? Alan Porter (@rockhopper)

Raleigh, NC, USA

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

April 2013

RT @renderplace: Want to win an iPhone 5? Just scratch here â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’ with a key or coin to see if you’re a winner!

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Lovely… for some reason, I can not type a lowercase C in Outlook this morning. Uppercase C is OK. Time for creative wordsmithing.

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It’s unauthorized user appreciation day. Kicked one freeloader off of my VPN, now deleting 1800+ fake users from a wiki.

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Oops, rented the wrong movie.

via Twitter for iPhone

Garage sale — Name your own price! — Usted puede decidir el precio!

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Neighborhood-wide garage sale this weekend. Spent the night loading old junk into the garage. Please, somebody take it!

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@emmarockin And it’s still got a few good hours left in it!

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Pondering the difference between “importance” and “priority”. High-importance long-term task frequently preempted by time-sensitive stuff.

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@MitchThedude1 Writeup at http://t.co/xtDAkJIYKO , code at https://t.co/IZqkwsd7ye . Let me know how it goes.

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I may need a bigger teacup for all of these tempests.

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MarkKriegsman Putting the “nom” in tsunami, with help from @acquaz: pic.twitter.com/TURqu2GKue

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 10:54 AM, Apr 23rd, 2013 via web)

Mistaken identity. I got an email notification for my own blog post. At first glance, I thought it was from my evil twin, @alanjporter!

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Guy at $WORK suggested that we print our Gantt charts on a Möbius strip. Brilliant!

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@0xabad1dea FAA regs: 500’ for planes, 1000’ over cities, helecopters can fly lower. http://t.co/ZyR1lRA517 Doubt? Ask local ATC to look.

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@0xabad1dea See who it is! Snap a photo of its tail number and look it up in the FAA database. Google for FAA aircraft registration.

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qikipedia What Pavlov’s dog was really thinking pic.twitter.com/BADYiU6F6s

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Chasing ghosts…

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One of my servers emailed me this morning, told me that it had rebooted and many files had changed. Now to find out why.

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Now is not the time to be making up the rules as we go. Now is precisely the time to follow the rules we already have.

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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra!

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Throwing away old software CDs.

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It looks like our brand new roof will get its first stress test tonight. pic.twitter.com/1RJ7vya0fN

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Rumors spreading around my office that I am an IPSEC expert.

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If you were going to show someone ONE classic Star Trek movie, and ONE ST:TNG movie, which would you choose?

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What really scares me is not terrorists… what scares me is how we react to terrorism.

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I certainly understand the practical reason behind the Boston lock-down, but I have to question its legality… even in Boston.

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I really like @Namecheap’s simple UI and no-nonsense presentation, but disappointed to see their payment site has XSS on it.

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Moving another domain from @GoDaddy to @Namecheap.

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BoraZ Big Numbers Are Big bit.ly/XSbCXK by @evelynjlamb at

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Today, I learned that 27 x 37 = 999. Nice. 27 is a cube, and 37 is prime, and they both end in 7. And 999 is just a cool number.

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I’m just looking for an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.

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Maybe we ordered too much mulch. But now our entire street now has matching natural areas! :-D

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Heard in our car today: “it’s apparent, your parent is parroting a parody of a parody!”

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If anyone would like to help us spread this mountain of mulch, we’ll waive the normal admission fee today! pic.twitter.com/dnbYLjPhq6

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Mowing the grass with noise-canceling headphones and a few episodes of the NPR @planetmoney podcast. :-)

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My best friend at work is leaving… again. (From 2011: https://t.co/s6uyEttYLx)

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Entire work group was waiting in my cube when I got in this AM, to take a group photo! (Why so early? We’re meeting again later for lunch!)

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It sounds like a herd of bison are running on our roof — roofers are tearing off the old shingles.

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Taxes: done, done and done!

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My “Three Wishes For A Meaningful Life” was the 274th most popular Lifestyle app in Sri Lanka last week. - sentosa.us/apps/wishes/

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Spent all weekend in the 17th century, at Colonial Williamsburg. Didn’t seem right to tweet about it at the time. Good fun, though.

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Learning about my Mac by breaking it and then fixing it again.

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Spending the weekend at a time share condo. Oops, another family was assigned to the same unit! Nice first impression!

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Over-zealous maintenance crew at the VA Welcome Center has labeled every bathroom stall, sink and hand dryer with large letters & numbers.

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D2 just took over my bed, and she is sawing some serious logs.

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Just now noticed that my VOIP service was set to “do not disturb” between 11pm and 6am… for a year or more? I do sleep well. :-)

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Sweet potato tots. :-D

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Just like adding “in bed” to a fortune cookie, CEO’s comments make more sense if you add “for me” to the end.

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Oh yeah, I forgot it was stay-off-the-internet day.

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I just spent a half-day going WAY down the wrong debugging path.

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@linuxjournal Don’t stress out over it, we still have plenty of back-issues to tide us over. Was just wondering if it was me or everyone.

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@linuxjournal : D’oh! I can’t download the new April issue, I get “forbidden” and “additionally, a 404”.

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