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colindean

  1. Hey @ajenti - I'm having problems getting it to work on Ubuntu 12.04. Installed via apt, auth fails with default pwd. Thoughts? about 7 hours ago via TTYtter
  2. It could be worse than gospel music I'm hearing from next door. #brightside about 8 hours ago via TTYtter
  3. I'm jealous of my cat's ability to sleep all day. He looks so cozy and comfortable. Oh, to be a cat. 10:29 AM Jun 1st via TTYtter
  4. Oh, @linkedin. You don't know how freakishly accurate yet behind the times you are. I'm an IBMer for 30 mins & ... twitpic.com/9rhun6 9:36 PM May 31st via Twitpic
  5. 2012: Some new chapters: I never got around to posting a 2011 retrospective. 2011 was pretty boring at first: ~2... j.mp/LMpxCX 9:23 PM May 31st via twitterfeed
  6. Check out "Pittsburgh TechFest 2012" pghtechfest2012-estw.eventbrite.com via @eventbrite 8:19 PM May 31st via Tweet Button
  7. Illinois rep EXPLODES on the House floor! IT's ALL FALLING APART...: youtu.be/h19FZtDprd0 via @youtube 4:57 PM May 31st via Tweet Button
  8. Car, rather. Although Carol would be just as disgusted 3:55 PM May 31st via txt
  9. Really, dude? You couldn't wait 30 seconds to cross a busy intersection without endangering your kids? Carol missed them by < foot 3:54 PM May 31st via txt
  10. Fun With NFC: Automating Simple Tasks With NFC Tags And An NFC Capable Phone j.mp/LN1DGK 3:34 PM May 31st via bitly
  11. Better READMEs for GitHub Forks — adammck.com j.mp/LMet8i 12:32 PM May 31st via bitly
  12. Vivísimo folk: on your online profiles, are you adding a new job thing for IBM or just appending "an IBM company" to Vivísimo? 11:18 AM May 31st via LinkedIn
  13. Very good diagram of how a bitcoin transfer works spectrum.ieee.org/img/06Bitcoin-… 10:16 AM May 31st via Plume for Android
  14. RS @Carols10cents: I posted to the @SteelCityRuby blog yesterday: Stop the Celebrity Worship is.gd/ReTCW8 7:07 AM May 31st via Rstat.us App