Aaron Parecki

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  Github should let me create "Repo Collections," a way to feature sets of repositories on your Github profile. Would be a great way to group related repositories, like all my ZenIRCBot plugins, or client/server repos.

  Portland, OR, USA

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  Thu, Nov 28, 2013 7:44am -08:00 #github
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  New favorite karaoke song: WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?!!

  Portland, OR, USA

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  Sat, Nov 9, 2013 5:59pm -08:00 #karaoke
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  First person to register http://cat.photography wins the Internet: http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings

  دبي, دبي, ARE

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  Wed, Nov 20, 2013 11:32pm +04:00 #tlds #internet

• Airplane Time! Stretch time while flying

  Today in the middle of the flight from Portland to Amsterdam, I was unsatisfied with merely knowing what time it was in Portland and in Amsterdam. Instead, I wanted to know what time it effectively was in the airplane as I was flying, taking in to account the stretching of time by flying. My theory is by looking at "airplane time" and ignoring the origin and destination times completely, it may be easier to adjust to a new timezone since you won't have to trick yourself into ignoring your other clocks.

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  Sun, Nov 17, 2013 11:03am +01:00 #travel #ios #timezone
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  The video from my talk at #qs13 "Low Friction Personal Data Collection" is now available! https://vimeo.com/77972738 http://quantifiedself.com/2013/11/aaron-parecki-low-friction-personal-data-collection/

  Portland, OR, USA

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  Wed, Nov 13, 2013 11:56am -08:00 #qs13 #quantifiedself #ownyourdata
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  Considering what adding a presence query in SMTP would do as a way to avoid auto-response emails.

  دبي, دبي, ARE

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  Tue, Nov 19, 2013 10:50pm +04:00 #email #smtp