Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro:
MacBook Air tethered to AT&T phone: Two browsers work, but Mail and Contacts reject valid Gmail, iCloud passwords. Why would that happen?

@robpegoraro No reason why that would happen, but not uncommon for my Mac apps to have Gsync problems. Quit and relaunch apps?

Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro:
@jeffporten Indeed, Mail’s working after a relaunch. But Contacts still rejects my iCloud password. Can I just blame iCloud without proof?

@robpegoraro I’m normally an expert, but Contacts sync is a black box. I regularly ignore it unless I need data I don’t have.

@robpegoraro No one ever lost their job for buying IBM or blaming iCloud sync without further isolation.

Philip Michaels @PhilipMichaels:
I have just registered to attend CES for the first time ever. There’s no way this doesn’t end in tears for everyone involved is there?

@PhilipMichaels My trick is to stay in Vegas for two extra weeks to regroup.

rik panganiban @rikomatic:
I just donated to #Wikipedia. You should to. I use it at least once a day. #keepitfree http://bit.ly/tDmpbI 

@rikomatic I contribute to Wikipedia by diligently managing misuse of Oxford commas.

George Hrab @GeorgeHrab:
And en caso de que you missed it. Episode 288 of The Geologic Podcast is all toasty warm for ya. http://is.gd/tyKQvP 

@GeorgeHrab You forgot to say “toasty warm” in Spanish. It’s “churros”.

Peter Cohen @flargh:
Apparently the 12yo has started a thriving black market in the 7th grade lunchroom, trading snacks he doesn’t want for ones he does.

@flargh No need to worry until he starts arbitraging third-party snacks so he can arrange the market for maximum efficiency.

Darby Lines @Angry_Drunk:
Papa John’s, Applebee’s & Denny’s. I’ve been boycotting them over their crappy food for years.

@Angry_Drunk Clearly you don’t get drunk nearly often enough.

Darby Lines @Angry_Drunk:
@jeffporten Slander! I get drunk plenty. Papa John’s is ass and IHOP is closer than Denny’s or Crapplebee’s.

@Angry_Drunk I still posit that if you’re sober enough to care, you’re not reaching maximal drunken efficiency.

Darby Lines @Angry_Drunk:
@jeffporten I’m never too drunk to remember that Papa John’s is ass.

@Angry_Drunk And that’s a sorry waste of your priapic limbic system.

Haaretz.com @haaretzcom:
Errant bullet from #Syria strikes #Israeli side of border, wounds #IDF soldier http://htz.li/T2WZvF 

@ButcherMartin An “errant” bullet hits a soldier? Am I crazy or does that seem rather far-fetched?

Eugene Kaspersky @e_kaspersky:
MAC viruses are here to stay…10 Examples of MAC viruses http://ow.ly/2temZ8 

.@e_kaspersky @netfreedom Sorry, I immediately discount anyone who hasn’t figured out that MAC in all caps is Media Access Control.

Jason Snell @jsnell:
I have been using the same (custom) system beep sound since I was in college. (A voice saying “Beep”)

Jeffrey Zeldman @zeldman:
@jsnell I’ve had spoken alerts that begin by saying my name since System 7 or 8.

@zeldman @jsnell Only bits I have since 1989 are a recurring annual event titled, “your birthday, schmuck.”

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
I’m still baffled by response to Obamacare. Business owners with healthier employees will have more productive businesses at lower cost.

Darby Lines @Angry_Drunk:
@GlennF I think it’s fairly obvious that extended exposure to Ayn Rand causes cognitive defects.

@Angry_Drunk @glennf And she’s pushed onto high school kids, who pass her around in school parking lots. It’s sad.

“@GlennF: Business owners saying they’ll reduce staff/hours to pay for Obamacare.” Looking forward to reporting on who actually does this.

Kirk McElhearn @mcelhearn:
@jeffporten @GlennF Probably the same ones that said they’d leave the US if Obama got reelected.

“@DavidNakamura: Obama says he thinks Romney could help w/ideas for gov” // a million voices cry out in pain, then fall silent.

Kevin van Haaren @kvanh:
Head of the CIA can’t cover-up an affair and you think they’re covering up killing Kennedy, faking the moon landing and executing 9/11?

@kvanh You silly, the Men in Black are in charge of THOSE cover ups.

I remain woefully uninformed about the sex lives of both the DCI and Elmo, and am pleased as punch about this.

Patrick Matthews @matthews_p:
My wireless carrier wants to upgrade me to smart phone. They don’t know me at all. I want a dumb phone #justwantittomakefrackingcallsalready

@matthews_p It’s like the Mad magazine joke about the James Bond watch that can’t tell time.

“Hey,” said the delivery man in the bakery. “Sorry about the bad dough. This is better.”
#LastLinesFromGreatBooks

I’ve been ignoring the Petraeus scandal until there’s actual security issues involved. Someone let me know when that happens?

Sharon Hill @IDoubtIt:
Seems like I can’t schedule a wordpress post less than 15 minutes ahead or it fails. Does anyone know how to fix this? WP-Chron tweak?

@IDoubtIt I vaguely recall that there’s a loop timer in WP. Setting short future updates might break the polling. Check codex?

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
Nina Totenbags. #nprswag

@GlennF Steve Trapper Inskeepers #nprswag

Dan Moren @dmoren:
@jeffporten @GlennF Scott Simons (http://cl.ly/Kq35 )

@dmoren @GlennF I have fond memories of playing the Close Encounters theme on my Scott Simon.