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wilshipley I wish iTunes 10 were uglier, somehow. Because, you know, why not go for the gold? 4:26 PM Sep 3rd via Twitterrific for Mac Retweeted by ryantate and 11 others
Geeky cocktail "the Ctrl-Alt-Del" spotted at Cafe Rouge in Berkeley. Sounds potent enough to reboot yr whole week http://twitpic.com/2kwok6 12:25 PM Sep 3rd via Twitter for iPhone
What a nightmarish mess: Compromising Twitter's OAuth security system http://t.co/YIX1vd7 via @arstechnica 8:53 AM Sep 3rd via Tweet Button
Mark Zuckerberg's MYSTERY LADY http://gawker.com/5628806 (Spoiler: she's in his past, not his present. I think. I mean, prolly, right? Etc!) 3:27 PM Sep 2nd via web
Google Invents Most Annoying Bug of All Time http://t.co/kNIVeba (more on the ragtime Gmail thing) 11:48 AM Aug 31st via Tweet Button
For Google's next trick, it will play POLKA in Gmail until you switch to Buzz. http://bit.ly/arCWQt 10:48 PM Aug 30th via web
Gmail playing old-timey ragtime music when you open your inbox is the most awesomely comical Google bug yet. http://bit.ly/9QN3JK 10:45 PM Aug 30th via web
nickbilton A great review of my upcoming book, which launches on Sept. 14th: http://bit.ly/bJeWbe 12:15 PM Aug 30th via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by ryantate and 4 others
benparr The new Chatroulette: SO. MUCH. PENIS. I can't believe it - http://bit.ly/c06Gm5 2:43 AM Aug 30th via bitly Retweeted by ryantate and 1 other
Kind of wish my iPhone had a public/private switch (physical). Set it to public and every pic/vid is auto uploaded and shared globally. 9:05 PM Aug 29th via web
Google has a "brink of chaos management model," said the Harvard Business Review. Love it. #skunkworksbook 4:42 PM Aug 29th via web
I wish all technical podcasts had the sense of humor and appropriate levity of @therubyshow. Highly recommended. #hackshackers 1:15 PM Aug 26th via web
CodyBrown I've come to the conclusion that @quora, not any of the blogs, is the top journalism org in Silicon Valley: http://komn.co/cc8lTJ 3:13 PM Aug 25th via web Retweeted by ryantate and 8 others
Leo Laporte's *bathroom scale* is more popular than vast majority of actual humans on Twitter (@leos_scale). Via LAT: http://bit.ly/98opCj 2:11 PM Aug 25th via web
@jack And will you encourage @rabois to resume his long-lost smack-em-down tweeting style? People miss it! (cc @owenthomas) 10:41 AM Aug 25th via Echofon
@TelstarLogistic Love how Canadian military says it needs advanced new jets to shoot down THIS http://bit.ly/aFegke (US DoD tactic too) 10:31 AM Aug 25th via Echofon in reply to TelstarLogistic
jenny8lee Next @HacksHackersNYC Meetup. Mixer on Gawker Rooftop on 9/8. Only 200. With @howaboutwe http://meetup.com/u/14JT 7:25 AM Aug 25th via web Retweeted by ryantate and 1 other
@blakeley You could buy @nicknotned one, and then he could buy you one. Happy birthday X2. 3:46 PM Aug 24th via Hibari in reply to blakeley
jtemple Wow! @Alyssa_Milano tweeted my story: Jack Dorsey (@jack) connected the dots to create twitter: http://is.gd/eAYcE #i'mjustsaying 10:40 AM Aug 24th via TweetDeck Retweeted by ryantate
@innismir @charlieray Thanks for the heads up, it's corrected. Oy. 9:38 PM Aug 23rd via web

Name Ryan Tate
Location Berkeley, California
Web http://ryantate.com
Bio Valleywag tech gossip blogger at Gawker.com; working on a book for Harper Business (see skunkworksbook.com)