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• Another less than acceptable bowling performance, about 100 pins off the pace … ugghhh. Time for X-Files and sleep. #
• Well after another less than impressive bowling performance I think I may watch some X-Files before sleep. #
• Did my eyes deceive me or did Twitter update from a FaceBook status update? #
• @leesargent The Green Lantern for me. in reply to leesargent #

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• WordPress to Twitter integration fixxored. Now if only the Twitter Updater FaceBook application would work I would have a nice triangle!!!! #
• @leesargent growing my own atm. Just watching the melons mature … what man doesn’t enjoy some mature melons. in reply to leesargent #
• @leesargent Why would they change to that it looks crappy and babyish. If I had my way Babylon 5 and Farscape would be on all the time in reply to leesargent #
• @leesargent I have my trusty iPod Classic by my side all the time. I havent bothered with an iPhone, at least not yet. in reply to leesargent #
• Right, back to work I have systems to monitor and such little time. #
• @leesargent dood I know the feeling. Sick on trains don’t mix. I had 2.5 hours last week with the flu on a train with ineffective air con. in reply to leesargent #
• Bowling again tonight. Hopefully I will use some skill and actually achieve something other that total frustration with myself! #
• @leesargent ROFLMAO! Welcome to the Bombay Express, please ensure your chickens are firmly grasped. in reply to leesargent #
• @mummifiedx5 Are you mad? If you want feel free to come to my place and knock yourself out. in reply to mummifiedx5 #

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Recently I decided that I would give FaceBook a crack. Low and behold I am enjoying it a lot as I am reconnecting with friends and colleagues that I had lost contact with since leaving WA. Further, the Drinking Wars application has got me hooked, yes I know that sounds lame. Anyway, I also decided to delve into Twitter on Saturday.

Now at this stage the jury is out on the benefits of Twitter. As a friend recently put it Twitter is just the FaceBook status update. Essentially he is correct, however there are a few people on Twitter that I would like to keep in contact with. Hell, who knows others may pop up over time.

Taking his comment though I thought wouldn’t it be cool if I could push blog announcements to Twitter and FaceBook. This has been accomplished and works well using established WordPress Plugins (Twitter Tools and WordBook). So I can now announce to both Social Networks that I have published something to read.

I also decided to allow Twitter Tools to construct a daily and monthly blog entry of all tweets. This would then serve as a record of those actions on that site within my blog. Yes this is not necessarily a well structured post, but it is captured a snapshot of my activities. As it is a blog entry it is also announced on FaceBook, good stuff. This will also mean that lengthy times without a post will not occur as I am constantly on the Twitter doing stuff … at least until I get the final leg of the triangle in motion..

I then thought about completing the triangle. That is “FaceBook to WordPress” and “FaceBook to Twitter”. “FaceBook to WordPress” was easily accomplished by the PressThis plugin that interrogates my FaceBook status newsfeed. This is then placed in my sidebar. Brilliant, yes there is a bit of delay, but I can live with that. Heck, I can live with once every 24 hour updates from Twitter, so once every hour for FaceBook updates is brilliant.

So the final part of the triangle is “FaceBook to Twitter”. This is proving problematic as the only available FaceBook application (Twitter Updater) to perform this task seems to not be working for 50% of its user base since FaceBook updated it’s publisher and home pages to the new look. I am hopeful that the developers are working on this and that all should be well soon, however it is frustrating to say the least presently. Something that seems so simple is proving very difficult indeed.

PS: I have also seen that for some reason my Twitter account was receiving over 100 attempts for remote access. Whilst I am hesitant to blame the Twitter Updater it is hard to see what else could be the source of this bombardment.

• When I am oncall i sure hope the phone does not ring! #
• I broke the Twitter integration with the blog oopsies #

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• Joining twitter #
• Testing out the integration with WordPress via TwitterTools. #
• Washing day #

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