Twits: My Microblogging Escapades

Long time no see, eh? By my calculations, it's been three weeks exactly since any semblance of activity graced this site. But let us put those dark times behind us.

As the title of this post might suggest, I have been dabbling a little in the realms of Twitter. But that's not all. After all, why use one such service when you can use two? So in addition, I use Identi.ca, a similar site that uses a piece of open-source software called Laconica.

If you're not familiar with the Twitter/Identi.ca/etc. concept, then I'll attempt to summarise: You get 140 characters with which to express yourself in any way you see fit. The suggested method is to answer the question: "What are you doing?" But really it doesn't matter that much, you could just as well give an opinion, a fact, or any other bite-sized nugget of information you can think of. If you catch someone's interest, they can subscribe to your updates - known as 'following'.

Well, that's it for this post, but you can check out my Twitter and Identi.ca updates. See you soon!

I'm still here!

Hello again, and an extraordinarily belated Happy New Year to you all!

It's been quite a year so far, it has to be said. Another term's started, with all the hustle and bustle and fast-paced confusion of the first, and already it's February. Where does the time go? (Obviously it doesn't 'go' anywhere, but that's colloquial English for you.)

But wait, I nearly forgot to tell you what I got for Christmas! Mainly it was what you'd expect: calendars for the coming year, clothes, chocolate. But I also got some DVDs and a close-up lens for my camera, so look out for some shots using that in the future! For the moment, however, my memory card is creaking at the seams, so I need to stick my photos somewhere before anything else can happen.