Chad Catacchio's Web Presence http://www.chadcatacchio.com A site to organize and share what I'm up to. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:55:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Chad Catacchio Tweets of the Week http://www.chadcatacchio.com/chad-catacchio-tweets-of-the-week-15/ http://www.chadcatacchio.com/chad-catacchio-tweets-of-the-week-15/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:55:00 +0000 chadcat http://www.chadcatacchio.com/chad-catacchio-tweets-of-the-week-15/
  • just read "The rail thread that links Europe" http://bit.ly/2N26hB #
  • a new health (insurance) world – next stop is overhauling how healthcare itself works, but this is pretty big baby step #
  • really wanted to go to SF Data Camp today, but I've been too sick ;-( #
  • Obama's half brother lives in Shenzhen, China, has for 7 years http://bit.ly/r6Cyp #
  • working on a post about Obama's China trip #
  • watching Penn St v OSU while tweaking some WP blogs #
  • well, Iowa finally lost – they were fun to watch, but they were threading the needle the whole season #
  • watching The Breeder's Cup after brunch of pancakes #
  • browsing for a convertible bed for my toddler, which is harder than it sounds #
  • good night and good luck #
  • how bad is the air in Beijing? I just saw a raccoon here in Santa Barbara put on a gas mask, that's how bad. #
  • Watching "Othello" – Iago is by far my favorite Shakespeare character – how about you? #
  • seems like "2012" is going to be the ultimate Roland Emmerich movie – take that as you will #
  • "The US Commerce Dept has imposed anti-dumping tariffs of up to 99% on imports of Chinese tubular goods" http://bit.ly/1tdf9H #
  • from the BBC: "Hitler house sale alarms locals" http://bit.ly/3nKExD #
  • basically they say "you must be perfect – and if you are don't expect us to treat you well or compensate you well, because why would we?" #
  • wow, I just read the most rude job posting for a high-level professional position I've probably ever seen #
  • 8 years of war and 10% unemployment are certainly widening cracks in our society, we need to pull it together people #
  • I realize that I have 10 Brizzly invites – anyone want one? #
  • Chaoyang District (in Beijing) is offering cash bonuses of $29,000 to attract overseas professionals http://bit.ly/2N6Xsf #
  • RT @elizadushku: Boston Red Sox 2010 – not sure what you mean by this, but hells ya nonetheless! #
  • no "Retweet feature" yet for me…now only if I had a desktop client that could do that… #
  • I've been watching the quite strange "I'm Not There" most of the afternoon – haven't decided whether it's just weird or great #
  • RT @drew: My cancer bit the big one. Everyone elses cancer better watch out, we're coming for you. nothing to say but CONGRATS! #
  • day 6 of being sick has been the worst even though good things are happening #
  • cool news – I'll be attending #supernovahub next month in SF with @gapingvoid @arielwaldman @cheeky_geeky et al! #
  • would love to go to @supernovahub as everyone raved about last year's conference, but #funemployment & $2K events don't mix #
  • remember remember the 5th of November ;-) #
  • RT @briansolis Social Media Influencers are not Traditional Influencers http://bit.ly/1LIBKC #
  • the pictures that lite.Facebook.com uses for their "Send us feedback!" are really creeping me out #
  • TV makeup artists must make a killing in these days of HDTV and aging sitcom stars #
  • RT @google: Introducing Google Commerce Search: Find holiday gifts faster http://bit.ly/14gBVt – Wed 9:30pm PST announcement… #
  • at least it was a more entertaining Series than recent years #onlypositivethingIwilltakeawayunlessthereisamiracleagainstRivera #
  • reading up on Droid – not that I'll probably be getting one – but still #
  • I think I'll write a new post comparing FB Connect and Google Friend Connect now that GFC has been updated #
  • was going to make the trip up to SF tomorrow for the weekend, but I'm still too sick – maybe in a few weeks #
  • today is a research day – at least until the baseball game starts #
  • watching #rethink, Le Web and having a Hulu in China conversation with @kevinkclee makes me feel like flying over an ocean #
  • very interesting – Hulu is hiring in Beijing http://bit.ly/3Ev9YV #
  • I hope Pedro throws a no-hitter tomorrow night and Utley hits 4 homeruns on four pitches #worldseries #
  • local ABC station keeps cutting out HD of "V" to show "united school district" voting results – #Idontcarestopinterruptingshowkthxgoodbye #
  • watching "V" – I have to say that I miss the days of the 2 hour series premier (not sure if this one is or not, but they are a dying breed) #
  • new profile pic thanks to @thekenyeung http://bit.ly/315Q4u #
  • brought my 15 month old to her first movie ever this morning at 10am – Where The Wild Things Are. We had a blast. #
  • Inside Facebook post: "Some Top Chocolate Maker’s Facebook Pages Are Sweeter Than Others" http://bit.ly/3UdcXW #
  • still fighting this bug that I got from my little one – I can see now why she was so miserable #
  • RT @gapingvoid: Wow. My book, #IGNOREEVERYBODY is on Amazon’s Top 10 business books of 2009 list: http://bit.ly/2RIFNm congrats! #
  • still sick, but too much to do to just lay on the couch and watch movies (until Transformers 2 arrives this afternoon that is) #
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  • If you follow me, I would appreciate it if you followed @DrewFromTV & donated in my Mom's memory so that we can #beatcancer #
  • my Mom, the person that lived more than anyone I've ever known, was born 60 years ago today. We lost her to cancer 5 years ago. #
  • watching 'An American Werewolf in Paris' in my quest to find a really cheezy Halloween flick #
  • hanging with the fam, watching Hulu & listening to the hordes walk by on their way to Isla Vista #halloween #
  • RT @SFWeekly: RT @alexiatsotsis @chadcat Thank you for the inspiration. you're welcome & looks great :-) #failbridge #
  • finally got the baby to sleep, now to finish this post about candy! #
  • so on Twitter.com Lists show up as links but it doesn't seem as if @Tweetdeck can do that yet – I imagine in the next release #
  • \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ #
  • I think that @Twitter is going to have to make changes to their TOS, as I can see a lot of potential abuse of Lists (i.e. hate) #
  • well, it's been a long day of Twitter Lists, writing about Halloween candy, Slumdog Millionaire, and baseball, good night folks #
  • I very much doubt that Google Wave is going to due me much good, as I don't keep my life in Google like most #
  • Halloween has started in Isla Vista – it will end sometime on Monday. From now until then, screaming hordes right up the street #
  • RT @VentureBeat China’s growing addiction: online farming games | VentureBeat http://bit.ly/Gb3i9 by @elliottng #
  • RT @twestival: The new date for the next Twestival Global is 25 March 2010 : http://bit.ly/36WiTT #
  • I really think that I am going to have to go outside of the people that I follow to make more Lists – basically everyone I follow is a star #
  • Ok, new list: "Could Fight Aliens & Win" http://bit.ly/1l25Cx #
  • Ubuntu 9.10 finally installed, and now watching Slumdog Millionaire #
  • reading Nielsen blog post "U.S. Consumers Say Boo To Store Brand Candy on Halloween" http://bit.ly/3IrMGM #
  • best movie line this year by far: "You're like a giant cock-blocking robot built in some secret government lab!" #zombieland #
  • I really want to make a List called "Reminds me of bunnies" but not sure the people I put on it would understand it's a compliment #
  • the biggest problem I have with Twitter Lists so far is that it's a slog to add people to a list – too much work #
  • and down go my Lists again #failwhale #faillists #
  • new Lists creation strategy – every list from now on will have "like bacon" or "awesomesauce" in the title #
  • 1/8 of the people I follow made my first list: "People That Party Hard" http://bit.ly/InnyU #
  • Lists away! My first one is going to be "People-That-Party-Harder-Than-I-Do" #
  • The BBC says the US recession is over http://bit.ly/1lLRPZ – I must say that I greatly beg to differ #
  • upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 KK presently #
  • guess I'm going to have to spend some time today upgrading to Ubuntu KK – JJ is so amazing, I can't believe they've already improved it #
  • I met a lot of great new people at #140conf, making it two conferences in a row (which may be a record), #FF tomorrow for names #
  • I'm determined to be the very last user to get Lists, @Twitter please make it happen #
  • home in Santa Barbara watching Monday's Heroes episode after seeing Tim Kring and some cast yesterday and today, small world #
  • my first post for Inside Facebook "How to Update Your Facebook Page from Desktop, Web, and Mobile Apps" http://bit.ly/3uT4MY #
  • plugging in for a bit at the coffee bar at #140conf #
  • Lunchtime at #140conf #
  • "Greyhound nearly killed us" – @sioksiok talking about her cross country bus trip to film Twittermentary #140conf #
  • censorship is something we just have to deal with everyday – via @ThePekingDuck #china #140conf #
  • Sichuan earthquake really brought together the Twitter community in China – @fuzheado #
  • actual China experts on the stage right now – that guy that went up before was NOT – pls RT #140conf #
  • there's a guy up on stage right now 'weirdchina' – that is spewing bs about China and I don't know who the hell he is #
  • I #blamedrewscancer on the iPhone adding a new feature – the phone (@drew) #140conf #
  • "I wanted to tell you about a new feature on the iPhone – it's called 'a phone'" – @drew #
  • OH: "could they use any more cliches?" #140conf #
  • http://twitpic.com/naa68 – #140conf day 2 coffee break #
  • Sitting in the #140conf coffee area having a very interesting conversation #
  • http://twitpic.com/n8a9y – The State of Now at #140conf #
  • http://twitpic.com/n89bp – Waiting to get our pics taken inside the Kodak Theater #140conf #
  • I #blamedrewscancer for homelessness #twobirdswithonestone #
  • RT @krystyl: Twestival gets brought up a lot, @amanda is very rarely credited unless a personal friend speaks #140conf #
  • I kind of wish there was more audience participation at #140conf – but there just isn't enough time #
  • fyi you can park in the Kodak Theater garage for 72 hours – $10 every 24 hours #140conf #
  • the lawyers panel at #140conf actually isn't all that bad #surprise #
  • wifi is finally working here for me in the Kodak Theater #
  • http://twitpic.com/n6m1w – Google Wave panel at the Kodak Theater at #140conf #
  • "millions of Google Wave users in 6 months" Google guy at #140conf #
  • going into the Google Wave talk at #140conf #
  • going to just grab some food here in the Kodak instead of heading out for lunch I think #140conf #
  • literally can't walk five steps without running into peeps here at #140conf, so in order to get a little work done, I'm sitting ;) #
  • doing a quick plugin session before eating lunch and getting back into #140conf #
  • lunch break at #140conf (@ Kodak Theatre in LA w/ @themaria) http://bit.ly/xnLnP #
  • eating cheese and crackers and watching Kill Bill v2 while watching everyone having fun over twitter in Hollywood #
  • glad everyone is having fun already at #140conf, not like I expected otherwise ;-) #
  • cool, just booked a suite at the Roosevelt for tomorrow night – guess where the after-after party is going to be? ;-) #
  • doing dumb things was so much easier when I was young #
  • still in SB, going to stay home 2nite then try to beat the traffic tomorrow morning for #140conf (so expect me to be late) #
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  • my bookmarks are a mess right now – I've got hundreds in my browser that I need to sort out #
  • checking in on the #U2webcast "with or without you" #
  • looking forward to listening to the China panel at #140conf with great panelists @fuzheado @pekingduck @weirdchina @sioksiok #
  • absolute worst thing about using Ubuntu for me is the lack of a Google Pinyin Linux version #
  • RT @jeffpulver: Tweet To Win Free Ticket to #140conf – details: http://bit.ly/4aV760 #
  • RT @elliottng: @chadcat Facebook Connect, so easy even a caveman can do it. :) #Geico #
  • wow, you can now use Facebook Connect on Geico.com #
  • winter veggies planted and now watching the USC game as the ALDS was postponed #
  • little one slept through the night and woke up bright eyed! after a hearty breakfast we're off to the garden for winter planting #
  • tennis 2nite, gardening and climbing tomorrow, farmer's market and art museum on Sunday, most of it to the tune of a screaming baby – l8r #
  • #FF more new peeps I followed at #bwe09: @JessBerlin @natalielent @AaronStrout @Mona @TheJenATX #
  • #FF some new peeps I followed at #bwe09: @SHHHE @adwal @Armano @courtenaybird @Stammy @rockandrollmama @SaraMeaney @AlKrueger #
  • I really need to get some climbing in this weekend if I'm going to have any chance keeping up at #JTTweetup in 3 weeks #
  • beautiful day here in SB, the kind of day when you can basically do whatever you want and you'll enjoy yourself #
  • halfway through Day 5 of the Infant Scream-athon, trying to salvage whatever is left of my eardrums #
  • Hope the Phillies repeat – the last time an NL team did that? The Big Red Machine Reds in '75 & '76 #
  • New Stir Fried China blog post: "China Mobile – Half a Billion Users and Counting" http://bit.ly/PATrV #
  • and we are the mob and Twitter is Octavian #w2s #
  • seriously, Bing is Brutus and Google is Mark Antony #w2s #
  • The story of Bing so far – both major announcements in it's history have been upstaged (at least to a large degree) by Google #
  • RT @oneforty: Started a blog (finally!), for what won't fit in 140. Will post there (and here) about new features, etc: http://bit.ly/25K8G0 #
  • in research mode – never stop learning #
  • I think it's pretty safe to say that today will be Bing's best day since it launched #
  • just got an email from @Ning saying that they're launching virtual gifts #
  • Day 3 of The Infant Screaming Challenge has begun, with my daughter still firmly in the lead, & my eardrums a distant second #
  • does anyone know for certain if it is possible to switch to an in-use @twitter handle if both handles are in use by the same person/org? #
  • are there any contests out there to win @140conf LA tickets? #140conf #
  • yesterday was an amazing day of baseball – has there ever been a day before that both the CS games were walkoff wins? #
  • I'm seeing some of the Facebook redesign on my Home page, but apparently not all of it, so they must be testing me… I mean it #
  • RT @loic: lap dancers (from both sex) at tech conferences would make them much more interesting! – obviously you didn't go to BlogWorld Loic #
  • watching everyone sharing lots and lots of #bwe09 love on the Internets today was #likebacon #
  • remind me never to accept a job as a MLB closer – Phillies win #
  • 1 of the best things about SoCal is listening to Vin Scully on the radio, who was a childhood friend of Abner Doubleday #
  • RT @Fatburger first #bwe09 XXX Challenge video on Youtube @geekgiant @chadcat @micah @aaronstrout @benspark http://bit.ly/4ihh6F #
  • in case you missed my Blogworld Flickr set http://bit.ly/iV3Qo #
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  • one thing that I determined from this week in Vegas is that @natasha is the most photogenic person I know http://bit.ly/17dFbl #
  • I feel like I did something wrong in Vegas, so I guess I must have done at least one thing right #bwe09 #
  • this is all that I could and did eat on Friday (via @fuzheado) http://bit.ly/469ESZ #fatburger #
  • my BlogWorld Flickr set is up – I tried to keep it as tame as possible, still, sorry in advance ;-) http://bit.ly/iV3Qo #
  • RT @SaraMeaney: #Bwe09 hilights: #bigredbus, poolside bubbly: @briansolis @Brett @armano @chrissaad – and don't you know it #
  • watching everyone depart Vegas from Tweetdeck is #likebacon #bwe09 #
  • http://twitpic.com/lud57 – Blogworld 09 #
  • Cranberry vodka (@ Lavo in Las Vegas w/ @mikeprasad @thekenyeung @xtel @adamjackson @morganb) http://bit.ly/2BXL3m #
  • everyone is rushing the bar at lavo to get their free drinks by 11 #bwe09 #bigredbus #
  • http://twitpic.com/lttxq – The #bigredbus #
  • I'm at The Palazzo w/ @mikeprasad @natasha. http://bit.ly/EeiOF #
  • Getting a couple of drinks with the #bigredbus crew before going into get food at palazzo #
  • getting ready to eat the world's largest FatBurger (@ Blogworld '09 – Las Vegas Convention Center) http://bit.ly/3G9hla #
  • getting in the car for BlogWorld, if I'm not in Vegas by 5, I'll probably be on the side of the road in the Mojave somewhere #bwe09 #
  • I wish that RWW hadn't scheduled their real-time conference during #bwe09 as I would have liked to have gone to both #
  • damn, missed last weekend's World Kickball Championships in Vegas – maybe next year it'll be during #bwe09 ;-) #
  • I think that Californians have a fear that the sky is going to fall down when it rains that's associated with The Big One #
  • Guinea to get $7B of mining & oil infrastructure investment from China just 2 weeks after protesters killed http://bit.ly/pKCUg #
  • CA government agency that I went to this morning does not accept a CA driver's license as proof of identity – who do they think issued it? #
  • I can't help it, but in my head I read @Danny_DeVito tweets in his voice #
  • interesting that China's major online portals still have their 10/1 decorations up #
  • New Stir Fried China post: "China’s GAPP to foreign investors: You Don’t Have Game" http://bit.ly/3iEZ3E #
  • just signed into brightkite.com for the first time since the redesign, glad to see the update @brightkite! #
  • RT @niubi: China Bans Foreign Investment in Online Games http://bit.ly/ejrjL blatant protectionism of a $3.5B/yr industry >> not even WOEs #
  • ok, does anyone have me on their GWave invite list? I guess since it's a service that relies on coworkers, I'm screwed ;-) #
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  • watching "The Orphanage", pretty good so far #
  • watching the rather strange "Charlie Bartlett" #
  • JD Drew! #redsox #
  • listening to the Red Sox game while doing household stuff #
  • why is ABC showing Iowa v Michigan instead of Fl v LSU? fail #
  • checking out the new Whole Foods in Santa Barbara – it's packed #
  • I just pointed out to Warner Bros Records VP that they've never tweeted from their account @wbr #newnoisesb #
  • panel now explaining how they approach the green economy #newnoisesb #
  • right from the mouth of a major label to musicians "you don't need us" #newnoisesb #
  • Warner Bros Records believes the future of major labels is direct-to-fan #newnoisesb #
  • MySpace Records develops artists and then if someone gets big, they "upscale" the artist to Interscope #newnoisesb #
  • Live from #newnoisesb http://qik.ly/kHUG #qik #
  • about to stream "Demise of the Major Label?" with a few label reps and Myspace Music @newnoisesb #
  • "30% of TopSpin conversions come from email, about 6% comes from Facebook" re: sales for indie bands #newnoisesb #
  • "fans that purchase on iTunes are not an artist's customer, their iTunes' customer" TopSpin guy #newnoisesb #
  • "the future for labels is really bright – for labels like Matador, Epitaph" TopSpin guy at #newnoisesb #
  • "let the core get hysterical and let them market it" talking about marketing indie bands "I'm not Billy Mays" #newnoisesb #
  • a few @Causeitsmybirthday LA pics from last night – thanks @sloane had a great time for a great cause! http://bit.ly/vyImf #
  • "there is no new model, there are just many models" for indie artists to distribute and market #newnoisesb #
  • "Alternative Revenues & Marketing for Indy Artists" panel now @newnoisesb, pretty good turnout for a Sat morning #
  • at New Noise conference day 2 – http://bkite.com/21ik2 #
  • it took awhile, but everybody finally showed up for @causeitsmybirthday LA #
  • Red Sox lose again – 1 run in 18 innings, nobody wins like that #
  • lots of people aeem to be in transit to Ecco ( I was in transit for 3 hours – #LAtrafficmajorFAIL) #
  • I'm at Ecco lounge (1640 N Cahuenga, Selma, Los Angeles). http://bit.ly/3f65Dx #
  • leaving #newnoisesb to drive down the coast to @causeitsmybirthday – should get into Hollywood before 7:30 (I hope) #
  • ok, New Noise done for the day, now I have figure out when I should go to #causeitsmybirthday LA – still would like a place to crash…. ;-) #
  • "it's cheap to run a company when you don't pay salaries" @timwestergren talking about the dark days of Pandora #
  • streaming Pandora CEO @timwestergren keynote at http://www.qik.com/chadcat #
  • Live from #newnoisesb http://qik.ly/kAeH #qik #
  • going to stream @timwestergren keynote now #
  • glad to see a great turnout at @newnoisesb, waiting now for the @timwestergren keynote to start #
  • sorry that was a settings fail, I'm streaming at new noise sb :-/ #
  • Live from #sbtwestival http://qik.ly/kARf #qik #
  • Qik – New Noise Santa Barbara by Chad Catacchio http://qik.ly/kAPP #
  • "Mylie Cryus may be the first celebrity Twitter link baiter by leaving Twitter" @Jason #newnoisesb #
  • "the @sonos remote is beautiful" @Jason #newnoisesb #
  • is the 99 cent price point too much? (@Jason): should be variable (@sonos) #
  • half of @sonos' sales are in Europe, interesting #newnoisesb @twist #
  • at @newnoisesb listening to @twist interview @sonos founder #
  • will be @newnoisesb at 1pm – is there a hashtag yet? if not, I suggest #nnsb #
  • great thing about baseball is there's always tomorrow #redsox #
  • looking for a place to crash tomorrow night after #causeitsmybirthday LA, anyone have a couch I can crash on? #
  • I haven't said it yet today because it's been a crazy day, but LET'S GO RED SOX! #
  • looking forward to the New Noise conference (@newnoisesb) here in Santa Barbara starting tomorrow – who's going? #
  • looking for a place to crash tomorrow night after #causeitsmybirthday LA – anyone have a spare couch? #
  • New Stir Fried China blog post: "When will China's Golden Weeks End?" http://bit.ly/Hz4dR #
  • New Stir Fried China blog post: "When will China's Golden Weeks End?" http://bit.ly/Hz4dR #
  • sitting down to watch "Role Models" #
  • I know that everyday is a good day, but so far today is a less than good day #tryingtokeepthingsinperspective #
  • Blue Shield doesn't take payments over the phone – it's 2009, and they don't take them over the PHONE #hcr #fail #hcr09 #
  • do you "get" people? if you do, could you get me a few while you're at it? #
  • Rodney back out on the mound & great play by Granderson #
  • wow, this game is turning into a classic #
  • wow that was a stupid play by the Tigers' left fielder #
  • watching Twins v Tigers playoff now in the top of the 10th #
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  • the whole @drew / @drewfromtv drive is esp touching to me, as my Mom passed from cancer at 55 & she loved Drew Carey #
  • we'll have 100K in a few hours @drew and @drewfromtv! great job of continuing to help to kick cancer's arse #
  • once again this year I have decided to completely skip the NFL season, which is a good thing #
  • off to the farmer's market and Costco before party on the big lawn #
  • had a good time at the Avacado Festival, now watching "Seven Pounds" but might switch to the 70th anniversary DVD of The Wizard of Oz #
  • after some blueberry pancakes it'll be off to the Avacado Festival in Carp #
  • going to hit a tweetup at the Canary Hotel bar from 5-7 then 3 hours of Friday night mixed-doubles tennis #
  • ok, just read up on Apple tablet rumors, now off to Rotten Tomatoes, then I'll go looking for a life #
  • unless of course, you get paid to do that sort of the thing ;-) #
  • reading Apple rumors is very akin to reading movie casting rumors – i.e. if you're doing it, you know you need a life ;-) #
  • ugh. reinstalling WP on this new site. I've never seen that happen with any WP install – strange indeed. #
  • just did a new WordPress install on a new site with 2.8.4 and something is very wrong in the admin, buttons not clicking, etc #
  • Pele could bicycle kick the torch into the Olympic flame – I bet he can still do it #
  • anyone else already looking forward to seeing Pele light the torch in Rio in 2016? #
  • here's hoping an African city gets the 2020 Olympics #
  • Glad Rio won – it was the most appealing choice #Olympics (really, London and then Madrid 4 years later wasn't going to happen) #
  • not sure why everyone is bashing POTUS on Chicago support… I mean what was he supposed to do, back somewhere else? Think not. #
  • cool, now both Barnes & Noble and Borders have free wifi – caution: link is to a press release ;-) http://bit.ly/1QX23r #
  • for those of you that missed the parade: "China’s 60th Anniversary Parade Twitter Coverage Goes Ballistic" http://bit.ly/N24Lq #
  • New Stir Fried China post: "China’s 60th Anniversary Parade Twitter Coverage Goes Ballistic" http://bit.ly/N24Lq #
  • Ok China, feel safe and secure while you trample all over your cultural tourist sites for the next six and a half days #
  • the foreigner float broke crashed my browser (watching on CCTV.com) that's how bad it was #
  • RT @TweetChina: China Unicom to sell iPhones starting next month http://digg.com/u1DRH1 – China Post #
  • anyone else expecting Albania to start The Parade of Nations any minute? & BTW, where is Yao? Isn't he required to be there? #
  • 100RMB says Jiang Zemin doesn't recognize himself he's so out of it #
  • ok, now that the military part is over, my only question is – where was the World of Warcraft division? #
  • Pilots: "phew… glad they grounded all those kites on the square, we'd have never made it through there if not" #
  • Long Marchers turning in graves "screw this, we WALKED 3000 miles! Catering trucks? How 'bout eating worms for 3 months!" #
  • in all seriousness – don't you think the PLA modeled their outfits/vechiles after the StormTroppers outfits in Star Wars? #prc09 #
  • I like how they used the fembots to soften the blow of tanks on Tiananmen – someone is getting promoted for that #nationalday #
  • do you think we'll all be able to get commemorative parade uniforms and/or action figures? #nationalday #
  • sun roof = check. teleprompter…. yeah, wait unitl year 70 for that #nationalday #
  • ok, so I'm a Chinese solider right now thinking "Where the f#$% have they been keeping the soliders in skirts?!" #nationalday #
  • when do we get to see Snoopy and Underdog? #nationalday #
  • well, one thing is for sure, I'm getting drunk drinking everytime Hu says "tongzhimen hao" – you? #nationalday #
  • and there go at least the first batch of faux women soldiers in pink skirts #prcparade #
  • too bad that they didn't put a webcam on the roof of the limo so we could get another angle of "tongzhimen hao!" #
  • my daughter is getting a kick out of the parade music #nationalday #
  • ok, maybe just a 1-2 mins behind #nationalday #
  • looks like CCTV.com coverage may be 5-10 mins behind at least in the US #
  • let the parade drinking begin! #爱国 #
  • bring on the tanks! what's the hashtag? how about #爱国？ #
  • ok @GraniteStudio @bokane @sososazesh are in on the parade drinking game, who else? @beijingboyce? #
  • CCTV just showed a bunch of the floats on Changan right inside of Jianguomen, guess they won't get stuck in 2nd Ring traffic #
  • ok, I know it's 8am in Beijing, but we need a parade drinking game #
  • CCTV.com streaming with no problems, apparently now clear skies over Tiananmen (according to @gadyepstein) #
  • overcast and foggy in Beijing this morning, CCTV news coverage is all about the weather #
  • English coverage starts at 10am Beijing time or 7pm PDT – links on my blog http://bit.ly/9vFDE #
  • just turned on CCTV.com live coverage of China's 60th Anniversary Parade. They're reporting from the closed airport right now #
  • big old China pride parade in starts in T-90 minutes #
  • testing out the Facebook Connect comments widget on WordPress – seems to be hanging up #
  • we'll find out that the Forbidden City was hastily spray painted red for the occasion #
  • the National Opera will be revealed to be a gigantic missile silo #
  • China's top secret space shuttle will land on Changan Jie to show off their Mars rocks #
  • parade organizers will use a few billion USD from the reserve as confetti #
  • some things I think we'll see during the parade tomorrow… #
  • RT @jolieodell: Ok guys. This is seriously the most important story I get to tell this year. Please read, share, and RT. http://is.gd/3NVkZ #
  • RT Reuters: China plans to cut its army by 700,000 troops over 2-3 years as part of its drive to modernise the world's biggest military. #
  • watching Run Lola Run, which I haven't seen in some time and which looks great in 1080p #
  • just saw a job ad for a Quality Assurance Engineer at TASER International: "ZAPPP!!!. AAHHHH!!!! Yeah, that one checks out." #
  • I keep putting off my annual flu shot thinking that I might as well get the H1N1 shot, but that doesn't seem to be a good idea #
  • or do they not come out until tomorrow? #
  • ok…so where is my Google Wave invite? thought I'd be in the top 100K – guess not #
  • I'll be live-tweeting from the 1st @newnoisesb next Fri/Sat here in Santa Barbara, hope to see you there! http://bit.ly/5EpBa #
  • I'll be there! RT @rockgrrl: Joshua Tree in November #jtreetweetup It's happening! http://bit.ly/3NcX8l #
  • Checking out @cloudcontacts for transferring my biz cards to digital – @seanpercival among others recommends them on their site #
  • RT @BreakingNews: BULLETIN — MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF AMERICAN SAMOA. #
  • RT @BarackObama: Have video skills? Want to help pass health reform? Enter OFA's Health Reform Video Challenge: http://bit.ly/SHdr3 #hc09 #
  • New Stir Fried China blog post: "CCTV.com to live stream PRC's 60th anniversary parade" http://bit.ly/9vFDE #
  • the Red Sox might want to stop assuming they're going to make the playoffs, and actually win 2 games to get there, just saying #
  • geez RT @SF_Emergency: Stay inside or go inside if near Transbay Termnal. Stay away from windows and glass. We will relay when all clear. #
  • congrats @trammell! RT @joestump: My favorite bearded person in the world, @trammell is leaving digg to work for twitter! http://j.mp/D1iT5 #
  • I need to get my lil' rocker on there ;-) RT @willotoons: Thinking of starting a Lil' Rocker of the Month section on my website. #
  • RT @SF_Emergency: Avoid area of Transbay terminal. #
  • RT @SF_Emergency: Mission closed beyond 2nd Street due to hazard in area. Avoid for at least next 90 minutes. #
  • I'm hearing voices… RT @blogworld: @chadcat hello Chad this is yourself speaking "go to blogworld, go to blogworld, go to blogworld". #
  • I'm trying to talk myself into going to Blogworld – anyone need/want a roommate? ;-) #bwe09 #
    • ]]>     http://www.chadcatacchio.com/chad-catacchio-tweets-of-the-week-9/feed/ 0     Chad Catacchio Tweets of the Week http://www.chadcatacchio.com/chad-catacchio-tweets-of-the-week-8/ http://www.chadcatacchio.com/chad-catacchio-tweets-of-the-week-8/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:55:00 +0000 chadcat http://www.chadcatacchio.com/chad-catacchio-tweets-of-the-week-8/
  • Toy Story 1 & 2 3-D double feature in IMAX – yeah, count me in #
  • New Stir Fried China blog post: "Bringing out the Lead – China needs strict rural zoning now" http://tinyurl.com/y9zjvhy #
  • if you look at my last 40 followers you'll see that in the last 2 days I've become really popular with the ladies #spammerathon #
  • Wolverine origin movie wasn't too bad, lots of growling and one-dimensional characters, but really high quality production #
  • about to watch the Wolverine movie – I really hope it is way better than X-Men 3, which was almost as bad as Spiderman 3 #
  • New Stir Fried China blog post: "QQ and the iPhone – the penguins are aligned" http://tinyurl.com/yau4xjw #
  • UO is running all over Cal 25-3 right before the half #
  • watching 20/20 for probably the first time in 20 years – can't believe this show is still on #
  • ok, off to work on my slice-serve et al at mixed doubles, thinking of catching a drink at Mercury around 9:30-ish #
  • New Stir Fried China blog post: "Is Twitpic the first Twitter app to be GFW'ed? And should anyone care?" http://bit.ly/2lPK7o #
  • New Stir Fried China blog post: "Why aren’t there more fires in China?" http://bit.ly/3BaMll #
  • RT @Socrates: Beware the barrenness of a busy life. #
  • I think it's time to admit it to myself – I need a music makeover. Any reality TV producers out there want to make a show? #
  • going to play 3 hours of tennis in this heat tonight, hopefully it cools down (100 degrees right now) #
  • remember that if you submitted a panel for SXSW you will have the opportunity to get the early bird price after today #
  • letting @stephenfry teach my daughter the Queen's English right now (as the narrator of Pocoyo) #
  • don't breathe BJ – RT @kaiserkuo: Jesus Christ! Beijing's air quality index is at 451 as of 11pm: Hazardous. The scale only goes to 500. #
  • hard to believe in conspiracies if you've ever seen the inside of a kitchen in a hole-in-the-wall restaurant in China #
  • AFP has the Xinjiekou explosion as a gas explosion http://bit.ly/9wlBQ #
  • RT @ThomasCrampton: iPhone launches in Korea: http://bit.ly/XrM11 #
  • is twitpic the first Twitter app to be GFWed? #
  • explosion in Beijing was in Xinjiekou – I wonder if I've eaten there? #
  • every step I take, every move I make, I'll be watching you #
  • RT @sxsw: What is SXSW: A Video http://ow.ly/qVBR #
  • I was wondering when Twitter would raise more cash, apparently this round should give them about $130M in the bank #
  • went bouldering up at Painted Cave this morning, it was 85 degrees at 9am, extreme fire warning & there were fire spotting planes everywhere #
  • just watched 'Body of Lies' which wasn't nearly as bad I expected it to be #
  • on the whole, movies are so bad these days that really Netflix is only good for watching old movies #
  • it's nearly 6pm and it's 93 degrees out – going out to the deck to BBQ some chicken and pineapple #notfallyet #
  • RT @Pistachio: 140 invites to oneforty starting…. NOW. http://bit.ly/3BbbgA use code PIST140 (congrats & great code!) #
  • RT @oneforty: @mashable http://bit.ly/4w0nl @techcrunch http://bit.ly/18yLRT @rww http://bit.ly/16ze6B @venturebeat http://bit.ly/30iJ0Z #
  • saw a good sized fire going in Camarillo on the drive down to LA earlier in the 105 degree heat, hope it's under control #
  • anyone for dinner in Westwood before #140tc parties? (@ Coffee Bean Westwood in LA) http://bit.ly/17Cu4E #
  • thinking of heading down to LA later to go to #140tc parties – anyone want to meet for dinner first? #
  • watching the season premier of Fringe on hulu – got to say I'm still surprised they upped it for a sophmore season #
  • what ever happened to the Hulu iPhone app? wasn't it supposed to be out months ago? #
    • ]]>     http://www.chadcatacchio.com/chad-catacchio-tweets-of-the-week-8/feed/ 0     Review of Google Friend Connect and Facebook Connect WordPress Plugins http://www.chadcatacchio.com/review-of-google-friend-connect-and-facebook-connect-wordpress-plugins/ http://www.chadcatacchio.com/review-of-google-friend-connect-and-facebook-connect-wordpress-plugins/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:21:25 +0000 chadcat http://www.chadcatacchio.com/?p=559 Since Google Friend Connect and Facebook Connect were announced I have been curious to see how easy it would be to integrate either or both services into WordPress. I haven’t had that much time to build a community around my various personal websites, such as this one, until recently, so I’ve put it off since the beginning of the year. However, I do have a reasonable number of Facebook friends as well as a growing Twitter following (Google Friend Connect has Twitter integration), so I’m hoping to port those communities into my personal sites such as this one – which of course is exactly what Facebook and Google want me to do.

    So I’ve spent a few hours trying to integrate both Google Friend Connect and Facebook Connect into this WordPress blog using three different plugins – I always try to get what I need done with plugins before trying other routes. I’d like to review these three plugins, two of which are for Facebook Connect and one of which is for Google Friend Connect. I’ll start with Facebook Connect.

    Official Facebook Connect WordPress Plugin

    Developed from inside of Facebook, this is the least useful of the three plugins I tried out. Basically, the only benefits that you get from this plugin (if you can get it to work) are Facebook signin to leave comments. It really doesn’t seem to offer anything else, and with not widgets included, it is difficult to install (you have to manually copy and paste code into you Comments.php file for one – and the installation instructions don’t say exactly where). Also, this plugin also crashed my dashboard once, so I had to delete the plugin directory completely for my dashboard to start working again. Also, as with the next plugin, you have to go through a somewhat time consuming process of setting up a Facebook Application to get an application siteID, etc, all of which the average WordPress user I’m sure would just as well avoid. Overall it was not a pleasant experience.

    That said, if WordPress and Facebook’s talented teams can work together, I’m sure they could create a great WP plugin, which much more integration and funtionality. Hopefully that will happen, as a truly integrated plugin with full auth, image sharing, and other features would really help Facebook push their network and content out.

    Facebook Connector Plugin

    This plugin was developed by a company called sixjump. From the fair amount of comments on their site, it seems to work about half of the time for people. The developers give a few installation suggestions to try to get that ratio higher, but I tried them all and still could not get it to work properly on any of the the 3 WordPress powered blogs I attempted to add it to. The biggest problem (and this was a bug in the official Facebook plugin as well) was getting the Facebook Connect button to show up. Apparently the Facebook Connnect button requires FBML to work – if Facebook really wants to make Facebook Connect workable across the web, then they are going to have to change this to javascript or similar, because while Facebook Platform developers had to learn to deal with FBML, I really doubt your average blog user will take the time to do so.

    All that aside, for the sites that this plugin does work on, it looks good and is functional, and I really wish I could have gotten it to work.  Another plus is that it comes with ready to use WordPress widgets, which is another thing I look for in quality user-facing plugins. That ut again, I couldn’t, and I’m realitively proficient at adapting plugins into my sites. Ok, now onto the Google Friend Connect plugin.

    Google Friend Connect Plugin

    To start off, as you can see at the far right of my blog, Iam using Google Friend Connect. I had started out this process planning on offering both Facebook Connect and Google Friend Connect on this blog. However, neither Facebook Connect plugin worked, so by the time I tried the Google Friend Connect plugin (I only found one), I wasn’t too hopeful. While not perfectly easy, I was, however, able to get Google Friend Connect to work on my WordPress blog.

    It took me two tries to get the plugin correctly configured, partly I think due to the setup of my site. Overall it worked ok, but what I really want is just a simple way to integrate all of my Twitter friends into this gadget, however, that really doesn’t seem to be possible right now.

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  • Inaugural Stir Fried China blog post: "Taking the Wok out of the Cupboard" http://bit.ly/QAgrE #
  • tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you, I love you, you're only a day away #
  • off to the Santa Barbara Bunny Festival #
  • apparently a part of the social contract is that Christian Slater must star in a doomed to fail new fall series #
  • POTUS looks tired on This Week #
  • watching POTUS on This Week – guess what they are talking about? #hcr #hc09 #
  • let's go Red Raiders, I've got a good feeling about this one #
  • trying to get into the spirit of the TTU v UT game – cooking steak #
  • heading off to the Santa Barbara Sandcastle Festival #
  • I might have missed the memo, but I think LinkedIn has added profile pics to their "Network Updates" within the last 48 hours #
  • just changed my Facebook language to "English (Pirate)" #
  • wondering if I should attend #140tc LA this week – a free pass would certainly help with my decision…I'll hand out cupcakes if that helps #
  • honestly, I've never really liked looking at myself every time I tweet anyway, so no profile pic, no problem #
  • apparently my default user icon on twitter is the dark green outlined bird – what's yours? #twitpocalypseadayearly #
  • RT: @al3x Many people in my timeline suddenly have default user icons. This is probably not intentional. I have inquired with colleagues. #
  • interesting that people are getting different colored twitter birds – isn't this one day before #twitpocalypse? #
  • something very unusual is going on with Twitter backgrounds and profile pics #
  • happy birthday @lauriepercival! #
  • cool, #RedSox got 5 in the 6th #
  • for those at #sfnewtech tonight, could you please ask if there is a live video stream? thanks! #
  • I'm really tired from watching #tc50 on UStream and reading people's tweets from my couch, next year I think I'll do it from bed #
  • finally getting around to watching 'Jericho' on netflix streaming #
  • I have to say that I wasn't super impressed by Red Beacon, but what the heck do I know #tc50 #
  • RT @netik: Djing at DNA Lounge tonight for the TC50 party, it's free — come on by. @dnalounge #tc50 #
  • Red Sox play 20 games in 20 days starting today, looks like Dice-K might have done alright, 2-0 in the 8th #
  • Clicker & AnyClip just continue to prove that if content is available, truly amazing things can happen with online video #tc50 #
  • RT @woodsashley: Did you enjoy this? http://bit.ly/4YhxX – wow, thanks for the link! fyi @twestival, @amanda, @DavidBaeza check this out! #
  • going to be very interested to hear how much $$$ & resources Perpetually has put into this service already – it's pretty slick #tc50 #
  • I am basing my vote for best product launch (Clicker) based on what it is today, which I think that it is the only honest way to vote #tc50 #
  • as far as products released in the last day and a half of #tc50, Clicker is clearly the winner in my mind #
  • ok, tuning out of the FB Connect pitch at #tc50 – not much new here #
  • RT @fredwilson: Adobe to buy Omniture. Can't say I saw that coming (I tweeted nearly the exact same thing before I saw his tweet) #
  • Adobe bought Omniture – have to say I didn't see that coming #
  • glad to see @TheDailyShow back on the air after 3 weeks off – The Daily Show is like a utility – hard to function without it #
  • really great energy from LearnVest founder/CEO #tc50 #
  • LearnVest needs to focus their pitch more about "learning" and drop the rest #tc50 #
  • LearnVest looks good, although I'm not sure why the focus on a service for women – is it just the girlie fonts and colors? #tc50 #
  • so this what Shawn Gold has been up to… hmmmm #tc50 #
  • Yay! PowerPoint! #tc50 #
  • great judges panel right now at #tc50 including @timoreilly & @kevinrose #
  • RT @cheeky_geeky: Apps.gov will harness the power of "the cloud" for government agencies – https://apps.gov/ http://bit.ly/appsdotgov #gov20 #
  • have to say that ClientShow is going to be in a very crowded space #tc50 (Live From TechCrunch50 live > http://ustre.am/1aQE) #
  • and yes, I know there are many ways to "pull a @mikeprasad" ;-) #
  • decided to not pull a @mikeprasad and not fly up to SF to lobbycon the final day of #tc50 ;-) #
  • checking out Google Fast Flip on my iPod Touch – very cool already but there are so many more possibilities #tc50 #
  • I'd just like to say that one of my favorite times ever making fun of a movie was "Red Dawn" – RIP Patrick Swayze #
  • honda outfit, baseball bat, and striptease – IMo doesn't really need to have a product after that #tc50 #
  • wow, I don't now what to think of this guy or udorse #tc50 "udorsing"? really? #
  • SeatGeek finally breaks the afternoon demo boredom with a service that is actually interesting #tc50 #
  • I'm taping this demo on UStream so that the next time I can't sleep I'll have a cure #tc50 #
  • well, this guy certainly wins the "Least Charisma Award" #tc50, "but, I digress…" #
  • limiting the #tc50 tag to just the people I'm following, spam is just too much #
  • wow, Clicker already has a partnership with Boxee, another reason for WIN #tc50 #
  • I'd have to say that Clicker so far is the #tc50 winner, although SpawnLabs looked pretty cool too #
  • ten bucks says that was @parislemon in the Honda gear #tc50 #
  • …uh…WTF is going on on the stage at #tc50? #
  • I feel bad for the guy presenting at #tc50 – he is getting slammed for wearing a baseball hat while presenting – presentingFAIL #
  • how I'm "attending" #tc50 – UStream + Twitter – honestly, it beats paying #
    • ]]>     http://www.chadcatacchio.com/chad-catacchio-tweets-of-the-week-7/feed/ 0     Chad Catacchio Tweets of the Week http://www.chadcatacchio.com/chad-catacchio-tweets-of-the-week-6/ http://www.chadcatacchio.com/chad-catacchio-tweets-of-the-week-6/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:55:00 +0000 chadcat http://www.chadcatacchio.com/chad-catacchio-tweets-of-the-week-6/
  • sitting in my #tc50 chair…in front of my computer at home. have fun everyone and good luck to the 50 services launching! #
  • feeling very stuck in the middle tonight as I am neither in SF for pre-TC50 nor LA for LATwestival #
  • I'm at/in Storke Rd & Willowgrove Dr, Goleta, CA 93117, United States #
  • getting ready to listen to Andrew Warner talk about WP & video at #wordcampla #
  • really great presentation by @benhuh about how to run a business – online or otherwise – in today's world #wordcampla #
  • kinda #wordcampla fail for putting @Micah and @tonyadam on at the same time ;-( #
  • Facebook iPhone app is broken on my handset – doesn't crash, just a blue screen of death #
  • unemployment certainly is helping to keep blogging going strong ;-) #wordcampla #funemployment #
  • Great seeing/meeting @LisaBraithwaite @jimsalvito, @cjamz, @jenniferabragg, @tweetfind and many others at #sbtwestival #
  • BackPress is a shared library between WP & bbPress – basically it's their webkit #wordcampLA #
  • at #WordCampLA after a great night at #sbtwestival #
  • I'm at/in Loyola Marymount University #
  • RT @bizmike: @sbtwestival Twitpics? I'd like to see the Canary Roof a rockin! #
  • RT @sbtwestival: amazing!!! we raised over $10K for Direct Relief International tonight!!! thank you everyone!!! #sbtwestival #
  • Live from #sbtwestival http://qik.ly/f49j #qik #
  • having a great time at #sbtwestival, great to see the Twitter community growing here #
  • if you aren't at #sbtwestival 2nite, please go to http://bit.ly/3C6Iu and donate to Direct Relief International! #
  • Live from #sbtwestival http://qik.ly/f4uj #qik #
  • Live from #sbtwestival http://qik.ly/f4th #qik #
  • Live from #sbtwestival http://qik.ly/f4rh #qik #
  • Live from #sbtwestival http://qik.ly/f4fz #qik #
  • Live from #sbtwestival http://qik.ly/f4ey #qik #
  • RT @jimprosser: Check out @chadcat 's neck painting #sbtwestival http://yfrog.com/0b1qrj #
  • at #sbtwestival which started 1 min ago – 200+ people bought tickets – on a roof overlooking beautiful Santa Barbara #
  • I'm at/in Canary Hotel #
  • going to head over to help set up Santa Barbara's Twestival Local – tonight I'll be tweeting from @sbtwestival fyi #
  • wishing that Santa Barbara was a @foursquare city, would be great for tonight's #sbtwestival #
  • RT @sbtwestival: JUST RELEASED: 20 TICKETS FOR SALE. ONLINE ONLY. We are working hard to accommodate everyone. http://bit.ly/1QkR7H #
  • not sure how the next week is going to play out – would like to head to SF but I don't think it's going to happen #
  • my dad at the time was flying all the time out of Logan, so I frantically called home (it was about midnight EST then) – he had flown 9/10 #
  • the internet cafe in Beijing was buzzing, and then as I was checking my email I saw the headline on Yahoo! and that's how I found out #
  • … "Bush can't do anything" – how right that turned out to be. I found out an hour later when I went to an internet cafe (no laptop then) #
  • in the morning I went outside and a couple of the old guys hanging around were giving me weird looks and I didn't know why – one said… #
  • I didn't find out about 9/11 for about 12 hours – the power was out in my Beijing apartment that night and I went to sleep early. #
  • …when I said probably 9/11, the interviewer said "every American I interview says that" #
  • about 5 years back I was interviewed by a Chinese radio show. They asked me what was the seminal moment of recent American history…. #
  • #FF @directrelief @sbtwestival because in a city of around 100k we've sold 151 tickets for tonight's benefit for DRI! #
  • #FF @eyeseast who did an amazing job of covering this week's #gov20 event #
  • Facebook got a whole lot more interesting today, Frienfeed acquision has already paid for itself IMHO #
  • just watched "Swing Vote" – heaven help me I actually laughed a few times, esp. at the campaign ads #
  • RT @sbtwestival: 145 tickets sold! Only 5 pre-sale tickets left for Santa Barbara Twestival #sbtwestival http://bit.ly/14FHhr #
  • waiting to get a haircut – and they have wifi, sweet #
  • RT @sloane: AMERICA!!! ;-) #
  • RT @Kingsley2: RT @daveman692: Releasing Tornado: Facebook's Real-Time Web Framework for Python. http://bit.ly/CHcbn – very interesting #
  • RT @sbtwestival: @sbbowl has donated a super VIP package 4 the Killers concert 4 R silent auction! Sweet! #sbtwestival #
  • I know that this is way too much to ask of @google, but I really want Chrome for Linux #chrome #
  • Ning just sent me an email saying that they're launching "Ning Apps" today – I wonder if that is supposed to coincide with @mager's bday? #
  • now the big internal debate begins – Django or Rails? I'd welcome any and all feedback! #ruby #django #rails #RoR #
  • watching "The 13th Warrior" on Netflix streaming. not sure what to make of it yet #
  • this GOP guy has "patsy" written all over him. I feel really bad for the guy. #hc09 #hcr #
  • wow, POTUS looks drained – he gave absolutely everything he had I think #hc09 #hcr #Obama #
  • ok, seriously, how can the GOP members NOT stand up when they clap at this point? #
  • listen up kids at home, this is how you give a speech #hcr #hc09 #Obama #
  • POTUS giving a eulogy for Ted Kennedy – "the character of our country" #hcr #hc09 #
  • seriously, what is with the signs? I don't know if I've ever seen that before in a speech by PoTUS #
  • "Don't pay attention to those scary stories" #hcr #hc09 #Obama #
  • "I will not back down" – guess we're in for a long(er) fight #Obama #
  • RT @QueenofSpain: Pelosi looks like she's going to tear some one's head off #
  • President Obama is showing quite well that he used to be Senator Obama, this speech sounds like he's still a member of Congress #
  • death panels "are a lie, pure and simple" #Obama #
  • "there are still a few details to be ironed out" classic #
  • The President just pulled a Michael Moore #
  • my daughter claps every time the members of Congress clap #Obama #
  • starting out talking about the recession – smart. #
  • RT @tconrad: My work here is done. RT @arrington @tconrad I love you, man. http://bit.ly/ugjuk #
  • you've just gotta love President Obama, wow does he OWN that room already #
  • let's hope that we hear a bit about fixing healthcare and not just fixing health insurance #
  • sitting down to watch President Obama – I hope he's been taking public speaking lessons ;-) #
  • final prep for #sbtwestival is done! over 100 tickets sold for Friday night, if you haven't bought yours yet, better be quick #
  • I wonder if Google will take down the "09/09/09, 09:09:09" at "09/09/09. 09:09:10" PDT? #
  • RT @sbtwestival: Ballard Inn, home of the The Ultimate Chef has generously donated dinner and a nights stay at the Inn! http://bit.ly/3KoMc1 #
  • my one year old just clapped at the end of Obama's speech – yeah, he's that good #
  • "Students who founded Google, Twitter, Facebook," President Obama #
  • watching POTUS talk to school kids (oh, the SHAME!) on CNN.com #
  • after two and a half months off, I'm going to start "working" today, which means I'm gong to start putting things into motion #
  • I seem to have left my talent magnet on the Beijing subway, can anyone recommend the largest possible replacement for me? #
  • had a good time at the crowded beach this afternoon with the fam #
  • for over 9% of the US population, today is not a worker's holiday to enjoy, it's just another day without work #
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