9:14AM: randomguy132: Running a little behind. On the way with Ammanuel, Ilana, Beck, and Andrew.
9:26AM: randomguy132: Waiting on some folks, getting pumped up.
9:36AM: randomguy132: Dustin has arrived. Doing some stretching.
9:51AM: randomguy132: Oops forgot to update we're walking.
10:02AM: randomguy132: We just passed a giant bottle.
10:09AM: randomguy132: Jared and Dustin have arrived - the cast is complete.
10:32AM: randomguy132: 79th Street.
11:04AM: randomguy132: Just shook our hands in the air for the first time.
11:11AM: randomguy132: Lovin' the gellin'.
11:20AM: randomguy132: I wonder what street we're at...
11:27AM: randomguy132: Riverside park.
11:40AM: randomguy132: Fairway market is pretty awesome.
11:44AM: randomguy132: Realized that I forgot to mention that Shashi, Peter, Joe (Slobadon) joined us at the beginning.
12:14PM: randomguy132: I just saw a fisherman with hammock. I love hammocks.
12:36PM: randomguy132: Under the GW bridge by the lighthouse.
12:50PM: randomguy132: Sooo much sunnier than last year.
12:53PM: randomguy132: 181st St.
1:01PM: randomguy132: Love the hand shaking.
1:06PM: randomguy132: At the parthenon.
1:19PM: randomguy132: 8.7 miles down...
1:52PM: randomguy132: Eating a hunk of meat.
2:11PM: randomguy132: Under the Henry Hudson bridge.
2:15PM: randomguy132: Inwood park!
2:34PM: randomguy132: 12 miles!
2:51PM: randomguy132: Waiting at the broadway bridge for Chris.
2:58PM: randomguy132: Bonet has arrived.
3:22PM: randomguy132: Taking a break at Jimbo's Hamburger Palace.
4:17PM: randomguy132: Stroliing through Swindler Cove Park.
4:29PM: randomguy132: I'm sunburnt.
5:09PM: randomguy132: Andrew and Leanne both left at 155th St.
5:31PM: randomguy132: Took some pictures with turtles and random kids on the playground.
6:09PM: randomguy132: Almost with Rick, and done with this zigzagging bullshit...
6:42PM: randomguy132: Rick joined us and brought me painkillers. I love Rick.
7:08PM: randomguy132: E. 90th.
7:20PM: randomguy132: Just passing Roosevelt. Waved to Andrew and someone on the 14C balcony.
7:56PM: randomguy132: Getting liquids at food emporium at 60th St. Losing Ilana... 23 miles is quite a feat.
8:00PM: randomguy132: Ilana changed her mind - sticking with it.
8:30PM: randomguy132: 42nd street! But on the wrong side...
8:57PM: randomguy132: Almost to dinner...
9:52PM: randomguy132: Ilana left at Houston. We're gonna go eat at South St. Seaport.
10:26PM: randomguy132: Oh god we're almost there.
10:39PM: randomguy132: Waiting at UNO's. Rest feels fucking good.
10:58PM: randomguy132: Sitting is amazing.
11:49PM: randomguy132: I am going to kill the staff of UNO's.
12:10AM: randomguy132: Words cannot express my feelings for UNO.
12:31AM: randomguy132: Finally leaving.
2:09AM: randomguy132: Pain...
2:17AM: randomguy132: Oh right. Leanne rejoined at W. Canal. We're at 20th. So close...
2:51AM: randomguy132: We finished! Like 5 minutes ago!
3:00AM: randomguy132: We're all in cabs or subways now. Good night all.

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11:56PM: randomguy132: I think I've got it!
12:17AM: RFX00: @randomguy132 Are you on the path to being a mad scientist?
12:22AM: randomguy132: @RFX00 Yes, I am. It is complete!
12:24AM: RFX00: Apparently my Twitter audience, with all the visitors to Will and Beyond, has now nearly doubled!

What you see above is what the result of the Will and Beyond liveblogging system is. It starts of with me activating liveblogging via my control panel on Will and Beyond. I then can add Twitter users - from that time on, any updates that users make will be shown on Will and Beyond. I can add users at anytime throughout. Then whenever the event is over I click terminate and the post is finalized, ignoring future twitter updates.

I wanted to have this in place by the time I do the 2nd Annual Great Manhattan Perimeter Walk (last year's is here), which occurs this Saturday, May 17th.

Godspeed.
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