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    I understand this is required viewing for Silvester (aka NYE) in Germany. 🍷🥂😂 #wtf #tradition

    I understand this is required viewing for Silvester (aka NYE) in Germany. 🍷🥂😂 #wtf #tradition


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    A homemade dinner designed to bring luck in the New Year! Slow-roasted pork belly, Hoppin’ John, and broccoli.

    A homemade dinner designed to bring luck in the New Year! Slow-roasted pork belly, Hoppin’ John, and broccoli.


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    @Harr0uet Couple thousand visits per day (students around the world). VPS is def cheaper, and that’s where I hosted for most of last 20 years. But I’m moving from WordPress to static site entirely hosted on S3, which should drop the costs to pretty much nothing.


    @BugHunterSam Rest up and get better soon Sam. ❤️



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    @cuteiosdev I feel like I missed the boat on it so I’m now pretending it’s a deliberate boycott on my part. 😂


    @jmacmullin @cuteiosdev Yeah, read that several days ago. That’s why I gave up. By the time it hits mainstream media, it’s over. 😜


    @themaninblue You just reminded me that the year-end Best of @bootiemashup is out! Between that and yours, NYE soundtrack is sorted… 😃


    Always one of the best parts of the holiday season… 🎵 https://t.co/weOWgXN1te


    @alex_casalboni Lucky you. I am married to a literal server hugger. 😂 https://t.co/WVavl0f5Wb


    @cobusbernard Good lord. I think there’s a train from LA to Seattle? It sucks, but it’d be faster than this nonsense.


    RT @nameshiv: My alma mater has this oddball end of calendar year tradition where one kid dressed as the current year hands a sash over to…


    WOW! As I’d hoped, the CloudFront free tier expansion is saving me about 50% on my website hosting costs. (In fact, my sites are now fully within the free tier. No CF costs at all!) https://t.co/5SlFp6XaEL https://t.co/ZYLqIRM5SY



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    Public service announcement: the 2021 Best of Bootie Mashup is available for download if you need a soundtrack for NYE! Always the highlight of the holiday season…



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    RT @mavi888uy: @web_goddess DynamoDB is always a hot topic in my channel and the interview I did with @alexbdebrie is obviously on the top!…


    RT @MetalClassicist: The CDC now recommends you wait till you’re halfway out of the underworld before checking if your spouse is still behi…


    @alex_casalboni 💥 How many guest rooms?? 😜


    @knitcodemonkey Welcome, Sister.


    RT @DVDBits: Here are my picks for the best films of 2021. https://t.co/YCziMQ6FMp #BestOf2021 #FilmTwitter


    RT @mtliendo: First it was Taco Bell, now its @hbomax showing off a bit of their Architecture and how they use @AWSAmplify in their org!…



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    Surprise delivery for me?! A lovely Christmas swag box from the AWS dev:Ember team has me feeling quite festive. 🎁🤶 Check out the #DevEmber tag to see all the creative projects my @AWSCloudANZ colleagues came up with… https://t.co/jxN3MZWDmq


    @mavi888uy WAIT, the favorite one?!?! 😲


    RT @mavi888uy: It seems that you all want to work at #AWS, as your favorite video was about the interview process that I did with @web_godd…



  • Shared today on Facebook

    I had no idea the Walkabout was gone. My only memory of the place is that it’s where I was introduced to the “Snakebite” – half beer/half cider with a purple “S” (blackcurrant syrup) visible in the foam. I’m a little sad that Shepherd’s Bush is no longer the Antipodean capital of London. We saw Paul Kelly play the Empire there in 2001 with what felt like every Aussie in the Northern Hemisphere…


    Surprise delivery for me?! A lovely Christmas swag box from the AWS dev:Ember team has me feeling quite festive. 🎁🤶



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    Surprise delivery for me?! A lovely Christmas swag box from the AWS dev:Ember team has me feeling quite festive. 🎁🤶 Check out the #DevEmber tag on Twitter to see all the creative projects we came up with…

    Surprise delivery for me?! A lovely Christmas swag box from the AWS dev:Ember team has me feeling quite festive. 🎁🤶 Check out the #DevEmber tag on Twitter to see all the creative projects we came up with…


  • Shared today on Twitter

    @heitor_lessa I don’t remember it really being a thing when I was growing up in the US. I suspect it’s to do with Facebook, and having a photo to share there on the day. The big trend I’m noticing now is matching pajamas for everyone. That’s exploded in the last ten years.


    @heitor_lessa Pre-Facebook, some families did take a yearly photo to be sent out as Christmas cards. (My sister has done this for like 15+ years.) I suspect that may contribute to the trend, as people started sharing those to FB instead of physically printing and posting.


    @killerswan @heitor_lessa Ha, yeah. It feels like a similar thing to those stick figure stickers people would stick to the back of their SUVs bragging about their 2.5 kids and a dog.


    RT @dragontologist: https://t.co/n2bMxt3BmR




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