I’ve been beating my head against a basic technical question for about a week now and have made zero progress on it thus far.  So in keeping with the way I’ve always coped with this sort of thing, I’m going to put pen to paper – in this case fingers to keyboard – and write about the issue in the hopes of realising something I’ve overlooked.
The fundamental objective is to develop a process of capturing a day’s worth of Twitter posts, and auto-posting them in digest form to a Blogger/Blogspot …

As odd as it may sound, Twitter in many regards is a single point of failure in my network.  In other words, I have no real replacement for it.  Yet I rely upon it fairly heavily as a means of staying connected with people I respect, and whose opinions and expertise I trust – in some cases implicitly.  So when Twitter goes down – as it has right now – it’s a big deal.
In many cases I have no other way to get in contact with people – no email …

This time of year is very significant in Australia – especially the portion I live in. Bush fire season marks the period in the year when heat, dead leaf litter, wind, and difficult terrain combine to produce conditions ripe for fires. This is of particular significance in the Blue Mountains, where I live, where much of the region is blanketed by trees and national parks, and also very inaccessible.
Quite literally the inhabited regions represent an isolated dot in a sea of dried bushland.
At the moment there are …

The emergence of social media tools, with user friendly interfaces and WYSIWYG editors, has drastically changed the nature of web publishing. Whereas many years ago, posting content to the web required advanced technical knowledge, new tools and services now enable the average individual to establish a presence online in which they can share or explore their thoughts, opinions, ideas, as well as share information, resources and files.
However, as with similar changes in the past, these advancements in technology have had a disruptive influence on certain aspects of society, with …

Google recently introduced a customisation option to their Google News service that enables you to add custom categories to your personalised page. This is a brief introduction to the service and an overview of how the new custom sections work.