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• 12:05 cool. found a cool app at tweetake.com/ that allows me to download as csv all my twitter stream, followers/ings and favs. done.
• 14:11 getting 3600 miles worth of bugs washed off the front of the van. ick
• 20:56 appreciative of kindness of good friends... is turning out to be a tough August. Silver lining? I'm now fully 10 years an ex-smoker

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• 10:30 finished my tri in 1:10:05, much faster then last time. w00t!

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• 08:31 Bike's all tuned up, the body's as ready as it will be, now to mentally prep for the triathlon tomorrow. Gathering the gear after work today
• 11:17 getting more folks excited about the possibilities afforded by a shared contact management system
• 14:57 @krob you want a blue or orange bottle?
• 17:46 off to pick up dinner for the kids. carbo-loading for me tonight at triathlon starts at 7am sharp. good night's sleep ahead? I hope so!

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voting machine errors due to what?

I have nothing more to add... xkcd hits the nail on the head.

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• 09:00 Two days to the next triathlon. Hope I get my bicycle back from the shop (tune-up) today to avoid a late-night trial ride Friday.
• 13:10 coming up for air between meetings
• 14:18 getting ready to streamline processes at work. I love the smell of efficiency and get giddy at the thought of what we can do with saved time
• 17:29 getting ready to host SCVDA kick-off mtg. If you're interested in playing darts in Silicon Valley this Fall, check out scvda.com for details
• 22:15 hey NBC, if the Olympic coverage ain't live for us West Coasters, take the LIVE bug off the screen. we're not stupid

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• 08:31 I'm returning to work from a two-week vacation. A pile of email and snailmail awaits as I start my sixth year with Omidyar Network.
• 13:17 great to be back at work (really) all recharged and ready to go. Now to prioritize the list of items that sat waiting for my return
• 17:36 how did the end of the day (in the office) get here so soon? gotta find time to do a light workout tonight. triathlon's just 3 days away

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• 09:21 home again and dealing with the details. Thanks to so many of you for your condolences on the passing of Argus. You're helping fill the void
• 12:09 major kudos to Peninsula Pet Resort and Peninsula Humane Society for making this whole thing so much easier to deal with. Such compassion

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2009 Ferrari California flickr find

Ferrari California top down
Originally uploaded by thomas pix

While out on the town to celebrate our anniversary last month, my wife and I happened upon a photo shoot for the new 2009 Ferrari California while grabbing a drink at Vesuvio's in the North Beach section of San Francisco.

Since I had my camera with me, I decided to take my own pics of the action as best I could in the low light and without a tripod.

As always, I uploaded the pics to my Flickr stream, and went about my day-to-days.

Wouldn't you know it, but a few weeks after the upload, my car-crazy brother (crazy in a good way) points out my Ferrari picture set is featured on the front page of both Carscoop and Jalopnik blogs this week!

Great to be a part of the social media stream, and to have contributed to a couple communities I've only lurked in for a long while now.

tweets o' the day

• 13:55 speeding our way home. the hurt of Argus' death still lingers. will sting again when we see his fav spot empty at home. yuck

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• 07:24 awake in Hermiston, OR. getting in a quick run to flush out the lactic acid before we're back on the road
• 09:03 kennel called to tell us our Great Dane, Argus, passed away last night. We're still 2 days from home. He was such a good dog. grief is heavy

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• 05:48 up and getting ready for the 10K Loop the Lake race in Invermere, BC. Flickr stream of trip so far updated overnight: snurl.com/3dh8c
• 09:23 ran the (very hilly) Loop the Lake 10K in 53:42. Still a great way to start the day, and a good cap to our trip to Canada. Now we start home
• 14:06 back in the USA again. only 45 min stuck at the border. no problems getting thru (still have my laptop and BB)
• 14:43 @bradrourke congrats on the great run today... you went farther and faster, but I got a number to wear ;^)
• 17:43 no more Idaho, just 3 states to go: WA, OR, CA. will finish with WA before day's end (in Spokane now)

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• 09:42 we've broken camp at Banff. on our way to Lac Moraine and then Radium Hot Springs and a hotel room tonight!
• 16:55 great time canoeing in Lac Moraine today, now we're in Radium Hot Springs and I'm reading thru my race packet for the 10K tomorrow
• 17:53 hooray! wifi at our Radium, BC hotel (beautiful views, too) uploading pix to Flickr, but is a slow connection. will tweet link when ready
• 20:23 great dip in the radium hot springs pool. eating dinner then I rest... race time is 8am..
• 21:36 just saw that the 10K course tomorrow is a "hilly course and you should not expect to run a Personal Best." let's see if I can crack 50:00

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• 16:12 Sitting on the shores of Lake Louise in Banff. Beautiful beyond words. I don't want to leave.
• 21:42 about to end our last (and extra!) night in Banff. well worth the 2000 mile drive many times over

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• 08:57 had our first bear sighting of the trip, across the road from our tent (gulp)
• 15:51 just spent an hour on top of Sulphur Mtn. gorgeous views and a fun gondola ride to boot
• 18:04 extended our stay by a night in Banff. Too much good stuff to see and do. Kootenay will have to wait.

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• 06:28 beautiful run at dawn in Glacier NP this AM. watching sun light the snow was amazing
• 11:33 waiting at the border to get into Canada. long line of 6 cars ain't moving
• 12:50 eating lunch at a diner in Ft Macleod, Alberta. on our way to Calgary and Banff. beautiful but windy up here
• 15:27 diet schmiet, I'm in Calgary having a coffee and donut at Tim Horton's. hockey fan sez yum
• 18:59 camp set up at Tunnel Mtn CG in Banff. we're in E4, so drop on by. dinner is on the stove, s'mores later

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• 07:31 up and at 'em at Heyburn SP in northern Idaho. beautiful camping by the lake. today we explore Glacier NP

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• 17:12 in the middle of nowhere (ryegrass rest area on I-90) in Washington State. trying to get to Idaho by dusk to set up our tent
• 19:31 just filled the tank east of Spokane. about to go where I've never been before: Idaho!
• 23:14 made it to the campsite after dark. tent up, girls in bed, ate yummy meal of pan-roasted wild local salmon and sauteed veggies. g'nite!

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• 16:35 taking a (sanctioned) break from the conference proceedings. swam with the kids in the indoor saltwater pool. next up: hiking or golf?
• 17:34 just saw THE worst case of plumber's crack evar. was on a good samaritan changing someone's tire, tho, so didn't flickr it out of respect.
• 21:38 for the first time in three years, hit a bucket of golf balls at the range. wish I hadn't hit them so well.

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• 08:58 just finifhing a delicious breakfast at Bahma Cafe in a rainy Stevenson, WA. hope this clears soon. on our way to Mt St Helens
• 17:39 Sunny and warm in Hood River, cloudy and rainy in Stevenson. Guess where we're staying? (hint: it's not warm). Conference starts at 6pm
• 22:25 Great start to the conference tonight, nice to see so many familiar faces. Topic of conversation at dinner: how do you define "grace"?
• 22:53 My definition of grace: understanding the context of the event at hand and making no more nor less of its significance in said context

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• 07:26 making Peet's coffee on the Coleman stove at Lake of the Woods campground in Oregon
• 22:57 long day criss-crossing Oregon heading north. Crater Lake, fresh blueberries, Eugene, Mt Hood and now Skamania Lodge in WA. g'night all

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