• Opened a bottle of 2006 Avery's Czar Imperial Stout only to find it had bottle-shock and had a bite and a nasty finish. 🙁 #
• Not sure yet how I feel about the new offensive and defensive coordinator decisions for da bears. Both x-head-coaches… #
• My dog has decided tonight that she is terribly afraid of me – I'm actually not sure why – I've been really nice to her all night. #
• I have a sweet idea on how we should interact w/ multiple computing devices in our lives – but no skills to implement 🙁 #
• Why do ppl make me do everything 4 them, particularly ppl that only deal in txts. I don't have a txt plan, & can't give directions ovr txt. #
• I hate when I mouse over a flash movie or flash banner my scroll wheel stops working on my mouse until I move it off of it – flash sucks. #

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• I'm also still waiting for wireless sync – kindle has that on them for books, but it is silly to not have bluetooth or wireless sync by now. #
• Seriously lame that they don't seem to have any multi-tasking on this thing – really need for that in the iPhoneOS 4.0 or I'm goin android. #
• If you are an apple junkie you can now own something in every segment of the market – $100 thru $3000, with only a few stops on the way. #
• $30 for unlimited data is what I'm paying – cool part is the no contract – definitely like that. Too bad no verizon so far. #
• So far I am unimpressed with the iPad. Just sayin… #
• Sold my old router to a guy who has no idea what DD-WRT is. Not sure if this is awesome, or really sad in a way. #
• Doing a little research for prepping my sale of WAP54G and discovered you can load DD-WRT on it, and the stock fw has some cool features 2. #
• Sweet, sold my router on craigslist – dude picking it up tonight. Hopefully soon my access point and 24-port switch will go as well. #
• The google voice web-app that they released today is pretty sweet – major upgrade from their old mobile site. m.google.com/voice #
• Had a great small group last night, gonna be a fun time with those people – And there is a WOOT-Off today, can life get much better? #
• Excited for small group tonight! Anyone who doesn't have a small group should come check it out at 7pm 2nite at the Ashbachers place. #

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• Team Jake – Edward is king of the pale Emo whiny dorks – definitely team Jake #
• I love the Riverview – great atmosphere and 2 tickets cost less than 1 @ a mega-plex. Sparkly vampires & shirtless warewolves for date nite. #
• Pricing out parts to do a server upgrade. Thinking AMD w/ integrated GFX to stay on the cheap. #
• HTML5 Video would be totally rad if they could just nail down a way to handle licensing as well as be forward facing for future codecs. #
• OH NO! The Office is having a flash-back episode! Is this the beginning of the end? #
• Would someone please explain why it takes more than 51 votes to pass a health-care bill. Cuz this process has been a little ridiculous. #
• Contemplating a network architecture overhaul – anyone know of a good place to get a cheap used server that is 2 to 3 years old? #
• I think there may be hardware issues – MythTV showing a 93% signal and still getting artifacts and stutters – tuner card, CPU, or HD? #
• Apple Event followed by State of the Union address – coincidence? I think NOT! #
• Thus far the two channels I most want to record get the weakest signal from this antenna. Time to reconnect old antenna and compare. #
• Ben-tenna 2.0 completed – Now it is time to test it and see how it works indoors on the TV before moving it to the mythTV backend. #

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• Thinking about building a new antenna or two today – trying to decide which version to build. #
• As a man who made fun of many vikings fans during the Tice era I can say with certainty that this is a REALLY bad idea. http://is.gd/6g8iJ #
• http://is.gd/6c93c – A great, short, "What is Google Wave" FAQ from lifehacker/smarterware. Read this if the idea of wave confuses you. #
• The Bible Experience = best audio Bible ever. Lavar Burton and Samuel L Jackson, how can you go wrong. #
• Reboot of spiderman…really? Could you at least wait until some assclown makes everything neon or ten years – whichever comes first? #
• We're at about the 40 minute mark now – this is stupid. I hate iTunes. If the iPhone didn't rock so hard I would never use it again. #
• Why is it that iTunes takes 18 years to sync my iPhone still – this + google sync is why I frequently 'forget' to do it. Stupid iTunes! #

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• Everything is falling into place for a new small group – Monday nights, 7pm, starting the 25th – Anyone interested? It is gonna rock! #
• I've got an electronics project itch to scratch and it is seriously making miss having good surface-mount soldering tools at my disposal. #
• Just watched Friday's Dollhouse on DVR – it BLEW MY MIND. I like that the show seems to be actually heading somewhere as it wraps up. #
• Date night at the Walker Art Center – The company was much better than the art, and I had a great time. #
• Dear GM – iPhone/blackberry/Android app for Volt = YES! Onstar subscription required = you still don't get it u dumb upsell jerks. #
• Dear wireless carriers, our goal is to slowly lure you out of your consumer unfriendly business models. Love Google and Apple. #
• Boxee Box for under $200!!!! http://is.gd/5MXVF Sweet, that is very likely my next DVR/Media-center PC. #
• Oh Bono… <shakes head and sighs> http://is.gd/5MVUw and an appropriate response from ars technica http://is.gd/5MVVW #
• I got 2 XKCD books (vol 0) for Xmas. Anyone intersted in buying one off me – $18, and if you are local you will get free shipping! #

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• Supposed to be double-digits below zero most of this week. The In-laws left at the right time. #
• At work when we can't find the right material 4 something we say "If we could just invent unobtainium." In other news Avatar made me laugh. #
• I want to express my severe disappointment over the lack of a flying car in 2010. It is +10 to the level of disappointment I had in 2000. #
• A few of us are doing a weight loss challenge, 3 mos, most % of weight lost wins the pool. Anyone else interested in joining us? #
• RT @danblah: Arianna Huffington: Move Your Money: A New Year's Resolution http://bit.ly/4ZkbGD #
• RT @cnnbrk: Iran's parliament calls for arrest of Moussavi, two other opposition leaders http://bit.ly/6kZKZq #
• RT @sourceforge: Elastix is Asterisk on steroids, plus a whole lot more, all in an easy-to-manage package http://ow.ly/Qwai #
• Let's try again when ppl r back @ work. I need to borrow and office 2k3 small business disc from someone local. Anyone? #

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• Anyone have a copy of office 2003 small business (OEM) that I can borrow – have a key, need a disc for the in-laws to re-install. #
• Merry Christmas Everyone! Feeling pretty fat and happy, really enjoyed the church lunch and the afternoon w/ the in-laws. #
• USPS, effective at delivering letters, pretty much terrible at everything else. Especially packages. #
• Because of this #USPSFail Lauren will not get her Xmas presents – thanks USPS for refusing to do anything about it when I called, asshats. #
• Placed order w/ @Amazon Dec 16, shipped 17 from nevada, sort facility in CA 18th – Dec 23rd Utah sort facility. #USPSFAIL #
• According to Amazon, my USPS delivery for Lauren's presents may be delayed due to weather conditions. F'ing great, #USPSFail … again. #
• The snow-pocalypse is upon us! Behold the power of white! #
• Belinda Jensen just said it's time for hysteria because the snow-pocoplypse is approaching #
• The Catlin/Martinez families seem to have difficulty traveling in the winter w/o running into inclimate weather. #
• CRAP! Weather forecast might impact the inlaws flying into town – very bad deal, they can't get a break on flying to the midwest in winter. #
• Switch replaced, "Let there be light!" Drain-o poured in the laundry room, and I cooked a pizza. Productivity continues past work hours! #
• I love progress, and I'm finally making some – at work and in my android project. #
• My Christmas wish is for my dog to stop eating poopcicles – that is frozen poop. I hate finding it on my sidewalk every day. DogTrainingFAIL #

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• Learning Android programing & messing w/ Drupal modules makes me miss programing – wondering if that is a sign that I'm in the wrong field. #
• I forgot how badass the end of season 3 of BSG was in a mind-fraking way. Glad I can go right into season 4 🙂 #
• Tsk Tsk Google – not putting mutli-touch in maps or browser is a long-standing item in the extensive list of UI FAIL for android. For Shame! #
• Damn! Pkgs from Amazon shipped USPS again – I hate when that happens. Great for envelopes, horrible for packages = USPS IMO. #
• J Leman signed to the Vikings active roster http://is.gd/5qj07 – Go J! #
• Anyone want to loan me a copy of Prodigal God by Tim Keller – want to read in front of our church campaign to read it. #
• I'm just a little too interested in the Google Nexus One phone http://is.gd/5npQJ Especially for a guy w/ 7.5 mo of a contract left. #
• RT @Smarterware: What Matters Now: Download the Free E-Book http://bit.ly/5IoJm7 #
• On thursday morning newegg is planning on a crazy deal for a harmony remote – if you don't like your current remote, get this one. #
• Android phone makers, listen carefully. 256-512mb of onboard memory is not enough. We love SD cards, but please bump up to 2-4GB built-in. #

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• Learning Android programing & messing w/ Drupal modules makes me miss programing – wondering if that is a sign that I'm in the wrong field. #
• I forgot how badass the end of season 3 of BSG was in a mind-fraking way. Glad I can go right into season 4 🙂 #
• Tsk Tsk Google – not putting mutli-touch in maps or browser is a long-standing item in the extensive list of UI FAIL for android. For Shame! #
• Damn! Pkgs from Amazon shipped USPS again – I hate when that happens. Great for envelopes, horrible for packages = USPS IMO. #
• J Leman signed to the Vikings active roster http://is.gd/5qj07 – Go J! #
• Anyone want to loan me a copy of Prodigal God by Tim Keller – want to read in front of our church campaign to read it. #
• I'm just a little too interested in the Google Nexus One phone http://is.gd/5npQJ Especially for a guy w/ 7.5 mo of a contract left. #
• RT @Smarterware: What Matters Now: Download the Free E-Book http://bit.ly/5IoJm7 #
• On thursday morning newegg is planning on a crazy deal for a harmony remote – if you don't like your current remote, get this one. #
• Android phone makers, listen carefully. 256-512mb of onboard memory is not enough. We love SD cards, but please bump up to 2-4GB built-in. #

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• Work Christmas party 2nite. Pretty excited about that in general, but the free booze on the company dime definitely adds to the excitement. #
• Today I moved 1 white board to a different wall, and hung a bigger one that I stole from a conference room on the 1st wall. Ah productivity. #
• Pumped to be done with VLI for a month. Not so pumped with the program so far tho, prayer will be required for next semester b4 returning. #
• Already thinking about contesting one of the grades on a test question. It's the one where I complained about how the question was bad. #
• My brain is full and about to asplode! I need sleep and less VLI testing – must finish studying and take test, but so sleepy. #
• Studying for this final is even harder than the last one – this must spell my doom when I actually take this test. #
• http://is.gd/5iLVo If I could actually read all of this and comprehend it I'm confident I could use the title Networking BadAss. #
• Pretty sure I just aced that. Instant-graded stuff = all good. I even got to criticize one of the essay questions in my answer 🙂 #
• Heard a grocery store / cooking commercial on the radio that referenced "This is Spinal Tap" – take your baking to 11! #
• Seriously tempted to write diatribes @ the end of essays on the test about how esoteric & useless these distinctions of spiritual gifts are. #
• Do you sign-off a wave? What if it is one where you are more 'chatting'? Does it make a difference if it is more email-like? #
• I've never heard a satisfactory explanation of peoples distinction between 'Words of Knowledge' and Prophetic Insight. VLI is no exception. #
• My dog is hours procrastination fodder from studying for VLI finals. #
• Favorite two things about identi.ca – post from XMPP client and the "in context" button for replies. Federating microblogging is also cool. #
• My dog just threw a ball to herself and chased it around until she wore out and fell asleep on the floor by the couch. Pretty hilarious. #
• #ITvsEngineerWar should be a trending hash tag. How can I make that happen? What compelling reason can I create for ppl to tweet about it. #
• Dear IT people, blocking the firefox & chrome download/extension sites is not the answer. Not even close. No love, Ben #ITvsEngineerWar #
• If foxyproxy is available for Chrome, I am all-up-onz! Chrome is super-fast, and now on Linux and Mac! http://bit.ly/7uf8y0 #
• Lauren is now officially inked. It looks pretty freaking good IMO. #

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• http://is.gd/5djWZ This seems like a good idea until we generate our own DC power, and run DC power through the house. #
• So Kodak sold it's OLED intellectual property to LG. I'm afraid this might not be good for my company or Samsung and Sony's. #
• FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! My phone is ringing/txting off the hook tonight & I'm trying to focus on 2 months of accounting/budgeting to fix Xmas. #
• http://is.gd/5biKq I'm all about progress, but I don't know if this mandatory transition is a good idea. Phones are pretty essential. #
• I apparently hit Shift+Enter a lot more than I realize. That is degrading my wave experience by causing me to unintentionally hit "Done." #
• Kara only jumped up once 2nite when we got home. Improvement! It must be all that calm assertive energy I've been projecting. #
• I would sit through a lot of Steve Robbins greek lessons to be able to pray with and for this group. We have a lot of fun. #
• VLI puts me in a very Stage 3 mindset – I feel like Steve Robbins is trying to indoctrinate me to his interpretation of the Bible. #
• PICC line is out, and I have it in my possession. It was painless and very neat to watch it come out. Very cool stuff in general. #
• Getting my borg parts out today! Finally no more plastic wrap & duct-tape showers. With the PICC line goes my dreams of mainlining caffeine. #
• 15 million children under age 18 have been orphaned due to AIDS and the number is rising. http://is.gd/58Vyh #WorldAidsDay #
• Win a new Macbook Pro on Cyber Monday 2009. Details here: http://bit.ly/29rFES #
• After news of a possible Google branded phone running some new version of android, I'm increasingly enticed to switch off of the iPhone. #

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• Ceasar Milan freaks me out – It is like he reaches in the dogs head and makes them do what he wants instantly. It's nsane how good he is. #
• Gonna go to MOA to pray for random people after second service. Anyone interested in coming with? #
• Minneapolis -> Davenport IA -> St. Louis <rest> -> Indy -> St. Louis -> Minneapolis. After 18 hrs of travel in the last 2 days finally Home! #
• Weeds is on sale on amazon & best buy all weekend, problem solved. I will not contribute $ to the retail frenzy that killed a guy last year. #
• Torn between bowing to mammon/anti-consumerism guilt and getting $10 seasons of weeds. Will my black Friday boycott resolve hold? #
• Finished 2nd VLI midterm, now it is over the river and through the woods to Grandma's house I go. #
• My dog has gone pretty nuts. She has started barking at the other dogs and even nipped one pretty good. #
• Helped cook a turkey. Worked with my dog to stop aggressively protecting her bowl while stealing food from other bowls. Now time to eat. #
• Just finished my Synoptic Gospel midterm. Got all the questions right that can be graded right away. Now waiting for grades the essay parts. #
• Just got 8 more wave invites. Give them out to any of my friends IRL or their friends. Wave is gonna replace email IMO, so check it out. #
• RT @googlewave: Re-waving history by @doctorwave: Play back the Declaration of Independence wave http://bit.ly/7VCxU1 #
• In IL now. Just over 5hrs to my folks. #
• Selling games back at gamestop is such a rip-off. $22 for 5 games, one of which they are selling used for $45. #
• Getting packed so we can leave for the Quad Cities and then St. Louis. Look out IL here we come! #

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• Where did Bell come from?!?!? This kid runs like Forte did last year. #
• Wiring my 'personal evangelism encounter' report. There is something fundamentally wrong with their ideas/template for this thing. #
• Favorite thing about my illness so far: Setting the new high-bar for cautionary tales when discussing VLI spiritual attacks. #
• The LSU vs. Ole Miss game just proved why stupid people can't play football. That was the dumbest thing I've seen in a long time. #
• This years version of my bluray player costs half as much as mine did last Christmas. Sigh… progress. #
• It is going to be nice when I do not have to cover my arm in duct tape and plastic to take a shower. #
• Dog got out and bolted today. Had to chase her some, now I'm still tired, and that was 2hrs ago. Stupid infection. #
• This is totally weird, but my 5 year-old fat-foot problem is going to be fixed by this infection. My ankle is smaller now than 5 years ago. #
• Chrome OS seems like a great idea for that ever missing MID / true netbook market – that is if the device has always-on internet – like 3g. #
• My dog just ate a compressed rawhide bone in less than an hour. Holy crap it is gonna be expensive to keep her in bones. #
• My dog isn't sure what to do w/ her 1st compressed rawhide bone – so she is licking it like a popsicle. #
• It is funny to watch the dog try to get stuff that is stuck under the coffee table. It is just funny to watch the dog in general. #
• BSG is still fun the second time through. #
• My dog doesn't seem to understand that just because both of us are home, doesn't mean that we can play with her outside. That makes her sad. #
• And now the wife is sick. This is awesome, it is like someone wanted to make sure we couldn't pay our bills for a while. #
• A bold prediction: The Bears to win out and win the superbowl. #
• Doctor said I can do a 1/2 day @ work on Friday and to split my trip to St. Louis in two parts to make it easier. But I'm on the mend! #
• The level of assholery that Donald Draper reaches is indescribably high. The hypocrisy alone could kill a large animal. #
• Why don't pet groomers put their prices online? Do they vary by how rich the person looks when they walk in the door? #
• Feeling good enough to get some decent work done from home, if only I could figure out how to pull part numbers from my couch. #
• Watching my dog play with her treat-toy. She desperately wishes she could fish treats out with her tongue instead of rolling it around. #
• How is it that your first phone call of the day always comes a the most inopportune time? Every day since getting sick this has happened. #

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