17:35 Seen at Home Depot: twitpic.com/11zpvb Rebranding acronym failure. #

21:45 Felix, regarding the cat he shares a name with: "There was an X-Rated version. He had a magic bag, and there were lots of boobs." #

16:34 I'm looking for software that can intermediate an IRC connection, letting me use it through a MU* client or GTalk. Know of any? #

01:24 "I don't think we need tomato juice. We've got Clamato." -- @DarthParadox, committing a heinous sin against humanity. #

18:09 Time to head to @GammaRayGames and get merciless feedback on my latest board game prototypes. I love Game Designer Night. #

19:26 Everybody was kung fu fighting? Dojo, under playtesting. twitpic.com/103ifh #

03:58 It's 4AM, I just got back to my room, and I have a lot to think about. This is the role of conventions in the long-term promotion of sanity. #

10:43 I am going for bagels. If you are at the con and want to join, let me know! #

11:06 The convention has discovered this bagel joint. Lines are long, but the bagels look so good... #

11:32 Overheard at bagel shop: "We're watching this Korean game show." "I think it's the news." #

22:06 RT @kiteserpent "I speak English. How hard can writing be?" #

08:44 On the ground in San Jose in a plane full of fen. Time to catch a train to con-site. Feel free to message me if you're here, too. #

11:45 We win at screwing up royally. Two major wrongs just worked out into one convenient right. If you're at FC, ask for details when you see me. #

18:33 RT @muficat Hour 30 in line. I never before understood the urge to ghost a con. Now I do. #FCregfail #furtherconfusion #

18:43 RT @egypturnash #fcregfail #furtherconfusion Staff now says it's slow because wifi is saturated! Good thing I'm on phone data. #

19:43 After 2h 40m in line, I have reached the spot where the line is supposed to end. Sadly, this feels like progress. #

02:06 New personal game-prototyping speed record. Had idea on Wednesday night. 75 hours later, have board, tokens, cards, rules, ready to play. =) #

02:36 ... and I can't do math. Wednesday night to Friday night is 53 hours, not 75. Which is an even better record, really. But, you know, -math-. #

23:57 Goodbye 2009. I am completely ready for 2010. Let's do this thing. 3 minutes and counting. #

11:57 Perk of working in the city itself: Back pain? Lunchbreak massage! (Though I'd prefer a lack of back pain.) #

02:30 Time to go airborne. While Black Friday is kicking off on both the east and west coasts, I will be at 30,000 feet. Seems pretty good to me. #

15:34 Made it through a very hard Thanksgiving dinner. Thankful for everyone I care about that's still living, and the time I had with the others. #

00:50 And now, I can Twitter from my television. This is not likely to replace my little browser-widget. #

19:49 Jack suits up for Adventures in Home Ownership: yfrog.com/0uij5oj #

19:51 Jack will do Science! to it: yfrog.com/0x4wwinj #

11:43 I am testing my new game at a con. With strangers. Who appear to be having fun. How did this happen?! I blame competence. Or magic. #

00:16 Ozy and Millie author D.C. Simpson has a new comic in the Comic Strip Superstar contest: bit.ly/2qnZBD - Vote and RT, plz! #

Do you have a postal address?
Can I mail something to you?

My company makes postal software. I'm building a system to track the progress of mail items through the US postal service. In order to test the system, we need to track mail items that are sent fairly far and wide, and my team has the go-ahead to track an advertisement we're sending out to clients.

I've also got the go-ahead to insert some addresses into the mailing, for people who can help me finish the project by letting me know exactly which day they got the ad in their mailboxes. This will give my team some data we don't have yet about exactly when the last data will show up in our system, compared to when the mail piece will actually be delivered.

So, if you want to help me out by receiving a small, generic advertisement for our product in the mail, and emailing me back to let me know what day it showed up, I'd really appreciate the help!

If you can help, leave a comment (comments are screened for privacy) with:

• Your full mailing address, including the name I should use on the address.
• An email address I can use to email you when the mailing goes out, and to check in if something odd happens with the mailing that's headed to you.

We're sending the mailing to the printer, so no more addresses are needed! I'll get in touch with people by email to let you know what to do next, and whether we'll be sending you mail. Thanks!

Help from people in cities other than Seattle and people in rural or suburban areas is especially appreciated, because it teaches us a lot about undocumented parts of the mail system that we'll need to understand to do this well.

Thanks for your help!

15:55 I appear to have the Influenzas. Bother. Is time for sofa and dazed half-awakeness. #

22:07 At #PAX2009, having the best night ever. Rocked the Zendikar #MagicParty, now rokking out with #Freezepop. Best night ever. #