Melody Kramer @mkramer:
It’s Friday! What’s the best thing that’s happened to you this week? #bestthingallweek

@mkramer uninterrupted power, Internet, food, clean water.

John P. Speno @speno:
DNS/IPAM software is a wasteland. Anything halfway decent out there?

@speno Agreed. I’m currently experimenting with OSXS 10.8 + direct edits to BIND files.

John P. Speno @speno:
@jeffporten I hope you are using vi for that. ;-)

@speno Vi is for wimps. I use a hex editor. That uses a Morse code sender for binary input.

John P. Speno @speno:
@jeffporten righteous! let me know if you need help.

Jim Dalrymple @jdalrymple:
Why is it that you can break up with a person over text, but if you switch from an iPhone you feel compelled to write 1,000 words on it.

@jdalrymple Most iPhones are more interesting than most people. And better in bed.

Jim Dalrymple @jdalrymple:
@jeffporten you win

“@altmandaniel: I’ll bet 2K people who don’t know Krugman know Silver.” // I’ll bet most who know both don’t care they’re @ NYT.

@mkramer My Franklin & Marshall physics grade: “Jeff consistently hovered in the bottom 20% of the class.”

Jesse Spector @jessespector:
@jeffporten Shouldn’t you get extra points for breaking the laws of physics by hovering? @mkramer

@jessespector @mkramer They don’t truck much with witchcraft out in Amish country.

Daniel Jalkut @danielpunkass:
@settern Yeah, you’ve got Market Basket to cover you for basics.

Serenity Caldwell @settern:
@danielpunkass More like I drive to TJs in Alewife; the Market Basket here is zombie-apocalypse-terrifying.

Daniel Jalkut @danielpunkass:
@settern And I love TJs too but they have similar problems for many basic staples. If they just don’t happen to carry it, out of luck.

Serenity Caldwell @settern:
@danielpunkass Yeah, it’s a problem. I routinely shop at the TJs/Whole Foods/Shaw’s trifecta.

John Siracusa @siracusa:
@settern @danielpunkass Wegmans is coming soon to the traffic nightmare that is Route 9, but I’ve heard nothing but raves about that chain.

@siracusa @settern @danielpunkass If I lived near a Wegman’s, I’d eat myself to death in 3 weeks, and I’d *still* fit in a large pizza box.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
News Corp gives $1m to Sandy victims, but requires voicemail passwords before cutting checks.

@GlennF Oddly, 80% of victims surprised to receive checks immediately.

Antichrista @antichrista:
David Cronenberg’s Star Wars would be all about sarlacci (correct plural, according to Wookiepedia): http://twitpic.com/b9ezi6 

@antichrista @glennf Sarlacci? I guess if you want a truly impressive hole in the ground, turn to Italian engineers.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
How much candy from your children’s haul is it appropriate to steal: by weight or percentage?

@GlennF That function is directly correlated with the observational powers of your children.

Apparently, the purpose of fun-size candy bars is the feeling of self-loathing when the pile of wrappers is taller than your coffee cup.

Dave Winer ? @davewiner:
I think everyone can agree the mayor of Atlantic City is an idiot.

.@davewiner Unless, of course, you know a damn thing about the people who live in Atlantic City.

David Chartier @chartier:
The 21st century state of online CMSes is deplorable: http://tmblr.co/ZelxbyWHyPUl 

@chartier This is why I loved WebCrossing 10 years ago: powerful platform, JavaScript language. Seems to have evaporated.

erika owens @erika_owens:
@mkramer I’m honestly confused/excited for a sec every time I hear it: “THAT person cares about web journalism!?” …oh, right.

@erika_owens I’m a bit blown away today by how much better Twitter/Facebook was for keeping me Sandy informed the last 24 hours.

erika owens @erika_owens:
@jeffporten agreed. I was relying on them to know what the heck was happening along with http://bit.ly/TsVTdf  and http://wny.cc/TsVRlz 

@erika_owens Good links, I wish I’d had them. I was impressed with WaPo Capital Weather Blog.

Darby Lines @Angry_Drunk:
Disney wants to own my childhood? My childhood consisted of The Road Warrior…good luck with that one fuckos.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@Angry_Drunk I would watch a version of that with Natalie Portman as Mad Max.

@GlennF @angry_drunk In the remake, Mel Gibson is anti-Dwarvetic.