rik panganiban @rikomatic:
Someone I asked out literally months ago apologized today for not responding. No idea how to respond. #fb

@rikomatic Honestly? “Hey, I have no idea how to respond. Should I ask you out again?” What could it hurt?

Daniel Jalkut @danielpunkass:
Encouraged by @marcoarment’s quelled skepticism about iPhone 5 screen size, and his point about not squandering “subsidized” monthly fees.

Greg Minton @gregminton:
@danielpunkass Build and Analyze? Or a blog post?

Daniel Jalkut @danielpunkass:
@gregminton Build & Analyze.

Greg Minton @gregminton:
@danielpunkass Haven’t finished that episode yet. I’m particularly interested in the latter point.

Daniel Jalkut @danielpunkass:
@gregminton Pretty great point: basically you’re spending subsidy price whether you’re paying off a subsidy or not. (/cc @marcoarment)

Greg Minton @gregminton:
@danielpunkass @marcoarment Ergo, it’s not necessarily wise to buy the phone outright? (I know — I should probably just finish the episode.)

Daniel Jalkut @danielpunkass:
@gregminton @marcoarment Not only that, but my takeaway was every minute spent out of contract is lost value (towards the next phone).

Marco Arment @marcoarment:
@danielpunkass @gregminton Correct. If you don’t get a monthly service discount when the subsidy is “paid off”, why ever NOT have a subsidy?

@marcoarment @danielpunkass @gregminton The cost is the 2-year contract. Marco’s strategy good only if otherwise sticking with carrier.

Slept ’til 4 PM and didn’t eat until 7, so I’m hoping there’s an Accidentally Observed category if the Jewish thing turns out to be factual.

@jeffporten And God spoke, saying, “Well, you were pretty much the worst Jew ever. But you did rack up some bonus points.”

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
All my tweets are suddenly about bacon. Is the pig shortage already driving anyone mad? (Had pork with dinner tonight.) #pork #pig #bacon

@GlennF So I’m taking it you didn’t fast.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@jeffporten I thought we ate _faster_ today.

@GlennF Well, that certainly happens when you’re eating yummy pork.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
Long national (football league) nightmare is over! Can super-ref spin globe backwards to fix the Seahawks/Packers game?

@GlennF Only if the pile on the end zone is an actual avalanche.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
Australia seems awfully disinterested in Assange, no matter how you feel about Assange.

@GlennF I’ve read that their State department is involved on his behalf, but very quietly. His mother is agitating for higher profile.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@jeffporten Hmm. I think even people who may be judged (in the future) to have committed crimes in another country deserve a state’s support

@GlennF Yes, a state has a standing interest there. But no one’s said anything public about his fear of US extradition.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@jeffporten I just mean the Swedish extradition.

@GlennF IMO, since he’s making that assertion, the Aussies should be more public. And probably would for any other country but US.

Salon.com @Salon:
GOP strategist describes impact of successful auto bailout on Romney: “A kick in the balls.” trib.al/azHksj

@Salon It’s customary to kick a used candidate in the balls before taking him out for a spin.

Marco Tabini @mtabini:
I look forward to the day when Canadian cable providers will finally go beyond 1Mbps upstream.

@mtabini I assume that the problem is the fiber optic is frozen and brittle.

Marco Tabini @mtabini:
@jeffporten We use TCPOM to prevent that problem (that’s TCP Over Moose for you yanks).

@mtabini You must have well-trained moose. In our experiments, we could only get UDP to work.

Chris Foresman @foresmac:
This is a pretty good way to visualize what ADD/ADHD is like: xkcd.com/1106/

@foresmac For me, it’s well summed up by “Squirrel!”

On The Media @onthemedia:
OTM producer Alex Goldman just wondered aloud: “If there was more than one Lady Gaga, would they be ‘Lady Gagas’ or ‘Ladies Gaga’?”

@onthemedia They would be “meat shortage.”

On The Media @onthemedia:
Related, via @metafilter – What is the plural of Batman? ‘Batmen’ or ‘Batmans’? bit.ly/QxFK4R

@onthemedia Give us a hard one. Always been “Batmen” in numerous comics where it’s relevant.

HeatherHenderson @HeatherHenderso:
NEXT WEDNESDAY!

Join Heather and Emery for Coffee, Tea and/or Hookah and Conversation!

Wednesday, October 3,… fb.me/1Vp9UZs1Y

@HeatherHenderso I assume the hookers impede the conversation. Oh, wait….

ThinkProgress @thinkprogress:
On this day in 1960: Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy argued policy in the first ever televised presidential debate.

@thinkprogress Mitt Romney currently watching Nixon for debate tips.

Brett Kelly @inkedmn:
Just settled in at a coffee shop… where the wifi isn’t working. Awesome. Walking home now.

@inkedmn This is why I’m still Android phone—tethering is my friend. And faster than the hotel wifi I’d be using otherwise.

Susanna Calkins @scalkins3:
@jeffporten are you smarter than a 17thc youth? susannacalkins.com/2/post/2012/09…

@scalkins3 I suck at these things even when they’re from *my* century.

The samaritan thief? bit.ly/P2wfXm

Alex Kudera @kudera:
@jeffporten perplexing story, not the usual in lost or stolen. be safe.

@kudera It’s just Atlantic City. Nothing to worry about, although definitely odd.