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    Homeless guy panhandling for an iPad 2 america is fucked http://t.co/KofTVmc

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    if hp revives the touchpad because of sales at 99 they are mistaking break up sex for a proposal.

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    @parislemon android is like a conspiracy to give phone reviewers something to do the other 99% of the year

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    if you are a tech reporter, and you find the iphone 5, you're going to return it to apple without writing a story about it. RIGHT?

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      brian lam @blam

    I drank some wine and woke up this morning in bed with two touchpad receipts. Walk of shame.

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      brian lam @blam

    if you can afford to buy coffee everyday, you should probably be paying for your movies and music. support the arts.

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      brian lam @blam

    the entire world could be ending. and the internet. would still have. trolls.

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      brian lam @blam

    before you buy an exercise gadget, see if you can exercise consistently for 10 days to see if you're serious or fucking around as usual.

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      brian lam @blam

    as @mattbuchanan said, @google is getting better at design faster than @apple is getting better at cloud.

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      brian lam @blam

    tech reviewers overestimate how lazy normal people are, and underestimate how price sensitive they are

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      brian lam @blam

    I just wrote all my former enemies emails saying I am sorry for being a dick. A good day to leave stupid shit behind.

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      brian lam @blam

    When someone writes terrible online content the best thing to do is not drive them traffic.

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      brian lam @blam

    This is the worst cabin in middle of creepy woods for zombie defense. Windows everywhere. Goodbye cruel world.

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      brian lam @blam

    amazing experiences are like firmware upgrades for your life

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      brian lam @blam

    If you take enough Benadryl the ghosts can't eat you

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      brian lam @blam

    No opinion on tesla vs nyt except tech co that blames the mainstream user for a bad experience usually should listen and improve, not cry

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      brian lam @blam

    When someone says a place is boring, what they are really saying is “I’m boring”

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      brian lam @blam

    Working on a mix tape for Steve jobs. Song suggestions?

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      brian lam @blam

    time to turn off twitter

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      brian lam @blam

    thx to @veronica and @adampash on this one “@wirecutter: The Best Online Backup Service is @crashplan. Here's why: http://t.co/oa2FanzF

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Tech/Ocean exploration writer. @wirecutter @scuttlefish. ex-@gizmodo, @wired contrib. freelancer for @nytimes @popsci @wired @boingboing. CA/HI