Anyone can surf the ocean, but how many can surf at work? Enjoy.

NOTE: This photography by EvaXebra.

iPad Nano from Creighton on Vimeo.

The real news out of Apple today was the iPad Nano!

(it’s humor, laugh a little)

It would be a combination of Stale Pizza, Warm day old rockstar and sweat. It would repel even the most adventurous non-developer.

in reply to ideas for geek colognes.

Mike Dopp is fellow coder and social media chump. He’s got a great sense of humor and being a coder, he’s just plain cool.

(note: I’d have loved to include a picture w/stale pizza and rockstar but have neither in my collection. Please send an appropriate picture if you’ve got one.)

So it’s January 2rd. Mom’s had the computer and the Internet for all of 2 1/2 days. They had their first catastrophe. Time flies on the Internet.

Our phone rang and it was mom. She’d had a problem with the computer already. Sharon, @nanna_j, asked what happened. It was a kitchen flood.

Um, what?

A kitchen flood happened thanks to their new computer and the Internet. It turns out the sink in the kitchen was allowed to overflow. Mom explained.

Lee, her husband, was going to do the dishes. He starts the water running in the sink while mom is off reading in the living room. Once the sink water  is started, Lee heads off to check on some thing on the computer.

It seems mom was alerted to a problem by noticing the suds on the kitchen floor. She ran in to discover Lee hadn’t been back to shut off the water. The sink was full and the suds had flooded over.  I’m picturing something from a Brady Bunch episode here.

Luckily mom was in good spirits when she’d called and was laughing. She wanted to share the goofiness that the computer already brought. Lee swore he sat down and didn’t realize so much time had passed.

Time flies on the Internet.

Do you have a similar story to share?

The Sordid Story of the Pixar Lamp by College Humor.

My friend Brian Clark shared his take on The Art of Writing Great Twitter Headlines, but that just won’t do for a pirate.  Pirates aren’t worried about you or U, they are worried about loot.

Twitter has become the greatest place to find and share the loot. If your parlaying grabs attention, then the bounty on your blog really goes up.  That said, don’t forget to talk up other’s links, and help them bring the doubloons.

The problem with spinning your yarns on Twitter is the same as for any old bounty post. There’s an 80/20 rule on talking about loot. 80% of pirates will show interest in collecting the bounty, but only 20% will want to do the heavy lifting, even if it’s just clicking a link or swishing a sword.  Even beyond that, Twitter is having so many postings go by that your average pirate has to be real picky about what he hones in on.  He’s gotta listen to the parrot.

To help you scalawags out, Pirate Tojo is gonna give you some advice; it’s all about the LOOT.

1. Larcenies

2. Ogglins

3. Offerings

4. Temptations

A pirate isn’t going to go for just any old palavering, it’s got to draw them in with the thrill of things to come.  And what better things than larceny, things to oggle, some taste offerings, and something to tempt their spirit.

Those posts might fall into some categories you’re a might familiar with: plunder, pillage, and partying

Also, beyond promising all those goodies, you still have to keep it short.  Lop it off before 130 characters, like taking the head off a pris…ah, enough about that. Just keep it short me hearties, short and to the point.  Get it, point.

Brian recommends 8 words or less. I’ll tell you, a good pirate don’t need a whole lotta words. It’s all about precision and posturing.

So go forth you sea dogs, and post your pointy headlines.  May twits be on their guard.

(Note: might I be suggestin Twitter Headlines the Pirate Way for a pointy post?)

When you look at this chart from the Twitter blog, just where do you find yourself?  More than 90 followers – check. More than 90 you follow – check. Hmm. Top 10% on both?  Does that put you in the top 1% then of all Twitter users?

But your not alone.  Recent numbers are rumored to be approaching 1 million for Twitter users. 1% of 1,000,000 is about 10,000 users. Woah.

So maybe you’re not totally alone. For a good bit of you, I’m willing to be you have more Twitter contacts than family, friends, and coworkers put together. (Discounting overlap of such with Twitter of course.)

What’s a guy or gal to do with this bit of trivia? Nothing, I say!  Just take it in stride and know that soon enough your boss, your mother, and that strange cousin with a crush on you will all be on Twitter, and your tweets about hot buns and etc might just have to be cut back on.

Hey, wait, was that new Twitter follower my nephew? Now how to explain about Stripper Fridays.