Twitter-tastic
May 6th, 2008 by Jerry
I haven’t been posting much here, at least not in formal blog posts. I have jumped on the Twitter bandwagon. Well, I’m sitting on the side of the bandwagon, at least. Nobody is completely sure what Twitter is for, but it basically asks the question, “What are you doing?” It’s a lot like the Facebook status feature – “Jerry is hungry”, “Jerry is tired”, “Jerry is heartbroken over the scratch on the LCD screen of his 5D” etc. It can also be a mini-blog, or even a simple public chat kind of thing.
I find it’s a lot easier to come up with a 140-character update (that’s the size limit of Tweets) more often than it is to write witty, articulate, full-on blog posts. So watch the Twitter box on the right, or better yet, get on Twitter and follow me.
By the way, the 5D was injured during the last wedding. I was holding it with the hand strap, and the XTi was hanging on my side with the longer lens. Somehow, the two bumped ever-so-lightly, but it was enough to put a fairly bad scuff in the center of the screen. It will soon be repaired, though. The replacement plastic screen is on its way from Canon (cheap and easy to install) and I also have another protector that will go on top of the screen that’s actual glass. I’m not sure why Canon doesn’t put iPhone-quality glass on their screens. I’ve never once had the slightest scratch on my iPhone, and I put it through much more torture than the 5D. At least Nikon puts a replaceable cover on their camera screens.