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Here are the things I am willing to admit to having done today:

00:23 challenges you to beat their #WordFu score of 1868. Think you can beat it? tinyurl.com/phjtnf #
09:18 @paulkbiba You might want to use the #IDPF09 hashtag so people following that see your tweets too. #
09:19 @foomf You sure? When I clicked on it it sent me to wordfu.ngmoco.com/ #
09:32 My latest on #TeleRead: NYT on e-book piracy: bit.ly/eaitK – Ars Technica on DMCA exemption hearings: bit.ly/11qBVr #
09:48 @paulkbiba Could you use the #idpf09 hashtag? Also, I'm told you can latch onto "avonguest" wireless... #
09:50 @Defenestrator1 Perhaps @ledoctor just likes cheesesteak sandwiches. #
10:06 @dduane Suggesting terminology: Edgar Allan Foe fans: poeple :) #
10:08 @difflam It's the 2009 meeting of the International Digital Publishing Forum. #idpf09 #
10:39 @RogerSPress FYI, instead of #ipdf you should be using #idpf09 #
11:23 @kplawver We only love you for your @ficly. :) #
11:38 Just finished an epic game of "warmer, colder" to locate the cordless phone handset. Finally found it buried under Dad's change of clothes. #
11:39 @Hadrien @arachnejericho Amazon intentionally broke DRM compatibility. They don't want anyone else's e-books polluting their platform. #
11:40 @Hadrien @arachnejericho See bit.ly/swUA #
11:48 @ArachneJericho They *outright stopped Mobi from releasing a reader for the iPhone* (according to a source I trust but can't identify). #
11:50 @ArachneJericho They're following the classic "embrace, extend, extinguish" pattern. #
11:50 @ArachneJericho Don't you think they'd make more money selling the whole e-book instead of just the Mobi DRM on the e-book? #
11:52 @ArachneJericho My source (someone highly placed in the e-book industry who asked that I not identify him) would have good reason to know. #
11:54 @ArachneJericho Anyway, there's no Mobipocket reader for the iPhone. There's a Kindle reader, which WON'T READ MOBI DRM. #
11:55 @ArachneJericho Hence, Amazon has kept the version of Mobipocket DRM used by every one of its competitors off the iPhone/iPod Touch. #
11:56 @ArachneJericho Fictionwise, BooksOnBoard, etc. etc. Sure it cuts into Mobipocket.com sales, but those aren't how Mobi makes its money. #
11:57 @ArachneJericho Mobi licenses its DRM to all these competitor stores. #
11:59 @ArachneJericho In fact, Mobi isn't even permitted to discount the books it sells on mobipocket.com the way stores like Fictionwise do. #
12:00 @ArachneJericho It makes its money off licensing the Mobi DRM to middlemen like Overdrive, who sell DRM to retailers like Fictionwise. #
12:02 @ArachneJericho Amazon even DMCA'd a link to a script that would let ppl read DRM'd Mobi books on Kindle w/o decrypting them. #
12:05 @ArachneJericho It looks to me like Amazon doesn't want to settle for the DRM slice when they could have the whole e-book pie. #
12:07 @ArachneJericho So Amazon is now in this weird position of licensing out one of the main DRMs that are enabling its competitors. #
12:10 @ArachneJericho Really, I hope I'm wrong. Amazon could probably do a fair bit of damage to the e-book market if it stopped licensing Mobi. #
12:11 @cubiclequeen My aunt works in the publicity department in the Library Center. Jeanne Duffey. #
12:17 @ArachneJericho Anyway, as much crap has happened to the e-book market over the years, it's kind of hard not to be pessimistic. #
12:24 @ljndawson Doubling every 18 months? Tell me Moore! :) #idpf09 #
12:35 Grrrr, Amazon! Got 47 tracks into a 150-track music download and then it said "download no longer available". Customer service contacted... #
12:38 @RonHogan That's EXACTLY what I was thinking just the other day. #idpf09 #
12:45 @BlueTyson I bought a 99-track set of "The 99 Most Essential Pieces of Classical Music," and a 45-track set of classical guitar. So, yes. #
12:58 @RogerSPress @ronhogan Problem w/ time-lim is, it would be enforced by crackable DRM. Crack DRM = "limited" book now yours forever. #idpf09 #
14:28 Had to unplug computer a while for thunderstorm passing through. Boo, netless. #
15:05 4 new comments today on "TeleRead" and more bit.ly/sCnf #
16:19 Back online for the moment, but another arm of the storm is going to pass over me soon. #
17:03 Watched Transporter 2 while waiting for the rain to let up. Am syncing Bulletproof Monk onto my iPod Touch now. Wish it'd hurry. #
17:09 Looking like I'll have to be unplugging soon. Hopefully the sync finishes up quickly. #
20:47 Got Seesmic Desktop 0.2 installed. Looks nice. #
22:00 @mattblock How about beef pot pie? I have a great recipe for that. #
22:23 @mattblock terrania.homelinux.org/potpie.rtf #
22:35 @wilw I don't know if you're aware of this, but suddenly most people are going to start seeing somewhat fewer of the things you tweet. #
22:35 @wilw bit.ly/Cnxbw #
22:41 Attn all peeps: if you don't like losing all those one-sided convos from your twitterstream, make some noise: bit.ly/Cnxbw #
22:43 @pogue You heard about this? bit.ly/Cnxbw #