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Happy 4th of July
We’re spending the 4th up in NYC, lounging in Central Park today and watching the fireworks over the Hudson tonight. Visiting with friends and enjoying life… Perfect 4th plans. Periodic photos may or may not hit http://flickr.com/photos/solyoung.
Hope all my readers are having an equally wonderful weekend!
CNN URL Shortening on Twitter (@cnnbrk) #CNNFail
Why isn’t CNN using short URLs for their Twitter posts? They have the most popular news account on Twitter and they’re missing a great opportunity.
Most of the announcements from @cnnbrk don’t include links to the breaking news article. They should. And they could do it with style since they’ve got a 3-letter domain.
Current links look more like: http://www.cnn.com/video/world/2009/06/21/von.iran.injured.youtube
Or they’ll use bit.ly (if they include a link at all): http://bit.ly/HnWNV
This could be much more easily inserted in a tweet as (non-working example) http://cnn.com/123xYZ
For that matter, why aren’t all of the major 3 and 4 letter domain news networks using shortened URLs for their tweets?
How to replace the LCD screen on a Nokia N82
Fixed the Nokia N82 after describing in my previous post how to effectively break it…
Philip Greenspun is giving away a very large aquarium
Boston-area school or charity that needs a 300-gallon aquarium?
Philip Greenspun is giving away his tank to charity – pretty nice, and he’s paying for the moving expenses…
The tank is complete with filters, lights, cover, etc. I will pay for delivery, including a crane if necessary, to the school. The tank is about 8? long by 2?x2?.