Book: The World According to Twitter

Posted on the August 17th, 2009 under Misc, Twitter by Al

My co-author, David Pogue, sent me an autographed copy of our new book. Sure, I only provided one line but I feel that without that single line the book wouldn’t be the great work that it is.

TwitterBookPoqueSigned

Get your copy today!

Seriously!

TheWorldAccordingtoTwitter
Click here to get more info on the book.

if a 25 year old can’t pick up after himself… #getoffmylawn

Posted on the August 16th, 2009 under Uncategorized by Al

Sent from my iPhone

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PHP help needed! Why does this code fail?

Posted on the August 14th, 2009 under Uncategorized by Al

The code:

if (phpversion() < 4.1) {  $GET = $HTTP_GET_VARS;  $POST = $HTTP_POST_VARS;  $SERVER = $HTTP_SERVER_VARS;  $COOKIE = $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS;  } else {  $GET = $_GET;  $POST = $_POST;  $SERVER = $_SERVER;  $COOKIE = $_COOKIE;  }  

The error:

 PHP Fatal error: Can’t use function return value in write context in…

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#followfriday #ff

Posted on the August 14th, 2009 under Uncategorized by Al

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this is what @jadegutis is listening to on iTunes

Posted on the August 13th, 2009 under Uncategorized by Al

  
Download now or listen on posterous

Memo.m4a (1552 KB)

Sent from my iPhone

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if I knew with certainty I could hackintosh this machine & it would run well I’d get it

Posted on the August 13th, 2009 under Uncategorized by Al

The HP e9110t would be an awesome hardware platform for Final Cut
Express and a lot cheaper than a Mac Pro.

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after a search for Zune HD, Amazon displays a banner w/links but the links don’t work

Posted on the August 13th, 2009 under Uncategorized by Al

See and download the full gallery on posterous

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getting a Clue (Jr.)

Posted on the August 12th, 2009 under Uncategorized by Al

Sent from my iPhone

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Hockey time

Posted on the August 12th, 2009 under Uncategorized by Al

Sent from my iPhone

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Perseid Meteor Aug 11, 2009 from Woodstock, IL

Posted on the August 12th, 2009 under Uncategorized by Al

While watching the Perseid Meteor Shower, I was manually firing off 30 second exposures with my Canon T1i and a 55mm lens at f/1.8 mounted a on tripod. From the few dozen photos I took, only one captured a meteor. If you look closely near the bottom of the image, you’ll also see a faint satellite trail.

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