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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-25

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Sitting at the O'Hare terminal waiting to board. So close to being reunited with my family. #
Back home and I thought I was in the swing of things, then realized I hadn't updated twitter…I've clearly got to readjust here! #
Confluence 3.0 – it's the bomb! #
Nom Nom Nom — I love my job! I'm gonna go break^^^^^ fix something else now! #
"I don't make conscious decisions!" – Tommy Jinks (@jinksto) mere seconds ago. #
Finishing up Gelato and Espresso at Todd's place. Nice visit with @jinksto as well! #
DBArtisan, SVN, Archiva, and explaining to people how to use them and get license! #
YUI, I don't know … but I'm digging into to solve someone else problem. I'm thinking that 12 releases since the one they are using …. #
Themebuilder for Confluence is a bane to my happiness. How to get everyone off the plugi-in as quickly as possible it my goal. #
The hold music before meetings at my current company is driving me insane today. #
Tracey brought me 1 dozen Krispy Kreme Donuts this morning, I'm mainlining pure sugar right no. Tracey searches for straight jacket now. #
Preparing to head out on a Mens Retreat with Jacob and Corry tonight through tomorrow. Going to be tons of fun in Asheville NC. #
Smoking a Flor de Oliva and surprised at how nicely it goes with my coffee. Need more of these cigars. #
Checking out Eclipse IAM for Confluence Development. #
Sid Meier’s Civilization Network (http://bit.ly/2wmM1B) coming in 2010? #
Packing the van, headed to the airport, will wake up in London. I would rather stay w/my family. Travel w/out Tracey no fun, no fun at all! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-18

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Happy Birthday to my oldest daughter Samantha! She turns 16 today! Whoooooot! #
I'm a great strategist! I strategize all the time. It is just, well, turns out I am just not a GOOD strategist. – Jacob Rickman #
Cogitating on responsibilities for children in my house, mine and others. It seems to be a significant weight deserving reflection. #
Dropping kids off at school, then on to the airport headed to Chicago! CharDogs for lunch! Whooooot! #
Crowded airports + rain! Bleh. I would rather be upgrading my main desktop to Win7. #
Finally on the plane. Sardine much? I despise flying coach. #
I'm in Chicago! Lookout! I read "Save Me From Myself" on the way, so it wasn't a complete waste of time. #
Ahhh, the temperature in Chicago is brisk! I loves it! Sad they ain't got no trees here. #
I am wearng shoes! Can you believe it? #
Poag Mahones, 5:00pm CT. Reckon some of us will get dinner after. If you are in chitown, that's the place to be. I wore shoes, worth seeing! #
Drew S, Brian R, Andre P, Mike W, Bob S, Don B, Lisa R …. Just to name a few. Visiting Symphono is a nice stroll down memory lane. #
Black and Blue burger at Blackies. One more good reason to enjoy visiting Chicago. Best was meeting old friends yesterday afternoon! #
Two more roadshows today in Chicago, then I spend the W/E w/Joseph Szobody! No campfire w/Bubba tonight though. #
Heading to Heavan on Seven for lunch with The Crew! Did I mention I sang Karaoke for the first time? Turned a Polish bar to a Country bar! #
Dejavu! I'm on the 5:04 outa Chicago to Geneva. Some things never seem to change. The train is timeless. #
Breakfast at Harners! It was fantastic. #
Breakfast at The Batavia Diner, then I'll head across to Christ the King for church this morning. Missing my family much this AM though. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-11

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

Family is on the mend. Tracey is even volunteering up at the school, and all kids are back in class. Be happy to hit the other side of this. #
Everyone is back to healthy! Looking forward to the campfire tomorrow night! We got a touch of cabin fever. Going to talk about infinity! #
Cosmic irony, top WSJ article is "Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize" and the second is "Obama to send up to 60,000 more troops to Afghanistan" #
Today is my wifes birthday! If you are considering gifts for her, she likes: Expensive Cigars, Good Single Malt Scotch, Technology Toys, etc #
Campfire started, people showing up, gonna be a great night! http://twitpic.com/kw60w #
Manning the Spin O Prize game at the Belmont Fall Festival! http://twitpic.com/kz2oz #
Tracey (green shirt) working the big inflatable slide. Is it quitingtime yet? http://twitpic.com/kz5al #
Gaggle of nine kids dropped off at the house. Tracey and eating Lunch at Thai House, new place in Gastonia. http://twitpic.com/kzjld #
My home PC is fried! Appears the video card is gone kapoot. I'm going over to Tommy's. Will see about fixing it tonight. #
Moar sickness in the house, seems being outside at the festival wasn't the best of ideas yesterday. No church again, two weeks in a row. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-04

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

Tracey said, "I love it when you talk nerdy to me." #
In the big city doing presentations all day. I love my job! #
Senate panel votes down public option for health care bill http://twurl.nl/8xsl8e – that makes me happy. #
Anxious about this day – lots going on, there never seems to be quite enough minutes in the day either. #
Retweeting @dberlind: Microsoft CIO Tony Scott about to keynote @ our virtual event on making the case for Win 7 http://bit.ly/d3UPg #
MS CIO Tony Scott: Win 7 doesn't require significant hardware upgrades to deploy it. In many cases it runs faster on the same. #techwebwin7 #
Attending Information Week's Windows 7 Virtual Event (http://bit.ly/d3UPg) today, preparing to speak at the final session. It is free! #
I'll be in Chicago on Oct 14th! Drew Shields and Brian Ralph are planning a night out! If you want details to attend, ping me. #
Ramping up for the presentation! Starts in 15 minutes .. whoot! #
I am the goodlooking one! #
FUn presentation! Once they get the archives set up I'll post a link. Gonna go eat some BBQ Ribs now and celebrate my first virtual event! #
Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis to retire (http://twurl.nl/1325pb) makes me sad to see him go. I've very much enjoyed working for him. #
Tracey is ill this morning. I'll be playing the part of Mr. Mom in her absence. #
I DID manage to get all the kids to school before their respective bells rang, and breakfast/coffee for me and Ethan. #
Looks like I'm taking the day off. Appointment made for Tracey, gonna haul her to Dr here in a few. #
I despise the Dr experiance. Why is it the norm that they NEVER respect my time? I'd pay a premium for a timely Dr. #
Dr. Says Tracey has indicators of the flu (the pandemic one) but until she has a fever it's something like but not. Whatever that means! #
One pharmacy in town that can fill the prescription. Just have to find it now. #
Given our involvement with The Pandemic, we are cancelling the Campfire & associated festivities this weekend. Please spread the word. #
Today seems to be a bit better, Tracey is up and about, kids all made it to school with no additional illness. Still no campfire tonight. #
Gah! I spoke to soon, looks like Ethan is (quickly) coming down sick this morning. #
This day in history: 10.02.1955 : ENIAC Computer Retired (http://twurl.nl/i8i0fq) or (http://twurl.nl/odggxy) #
NVidia GPU Technology – they finally have ECC and double precision (http://twurl.nl/j8lc4m) #
Sam's school just called. Said she is running a fever, and is sick, and please come remove her from the rest of the population. #
I'm getting a headache and a general feeling of unpleasantness … is it the flu or just the post lunch early afternoon desire to nap? #
Heh, someone just stated that "hines-sight" is 20/20 — whoot! #
As Stewart put it, "The Democrats seems to be the kind of people who switch to Geico and lose money." (http://twurl.nl/6hu3z2) Stewart Rocks #
This October declared National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Let me sum it up "Be Careful What You Click On"! http://twurl.nl/oqj7rg #
‘I am ready for use’ signaling is an important psychological factor for consumers – http://bit.ly/1UaaWf #
New Video: Laser Gunship Blowtorches Truck (Updated) – http://twurl.nl/526rtm #
Google Friend Connect: Look, ma…no files! (http://twurl.nl/8rro4r) Authentication as a service. #
47% of America will pay no federal income tax for 2009 – http://twurl.nl/dhznse #
Twitter in the work place: http://twurl.nl/4f64ll #

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