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  1. Worth sharing - XDate - A Modern JavaScript Date Library arshaw.com/xdate/ 7:09 AM Feb 24th via Tweet Button
  2. Yes, Facebook is borking out today, which really helps dev! > < 6:15 AM Feb 7th via web
  3. Really it's a great year for web dev, there's still a lot of chaos and crap, but damn there's so much that has gotten way easier. 7:52 AM Jan 23rd via web
  4. Exploring the world of graph databases with neo4j.org And dang, it finally just finished building! Woot! 7:24 PM Jan 4th via web
  5. Facebook, you are a web developer's absolute nightmare. 9:20 AM Jan 4th via web
  6. HDD failure sucks. At least it's working well enough to backup. Hard drives just aren't supposed to beep. Argh 6:56 PM Dec 25th, 2011 via web
  7. Wow, what a mess compiling Drizzle from source made. Completely broken. I'm just so glad I made a server image before I started. Yay Cloud! 1:45 AM Dec 22nd, 2011 via web
  8. Go go gadget symlink. DRIZZLE_INCLUDE_DIR is ignored for some reason. Really liking db drizzle so far. 9:25 PM Dec 21st, 2011 via web
  9. Pulling out the db drizzle and nodejs tonight. Nothing is cooperating. All installed, base & dev, double checked environ vars.. No go :/ 8:21 PM Dec 21st, 2011 via web
  10. Llife as we know it, is obviously a hastily written beta version. 8:25 AM Dec 17th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  11. Pushing for more powerful servers is painful at times. Isn't the obvious obvious? Eesh! 5:56 AM Dec 15th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  12. This program cannot be run in DOS mode. 2:51 PM Nov 19th, 2011 via web
  13. Building my first Makerbot. Haven't had this much fun in ages. :) 9:45 AM Nov 18th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  14. feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/… android.com finally gets an overhaul. About damn time! 3:18 PM Nov 17th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  15. One of my all time favorite ways to seriously trash audio ala VST plugin style: shuriken.se/?page_id=87 2:05 PM Nov 15th, 2011 via web
  16. I wish people would use the DRY principle in conversations 12:51 PM Nov 15th, 2011 via web
  17. Via @nprnews: Pondering the Possibility of Non-constant 'Constants' n.pr/v2JBeq 7:55 AM Nov 6th, 2011 via Tweet Button
  18. Pure awesome sauce: HybridAuth, Open Source Social-Signle-Sign-On Solution hybridauth.sourceforge.net 3:01 PM Nov 5th, 2011 via Tweet Button
  19. news.discovery.com/tech/eye-fi-wi… how cool is a wireless SD card that can autobackup? 1:06 PM Nov 5th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  20. A day in the live of a web developer grokcore.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-in… 9:58 PM Nov 2nd, 2011 via Tweet Button
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