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• @cphares that is ROFTL hilarious! #
• @leehinde that is most excellent news! #
• @cphares batman was very intense. Alex and I both liked it a lot! #

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• @jeffreykain Jeff, apps failing to work is a common issue with iPhone 2.0.0… try re-downloading the app (no charge to do this) #
• @akardell Texas Hold’em is multiplayer capable, although I haven’t had a chance to try that mode yet. #
• @charlesa yeah, not sure what that first blip was… I had saved a draft (I think) locally on the iPhone. #
• Quote of the day: “It’s always a bad practice to say ‘always’ or ‘never’”–Senator Barack Obama #
• @leehinde Yes, always. #
• I’m gonna miss FSJ: http://tinyurl.com/6z3bbp #

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Let’s see how well this works.

• Alex back from scout camp. Went to see Dark Knight (thumbs up). Now visiting with Denis, and going to Red Robin for dinner. #

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• Time for Some Campaignin’ - http://tinyurl.com/6yq962/teaser/1191 #
• Discount??? #
• @leehinde that is a factor for YOU buying an iPhone? And yes, we take advantage of that discount. #
• @jrscanlon Are you using the mobileme push functionality? Or did you change your email check frequency? #
• @jrscanlon bingo #
• @jrscanlon manual email checks will use battery only when you go into the email app. #

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• @davebatton @jeffreykain ditto #
• @davedellaquila great pics! #
• No smoking hot spot - http://tinyurl.com/5oy7hs #
• Attending the department All-hands meeting. I wonder what the origin of “all-hands” is? #
• @leehinde quit singing, bet back to work! :) And, Happy Birthday! #
• @leehinde I used to think that, but now have a different solution #
• @john_steele have fun! #

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• @davedellaquila pizza? Dude, you’re in france! #
• @d3rox in the context of blogging, a sock puppet is someone who uses an alias to pose as someone they are not, typically in a blog comment. #
• @d3rox see http://tinyurl.com/6a547z #
• @leehinde you should be sipping a latte #
• @leehinde you’ve got a large music collection, go for 16 GB, you’ll be able to keep more in your pocket. #
• @davedellaquila see how quickly you can run up the stairs (both levels) #

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• @john_steele You need this! http://tinyurl.com/5wb9vq #
• iPhone app updates starting to appear in the iTunes store… #
• Cool iPhone tip: Hold your “.com” button for a second — http://tinyurl.com/6ay5sw #

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• MobileMe performance is pretty snappy tonight. Finally. #

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• Ship it! #
• @john_steele awaiting your report on the 3G. Good luck on the line. #
• Tony Snow, RIP. #
• Apple posts Mac OS X Update for MobileMe 1.1 at http://www.macworld.com/article/134470/2008/07/mobilemeupdate.html — I am installing… #
• MobileMe is now working with Safari 4 dev preview. Performance getting better also. #

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• iPhone 2.0 update finally available via iTunes… installing. #
• Actually, download of the update is in progress… 218 MB. Meanwhile, MobileMe is loading a page, but it doesn’t respond to clicks. #
• Midomi is the first way-cool iPhone app I’ve tried. Wow. #
• Bought Twitterrific Premium, Bejeweled 2, Tetris, and Monkey Ball. Fun new ways to burn time. #
• @cphares Yes, reportedly. #
• Interesting… MobileMe works with Firefox 2.0.0.14/Mac, but not with Safari 4 dev preview (clicks are ignored, among other issues) #
• And while MobileMe is working with Firefox 2/Mac, it is REALLY SLOW. Using YSlow, the various .js files seem to be loading quite slowly. #
• @jrscanlon John! #

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• @charlesa Yes, but what about the [REDACTED] in [REDACTED] just after the [REDACTED] launches? #
• @walberty http://www.povertysucks.net/povsucks.html #

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• Two great movies this weekend - Get Smar, and Wall-E. And Juei is listed in the Wall-E credits!!!! #

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Awesome.

Chicago’s gun ban is now the most restrictive in the country.

How effective has it been? Local advocates of gun control are complaining of gun violence. Funny though, the violence is despite the gun ban.

Hmm…

But all the talk about greater freedoms for gun owners doesn’t begin to explain what the ruling means in Chicago, which has seen a recent spate of gun violence.

Nine people were killed in 36 shootings during one weekend this spring. The next week, five people were found shot to death inside a South Side home.

Chicago Public Schools officials say 27 students have been killed by gunfire since September.

Pamela Bosley lost her 18-year-old son two years ago, when a bullet struck him as he helped a fellow student unload instruments outside a South Side Church.

“If you didn’t have the guns, we’d still have our children,” she said.

Annette Nance-Holt, whose 16-year-old son was killed on a city bus last spring when someone sprayed bullets inside it, was livid with the court’s decision.

“I’m still trying to figure out who we are more in love with, our children or our guns,” she said. “It’s crazy. I’m safer being a deer knowing people are hunting you.”

Maybe they can pass a new law and make guns even more illegal!