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Should a beatnick be clean-shaven or scruffy? Keeping the van dyke, mind. #madmenparty about 7 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS
@pudgenet I cannot hear that. about 11 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to pudgenet
@pudgenet No wait, there’s no oxygen in that room. Get the fuck out quick! about 12 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to pudgenet
So @ATTCustomerCare, rep says I can’t unlock my iPhone 4 till Sep 1, I offer to pay to finish contract early, told can only cancel account. about 12 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
@bdombrow Does AT&T offer them? They were pretty adamant that they would not let me out of the contract except by canceling the account. about 12 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to bdombrow
@miyagawa I escalated it as far as they were willing to go, at least at that call center. about 13 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to miyagawa
@miyagawa I would like to do that, but AT&T seems hell-bent on losing me as a customer. about 13 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to miyagawa
I can only pay early termination & risk losing my number (and be without it for a week). Can’t just pay to end the contract & keep the line about 13 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS
Called again. New rep seems more willing to entertain the early termination fee. about 14 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS
Called back to find out early termination fee. AT&T said even if I terminated Apple insists on the 2 full years. #wha. about 14 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS
Can’t unlock my AT&T iPhone until the contract expires in September. #boo about 14 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS
duncan Portland Ketchup Company had fun with their UPC barcode @ Daily Cafe instagr.am/p/LYJmUPTd7q/ about 15 hours ago via Instagram from Portland, OR Retweeted by theory and 3 others
@schwern I thought it looked familiar. I haven’t been over there in a while. about 16 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to schwern
seldo "Is it Fuck This Shit o'clock yet?" "Oh hell yes. It's Fuck This Shit thirty." 6:59 PM Jun 1st via web from San Francisco, CA Retweeted by theory and 17 others
@tomcoates Think of it this way: It's rare to have awesome people under 40. Over 40, you are more likely to be awesome. #43AndCounting 4:07 PM Jun 1st via Twitter for Mac in reply to tomcoates
@Annaleen A petition to at least free up taxpayer-funded articles. wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/pe… 4:02 PM Jun 1st via Twitter for Mac in reply to Annaleen
@aaronsw @waxpancake Don’t miss Candle Café. Awesome food. candlecafe.com 3:37 PM Jun 1st via Twitter for Mac in reply to aaronsw
RickShimmel Krugman - The UK austerity drive isn’t about debt and deficits; it’s about using deficit panic as an excuse to dismantle social programs. 1:46 PM Jun 1st via web Retweeted by theory and 33 others
@parislemon Identity is such a mess. My iPhone should serve as my identity. 1:30 PM Jun 1st via Twitter for Mac
@parislemon I look forward to iOS 7’s addition of an API allowing registered partners can get automatic iOS integration. 1:26 PM Jun 1st via Twitter for Mac in reply to parislemon

Name David E. Wheeler
Location Portland, OR, USA
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Bio Perl, PostgreSQL, iOS hacker; US politics junkie; Webapp developer; Portvangelist; profane iconoclast.