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I'm active on other sites too. Below are my latest thirty "tweets" and links and photos from around the web.

• Tweet @ 01:49PM Sep 08, 2010
  

  can't get worked up about JDK7. JDK5 code is still biting my ass

• Tweet @ 01:16PM Sep 08, 2010
  

  Colony Theater tonight at 8PM tonight -> rare 35 millimeter print of “Rock ‘N Roll High School” http://exm.nr/95Im6y

• Tweet @ 01:12PM Sep 08, 2010
  

  Oracle leans towards plan B: Java JDK 7 in mid-2011 http://bit.ly/9mXt4r

• Tweet @ 08:45AM Sep 06, 2010
  

  had lots of cool cartoonish combat fun playing Gameloft's Tank Battles with the kids this weekend http://bit.ly/avw3sn

• Tweet @ 09:35AM Sep 04, 2010
  

  the effete snob point-of-view on free WI-FI http://bit.ly/aHLFIb

• Tweet @ 09:30AM Sep 04, 2010
  

  Blog Usability Top 7 by Matthias Müller-Prove http://bit.ly/bE5whp

• Tweet @ 10:16AM Sep 03, 2010
  

  @sachac BTW, adding caller ID to Skype did not enable me to call 1-877 numbers. Also, Gmail call quality seems *much* better than Skype

• Tweet @ 05:57PM Sep 02, 2010
  

  "Give me a break! HDR is getting a bum rap." http://bit.ly/dmBZLF

• Tweet @ 01:24PM Sep 01, 2010
  

  @sachac thanks! I had to buy some Skype credits to do it but I think I have activated caller ID. Hope it works...

• Tweet @ 11:57AM Sep 01, 2010
  

  @sachac thank but I'm not sure what "add your phone number to Skype" means. It's already in Skype in several places

• Tweet @ 11:24AM Sep 01, 2010
  

  Nice. Google Mail can call those 1-877 numbers that Skype says are "Invalid Numbers"

• Tweet @ 08:31AM Sep 01, 2010
  

  ARC - RDF and SPARQL system for LAMP -> http://bit.ly/9y9Fz9

• Tweet @ 08:30AM Sep 01, 2010
  

  Nice overview of RDF in Drupal 7 by @linclark and @scorlosquet -> http://bit.ly/b6JeVr

• Tweet @ 07:03AM Sep 01, 2010
  

  Registration is now open for ApacheCon North America 2010 http://bit.ly/93x5rt

• Tweet @ 10:55PM Aug 31, 2010
  

  Track from Superchunk's new release http://bit.ly/9NJARH

• Tweet @ 10:50PM Aug 31, 2010
  

  “Pops in the City,” a free concert in Raleigh Amphitheater, Sunday, Sept. 12, at 7:00 p.m. http://bit.ly/aJzNwo

• Tweet @ 08:46PM Aug 31, 2010
  

  "a simple demo: a webapp that uses JPA to talk to an existing HBase installation" http://bit.ly/cvUpWE

• Tweet @ 08:53AM Aug 31, 2010
  

  w00t! delivered code to Jazz Foundation

• Tweet @ 09:20AM Aug 30, 2010
  

  busy week ahead and full of meetings. Looks like I'll be in the office Tuesday - Thursday for F2F meetings

• Tweet @ 08:31AM Aug 30, 2010
  

  "where’s the fun in dragging your relationships out in front of the whole internet?" http://bit.ly/91Rhj5

• Photo @ 08:21PM Aug 24, 2010
  Brooklyn Bridge
  

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• Photo @ 08:05PM Aug 24, 2010
  Starry ceiling
  

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• Photo @ 08:04PM Aug 24, 2010
  Empire State Building view #1
  

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• Photo @ 08:04PM Aug 24, 2010
  Empire State Building view #2
  

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• Photo @ 08:04PM Aug 24, 2010
  Empire State Building view #3
  

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• Photo @ 08:03PM Aug 24, 2010
  Empire State Building view #4
  

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• Photo @ 08:03PM Aug 24, 2010
  Bears!
  

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• Photo @ 08:03PM Aug 24, 2010
  Turtle smile
  

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• Photo @ 08:03PM Aug 24, 2010
  Big frog
  

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• Photo @ 08:03PM Aug 24, 2010
  Hmm...
  

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