Over the weekend, @TomCoates had a rant on the pointsification of social media. He should've blogged it, but it's here: http://t.co/lAH7fWn

Grabbing an iPhone first thing in the morning is the 21st century equivalent of grabbing a pack of cigarettes off the bedside table. #fb

Yes, @joyent's new price regime looks great, but it's their API that has me really impressed: http://t.co/MhM3ODb9

Sometimes, when programming, I forget my self. #python

Am utterly, utterly baffled by the low profile of @basho and Riak in Silicon Valley, and how much faith is put into @MongoDB here.

Me: I don't know why you're making it so difficult for yourself…
4-y-o: NO! I'M MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR YOU!

Little H: "Daddy, can you write some letters on this page?"

Me: "Which letters do you want?"

Little H: "dot-co-dot-uk"

cognitive dissonance: rocking out to led zep with cruise control pegged at speed limit

Staying connected with friends during Thanksgiving has reminded me what I really cherish about the holiday:
Leftover turkey sandwiches.

I find it amusing the the strongest proponents of DRY keep repeating “Don’t repeat yourself.”

First thing put of the gate, unprompted, 5-y-o daughter did the giant iPhone joke with the iPad.

I'm doing something right as a parent.

The slides for my #PyCon talk, "Remixing Music Pythonically": http://static.atl.me/pycon-remix-presentation.pdf

Browser tab zero!

Quoting John Hayes from facebook, re: Ted Stevens: "Prison, it's not like a big building, it's more like a series of cubes. "

Middle of the night, clock shows "4:04"

For the briefest moment I think, "aw, why can't the clock find what time it is?"

Um, not sure that email full of up-kilt pics was entirely appropriate, but thanks for thinking of me, mom!

My 1-year-old discovered the faint resonance you get when blowing through a pasta tube. I'm not joking: my son discovered the penne-whistle.

Ran into some trouble drinking my bubble tea. The straw got clogged. Yes, I had a pearl jam.

Oh, Wikipedia: "This article contains information regarding a space mission that is scheduled to launch in the next 2 hours."

Found a stash of 4-y-o's 'special money': "I want to go to Ireland to spend my Euros. Ireland, then Germany. Do they have pink things?" #fb