Speeding on the H1 Freeway
With the rain coming down this morning, here I was “speeding” on the H,1 late to work.
From a maps point of view, I was here.
New Cast Members of New Moon
Did you catch the new cast members joining the Twilight saga in New Moon? No? Then here’s a useful video rundown.
iPhones FTW Now and in the Future Generation!
You think Apple’s financial fortune based on iPhone sales is a short term fluke? Wait for kids like this to grow up!
Thanks for the link Jessica!
Wanted: Tweetie Groups
The new Mac desktop Twitter client, Tweetie for Mac, is great but has some missing features (it’s only v1.x you know). One feature that I would like to see is the inclusion of groups. As the number of Tweeters you follow grows so does your timeline, and keeping up with the various conversations gets harder and harder. That’s where groups come into the story.
With groups, you can assign users to defined groups to better segment and track conversations. Natively, Twitter doesn’t support groups so third party Twitter clients like TweetDeck have implemented their own groups solution (though Ginx.com has developed a groups solution within the confines of the Twitter API).
Typically, groups in Twitter clients are handled with another column or window for each group. From an UI perspective, I wonder how Tweetie would address groups. The Tweetie interface is single column focused though you can open more windows with tear off searches. Right now, Tweetie color highlights conversations, and I wonder if this technique could apply to groups? Assign users to groups and assign a color to that group. Any conversation from grouped users would be highlighted in your normal timeline.
To augment this color coding, there should be a keyboard shortcut to toggle between only tweets from a group and all tweets in your timeline. Maybe there would be a tiny image graphic in user’s “speech bubble” when double clicked would show only tweets of that group.
Hmmm… what if users belonged to more than one group? Drats, back to the drawing board.
Nearing 3000 Posts!
Just saw some stats and if accurate, I’m coming up on 3000 pulpy blog posts! WordPress is saying I have 2978 published posts which should include all the imported posts from the original Blogger-powered Pulpconnection blog.
22 more to 3K!
Burger King Likes Square Buns
Saw this funny Burger King commercial taking a cue from Sir Mix A Lot’s Baby Got Back.
Gotta like the moves of the King!
Harsh Reality: Ain’t Going to Make Money by Blogging
In her latest blog post, Penelope Trunk lays it out clearly – you’re not going to make money from your blog.
Shazbat! Back to the real job that does pay money.
Rejected by Urban Dictionary: Ashton’s Orphans
My latest submission to Urban Dictionary was rejected so instead of letting it waste away, I figured I’d post it here. Here is my proposed definition for Ashton’s Orphans (or maybe it shoulda been Ashton’s Tworphans for some Twitterese):
All those unloved, unused, and now orphaned Twitter accounts spawned by fans of Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) in his race against CNN to reach one million Twitter followers.
Example: My IRL friends only joined Twitter to help Ashton Kutcher reach one million followers before CNN, but now they’re just one of Ashton’s Orphans.
I made a few small changes to the original submission, but oh well… There’s always twuat and Twitter MILF. 😉
Extra DWTS Videos
Normally, I post only my favorite Dancing with the Stars performance in my weekly recap. This week though, there were several solid performances, so I had to add bonus material.
Here’s Mark Ballas and Shawn Johnson doing a cha cha cha to Michael Jackson’s PYT.
Later on, I’ll post Melissa and Tony’s intricate Argentine Tango. As promised, here is “Maneater” Melissa with an almost perfect routine.
Average Ain’t Good Enough on Dancing with the Stars
With the great talent on Season 8 of Dancing with the Stars, average scores simply ain’t good enough. Even scores of 8 are grounds for elimination. Week 7 of DWTS showcased some serious talent and routines. Let’s begin!
Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani started the show with a bar raising Argentine Tango. After a score of 29, I thought the rest of the competition would falter, but not so. LT’s waltz, though okay, was much better than his previous outings.
Yeah, Lil’ Kim and Derek Hough were too conservative this week and need to heed Bruno’s advice of bringing the raunch back.
My favorite performance for this week goes to Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough. Not just because Chuck copped a feel on national television, but because he actually had a dancing breakthrough with a score of 27.
At about the 0:12 mark, check out the squeezy squeezy action.
Even though Ty Murray made a ballroom comeback, I think his appeal is running its course. He scored higher than LT, but I’m thinking Ty’s getting sacked first.
A close favorite is Shawn Johnson’s cha cha cha to Michael Jackson’s PYT. She was definitely in her element with this performance.
Gilles Marini and Cheryl Burke closed out the individual dances, but I didn’t care too much for their Viennese Waltz.
So there you have it, another great week of Dancing with the Stars.
