• @kylegams5150 The Deer Creek show that I was at was Phish in reply to kylegams5150 #
• Number of the day: 4 (my guess for the typical # of weeks in Chicago between turning off the heat and turning on the AC) #
• Just signed up for the Software Craftsmanship Conf http://tr.im/ptlb Short interview about it at InfoQ w/ @redsquirrel http://tr.im/ptkR #
• RT and thanks @bruno_unna Now this is what I call a GOOD tutorial: Spring MVC Basics : Zabada Technology http://bit.ly/QNdHG #

• Kid asks unknowing HPB clerk "what album has the song 'Mountain Song' on it?". I happily told the kid: Jane's Addiction Nothing's Shocking! #
• At Deer Creek during set break. Wicked lightning in the sky. We're gonna get soaked. #

• Digging "Veckatimest", the new Grizzly Bear record http://tr.im/nJku #
• Working on an EC2 AMI that will happily run Rails (w/ Passenger), Java/Tomcat and PHP/WordPress with no conflicts #
• I can't find my damn wallet. I know it's in the house. I need beeper finder thingies on all my stuff. #
• Finally found my missing wallet (was missing for over a day). Also found an iPod that had been missing for 18 mos. #
• When my wallet was missing for 24 hours, it really shed light on how dependent we are on little rectangle pieces of plastic. #

• At a Starbucks, overhearing a “project team” put a TON of energy into a presentation that explains why they’re not done with their project. #
• @leahjones Congrats on the new site launch … looks great in reply to leahjones #
• @zabada Thanks for the info about http://railsbridge.org/. Like the spirit of @railsbridge #
• @just3ws Thanks for the info about http://railsbridge.org/. Like the spirit of @railsbridge #
• RT @JavaOneConf Ellison says: Expect increased & accelerated investments in Java #
• Just watched Caprica ( http://tr.im/nn0u ) Liked it better than I thought I would. #
• Why NPR is the Future of Mainstream Media http://tr.im/nn8c #
• Man, I love My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless; perfect coding music in my book http://tr.im/nsfb #
• I’ve heard Bing stands for “But It’s Not Google”. I prefer the recursive acronym “Bing Is Not Google” (surprisingly, Bing doesn’t suck, BTW) #

• Just woke from a nap refreshed and drove to Starbucks in the rain listening to Summerteeth. Jay Bennett left a few great ones. #
• Reminder, Chicago Code Camp is in Grayslake tomorrow and I’ll be talking about Rails and EC2 at 10:30. See other sessions: http://tr.im/mPKa #
• #chicagocodecamp was good, wish I didn’t have to bail early to go to a wedding reception! Happy to see a great turnout! #
• @just3ws Like your comments from the App Engine talks today #

Mary did a little extra job last year on a movie called Baby on Board starring Heather Graham and Jerry O’Connell. This movie is so good, they decided to mostly skip the theatres and get it directly to the people by releasing it at Blockbuster!

Here are the exciting scenes:

Feel free to click into YouTube and watch it big!

• [Blog] Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-17 http://s3nt.com/g2yy #
• It’s fun when you Google for an answer and it’s something you wrote http://tr.im/lOws but it’s not always super helpful #
• I missed “Don’t Do This! How Not To Write Java Technology-Based Software” by @deanwampler at @cjug but slides are great: http://tr.im/lXU3 #
• Looking forward to “bike the drive” Sunday http://bikethedrive.org/ #
• At the south break point of bike the drive at museum of science and industry #bikethedrive #

• RT @guykawasaki The science of being happy. http://adjix.com/67if #
• [Blog] Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-10 http://s3nt.com/gqdp #
• Zabada is up and hustling a lot earlier than normal. #
• Being the ultimate fairweather fan and watching the Hawks! #
• We need both engineers and artists in programming (DHH) http://tr.im/l5R4 #
• @barrymoltz “Your Vendors are Now Your Bank” http://tr.im/l5XO I’ve felt the pinch! #
• RailsConf 09: Robert Martin, “What Killed Smalltalk Could Kill Ruby, Too” http://tr.im/l6nV #
• Uncle Bob’s RailsConf talk about testing and staying humble in the Ruby community is a must watch http://tr.im/l9BS #
• Love Ruby community’s passion & creativity but I’ve always been turned off by the “us vs. them” mentality expressed by some. #
• Love Uncle Bob’s thoughts on professionalism and comparing writing tests to doctors washing hands between patients http://tr.im/l9BS #
• Just watched Tim Ferriss / DHH talk … reminded me to prioritize what is important and what a precious resource time is http://tr.im/luIC #

• [Blog] Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-03 http://s3nt.com/gc8z #
• Finally have working interwebs at home after 48 hours of having to schlep my laptop to the coffee shop to connect to the tubes #
• Scientists convinced swine flu 1st transmitted by Dr Alan Hay via his eyebrows after he visited an influenza lab March 8th http://tr.im/krEo #
• Never underestimate the power of the right music to help you work hard on a task that you don’t want to work on. #
• Red Vines and Coffee and Warm Pants from the Dryer … these are a few of my favorite things #
• Started reading “The Art of Rails” at Half Price Books & then bought it ($19); Fun read; Helps you understand the “why” http://tr.im/kIjd #
• More American Workers Outsourcing Own Jobs Overseas (& some of those overseas workers are sub-outsourcing their work) http://bit.ly/oobzo #
• RT @timferris Want to get ahead? Sleep in. http://bit.ly/8GODp #
• Guice and Spring partnered to standardize a set of annotations that make injectable classes portable across frameworks http://tr.im/kQ9m #
• Zabada trying to snack healthier in 2009 http://yfrog.com/0d3e8j #
• InfoWorld reports “Rails called enterprise-ready”; <insert your “duh” or “Rails doesn’t scale” sarcastic comment here> http://tr.im/kSHG #
• “2nd-most overpriced, Chicago, gets sweltering summers, near-Siberian winters & cost of living trailing only LA & NYC.” http://tr.im/kSNP #
• As cameras continue to shrink & get better quality, it seems futile for security at concert venues to curb photo taking. #
• Cool that current NIN/JA tour is allowing SLRs & video cameras http://tr.im/kYAN Hope this inspires more openness at other venues! #

• There are 20 loud kids drinking & playing baggo in my alley at 12:30AM on a Sunday night; I don’t want to be a crotchety neighbor but … #
• [Blog] Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-26 http://s3nt.com/fx59 #
• I’ll be on Vocalo.org (89.5 FM Chicago) for a music roundtable Wed at 3pm representing http://wax.fm #
• I have an Amazon affiliate store … yesterday’s sales consisted of exclusively disposable ear-loop face masks. #
• Trying to get away from work to see Flight of the Conchords tonight. But there’s too many mutha’uckas uckin’ with my shi http://tr.im/k3BQ #
• A better “Mutha’ucka” link would have been http://tr.im/k3CO “You’re gonna wake up in a smoothie” #
• I hate LiveNation, maybe more than Ticketmaster. I’ve unsubscribed from LN email list to no avail. Can’t wait for LN/TM merger #
• Getting the shakes as my home interwebs are down, damn AT&T. My phone line goes out about twice a year. #
• @deanwampler thanks for the suggestion but the phone isn’t working either… my master troubleshooting skills tell me it’s beyond the modem! in reply to deanwampler #
• I just proudly finished installing a toilet for the first time ever. Finished the unit testing now time for functional testing. #