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brodkin

Hey, that's me!!! yelp.com/biz/starbucks-… about 13 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
I just unlocked the "(RED)Rush to Zero" badge on @foursquare, triggering a $1 donation to help fight AIDS. #REDRush 4sq.com/LoEI5X about 23 hours ago via foursquare
Le Pain Du Jour on #Yelp: I was shocked when I saw the reviews on Yelp after visiting this bakery for the first tim... bit.ly/JIEPwl about 23 hours ago via Yelp
technologizer Windows 8: Microsoft Isn’t Going to Make This Easy. Or Is It?: Windows 8 may be Windows, but it could be a needl... ti.me/LDKROj 2:53 PM May 29th via twitterfeed Retweeted by brodkin and 5 others
jbarratt Modern emotional rollercoaster: thinking of the perfect domain for an idea, buying it, then seeing it in the list of old, abandoned ideas. 11:41 AM May 29th via Tweetbot for iOS Retweeted by brodkin
FastCoDesign Shigeru Ban Builds A Store For Camper, Made Of Paper And Awesomeness bit.ly/KQLtzl 7:58 PM May 29th via TweetDeck Retweeted by brodkin and 10 others
TelegraphNews Four men and two women sentenced to death for dancing at Pakistan wedding tgr.ph/JLfRZK 3:46 AM May 29th via dlvr.it Retweeted by brodkin and 85 others
BBCNews A convoy of driverless cars is tested for the first time, on a Spanish motorway bbc.in/KBCQaZ 3:56 AM May 29th via BBC News Retweeted by brodkin and 52 others
TelegraphNews US denies reports it parachuted soldiers into North Korea tgr.ph/JLpmbp 4:35 AM May 29th via dlvr.it Retweeted by brodkin and 23 others
GuardianUS Syrian ambassadors expelled from countries including UK, France and US trib.al/yYPjmf 5:05 AM May 29th via SocialFlow Retweeted by brodkin and 14 others
designtaxi Feared dictators reimagined as hipsters ow.ly/bd2sP 2:02 AM May 29th via HootSuite Retweeted by brodkin and 80 others
designtaxi The world’s most expensive hamburger ow.ly/bd5Vt 4:02 AM May 29th via HootSuite Retweeted by brodkin and 51 others
guardian Tuna contaminated with Fukushima radiation found in California gu.com/p/38vb5/tw #Japan #Japanquake via @GuardianEco 4:15 AM May 29th via TweetDeck Retweeted by brodkin and 146 others
FastCoDesign Finally, A Key Ring That Won’t Kill Your Fingertips bit.ly/xSpLTT 1:08 PM May 28th via TweetDeck Retweeted by brodkin and 61 others
I decided that Internet Explorer is the worst thing...ever twostepmedia.co.uk/whichisworse via @twostepmedia 11:04 PM May 28th via Tweet Button
LATimesbiz Companies are removing oil from their products to cut costs lat.ms/LZxlqK 5:12 PM May 28th via dlvr.it Retweeted by brodkin and 12 others
Metro Board OKs gate-locking plan flpbd.it/lDKqj Metrolink has needed to get with it for a while! 3:17 PM May 28th via Flipboard
iharryshum I want this sleeping bag...http://thegadgethunters.com/?p=168 1:42 PM May 27th via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by brodkin and 93 others
guardianvideo Mathias Rust: the teenager who flew to Red Square - video gu.com/p/37qgb/tf 12:22 AM May 28th via twitterfeed Retweeted by brodkin and 29 others
TheNextWeb Poke to unlock: What a Facebook Phone could look like tnw.to/1EaN0 by @jonrussell 12:34 AM May 28th via Spread The Next Web Retweeted by brodkin and 273 others