Thomas Steiner (@tomayac)

Now at @tomayac@toot.cafe

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

June 2009

We all knew that it was comin, but that it’d come that fast: 3.1 SDK Beta http://bit.ly/nEYQF. Seems 2B a bigger release (via @TUAW)

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tips: recharge early, recharge often (to 100%). Don’t run down battery to <= 20%. Kill all apps except Phone. Keep plugged!

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W/ installed on I can now predict forced app kills when free memory hits <= 6MB :-( “Statusbar Free Mem” does the trick.

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@jerem Wow, c cool ce projet! CapGemini est une bonne adresse en France :-) Je suis sûr que tu connais quelques pots ENSIMAG promo 2007…

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@filiber /_.+/ names are nothing compared to this vanity URL: http://www.facebook.com/…

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@jerem Ah, je me rapelle… J’étais dans la phase “relax/cocktail” :-) où on s’est causé. Tu as jamais frappé la porte Google Paris?

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@guilhermeblanco hi Guilherme! Any help regarding “internals” would be highly appreciated ;-) Hope you can say “hi” to @chanezon from me?!

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@jerem Salut Jeremy! En fait je bosse à Hambourg, pas à Zurich. Oui, oui, le GDD à Paris… T’étais au code lab GWT? Ou sinon OpenSocial?

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@chanezon, @stefanopochet: When will we have the pleasure to develop in PHP on AppEngine? => Search for project . 5.2 in Java!

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$src = “http://php.net/releases/…
yay:
echo “PHP 5.3 is out”;
echo “<a href=’”.$src.”’>Release Notes</a>”;
goto yay;

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“What are you doin?” is the worst desc ever of what is. Mention hashtags, RT search, thought leaders, µblogs, trends!

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v2009 has been pushed into production: http://tr.im/qhtX Still workin on lib, movin away from NuSOAP to PHP5 ext.

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0100 is the bit vector of /my/ answers to my questions in the prev. tweet. What do you think? Is there a concept of “evil” at all? NaN.

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Is code generation evil? Is touchin generated code evil? Is patchin the code generator evil? sucks! sucks! Is evil? 0100

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Following @twisst now to get notified when the flies by (via RT @dougw:Now following @twisst because I’m a nerd: http://bit.ly/CBL8f)

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From the Developer Day in Brazil: RT @chanezon: keynote slides at http://bit.ly/ySnFR

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RT @justinvincent: PHP Team Responds to Google’s PHP Tips http://bit.ly/uBXnh

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Wsdl2(Java|Php) rocks. It’s not but w/ as little pain as possible. Know (my) REST Describe & Compile tool => http://tr.im/pVmH ?

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Wsdl2Php-Interpreter (http://tinyurl.com/pvj3dr) is a decent tool for in . Had to patch it for for extending SoapClient.

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’s native isn’t bad. Where it is, you can always extend the SoapClient class. 1 elem arrays are a good feature: http://tr.im/pS7j

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Track your .ly links w/ Google via a simple URL builder based on Google Spreadsheets: http://tr.im/pI7V Any1 same for .im?

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Any1 knows how to get the #SOAP extension runnin in #Quercus? Seems not yet to be available via php.ini http://tr.im/pI4i @portertech

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Playin w/ on AppEng a bit, tryin to get up. Basic PHP sample works: http://tr.im/pHAi PHP5.2.0. Any1 success w/ includes?

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PHP runnin on AppEngine usin the Quercus project (http://tr.im/pHlT). See http://tr.im/pHlV for details. Not sure bout the limits, but cool!

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Correction: author is Mark Gimein, the original article was hosted on the Reuters site, but came from TheBigMoney.com => http://tr.im/pGZR

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Some myths on Google Books and Reuters journalist James Pethokoukis’ arguments to refute them: http://tr.im/pGY7 A neutral article at last.

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We had full house (60+!) during the first two presos, people left after the 2nd and only about 25 stayed. More techy, less general.

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learnings: 1 shortie 1 preso seems to be the max people can consume after a whole work day. Give people time for dinner before

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Laughter in the audience when @trajenc mentions the deployment limit of 200/day in AppEngine. Seems not to be a deal-breaker ;-)

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@kojote Accordin to the organizers of all marketing was via UGs (Java, PHP?), a XING group, visitors of prior Google events, Twitter

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Jens Trapp (@trajenc) on AppEngine for Java talking at : http://twitpic.com/8agz7

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Correction: 60+ developers now! Wow, just wow! Not enough chairs, but still enough beer :-) How did people hear about it?

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At the Technology User Group () meeting in L:Hamburg (). An awesome crowd of ~40 developers!!! Thanks to the organizers!

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Via @dalmaer No longer mask passwords http://tr.im/pAKT ? does this well by masking after a short Δt, so you get feedback & security

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Reminder: Hamburg 1st meeting today at 6PM at eProfessional’s. Suggested tag: for Twitter, Flickr, <your-fav-hype-network>.

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For the mom no main SIM but 2 MultiSIMs but iPhone works again. Weird -Mobile. And shirt arrived! See it this eve @ HAM.

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(network sniffer for ) been released in v1.1.1. See http://tr.im/pyDD for details, watch http://tr.im/pyDC for a usage sample.

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RT @omnicolor:Most IE6 users will be on IE6 for the rest of their lives. Our only hope is for them to die. -Doug Crawford

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@planetbeing Props for returning the money. These guys just suck :-( Thanks for keeping the principles up! The Dev Team does an awesome job!

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@kojote See http://tr.im/psNV for a step-by-step guide. (German). You missed the “expert” mode…

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L:Hamburg 1st meeting tomorrow, JUN24. Topics: AppEngine, Gadgets, Mapplets. No registration & free! Just drop by => http://tr.im/nT9N

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no-brainer: You select a departure date. Then the return date must be >= the departure date! Why do so few sites implement this?

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By accident rediscovered a great Ukranian Ska/Folk band in my iTunes lib: Vopli Vidopliassova. Buy: http://tr.im/prxy Try: http://tr.im/prxz

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Wow, 1.5h on the -Mobile hotline. Wanted a MultiSIM, they deactivated my main SIM!? Finally it got resolved & the hotline even called back

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Impressive (in-)compatibility list of apps for w/ FW3.0: http://tr.im/pjAc While tempted to update from 2.2.1, still waiting.

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@stilkov While in Hamburg, would you like to stop by @ Google office? Would <3 to see you in person after our interview reg. REST Describe.

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@tobiaspeggs Thx Tobias, turnin the feature off works on a case-by-case basis now. Would <3 to see a default-off option, tho. Not seen icon.

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Confirmed -Mobile outage in L:Hamburg (zip code 20354). Support says: known GSM issue since 10AM. Network says: restricted, but is found.

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@tobiaspeggs Hi Tobias. Thx for gettin back. I do lotta hash searches, and news content just messes it up. What icon shall I click?

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&aNews integrationambu (http://tr.im/p6Ei) is just plain crap & spammy. Please, please allow turning @NambuComnambucom

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At EWR flyin via FRA to HAM. Lookin forward to comin back. My no.1 tipp for : walk across Brooklyn & Manhattan bridge http://tr.im/p6zM

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Haven’t seen it yet? Google (Gaygle) celebrates gay pride: http://tr.im/p6cc I think it’s a good move! BTW: Google is in the gay hood.

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@matheaud Happy you see this (searches poppin up “unread” each time) as well. Check http://tr.im/p3Yu for my other problems. You too?

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Good day for Flash-“Web”-masters, bad day for Open
Standards: http://tr.im/p3je. Last (but good) argument vs. Flash: no deep links!

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shirts for only 6,90€ (shirt is free, shipping 6,90€) against DE Internet censorship. Get yours! http://tr.im/p347 (@kojotejote)

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Wow, this is a plain awesome IE6 cartoon: http://tr.im/p2ZV (via @dalmaer on Ajaxian). Go home, IE6! Stay there, IE8! Was there ever an IE7?

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OK, now we’re gettin somewhere. Around 150 people queuin to get their pre-ordered . http://twitpic.com/7slmv

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Empire State Building fading away in fog. Fits my sad “last night in ” mood. http://twitpic.com/7s15q

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01:00AM, Apple Store, 14th, . 6h left to launch & no queue yet. Maybe the phone isn’t that copple? Expected more hype?!

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fashion trend: uggly gum boots. Yes, the 1s you hated so much when Mom made you wear’em to play outside & all other kids w/ sneakers:-)

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Yay, got basic features of workin w/ PHP5’s extension. @nelson is so right w/ http://tr.im/oZ0X. Had to overwrite SoapClient!

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http://tr.im/oX89 is a nice compilation of IE optimism (read: plain lies). <3 the exclusive checkmark at “Developer Tools”… (via @cdibona)

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Anyone else (3)? => 1.2.1 (3460) Tweets can only be selected and copied as a whole, you can’t freely select parts of tweets. Annoying

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Anyone else (2)? => 1.2.1 (3460) tweet list scrolled all up, but randomly when new tweets arrive, the list’d scroll down. Annoying…

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Anyone else? => 1.2.1 (3460) works +/- fine, only saved searches turn up as unread after each relaunch. Already readded Twitter acct.

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Thx to the AppleStore on 9th ave & all the Starbucks for granting me WiFi asylum. Lots of open WiFis all o#NYC. http://twitpic.com/7omo6

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Obviously missed Cycorder, and to some extent Backgrounder and MobileSubstrate in my list of 1/2-obsolete apps. Are there more?

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Props to the coders of the now (FW 3.0) almost obsolete apps: QuickGold, Clippy, PdaNet, SwirlyMMS. You guys made the iPhone perfect

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Good : lovin how the trashbin trembles when trashin photos on the . Spent the evening takin and deletin photos. Childish :-)

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In Europe bars often make you pay each drink as it gets served. In they take your credit card in the 1st place to “keep your tap open”.

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Making slow progress with for v2009. This http://tr.im/oRBm is blocking me a bit

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Personal annoyance: there is no File -> New File. Thank God there is NuFile, discussed at http://tr.im/oPL3. Good software!

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@BinaryJunkie Search this 1 crazy thing in you. World champion in solving rubic’s cube? Tell them. Won the maths olympics? Tell them => USP.

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If you’re in & if
you’re up for Korean food, I recommend the “BCD Tofu House” at 17 W 32nd Street. They do have meat, not just tofu :-)

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If I twitted each SOAP fault I get “Fault occurred while processing” would be before “Goodnight” @ weekly TwitterTrends

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PHP5 native SOAP (http://tr.im/oF0P) is ridiculously poorly documented. Thank God there’s http://tr.im/oF0O. Portin to native SOAP!

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Via @vinoaj: @chanezon debugging during a preso is totally normal. He usually codes until 2min before the preso starts & the night before:-)

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Regardin roof top terraces in : you can sneak in 230 5th ave. All free, perfect view on Empire State & you can just leave w/o a drink;-)

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NY office, 8th floor roof top terrace, havin breakfast. My view. Yeah, I am a lucky bastard. http://twitpic.com/7jd79

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@BinaryJunkie Hi Louis. Jailbreakin turns your phone into a computer. On 3.0 I’d definitely wait for the official dev team JB. No drawbacks!

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A good “make secure” tutorial is right on Cydia’s home tab: Open SSH Acces How-to => Changing the default Password (at the very end)

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Jailbreaking the is easy. Getting it secure not so much (for the non-geek user), but I just got the prove that it’s time well spent.

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Some1 failed to hack my jailbroken via the open WiFi. If you have a jailbr. device, install Terminal, then “passwd” for root&mobile.

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@ 5th ave Apple Store.Looks cool from out.Inside it’s just another store.Not gonna replace my MacBookPro/iPhone3G. http://twitpic.com/7irb3.

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Maybe I’m too European for NY: went to http://www.apple.com/ret… to check Apple Store opening hours, just to find it’s 24/365.

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, iPass Connect app & NYC density of Starbucks make a perfect team to avoid T-Mobile DE data roaming fees (EDGE at most anyways) :-P

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One thing about NY I don’t like: the smell of the hot pretzels stands. Not sure if it’s the smell of the pretzels, or the stinky mini-oven.

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Just testified a commercial production at the crossing of Broad and William Street. NY Stock Exchange next. http://twitpic.com/7e32m

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@BinaryJunkie Hi Louis! If you have any special not-so-obvious tourist hints, please let me know. Loving NY so far. Cheers, Tom.

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Either it’s all official&legal, or all the same black market mafia: I<3NY shirt dealers charge the same price everywhere. $3 for the white.

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Land of the free? “Expect airport-like security checks” for boardin the ferry to the statue of liberty? No thx. My cam has a good zoom lens!

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Blueberry muffin & IT style latte at dubcafé terrace, free WiFi from Apple Store. Y’day midtown tourism. T’day Ground 0 & statue of liberty.

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Wow: “Burn fat, not oil” nude bicycle protesters at . Cops make them put on their undies. Flashmob’s over. That’s live history!

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Successfully claimed http://www.facebook.com/…, while for my actual Facebook URL you’d have to replace the “facebook” w/ “twitter”…

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Sat morning chuckle: airport security just shoke down a magician. Normal looking guy, but bag full of cylinder hat, balls, & rose rabbits :)

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@gfxmonk Thx for the Wiki link on Google Code. I’ll try to work on a mock, but after next week (http://tr.im/okXg). It’s 2:26 AM in Hamburg.

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@gfxmonk Could you maybe create refresh & a push status buttons as in http://tr.im/okT0. “Reload in TL” = refresh, “Open PV” = push status?

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@gfxmonk How about combinin the two first tabs w/ the stories & the refresh into one tab? Settings on the 2nd tab can go, well, in settings.

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@gfxmonk Thanks! Will try to “invert” the CSS :-) Maybe add backgr.color as a setting? Thing is: battery-saving dark screen & black bg = no.

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@mattcutts stated wrong in http://tr.im/okCf ? SEO-wise no, tech-wise yes. <3 @nelson’s URL struct () http://tr.im/okE0

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OMG, right ahead us, error-502’ing, and my pizza resembling a carbon cracker. Definitely not the most promising day.

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@Shonzilla It’s a special pre-release firmware vfpioneer-userdebug 1.5. “vf” for Vodafone.

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Picked up my dogfooding . 1st imps: elegant, bg apps (wow), easy cursor control w/ trackball, keyboard OK, sync perfect :-)

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@chanezon Be sure NOT to livestream the movie w/ your iPhone. In Singapur this can end deadly ;-) Enjoy the hackathon, sempai!

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Yay! All 3 German s (Munich, Berlin, Hamburg) get featured on the Code blog: http://tr.im/og39. Berlin even w/ a video. Woot!

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(jailbreak offline feed reader) is a good app. Perfect for on-plane readin. Ugly UI, though & I’d like black text on white bg.

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Landed in Ryanair’s “Hamburg”-Bremen airport. Embarassing Germans wearing their Ramblas souvenirs: Mexican sombreros. It’s just plain wrong!

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In NYC from Saturday on for codin week (preparin the lib for v2009). Any1 in town, too? Any secret tourist tips? Merci!

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In Girona flyin back to Hamburg now. Yesterday Madrid, tomorrow NYC. Thanks to Google Tours, Inc. I get to see the world. Complaints? None!

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Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under:

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Down to 1 unread mail now after 1 week of vacation (saw my OoO http://tr.im/o6kN ?). Unread mail states: you’re to dogfood the :)

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3AM Madrid. Long day full of meetings w/ my team @ . Even longer night out in some bars. Chillin w/ http://tr.im/o6jg now. Good nite.

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Tried recommendin on . Got “The change you wanted was rejected. Maybe you tried to change something you didn’t have access to”

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Hey Twitter, it’s iPhone 3G S, not iPhone 3GS ()! The ‘s’ stands for speed. Besides this it’s still just a huge disappointment :-(

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This is awesome: PHP 5.3 introduces GOTO! 10 PRINT “LOL”; 20 GOTO 10; Prove: http://tr.im/nX4m (via @ChristopherBlum in turn via @riklomas)

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@jos_tweets Yeay, I got accepted for the test as well. Hoping to pick up mine soon! In Spain and NYC before, though :-) So no Android yet…

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1st meeting of L:Hamburg on JUN24 at eprofessional’s HQ. Details http://tr.im/nT9N Huge thanks to the organizers. 3 GTUGs in DE now!!!

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