Twitter vs. Facebook

This sucky blog has nearly always been more of a go read something (or look at) that is posted elsewhere, here’s a sample paragraph or two, here’s my reaction, but go read the source material kind of blog. A large percentage of the kind of posts that used to be created here are now created on my Twitter page.

Delicious Twitter Feedburner IFTTT problems again

For a long time, I had worked out a good system, using Delicious, Twitter, Feedburner and IFTTT. I found interesting articles or phrases in my daily internet life, tweeted them, and these URLs would be fed into my Delicious account, and this in turn would seed entries into my daily blog email post (and in the sidebar over there to the right if you visit the actual blog page).

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-21

Shit Fountain, literally. http://flic.kr/p/8tVcT9 # Cecil tackles the Very Important Question "The Straight Dope: Will alcohol in cupcakes make you drunk?" http://bit.ly/drhDQi # Parliament Buildings London http://flic.kr/p/8tSsC4 # Perched – River Thames, scoping out the tourists http://flic.kr/p/8tStcX # Lambeth Bridge http://flic.kr/p/8tSAHv # Lincoln Public Bath, North Wolcott http://flic.kr/p/8tVYqJ # ACLU… Read more“Twitter Updates for 2010-08-21”

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-20

Moscow bans overnight sales of vodka in Dmitry Medvedev’s war on alcohol http://www.wh0t.com/?p=1447 # yup RT @Marcusist: by the way, @SarahPalinUSA, that "First Amendment" you cite to support Dr. Laura? Supports that Ground Zero mosque, too. # Intriguing RT @osxhints Set tags in iTunes based Last.fm http://dlvr.it/40FNF # Muslim =… Read more“Twitter Updates for 2010-08-20”

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-19

Delusions Abound on Energy Savings http://tinyurl.com/26mya5c # Death in Venice: Who was Geo. H. Macomber and what's he's doing on the Chicago Athletic Club? http://tinyurl.com/2f8pp96 # wait, Rush did a cover of Shapes of Things? Odd. After the David Bowie version? or Yardbirds? # still haven't been to see the… Read more“Twitter Updates for 2010-08-19”

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-18

Digging inside the summer of LeBron James http://tinyurl.com/2fv9vcm # Sounds useful: "AutoPagerize Safari Extension Autoloads Paginated Websites as you Scroll | Pimp My Safari" http://bit.ly/dcjskM # Nelson Mandela – The Struggle is My Life http://flic.kr/p/8t8X1w # noticing that Quicken Essentials has horrible reporting options, printing is for shit # Radio,… Read more“Twitter Updates for 2010-08-18”

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-18

Digging inside the summer of LeBron James http://tinyurl.com/2fv9vcm # Sounds useful: “AutoPagerize Safari Extension Autoloads Paginated Websites as you Scroll | Pimp My Safari” http://bit.ly/dcjskM # Nelson Mandela – The Struggle is My Life http://flic.kr/p/8t8X1w # noticing that Quicken Essentials has horrible reporting options, printing is for shit # Radio,… Read more“Twitter Updates for 2010-08-18”

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-17

Surah 2:139:158 — Changing the direction of prayer (qiblah) http://is.gd/ekaeE # discussion of follower count is frowned upon in these parts, but I am close to the magical number of 666. Need some SEO tweets perhaps # yay, both of today's meetings have been cancelled/postponed. So can soak my hangover… Read more“Twitter Updates for 2010-08-17”

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-16

002- The Scavengers: Stuart (Vince Edwards) has nothing else going on besides his work as a seedy smuggler living … http://bit.ly/dBWnzd # 001- To Live: A bold, energetic masterpiece from Zhang Yimou, the foremost director from China's influential "fift… http://bit.ly/duNg7l # Polish Alma Mater, North Milwaukee and Damen http://flic.kr/p/8swvsu #… Read more“Twitter Updates for 2010-08-16”

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-15

Radio Host Hal Turner Convicted of Threatening Judges – http://nyti.ms/bn8jW9 # U.S. Judge Rules Congress May Withhold Money From Acorn – http://nyti.ms/cJtAeB # Past Errors to Blame for Russia’s Peat Fires – http://nyti.ms/c9b4s5 # Speaking of The Wire: Judges Divided Over Rising GPS Surveillance http://nyti.ms/bXrIE4 # Bob Herbert: Fire and… Read more“Twitter Updates for 2010-08-15”