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Entries from June 2009

Holy Crap. I’m Staying at Osato Chemical

June 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

So, I landed in Tokyo yesterday and have been touring the city. The first movie I ever saw that primarily took place in Japan was You Only Live Twice, so I decided to surf for some of the locations where they shot the film. Who knows? I thought maybe a few of the sites might […]

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-24

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

@christinelu I am in Beijing! # @kegill I am in Beijing at this very moment! When will you be over here? # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-13

June 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Datatoy looks interesting. It applies structure to tweets and generates charts from the information. http://datatoy.net/ # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-12

June 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Love the rooms at @FSPaloAlto. FINALLY. A safe that can hold even a 17″ powerbook. # Fun party tonight at @Techcrunch offices. Lots of buzz surrounding the launch of http://www.building43.com # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-11

June 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Off to the @TechCrunch @scobleizer building43 party in Palo Alto tomorrow. Staying at @FSPaloAlto. LOVE that pool… # Freaky. I’m at the @techcrunch party and it’s in my old offices in Palo Alto. Haven’t set foot there since 2000. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-10

June 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

W#CSM7CCR Had St. M CC Riesling with Columbia River King salmon at Daniels Broiler last night. Fish done perfectly, wine a perfect pairing. # Hoping to be back at @FSPaloAlto soon… # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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So, Your BMW Transmission Failed at 75K Miles? Betcha Didn’t Know it Was Made by GM

June 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

The Wall Street Journal has a letter today from dissatisfied BMW owner: Q: I have a 2002 BMW 540i with less than 85,000 miles. I was thinking of replacing it with a 2009 540i until the transmission went out, as it is unusual for the transmission to fail with such low mileage. I have always […]

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-08

June 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

trying to compel disk warrior not to crash when I preview. is alsoft in twitter anywhere??? # @18percentgrey am rebooting in safe mode at the moment, how does single user help? Thanks BTW… # @18percentgrey external startup drive, util folder. rebooting again – 10.5.? (latest) it’s a (sigh) filevault partition that’s the problem. # @18percentgrey […]

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-07

June 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

@zinio No way will I renew. Buy a new computer, and all subscriptions are hosed. Need a degree in comp. sci to switch. Idiotic. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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I Agree with Slog

June 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Slog totally nailed it today. The tone implies(?) they’re surprised by the fact that the BIAW always (and I mean ALWAYS) gets what it wants from Olympia. How long have they been watching their legislators? This was obvious to me as far back as the Clinton administration.  They should be happy that while the Dems […]

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