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Entries for August, 2009 in Digital Babble

  • cjcastillo  
    Tweetup: Meeting the people behind the tweets
    ![Image](http://media.victoriaadvocate.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/Aug/31/tweetup.jpg) Twitter. By now many of us are familiar with the micro-blogging, 140 characters or less, social media site that you either love, hate or just don't get. Well on Friday a group of Twitter users joined together for one ...
  • cjcastillo  
    Let's go Web surfing on the Information Superhighway
    Technology changes quickly. And these days not only do we have to keep up with the latest gadgets and software, but we also have to keep up with all the tech lingo. Dig? BusinessWeek has a list of "12 Words ...
  • cjcastillo  
    Blogs of the week
    ![Image](http://media.victoriaadvocate.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/Aug/14/73329350.jpg)Image courtesy of GettyImages.com The days just flew by, didn't they? I hope you had the opportunity to read some of the great blogs posted during the week. Here's our top 10 list for the week. LEGO Assignment by coolgranny ...
  • cjcastillo  
    User-submitted photos of today's train car derailment
    I just wanted to thank the person (whose online username is sickandtired) for posting photos taken from the scene of the train derailment. If you haven't had the opportunity to view them, click here: Photos posted by sickandtired Thanks for ...
  • cjcastillo  
    Blogs of the week
    ![Image](http://media.victoriaadvocate.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/Aug/14/73329350.jpg)Image courtesy of GettyImages.com I just wanted to dedicate time to recognize some of the great blog entries that have been contributed to this site. It's not just anyone who can post a blog entry that contains deep feeling and ...
  • cjcastillo  
    Spam, spam, spam, spam, SPAM! (Blogs)
    ![Image](http://media.victoriaadvocate.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/Aug/11/Spam-CanMan2.jpg) You have probably noticed the blogs filling up our site with titles like, "online casino links," "web hosting tips," or "male skin care" (what?). Those entries are nothing but links to online advertisers or other blogs that promote products. ...
  • cjcastillo  
    Social media outage: Twitter hacked, Facebook experiences site problems
    ![Image](http://media.victoriaadvocate.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/Aug/06/panic-key.jpg) Imagine the horror of many across the world when they couldn't send out a tweet on Twitter or access Facebook. How would the world know what they had for breakfast or which Twilight character they are most likely to ...
  • cjcastillo  
    Cool links of the day: Netflix secrets revealed and how do you spend your time?
    I've been a subscriber to Netflix for some time now. For this reason I was interested to read a behind the scenes feature about Netflix, written by Christopher Borrelli of the Chicago Tribune. Now I know the work involved in ...