? Alan Porter (@rockhopper)

Raleigh, NC, USA

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

July 2009

What, exactly, is “vegetarian chicken salad”? Do I want to know?

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6yo daughter called me this morning to say I forgot to give her a kiss on my way out… and also that the dog just pooped on the carpet.

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Sunshine and rain near RDU.

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I had forgotten how captivating Natalie Merchant’s voice can be.

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Wading through 553 emails at work.

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Was temporarily tweet-less… setting up new iphone, did not have password handy.

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Visiting Mimi & Pops.

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Application launcher icons on the new iPhone 3GS are scrambled… “VNC” app shows some game icon, “geocaching” is some text app…

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No particular plan today: an old timey general store, some geocaching, the Blowing Rock, more back roads, Chinese food… Mountain fun!

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Crazy TomTom GPS tried to route us into some hillbilly’s driveway.

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Spent the day hiking in Linville Falls, exploring Linville Caverns.

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Tweeting from Tweetsie Railroad

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Joining the OTHER mile-high club at Grandfather Mountain.

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Mining for gems in Hiddenite, NC

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vacation (noun) : a time to vacate

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lnxhkr is now @rockhopper

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The VPN works a lot better when you use the *correct* IP address.

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new iPhone + pandora … sweet

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WTF is iTunes DOING??? It’s way beyond ‘out to lunch’… it’s had time for several meals.

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“Your computer might be at risk”, it says.

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My favorite part of the summer is here… the grass is so dry and dead, you can’t tell what has been mowed and what hasn’t been.

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Why is a Windows upgrade (SP) so lengthy and opaque? A Linux upgrade (apt-get dist-upgrade) is quick, seamless and very transparent.

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I am not sure what madness possessed me to purchase an iphone! So far it seems pretty cool.

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Geeks + parking lot = fun Friday night.

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Somehow managed to miss TriCHUG again… thinking of bringing a cooler to the parking lot next time.

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#2 just lost her first tooth!

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first tweet

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