• I have met many people who found false charges (often in excess of $100) on their Sprint bill. if you use Sprint, always check your bill! #
• Fixing breakfast for my kids. I think that today will be a simple oatmeal morning. #
• In church #
• I FINALLY got the Twitter phishing scam! I was worried for a minute . . . #
• Picked up Burger King on the way home and are now reducing our life expectancy #
• @brian4dotcom Nope, no longer. I have smashed many Whoppers in my time . . . in reply to brian4dotcom #
• @mtony75 Oatmeal is good stuff! You’ll have a healthy heart gobbling down the stuff in reply to mtony75 #
• @ybpguide I haven’t been a gamer for almost a decade. Husband/Dad stuff takes most of the day left over from work. I’ll return some day in reply to ybpguide #
• @ybpguide I was more of an RPG gamer (Ultima, Might & Magic, Neverwinter Nights, et al). I’ll play the same types when I game again in reply to ybpguide #
• @ybpguide WoW is something I would play. For me, too much is going on for me to stay up late to game, but maybe when my kids are older in reply to ybpguide #
• My kids have destroyed yet another pair of sunglasses. Left unchecked, I am sure they could level entire cities. #
• Trying to sneak to the home office for a nap #
• Bill Richardson withdrew from consideration as Commerce Secretary. I am afraid that 2009 will be a watershed year for political scandals. #
• @calinative You can’t say something like that and not link to pictures of your hands . . . in reply to calinative #
• @RPM I have that Obama stays clean. He seems to have a knack for smelling like a rose when everyone else smells like . . . in reply to RPM #
• Twitter Tools is finally properly creating a daily digest of my tweets on my blog. #
• Moved some drives around so having Microsoft Desktop Search re-index my files (300,000+ items) #
• If anyone can suggest a better desktop search product than Microsoft’s, please let me know #
• 1 cup Tide detergent, 10 globs of Goo Gone spray gel, 10 squirts of Lime-A-Way, and 5 gallons of water make a great bucket of car wash #
• I received a high grade for the excercise where I had to layoff someone. So, if you need to fire someone, I…guess…I’m…your guy? #
• @james_jones Thanks for the reference, James. I will check out X1. in reply to james_jones #
• @jodicallender I think that the party in power has more visibility and more opportunities to make mistakes. It comes down to averages in reply to jodicallender #
• My MBA program starts back up tomorrow so I am taking a one week break from Twitter. Feel free to send a DM if you need to contact me! #

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• @emantion Racquetball is a great way to develop cardiovascular strength which is probably a better goal than just putting on muscle! in reply to emantion #
• @emantion I was using Puppy Linux, but then I switched to Ubuntu. Puppy was much faster, but it’s easier to install apps on Ubuntu in reply to emantion #
• @emantion Yes, the closet is fascinating! in reply to emantion #
• @chrisbrogan Thanks for sharing the Dadomatic post on marriage. I am 34, have been married for 6 years, and can relate to the article! in reply to chrisbrogan #
• @stephenomenal I have started trying caffeine gum for energy. It works faster than having to go through your digestive system. in reply to stephenomenal #
• Trying to be much more disciplined. Developing a morning ritual is helping. #
• My ideal Nanny: adores kids, Nigerian, 5′ 2″,350 pounds, ,gourmet chef,73 years old,30 grand kids,hump backed and a kick stand #
• @MrFresh You’ll have to share your top 5 WP layouts. I like mine but am always looking for an upgrade. in reply to MrFresh #
• Ah, 85 degrees on January 3rd. Now, THAT is why I live in Houston! #
• @MrFresh That is so true! I’m a design snob so I like my stuff to look nice! in reply to MrFresh #
• http://twitpic.com/zagi - At Home Depot’s Kids Workshop #
• http://twitpic.com/zarz - We finished the Home Depot Workshop! #
• http://twitpic.com/zc52 - Washing up before lunch #
• @james_jones New baby?!?! Who? When? Where? How? in reply to james_jones #
• @karsh @ybpguide I hate to butt in, but it is so cool to hear brothers gaming on non-sport titles in reply to karsh #
• @karsh I bet said straight guys wore thongs as well? Raised a bit more than eyebrows, I’m sure . . . in reply to karsh #
• @karsh Sorry, dude, grad school starts back for me on Monday so I am being hyper Twitter while I can in reply to karsh #
• My caffeine resistance has rendered this “energy gum” impotent. Back to fraps and Mountain Dew #
• @karsh Thanks. Duuuudddeee. I hope to be where you are in a year! in reply to karsh #
• At Bikeland with my daughter getting Koveil’s bike repaired (the chain keeps slipping) #
• Heading home hoping my daughter doesn’t waste her nap in the car! #
• @MrFresh Yep, my blog URL is in my profile. Helpful feedback is always appreciated! in reply to MrFresh #
• @MrFresh Thanks! I am always looking for a better layout. I am content with what I have now, but I always tweek and looki for better in reply to MrFresh #
• @MrFresh Yeah, there are a lot of BSEE brothers on Twitter! It’s good to meet another one! in reply to MrFresh #
• @james_jones Congrats! You know you have to keep going until you get a boy . . . in reply to james_jones #
• @mtony75 Thanks for the reference. I will try out Mana! in reply to mtony75 #
• @TheJennTaFur Thanks for the earlier comment about my boys. I can’t believe they have two sinks! My three siblings and I fought over one! in reply to TheJennTaFur #
• Going to sleep #

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• @koa Puppy Linux is great (and faster) if your aunts just surf the web. But, if they want “pretty” and new apps, then Ubuntu is better. in reply to koa #
• @mollywood Was the first person I followed on Twitter. Cool. I wonder for how many people was I their first follow? in reply to mollywood #
• And, no, @mollywood doesn’t follow me. She graciously replies to some of my @’s to her, though! #
• @houstonmacbro Yep, she still does Buzz Out Loud and other podcasts. You can usually see her on http://cnettv.cnet.com/ with other CNET’ers in reply to houstonmacbro #
• Wow, young people do not understand Facebooks’ privacy controls. If they only knew who could see their drunk/high/scanty pictures . . . #
• CNN commentator said he was looking forward to a new version of Palm OS at CES. Isn’t that like looking forward to a new Model T? #
• http://twitpic.com/yy4r - Ubuntu displaces Puppy Linux in kitchen #
• @houstonmacbro Palm is like a bad horror movie villain. You think they are dead, but they keep coming back! in reply to houstonmacbro #
• @mtony75 It’s an Intel Pentium III clocking at 1.2 GHz and 256 MB of RAM. I blogged about my Puppy Linux experience: /http://bit.ly/u0Gx in reply to mtony75 #
• @houstonmacbro Palm didn’t realize that people wanted an advanced handheld until it was too late. They went from hero to zero. in reply to houstonmacbro #
• @houstonmacbro True. Microsoft become decent with Windows Mobile. But, I think the iPhone will rule the handheld market for the near term in reply to houstonmacbro #
• My son had to chose between playing on the Linux computer or watching ‘Hip Hop Harry’ on TV. He chose the computer. That’s my boy! #
• @mtony75 Sorry, here’s a direct link to my blog post on my experience with Puppy Linux: http://www.transmyth.com/blog/?p=126 in reply to mtony75 #
• @natalidelconte I also guess that you are cutting your hair, but that sounds too obvious . . . in reply to natalidelconte #
• @fortyoneacres I’m glad you’re excited, but I think Palm is done. However, maybe they will come back like Apple did a few years ago. in reply to fortyoneacres #
• @mtony75 Thanks for reading it and for leaving a comment! Let me know how building your recipe rig goes! in reply to mtony75 #
• @KendellRenee It’s crazy. I see teens in my church youth group posting pictures of group kissing, drinking beer, lingerie parties, etc in reply to KendellRenee #
• My Twitter Following/Followers ratio stays very close to 1 at almost all times. I wonder what that means? #
• @MikeAbrams Thanks for the perspective! I am glad that people are open to hearing what I have to say. in reply to MikeAbrams #
• If anyone has contacts at George Washington University (particularly the business school), please let me know. #
• @houstonmacbro I would add them but restrict via privacy controls. Who knows, maybe you’ll see a better side? in reply to houstonmacbro #
• @houstonmacbro Well, maybe they will see the good in you and improve themselves. Hey, I’m a hopeless optimist! in reply to houstonmacbro #
• @nicole Wow. Go easy on ‘em, Nicole! in reply to nicole #
• http://twitpic.com/yzur - Where you will often find me in 2009 #
• @D_Rox Thanks! Here’s to excellent health! in reply to D_Rox #
• @TheJennTaFur Yeah, premature page linkage is a sign of lack of awareness. Hopefully, they will grow. in reply to TheJennTaFur #
• @nicole 1999? At least you aim high . . . in reply to nicole #
• Twitter (as life SHOULD do) helps reduce prejudice because people often tweet things that are at odds with what their picture suggests #
• @koa I mean people in business attire discussing the nuances of Lil Wayne and kids in baseball hats talking about picking stocks in reply to koa #
• Just dropped off a ton of trash generated from my cleaning out of the guest bedroom closet. It was like a tardis is there. #
• @houstonmacbro I didn’t think anyone would catch that reference. Btw, rumor has it that a black Doctor is next in reply to houstonmacbro #
• http://twitpic.com/z48z - These pipes are clean! #
• @lovebabz I work for free. But, you would have to pay my travel expenses! in reply to lovebabz #
• @houstonmacbro I don’t know about his brother, but, yeah, he would make a good Doctor! in reply to houstonmacbro #
• @adriarichards The college kids call that a dorm wide wireless network with iTunes library sharing on in reply to adriarichards #
• The amount of useful user generated content on Twitter is amazing. Who knew 140 characters could hold so much? #
• @darrenkeith3 True, there is not a lot of room for fluff in 140 characters. It makes for efficient communication! in reply to darrenkeith3 #
• @lvkingone You’re welcome! Likewise! in reply to lvkingone #
• Twitter makes me uncomfortable sometimes. In a good way. #

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• @natalidelconte Clumsiness can be endearing so that’s not so bad. Just carry lots of ice packs . . . in reply to natalidelconte #
• Hmmm, Twitter Tools is not properly creating a daily digest of my tweets on my WordPress blug. I was afraid this would happen. #
• On my way to pick up my oldest son who spent the night with his beloved grandparents. #
• @randallb That is one reason that I fly Continental. in reply to randallb #
• Heading back home with my son securely strapped in his child seat. He saw ‘The Nutcracker’ last night #
• It’s interesting to see my Facebook friends become more Twitter-like in their Facebook status updates. #
• I need to clean out my Outlook Contact list. There are people in it who I haven’t contacted in years. #
• Don’t forget to calculate NPV and take into account expenses, interest, depreciation, taxation, and amortization #
• http://twitpic.com/txph - What I’m Doing on My Holiday “Break” #
• @shelisrael It’s hard to justify making a trip to the library when Google is on my couch in the living room. in reply to shelisrael #
• Give today’s high divorce rate, Beyoncé should have titled the song, “If You Liked It, You Should Have Kept a Ring on It” #
• @trucklover I see your point. I was speaking more about the frequency of updates. My FB friends are now updating several times a day. in reply to trucklover #
• Waiting for the MrTweet service to DM me and suggest people who follow me that I should follow in return. #
• @nicole Tell CNET to come off that scrilla! They have that CBS money and need to break you off some! in reply to nicole #
• Getting some McDonald’s fries for my sons because they have been very patient #
• Trying to bang out blog posts while I am on break. Trying to get one published in the next few minutes. #
• Just made dinner composed of steak, mashed potatoes, and brocoli. Who knew cognac was a pretty good cooking wine! #
• Thinking that the solution to Obama’s Blackberry problem is to just give it to Michelle and let her read/write them #
• Thinking that the power of Twitter is the power of a good conversation which is as old as mankind and platform agnostic. #
• @calinative Yeah, Pandora is great. You know, there’s this site called Google that let’s you search the internets! in reply to calinative #
• @acedtect Yes, hailing frequencies closed. Hate to see more of TOS go. in reply to acedtect #
• Waiting with my son, Kyric, while my Nissan Altima is serviced. #
• http://twitpic.com/u7ng - Kyric having fun at Nissan #
• Waiting for my car to get serviced so please forgive me if I send out a lot of stream of consciousness tweets #
• If anyone can suggest a good mechanic in north Houston, let me know. #
• Three things Twitter needs: email @ replies, grouping of followers, and threading of tweets #
• This 2009 Nissan GT-R looks great. . . but, $90,000? #
• http://twitpic.com/u84l - Kyric Has Expensive Taste #
• If a Tweet falls in the internet and no one replies to it, does it make a sound? #
• I think most people are freaked out when strangers reply to tweets or comment their blogs, but I love that #
• @Soulrific I know, right? You might as well at a Tesla for that price! in reply to Soulrific #
• @blacksonville Thanks! I wish these functions were built right into Twitter, though! in reply to blacksonville #
• What? I am being followed by @fakemichelle? Is that for real? #
• @calinative Please turn in your Colored Person card . . . in reply to calinative #
• @calinative I think you meant to tweet, “Gosh! Like, omigawd! Like, so the drama!” *tosses hair* and *rolls eyes* in reply to calinative #
• @calinative Girl, you know I’m playing. You’re just on probation (like Naomi Campbell), keep your card! in reply to calinative #
• Ah, Aaliyah! RIP #
• http://twitpic.com/uew5 - Joshua’s MBA Graduation Ceremony #
• @rafe I suggest Windows Server 2008 as a good compromise between XP and Vista. Takes tweaking, though in reply to Rafe #
• @caseymckinnon How will it be different from Blair Butler’s comic book show on G4? in reply to caseymckinnon #
• http://twitpic.com/ufio - The beauty of Koala Bear Care #
• @bigseaton If MrTweet doesn’t work in 4 days, then I’ll unfollow as well. in reply to bigseaton #
• On my way to the Cruz’N Cafe in Spring, Texas. #
• http://twitpic.com/ujrm - Waiting Outside the Cruz’N Cafe #
• Looking forward to the seeing a black “Women of the Web” nominee. Twitter sistas get on it! #
• @JayMoney I would date Whoopi, but not marry her. She seems like fun but not wifey in reply to JayMoney #
• Heading home after a great meeting. #
• @bigepaz Have you upgraded to WP 2.7? in reply to bigepaz #
• @bigepaz I like the 2.7 version, although it takes some getting used to. Also, it should be the last time you have to do a manual upgrade. in reply to bigepaz #
• @feliciaday Is your computer in the kitchen? We put one in ours which cut down on culinary disasters! in reply to feliciaday #
• Laying down for an unexpected (and much needed) nap. #
• Up from my nap and trying to enjoy the calm before the perfect storm of three fully awake kids hits. #
• Does anyone ‘poke’ on Facebook or ‘nudge’ on Twitter? I never have and think that they are just ‘I’m a jerk’ tools . . . #
• Preparing some dinner while reading “Ancient Canaan and Israel” by Jonathan M. Golden. #
• Putting the kids to bed. #
• Man, I just accidently swallowed my gum! I wonder if it’s true that it stays in your stomach for 7 years? #
• @MrFresh Thanks! in reply to MrFresh #
• Going to bed. #
• My 3-year old & my 2-year old have taken to climbing into the refrigerator, getting the milk and choco/strawberry syrup, and mixing drinks #
• Cleaning up pools of milk is not the way I like to start the morning. #
• Ok, I’m asking Puppy Linux to do too much. And the dependency trap when installing Linux apps still sucks. I’ll just Pandora radio. #
• http://twitpic.com/uxlk - Making the Perfect First Pancake #
• http://twitpic.com/uy71 - Sunday Best #
• Looks like I’m on track to start my Christmas shopping on December 24th, as usual. Fortunately, the Jolly Truck Stop has never failed me. #
• @PepperBrooks Thanks! in reply to PepperBrooks #
• Just started following the Twitter user who was involved in the Denver airplane crash. His historic twitter updates seemed interesting. #
• Jamming to R&B/Pop Christmas jams on Pandora while making dinner for my family. #
• @acedtect Places the offer private/semi-private Santa booths just have to require a family member to be present to lower liability in reply to acedtect #
• I wish Google Reader would send me an alert via SMS when my RSS feeds are updated. #
• @KimberleyMkth His Twitter ID is @2drinksbehind #
• @KimberleyMktg His Twitter ID is @2drinksbehind #
• @ KimberleyMtkg His Twitter ID is @2drinksbehind #
• Crap, I am having trouble doing an @. Sorry, followers. #
• @KimberleyMtkg His Twitter ID is @2drinksbehind in reply to KimberleyMtkg #
• @ hotdogsladies For black people, success means . . . freedom. #
• @hotdogsladies For black people, success means . . . freedom. in reply to hotdogsladies #
• @mollywood Such openess is so . . . refreshing (the fart notwithstanding) in reply to mollywood #
• @calinative Bootycall hours? Now, what exactly do you do again?? in reply to calinative #
• @calinative Consultant, huh? Ok, let me leave that alone before I get in trouble. Good night! in reply to calinative #
• http://twitpic.com/v911 - The best can of bisquits in existance #
• @calinative How did your “late night consulting’ go? Make sure you get your per diem . . . in reply to calinative #
• Taking my two sons to school. And enjoying heated seats on this cold winter morning. #
• @penelopetrunk I’m sure he was trying to be helpful, but talk about awkward! At least he didn’t think you were pregnant. in reply to penelopetrunk #
• It feels good to run my own self-installed WordPress 2.7 blog. The next step is to get a better web host. #
• @ybpguide That’s terrible! It seems like his health just suddenly deteriorated. in reply to ybpguide #
• Feeding my baby daughter what will be among the last of her Gerber jars of #3 baby food since she is now eating table food. It’s a bit sad. #
• @SupaSista Yeah, true. Before I know it, they’ll be sneaking out of the house at 1 AM to go to the club! in reply to SupaSista #
• Wow, I have more Facebook friends than Brian Tong! #
• @calinative Glad to read that. A relationship is one of the worst reasons to change cities. in reply to calinative #
• @2drinksbehind I think it would have been awesome to tweet inside a burning plane; if you were also making your way out! in reply to 2drinksbehind #
• Ok, enough with the Barack Obama shirtless pictures. So, the dude works out? Keep it pushing. Nothing to see here. #
• @calinative Good luck with your live show. I’m sure you’ll do a great job. in reply to calinative #
• @natalidelconte Cherry flavored NyQuil is actually pretty good. in reply to natalidelconte #
• @tiffani Palin was instrumental at rallying the conservative base . . . who would have voted for McCain anyway. in reply to tiffani #
• @tiffani McCain’s choice of her also doomed his campaign by demonstrating his “roll the dice” decision making in reply to tiffani #
• I live this quote: “Families with children and families without children feel sorry for each other.” #
• Puppy Linux continues to be a great solution for my low powered kitchen laptop! #
• @mtony75 It’s an independent Linux distro that runs on X.org or Xvesa. You can also use IceVM of Fluxbox as the WM. in reply to mtony75 #
• Up and moving around. First tech proble of the day: a misbehaving laptop #
• I will probably have to pull the laptop hard drive, put it into an enclosure, and access via USB #
• If anyone has advice on finding a Nanny, please reply to this or send me a direct message. #
• @adriarichards Ah, but do you like you ice cubed or crushed? in reply to adriarichards #
• http://twitpic.com/vldh - Kyric getting fresh and clean #
• I am really looking forward to solid state hard drives. They will be at the right $/GB in a year #
• Just picked up my Nissan Altima. It initially wouldn’t start but eventully turned over. Tech blamed cold weather #
• Lady at the check out counter said I look like Denzel. That’s better than the usual: Diddy & Jay Z #
• @calinative Hey, fire away! I’m a grown man! in reply to calinative #
• @mollywood Safe travels out of Denver. At least they should be really emphasizing safety after last week’s incident in reply to mollywood #
• @RPM You’re obviously intelligent. Just not omniscient! in reply to RPM #
• @Nehalia Doesn’t that cause blindness? in reply to Nehalia #
• At least the Nissan repair shop was able to fix my heat. It’s blazing in my car now! Good stuff for the recent bouts of cold weather? #
• By the way, my lifetime “You look like: ” counts: Denzel - 6, Jay Z-1, Malcolm X - 3, Will Smith - 4, Diddy - 3, ‘My Cousin’ - 28. #
• Man, Twitter has a lot of Google juice! I’m going to have to manipulate these spiders to keep my tweets from being the first search result #
• @JayMoney Did you try plugging in earphones to see if you could hear sound through them? in reply to JayMoney #
• @JayMoney Sounds like he may have blown the built in speakers themselves. Has he been bumping T-Pain? in reply to JayMoney #
• It’s amazing how, as a father, I can almost see the adults my children will be, while, at the same time, see myself as a kid in them. #
• There comes a point when Dreft is not strong enough to remove the stank from your children’s clothes. My family is there. #
• Pop up two dimensional high-def holographic screens must be the solution to tiny screens on mobile devices. #
• @Nehalia Nice! just out of curiosity, what is the significance of ‘dahlia23′? in reply to Nehalia #
• @adriarichards The net present value of time is always greater than that of an equivalent sum of money so I do the latter in reply to adriarichards #
• You know you’re a geek beyond repair when the first thing you do in the morning is text ‘weather houston’ to 46645 #
• http://twitpic.com/vw20 - Making Meat Candy on the Foreman #
• @2drinksbehind I recommend lasik. I had it about six months ago, and I love it! in reply to 2drinksbehind #
• @adriarichards Be careful tweeting things like that. Domain squatters could grab and hold it for ransom! in reply to adriarichards #
• @calinative Then, today has already been a good day! in reply to calinative #
• Sitting in the waiting room of my physician. Getting the annual checkup that I always put off. #
• Lots of coughing and sneezing folks here. Trying to not breath in too deeply. #
• Ok, been weighed, blood pressured, pulsed, and temperatured. Now waiting for the doctor. #
• @calinative Maybe the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree? in reply to calinative #
• @acedtect That’s what’s up! Instead of doing it at work, this should be the most twitterful time of the year! in reply to acedtect #
• http://twitpic.com/vxsj - Doesn’t apply to me but sharing FYI #
• STILL waiting for the doctor #
• @penelopetrunk Is that surprising? For many people, Christmas is just a holiday. in reply to penelopetrunk #
• Doctor is poking and prodding. Hope he doesn’t mind me twittering. #
• Fortunately, the blood lady found the vein the first time this time #
• Why is it that when you get X-rays, the technician stays way back from you behind a wall? I want to hide from the death rays, too #
• Bad news. I’m dying. I may only have 60 or 70 years to live. #
• Starting my Christmas shopping. #
• @Nehalia Sounds kinda creepy. Shouldn’t all mind melds require full disclosure and a signed consent form? in reply to Nehalia #
• @JaNaiH Fortunately, I did’t have to turn my head and cough this time. The doctor had COLD hands! in reply to JaNaiH #
• @beanz80 Oh, no, I would be more than happy if they joined me in front of the X-Ray machine. In fact, it would demonstrate competence. in reply to beanz80 #
• @honeysoul Yeah, it’s a bad habit. I got some good deals, though . . . in reply to honeysoul #
• Finished my Christmas shopping. Now peeling potatoes. #
• For those who so indulge, have a very Merry Christmas! #
• Making an emergency Christmas morning diaper run. Randalls=fail;Wal Mart=fail;Walgreens=success! #
• http://twitpic.com/wbk0 - Emergency Christmas diaper run solution #
• My brother-in-law’s wife said that Behr was very good paint (often only one coat required) #
• Relaxing at home after a great, though more subdued than normal, day of the holiday house hop! #
• I love and appreciate everything I received today, but a part of me would trade it all in for a 1 TB drive #
• The boys woke up earlier than usual to raid their loot of Christmas toys #
• Laying down for an unexpected nap #
• Cleaning up various parts of the house. #
• http://twitpic.com/wt2d - The end of silence in my house #
• @adriarichards I find that grape jelly in glass jars make great drinking glasses in reply to adriarichards #
• Feeling a renewed sense of urgency to complete some personal projects. Looking forward to great progress in 2009. #
• Strangely, I had a hard time waking up this morning. But, I’m up and getting some vittles together for the family. #
• Trying to not think about what I’ll be doing one week from today. #
• Hmmm, looks like podcast.com may be a good substitute for the absence of iTunes (my primary podcast client) on Puppy Linux. #
• @houstonmacbro Do you know of any other Houston based technology enthusiasts on Twitter/Facebook or who have blogs? in reply to houstonmacbro #
• @houstonmacbro Login to Twitter.com and go to options to add your phone as a device. in reply to houstonmacbro #
• @houstonmacbro Specifically, Twitter.com -> Settings -> Devices. Make sure you put in the right country code. in reply to houstonmacbro #
• @OwenGreaves I use LinkedIn. Good for basic networking but not much more than an online resumé in reply to OwenGreaves #
• http://twitpic.com/x48w - These clippers are battery powered truth #
• Up and ready for another productive day. Cleaned garage and office yesterday. Closets And yard today. #
• @houstonmacbro If you ran the vacuum through more than one room, then, yeah, it counts . . . in reply to houstonmacbro #
• Someone one Facebook just mentioned a place called Play Date Houston. I may just take my wife there for our next Date Night. #
• @houstonmacbro In that case, I will definitely be cautious. The friend who mentioned it doesn’t seem to be into the kink, though. in reply to houstonmacbro #
• @natalidelconte Sorry to hear that, Natali! They give you different clothes to wear at the studio, right? in reply to natalidelconte #
• http://twitpic.com/xb2l - Kids and technology often don’t mix #
• The lifetime repair bill for things my kids have broken in my house is already in the thousands. The one I owe my parents? Millions. #
• @mkrigsman Cleaning out my Google Reader subscriptions helped me avoid the global ‘mark all as read’ when facing 1000+ unreads in reply to mkrigsman #
• @kpereira Happy Birthday! (courtesy of a tweet by @sarahlane). I enjoy your work. in reply to kpereira #
• @MrFresh Isn’t “The Tale of Despereaux” just a rip off of that other animated movie about a conscientious rodent? in reply to MrFresh #
• @OwenGreaves The value of a Twitter follower is the cube root of their followers divided by the cosine of their updates in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @MrFresh Ok, good. Didn’t mean to throw salt in your movie game. Enjoy! in reply to MrFresh #
• @mkrigsman I think that Toyota Motor’s manufacturing model is the ultimate example of transparency leading to operational (and organizat … in reply to mkrigsman #
• @OwenGreaves Twitter is far more responsive than LinkedIn. And it can be used to organize a party or an interview. in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @OwenGreaves For that, of course, you need the Guide to the Galaxy. Available, for a limited time, at a hitchhiker near you . . . in reply to OwenGreaves #
• So Jolt makes caffeine gum? Looks like I will be on no sleep once Amazon delivers my crate of it. #
• @mkrigsman I would imagine that IT failure rates are much lower when companies align their IT strategy with their business and organizat … in reply to mkrigsman #
• @houstonmacbro The Woodlands has a few bike trails. in reply to houstonmacbro #
• @mkrigsman An effective CIO must have a direct line to the CEO or at least to the COO. in reply to mkrigsman #
• @OwenGreaves What do you think a CIO should accomplish in the first 100 days? in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @OwenGreaves Excellent insight. I hope to implement your points someday. Thanks for sharing. in reply to OwenGreaves #
• Trying Mad-Croc caffeine “energy gum”. Tastes horrible, but seems to be working. #
• @OwenGreaves Alas, my nano-technology expertise is too small . . . Good luck! in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @OwenGreaves I would not mind a temporary nanobot injection (e.g., surgery) but not always living in me in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @OwenGreaves Nano-surgeons will have to promise total removal or face litigation 1/2 in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @OwenGreaves Nanobots should be relatively easy to track via some form of RFID 2/2 in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @OwenGreaves Social networking is a natural evolution of our innate desire to have a good conversation. in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @OwenGreaves I think social networking will supplant our celebrity obsession. We’ll crave Twitter over tabloids in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @OwenGreaves When VR becomes indistinguishable from real life, it will become the ultimate addiction in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @OwenGreaves Direct human-to-computer interfaces will radically transform everything in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @OwenGreaves e.g., What if I have an affair in a fully realistic VR? Or, commit a heinous crime? in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @OwenGreaves Or, what if someone want to molest hundreds of virtual reality children? Should that be allowed? in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @OwenGreaves These are just a few of the really tough (and distasteful) issues with which we will have to deal. in reply to OwenGreaves #
• About to head out for lunch with Jetbabee and MooBob! #
• Saving data from my wife’s busted Windows Vista laptop using the Ubuntu Live CD. #
• Deleting 34 GB of music that I just don’t have time to go through and organize into meaningful folders. #
• Decided to try Ubuntu 8.10 on my low end kitchen PC. It’s faster than Win2000 but much slower than Puppy Linux. Pretty, though #
• Putting a steak dinner together for the fam. We eat well tonight. #
• http://twitpic.com/xsnx - On my kitchen grind! #
• @houstonmacbro Yes, life is definitely good especially considering that a lot of people are hurting now. I am thankful! in reply to houstonmacbro #
• @MrFresh Are you on Facebook? I host most of my pictures there. Or, try Google Photos in reply to MrFresh #
• @MrFresh Facebook has pretty granular privacy controls for pictures but they can be hard to find in reply to MrFresh #
• Attending a “Dead Poet’s Slam” at the Taft Street Coffee House #
• Trying NewsGator Go! on my windows mobile device. #
• In 2009, I resolve to develop the perfect body, become a billionaire, heal the land, become sinless, and always tell the truth. By March … #
• @ybpguide Do the individuals behind the YBP Guide have personal twitter accounts? in reply to ybpguide #
• http://twitpic.com/y9wz - Routine exam #
• @mkrigsman Do you know of any CIO’s on Twitter? in reply to mkrigsman #
• @OwenGreaves I think that was a good move. I never comment on blogs that require registration. in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @OwenGreaves Well, I hope you get more comments! Also, if you are self-hosting upgrade to WP 2.7 in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @OwenGreaves How much time did you spend growing your followers and can you guess an average ratio like 30 secs/follower? in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @sistagp Thanks! My list is just satire about how ridiculous resolutions can be. in reply to sistagp #
• @OwenGreaves Out of your followers, how many do you receive their updates via notifications? in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @koa DVI to VGA converter? Isn’t that like a diamond to coal converter? in reply to koa #
• @OwenGreaves For each follower, you can choose to have notifications on/off. Is it on for all of your followers? in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @Nehalia Frodo & Sam’s journey was an allegory of gay love with the eruption of Mt. Doom being the, um, climax in reply to Nehalia #
• @OwenGreaves That makes sense. I have notifications on for everyone I follow, but that’s just 70 or so people! in reply to OwenGreaves #
• @OwenGreaves I am on MySpace, but I check it once a week (FB-hourly,Twitter-minutely) in reply to OwenGreaves #
• End of the Year Confessions #1: I hate analog clocks. Multiplying by 5 just to get the time is no fun. #
• End of the Year Confessions #2: I hate public rest rooms. I have seen unholy things in urinals. #
• End of the Year Confessions #3: I have downloaded movies/music/books/puppies from p2p networks…decades ago and legally #
• End of the Year Confessions #4: I often hear voices. Their sentences begin,”Daddy! Why do…” I love them. #
• james_jones I do not (but probably should). Many Twitter clients automatically do. HNY08! #
• End of the Year Confessions #5: I often wonder if this is all a dream. Then I get my tax bill and realize it doesn’t really matter #
• End of the Year Confessions #6: Push up bras are an abomination. What if men wore push down draws? #
• End of the Year Confessions #7: I want Obama to be Mt. Rushmore great. Likeness on money great. #
• Seriously, my resolution for the new year is to help make 2009 better than 2008 for as many people as possible. Happy New! #
• @adriarichards Thanks! I wish you the best in 2009! in reply to adriarichards #
• @sistagp Thanks! I hope I can accomplish it! in reply to sistagp #
• @lovebabz The look may be nice, but it’s false advertising! At the end of the day, you’ve just been duped! in reply to lovebabz #
• @joeypinkney No pun intended. in reply to joeypinkney #
• @lovebabz Of course, I understand the effect of gravity on breasts. I was referring to when women go from 30B to 33D. in reply to lovebabz #
• @pussychats2008 I appreciate the love! in reply to pussychats2008 #
• @calinative He obviously wants to thank you for being a friend! in reply to calinative #
• Up and wondering how many resolutions have already been broken. #
• @mtony75 Yeah, that is why I prefer to make a small number of very specific resolutions. Otherwise, I lose track after January 13th or so. in reply to mtony75 #
• @Nehalia That’s not good! Aren’t you flying to India today?? in reply to Nehalia #
• I think I’m going with Ubuntu instead of Puppy Linux on my underpowered kitchen laptop. It’s slower, but much more full featured. #
• Downloaded and installed Adobe Air on Ubuntu and then did the same for TweetDeck. Test driving TweetDeck. #
• @TheJennTaFur I am trying to not talk about Twitter as much myself, but it is difficult . . . in reply to TheJennTaFur #
• Bumping my Aaliyah station on Pandora, making breakfast for my kids, and watching updates on TweetDeck scroll by. #
• @mtony75 So far, Adobe Air has run just fine, but, of course, I’ve only been running it for 30 minutes or so . . . in reply to mtony75 #
• @mtony75 For now, I’m just using TweetDeck. in reply to mtony75 #
• @koa So, you feel that Tweetdeck is the best Twitter client out there? in reply to koa #
• @koa I am definitely liking TweetDeck especially, as you mentioned, getting @ replies that are not at the beginning of the tweet in reply to koa #
• Taking down Christmas decorations and putting up in the attic. #
• @houstonmacbro I understand, but I don’t think my wife or my kids would let me get away with that! in reply to houstonmacbro #
• http://twitpic.com/yp3v - Cleaning out my guest bedroom closet #
• @music2020 I like TweetDeck quite a bit. In fact, I have it running on my Win2003Server box in the office and my Ubuntu Linux kitchen box in reply to music2020 #
• @therealginger Well, my wife is helping - by taking the kids to the park while I clean out this closet/room! in reply to therealginger #
• @mtony75 Thanks! I am trying to trash as much as possible, but my wife still wants to keep a lot of stuff . . . in reply to mtony75 #
• @ronaldlewis Yes, it has a clean layout with a lot of functionality. It’s quite Mac-ish. in reply to ronaldlewis #
• @RogueTess Thanks for perspective on TweetDeck. By the way, I am also a resident of Buzz Town! It was good to hear you on the co-host show! in reply to RogueTess #
• Eating the nice lunch my wife left for me before she took the kids to the mall #
• @AroundHarlem I believe those are called husbands! in reply to AroundHarlem #
• @mollywood As the father to three kids 3 years old and younger . . . let the baby win the sleeping game! in reply to mollywood #
• http://twitpic.com/ysb9 - Can these bones live? #
• Trying to do this “zero inbox” GTD thing. Of course, I usually create another folder that is just another inbox . . . . #
• @jpreyer It’s tough. I think if I can immediately action an item, schedule a meeting about it, or add it to my to-do list, I’ll be ok. in reply to jpreyer #
• @fortyoneacres Yeah, I still want to give the zero inbox thing a go. But, I have so many inboxes (work, school, GMail, Hotmail, etc)! in reply to fortyoneacres #
• @darrenkeith3 Test received in reply to darrenkeith3 #
• @fortyoneacres True. However, I don’t interpret zero inbox as deleting all mail. Mail gets filed, actioned, and sometimes deleted. in reply to fortyoneacres #
• @se7enjewels I definitely understand. I just don’t want to dedicated the time to do it (not when I can Twitter, Facebook, et al). in reply to se7enjewels #
• I honestly don’t know if I prefer to follow people on Twitter or on Facebook. I’m torn. #
• It’s amazing how many people are using Facebook as a microblogging/picture sharing platform! #
• @MrFresh That’s fair. FB works for me, but I would jump at a more elegant solution. in reply to MrFresh #
• @MrFresh Absolutely! FB has allowed me to connect to friends/fam in ways that would be otherwise impossible! in reply to MrFresh #
• @houstonmacbro Funny, almost no one I KNOW is on Twitter. But, the homies are all over FB! in reply to houstonmacbro #
• @houstonmacbro Pardon the interruption, but the crust is where it’s at! Duuuddde. It’s like the booty of cobbler! in reply to houstonmacbro #
• @MrFresh True, Twitter is great for text based SN’ing, but FB provides so many different ways to connect in reply to MrFresh #
• @emantion Yeah, I also feel that I would have to take a vacation to zero out my inbox. Not an attractive idea! in reply to emantion #
• I need to spend less time twittering and spending more time doing things about which others will tweet! #

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Today is the first day of the New Year.  I hope that the next 364 days are very good to everyone.

This is just a short blog post to acknowledge this milestone.  I could do something like see how many of the predictions I made last year came true, but I’ll give you a hint: I was wrong about most of them!

However, I do think that 2009 will be a great year for technology.  I hope to see many advances across the board.

I also think that 2009 will be a trying time for almost everyone.  We have a weakening global economy and various conflicts around the globe.  I hope that all of us try to make things easier for someone else in some way every day.

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America has been blessed with a plethora of inspirational leaders and people who have worked to advance the common good. We see it in many of our Presidents, activists, and also regular citizens who work in obscurity.

Many of these individuals have been blessed with great intellect, drive, stamina, or just a desire to help those who are less fortunate. However, is being “extra ordinary” a ticket to a life of ease that few of us will ever enjoy?

The latter part of verse 48 in the 12th chapter of the Biblical book of Luke states:

When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.

A more contemporary version of this can be found in the Spider-Man comic book where Peter Parker’s uncle cautioned him that,

With great power comes great responsibility.

Many of us wish that we were given the “much”. Maybe it is great intellectual insight (e.g., Albert Einstein) or some innate aptitude for a certain sport (e.g., Tiger Woods). Many of us want to be extraordinarily beautiful, handsome, strong, wise, and we often begrudge those who have been blessed with those attributes, seemingly with little effort on their part.

However, there is a burden that comes with those blessings. Often, there is the weight of simply being different. Women who are extremely attractive often lament being hated in high school by other girls. Also, men often find them intimidating so they sometimes find it hard to date. Also, being extraordinary often has the same outcome of being inferior: loneliness. When who you are sets you well above the general population, then you often find yourself alone.

Perhaps it is not surprising that people who are naturally good at certain things feel a duty to serve.  Maybe they want to do something to combat the feelingness of loneliness.  They may feel that despite their “specialness”, people often fear and distrust them.  So, they try to do as much good as possible to finally be accepted.  The very things that make people want to be like them often make it difficult for others to understand them.

Since, by definition, most of us are average, we would do well to appreciate our mundane attributes. We are free to live our lives sheltered by ordinariness without the burden of being fantastic, amazing, or incredible. This makes forming friendships easier, and shields from the often extreme reactions (including inflated expectations) that the “gifted” endure. Indeed, being just “regular” means that you are “normal”. And normalcy offers greater freedom than those who are “rare” are able to enjoy.

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The Presidential Election of 2008 brought a new found interest in politics.  The historic campaigns of Barack Obama (offering the first African American President) and John McCain (offering the first female Vice President) caused many people around the world to follow the political process in unprecedented detail.

What was not so historic was the emphasis on the religious views of both candidates.  Despite his well established Christian faith, Obama had to constantly deal with false rumors that he was a Muslim.  While McCain never showed the overt displays of religious belief that George W. Bush displayed, his pick of Sarah Palin for his running mate was a clear bone thrown to Christian conservatives.

It is clear that it would be very difficult, if not impossible, for a person who professed to be an atheist to be elected President of the United States.  This is due to the religious foundation of this country.  Many of the early settlers of America were Puritans, and their views can be summed up in the famous speech by John Winthrop in which he described the young country as a “City upon a Hill”.  This speech set forth the idea that the world would be watching America to see if it held true to it’s covenant with God.  Furthermore, America’s success or failure would be based on whether or not it maintained Christian principles and values.  In many ways, the early Puritan settlers saw the new country as a congregation and not just a collection of colonies.

Naturally, the view of America as a church led to the belief that the President was, in many ways, a pastor who was responsible for nurturing the spiritual health and well being of those under his leadership.  George Washington underscored this belief in his Farewell Address composed at the end of his second term as President (which set the precedent that Presidents would only serve two terms).  In this address, Washington cautioned Americans against the idea that “that morality can be maintained without religion”.  By tightly connecting morality and religion, Washington enforced the idea that a moral President had to be a religious (i.e., Christian) person.

This idea of a “Christian President” continued in both explicit and implicit forms throughout the history of America.  During times of national peril, Presidents drew from the Bible and Christian principles to guide and consol the nation.  Despite the fact that Article VI of the United States Constitution explicitly states that “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States” (commonly called the “no religious test clause“), few Americans would be comfortable with an atheist as a President.

However, America has changed in many ways from its early days as a colony of those professing Puritan morals and values.  The population of the United States is composed of many relgious faiths including those who claim no religious faith at all.  Should Americans still expect the President to be Pastor, shepherding the country through good times as well as bad times?  Or, is America more like a corporation that needs a strong CEO who should only be expected to run the country well?

If Americans came to view the President as more of a CEO, then they would expect fiscal responsibility with the budget, a strategic vision for the country, a plan for defeating competitors, a marketing strategy to positively promote the country, and efforts to maintain high individual productivity and morale.  Few Americans know whether or not the CEO of their company is a Christian so a President’s personal faith would be irrelevant under this point of view.

In the difficult economic climate of America, many Americans want a President who can solve their problems.  Just as a person who is drowning does not check the Christianity of someone who dives in to save them before accepting their help, most citizens simply want a healthy job market, low taxes, and reasonable prices for goods and services.  Imposing religious requirements on a President is a privilege that often only nations going through prosperous times can afford.

So, will the President of the United States be one day sworn in on the balance sheet and income statement of the country instead of a Bible?  As America continues to diversify and go through tough economic times, such an outcome may not be far from reality.

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I have a laptop in the kitchen that I use to look up recipes, catch up on feeds in my RSS reader (Google Reader), check the weather and do general web surfing. It’s not a powerful computer at all being an ancient Dell Inspiron 4100 with in Intel Pentium III clocking at 1.2 GHz and 256 MB of RAM. While these were impressive specs when the laptop came out in 2001, they are quite wimpy by today’s standards.

I initially tried to run Windows XP on the laptop, but waiting 15 minutes for the machine to boot up became hard to bear. Additionally, every task took forever to complete so I realized that, despite my very limited requirements, the laptop needed a more forgiving operating system. So, I then tried Windows 2000 which improved the performance of the laptop, but it still often took up to a minute just to launch a web browser.

It then occurred to me that a lightweight operating system would be ideal for my laptop. However, such an option was not available from Microsoft and nothing from Apple would run on a Dell laptop even if they had a solution. So, I decided to look to the Linux world and eventually found Puppy Linux.

Puppy Linux is a lightweight Linux distribution that has a very small footprint. The distribution is only 85 MB and can be run as a live-CD meaning that it can run from a CD-ROM drive instead of from the actual computer hard drive. This offers the convenience of trying Puppy Linux without modifying the resident operating system on the computer.

I downloaded the Puppy Linux distribution (version 4.1.2), burned the resulting .ISO file to a CD, and then inserted the CD into my kitchen laptop. I initially ran it from the CD and used the option to load the entire Puppy Linux operating system into RAM. Doing this required 128 MB of RAM, and my laptop had 256 MB which was plenty of room. The installation went very smoothly being composed of a number of wizards that stepped me through each step. Soon, I was greeted with the Puppy Linux desktop.

The interface was clean and similar in layout to Windows XP with a Menu button in the place of the Start button, and applications ran in a task bar. Clearly labeled icons on the desktop indicated which applications I should use to browse the filesytem, write a document, or browse the web.

Since the main use of my kitchen laptop is to surf the internet, I clicked the icon for the “browse” which launched SeaMonkey, the native web browser in Puppy Linux. It was clearly based on the same Mozilla source code that underlies Firefox, but it looked a couple of years out of date. At first, I was unable to get online, but I clicked the “setup” icon on the desktop, found the entry to marked “connect to the internet or intranet…” and configured my ethernet adaptor to use DHCP. This fixed the problem, and I was soon browsing the web using Seamonkey.

SeaMonkey did a good job of faithfully rendering web pages. I was also pleasantly surprised to find that it also played flash content on sites like YouTube and Hulu. However, the main benefit was that SeaMonkey (along with the overall operating system) ran extremely fast. Since a CPU can quickly access RAM, the operating system was very smooth and responsive. I launched some of the other native Puppy Linux like Abiword, the word processor, and it also ran well. I found that I could open multiple tabs in SeaMonkey and still achieve great performance.

Although SeaMonkey was a decent web browser, I yearned for the familiarity of Firefox. I used Puppy Linux’s package manager, PETGet and found Firefox 2.0.0.7. This was not the very latest version of Firefox out in the wild, but it provided the classic Firefox look and feel. I found that Firefox ran as responsively as SeaMonkey, and I realized that I had found a great operating system for my old kitchen laptop.

Although my kitchen laptop is rarely turned off, I didn’t want to have to configure DHCP and install Firefox in case I had to reboot the machine (which would wipe out RAM and force me to run the Live CD again). So, I formated the NTFS hard drive of the laptop into a Linux friendly ext3 format and installed Puppy Linux to the hard drive. This allowed me to enjoy the speed of Puppy Linux while maintaining the settings I liked despite the occassional shutdown of the laptop.

If anyone has an old PC that is used for light tasks like web browsing or word processing ,then I think that Puppy Linux is a great solution. It is fast, easy to learn, and has a wide variety of applications despite its small size.

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As the first term of the MBA program draws to a close, I find myself reflecting on the many lessons that I have learned over the past few months. Of these lessons, I can think of three that have made the biggest contribution to my success in the program.

Effective Teams are Essential to Success

Fortunately, I was assigned to work on a team with a great group of people. Although we have very different personalities, we have learned to appreciate healthy debate and focus on the overall success of our group. Also, my team developed a “divide and conquer” approach where one person took primary responsibility for a set of assignments, gathered input from the group, and managed the effort to successfully complete the work. Our approach led to high grades on our assignments that would have been difficult to achieve through individual effort. I look forward to maintaining relationships with all of them long after we complete the MBA program.

Don’t Let the Opposition Cloud the Goal

Athletes must always know the location of the goal. Whether it is the basketball hoop, the uprights in the end zone, or the soccer net, a successful player always knows the location of the goal despite a cloud of opposing players. Similarly, a successful MBA student always keeps in mind the ultimate goal of the program: find a job commensurate with the skills gained in the curriculum. However, career management can easily take a back seat to the flurry and intensity of the academic requirements of the program. The BUAD 620 class has helped me to maintain focus on my career by forcing me to hone essential job search skills such as résumé writing, interviewing, and developing professional presence.

Take Care of Home and Home Will Take Care of You

The time commitment of the MBA program makes it difficult to spend time with my wife and three children. I often leave my house before my family wakes up and return home once they have gone to bed. However, I always keep at least one day free during the week to fully engage with my family and remind them that they still have a husband and a dad. Although that day could be spent making progress on the myriad (and seemingly never-ending) MBA assignments, I find that I am a better student when I spend uninterrupted time with my family. A kiss from my wife, a hug from my kids, or simply sitting down to eat together makes it easier to return to Wehner and endure the demands of lectures, homework assignments, quizzes, and exams.

By continuing to implement the lessons of collaborate to success, focus on the end goal, and take care of home, I am confident that I will achieve true success in the MBA program that extends far beyond the classroom. These principles will also serve me very well in my post-MBA life.

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