early so I got to stand in the rain for 25 minutes. #
• And just when I thought I couldn't get any later, we get stuck behind a garbage truck doing pickups. #
• Yay: I got a seat on the SkyTrain! Boo: someone on the train lost a fight with a bottle of Old Spice. #
• Oh no! Muscle memory has kicked out 'pico' and replaced it with 'vi'! #
• A DELETE command shouldn't take 3+ minutes when it's only deleting about 1300 rows. Something's buggered-up with this database, I think. #
• Whoops, phone bill was due yesterday. #
• RT @alphex http://gizmodo.com/5553988/meet-leroy-stick–the-man-behind-bpglobalpr #
• Seriously? You need rolley wheels for your backpack? #
• Whenever I hear Lenny Kravitz's "Fly Away" I imagine a Kravitz army doing all the layered vocals. #
• You sit closest to the door. Would it kill you to answer it when someone knocks? #
• Anybody have tips on pricing out old scifi pulp mags, e.g. Amazing Stories? We have five boxes from the 30s to 80s. #
• I should do a photo series named "Pulp Art". Some of these covers are awesome. Case in point: http://twitpic.com/1tqc43 #
• Another good find: ASCII art from March 1946. Okay it's really typewriter art but hey: http://twitpic.com/1tqdrs #
• I think today's work task might be looking at multithreading this C++ code. Using eight processors should help speed things up a bit. #
• RT @FakeAPStylebook Use "bologna" for the meat, "baloney" for anything Creationists say. #
• Holy shit we have a clean deck! Many thanks to the Victoria crew for taking all the crap away! #
• The crap goes away: http://twitpic.com/1u7zv1 #
• I thought it was supposed to be sunny until Thursday. #
• I have too many U2 CDs. #

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