Picture a lost and lonely chad peering over the twitter wall…
I read the forbes article on the #twitterblackout, and thought, yes, censorship is bad, must help send a message to twitter. So I blogged a quick mention, tweeted a couple of times, and then shut myself down. Twitching.
This morning, I couldn’t resist a peek, though I didn’t tweet. I did see a couple of ppl share a new perspective, thinking that the new policy is actually good for activists as it’s completely transparent and hidden tweets are only hidden within the originating country.
Hm, I’m still not sure. And overall I decided that if I’m so addicted to twitter the idea of a day off sets me twitching (and peeking from behind the curtains) a day off is precisely what I need. So I’m still (sort of) supporting the #twitterblackout – at the very least it raises awareness of the issues, and discussion is good. I’m not ignoring you on there today – I’m testing my self control 😉
In completely unrelated news, I seem to have been quite productive so far today. It’s not even lunchtime and I’m dressed, showered, slathered in the lovely new Palmers massage lotion for stretch marks I was given yesterday (apparently I smell nice, says Big, and I certainly feel nicely pampered 😉 ), I’ve breakfasted, done a load of washing and spread it to dry around the house, and I’m fighting again with the loan iphone trying to recover the photos and videos I took so I can send it back.
Honestly, I know that ppl love these devices – I can’t see why. I’ve tried syncing the thing and I can’t see where in itunes it hides the pics or vids, if it does pull them off at all. I’m now trying to clear them off using the Windows Scanner and Camera thingummy as recommended on apple’s site, and that isn’t working either. So far it’s been at it over 40 minutes and has managed to copy across 6 items out of 35. I have *never* had any problems getting things of any of the Nokia or Android phones I’ve reviewed or used.
As well as that, I’ve sorted out a voucher from topcashback so that I can order a couple of things from Amazon (a book for Big to review so that she can enter a reviewing competition, and a replacement relaxation CD for me to listen to in the hope I can boost my self hypnosis skills before birth). I love topcashback. They’ve put their referral fees up to £10, so if you join through my link I get £10 bonus when you’ve earned £5 (I think. Don’t know whether they’ve put that threshold up along with the referral bonus and can’t seem to find that info.) and you get an extra 5% on payout if you take it in Amazon vouchers. I use it against things like train tickets via the trainline, and spending at Baker Ross 😉 all mounts up!
And that’s about it for the day so far. Next task is to do some tidying and gather together all the books we’ve got for Our Year in Books so far (a disturbing amount. But there are 4 of us taking part.) And then I need to think about food and shopping, and maybe a lie down with my feet up at some stage. (And a book. Or three. As I seem to have a slightly ridiculous stash!)
And I want to work through my emails and draw myself up a task list – have started that a bit, and maybe take some more bits down to the charity shop, and perhaps work on several blog posts for several blogs, and I’d love to do some crafting and…
aren’t there a lot of hours in the day without twitter?
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