"Embedded" tweets, aren't. Relax.
Shea Bennet posts a hyperventilating critique of Twitter’s new marketing tool to let you embed a tweet in your site: Blackbird Pie:
Daily Digest for Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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On Embedded Tweets, Part Deux
While there’s no reason to criticize Twitter’s new “embedding” service on technical grounds, there are a few reasons to criticize it on usefulness grounds. When I last spoke of this, I was looking for a tool that would let us curate groups of tweets:
Perl, DBD::mysql, and MySQL *can* play nice on OS X 10.6
After 4 days of pain and frustration, I finally got perl, DBD::mysql, and MySQL running smoothly on my new MacBook Pro, which came with Snow Leopard pre-installed. I happened to run across a post on ServerFault last night and decided to take the time to write up what worked for me as a response, and I’m re-posting it here for my own records:
Steve Ivy
http://twitpic.com/1ku58m for the love of God…
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Steve Ivy
Perl, DBD::mysql, and MySQL can play nice on OS X 10.6! http://bit.ly/b1qpyd (via @monkinetic, in which I describe how to end the pain)
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Steve Ivy
I wonder why Apple gave us selectable perls in 10.6? I’m grateful they did though. http://bit.ly/bnGevw #perl #osx #dbd
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Steve Ivy
“Embedded” Tweets… aren’t. At least, not like videos are. Don’t get you knickers in a knot.
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Steve Ivy
“Embedded” tweets, aren’t. Relax. http://bit.ly/a4RvVQ (via @monkinetic)
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Steve Ivy
use your own perl and ARCH_FLAGS to run 64bit perl, mysql, and DBD: an update. http://bit.ly/bAwahZ #perl #mindyourbitness #osx
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Steve Ivy
On Embedded Tweets, Part Deux http://bit.ly/aqdY12 (via @monkinetic)
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Steve Ivy
@toddbarnard http://bit.ly/aMZwhn Take a deep breath.
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