? Alan Porter (@rockhopper)

Raleigh, NC, USA

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

September 2012

@clubjuggler International Fair going on all weekend.

via Mobile Web in reply to clubjuggler

Today was the last day of school for a while. 1st quarter’s over. Time for track out. Impressed by teachers at end-of-Q1 awards ceremony!

via Twitter for iPhone

@bombsfall Might make a nice corp logo… sure, why not?

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@bombsfall (1) Think about S-corp-ing, might be cheaper for same thing. (2) Corp can easily change name or DBA if 1st name sucks.

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I am not firing on all 7 cylinders this afternoon.

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This week’s staff meeting covered all of the important points: chocolate vs cake, drawing with crayons, low ears and high hips.

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@nivex It was time to upgrade, and Ubuntu 12.04 requires newer CPU than bender’s Geode. Debian runs on anything.

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My trusty friend “bender” got a brain transplant tonight. Was Ubuntu 10.04, now Debian 6.0.5.

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I just described our redundant database servers as being like Horcruxes for our data.

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Are monthly @RaleighISSA meetings free, open to non-members? I want to prmote the 10/4 meeting to @trilug members.

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@isharacomix I don’t know, Barney… I just don’t know. — Alvin

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@nivex Last entry in my logbook is 2007!

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OH at work: “You look terrible for 32. You look pretty good for 50.”

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@BoraZ Forget ‘em… use KeePass, PasswordSafe, OnePass !

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Guy at my office has been waiting all year for today. Roams the halls, bringing up any topic just for an excuse to talk like a .

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Reaffirmed that having several bank accounts is the right way to go. Had two different CC’s declined in one day for different reasons.

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Huge bird sitting on our neighbor’s roof! pic.twitter.com/A4IkCaB4

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The hot topic at the bus stop was the low, fast-moving clouds.

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Uh oh… DealExtreme now sells Arduino stuff !! [Hyperventilating] Must… restrain… myself !!

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Packed up my garage-door-monitor project to show off at tomorrow. Think I’ll leave the actual door at home, though.

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Pro tip: Tweets or blog posts should not use relative terms like “today” or “tomorrow”. Use absolutes like “Tuesday” or “9/12” instead.

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mtdotnet If your god needs to be defended, whether through crusade, jihad, or other violent means, perhaps you need a new god.

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 9:16 AM, Sep 12th, 2012 via web)

Schneier on security measures at 9/11 Memorial: “Buckle up. It’s dangerous out there.” - http://t.co/320dihIN

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Mad h4x0r skillz finally paying off. Neighbor locked outside, needed someone to pick her door lock.

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Mrs Rockhopper’s first trip out of the house in 1½ weeks!

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Last day of the neighborhood pool season.

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Yes, indeed, superglue CAN fix anything! [unrelated to previous tweet]

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Hey, I’ve got an idea… let’s throw a crying fit because we can’t go to the pool!

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The early bird… uh… catches the bus?

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School bus scorecard: 1 no-show, and 1 was 15 minutes late.

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@billfarrow I offered to let the kids hang out at my office, but they decided school would be better. :-)

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The school system says they’re working out the kinks in their transport system. We’re 0 for 2 this morning. Neither one showed up at all.

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Oops. Just learned that a server I control spent the last week sending 2.5 million spam emails.

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@Rockhopperpirat Argh, *I* be @rockhopper by name, but not nearly as popular as the CP pirate!

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Banana nut / Doo doo de-doo-doo ♫

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