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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-18

Ysabel by Guy Guvriel Kay seems to be a bit novice in places, good read though. #
Of course me saying novice is laughable, but I am just being comparative. #
The sun is shining, the sky is blue, my damn leg itches. #
Wow quiet today at work. Graveyard quiet. I walk in and the only person at work is, ha, me. Surprise! #
Just me keeping the carpet down today. #

home again home again, jiggity jig. Went to omaha and did not see any pigs. #
Go to Charlotte. See cops everywhere. All over town. Go to Omaha. See no cops anywhere. Guess which town felt more “safe”? #
Omaha vs. Charlotte.
POP: 401,692 vs. 668,003.
Violent Crimes: 2,627 vs. 7,194.
Property Crimes: 24,512 vs. 44,534. #
Ooooh and guess what? According to that, Omaha is actually the safer place. #
Those numbers are from 2003. may have changed in the last 6 years. #
but according to my gut, the lack of cop presence it seems that the theory still holds up. #

Oolong see bass and banana spring rolls. Where am I? #
See bass? What the fuck is see bass? #
Omaha went well. Head home soon… too bad it involves another airport. And a plane. And people. #
Don’t get me wrong. I love people. People are great… For watching and laughing at mostly. #
Other than that I hate crowds. And populations are right out. #
The dob in omaha. Steak tacos. People staring at mu cu hat. #
and soooo loooong ooooooooomaha. #

I wonder if traffic follows game theory. Everyone is playing selfishly, trying to “win” their destination. So competing needs cause traffic #
Omg allergies suck. Riding high on zyrtec and sudafed. #
Legally stoned. #

Npr commentator bashing the social networks today over expectation of privacy. Missed the point really. #
Twitter and other social networks are the foundations of news and opinion… Sure its beta, but as it fleshes out, socialnet have potential. #
It will be interesting to see how trend aggregation news services form around social networks. This group A is trending B on topic C. #
Or how social networks will fragment into social tribes, tighter woven virtual groups that have more social impact. #
One could almost cyberpunk all over the future of social networks, but some care should be taken. We are talking about people after all. #
the biggest issue with tweets is the lack of contextual information. It is always (mostly) implied. #

Finished The Fade by Chris Woodling. Good book… bit harsh on story ordering… think it was done on purpose. #
Starting Lux the Poet by Mark Millar… loved Lonely Werewolf Girl… looking forward to my next sublime and nuanced Millar adventure. #
#StarTrek in IMAX on Friday was kickass. Will be seeing it again. Can’t believe I wasn’t tweeting through it on Friday. Shocked, so good. #

Mothers day. Irony is to most husbands w/ kids it is actually just a second valentines day. Right? Loving the better half. #
And my poor wife. Women got the short stick from god on the whole child birth thing. You wonder how they get through it. Sane. #

Counting the moments. I cannot help but measure my life by events instead of time. #
Awesome! Sean Tevis is rockin. http://option4.seantevis.com/index.htm #

We used to have an internal house application called Dragnet. Whenever I saw dev screens, I always thought of this theme.