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@evobassman if you do a google on the matter, I think you'll find @shiftyjelly knows all about "free apps of the day/week" :( about 3 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to evobassman
"Free App of the Week", I am sure @shiftyjelly will jump on that one! macrumors.com/2012/05/25/app… about 3 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
@ATC_Ben you can a least have a tour of the factory en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of… about 9 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to ATC_Ben
@PilotKellie sounds expensive! (I used to live in London) about 20 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to PilotKellie
Tweet about #sbseurovision half an hour behind like you are in #adelaide 4:29 AM May 26th via Twitter for iPad
Macedonia should just buy Greece so they can drop the stupid FYR. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia… #sbseurovision 4:22 AM May 26th via Twitter for iPad
@NewtonMark assimilating some spinach and feta? 1:59 AM May 26th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to NewtonMark
Try this in #NoSQL "update invoices set total = (select sum(qty * price) from invoice_items where invoice = ?) where id = ?" #OneLinerBitch 10:41 PM May 25th via Twitter for Mac
@peter_c_william Not sure if I'd like the text files and grep method in a concurrent system where writes also happen to said text file. :) 5:49 PM May 25th via Twitter for Mac in reply to peter_c_william
I am willing to bet most that use #NoSQL for their shitty little web app don't know an outer join on a derived table with grouping. 5:48 PM May 25th via Twitter for Mac
You know how simple, fast and bullet-proof it is to do stuff in SQL that that need mega code and debugging in NoSQL. theregister.co.uk/2012/05/25/nos… 5:46 PM May 25th via Twitter for Mac
Most people with sites that don't have TB of data and tens of thousands req/sec are better off learning how to use SQL properly. #NoNoSQL 5:45 PM May 25th via Twitter for Mac
@rustyshelf and *cough* before I didn't actually fork out $3K. *cough*. So #win for Adobe... 9:25 PM May 23rd via Twitter for Mac in reply to rustyshelf
@rustyshelf I feel your pain. I use a couple of CS apps once a week/month, so $62/month is better than forking out $3K like you had to b4. 9:23 PM May 23rd via Twitter for Mac in reply to rustyshelf
@rustyshelf entire CS6 suite is $62/month from creative cloud. That's what I am getting in 20 days... 9:00 PM May 23rd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to rustyshelf
pocahontasshole Tattoo of Leviticus 18:22 forbidding homosexuality: £200. Not knowing that Leviticus 19:28 forbids tattoos: Priceless. twitter.com/pocahontasshol… 9:08 AM May 22nd via web Retweeted by basscheffers and 22312 others
@dossy Orkut is big in Brazil, according to Wikipedia. 6:01 AM May 22nd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to dossy
@NewtonMark better question: has Schapelle Corby even heard of twitter? 3:17 AM May 22nd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to NewtonMark
@nlothian Unless I program an administrative interface into our own site for a simple spam… The choices! 10:31 PM May 21st via Twitter for Mac in reply to nlothian
@nlothian Though problem is that we do need monkeys in the group to be able to send out emails. Can't get simpler than mailing list... 10:30 PM May 21st via Twitter for Mac in reply to nlothian