Peter Cohen @flargh:
Romney’s comment about cutting PBS funding is pure demagoguery and not reflective of any coherent or sensible fiscal policy.

@flargh I dunno, that’s gotta be a fuckton of birdseed.

Craig Hockenberry @chockenberry:
@gte @jdalrymple @lucvandal DO YOU NEED TO DO SHOTS TO GET INTO CANNADIA

Uli Kusterer @uliwitness:
@chockenberry @gte @jdalrymple @lucvandal ITS CAN-NADIA! OBVIOUSLY YOU DRINK LOTSA CANS A BEER!

@uliwitness @chockenberry @gte @jdalrymple @lucvandal Note to the Germans: the American brands actually don’t taste like piss there.

Phil Plait @BadAstronomer:
Well, to be honest, I need to be trepanned like I need a hole in my head.

@BadAstronomer Technically, another aperture would increase your low light exposure.

Since Twitter shut down IFTTT triggers, my workflow of saving pages to Instapaper and never reading them has been completely messed up.

Kevin van Haaren @kvanh:
@jeffporten there are workarounds to twitter blocking ifttt API access using RSS feeds. Check the public recipes for examples.

Melody Kramer @mkramer:
“In terms of physics, the president doesn’t do work.” – professor

@mkramer That’s why, every day, Obama picks a random art object and carries it upstairs.

Kevin van Haaren @kvanh:
First peripheral i’ll need a lightning adapter for. Withings smart blood pressue monitor needs adapter for iPhone 5.

@kvanh If needing an adapter raised your blood pressure, that’s a fairly impressive business model.

Chris Breen @BodyofBreen:
I really like my Nest thermostat, but it’s not the kind of thing I’m ever going to upgrade for a new thinner model. #notapple

@BodyofBreen How about if they add another row of icons?

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
I now have a @stephenfry distance of one degree.

@GlennF And I’m two degrees of Kevin Bacon (same high school), so that connects you to everyone else.

Matthew Baldwin @matthewbaldwin:
My hotel has both free and “premium” internet. Premium allows you to transfer MULTIPLE bits per second.

@matthewbaldwin Hotel I was at last week was 50% the speed of my 3G tether. Found that impressive.

Jim Dalrymple @jdalrymple:
I’m thinking of being a customer service consultant:

“What’s that, our product doesn’t work?”

“Are you a fucking moron?”

@jdalrymple Had that experience when working my parents’ retail store, and customers threatened to get me fired. Oh, how they regretted it.

Jeri Ryan @JeriLRyan:
Really, October?? pic.twitter.com/3ZXo0iIP

Wil Wheaton @wilw:
@JeriLRyan It was 107 in my back yard an hour ago. What. The. Hell.

Jeri Ryan @JeriLRyan:
@wilw SERIOUSLY. Messed up.

Phil Plait @BadAstronomer:
@JeriLRyan @wilw We’ve secretly replaced these Star Trek stars’ neighborhoods with Venus. Let’s see if they notice.

Wil Wheaton @wilw:
@BadAstronomer @JeriLRyan That would explain why the atmosphere today seemed extra full-of-poison-gas-y, and gravity was about 10% lighter.

Phil Plait @BadAstronomer:
@wilw @JeriLRyan Of course, you’re probably used to the acid rain anyway.

Wil Wheaton @wilw:
@BadAstronomer @JeriLRyan TOO SOON YOU MONSTER.

Phil Plait @BadAstronomer:
@wilw @JeriLRyan I’m not a monster. I’m a scientist. So I know how to *make* a monster.

@BadAstronomer @wilw @jerilryan Phil has just come up with the biggest Kickstarter project of 2013.

Not ashamed to admit that the latest episode of Doctor Who made me cry. Twice.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@jeffporten If you’d like to lose your love for the episode listen to an upcoming Incomparable. Although parts I loved.

@GlennF Just because I listen to you, doesn’t mean I have to *agree* with you. Besides, I have to *wait* to hear it? Harrumph.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@jeffporten We were live last night!

@GlennF I’m supposed to listen live? Can’t do that, Johnny Carson is on. Then the Star-Spangled Banner followed by snow static on my iPod.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@jeffporten Thus ends the broadcasting day in the eternal tuner of the staticky mind.

@GlennF If that means I get to sleep with Kate Winslet, I’ll take that Mental Disorder for $1,000, Alex.

@GlennF Many blind people with Asperger’s Syndrome have said that I remind them of Jim Carrey.

Dan Frakes @danfrakes:
How is it that Bento doesn’t sync with iCloud?

@danfrakes How is it that Bento and FMP haven’t figured out how huge the market would be for usable turnkey DBs on the iPhone?

Dan Frakes @danfrakes:
@jeffporten <headshake>

Dan Frakes @danfrakes:
Dr friend looking for time-tracking app that *doesn’t* use timers. Wants to choose category and enter time (eg, “consult, 15m”). Recs?

@danfrakes If that were my client, I’d probably suggest the Calendar app. Then sum everything up with AppleScript.

Dan Frakes @danfrakes:
@jeffporten @SoaDMTGguy He wants: +, category, name, time, Done

@danfrakes @soadmtgguy Or this could be a FileMaker to Go app in a very short amount of time.

Dan Frakes @danfrakes:
@jeffporten @SoaDMTGguy Billings and harvest are overkill, yes. I was also thinking FM or Bento.

@danfrakes @soadmtgguy Wouldn’t recommend Bento, but haven’t used it for years. FM since he may want some custom reporting in N months.

Dan Frakes @danfrakes:
@jeffporten @SoaDMTGguy I don’t have FM, but I just used Bento for iphone to set up exactly what he wants. Question is summary reports.

@danfrakes @soadmtgguy If Bento can export these days, have him contact me if he wants an FMP db to do summaries.

Dan Frakes @danfrakes:
@jeffporten @SoaDMTGguy It syncs with the Mac version…over a local WiFi network <headshake>. FM is probably a better bet.

@danfrakes @soadmtgguy Or Numbers? More clicks, but a hell of a lot cheaper than hiring a guy like me.

Dan Frakes @danfrakes:
@jeffporten @soadmtgguy Yeah, the minimal clicks thing is the key here. He’s a Dr., wants to be able to tap, tap, tap, move on.

@danfrakes @soadmtgguy I have FM & FMToGo. Biggest part of the estimate would be the reports; the rest is cake.

Nate Silver @fivethirtyeight:
Fun simulation today: Obama loses OH, but wins FL, but loses ME 2nd district. 269-269 tie. yfrog.com/ob12nxup

@fivethirtyeight The red states in that picture are the ones that will be in flames in that scenario.