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  1. Turned 34 today. Second 1/3 of a century starting nicely, with a lovely omelet, calls from Louisiana, and the Saints 7-0.
  2. Confession: I tear up a little every time I rewatch the Saints' blocked punt vs. Falcons, 1st game in NOLA post-Katrina http://tr.im/DURV
  3. Thanks to whatever Belarusian (seriously) checked out niemanlab.org at 3:25 a.m. EST to generate our 1,000,000th pageview.
  4. Bostonians, be at TT the Bear's on Dec. 3 to see Sloan play. Rare chance to see Canada's finest play the rock stateside.
  5. Leah: I had a beta fish once. Me: Did it ever get released?
  6. Biggest drawback to a life in Boston: No Boudin Cookoff this weekend http://tr.im/BGrd Can early fave Best Stop be beat?
  7. Glad I was able to spend the day at #nprthink. Also glad to be enjoying Old Fashioneds at SF bar.
  8. Lady to clerk at airport snack store: "Excuse me, do you have kofta?" Or was it Kafka?
  9. How the mighty have fallen: Bad Company is playing the Rayne Frog Festival http://tr.im/AzpE
  10. I'm talking to a bunch of journalists about Twitter and hashtags. What's your favorite hashtag?
  11. Prepping a class for tomorrow. Topic: Twitter for journalists.
  12. Playing around w/ PostRank Analytics, a post-centric, social-media-centric view of web stats; looks pretty good http://tr.im/zDJj
  13. Best unintentional Mac-inspired typo in a serious email subject: "Obama and End-of-iLife Care"
  14. Getting ready to talk at Knight-Batten awards in D.C. Also, tweeting for the first time in a month.
  15. Great show by Joe Pernice last night at the Brattle (fine work by @ashmont). Go buy his funny new novel: http://tr.im/vJzn
  16. Getting ready to talk about editing on panel with the Globe's @dabeard. #aejmc
  17. Hey journos, for a session I'll be doing Thursday: What one thing should journalism professors know about the future of editing?
  18. At the Sheraton Boston, getting ready to talk about social media and business models.
  19. Blasting Blur's "Parklife" on headphones at the end of a loooooooong stressful day. 1994 = comfort.
  20. New Hackintosh name: Capote. It's so wee! Joins laptop Graham (Greene) and external drives Twain, Waugh, Coetzee, Nabokov, and Chatwin.