^ old advertising on a building in downtown Austin

• a fascinating variety of careers & lifestyles among Woodstock School alumni: http://tinyurl.com/b5w5p4 #
• @lskrocki I’ve been using the neti every day for a while now, seems to keep my usual recurring sinus infections at bay in reply to lskrocki #
• Just had wax torture. By some definition this may count as pampering myself. #
• @deeharvey was interesting talking about the differing cultural norms about female hair in the US, Europe, and India. Not enough info yet. in reply to deeharvey #
• RT @richardshow great original song: http://tinyurl.com/cuydl5 – Richard, let us know if you’re going to be on PHC! #
• @lskrocki I envy all the people I saw on horseback on my way home. Must see if I can find an easy way to get back into riding in reply to lskrocki #
• @the_contrarian why is she still mailing you? why do you read it? in reply to the_contrarian #
• okay, Internet marketing gurus what keywords would you use to get people to a site for a study abroad program in India? #
• @Robbiefowler interesting. I hadn’t thought of Slumdog as being a big incentive to visit India! tho everything in it rings true, good & bad in reply to Robbiefowler #
• @Schlomo I voted. Wasn’t easy. That site has damn poor usability in reply to Schlomo #
• reinstalling Tivo desktop for the umpteenth time #
• @Robbiefowler time frame is elastic starting from now. Budget is damn near zero, with potentially a fair amount of community input in reply to Robbiefowler #
• @Robbiefowler http://sageprogram.org/ target audience students and teachers (separate programs) in reply to Robbiefowler #
• is there a way to track what terms are being searched on Twitter and at what rate? #
• sheesh, SxSWi beginning to seem like too much work to be fun. Bagging the last day to go to NYC for CommunityOne. Poor, poor pitiful me. #
• damn. really wanted to see Wicked, but no tix from Ticketmaster, not sure whether to trust any of the online scalpers #
• it hasn’t snowed much this year. Only on the days when I have no choice but to drive in it. #
• @penelopetrunk maybe you all needed that in reply to penelopetrunk #
• @iamrashmi sorry, lost the thread – apropos of what? in reply to iamrashmi #
• brain hurts from reviewing captions (for a ZFS tutorial, no less) for hours. Getting on a plane this evening will be relatively relaxing. #
• banks will chrg me more for a loan because I’m in CO and the car I’m buying for Ross is in TX. WTF????? #
• had a restless night in Austin. Now running stats for the boss, then breakfast, car stuff, 2-hour phone meeting, hair… #
• am I missing something? can’t figure out how to sync ical with the calendar on my iPhone #
• @lbridenne76 thanks – finally figured out that there was a world of preferences I had to scroll down to find. totally non-obvious in reply to lbridenne76 #
• @wanderingitaly don’t miss great Nutella alternatives? eg at ICAM in Lecco, Eur’s lgest producer of organic choc http://tinyurl.com/cb3t4n in reply to wanderingitaly #
• @sumaya poor @rogerspot sounds like he doesn’t get out much. Tell them to get him out of the closet! in reply to sumaya #
• @sumaya @dabuitron hmm, good to know. I’m going to need enterntainment for a student party around SC09 in reply to sumaya #
• Next on the girly stuff to do list: hair #
• @c_bright I’ll never understand why the guns are available to do this with. #
• @lordorica and some of the existing fans really, really hate it! in reply to lordorica #
• an old friend of Ross’ from Lecco is now on Big Brother Albania, and has Facebook fan clubs. Which are stealing Ross’ photos of him… #
• listening to the rain in Austin. And not sleeping, obviously. #
• @meangrape that’s what I need – someone to bring me a bottle when I’m awake and hostile in the middle of the night in reply to meangrape #
• left it running for hours, iCal never finished synching to the iPhone. anyone have any ideas? #
• feel like I’m a one-woman economic stimulus package this week. #
• Italian bloggers are afraid, very afraid: http://tinyurl.com/at6ser #
• warning to all of you coming to SxSW: Austin is unseasonably and unreasonably cold! And raining! #
• oh, dear. Now I have a proposal to complete by Monday… #
• @stoweboyd don’t worry, in Italy it’s Friday the 17th they worry about. in reply to stoweboyd #
• got my badge n stuff, now having a large lunch to fortify me. Standing in line, got interviewed by Adobe. Oh, yes, bought car this morning. #
• @zephoria I’ll be there! Looking fwd to finally seeing you in person, and seeing Judith again. #sxsw in reply to zephoria #
• “marketing is being replaced by community development” #sxsw #
• Surprised to randomly run into people I know #

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• had a nice weekend talking about Woodstock School, social networking, personal stuff… it’s good to have friends who get it all! #
• @italylogue I couldn’t even get through the first chapter of the book [Gomorrah: A Personal Journey into the Violent International Empire of Naples’ Organized Crime System]. Just confirmed too much that I already knew or suspected in reply to italylogue #
• at SJC waiting for my flight to Denver after a tumultuous week – was it only a week? – in the Bay Area. #
• Back to dia, now Wallypark, car and home. Who is Wally anyway? #
• winding down after today’s travel, but it’s going to be another very busy week ahead… @jdlasica I need to talk to you soon! #
• @AmandaLorenzani whoa, big how? you’re expecting? in reply to AmandaLorenzani #
• @lskrocki Udall’s Twit icon is much better than his dweebie official photo in reply to lskrocki #
• 67 attendees signed up for the first Colorado Front Range Girl Geek Dinner. Wow! Looking forward to meeting everybody! #
• expense report time again #
• dropped a 9 lb Dell laptop on my foot this morning. Laptop uninjured, wish I could say the same about my foot! #
• @lskrocki I may have to invoke quarantine, and revoke your right to speak at the GGD. Just drop the beer at the entrance. ; ) in reply to lskrocki #
• @lskrocki more worried about you being a carrier. ; ) But by now we’ve all been exposed and whoever is gonna get it, is gonna get it. in reply to lskrocki #
• waiting for rice to be ready so I try my version of Setos’ Iranian green beans, and my own five-bean dal #
• @lskrocki youve got competition. the Btv folks are practically sending me flowers. ; ) #
• this evening’s emails from my site include insults to my intelligence and a request for extensive (and free) travel advice #
• @lskrocki good heavens, even the cat has it?!? in reply to lskrocki #
• Jonathan is now videoblogging – and calling it that. http://tinyurl.com/c4cak8 I feel so vindicated. ; ) #
• @flemsta mostly “mail from people with no social skills”. Tho “take that Obama crap off this Italian site” qualifies as ignorant hate in reply to Flemsta #
• @MichaelRolland I suspect you’ll be pleasantly surprised. US hospitals generally look fancier, which says nothing about quality of care. in reply to MichaelRolland #
• The world is full of people whose lack of social skills is so profound they don’t even know it’s lacking. And they write to me. #
• @italylogue re SxSW, won’t make the travel blog talk – it’s competing with danah boyd, one of my heroes, can’t miss her! in reply to italylogue #
• damnit, about 5 key sessions (for me) at SxSW are all at the same time! #
• who among my Tweeps will be at SxSWi? #
• MAYBE, I might go to http://twtvite.com/wl72lg (AllHat…No Cattle on Mar 15, 2009) – need to finish figuring out my schedule #
• @italylogue the way this thing looks, I suspect that the empty blocks will look good for curling up on the floor for a nap! in reply to italylogue #
• @timbray thanks for the LOL, I needed that! in reply to timbray #
• it appears that some/many of the panelists at SxSW would despise me for loving my job with Monster Big Corporation. #
• my car is loaded with beer, wine, and goodies for the GGD. (Yes, there will also be dinner.) #
• @Silona umm… explain to me what a gong-fu cha event is, please? in reply to Silona #
• @lskrocki glad the ending is a lot better than the beginning! in reply to lskrocki #
• @Halcyon love it! And my daughter says I should dye my hair like yours in reply to Halcyon #
• at least 80 fascinating women will be attending the first Colorado Front Range Girl Geek Dinner. I am humbled and awed by the response #
• “Divorcing Italy” http://tinyurl.com/ab6ufs continues to get sad-making comments. I’m not the only one. #
• can anyone suggest a more reliable ranking than Alexa’s for the most popular websites? #
• My copy editor nerve twitches: “There are three principle ways to measure Internet usage. ” (from Hitwise) #
• editing video from Tucker Bradford (SETI) preso at the Open Storage Summit. #
• @jeffreytaylor delayed reaction, it’s pretty common. Then come the flip-flops “I love this place, I hate this place, I’ll live here forever” in reply to jeffreytaylor #
• SETI talk at Open Storage Summit – where to put 918 Exabytes? http://tinyurl.com/cn83wk #
• I don’t notice the stress so much. Until someone says: “You’ve got a lot to be stressed out about.” Hand me a valium when you say that! #
• @lskrocki let me know when you can. I’m calling out the troops to help,. in reply to lskrocki #
• “… stranding many little children on jagged and inhospitable floes.” http://tinyurl.com/bpfgzd #
• OMZ! 105 registered attendees for the Girl Geek Dinner tonight and I still expect walk-ins. #
• team member very ill today, the boss is keeping tabs and keeping me informed. The corporate family in action. #
• @TheyCallMeB thanks – the more help, the merrier! in reply to TheyCallMeB #
• so of course the expense reporting tool is frozen in the middle of a very complex hotel bill #
• another expense report from hell done #
• once again deeply desiring an “I don’t give a sh*t” feature for Google News. Don’t even know (or care) who Rihanna and Chris Brown ARE. #
• thanks to everyone who helped make the 1st CO Front Range Girl Geek Dinner a success. I hope next time I get to talk with people more! #
• @sfoskett exiting Fry’s empty-handed revokes your geek status for life. in reply to sfoskett #
• @vdotw me on TV (if they use any of it) is a little scary; I’m used to being on the other end of the camera. in reply to vdotw #
• “I want the smartest, most effective people working for Sun.” Jonathan speaking to women@Sun #
• “diversity is a fiduciary duty” #
• “Select managers who reflect your own values and priorities.” #
• “facebook is what all companies will look like.” (in terms of employee demographics) #
• I may be on TV tonight, but will probably forget to watch it (or fall asleep). Thank you, Tivo! #
• Ross ping-pongs between impressive maturity, adolescent mood swings, and teen stupidity. I guess it’s the age (19). #
• enough for one week. Dinner with Pratchett (a book, sadly not the man), then more of (maybe finish) Kal Ho Na Ho. Maahi ve! #
• an amazing animated film released under CC: http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/ #
• looks as if in the next two weeks I get to go to two of my favorite places: Austin and New York City #
• 1st CO FR GGD got a nice piece on local news. No footage of me, though they showed my name on Facebook, and mentioned need for sponsors #
• report on the first CO FR GGD: http://tinyurl.com/cdtbfz #
• once again struggling to get Tivo Desktop to work. Maybe it’ll be more reliable on my forthcoming new MacBook Pro? #
• anything financial is so !#$@#$@ complicated, especially when you don’t have a life that fits in standard checkboxes #
• @davewiner what savings? in reply to davewiner #
• @lskrocki happy birthday, hope you’re feeing better! in reply to lskrocki #
• do you wonder that I have such a dente avvelenato [http://tinyurl.com/23957c] for the Catholic Church: http://tinyurl.com/dzaa2d ? #
• finished Kal Ho Na Ho tonight. As expected, big weepie. But Saif Ali Khan is so cute, how could she have spurned him in the first place? #

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