Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-27

• http://twitpic.com/7wv75 – @petehoekstra – Burned my finger, I feel like a modern day Jeanne d'Arc. #
• Deep Into: "The Mudflats – Anchorage’s Non-Discrimination Ordinance – New Developments" #tcot #p2 ( http://bit.ly/kNCCv ) #
• Just did a massive clean up of my follows. WIthout #TweetDeck my follow list was unsuistainable. #
• Just finished the first Sookie Stackhouse book. #
• I think the people living next to my office have a Netflix type program for dogs. This is the 4th or 5th different in 18 months. #
• Well this REALLY sucks. [sorbs-announce] Imminent closure of SORBS. #
• Prepare for more #Spam on 20th July 2009 at 12 noon when #SORBS shuts down its RBL. #
• Preparing an Optiplex to deploy to an editor down at our main office. #
• Monday Emergency #1 – Sorted! Heading out to grab food now. #
• http://twitpic.com/83xm6 – Red Bananas #
• despite my efforts to the contrary, im eating stolen bananas #
• RT @ranggrol: Keep it up, Westboro! RT @TheAdvocateMag: Bigots Inadvertently Raise Money For Pro-Gay Synagogue: http://tinyurl.com/lf4fs7 #
• RT @danschulz: From the Jeff Foxworthy Files… "You Might Be a #WordPress Geek If…" http://tr.im/plSq #
• Home watching bighugegiantTV #
• This just In: "Why Pressure Cookers Are Big in the Netherlands – Freakonomics Blog – NYTimes.com" ( http://bit.ly/GodPo ) #
• I <3 my pressure cooker. #
• RT @maniar: Two six year olds trigger a Nuclear Alert ! http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/23/2606539.htm #awesome #
• Reading: "Numbers Are Bad Liars – Freakonomics Blog" #iran ( http://bit.ly/F3lrn ) #
• Just incorporated Twitter ID's and follow links for folks leaving comments on http://www.destinationcrmblog.com #crm #
• Nixon on Abortion: "“There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white…or a rape.” #
• This just In: "Tapes Reveal Nixon’s View of Abortion – NYTimes.com" ( http://bit.ly/r4OjW ) #
• Reading: "Headline Blogging: Elevating the Twitter Conversation" ( http://bit.ly/aPE4f ) #
• Got friends new to Twitter? Pass on this useful article. http://bit.ly/j1BrI Stuff that seems obvious to twittervets is not to newbies. #
• RT @LizScherer: Two pistachio brands linked to salmonella warns FDA http://bit.ly/Ola6s #
• Just started Club Dead #trueblood #
• RT @DanielApt: Watching WordPress for Designers: Day 3 http://bit.ly/YJ4PC . If you're new to #WordPress, really watch them! They're great! #
• Japan mulls abolishing cash to stave off inflation. #economy http://bit.ly/1laCt7 #
• just watched episode 2 of Nurse Jackie.. I'm liking this show… thats the kiss of death usually. #
• Trying to watch this weeks True Blood but bad transport strieam #
• #Colbert on the Zicam stuff…. brilliant. In the first ten minutes here: http://bit.ly/Kbwpf #
• I've been good about not doing the whole "USA-Love it or Leave it" thing with GOPpers who whine the way many #tcot types did after 2000. #
• Looking at: "Toronto digitally adds black guy to Fun Guide cover to make it more ‘inclusive’" ( http://bit.ly/4n9R0b ) #
• Laughing at: "Bitter: Twitter for the Disgruntled ~ Of Cabbages and Kings" ( http://bit.ly/ltPt7 ) #
• This just In: "Updated details: Parkersburg football coach shot at school" #iowashooting ( http://bit.ly/RkUUD ) #
• http://twitpic.com/8a78c – MOABB #
• Robert Leleux just emailed me on Facebook. :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/techfun/3656594369/ #
• Just say no to more years of Microsoft making email that much more annoying. http://fixoutlook.org/ Outlook 2010 – Another step backwards. #
• Coolio page examining not just which characters can be safely used in email addresses, but WHY as well. http://bit.ly/NNCIC #
• RT @enderFP: Bad nicknames — They call me D20. :Why??: It's just the way I roll. #
• RT @YatPundit: RT @GottaLaff: RT @HunterDK: Once again, we have someone from Argentina doing a job an American doesn't want to do. #
• FauxNews on Crack- RT @davidbadash @mmfa On Fox, Mark Sanford "(D)" holds press conference http://bit.ly/6HYHN #topprog #p2 #tcot #Sanford #
• http://twitpic.com/8c1eu – YARGAIN LLC #
• It's official http://twitpic.com/8c1eu – YARGAIN LLC #
• RT @markstoneman A Tehran new media cartoon: http://bit.ly/yJ1u2 in reply to markstoneman #
• Gone to bed #
• Can't wrap head around why its better for someone answering to wallstreet to decide my medical care than someone answering to voters. #tcot #
• It looks like SORBS is getting offers. Whew! I hope it survives. http://bit.ly/ZXEd8 #spam #
• AlterNet's Interview with Robert Kenner, director of the documentary "Food, Inc." – http://bit.ly/RGHeq #
• Mac question: Does Ctrl+H reveal hidden files (dot prefaced) in Mac OSX's file browser like it does in Nautilus? #
• This just In: "Hunch: A Psycho-Social Divinatory Machine for the Masses" ( http://bit.ly/4aq8pc ) #
• Dinner = Shrimp tossed in a thai sweet chili sauce then sauteed FAST in clarified butter. #
• RT @LucindaLunacy: RT @sungenis: Michael Jackson left the rights to the Lennon/McCartney catalog to Paul McCartney. #
• watching Better Off Ted, another show I like and therefore is doomed. #
• "I used to feed my sister in her sleep so she wouldn't be skinnier than me." -Victoria #
• oops I meant that quote was Veronica #
• RT: @TreeBanker Americans won't give up their iPod, microwave oven even if they thought it harmed the environment http://tinyurl.com/m6cvla #
• RT @czyzykowski: You can now login to http://ubuntuforums.org using your launchpad account. #ubuntu #
• Any word on when the version of #pidgin in the #ubuntu repos will be updated to address the Yahoo Messenger issue? #
• RT @TheOnion: Michael Jackson Dead http://bit.ly/k0wCG #
• Sr. Iranian Cleric calls for protesters to be punished "cruelly and without mercy". #IranElection http://bit.ly/urkCI #
• RT @davidbadash: Colbert: "We're Here, We're Queer, They'll Get To Us Eventually" http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com #P2 #
• Question: "Is there _________ for #Wordpress available?" Answer: "Probably." For any value of ________. #
• There is something creepy about a new Twitter follower with less than 3 updates. Makes no sense to me. #
• I LOVE the not that well known Google Movie times system. Query Google for movies:zipcode and select first hit. #
• This is the SECOND time today my cell phone had turned itself off. New battery time. #
• Obviously the no updates bit does not apply to people you know IRL and are new to twitter. Hi Frank! Welcome @voodoo1990 #
• RT @ranggrol: He must be joking, right? – http://bit.ly/13pn6W #sanford #
• Never forget that Mark Sanford voted for the Defense of Marriage Act while in Congress. #hypocrisy #
• RT @careerwardrobe: RT Your resume got your the interview, but can your clothes get you the job? http://jobcircle.com/z1ua #FB #
• RT @fleckman: RT @nickjacob_116: GOP just asked 4 moment of silence in House for 2.3m lost obs b/c of cap&trade #tcot #dramaqueens #
• Heading out, back later. #
• RT: @LucindaLunacy RT @StephenAtHome: my bologna has a first name. it's phil. i name all my lunch meats #
• Kate Hudson looks more like her mom every year. #
• If you are in the Philly area go outside and look West. The sunset tonight is gorgeous. #
• Trying to figure out which community is more helpful.. #wordpress or #ubuntu. #
• RT @ranggrol: The Golden Girls on marriage equality, from way back in 1991: http://bit.ly/uVr84 #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-20

• The Perils of Linear Projections – http://bit.ly/XFOFM #
• Looking at: "14-year-old hit by 30,000 mph space meteorite – Telegraph" ( http://bit.ly/4o2GVH ) #
• http://twitpic.com/7aojv – Day 1 #
• That should have read http://twitpic.com/7aojv – Dry Aging Ribeyes – Day 1 #
• I need to find replacement grill knobs with METAL sockets on the knob not plastic #
• Deep Into: "Biz Stone Answers Your #Twitter Questions – #Freakonomics Blog" ( http://bit.ly/NPWZS ) #
• Deep Into: "Post-election Iran on the edge" #iran ( http://bit.ly/QpJ54 ) #
• Deep Into: "Some say Holocaust Memorial shooting signals a broader war (Philly Inquirer)" ( http://bit.ly/uPIEl ) #
• Good morning! #
• Silk Road Entrance from China threatened by floods from melting glaciers http://bit.ly/950BI #
• #IranianElection Amazing high res photos on Boston Globe site http://bit.ly/x6iYR #
• I've had The Village Green Preservation Society stuck in my head allllllllll day. #
• and not just the chorus… the Whole Damn Song., #
• RT @ranggrol: Tom Souzzi: Why I Now Support Gay Marriage – http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/13/opinion/13suozzi.html #
• RT @YatPundit: RT @johntmeche3: …Owned http://twitpic.com/7hsb4 #
• The one major benefit to traffic backups on Route 73 is that usually someone has made coffee by the time I get to the office. #
• Hi Ho Hi Ho off to add contributing bloggers to http://www.destinationcrmblog.com I go. #
• We relaunched the Database Trends & Applications Blog yesterday at http://www.dbtablog.com/ – Yay for #wordpress rapid deployment. #
• RT @ChrisBerryTwits: Changing the header image in a standard #wordpress theme does not make it a "custom" theme. #
• Brightcove and Limelight expected to announce deal soon – Gremlins of the world beware! (Brightlight! Brightlight!) http://bit.ly/164hyh #
• I have a box of about 25lbs of Alaskan halibut I have to carry to the car. UPS'd from my mom in Alaska. #
• Would it be wrong to create a blog highlighting an insane person's facebook status updates? #
• RT: @TheOnion In Focus: Microsoft Ad Campaign Crashing Nation's Televisions http://bit.ly/BYi3O #
• This just In: " Turnip of Power: WordPress 2.8 Visual Editor Fix" #wordpress ( http://bit.ly/WYgwZ ) #
• http://twitpic.com/7kv9t – Halibut Poaching #
• Laughing at: "The Mudflats – Fun With Statistics!" #letterman #palin #tcot ( http://bit.ly/ci3aj ) #
• RT @davidbadash: DEVELOPING: Obama Extends Benefits To Federal LGBT Employees' Partners http://ow.ly/ev3V #P2 #
• RT @careerwardrobe: RT @Philly2Nite Bingo at the piazza on Wednesdays! Greatest thing to ever happen to Philly – MUST DO THIS! #
• Going to bed, night folks. #
• SSH Announces New Managed File Transfer Automation and Monitoring Solutions – http://shar.es/rLg1 #security #
• xkcd.com today – http://xkcd.com/598/ "Can you try to look…. blockier." #
• RT @YatPundit: Top 7 Conservative New Media FAILS So Far this Year-http://is.gd/14vS1 #politics #p2 #tcot #socialmedia #
• RT @charyl: RT @JC_Christian: Norm Coleman confident recount will give him Iranian presidency #tcot #p2 #
• A trillion dollars on healthcare that will pay US healthcare workers and businesses or a trillion on wars overseas. No brainer to me. #tcot #
• RT @ladinah: Christians sue for right to burn gay teen novel http://ff.im/-45W6I #
• Watching True Blood Ep1 Season 2 #
• Someone at Brian's office is currently hospitalized with swine flu. #
• Just got the latest Alice and Kev in my inbox – thanks @LucindaLunacy #
• Coffee and Sixlets for breakfast again. #
• Gone to eat #
• Working on ProQuest Pay Per View links for Computers in Librarians June 2009 issue. #
• Moving onto the Proquest links for Information Today Magazine #
• Last but not least, adding in the Proquest links for June 2009 Searcher Magazine – http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jun09/index.shtml #
• This just In: "Internet Express: Free Tools for Job Seekers" ( http://bit.ly/VWv3y ) #
• Anyone with IE8 willing to go to a URL and get me a screenshot of the whole addressbar including the compatibility mode button? #
• RT @americablog: A lesson about politics: Yeah, it's another gay post, but it's actually much more than that…. http://tinyurl.com/npessk #
• Kerio 6.3.0 + IE8 + Webmail = FAIL #
• #Ubuntu or #Linux Tip: "How a Microsoft veteran learned to love Linux, and why it matters – TechFlash" ( http://bit.ly/jCAGR ) #
• Second swine flu case at Brian's office #
• EIN and PA Corporate ID number came today #
• Reading: "Quotes Uncovered: Who Said 'Close but No Cigar'? – Freakonomics Blog" ( http://bit.ly/AjBwh ) #
• Nestle Recalls Toll House Cookie Dough Products After E. Coli Illnesses Reported – http://bit.ly/18Z1ht #
• RT @LucindaLunacy: Twitter users heckle Hoekstra – http://tinyurl.com/ntsexc #awesome #
• Going to Barnes & Noble and then Five Guys Burgers. #
• Got all the Sookie Stackhouse books while I was at B&N #
• brb upgrading Tweetdeck #
• I <3 Tweetdeck 0.26.2 – syncing columns between home, work, and hyperchicken is awesome. #
• Office Firewall via HekstraIsaMeme http://bit.ly/h7Biy #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-13

• Installed then dev channel version of the 64bit Google Chrome for Debian last night #
• According to Mike Huckabee US Revolutionary War win vs. England & Prop 8 both miracles "from God's hand." – http://bit.ly/e6wmp #
• Deep Into: "naked capitalism: Guest Post: Malcolm Gladwell Replies to Taleb" ( http://bit.ly/iIoSF ) #
• is working on the KMWorld 2009 Wiki #kmw09 – http://bit.ly/15iMn7 #
• Looking at: "How do you greet an extraterrestrial? – Los Angeles Times" ( http://bit.ly/JFCMV ) #
• RT @johnhaydon: Wondering what's new in #wordpress 2.8? Read this:http://bit.ly/13RVgh #
• Laughing at: "McSweeney's Internet Tendency: God Texts the 10 Commandments." #god ( http://bit.ly/zYKya ) #
• Looking at: "Why your brain just can't remember that word" ( http://bit.ly/sp2RS ) #
• is staring at a fileserver thats doing an amazingly good impression of a doorstop. #
• Looking at: "The College Bubble – Freakonomics Blog" ( http://bit.ly/1b6bN8 ) #
• Deep Into: "PHB- Bigotry 2.0: Hate Tweets" ( http://bit.ly/17XcKX ) #
• I will not be doing any #wordpress 2.8 upgrades until at least next Monday – let others be the testers. #
• Just how awesome is Wackenhut as the name of a prison management company. #
• oh my! The sun came out in Medford – for the first time this week. #
• oh my god – teeny tiny thing but i <3 WP 2.8 for it. #
• The "Display name publicly as" under Profile updates in realtime now. No need to save change and go back to select the new name. #
• Pet peeve for many blog designs (mostly #wordpress sites) = put the psot date at the TOP of the post not the bottom. #
• I often search blogs for RECENT info and having #wordpress or other blogsys show post date near the post title helps a lot. #
• heading home via whole foods in Malrton #
• RT @YatPundit: RT @MailOurMilitary: Connect with us on Facebook at: http://groups.to/emailourmilitary #
• RT @Pam_Spaulding: – Former Southern Baptist Convention officer prays for Obama to die. No joke, people. http://bit.ly/11cXJs #
• RT @dkruta: #Ubuntu is everywhere! http://twitpic.com/775ze #
• Laughing at: The (Flash based) End of the World ( http://bit.ly/rFO1j ) #
• Deep Into: "Facebook's Fatal Error – The Daily Beast" ( http://bit.ly/jfyLA ) #
• Chart Porn: "How Trillion-Dollar Deficits Were Created – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com" ( http://bit.ly/WqSvf ) #
• Brian and I are going to the GOOD Chinese Buffet tonight while sampling Miracle Fruit. #
• RT @tyropearl: Woman captivates thousands in anti-abortion movement with false story of difficult pregnancy http://fleck.com/ajxG4 #
• Waiting at http://www.facebook.com/username/ for the countdown to end. #
• RT @markstoneman: RT @factcheckdotorg More Health Care Scare [...] http://tinyurl.com/kmkvhk #
• Deep Into: "Ban CDS as instruments of destruction – Soros | Markets | Markets News | Reuters" ( http://bit.ly/eHb1C ) #

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Vermont Bill Would Disclose Drugmaker-Doctor Payments : NPR

Pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars on marketing every year, and a big chunk of it goes directly to the doctors who prescribe their products to patients. Several states have decided to clamp down on these practices, requiring drug companies to disclose all gifts or payments to doctors.

The Vermont Legislature recently passed the strictest bill to date, and it is expected to become law next month. Vermont state Sen. Peter Shumlin, who sponsored the bill, says the state is trying to take a leadership role in what he calls a national problem.

Just in the state of Vermont, with its 600,000-plus citizens, the industry spent almost $3 million last year, Shumlin says. “So you can imagine if the problem is that large in Vermont, they’re spending hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars undertaking this practice in states like California and New York.”

The Vermont legislation doesn’t preclude drug companies from spending their millions to influence physicians’ prescribing practices, he says.

But if they do, the state wants to ensure that Vermont’s consumers know exactly how much their doctor has profited and where the money came from. “We think the best way is pure transparency,” Shumlin says.

Read more at  Vermont Bill Would Disclose Drugmaker-Doctor Payments : NPR.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-06

• One of my favorite blogs, Naked Capitalism, just jumped from Blogger to #Wordpress YAY! – http://www.nakedcapitalism.com #
• RT @LucindaLunacy & @cracked: 8 Terrifying tools Old-Time Doctors Used on Your Junk http://bit.ly/196D48 #
• Banging Head – hard: “Wichita police: Slaying at abortion doc’s church : NPR” ( http://tinyurl.com/kusavt ) #
• RT @thejoshuablog: RT @KagroX Obama still not coming for your guns, by the way. Even though you’re crazy. #
• This just In: “FT.com / GM to file for Chapter 11 protection” ( http://tinyurl.com/m9dgrt ) #
• RT @Orbspiders: RT @orbitaldiamonds WAAAAANT. http://bit.ly/RkY9T Awesome!!!! #
• →_→ Blast from the past – Complete Guide to Cows :: #ascii art from 1989 :: ( http://tinyurl.com/n7ns8r ) #
• LMAO http://xkcd.com/591/ #xkcd #twilight #4chan – not everyone will get this but its brilliant if you do. #
• Thanks Mr. Krugman for continuing the fight against GOP revisionist history. It won’t work, but keep trying. – http://bit.ly/yPXlL #tcot #
• The links are good here, but scroll down for BEARS!!!!!!!!! #colbert #nakedcapitalism http://bit.ly/q6MeU #
• Its #Proquest day for me today – updating Computers In Libraries, Searcher, and Online magazines today. #
• So You Think You Know the Internet? Don’t answer that. Instead, test your internet IQ by taking a stab at answering: http://bit.ly/h1NmV #
• So You Think You Know the Internet? Don’t answer that. Instead, test your internet IQ by taking a stab at answering: http://bit.ly/oNtT5 #
• Fixed link – damn doublepaste of the URL the firs ttime #
• good morning #
• Google Wave: New KM/Collaboration Tool? – http://shar.es/Hepu #kmw09 #
• China bought Hummer? #
• Looking at: “BBC Earth News – Plants ‘can recognise themselves’” ( http://tinyurl.com/m2obhw ) #
• Learn the basics of #copyright in less than 7 minutes – http://bit.ly/u63gS #
• Looking at: “Photos of Sulfur mining in Kawah Ijen” This is simply amazing. ( http://bit.ly/g9onb ) #
• RT @thejoshuablog: BLOG POST: “Rush Limbaugh: No, Sean, I still want President Obama to fail” ( http://bit.ly/YAgAn ) #
• Reading: “Why Are Kiwis So Cheap? – Freakonomics Blog – NYTimes.com” ( http://bit.ly/taPoY ) #
• Deep Into: “Data.gov: Opening the Doors to Government Data” ( http://bit.ly/HKAz0 ) #
• Why the Present Depression Will Be Deeper than the Great Crash of 1929 (I <3 Galbraith) http://bit.ly/1PNV1p #
• At the office having coffee and sixlets for breakfast. #
• RT @thejoshuablog: New Blog Post: “DCCC Google Ads To Stalk Gingrich On Searches” ( http://bit.ly/2d6Cj ) – Excellent use of Google Ads! #
• Heading down to the office at 143 – printers – wordpress – pgp – then home from there much later. #
• This just In: “A Perfect Storm for the Demise of Journalism or for the Rebirth of the Journalist” ( http://bit.ly/A5h9u ) #

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