A killing jar is a device used by entomologists to kill captured insects...
The most common killing chemicals used nowadays are ether and chloroform. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_jar
I can tell you why I use Twitter. Your mileage may vary.
I follow some breaking-news sites, because I tend to like to keep informed. I follow some journalists, because I think occasional insights from the people that create the news, unfiltered by an organization, is nice to have. I follow some of my favorite personalities—Robert Llewellyn, for example, or James Randi (a British actor and a magician/skeptic, respectively). Authors (Neil Gaiman, for example), actors (Stephen Fry, for example), NASA projects (well, I'm a geek), and a lot of cartoonists (they're pretty funny people).
I also follow my friends. Because I'm hundreds (or thousands) of miles away from the vast majority of them, it gives me a sense of still staying in touch with the day-to-day stuff. Not that they're the type to tap everything into Twitter-speak, but I do get to hear my friend Michael tell me the most recent awful pun he came up with, or from Lisa that she's taken up beekeeping, or pictures from Natalie who is pursuing a career in photography as her MS progresses, or Matt who has taken up residence in Ireland and is learning Gaelic . . . well, you get the idea. It doesn't replace correspondance or conversation, but it's sort of a way of overhearing developments in someone's life, and you can follow it up with a letter or phone call if you want, or just fire back a quick thought.
I know it strikes a lot of people as silly twaddle. The service itself has issues, and I think will eventually be replaced by something better from, say, Google at some point (or identi.ca, which has a really good start). But for all that, I do like it.
When I first joined up, I decided that everything I would post would be in the form of a haiku, and I did that for a few months. Unfortunately, not everything is suitable for a haiku; there are times when prose is the only way to go, and besides, it's hard to count the number of syllables in *&@# (since I rarely cuss in public forums [forii?]).
Anyway, as I said, your mileage may vary. But if you like, I can be found at
Ok so I told myself I would not post this to you here but I had to... the link I am adding here is NOT KID SAFE... it is also NOT WORKPLACE SAFE... actually the strip itself is but the comic overall is not... http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20090804 You will have to cut an paste it to a browser if you dare, but this is the reason why I cant think twitter is a good thing... cause you know its gonna go there...
DON'T DO IT TWITTER SUCKS MOM!!!
ReplyDeleteMan, that's a disturbing image.
ReplyDeleteOhhhhh. Probably a missing comma, there.
I can tell you why I use Twitter. Your mileage may vary.
I follow some breaking-news sites, because I tend to like to keep informed. I follow some journalists, because I think occasional insights from the people that create the news, unfiltered by an organization, is nice to have. I follow some of my favorite personalities—Robert Llewellyn, for example, or James Randi (a British actor and a magician/skeptic, respectively). Authors (Neil Gaiman, for example), actors (Stephen Fry, for example), NASA projects (well, I'm a geek), and a lot of cartoonists (they're pretty funny people).
I also follow my friends. Because I'm hundreds (or thousands) of miles away from the vast majority of them, it gives me a sense of still staying in touch with the day-to-day stuff. Not that they're the type to tap everything into Twitter-speak, but I do get to hear my friend Michael tell me the most recent awful pun he came up with, or from Lisa that she's taken up beekeeping, or pictures from Natalie who is pursuing a career in photography as her MS progresses, or Matt who has taken up residence in Ireland and is learning Gaelic . . . well, you get the idea. It doesn't replace correspondance or conversation, but it's sort of a way of overhearing developments in someone's life, and you can follow it up with a letter or phone call if you want, or just fire back a quick thought.
I know it strikes a lot of people as silly twaddle. The service itself has issues, and I think will eventually be replaced by something better from, say, Google at some point (or identi.ca, which has a really good start). But for all that, I do like it.
When I first joined up, I decided that everything I would post would be in the form of a haiku, and I did that for a few months. Unfortunately, not everything is suitable for a haiku; there are times when prose is the only way to go, and besides, it's hard to count the number of syllables in *&@# (since I rarely cuss in public forums [forii?]).
Anyway, as I said, your mileage may vary. But if you like, I can be found at
http://twitter.com/mcglk
Ok so I told myself I would not post this to you here but I had to... the link I am adding here is NOT KID SAFE... it is also NOT WORKPLACE SAFE... actually the strip itself is but the comic overall is not...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20090804
You will have to cut an paste it to a browser if you dare, but this is the reason why I cant think twitter is a good thing... cause you know its gonna go there...
Random Tao
Thanks everyone - you too Tasha! I did open a Twitter but i think my anti-social bells are chiming and i might go on over load soon.
ReplyDeleteFacebook is bad enough. I can NOT bring myself to join the Twitter universe, too.
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