In which there are links.

A new Twitter-like site was launched recently. It’s called, for no apparent reason, Plurk. It’s basically Twitter with a cuter GUI, and doesn’t, as far as I can tell, do anything new. I signed up for an account (because I’m a whore and have to try all the new junk on the ‘net) but won’t switch entirely to Plurk until there’s a WordPress plugin for it and/or it proves to be more stable than Twitter.

Feeling conflicted about cheating on Twitter, I started using Ping.fm (per Vuboq‘s advice) to update all my services simultaneously, and now I’m running totally redundant content all over the damn web.

I really hope all this shit is useful to my beloved future AI, who will mine it all to use in personality modeling. (Other people have children or build monuments. My beloved future AI will immortalize me by basing part of itself on all the shit I’ll leave on the ‘net when I die. Blog posts, book lists, tracks listened to, purchases, blah blah blah. I’m so well-documented!) Because there really can’t be any other good use for all this meaningless chatter.

Although I do love reading my friends’ Twitters on my cell phone (when Twitter’s actually working, that is) as I go about my day. Keeps me feeling close to people who live on the other side of the country, or even on other continents, and that’s really the most hopeful application of technology, innit? Community!

In other news, teh BF is still hawt and I’m having way better sex than you. Srsly. WAY better. Like, omfgwtfbbq better it’s freaking ASTONISHING I am so totally not kidding!

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3 Responses to Twitter, Plurk. Zing. Pow.

  1. 80 says:

    I just got hooked on twitter, after holding out as long as possible. It seems silly since I don’t have a website, or anyone reading it, but I kind of enjoy the little random posts to no one in particular. I like your AI scenario, doesn’t make it any less self-indulgent, just a little cooler maybe. 🙂

    I’m following you now. *smooch* -m

  2. karen says:

    Happy Geek! (yay!)

  3. karen says:

    Almost forgot – t’was good to meet you irl the other day. 🙂
    And now I’m craving more pancakes [like] constantly.

    I loved meeting you! Thank you so much for the very very fun time! AND the ride! -m