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wyrd

umm. soo.. yea.. umm.. uhh.. I am like.. uhh.. this weekend was great. we had a fun time. it was wonderful to have jon visit. we hadn’t really hung out in recent times and we were able to spend some real quality time chillin. it is interestig to see how wwe each our growing up and going our separate ways. this combined with the blog wars …

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the world.. E.T.A. etc. – nonsese

So today some terrorists in the basque region of spain blew up a bunch of commuter trains during rush hour. this is after the E.T.A. declared a cease fire on the caralina region of spain – so apparently the terrosist actions are now concentrated on madrid and the like. i know so little about the fran…

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walking

after walking to work. I noticed that I generally feel pretty good – in regards to the stiffness and all the reasons I went to accupuncture. that seems pretty cool. on the elevator up to work there was a sign on the thirteenth floor that had a biohazard symbol and a birthday cake. I wasn’t able to read it – I was confused by the combination of those icons. maybe not so much confused as …

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wyrd

so I am reading beowulf (or is it this). it is interesting to read for fun what I once rejected reading for school. however it really brings me back to all the discussions we had about the text. sometimes literary critique is fun. other times i hate it.

i am going to get a new …

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hurts

so apparently paris hiltons birthday was on friday. she turned 23. hah. i turn 26 soon. that is really weird. I am almost 30. haha. I am sitting here listening to the cash money records platinum hits.. bouncing in my chair.. looking like a fool as usual. yea know.. the…

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i am a fan of the community networks

it is true. recently a google employees side/personal project relaly took off. orkut is honestly what I felt friendster could have been . it doesn’t limit communication to on site. it lets you see the contact info for all your friends and maintain some form of community without limiting yourself to some shoddy infrastructure. I really like how you can create su…

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tired.

staying up for work is killing me. haha. even thought it was a couple days ago. I obviously need to take this weekend and sleep in. when I just typed sleep. I thought I maybe mispelled it. and when I lookd and it was spelled right I was so confused – cuz I swore I spelled it with a lot of Ls and no Es. whatever. I hate keyboards. they are mean to me. check out

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i didn’t shower this morning.

in fact I really didn’t do much. I honestly barely made it to work. but on;y because I was so tired from working last night. I don’t know what the deal was.. I was dieing. I drank soo much pop and candy – I think I surpassed the point of it being helpfuland it became a method of sedation. stupid sedation. I am sitll in love however with wireless internet. so before any asks.. yea I like it.

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oh yea..

wtf.. saddam got caught. this is stupid. now this war will seem justified. ohhh.. lets villianify someone.. then “lose” him.. then catch him admidst crisis about the war to strengthen ou…

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Last night i was resurrected.

So last night I went to the metro and hung out with my friends. it was the first time in awhile. I love going out. but recently I have been dieing. I haven’t been able to stay out as late. maybe I am getting old. god I hope not. but whatever. I have a fucked up growth on my back. I talked to my doctor – who was like.. “it is nothing.. don’t worry about it. ” whatever. I think I am going to have…

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Hi. My name is Harper. I am an engineer excited about real time, social software and the open source software movement. I am currently spending some time building interesting things and hacking for rackspace. In a previous life, I was the CTO of the awesome Threadless. This is obviously my blog. I write about everything from being a professional yoyoer to hacking the newest Internet appliance. Be sure and check out my homepage at harperreed.org. If you are so interested, my resume is located here. I love getting emails and what not so feel free to contact me through here.

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