Tweetlog for August 27 through August 28, 2008

Pawlenty is hot on Twitter now. Some are predicting him, many are dreading him.

FEMA official: Tropical Storm Gustav is potentially the largest hurricane to make landfall since Hurricane Katrina. North gulf is bracing.

Very cool new tool: Twitter Grader. Type your Twitter name into the input field and get your Twitter grade http://twitter.grader.com/

Are you going to PAX? It appears many on Twitter are or wish they were.

Zoom Airlines suspends all operations due to unpaid gas bills. http://tinyurl.com/57a5kv

Twitter Nation is actively trying to guess McCain's Veep choice: Romney? Pawlenty? Lieberman? Meg Whitman? Hillary???

BBEdit 9.0 - a Web authoring tool and powerful text editor for the Mac launches with the tag line: "it doesn't suck"

Android - Google's open handset alliance project - now offering "Android Market" as an open content distribution system http://is.gd/20Wj

Tropical Story Hanna forming northeast of Puerto Rico heading northwest and passing north of the Bahamas. Max winds at 40mph

From the wing and a prayer dept comes a new Jesus sighting. This time the image is on a moth. http://is.gd/1lW

Cambodians hit hard by inflation. The price of rat meat has quadruled putting meat out of reach for the nation's poor. http://is.gd/1Xjh

John McCain has made his choice for Vice President and will announce his decision tomorrow in Ohio.

Tweeters banding together to topple Internet Explorer 6. Putting IE6 on notice, it has 6 months to live. http://iedeathmarch.org/

Twitterville software developers emphathizing with this beautifully done and very Dilbert-esque video http://is.gd/20tj

Denver Police arrested an ABC News producer yesterday for taking pics of VIP Dems leaving the Brown Palace hotel http://tinyurl.com/5p8fg9

To paraphrase Mark Twain: "the rumors of Steve Jobs' death have been greatly exaggerated" due to accidental obit printing by Bloomberg

Twitterland reactions to Madeline Albright's speech last night - loved her! Network coverage of her? fail.

For many, the Labor Day weekend in the US will begin this afternoon as workers are already checking out

Tropical Storm Gustav now over Jamaica with winds up to 70 mph. It's path is aiming for New Orleans

Tweets lighting up for a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Vancouver Island

What we're not talking about: Twitterville has been surprisingly quiet about Obama's kiss on Jill Biden's lips - it's a non event here

FBI arrests blogger for streaming 9 un-released Guns N' Roses songs from the album "Chinese Democracy" (over 10 years in the making)

Tweetlog for Tuesday, August 26, 2008 http://is.gd/1Ztt

Twitterland reactions to Bill Clinton - the man knows how to deliver a great speech

True story: my daughter just told me to stop "twidderlicking"

New Twitter-like service called BackType launched today backed by seed fund Y Combinator. Enables find/follow/share of blog comments.

Michael Phelps lights up buzz meter again: he signs a $1.6M book deal and will host the SNL season opener. hmmm hawking the book already ;)

Twitterdom is wondering who the Democrats will nominate at #DNC08 ... some speculating it will be Obama

Microsoft makes Internet Explorer 8 available in beta. Twitterville is busy installing and checking it out: http://is.gd/1YO2

Penny Arcade Expo or PAX 2008 in Seattle begins in 45 hours (per their site). Twittonians gearing up for the trip. http://is.gd/1YMd

AMC relents, lets its "Mad Men" fans continue their Twitter-based adoration of the cable TV show and restore character name Twitter accounts

Atlanta Braves trade outfielder Mark Kotsay to the Bostor Red Sox

Twitterville excited by today's release of "Castle Crashers" for Xbox 360

Gold Medal Olympic Cyclist Kristin Armstrong used Google Earth to plot similar training routes in Boise, ID http://is.gd/1Yga

Apple iPhone bans comic "Murderdrome" created by InfuriousComics for being too violent. Judge for yourself at http://is.gd/1Yfv

Canon responds to Nikon D90 by announcing the EOS 50D SLR camera today http://is.gd/1VKZ

Sunderland signs defender Anton Ferdinand from West Ham United http://is.gd/1Y2M

Teaser from Microsoft Hardware: "Say Goodbye to Laser" on 9.9.08 -- a reference to laser mice http://is.gd/1Y23

Newcastle winger James Milner requests transfer

Astronauts on board the International Space Station witnessed a beautiful display of noctilucent (night-shining) clouds at the edge of space

@warrenellis gives name to his 7001 followers. As of today, they are the Meatbag Armada. Members grappling with what that means to them.

Gustav downgraded to Tropical Storm as it stalled over Haiti with torrential rain. May reach hurricane strength when it pushes out to sea.

Epson releases MovieMate 55 projector with built-in DVD player

Hillary Clinton sound bite of the evening: "no way, no how, no McCain"

Hillary Clinton: closes book on her election run, says "campaign is not about me," tries to unite dems, proclaims Obama is her candidate.

Twitter all a dither over newly released Nikon 090 with ability to shoot HD video