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• Apparently Windows get’s really cranky when you delete the c:\Windows folder…who knew? #
• have you noticed that the new buzz word in Apple rumors is “leaked” because apparently that comes with more credibility? #
• @katharine2501 come to Seattle, I am sure I can find something for you to do. hehe in reply to katharine2501 #
• it’s a little old, but still a jewel, get Herbie Hancock’s 2005 album Possibilities.. #
• @iad2la could hating it be considered an issue? in reply to iad2la #
• @ThinkHaphazard hi…found you in the everyone feed, hope you don’t mind! in reply to ThinkHaphazard #
• Programmatic Twitter Update?? #
• just traded my iPod Classic for Zune #2, wiping it and then I can hit ZunePass in the car and even sync it via WiFi… woop #
• tweet sharp! #
• I sure am learning a lot about Twitter with .net, woof! #
• @paulcronin anytime! in reply to paulcronin #
• well guys, I have done all I can do for the nite, I’ll see ya in the morn! #
• 3 hours of sleep, awesome… #
• if you are not following @cwalken you should, he’s freakin funny. #
• @tacanderson are you in Seattle still? #
• is buried in software bugs, how fun is this? Not. Man, I said not, and it’s 2009. #
• So when you hear prolific tweeter, do you think “someone who posts awesome stuff.” or “someone who posts too much.” #
• I am curious, fellow iPhone users, does your suck as bad as a phone as mine does? It continuously drops calls, argh… #
• @mizdi discovered? I am actually doing an expiriment with the Twitter API. Not exactly keeping it secret in reply to mizdi #
• @jamezrp yea, last few times driving home from work it drops calls 3-4 times. sometimes have to reboot it go get signal leaving the garage. in reply to jamezrp #
• @bowemawo awww, don’t take offense just some nerdery taking place. I actually do have cool things to say. lol in reply to bowemawo #
• @sylviebarak boy this would be awesome, last time we talked about buying Yahoo! our stock dropped 50%, maybe we can go 25% this time. lol in reply to sylviebarak #
• @Glontar my wife and I were totally getting ready to bike to the store, the comes the rain, drag. in reply to Glontar #
• Hagrid (my snake) seems so gentle and kind, yet I am always amazed at how violent he is when he eats, woof. #
• @SwankySwanner laying low, flying to NC for the week next week so we are just relaxing and getting things ready, you? in reply to SwankySwanner #
• @mizdi not sure I follow what you mean by that “tell it to everyone, tell it to the marines?” in reply to mizdi #
• @NESGirl the original one? I love that game! in reply to NESGirl #
• come on Cleveland, don’t drop a home game to the Mavs!! #
• why do I bother reading comments on blogs anymore? bitch bitch bitch bitch…. lol #

I need a brush up on some .net coding against web services and decided to play around with Twitter a little bit.

I decided to take a somewhat nefarious route and game Twitter a little bit. I sat at my computer last night for a few hours, by this morning I had the Follower Farmer (no I won’t release it, that’s not the point.)

What does it do you ask? Well it pings the public time-line, it get’s the latest 20 screen names, it follows all of them under my account, and then it waits two whole minutes and then un-follows them. Amazingly enough upwards of 20% of the random strangers follow me back!

I don’t know them, they don’t know me. They have no interest in my content and have really no clue what I write about. Regardless I picked up over 100 followers in a few hours.

It’s this little experiment that makes me wonder if there is any hope for Twitter after it attempts to monetize itself.

I know I won’t pay anything to use it. Many of my friends and colleagues agree. Have you ever followed someone who randomly invited you? Someone you knew nothing about? Interesting….

• lesson learned, if you buy a media center extender on craigslist, make sure it supports Vista #
• @caseygotcher I have a fully automatic nerf gun in my office and it’s the only thing the damned darts stick to, sometimes I get carried away in reply to caseygotcher #
• @kjhpye it works great now, we have 4 in the house now. lol in reply to kjhpye #
• is it me or is the new Facebook feed a lot harder to see through? #

• @caseygotcher did you see my boy went for his 3rd triple dip in a row? in reply to caseygotcher #
• Just sending a random message because my updates said 666 and I am a tad superstitious…. #
• @caseygotcher oh yea http://twitpic.com/2230g #
• recommendation of the day, use flickr to share photos on Twitter, TwitPic is the slowest thing EVER. #
• #newmusicfriday check out The Black Maria, Quicksand, Saosin and God Lives Underwater all found on ZunePass this week. #
• @waded here is how I did my 404 page.. http://www.philoking.com/crap in reply to waded #
• Resident Evil 5? Not so much. It really got my hopes up in the beginning but man the gameplay is rough. #

• @missingbullet absolutely man, would be fun to get together and see what comes out. What kind of tunes are you into? in reply to missingbullet #
• @caseygotcher have fun, I got to see Kobe drop 53 in Charlotte last year, was AWESOME. in reply to caseygotcher #
• @ArdentMeridian iphone + camera = hot waitress photo, duh in reply to ArdentMeridian #