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eric_sink

  1. @patio11 yep. I would be quite astonished. Putting anything into email raises the likelihood of it being perceived as spam. 9:28 AM May 19th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to patio11
  2. @codinghorror He made some lousy movies. Unbreakable was not one of them. 6:08 PM May 18th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to codinghorror
  3. I find and fix a STUPID bug in my code. Should I feel good, because the code got better, or bad, because I was an idiot in the first place? 1:49 PM May 18th via Tweetbot for iOS
  4. Today I discovered the deeply neato EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN feature in SQLite. Better late than never. 9:33 AM May 8th via Tweetbot for iOS
  5. I enjoy seeing an automated test case fail in exactly the way I expected. 8:06 AM May 4th via Tweetbot for iOS
  6. Being 44 isn't so bad if you're still learning. 7:05 AM May 1st via Tweetbot for iOS
  7. @sblom fixed. Thanks for letting us know. 2:47 PM Apr 17th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to sblom
  8. @AndyGlockner eCard. That's just cold. 8:54 AM Apr 11th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to AndyGlockner
  9. @codinghorror Happy user of iBooks here. I've read dozens of novels on my iPad. 4:55 PM Apr 9th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to codinghorror
  10. @da_asmodai no changes planned. 8:18 AM Apr 4th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to da_asmodai
  11. @WernerConnectFM The Pearl apology stuff is an April Fool thing, right? 11:33 AM Apr 1st via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to WernerConnectFM
  12. @giovannibassi Sorry, we're sending out books inside the US only at this point. 5:43 AM Mar 30th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to giovannibassi
  13. Once again, no news on the search for an #illini bb coach. But today, everyone was apparently too lazy to fabricate news to fill the void. 5:34 PM Mar 28th via Tweetbot for iOS
  14. @hadarvc Congratulations and best wishes! 11:55 AM Mar 28th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to hadarvc
  15. @michaelpryor Amex used the same stunt with me, only to find out that I already had an Amex card. Didn't do their homework. 9:11 AM Mar 28th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to michaelpryor