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Friday, September 5, 2008

Tweetlog for August 29 through August 31

  • Opening day schedule (Monday) of the Republican National Convention #RNC08 expected to be greatly reduced due to Hurricane Gustav's arrival.
  • Now Tweeting: tweeters watching the last "30 Day Challenge" live show on ustream http://twurl.nl/ozuftr #30dc
  • 11 Tweets for the "Mercenaries 2: World in Flames" release today http://twurl.nl/7ip0vs
  • Standing room only for uber-geek Wil Wheaton's panel at PAX
  • Amidst excitement of today's release of the game "Mercenaries 2" comes a real call for mercenaries to aid New Orleans http://twurl.nl/61vzks
  • (BBC) Israeli PM Olmert and Palestinian Authority Pres Abbas met in Jerusalem for further US-backed peace talks http://twurl.nl/d7vpqx
  • "Go straight to Angola." Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200. Mayor Nagin talks tough to would-be looters.
  • Retweet: cnnbrk: President Bush, Vice President Cheney to skip Republican convention because of Hurricane Gustav, White House says.
  • "oh no you didn't" -- Twitter Mercenaries loving the new Mercenaries 2 TV ad - YouTube video: http://twurl.nl/xl41c7
  • "oh no you didn't" -- Twitter Mercenaries loving the new Mercenarios 2 TV ad - YouTube video: http://twurl.nl/xl41c7
  • Two interesting sites to monitor election tweeting: http://www.govtweets.com/ and http://www.politweets.com/
  • New Orleans has begun "contraflow" procedures: both sides of interstate highways are going outbound from the city only.
  • From the neat science experiments dept - (NY Times) Lines and Bubbles and Bars, Oh My! New Ways to Sift Data http://twurl.nl/gvnut6
  • (NOAA) Gustav now Cat 3 hurricane. Max winds of 120mph. Expected to strengthen to Cat 4 before landfall on Monday. http://twurl.nl/ncsg0o
  • (engadget-Nilay Patel) First plug-in Priuses to hit fleets next year http://twurl.nl/5oqqgl
  • Tweet Heat: (Daily KOs-ArcXIX) Sarah Palin is NOT the mother of Trig, her daughter Briston is. http://twurl.nl/iosdl8
  • 15 Tweets during Clemson v Alabama College Football Game - August 30, 2008 http://is.gd/250J
  • One week ago today: the birth of Twitalytics http://is.gd/250I
  • (CNN) New Obama ad avoids criticizing Palin, keeps focus of message on McCain. Video: http://twurl.nl/kyxlp0
  • (Xinhua) BEIJING: a 6.1 mag earthquake hit China's SW Sichuan province Saturday, killing 22, injuring more than 100 http://twurl.nl/346g0i
  • Twitter Viewers are watching Rick Sanchez of CNN on TV who likes to tweet while he talks
  • NOAA: The worst of Gustav is expected to hit New Orleans between Sunday night and Monday night.
  • NOAA: The worst of Gustav is expected to hit New Orleans between Sunday night and Monday night. http://twurl.nl/8mgn1y
  • 15 Tweets during Clemson v Alabama College Football Game http://tinyurl.com/5watsm
  • uhm ... this isn't cool: (Salon) Massive police raids on suspected protestors in Minneapolis http://twurl.nl/klqlzd
  • from DC @RedCross: pass the word -- get help or give help during Gustav 1-800 REDCROSS
  • Breaking tweets: police in Cretin, MN have pulled over an "Earth Justice" bus on I94 in St. Paul bound for #RNC08 ... "much police activity"
  • College football: Michigan succumbs to Utah 25-23. Now tweeting: Clemson v Alabama
  • (CNN) Mayor Ray Nagin "strongly, strongly encouraging everyone in [New Orleans] to evacuate" http://twurl.nl/jt8lsh
  • Twitter's Bumberfans rocking out at Bumbershoot - Seattle's Music and Arts Festival. http://www.bumbershoot.org/
  • (AP) Planes missed each other by 15 feet in near collision at Fresno Yosemite Int'l airport http://twurl.nl/58fha0
  • Bihar, India: Flood hits hard requiring three army medical teams, five army choppers and 84 boats to help carry out relief measures
  • Big Ten College Football: we're watching the Michigan-Utah game. Michigan scored first.
  • College football upset: East Carolina (ECU) beats Virginia Tech (VT) 27-22
  • Gustav upgraded to a fearsome category 4 hurricane
  • Day two at PAX gets under way. Gamers recovering from last night's parties. No clear show-stopper games yet.
  • New Orleans gas pumps running dry, some Louisiana residents being ordered to evacuate by 4pm
  • Now Tweeting: How to "roll your own lightning at sunset desktop" at Lifehacker.com http://tinyurl.com/6ju3kg
  • California police searching for serial killer who killed at least 11 prostitutes and drug users over 23 yr period http://tinyurl.com/58qkfk
  • Trekkies making final voyage to Star Trek: The Experience. This Las Vegas attraction is closing its doors Monday. http://tinyurl.com/5q7oo8
  • Roddick and Federer advance to the third round at the US Open
  • McCain/Palin ticket puts Roe v Wade in spotlight. Dems concerned un-informed voters will thinks Palin, as a woman, would be pro-choice.
  • Gustav becomes category 3 hurricane off the shore of Cuba. New Orleans residents have begun evacuating.
  • Eraserheads reunion concert in Manila cut short Saturday night. Front man Ely Buendia was rushed to the hospital during intermission.
  • Elite triathlete Barbara Warren (65) died from bike crash at Santa Barbara Triathlon. She placed at Kona Ironman 5x - http://twurl.nl/gvaag6
  • Growing Twitter trend: for every BREAKING NEWS tweet, there's at least one more tweet saying "it's not breaking news anymore"
  • Barack Obama's acceptance speech at DNC08 posted on YouTube: http://twurl.nl/cklm8m
  • 5.0 magnitude earthquake rocks the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal http://twurl.nl/ajpmos
  • Twitter Meme: 25 Little Known Facts about Sarah Palin http://is.gd/23FV
  • NY bound Delta Air Lines flight nearly collided with Russian-registered passenger jet near Puerto Rico yesterday, aviation officials said.
  • Forecasters fearing Gustav could be packing 111 mph winds by the time it hits landfall somewhere along the US's gulf coast
  • House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer blasts McCain's VP pick Sarah Palin: "worse than Dan Quayle" "almost no experience" http://twurl.nl/pz33xo
  • Jamaica Gleaner News: Gustav leaves some communities of Portland Parish in shambles http://twurl.nl/gqv66f
  • From the "that's just sick department" -- Mom Found Guilty in Microwave Baby Death -- http://twurl.nl/e7xlz6
  • (AP) New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin tells residents to be prepared to evacuate.
  • Active Twitter meme: nice sample of 25 "little known facts" about Sarah Palin http://twurl.nl/htzhvd
  • Twitterdom is posting a little known fact about Sarah Palin. Well, actually many little known facts. Funny stuff!
  • Comments from people who witnessed first hand MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech and Obama's acceptance speech: http://twurl.nl/eo4qqs
  • GM recalls 944,000 cars, trucks for electrical flaw http://twurl.nl/na1yzj
  • 10 Weblog Engines Reviewed: includes Wordpress; Movable Type; ExpressionEngine; Drupal; TextPattern; Joomla; Mephisto http://twurl.nl/krmoic
  • On 3rd anniversary of Katrina, New Orleans is preparing for Gustav as it heads for Cuba. Could become Cat 3 video: http://twurl.nl/fdkyp4
  • Lindsay Lohan's grandfather died on Thursday from colon cancer prompting a cease-fire between Lindsay and her dad http://twurl.nl/soc5pi
  • 38 million tuned into view Obama's speech, highest rated convention in history http://twurl.nl/mmefrr
  • Hands-on iriver's SPINN -- the first true iPod killer? http://twurl.nl/4j8z3q
  • What Tweeters are saying now: "doesn't Sarah Palin look like Tina Fey?"
  • Thailand sank deeper into political chaos as demonstrators forced the closure of key airports and railway lines http://twurl.nl/0ceciw
  • Hurricane Gustav winds blowing at 75 mph, heading for the gulf's "Loop Current" where it can pick up deadly strength http://twurl.nl/r33yc7
  • David Duchovney checks into rehab for sex addiction. He's married to Tea Leoni ... of course he's addicted. http://twurl.nl/rib8ci
  • Twitter buzzing about the cheerleaders who introduced McCain in Ohio - the general reaction seems to be WTF?
  • Twitterville contemplating the Palin pick. How exactly is she supposed to woo independents? Because she's a woman? Nope, it won't be enough.
  • QuarkBase: New tool enables you to view everything about a Web site you'd want to know ... nicely done! http://www.quarkbase.com
  • Heating up on Twitter: Sarah Palin's Wikipedia bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin
  • Now tweeting: Senator John McCain picks Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his VP running mate representing the Republican party
  • Now Tweeting: YouTube video of Pat Buchanan gushing over Barack Obama's historic acceptance speech. http://twurl.nl/a61nc5
  • Now Tweeting: YouTube video of Mythbusters drawing the Mona Lisa in 80 nanoseconds! http://snurl.com/3kys0
  • Twittershire laughing at a customer whose bank password "Lloyds is pants" was changed by Lloyd's to "no it's not" http://is.gd/21Dk
  • Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination for the President of the United States and delivers an historic acceptance speech.
  • Free report from Communications Research “New Media, New Influencers & Implications for Public Relations” pdf 2.68MB http://twurl.nl/jw06dt
  • TechCrunch: Yahoo Shuts Down Mash, 0-4 On Social Networking http://twurl.nl/kklqoj
  • WashingtonPost: The East Coast Greenway - a bike trail that runs from Maine to the Floriday Keys http://twurl.nl/6kvd74
  • Twitter rerun: cartoon about Twitter dating by Rob Cottingham on ReadWriteWeb http://twurl.nl/27wvpb
  • John McCain congratulates Barack Obama video. YouTube: http://twurl.nl/hfuw8y
  • Olympian Shawn Johnson opened DNC with the Pledge of Allegiance, then American Idol Jennifer Hudson performed the Star Spangled Banner
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