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		<title>Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-03</title>
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I timed my run last night to arrive at Three Lives &#38; Co. just before 8:30 closing to pick up Bruno Schulz&#39;s stories, but they closed early! #
How great a song is &#34;Back to the Old House&#34; by the Smiths? Really, really great. #
Has anyone used Google Street View to help them write about a [...]


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Returning from four days in Woods Hole with Boone and Lori, testing @pandora_radio on 2g. Quality is good,, but how do I expunge the ads? #
Sublet my large studio next to City Hall Park in Manhattan for the month of July. Send me an @ reply if you&#39;re interested. #
What happens when #IranElection tweets start [...]


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		<title>How to make your own ringtones for the iPhone</title>
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I was an hour late to Fenway and couldn&#8217;t get a ticket. Ugh. This is not NYC. #


    

	

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Anyone know a good place in NYC for a vegetarian dinner + watching the NBA Finals? #
RT @PublishersLunch: New Generation Is Sprucing Up Paris&#8217;s Shakespeare &#38; Co. http://tinyurl.com/nfmktf #
It seems like @mcnallyjackson has been recording its events, but how can I listen to them? #
The one time I got up during the game in the [...]


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Sherman Alexie at #BEA09: &#8220;I saw a woman in the audience with a Kindle, and I wanted to hit her.&#8221; http://rickyopaterny.com/shorturl/sakin #
Kate Atkinson would rather not publish her work: http://rickyopaterny.com/shorturl/kapub #
This makes no sense: &#8220;[T]here is no way to combine digital and physical shopping carts currently.&#8221; http://gen-o.com/shorturl/cen #BEA09 #
Enjoyed Ben Greenman on social networks http://gen-o.com/shorturl/bg [...]


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I recently discovered and immensely enjoyed the above commencement address that Samantha Power gave to Pitzer&#8217;s graduating class last year. Two topics it covers that I think are wildly overlooked by not just college graduates [...]


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NYT iPhone app: You can&#8217;t tell what kind of a story something is&#8211;news, column, news analysis. You can&#8217;t tell how long it is either. #
Checked Twitter this morning, hoping for reactions to Obama&#8217;s SC pick, but there are none in my feed. Maybe Twitter [...]


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		<title>Carlos Zambrano goes nuts</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carlos Zambrano got tossed from a game for the fourth time in his career yesterday, and it was quite a doozy. The play at the plate was extremely close and Carlos should have at least questioned it. And the umpire actually bumps &#8216;los before he pushes him away, so Zambrano has a reason to be [...]


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