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Tech – Sep 2008

10 Sep 08 – twhirl: Twitter and FriendFeed On Your Desktop

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If you use the Twitter or FriendFeed services, you know that one of the most difficult things about them is remembering to check the respective websites for updates. They're all great, as long as you remember to check them.

twhirl is the answer. It's a little application that sits on your desktop and displays your Twitter and FriendFeed streams, updating them every few minutes. Works on Windows and Mac OS X.

twhirl's a bit quirky—I've had the window jump around my desktop a couple of times—but it's a perfect way to keep up with Twitter and FriendFeed.

(Side note: Today's my Reading Day; I'm spending the entire day in a chair in my garden, catching up on magazines and books that I've been meaning to read. Will hopefully get through a large percentage of my Media Debt, at least for the printed word.)

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Twitter:

#trpg1 Sounds good! Yeah, hopefully will find more pieces in tomb & with Crazy Eddie. So, off to King Edward's Tomb?

@DictionaryBoy Glad to have you back! Hope you're feeling better. We're trying to decide: underwater temple, Idiot Eddie, or King Ed's Tomb?

@saalon Awesome third-party D&D 4th Edition monster: http://tinyurl.com/6j923q

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@ChattyDM #trpg1 Did I see anything about the beast when I dove under the water to look at it?

@ChattyDM #trpg1 Ah! Just saw "giant squid" in the summary. Okay.

#trpg1 *Ellora groans in pain, checks around for the amulet, then pulls both daggers and peers into the underbrush.* (Did we lose amulet?)