Goodbye Puz
August 21st, 2009
@PuztheCat is on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge with @Chattemuse. Bye, my furiend.
© 2009 Leslie Ellis
@PuztheCat went to the Rainbow Bridge yesterday. @Chattemuse and other anipals are there to play with him.
For those who believe in an exclusionary Heaven that rejects animals, the Rainbow Bridge is where our faithul companions go after they die. There our pets are restored to health; they make new friends with whom they play happily in field and forest; and they wait until the day their human joins them.
Yesterday a cat named Puz had to be euthanized due to advanced cancer of the jaw. This was a sad situation that many cat (and dog) owners will have to face due to the relatively short lifespan of their pets. The difference is that Puz was one of the Cats Who Tweet. Puz was @PuztheCat on Twitter.
PuztheCat had many virtual friends on Twitter, including my own cat, Mr. Breeze. The pets – and the humans who “help” them type – rallied around Puz, regaling him with tales of the Rainbow Bridge. Butterfles to chase, drinks such as the tunatini, and endless supplies of noms.
A previously deceased cat named @Chattemuse who has been tweeting from the other side waited patiently for Puz to cross and promised to show him around.
As Puz’s last Veterinary appointment approached, the pets made a virtual #pawcircle and emitted comforting #purrs4puz. It was a very moving experience even for a heartless old thing like me.
If you have any doubt as to why one could possibly want to text 140-character status reports (Tweets) to a Social Media site, you’ve missed the point. Web 2.0 is about interacting with other people (or pets).
My cat is on Twitter
July 9th, 2009
Worse, he’s way more popular than I am.
LOST
June 8th, 2009What a freaking nightmare. I lost my phone a couple of weeks ago. Of course, I haven’t been backing it up, it’s only a phone…
Then I realized how much of my life I keep in there. I get email from three different accounts, and store the passwords. I have “secret” email addresses or passwords for posting status and photos to Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, TwitPic, MySpace and of course this WordPress blog. All my friends’ contact information is in there.
The first thing I did was call AT&T to ask them to physically locate the phone. Maybe it was in the car, wedged up between the seats where I couldn’t see it or hear it ring. The nice lady at AT&T support told me about the AT&T Family Map. It isn’t mentioned on the AT&T website at all, you must have the URL to get to it. Check this out, the account holder can track the rest of the family all day. The following result shows an aerial view of the back of my house looking in the window at me. If the picture were in taken in real time it would be seriously creepy.
I am -*here*-
I spent an inordinate amount of time deciding on a new phone. The iPhone was tempting, but I played with one a bit in the AT&T store and decided that a touchscreen phone needs haptic feedback. In the end I wimped out and bought the Samsung Jack.
So now all I have to do is recreate the information in the old phone.
TinyTube is YouTube for phones that don’t support rtsp streaming media. The Jack doesn’t, so this is a big deal for me!
I had to reinstall QuickMark. The lastest version will Twitter the text after decoding. Very kewl. It’s not optimized for the Jack, however. Remind me to send them a screen shot.
Samsung: Imagine Living in the World of Tomorrow Now
