The Inner-workings of the Merc Mind
From the monthly archives: December 2007
It occurred to me on the drive home from work one day that, in today’s modern world, Clarke’s Third Law is almost impossible to prove. I strongly believe that if people from the future wanted to come back in time, this would be the perfect period in history to come back to—they wouldn’t even have [...]
I know it’s pompous to say it, but I’ll say it anyway: I was on Twitter before it was “cool.” I say that based on the assumption that Twitter “gained critical mass” or “became self-aware” at the time of, coincidentally, SWSX and the TWiT Network’s promotion of the service. That is when I noticed that [...]
Tonight I’m getting the gears for using too many ellipses on Twitter. Some claim I do so to obtain a “Twoosh.” (i.e. use all 140 characters)
Ellipses, in case you don’t know, are the dot dot dots between thoughts in a written stream of consciousness. I use them everywhere. Always.
Okay I don’t use ellipses [...]
Twitter
- @magicspark yup, zoned on that one. Thanks. :D BAM! 3 hours ago
- I keep seeing apartments behind @shwood in the @ScamSchool intros⦠he must be waking the neighbors with his maniacal screams and cackles. BAM! 8 hours ago
- Awesome news! -----> RT @greggrunberg: Epilepsy BREAKTHROUGH!!! http://t.co/Txm8H5CK BAM! 8 hours ago
