Geek Habitat

Reposted from Twitter because I’m too pissed off to want to blog it –

* Sigh. The tire we had patched last saturday (and left a camping trip early TO patch)? It’s FLAT.

* There’s a RAZOR BLADE in my tire. I am beginning to think I need to check behind and under my car anytime I park it. F*ck

* I drive a hybrid and it’s stuff like this that makes me get sooo paranoid. I have had a DOZEN tire punctures but this is the 1st RZR BLADE:(

I’ve found that as my time gets stretched in more directions, it’s far easier to post short (maximum 140 characters) “tweets” on Twitter.com and avoid blogging altogether. I’m not saying it’s a good thing, but it is what it is. I’m making some great contacts, not just professionally but other moms and fellow geek gals or outdoors enthusiasts, folks trying to lose weight, etc. Twitter was even fun on our camping trip, even when Sara and Justin had to leave I had folks tweeting to me that they had enjoyed the camping pics thus far, or that we looked like we were having a terrific time (we were, up until 3 AM!)

It’s insights like these that make me love Flickr:

From user shellen about 4 hours ago from web:
“Realized I’ve fallen into an old bad habit, letting my inbox become my to-do list. Having a to-do list that anyone can add items to sucks!”

Like everyone who joins Twitter, I’m trying to optimize my usage of it and find the best way to mesh it into my life in a fun and productive manner. Sarah Dopp’s post, “More Twitter Tips,” had a terrific tip I’ve been needing.

Since I have unlimited Internet on my Blackberry, but a limited (~200/month) SMS messages, and I use at least 60 of those sending SMS to my non-Blackberry parents. Thankfully, both Justin and my brother are fellow BlackBerry users so I don’t rack up additional SMS talking to them.

Found via Twitter from Laughing Squid; coming October 2008 –

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I’ll have to buy this, provided it’s not $50 or something (which, from the complexity and planning required for pop-up books, just might be the going rate; it’s not on Amazon yet.)

Reposted from my geekgal.vox.com blog

(Tweets are individual mini-blog entries posted on Twitter.com)

Here are a few of my most recent tweets:

ageekgal proof there are people far geekier than me — http://www.racermateinc.com/computrainer.asp (found via an @velog tweet)

ageekgal muses: Naturally, she left a hairball as her commentary on the ordeal.

ageekgal is awake. fighting allergies and headache. Freed Amiga (youngest cat of 3) from the computer room where she was trapped since 11 PM. oops.

ageekgal need to rest up tonight so I don’t pull another “too tired to get on the bike trainer” day. Slacking badly, lately.