Yesterday in my “I joined Twitter” announcement, I asked
Right now I have Twitter Tools set this blog set to ping Twitter when I put up a post. I also have it set to pull all my tweets into a blogpost which seems to be a self-perpetuating circle of insanity. (I post to the blog which Tweets “new blogpost”. Tools pulls my tweets into a blogpost. Which then triggers a “new blogpost” tweet. This is the song that doesn’t eeeeeend, it just goes on and on my frieeeend.) Actually just typing that out sounds rather obnoxious but is that how you play the game or whut?
But Alex King, the developer of my deliciously shiny new plugin, anticipated and answered said question in the FAQ that’s posted on the settings/twitter tools page (also known as THE README), I just didn’t scroll down far enough to read it.
(duh)
What happens if I have both my tweets posting to my blog as posts and my posts sent to Twitter? Will it cause the world to end in a spinning fireball of death?
Actually, Twitter Tools has taken this into account and you can safely enable both creating posts from your tweets and tweets from your posts without duplicating them in either place.
So there ya have it. And I have it. We all have it.
The End.
(for now)
I joined The Twitterverse today, heaven help us all. (Because I need another social object to ignore, y’know!)
If you are so inclined, I’m (the OH so original) twitter.com/mamasbloggin (PLEASE PLEASE follow me. Please. )
And can someone fill me in on TwitterQuette? Right now I have Twitter Tools set this blog set to ping Twitter when I put up a post. I also have it set to pull all my tweets into a blogpost which seems to be a self-perpetuating circle of insanity. (I post to the blog which Tweets “new blogpost”. Tools pulls my tweets into a blogpost. Which then triggers a “new blogpost” tweet. This is the song that doesn’t eeeeeend, it just goes on and on my frieeeend.) Actually just typing that out sounds rather obnoxious but is that how you play the game or whut?
(The title of this post was originally Assmilating into The Collective. Heh.)
This morning, I called into 107.5 WKZL. The topic of the morning was “herpes” and of course, I had to call in. And I’m cringing now because I asked them to disguise my voice and give me an anonymous name. (Now you know I get a FAIL at knee-jerk reactions. Anxiety disorder, remember??!!??)
Hi Murph!
At any rate, his questions are in bold, my radio answers are “plain” and my “this is my blog I’ll ramble on if I want to” elaborations are italicized/highlighted. Well, they’re the questions as best I can remember them. We’ll call this the “paraphrased interview”, mkay?
Murph: Do you tell them that you have Teh Herpes?
Absolutely!
Keeping it to myself would be unethical and chock full-o wrongness. The minute I got my diagnosis, I knew that getting past that would be problematic. I also ultimately came to the conclusion that it’s as much a part of me as my foul mouth, internet addiction, and family size.
Murph: When do you tell people?
If they’re comfortable talking to me about sex, I bring it up.
And when is that?
Usually about the third or fourth date.
How do you tell them?
I tell them “you HAVE to wear a condom. Here’s why.”
There are times when a guy will argue with me - saying that he doesn’t have to wear a condom because HE is clean. Those are the most cringeworthy moments - when I have to say “Heh. You’re so cute. *I* am not clean.
What happens then?
It’s usually a dealbreaker.
There is usually a good bit of disbelief, some “you’re making that up”, and a whole lot of “Damn. DAMN. Damn.” in that conversation. Sometimes they ask how it happened - like that matters. But, for the record - my first husband cheated on me and brought it home.
I find it hard to believe that a man would be able to stop. Y’know, you’re making out all hot & heavy - I just find that hard to believe.
It’s like pouring a bucket of icewater in his lap.
95% of the men I’ve been out with SAY they’re OK with wearing a condom, but when push comes to shove they whine about it.
Are you in a relationship now?
No, I’m currently celibate.
Is that because of the herpes?
It’s one of the reasons. I have a lot going on in my life with kids and work…there’s a lot going on.
Murph, I’m a fulltime college student, work around 20 hours a week, teach computer skills classes, have kids, and am living with my parents. But yeah, being constantly and consistently rejected makes it more difficult to continually put myself out there.
Are you being treated with Valtrex or anything?
No, I’m one of those with no obvious symptoms.
If I didn’t tell you, there’s a pretty good chance you’d never know. I’ve never had a “hideously painful” breakout. My DOCTOR didn’t believe me until the bloodtest results came back. He thought that spot was from having rough/dry sex (and was an ass about it, making an offhand comment about lube being readily and easily available).
You’d think that between this blog and my college classwork, I’d have this writing thing nailed.
You would be wrong.
My writing style in the blog is very ADD, very what’s happening right this minute, and constantly being filtered in my head as to what should I/shouldn’t I post. Then I have to write papers for each class, and each class has a different writing format requirement. I suppose this would be a good time to mention my overall lack of attention. Even as I write this entry, I have a draft of my english paper open (and I keep flipping back and forth as the ideas occur), and am debating on opening The Gimp so I can edit some of the pictures I’ve taken recently into mastheads. And tapping my toe impatiently waiting for WordPress 2.5 (supposedly due on March 10, 2008). And? We’re going over the exam I just took the other day. (Yes, I’m blogging in class. Bad, bad Emily.)
Outlines, notes, research. All very stellar things that I should get in the habit of doing for this blog, none of which I actually do. I read about other bloggers who research their topics, plan articles, and guilt ensues. And The Whine comes out. Don’t I write enough already? Do Those People really want to read about the disgusting end to your first date? Why did you start THAT topic??!!?? How many drafts, exactly, are you going to leave sitting in the queue waiting for your kiss of attention??!!??
Focus, focus. Wherefore art thou, focus?
I’ve decided that I Do Not Love the way my blog looks. I love The Sandbox; I love the fact that I didn’t spend hours on it, but it’s Not Me (yet). Don’t worry - I’ll keep tweaking and tweaking until it’s just right. (and then they’ll issue an upgrade and I’ll start it all over again. *heh*)
And in other news, I’ve discovered a WordPress Plugin that has revolutionized the way I look at blog maintenance. The One Click Installer by Anirudh Sanjeev. It has the distinction of being the only WordPress Plugin (thus far) with its own Firefox extension. (You can use the plugin without the extension, but you cannot use the extension without the plugin.) If you use the extension, you simply right-click on the zipfile’s location, select OneClick Install from the dropdown menu, and select if it’s a theme or plugin. Unzipping and uploading is then handled by OneClick. Not using the extension? No problem - you can c&p the zipfile’s URL into the plugin page, or you can download the zipfile to your computer and then upload it through the same page. Once it’s uploaded, you go to your plugins page and activate as usual.
One word of warning: I’ve already had one issue with a plugin unzip, but that was *not* the fault of OneClick. The plugin developer named the zipfile one thing, and named it something entirely different in the plugin’s code.
I’ve already added several plugins using OneClick (did you notice my Amazon Wishlist over there? huh? didja didja?) and upgraded to the latest version of my plugins.
