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brianericford I decree that the Google/Apple/Microsoft mobile patent scheming shall henceforth be known as: "Game of Phones" about 15 hours ago via web Retweeted by zpao and 100+ others
@holman Of course he did, though a little different than how I was thinking. Next idea: pants that vacuum my apartment as I walk around. 9:24 AM Aug 3rd via Itsy! in reply to holman
holman @zpao like most good ideas in life, @technoweenie has already built it: http://j.mp/raZW8D 5:55 AM Aug 3rd via Tweetbot for iPhone in reply to zpao Retweeted by zpao
Random shower thought: you could build a basic Twitter clone as a single git repo (modify status file, detached branch=user…) 12:53 AM Aug 3rd via Tweetbot for iPhone
@Jack_Oleson You suck at twitter already. Say something funny already! 9:43 PM Aug 2nd via Tweetbot for iPhone in reply to Jack_Oleson
If you've ever been curious about SafeBrowsing and new data structures being used to optimize it, check out @gcpascutto's post: j.mp/pL5UUh 1:48 PM Aug 2nd via Itsy!
I remembered I have way too much (read: just the right amount of) Final Fantasy VII music on my computer. My ears will be happy today. 10:29 AM Aug 2nd via Itsy!
Anybody want to come hang out in a Budget truck in Menlo park? @OTLvintage and I are just killing time waiting for a wedding. 4:43 PM Jul 30th via Tweetbot for iPhone
@lg With young Ben Afleck right? I remember watching that on laserdisc in 6th grade. 2:54 PM Jul 30th via Tweetbot for iPhone in reply to lg
kn0thing Lookie! @Gazehawk study on how different redditors read @reddit http://hip.mu/qw2bSM 1:48 PM Jul 29th via TweetDeck Retweeted by zpao and 4 others
@sarahanrahan At least they aren't muffins! 2:45 PM Jul 29th via Itsy! in reply to sarahanrahan
Why are some baby carrots delicious while others taste like absolute shit? 10:32 PM Jul 28th via Tweetbot for iPhone
@staringispolite You can change those prefs to make 3 finger work again, but yea. /me shakes fist at Apple for changing that 3:00 PM Jul 28th via Itsy! in reply to staringispolite
@john_h_ford @anaaktge This (in addition to needing it) is why I shower at night now most of the time. 9:12 AM Jul 27th via Tweetbot for iPhone in reply to john_h_ford
@philikon @chrisblizzard @floatingatoll bugzil.la/648683 (@asadotzler was poking me about it the other day). 9:21 PM Jul 26th via web in reply to philikon
@theunfocused @ttaubert Filed bugzil.la/674452 for that (it's been mentioned in other bugs, but now it's explicit). 9:17 PM Jul 26th via web in reply to theunfocused
@Boriss Thanks! I'm taking a bit of a different route than you. I can't go that extreme with the eating habit changes (but bravo to you) 9:07 PM Jul 26th via Tweetbot for iPhone in reply to Boriss
@ttaubert I was thinking the same thing. I actually meant to fix that today. Tomorrow! 9:02 PM Jul 26th via Tweetbot for iPhone in reply to ttaubert
@chrisblizzard thanks! 8:39 PM Jul 26th via Tweetbot for iPhone in reply to chrisblizzard
@philikon @chrisblizzard @floatingatoll There's a bug on my plate to flip that pref by default and add something to the prefs dialog. 8:37 PM Jul 26th via Tweetbot for iPhone in reply to philikon

Name Paul O’Shannessy
Location San Francisco, CA
Web http://zpao.com
Bio I work at Mozilla, developing cool things for a little web browser called Firefox. You might have heard of it.