? Alan Porter (@rockhopper)

Raleigh, NC, USA

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

October 8th, 2010

@BillCosby We have a restaurant called “Irregardless”. NCSU student used the word in a paper, teacher said it’d get him nowhere. Since 1975!

via web in reply to BillCosby

mikbre Carriers add value by providing a well-run, dumb pipe for my iPhone.

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 4:54 PM, Oct 8th, 2010 via web)

Best news of the day! Just heard from a friend who went dark on us for a while. He needed some time to sort things out, but he’s better now.

via web

So the chat lady “Sheryl” (1) IS human (2) IS NOT American (3) COULD BE Canadian [CDN Thanksgiving = Oct 11] - I am guessing she’s Indian

via web

On a web-based “help chat”, I wonder if I am speaking to a human. I ask “which comes 1st, Halloween or Thanksgiving?” - Got it on 2nd guess!

via web

RT @mmastrac: China’s Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel ███ ███████ ██████ ██████ ██████ ████████████ ████ ████████ #censorshipsucks

via web

@ryanbutcher Give me your SPOT “glid” and I’ll plug it into my map script, you can track it on a phone browser.

via web in reply to ryanbutcher

@astrohacklab I have a cool script that grabs SPOT data and generates a Google map + SMS broadcast. Interested? http://AlanPorter.com/sp…

via web in reply to astrohacklab

Ebay has locked my account “for security reasons”, and it’s unlock process is an endless maze of FAIL.

via web

fromagefacile In the war of multiplication, zero is the only winner.

via twicca (retweeted on 11:19 AM, Oct 8th, 2010 via web)

@cyberbiota If you can wait until tomorrow, 10.10 will be released (or install 10.04 today, upgrade this weekend)

via web in reply to cyberbiota

@nprnews FYI - Chinese naming system - Liu is the man’s family name, Xiaobo is his given name.

via web in reply to nprnews

Bob Cringely gives a pretty good summary of why wholesale surveillance is bad for USA - http://www.cringely.com/…

via Choqok