The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @lopp ever

August 2009

saw my first Nissan GT-R in maryland - cars that awesome shouldn’t be sold in muted colors

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memorable moments @ virgin festival: flavor flav freestyling on drums; girl OD’ing next to me, and girl talk (best audience participation)

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why does @facebook set their favicon to ‘cue6n9tz.ico’ instead of ‘favicon.ico’ ? it forces me to resort to this add-on http://idek.net/Rpk

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the early bird catches the late night cronjob bug

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survived DC & Baltimore traffic - pimpin’ the Hilton suite with the pool view. excited for the virgin festival tomorrow http://idek.net/Rks

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I lost too many friends; I won too many bets |
I made too much money; I ain’t made enough yet

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dear @dailytarheel - how about a redesign that doesn’t blow on linux+firefox? http://twitpic.com/fkldl

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go find your own twatters; don’t follow @shitmydadsays or @johncleese or @versaclouds or @rands or @robcorddry and especially not @justinjas

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RT @rands: Each time you reschedule, I see you care less.

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i think my dog is racist

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took me all day, but my new laptop environment is finally where i like it to be… backlit keyboard FTW

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note to self: don’t ASSUME that the gas pump’s auto-shutoff sensor is functional

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note to self: don’t hold hand over water when feeding jaguar cichlids. one jumped 6 inches out of the water and latched on to my finger…

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I wonder if the ‘dad’ from @shitmydadsays knows there are 100,000 people laughing at his quotes

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no worries; I’m too big to fail

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Papa John’s founder is offering free pizza to all Camaro owners TOMORROW in honor of finding his 1971 Camaro! http://bit.ly/15I8lD

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ask not what your database can do for you - ask what you can do for your database.

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NC (D) Senator properly uses a firearm in self defense: http://idek.net/Q.t - He understands that “gun control” means using both hands.

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Even the most leet |
Sometimes come so close to defeat |
You miss easy shit when you’re so deep

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In the code but the road to success is |
Don’t get stressed, just keep it cool homie |
And do your best

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@robslade that is correct; if there is no action required then you archive the email after reading it…

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if you have more than a dozen emails in your inbox, you’re doin’ it wrong. inboxes should be treated like to-do lists.

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RT @shitmydadsays: “The dog is not bored, it’s a fucking dog. It’s not like he’s waiting for me to give him a fucking Rubix Cube.”

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read this to become an IT expert - http://idek.net/Qlq - now leave me alone, kgr8thx

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I was quite excited to have gotten an uninterrupted night of sleep, until I saw what Remi did in his crate. No more water before bed!

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inglorious basterds is a true tarantino film - it felt like pulp fiction set in nazi-occupied france

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WTF - Remi LIKES the taste of apple bitters…

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just watched the hands down best tv scene I have ever seen (warning: graphic imagery & 100% cursing) - http://idek.net/QXB

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we shall see how productive i can be on 4 hours of sleep… here goes first attempt to replace the stator & rectifier on the CBR

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http://twitpic.com/erbif - wii tennis tourney champ with my pupil, @brontomatt !!!

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http://twitpic.com/en0rf - my jaguar cichlids are spawning - note the 1000+ orange eggs

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The Bible didn’t predict that Jesus would be coming back in kudzu form! http://idek.net/Q60

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Baptist church sign near my house: “The Bible - read it, believe it, obey it!”

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supposedly the best anagram of my full name is “jock strap not pimp if laze”

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@goddamndave has always said that I’m a freak… http://idek.net/Q4c

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props to moon and district 9 for being unique sci-fi movies, but I don’t think D9 lived up to the original concept. moon, however, was epic.

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well @justinjas - turns out the charge level of a lead acid battery can be determined by measuring the specific gravity of the electrolyte

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just finished training @brontomatt in the art of wii tennis. we’re going to be an unstoppable force.

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talisker. montecristo. crickets. frogs. cicadas. relaxation.

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thanks to @ameir for the ride home today, and @justinjas for keeping me company while my battery charged

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more alternator woes - bike wouldn’t start when leaving work. had to return & trickle charge battery. bike died again pulling into my house.

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just signed the petition for LAN support in StarCraft II - http://www.petitiononlin…

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new season of Mad Men? yes, plz!

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the only thing amazing about these ‘motorcycle tricks’ is the stupidity employed by the riders: http://idek.net/PZW

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I have no need for your fantasy adventures - I am living the greatest adventure one could ever desire!

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tequila + grand marnier + pama + grapefruit juice + lemon juice + tonic = jameson’s gargleblaster

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just so that everybody knows: the facebook personality profiler states that @goddamndave and I are personality soulmates

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hm malfunctioning stator or rectifier is resulting in the battery not recharging. can’t pinpoint which; might as well order both…

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To understand what recursion is you must first understand recursion.

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A SQL query goes into a bar, walks up to two tables and says, “Can I join you?”

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thankfully they didn’t make this mistake with remi: http://idek.net/PII

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housing market must be improving; heavy equipment is clearing out the woods around the lake. ka-ching, up goes my house value…

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human brain neurons fire at an avg rate of 100hz. do any animals have higher clock rates? if so, don’t they experience time more slowly?

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oh my; used lotus elises are now selling for under $30k… i should really test drive one to verify its worthiness of dream car status.

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@slyons72 rampant age discrimination - they only let you rent if you are over age 30

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i subscribe to both reddit and drudge report because I figure reddit + drudge == more fair & balanced than fox news

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parents asked what i want for my birthday. i can think of two things: http://idek.net/P6a or http://idek.net/P6b

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44% of citizens believe only LE should be able to carry firearms. 92% of LE officers believe citizens should be able to carry firearms.

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a firearm is used by a citizen every 13 seconds to prevent a crime in the united states - you just don’t hear about it. http://idek.net/P4g

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RT @mike9r : If you think Obama’s a socialist don’t bitch about it on the Internet cause, um, the Internet was a gov’t funded project.

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is there no place in the RDU area that rents exotic cars?

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have you seen this cat? http://idek.net/OyL

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I’m all about 2nd amendment rights, but anyone who attempts suicide should be blacklisted from firearm sales for life http://idek.net/OyH

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while behind a loud pickup truck this morning, I noticed our exhausts created an eerie harmonic dissonance. too bad it was lost on him.

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All you have to do to succeed in software is to consistently suck less with every release.

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haven’t been in this much pain in a long time. stabbing pains in the gut - hope it’s not food poisoning from the indian buffet…

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there are 2 types of people in the world: you, and everybody else

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I am 57% addicted to Twitter http://su.pr/1b72Ly from the incredible @oatmeal

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My stomach could support a tapeworm couple! http://theoatmeal.com/qu… from @oatmeal

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I could take 53 baboons in a giant dildo fight! http://theoatmeal.com/qu… from @oatmeal

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I could survive for 1 MINUTE 6 SECONDS after kicking a bear in the balls http://theoatmeal.com/qu… from @oatmeal

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I took the Twitter spelling test and scored: 100% (A+) http://su.pr/1T8Z4G from the indisputable @oatmeal

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it’s good scotch if a mere whiff is like rolling out the red carpet for a sledgehammer to run up inside your skull and commence b-boying

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@covati: as @johncleese puts it - twittering twats

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i tell you what, @ddahlke has a pretty hip music collection for such a dirty hippie

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some crazy b!tch thought she was going to pass me on a 2 lane country road in her 1994 accord… #epicfail

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ready to take charge this week and lead @bronto client services to a new level of WIN

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great day for a 200 mile ride

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one of the many reasons that i greatly miss calvin & hobbes - http://idek.net/O0o

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turns out demolishing a 60 year old tin roof is an order of magnitude more difficult than pulling off a 10 year old shingled roof

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let the destruction begin

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start with straight shots and then pop bottles

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cast net fishing is not only a great workout, but rewarding as well…

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RT @rands - When you say “80% of users use 20% of our features” I hear “We’re going to deliberately choose where to suck”

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sweet - VLC 1.0 has airtunes support. first airtunes support for any linux app AFAIK. i can finally share my gangsta rap with my coworkers!

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note to self: wear more cologne http://imgur.com/VHcaV.j…

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this is the conversation you’d get if there were 2 of @goddamndave talking to each other: http://idek.net/NDb

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I’m officially impressed by Google Presentation

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i don’t have many personal heroes, but bill makes the list. i was 10 yrs old but i still remember his farewell letter. http://idek.net/N8l

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@ameir: TBA is a great name. The Baby Al-Zoubi?

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@lesliejenna: Whenever I hear Flo Rida’s “Right Round” I can’t help but think of meatspin

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Pea soup fog. Tasty.

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the REAL purpose of a narwhal’s tusk: http://idek.net/MwQ

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http://twitpic.com/cjd2c - getting a feel for the bike

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The whole notion of transwarp beaming is like trying to hit a bullet with a smaller bullet whilst wearing a blindfold, riding a horse.

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i hate fighting scenes that are so close to the action that all you see is a blur. what’s the point?

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anybody notice that in the last star trek movie they used sidewinder forklifts? http://idek.net/MuE

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just when i thought i had seen every post-apocalyptic movie in existence, i run across ‘the delicatessen’

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i can’t believe there is a viable business model for this http://idek.net/Moh

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http://twitpic.com/cf88m - cast net fishing FTW. the jaguars are now dining on fresh minnows straight from the lake.

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sometimes getting lost is the best decision that you can make

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all i have to do to keep remi occupied is give him 2 balls - he’ll spend the next few hours trying to keep both of them in his mouth

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