Twitter, chirk chirk

"Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?" twitter.com



I've just signed up for an account at twitter.com, after reading about it several times on Wired and other tech-savy places. Please join so I actually can get something out of it - now none of my friends are using it.

Oh-so addictive Tris

I got an iPod Touch as an Christmas gift from my employer, and hacked it right away (wasn't really hacking, but that's what others call it...) so that I could play third party games on it. (These games actually turned out to be a huge hit during various Christmas celebration get-togethers!) But soon did also Apple realize that there's no point in trying to lock the iPod Touch to Apple's own content, and some months ago a big software update could be bought from iTunes Store. Now I have the possibility to use all the same games and applications as iPhone (although some lack of functionality sort of makes it iPod Touch in stead of an iPhone). And that's pretty many apps!

Around a week ago I then a spent a whole evening just surfing around the iTunes Store. I ended up downloading and buying apps for about 10 €. The picture above shows the ones I've got. Now I'm trying to figure out which ones I actually can benefit something from. So far my definite favorite is Tris (a version of Tetris). Incredibly entertaining! I'm really addicted, and spend way too much time dragging the blocks with my fingers...



P.S. I've never really been into games so I've decided to allow myself to get a bit hooked, too. ;)

What do I actually do in the Internet?

This is actually one of the questions I, too, contemplate the most. What is it that I do, or can do all day long?

1) Work (mostly in ExpressionEngine when working with website, a bit with FTP and some time on forums, and finding information [how-to's, googling to get the facts straigh]. Also checking stats on Mint, GoogleAnalytics, and some time on project co-operation)
2) Communicate (with friends in Norway and abroad, via Facebook, MySpace, MSN, Skype)
2) Play (checking LastFm stats, reading blogs, magazines, surfing in general)
3) Find information (reading magazines and newspapers, googling, following newsfeeds)
4) Wonder what else I could do in there?

Utilizing the web

At times I have this feeling of not utilizing the web enough. Despite, or maybe just because of, the fact that I actually sit in front of (or under) my Mac a pretty big part of my time, I feel like I should get more out of the Internet.

Use it more! Buy things through it, sell things through it, get information, pass on information, communicate! And what about all these things that I don't even know about - I must find out what more I can do there!

This is actually quite an exhausting feeling. Usually when it hits me big time I buy something cool from some web shop. But it only helps momentarily. And not really even then.

Should I just give up and be satisfied with the fact that I probably utilize the web more than people do on average, or should I try to figure out what more can I do?

Favicons

There're quite many websites that generate favicons, but somehow I always tend to forget which ones actually do the work I wish them to do.

Here's a couple of them:
http://www.favicon.cc/
http://www.degraeve.com/favicon/

Paper toys

I've been into doing things by myself all my life. Although recently it's been quite quiet on that front. But things are about to change! The best way to spend time with some paper and scissors is making paper toys, and I've found the coolest (at least so far) models from http://www.toypaper.co.uk/