links for 2008-12-18
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Review of challenged ballots in the recount for the MN seat for US Senate brings some welcome comic relief in the name of write-in candidates on challenged b…
The alphabet according to twitter
It’s no secret that Google will auto complete a result for each individual letter of the alphabet. This kind of suggests that whatever the return is might be the most important thing online to start with that letter. For instance if you type “s” you get “sean bonner” right away. I’m just kidding, you get “sears” – but you get the idea. 
Single letters have been gaining in popularity on twitter too, with many folks scrambling to get those highly desirable one letter usernames – there’s only 26 of them after all. Plus, in a format where you are limited to 140 characters including a username, a single letter name could have it’s advantages. So who are the lucky folks that make up the alphabet on twitter? It’s gotta be the most elite of the elite, right? I thought I’d check that, and the results were kind of surprising – full alphabet after the jump.
Make Bike Gift Guide
MAKE has a gift guide for the world of bicycles and I contributed a top 10 list of things I think anyone with a bike should have, or know about, or lust over, or carry with them all the time. Or something. You can read it here. Enjoy!
Brunch in NYC
I realized a few weeks ago that I was a few thousand miles short of maintaining my AA Platinum level advantage account for next year so decided a quick round trip flight to NYC was in order. I’d get the miles I need as well as a few hours to hang out with friends in the city. Today I’m doing that, I fly out of LAX heading to SFO via JFK with basically a 16 hour lay over. Tomorrow morning I’m aiming to have breakfast/brunch/lunch in the LES with any friends who can make it out. I’m aiming for Atlas Cafe for sure and depending on timing there’s a few other spots I want to hit up before rushing back to the airport. If you are around and want to join, please let me know. See you then!