Archive for January, 2009

2 Nominated by Ozarksagent

@LaniAR want to know what I can’t stand? followers that unfollow as soon as they follow. oh you know who you are.

@tcar: @Ozarksagent I’m having vision problems. I don’t SEE myself working this afternoon

And one for fun!

redbloodedgirl What’s going on? All of a sudden, my Twitter screen is tiny. Is this how they fillter out old people whose sight is going? read the tweet

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What happened to Tweet of the Day? You! But that’s okay – since then I’ve added Twitter Tuesday Radio and, as you notice, if you send me a worthwhile tweet I’ll probably blog it here! If I get a nomination every day then I’ll restart Tweet of the Day but for now just say “mothballs”. But keep them coming we all want to read them!

Thanks to Steve for sending the first two today.

Even a troll living under a knoll would venture a guess that for juice Google Knol may be the best. I’m a poet and I don’t know it but my feet show it. They are long fellows.

http://knol.google.com/k – the punch line.

“A knol is an authoritative article about a specific topic. Here are some examples of knols.”

Evidently it is time for we, the re-definers of definitions and noun creationists, to have a new term for one unit of knowledge. What happened to the “W” is that a bunch of haters voted him out of office … even though he was done. But I deviate from the point. Google does not deviate. Google defines.

Google has now created a new term for what may well be one bit of brainspace and they have termed it a knol. Without a W anywhere in sight. For those of you who follow such things you already know that Google Knol was released as a public beta Husky on July 23, 2008. Everyone else knows that the internet moves at the speed of thought and web projects move in weeks and months, not years and decades.

Fast forward to January 2009. The 23rd day of that month to be exact. Now you will meet Shihtzu or the level of beta at the time of this article. Looking into the future I smell an Lowchen and a Briard. Perhaps smell is the wrong descriptive.

Knol is an article repository like no other repository. What makes it different? One word, rhymes with hoogle, foogle or toogle. For example the audio Knol – yes, it makes noise. It also includes neat graphic tools for tracking your visits, easy embedding of Google Gadgets (surprise, surprise) and templates – if you are an English user.

All in all I look for good things from Knol and will start using it immediately to share knowledge about personal finance and real estate investing. Or something I know absolutely nothing about – which, as with any other article repository, will continue to be a challenge. Or not … Google Knol has ratings – something sadly lacking on many article repositories.

“The budget should be balanced, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt.? People must learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.”

Cicero—55 BC

10. I just bought a bag of corn chips and I don’t want them to get stale.

9. It’s too cold to wash my car.

8. Still hoping the Falcons may have a chance.

7. I like when my Twitter friends type “Go Iggles”.

6. Among other viewing choices are “Paid Programming” and “To Be Announced”.

5. It’s the final NFL game day before “the regime change”.

4. Where else can I see Terry Bradshaw in a suit?

3. Nothing beats “Cleatus” the animated football robot for a chuckle or two.

2. Hoping for a knock down drag out between the mascots.

And the number one reason I’m watching football today …

1. Come on, be real. Insurance commercials!

Top Ten Signs Your Cat Has Learned Your Internet Password

By Dave Fore

10. E-Mail flames from some guy named “Fluffy.”

9. Traces of kitty litter in your keyboard.

8. You find you’ve been subscribed to strange newsgroups like alt.recreational.catnip.

7. Your web browser has a new home page: http://www.feline.com/.

6. Your mouse has teeth marks in it … and a strange aroma of tuna.

5. Hate-mail messages to Apple Computer Corp. about their release of “CyberDog.”

4. Your new ergonomic keyboard has a strange territorial scent to it.

3. You keep finding new software around your house like CatinTax and WarCat II.

2. On IRC you’re known as the IronMouser.

1. There are little kitty carpal-tunnel braces near the scratching post.

Go ahead and guess – I bet you can get it within 12 choices!

“There was no Full Moon in February for the years 1809, 1847, 1866, 1885, 1915, 1934, 1961, 1999, 2018, 2037, 2067 and 2094.” – Ask The Astronomer

THIS IS THE CHAT LOG FROM TWITTER TUESDAY RADIO 1/13/09
myracook:howdie ya’ll
Lillian Brummet:Hi all in the chat room…
heehaw:Jason!! It’s me I am in a meeting and promised to be hear, so I am listening-Erin
jckc:Hi Liliian
Anne Marie Malfi:hi everyone – hope Jason gets past 39 today!
Elmer:Morning, Jason, et al
jckc:Call in number 347-215-7478
jckc:Howdy all – thanks for joining us!? – Jason
jckc:if you have questions for Julie you can type them here -Ken
jckc:Hi Erin
Guest1081:my display name is now Guest1113
Elmer:Amen
jckc:how many active rain users are here in chat?
Anne Marie Malfi:me
heehaw:hey!! Great to be here
Anne Marie Malfi:I think she could do it – she doesn’t have a Boston accent – I’m surprised by that
jckc:the Love eBook
jckc:cool project
jckc:@writingroads http://writingroads.com
jckc:whirly pop
jckc:julie @ writingroads.com
Elmer:Julie is a Great interviewee
jckc:next guests – @redheadwriting (aka @investorloft)
jckc:along with the CEO of InvestorLoft.com
jckc:I thought so, too, Elmer.
Elmer:Enjoyed it, folks. Gotta run.
Anne Marie Malfi:get suggestions on Twitter Jason
Josh Ward:no worries
Josh Ward:the beard is gone
smfrick:Go Josh!
Josh Ward:but I am still vertically challenged
jckc:@redheadwriting
jckc:@investorloft
jckc:Erika Nepolitano
jckc:Walter Charnoff, CEO of http://investorloft.com
jckc:feel free to ask any questions you might have
The Artist KcK:hellllo
jckc:hello Artist
The Artist KcK:how are you??
The Artist KcK:dont stalk unless youve talked
jckc:howdy??? —jason
The Artist KcK:myspace.com/artistkck follow me!!
jckc:Guest call-in number: (347) 215-7478 – Ken
jckc:http://www.investorloft.com blog9 referral code
jckc:@investorloft on Twitter for industry related information
Anne Marie Malfi:always a great show – thank you – congrats on the record!
myracook:Wow 50 live listeners, cool!
debbie hutchins:Great Info! Thanks so much!
JemWoods:great show!
jckc:We ended up with 55 live listeners today!
jckc:Thanks Debbie and Jem!
jckc:Thanks Anne Marie – let’s talk soon.

My co-host on Twitter Tuesday radio @jasoncrouch turned me on to this story today as related by Cat Zwicker-Grant, @CatZwickerGrant, a real estate agent and daughter of “pioneers, ranchers/rodeo types, as well as farmers and politicians” and her once removed experience with the discount, online travel provider as it relates to the story of the Erikssons and their two year old daughter who was badly burned.

Here is the original Tweet:

It seems the Erikssons simply wanted to reschedule their trip or get a refund after they were unable to use their flight reservations after their two year old daughter was burned so badly she had to be life-flighted to the hospital where she spent time in the burn unit.

You can follow the Tweets about Priceline here.

Not knowing the dates of the events I cannot report on those but in an effort to get the story straight I believe Jason may be scheduling Cat and possibly one of the parents for a short appearance on Twitter Tuesday Radio.

@thekencook over

Did you know you can use the Twitter search function to create custom RSS feeds? Pretty simple – give it a try! I follow “foreclosures” “obama” “sarah palin” “short sale” and a few other on my Google Reader.

Okay, I’m a football fan and I do care but I’m not a Ravens or Titans fan so it’s on, I’m watching, I’m blogging, I’m searching for words on Twitter search like “slime”: