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@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-28 (UTC)

@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-27 (UTC)

@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-26 (UTC)

  • Reading – Merry (John Gruber, Daring Fireball) http://t.co/XaHTrgFB #
  • Reading – The Zenith of Civil Libertarian Anger at President Obama (Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic) http://t.co/Jchql3M9 #
  • Reading – I Am Confused About Lightbulbs (Kevin Drum, Mother Jones) http://t.co/JTqWiWDa #
  • Reading – NASA Planning for Possible Landings on Europa (Pail Scott, Universe Today) http://t.co/aIHqjGKS #
  • Reading – Statement from fmr. Ron Paul staffer on Newsletters, Anti-Semitism (Eric Dondero, Right Wing News) http://t.co/MMJgLmrb #
  • Reading 2012: First Election Cycle Without A Bush Since 1948? (Eric Kleefeld, TPM2012) http://t.co/8kWOMves #
  • Reading – How long have we known that dinosaurs were birds? (Maggie Koerth-Baker, Boing Boing) http://t.co/h1Wni8uS #
  • This is my 1000th tweet. Woo! #

@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-25 (UTC)

Merry Christmas Morning!

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The library is set up and (mostly) moving box free. The tree is up. The presents are out. The stockings are full. Everybody but me is still asleep. (The teenager didn’t go to sleep for the night until after I got up for the morning though…). Soon the unwrappings will begin. Woo!

@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-24 (UTC)

  • Reading – Gary Johnson Will Run as a Libertarian. Can He Win New Mexico? (Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic) http://t.co/YjvJuwd8 #
  • Reading – Dutch Parliament: Downloading Movies and Music Will Stay Legal (Ernesto, TorrentFreak) http://t.co/nqMVoP3U #
  • Watching – Doctor Who Meets Star Wars Episode I – The Prequel Menace (Combom) http://t.co/EI5rLnLI #
  • Reading – A Toast to you (The Bloggess) http://t.co/fhKDzCyZ #
  • RT @cpreksta: Portal Christmas tree is incredibly clever! http://t.co/uCMcMCRH #
  • Reading: So You've Been Indefinitely Detained! Helpful Information From Your Government! (Ruben Bolling, Boing Boing) http://t.co/TgO3mTjO #
  • Reading – CS Institute claims "bear raid" market manipulation crashed the global economy (Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing) http://t.co/6f8RgVbn #
  • Reading – The Best Turn-by-Turn Navigation App for iPhone (Adam Dachis, Lifehacker) http://t.co/50KKTKfZ #
  • Reading – Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich Fail To Make Virginia Ballot (Benjy Sarlin, TPM2012) http://t.co/v7QW08W2 #
  • Reading – 2011 in Review: The Year Secrecy Jumped the Shark (EFF) https://t.co/TwwRRPwN #
  • Reading – Re-Thinking The Paul Endorsement (Andrew Sullivan, Daily Beast) http://t.co/eBrLI7d2 #
  • MT “@SenJohnMcCain: I just got up to 663 in #DoodleJump !! Beat that!” GO TEAM MCCAIN! :-) #
  • Reading – 'The Hobbit' movie trailer: what it tells us, what it leaves a mystery (Mark Trumbull, CSM) http://t.co/GXJLimk4 #
  • Reading – Learning To Hate Christmas (Andrew Sullivan, Daily Beast) http://t.co/PuWKhyzz #

Trimming the Tree

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Fake tree this year for the first time ever. We just didn’t have time to get anything else organized, or to find all the holiday stuff buried in the garage.

My New Car!

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It came early! Merry Christmas to me!

@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-23 (UTC)

  • Reading – Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer? (Charles C. Mann, Vanity Fair) http://t.co/OIoqksFy #
  • Watching – [Ant Smasher] Pacman Frog catch some touch screen bugs. (YouTube) http://t.co/x0vq2dl1 #
  • Reading – Netflix Must Not Want You to Sign Up for DVD Delivery (Rebecca Greenfield, The Atlantic Wire) http://t.co/A0xRiY53 #
  • Reading – No, Obama Does Not 'Deserve to Be Trusted on Drones' (Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic) http://t.co/8vGGiubs #
  • Reading – TSA confiscates cupcake, calls frosting a "gel" (Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing) http://t.co/XXmw3rRW #
  • Reading – DOJ to America: we won't reveal the circumstances under which you can be assassinated (Doctorow, Boing Boing) http://t.co/sqSi1OaW #
  • RT “@daringfireball: Quicken for Mac Not Dead Yet: http://t.co/GC6cu80H” #

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Sympathetic Nausea

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner…

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  • Republicans
  • Cell Phone Car Ban
  • Browser Wars
  • Iraq

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