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Twitter Breaks

Nerd Grind — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:28:41 +0000

This morning Twitter was having some issues. It appears some pages are not loading the cascading style sheet, or images.

Simpler design or growing pains?

Social Network Workout Plan

Nerd Grind — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:53:34 +0000

Patrick Moberg came up with a workout plan to help himself stay healthy while he indulges himself at some very popular social networking sites like Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Google reader, Flickr, and Digg. Here’s his plan:

THE PROBLEM
I’ve recently found myself checking the following websites an unhealthy amount.
THE IDEA
Every time you open a new tab to check out one of the following websites, stop. Get up from your computer and do the exercise associated with the site you were going to visit. After you complete the exercise, reward yourself by going to the website.
IN ESSENCE
Burn some fat, not yo’ brain.

Add a treadmill, or a few walks around the block, to this plan and you’ll be a lot healthier. Here’s a challenge, only visit one of these sites if you can complete the exercise for each one before visiting the site again. Don’t forget to eat your protein to build muscle not lose it.

Hacked Singing Big Mouth Billy Bass Fish Speaks Twitter Tweets – Video

Nerd Grind — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:58:52 +0000

Dan Ross took an old singing Big Mouth Billy Bass fish, implanted an MBED chip, and added an SD card with .wav files to allow the fish to speak. That was kind of boring, so he came up with a different idea.

Dan’s new idea was to hook the fish up to an Ethernet cable, pull in Tweets from Twitter, and say the tweets out loud. Currently the fish is offline.

Twitter Worm Spreading via Direct Messages

Nerd Grind — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:06:45 +0000

Hacked accounts on Twitter are send direct messages to users and stealing their login information. The scam is being accomplished with the use of a worm that uses a link, and a phishing scam to accomplish the evil deed.

Above is a screen shot of the direct message that entices people to click the link.

DO NOT CLICK THE LINK. The link take you to a fake Twitter login page where the hackers steal your login information. Once the hackers have your information they use your account to send out direct messages to all your Twitter friends.

If you see a message like the one above delete it. If you can’t login reset your password, and inform Twitter support.

This isn’t the first worm to hit Twitter. They are currently working to resolve this threat.

HOW TO: Stalk Your Kids on Facebook and Twitter VIDEO

Nerd Grind — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:21:54 +0000

The Onion made a video all about overprotective parents who want to keep an eye on their kids by stalking them on Facebook and Twitter. Keep in mind the video is meant to be comedy, and yet it rings so true.

My favorite lines from the E-mom were:

“With the Facebook feature called tagging I can find out she is Jenny Longman just by scrolling over her … I can get a good enough idea of what she’s like just by looking at this trampy picture.”

And with Twitter, E-mom advises parents to pick a Twitter name with their kid’s college year and:

“just make sure that you spell everything wrong and swear alot.”

I’m starting to wonder how many parents are really posing as "friends" or "followers."

Twitter Rejects Takeover Offer From Facebook

Nerd Grind — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:59:08 +0000

Social networking site, twitter.com rejected a $500 million takeover offer from another social networking giant Facebook.com yesterday. The offer was $100 million in cash and the rest in stock. According to Kara Swisher, Twitter rejected the offer because:

"-Facebook’s real valuation made the amount to only $150 million
-Twitter’s investors wanted cash
-Twitter has a secret plan to be announced next year for revenue"

The real question is: What does twitter have in store? Sure, Facebook may have inflated their numbers a little, but hey, times are tough and $500 million is still half a billion!

Britney Spears joins Twitter, world shrugs

Nerd Grind — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:11:13 +0000

Now you can finally Twitter with the ex-wife of Kevin Federline! Sources indicate that the pop maven has created a Twitter account, as well as a new website.

Interestingly, her new single just jumped from 96 on the Billboard charts to number one. Coincidence? I think not. We all know the power of the Twitter generation. Now if we can only get Britney her own personal RSS feed.

This bodes well for Twitter though. A few more celebrity endorsements and it could merge with McDonalds or something.

How to Twitter – Video

Nerd Grind — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:28:43 +0000

This video demonstrates how Twitter works in plain English.

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