| Brit Gardner ::: Web Developer ::: Dallas, TX

19 May

This Sammy project is piquing my interest – lightweight, stateful ajax, plus more. http://bit.ly/5BXFk @sammy_js #
trying out the official twitter support in Adium 1.4b #
giving @sammy_js a run, going to see if it works well in my workflow #
two thumbs up for Twitter in Adium 1.4b — anything that unifies apps wins in my book #
just told our Roomba to dock and sleep and it beeped a definitive “no” … it’s the beginning of the end for humankind #
keep fighting the good fight phonegap devs http://bit.ly/qDl9G #
@rossbates hah, awesome – yeah I swear I’m going to come home one day and see a “KILL ALL HUMANS” pattern in the floor in reply to rossbates #

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