JC - Technology and Stuff

If you’re interested in knowing about all your friends on Twitter and what their interests and biographies are all about, then TwitterSheep is for you! It generates a cloud picture (see below) where the most common words are bigger and bolder, the least common words are smaller and paler. It’s pretty cool…

• Quiz nite @ 3 Lions done, St Paddy’s nite madness. sum places just don’t cope 2 well under pressure. Guess tha’s the diff tween Eng & Irelnd #
• RT @TheOnion: Right To Privacy Not Guaranteed By Constitution, Says Supreme Court Justice Peeking In Bathroom Window http://bit.ly/KNdSr #
• St. Patrick’s Day trivia quiz (I’m hosting!) @ 3 Lions Pub in Redmond, WA tonight 7pm. Live music at 9pm. Come along, have some fun… #
• Reading: Anger as Pope Benedict XVI says condoms make Aids worse - http://bit.ly/RNOTA #
• Only in England - Aroused elephant tops list of bizarre holiday grievances: http://bit.ly/GRHxc #
• Reading: Actress Natasha Richardson in critical condition after skiing accident in Canada - http://bit.ly/g1Frw #
• Reading: Prince Charles names baby giant tortoise after Prince William - http://bit.ly/12p3ot #
• #QOTD: Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy #

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• i need a twitter client like facebook where i can group different sets of followers together. it’s impossible to follow everyone properly… #
• Watching some House and then 2.5 Men… a good Monday evening. #
• So sad… Seattle P-I to publish last edition Tuesday: http://bit.ly/1lvBU #
• Recommended: 103 famous faces in one painting (amazing!!) - http://bit.ly/12WxUk (the answers: http://bit.ly/ysbmC) #
• Very interesting article by Clay Shirky if you have a little time: Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable - http://bit.ly/17y6ly #
• Why It’s Worth Sticking with Twitter: http://bit.ly/Gd2uH #
• Anagrams of famous people - http://bit.ly/Nchma #
• Top 10 ‘innovations’ that should have changed the world – but didn’t manage it: http://bit.ly/hvynY #
• Henry VIII ‘emotionally dependent on women’: http://bit.ly/AAZLO #
• Juror ‘tweeted’ on Twitter during trial: http://bit.ly/19FcLP #
• #QOTD: The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything #

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• Done everything - time for bed… #
• Roast chicken dinner nearly ready - then I’m thinking Columbia Winery for a complimentary glass or two… #
• Just ordered myself some screen writing and TV writing books - the journey continues… #
• RT: @PragueBob Et tu, Brute? Beware the Ides of March! On this day in 44 BCE Julius Caesar was assassinated: http://cli.gs/D6ZRbZ #
• Watching the snow come down YET again in Redmond, WA. When will it ever end? #
• #QOTD: If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style #

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• It’s going to be a busy day tomorrow. Where did the weekend go already? #
• One of those days - not enough hours and too many minutes… #
• Tired of the apartment fire alarm going off all morning. At least the cooking’s done now. Lots of chilli made #
• It’s Einstein’s birthday today. And also Pi day. Let’s all have a relative celebration - http://www.teachpi.org/index.htm #
• #QOTD: …atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one - Einstein #

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I found another useful tool yesterday while I was reading my news feeds - Contxts, a place to store an electronic business card that fits into 140 characters. What does this mean? Well it means you can send someone all your relevant details in a simple automatic way.

How does it work? - So the first thing you have to do is create an account at Contxts.com. Then you enter a few default details and a SMS business card appears for you to complete. As you type, the number of remaining characters you have counts down. It’s actually quite amazing just how much you can fit into 140 characters if you really try. Then, the best part. You just tell your friends to txt your Username (created in step 1) to 50500. Your information gets sent to the phone that requested it. Voila! If you want to do the reverse and send someone your information then you just text ‘SEND 2065551212′ to 50500 where 2065551212 is your friend’s phone number. I have to say it’s simple things like this that make life easier…

• Big Brother Comes - All travel plans to be tracked by UK Government - http://bit.ly/caxR5 #
• Did you know? Get Office 2007 from your boss for $30 - http://is.gd/ngkN #
• Pi is a magic number. Tomorrow 3.14 is Pi day. Here are some amazing facts about Pi - http://is.gd/nfgY #
• Are you a geek: 10 Annoying Habits of a Geeky Spouse - http://bit.ly/Plq9m #
• #QOTD: Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other #

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• Catching up with the crowd tonight… #
• Interesting article: Should the one-in, one-out rule apply to friends? http://bit.ly/10YI0t #
• RT:teksquisite RT: @PeterSantilli Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. #
• Chinese police offices hand out chillis to keep drivers awake: http://bit.ly/edAa #
• #QOTD: If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer #

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• Just downloaded an animated gif-making program - cool - http://tinyurl.com/dgw2zy #
• Catching up on hours of DVR TV recorded while in Hawaii #
• Doctor Who ‘King of Daleks’ goes up for auction: http://bit.ly/18WFPU #
• Amazing Video - Convincing Computer Animation Recreates Hudson Plane Landing: http://bit.ly/XYlIk #
• Diver grapples with 12ft tiger shark for nearly 2 hours: http://bit.ly/97Z2f #
• Monkey ‘kills cruel owner with coconut thrown from tree’: http://bit.ly/Zss94 #
• Pet shop receives delivery of dead man instead of tropical fish: http://bit.ly/wT0zN #
• #QOTD: The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened #

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