I hate the tense few hours after a big server migration, waiting for server alerts to start lighting, praying for the sweet release of death. — @snipeyhead

Editing JavaScript embedded inside XML. Because I know how to party on a Friday night, ohhhhh yeahhhh. — @pamelafox

I should have been a chef; I can create spaghetti [code] like no other! — @adamgoucher

It’s a very satisfying small-chunks-of-steady-progress-coding sort of day. — @jessebeach

I started wearing a soul patch but I still crave Don Cornielius. — @mwisme

My sleep meds aren’t working very well. I dreamt about talking to a pharmacist to get more. #recursion — @amyhoy

Guy across from me on the bus is knitting something w/really pretty fluffy blue yarn on (tiny!) DPNs. Kinda want to ask what he’s making. — @epersonae

Upside: Netflix has streaming rights in Costa Rica. Downside: can’t seem to find any language setting. Guess I’ll be watching “Parque Sur.” — @zahnster

In 2013 I'm moving to Portland, so I can raise my own chickens and manage my own memory. — @hipsterhacker

Happy 13th annual Year That Linux On The Desktop Really Takes Off, everyone! — @invalidname

I wonder why anyone ever believes that people running corporations have any sense whatsoever. — @amyhoy

Working with everybody from startups to fortune 100 companies made me realize that if THOSE incompetents can do it, so could I! — @amyhoy

You can take the developer out of the Java, but you can't take the Java out of the developer, it seems. — @jeff_lamarche

Ah, heartfelt, touching, sparkly-grams on Facebook... you’re so sincere, despite being rife with grammar and punctuation errors. ~shudder~ — @MelaniePerry

Why does a morning of essential administrivia always lead to an unproductive afternoon of gaffing about and feeling a bit lost? — @Suw

Thieves break into Microsoft’s office in Mountain View to steal their iPads. No Microsoft products stolen. — @johnwilander

HTTP is to telnet what HTTPS is to ssh. Choose wisely. — @benrady

I vote that the <a> tag gets renamed to <anchor> in the HTML spec. Mostly cuz googling for anything with “a” is really, really hard. — @pamelafox

I wish all beer recipes started out as gists so I could see all of the forks and notes in a structured way. — @abedra

FWIW, as a conf speaker aware I may be a token, makes a big difference when organizers say “Can you come speak about [thing I worked on]?” — @garannm

Databases should be like a sports car. Fast and named after women. — @kellabyte

Whoever does the hair for Portlandia should win an Emmy. #omg — @jensimmons

OVER-ENGINEER ALL THE CODES! — @jeff_lamarche

Twitterites! Wikipedia doesn’t have a #bqhatevwr article... yet. You slackers better get busy. — @macartisan