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In high school a friend of mine got invited on a date to a BBQ in Wilmington. Turned out to be a KKK cookout. Oops @connerk @ameir 2:37 PM May 24th via Plume for Android
@nikder yeah I wasnt trying to say the net is emergent arch just emergent. Real point is emergent architecture is an oxymoron 4:52 PM May 23rd via Plume for Android in reply to nikder
@nikder maybe it was sarcasm 4:02 PM May 23rd via Plume for Android
@nikder a pretty ballsy rebrand. Look at our web of uncontrolled interconnecting crap! Its a feature! 4:01 PM May 23rd via Plume for Android in reply to nikder
Not to say that all emergent system growth is bad. The internet is pretty rad. But emergence is kind of the opposite of architecture. 4:00 PM May 23rd via Plume for Android
Um.. Emergent architecture - not sure thats a thing... rebranding system cruft is pretty ambitious. p.twimg.com/AtnSAGBCMAEgXd… 3:57 PM May 23rd via Plume for Android
@connerk nothing like an upcoming talk to get your code working! 5:02 PM May 22nd via Plume for Android in reply to connerk
@nikder wow and a truly evil one too. crosshatching!? What century is this? 8:46 AM May 22nd via Plume for Android in reply to nikder
"Does data visualization matter?" #%$! not when the measure is hits. Ask huffpo,drudge: graph or costume malfunction? bit.ly/MDQ4Hk 8:35 AM May 22nd via Plume for Android
i keep think everyone is talking about the IDE not the solar event. 9:29 PM May 21st via TweetDeck
my plan to not buy a new phone until after we buy a house is all fail. pushing 1MB around at a time on the n1 is just embarassing. 9:25 PM May 21st via TweetDeck
Making fun of Ayn Rand never gets old - fdiv.net/2012/04/01/obj… 2:01 PM May 19th via Plume for Android
@nikder stay strong. I made the same pledge and already broke it. 1:16 PM May 19th via Plume for Android in reply to nikder
Ah finally. I've been hunting for a decent Grammar of Graphics summary - goo.gl/Idrq6 via @bigdata 12:41 PM May 19th via Plume for Android
i can report that the solution to insomnia is definitely not buying a copy of lone survivor and giving it a go. 1:46 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
@nikder only 12 :'( 1:42 PM May 16th via Plume for Android in reply to nikder
@nikder really cheap. I nearly just went ahead and got 128 given the price... "settled" for 64. 1:38 PM May 16th via Plume for Android in reply to nikder
Requested a new dev server yesterday. I know how Moore's law works but still it amazes me every time I price stuff. More ram pls 11:08 AM May 16th via Plume for Android
The smugularity is near RT @CJFDillow The worst thing about JP Morgan's losses is that they'll make Nassim Nicholas Taleb even smugger 8:57 AM May 11th via Plume for Android
time to get serious 11:38 AM May 10th via Plume for Android