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base2john

  1. I've got $5 that says a @SpaceX astro-cat jumps out of #Dragon when the ISS hatch is opened. #spacepranks about 12 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
  2. Require free access over the Internet to scientific journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research. wh.gov/6TH 12:09 PM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  3. @annakyoung & @jfgm banana pianos and more touch fun with Makey Makey - kck.st/IT93ry 8:41 AM May 23rd via Tweetie for Mac
  4. Last Saturday My Son Found His People at the Maker Faire wp.me/p1EpDi-g7 via @JackCWest 8:26 AM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  5. Awesome launch @SpaceX. What lovely solar arrays you have! 1:03 AM May 22nd via Twitter for iPhone
  6. SmartAssCripple "Hospital beds can be excellent kink vehicles...But there still aren’t any heart-shaped ones" goo.gl/r7iPh #a11ykink 7:16 AM May 21st via Tweetie for Mac
  7. Being deaf - a hacker's tale of working in the hearing startup world davidpeter.me/stories/being-… 5:09 AM May 21st via Tweetie for Mac
  8. @bigs the failure session was fantastic #healthfoo 12:58 PM May 19th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to bigs
  9. Bill Cunningham tells us about fashion and space travel to Mars goo.gl/qAjMJ #LookAtTheseKids #TheyreGoingToTheMoon 3:40 AM May 19th via Tweetie for Mac
  10. @jennylc prepared me well for my trip to Boston twitter.com/base2john/stat… 11:06 AM May 18th via Twitter for iPhone
  11. This Facebook IPO crap is taking media coverage away from @SpaceX's history making commercial space launch. #NoOneCanHearYouClickLikeInSpace 7:55 AM May 18th via Tweetie for Mac
  12. Good luck @SpaceX! Going to be up early tmrw morning! Live stream of Falcon 9/Dragon to ISS launch 4:55 a.m. EDT May 19 SpaceX.com 7:51 AM May 18th via Tweetie for Mac
  13. Awesome @dalepd! RT @whitehouseostp: Responding to the President’s Call, a New Effort to Help More Students be Makers go.ostp.gov/JjRs2a 4:27 PM May 17th via Twitter for iPhone
  14. Hey @foursquareAPI getting some 503 errors on /venue/search - hope everyone's okay! 1:13 PM May 17th via Tweetie for Mac
  15. "The man who never met a toilet or sex joke he didn’t like is concerned that the U.S. has lost its passion for science" goo.gl/pIZFe 7:51 AM May 17th via Tweetie for Mac