Trying out Twitter

Abby convinced me, and I have a Twitter... thing.

I think I like it. It basically lets me indulge in one-way whining in tiny bursts (words stolen from murklins :-)), without having to think too much.

I started in the afternoon by posting to it from GMail chat, but it seemed a bit awkward to have to switch to the browser all the time. Plus, the notifications wouldn't work. After I got home, I tried out Bitlbee on exor674's recommendation, and now I'm able to post from IRC (irssi, which I'm logged into via Ciaran's server all the time, anyway!)

What would make it perfect would be if I could post a digest of my Twitter stuff as a backdated entry on my LJ, but I'm running into problems with the Perl modules (reflected on the last few items of my feed hah). I wonder what XML::RSS::Tools does, and whether I can rewrite the twitter2lj.pl script to not use it? (My other alternative is to run it as a cron job from a web server, but it needs additional modules, and I'd have to ask first.)

A day's worth of Twitter ($27.00)

01:01:40	—	@ciaran_h haha! How do you like it?
01:09:22	—	...I finally managed to install XML::Parser::Expat (been months since I last tried). Now have several new modules to play with.
01:10:41	—	@ciaran_h does this mean you'll be using it more often? :-)
01:11:33	—	@ciaran_h hee! What changed your mind? And I wonder if there's an irssi script to autocomplete nicks?
01:13:11	—	@ciaran_h doesn't work when I append the @ :(
01:48:30	—	but now I get a weird error when I try to install XML::LibXSLT so I can use XML::RSS::Tools :(
01:53:40	—	@ciaran_h cpan/build/XML-LibXSLT-1.63-31XsEB/blib/arch/auto/XML/LibXSLT/LibXSLT.bundle, 2): Symbol not found: _xsltRegisterLocalRVT
01:54:22	—	@ciaran_h I think it's the same as this one: http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.cpan.testers/2007/09/msg633661.html
01:55:11	—	Yeah, I know. I could try to dig, but I'm not sure where to start and I should really sleep :)
02:53:36	—	@abbylee I think your phone is making the symbols weird. You'll probably see what I mean better once you get to a web interface
02:58:04	—	I keep promising myself I'll head to bed before midnight. I always keep my promises! Just... I'm rarely on time. (night)
08:30:41	—	@burr86 *sends good vibes*
10:28:59	—	woke up a 7, fell back asleep, got up at 8. Transpo strike meant that the roads would have been crowded before 9 anyway
12:15:35	—	need to figure out what food kids want to eat for the outreach we're conducting tomorrow! Pizza, chicken, spaghetti, juice, yes?
12:24:01	—	@gils9965 what aveleh said. Also, the fact that there's a button (trashcan) that *doesn't work* is messing with me ;)
12:24:34	—	@aveleh nope. Maybe it's because I sent it via IM? I want to test more, but I'm beginning to feel guilty about the spam
12:31:51	—	@aveleh bah, the intrawebz Gil welcomed me to aren't working. And I blame events of that night on lack of sleep and lack of console colors
13:22:01	—	I have fried chicken and tea! (the tea costs more than twice as much as my lunch :-))
15:09:09	—	mmm paper cutters
15:42:14	—	Broke out the scissors, tape, colorful scraps, cellophane -- for several gift baskets. Arts and crafts! Feel like I'm back in kindergard ...
15:47:43	—	hlp
16:04:01	—	out ordering foood for the kids! Hope there'll be enough to go around (tomorrow)
18:08:04	—	@youlovetam indeed! I didn't see this coming at all :-) (PS. Yes, I do love tam ;-))
21:31:33	—	have set up cpan as non-root. Thanks for the tip aveleh :)
21:33:22	—	@ciaran_h but I don't :-) (I'm giving up on using it on my laptop, and am exploring uhh other options)
22:35:43	—	@youlovetam hee! Sounds like you love Twiter!
22:40:40	—	finally managed to delete the stubborn tweets :-) Life is good

Total: 27 tweets

You can find me as afuna on Twitter.