Wade’s weekly Twitter log for 2010-08-08

Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010

• What are you reading? What should you read? Let’s share on Sundays. #sundayread #
• #sundayread Bham’s Best Eats: How to host a whiskey tasting, by @seankelley: http://itswa.de/bbe-whiskey #bhameats #
• #sundayread Newest version of Kindle: smaller and lighter while retaining 6-inch reading area: http://bit.ly/aUh6Pq #
• #sundayread @SouthernRhoda talks about the business of blogging: http://bit.ly/cQXghj #
• #sundayread @Southern_Living has 3rd editor, @LindsayBierman, in 22 months. Media of Bham report: http://itswa.de/9x6gtW #
• This is the opposite of #sundayread … Church plans Quran-burning event: http://bit.ly/aGMRgR #
• #sundayread The Case for $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers: http://nyti.ms/bzzFmw #
• #sundayread “Everybody loves an underdog, even when it’s been run over and rotting in the street.” http://itswa.de/cilUh1 #
• #sundayread 30 Books Everyone Should Read Before Their 30th Birthday: http://ow.ly/2f89Z (RT @TheCoolestCool @StaceyHood) #
• #sundayread Can you do locally sourced gumbo outside N’awlins? @messyepicure shows you how: http://bit.ly/ct6l7a #bhameats #
• #sundayread Time for a sledgehammer? @johnarchibald says to fix Bham schools, blow up the system: http://bit.ly/bxXLOk #
• #sundayread Plenty of news and stories from Birmingham in these 2 sites: http://bhamlinks.com / http://rssbirmingham.net #
• #sundayread Should @ikepigott write a book? Or has his blog already taken care of that? http://ike4.me/o124 #
• #sundayread Arcade Fire, an old-school holdout in a digital world: http://nyti.ms/9sc8ps (via @mitchjoel) #
• #sundayread When old dudes hit the concert scene … by @phil138 on @bhamdotfm: http://bit.ly/c2KYAQ #
• You make #sundayread better each week. Some 60 people shared their reads today (PDF list): http://tweetafile.com/24i #

Monday, Aug. 2

• RT @michaelianblack: People in the South really are friendlier. So annoying. #
• Bham’s Best Eats: Slow down with sautéed summer corn, by @foodrevival: http://itswa.de/bbe-corn #bhameats #
• The @bhammag showcase, our special Media of Bham event at @infomediadotcom. $10, 8/17, 5:30p. http://itswa.de/mob-aug10 #
• 400 Bham kids won’t have school supplies without you. Backpack drive ends Wed.: http://bit.ly/d4T1Ev (via @CandiThinks) #
• Congratulations to Lisa Simpson on her wedding! http://bit.ly/cD279Z #
• 11 Essential Online Resources for Consultants, from @mashable: http://ow.ly/2d9da #
• Louisiana peeps: Join me at Coastal Social on 9/29 in Baton Rouge! Just $99 w/ “SpeakerSoMe” code: http://bit.ly/bonG0p #
• Recommend you follow @sandybirmingham for quotes, inspiration and conversation. #
• The new abnormal has set in. Americans buying while still broke: http://bit.ly/bZhsW9 (via @acnatta @jesseluna) #
• Geez, Bham’s Best Eats has barely begun, and we already have a hater. Blame @seankelley. http://bit.ly/bFhwvC #bhameats #
• If Bham’s @roywoodjr survives Last Comic Standing tonight, he tries for grand prize next week. 8p @NBC13. Recap to follow. #
• Top 5: Bham’s @RoyWoodJr performs in final round on “Last Comic Standing.” Voting now open: http://itswa.de/comic-9 #

Tuesday, Aug. 3

• Bham mayor, council consider iPads to save paper: http://bit.ly/cFgT3Y. They had NEW LAPTOPS IN ’09: http://bit.ly/9ubygs #
• Bham’s Best Eats: The beauty of bánh mì (Vietnamese sandwiches) by @stayhungrybham: http://itswa.de/bbe-banh-mi #bhameats #
• I’ve been replaced by a website!! http://bit.ly/dC0Ecp #
• Video: If you missed “Last Comic Standing” Monday, Bham’s @RoyWoodJr performed in final round: http://itswa.de/comic-9 #
• Google Enables Multiple Account Sign-In, from @mashable: http://mash.to/2kiOM #
• Books! Books! Books! Sale at Homewood Library @WeKnowBooksETC, Aug 13-16, plus coupon: http://bit.ly/ad9qtH (via @tsutrav) #
• This @PeopleBrowsr site, http://election.ly, would be great for the 2010 Alabama elections, too. #alpolitics #
• RT @KristenHeptin: Some great insight on the WAFF viral video: http://ow.ly/2k2Dl #
• Social Media for Small Business workshop by @coreyperlman, 8/26, Rosewood Hall, Homewood, $49. http://bit.ly/9DKOxT #
• Bham viral vids: My pal Eric “working in music store”: http://bit.ly/a2jhYF. Vulcan basketball shot: http://bit.ly/aCvoa4 #
• Deconstructing 2 all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on sesame seed bun http://bit.ly/aNMLhi #

Wednesday, Aug. 4

• Who’s speaking at @ignitebham on Aug. 19? These folks (and me!) … http://is.gd/e1meL #
• Bham’s Best Eats: Gilchrist and the old South rarity, tomato aspic, by @foodimentary: http://itswa.de/bbe-aspic #bhameats #
• RT @deongordon: Your Twitter experience is only as good as the people you follow. #
• How to make your own yogurt, from @stayhungrybham: http://bit.ly/dfLYXS #bhameats #
• I know how hot it / is, thanks to camphones, dashboard / thermometers, tweets. #haikuhumpday #
• FREE: Tickets for @barcampbham now available. 8/28, @innovationdepot: http://bit.ly/b4NlES #
• My former Post-Herald colleague (and @Birmingham_News columnist) Ray Melick on doing PR for BP: http://bit.ly/9hCAkI #
• Happy 3rd anniversary, @foodiebookclub! A great group of foodies in Birmingham. http://bit.ly/du3Cen #bhameats #
• RT @luckyshirt: Man, I am having the BEST day. Got my work done, my hair looks amazing, I… What’s that music… Oh man. Here comes the kick. #
• Bham writing group / needs 5 grand in 2 days. Can / you help out, writers? http://bit.ly/969v3U #haikuhumpday #

Thursday, Aug. 5

• FREE: Networking to Grow Your Business workshop, from @MainStreetBham. 11:30-1:30 Tue: http://bit.ly/9XOEHP #
• Bham’s Best Eats: @bikeskirt goes a lil’ pie crazy! Tomato tart, blueberry pie recipes: http://itswa.de/bbe-pie #bhameats #
• (Can Bham join this list someday?) Top 10 Cities for Young Entrepreneurs in 2010: http://bit.ly/aF0q9g #
• RT @CroweJam: We’re halfway progressive in the South. We can marry our brothers & sisters, we just can’t marry our *gay* brothers & sisters. #
• Alabama is losing the fight to attract young professionals, w/ soundbites from @acnatta: http://bit.ly/9CpVbk #
• Wave Goodbye to Google Wave: http://tcrn.ch/9IgE6t [It was clunky, confusing, bad Web app.] #
• Recommend you follow @RuthBourdain, the illegitimate Twitter offspring of Ruth Reichl and Anthony Bourdain. #
• Time Inc real job ad: “We’re headquartered in Bham. Yes, we know our own press, but it’s dead wrong.” http://bit.ly/dsHQzC #
• Because *20,000* years would’ve been excessive … http://bit.ly/deCOzI #
• In a marketplace of ideas, someone’s always trying to monopolize the trade: http://bit.ly/aIxTyp (via @BitterOldPunk) #
• RT @shariv67: Wouldn’t it be easier if we just outlawed marriage altogether? #

Friday, Aug. 6

• Amusing Ourselves to Death, in handy comic form: http://bit.ly/bCfu0Q #
• Bham’s Best Eats: Chicago Mike’s in Homewood reviewed by Chicagoan @messyepicure: http://itswa.de/bbe-mikes #bhameats #
• Congrats to @discobirmingham on raising $20,000 to help Bham kids with writing! Kudos to @chipbrantley &@charlottedonlon! #
• FREE: Let’s go to @barcampbham on 8/28. Lots of great speakers and topics, free lunch! RSVP: http://bit.ly/barcampbham4 #
• For this weekend’s back-to-school tax-free shopping, check out @BhamBargainMom‘s list of specials: http://bit.ly/auGeet #
• The last political ad you’ll ever need to see: http://post.ly/qPuE (via @fordlikethecar @ikepigott) #
• What is Ignite Bham? Ed Reynolds explains in @BWcitypaper: http://itswa.de/bhJotD [@ignitebham tix almost gone! http://bit.ly/d15ju3 #
• 6 Cool Crowdsourcing Business Tools: http://bit.ly/c2RpJ9 (via @tferriss) #
• Recommend you follow @RSSBham, a new project by @wilsonsway to show Bham blogs and the bloggers who drive them. #
• Inception, the infographic: http://bit.ly/bGdoxD (via @hitRECordJoe @jasonmccay) #

Saturday, Aug. 7

• Bham’s Best Eats: For serious chocoholics, @ShaunChavis picks 5 top treats: http://itswa.de/bbe-chocolate #bhameats #
• RT @JerryThomas: Yes, children, all things are possible if you don’t understand science. #
• Shout out Saturday: Shout out to @discobirmingham, for a successful $20K fund-raiser and the good to follow. #shoutoutsat #
• Somewhere, TLC is softly beckoning you to the television with its sweet siren song of midgets and cake. (RT @kolchak) #
• I’m in touch with my maternal side. http://twitpic.com/2ccsx8 #
• A cookbook that takes you back to the basics. Review by @Foodimentary in @B_metro: http://bit.ly/bPwQvj #

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