I’ve heard people talking about Twitter for months now and I’ve looked at Twitter before and just didn’t “get it”.   But I finally broke down and registered an account to figure out first hand what the big deal is about Twitter.  From what I can see, you just post little snippets like what you’re doing, a link, some random thought or whatever else you want (limited to 140 characters) via their website or your cell phone (sms — text message).  I can see some personal uses for something like that, but am still  undecided on the usefulness of informing people what I ate for breakfast (that sounds like a great way to get a stalker, right?).

Anyway, we’ll see how my “Twittering” goes and I’ll subscribe to the Twitter blog to get some ideas.  If you’ve had experience with Twitter, I’d love to hear your stories and take on it.

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Birthday present idea #1…

As I was looking through my Taser news alerts this morning (yes, I have a Taser news alert…if you have to ask why, you need to listen to some episodes of Utter Oddcast), I saw a post on the LA Times site about the new Taser MPH which is a version of the C2 Taser that has a 1GB MP3 built in.

I think I need one of these before some throws a fit and they’re pulled off of the shelves.  Apparently they only offer a semi-manly version which comes in red.  But hey, it’s still a Taser and I can paint it, right?

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