TechCrunch reports on the Top 20 Twitter applications (by monthly unique visits). I haven’t used most of these applications myself, with the exception of Twitpic. But if you’re looking to reach out to tweeple, this is a good way to figure out the myriad ways to do it: 

Twitter Applications	Monthly unique visits (Compete)
1. Twitpic	1,236,828
2. Tweetdeck	285,864
3. Digsby	233,472
4. Twittercounter	212,200
5. Twitterfeed	149,812
6. Twitterholic	147,164
7. Twhirl	143,333
8. Twitturly	88,793
9. Twtpoll	74,154
10. Retweetist	60,051
11. Tweepler	51,304
12. Hellotxt	45,754
13. Twitdom	45,411
14. Tweetscan	44,463
15. Tweetburner	41,754
16. Tweetvisor	31,621
17. Twittervision	30,708
18. Twitterfall	29,592
19. Monitter	25,433
20. Twibs	17,168
21. Twistori	16,229
22. Twitbin	14,986

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Here’s my ride. If you see me, honk and wave… And stop cutting me off.

[Moar]

This video is from one of the last episodes of Conan before he moved off to greener pastures. Stephen and Conan, two great tastes that taste great together.

I’m missing Conan right now until he gets his new show. Jimmy Fallon seems to be doing alright, beating Conan’s ratings already, but I still think he’s got a ways to go before he’s 100% comfortable on his own show.

This is a repost from an older version of the site. It’s too good to loose to the erosion of the Interscapes:

Back in college, I had a roommate who was obsessed with Pac Man. He’d study the ghosts, looking for patterns and do research on the net. If this was available then, he wouldn’t have to look anywhere else. The Pac Man Dossier goes into such incredible depth, even reviewing code from the game to figure out exactly how the game works. Here’s an excerpt:

Pinky: Nicknamed “Pinky”, the pink ghost’s character is described as one who isspeedy. In Japan, he is characterized as machibuse, meaning “to perform an ambush”,perhaps because Pinky always seems to be able to get ahead of you and cut you off when you least expect it. He always moves at the same speed as Inky and Clyde, however, which suggests speedy is a poor translation of the more appropriatemachibuse. Pinky and Blinky often seem to be working in concert to box Pac-Man in, leaving him with nowhere to run.

In chase mode, Pinky behaves as he does because he does not target Pac-Man’s tile directly. Instead, he selects an offset four tiles away from Pac-Man in the direction Pac-Man is currently moving (with one exception). The pictures below illustrate the four possible offsets Pinky will use to determine his target tile based on Pac-Man’s orientation:

If Pac-Man is moving left, Pinky’s target tile will be four game tiles to the left of Pac-Man’s current tile. If Pac-Man is moving right, Pinky’s tile will be four tiles to the right. If Pac-Man is moving down, Pinky’s target is four tiles below. Finally, if Pac-Man is moving up, Pinky’s target tile will be four tiles up and four tiles to the left. This interesting outcome is due to a subtle error in the logic code that calculates Pinky’s offset from Pac-Man. This piece of code works properly for the other three cases but, when Pac-Man is moving upwards, triggers an overflow bug that mistakenly includes a left offset equal in distance to the expected up offset (we will see this same issue in Inky’s logic later). Don Hodges’ website has an excellent article giving a thorough, code-level analysis of this bug, including the source code and a proposed fix—click here to go there now.

• Saw the Watchmen last night. I can best describe it with these 3 words: Glorious celestial wang. #
• Whereas pie is delicious, I Mayor Awesome Declare it to be Pie Day! #

• Vending machine gave me 2 Cokes for the price of one. Either it’s going to be a good day or Jesus wants me to drink Coke. #
• Today is Square Root Day 3/3/2009. Only happens 9 times a century. http://tinyurl.com/brm4q8 #

• @TheFullGinsburg I’m diggin’ the new look of your blag. I only (selfishly) wish there were more videos. Like 10 new ones a day. #
• The (Chicago) Mayor’s daughter is here for the day. Not too bad lookin. Should I go put the moves on her? *Rolls for initiative* … DAMN! #
• @TheFullGinsburg Awesome pun. I’m stealing it (with credit). I don’t think you can buy it. It’s like, art or some junk. BS if you ask me. in reply to TheFullGinsburg #
• @pomosideshow @m_kap Good thing I took a shower today. She’s at lunch right now, but I’ll introduce myself as a man of wealth and taste l8r in reply to pomosideshow #
• Joe the Plumber draws a massive crowd of 11 people at his book signing, sells only 5 books. GOP: Keepin’ it hip! http://tinyurl.com/cy6r4a #
• @onegirloneblog I’m not “very superstitious” but I wouldn’t get “Uptight” about your shuffle at your “fingertips” http://tinyurl.com/bkjrfx in reply to onegirloneblog #

I can’t remember how I stumbled upon these videos, but aparently I put them online August 17th, 2007.  These videos were made in 2001? 2002? I can’t remember. There are two videos here back to back and a trailer for the first video at the end of both. They star my buddy Daniel Dee of Post Modern Side Show fame. It wasn’t for any video class, although I took some later on. I think it was just for shits / giggles. I think mostly it was an excuse to have him clean out the apartment, while I sat back and held a camera. Anyway, enjoy a look back into the pre Mayor Awesome / Post Modern Side Show days.

The first video is a music video (Song titled “Bionic Jam” by the Baldwin Brothers), the second one is a little more “artsy” to say the least. I can’t remeber where I got the audio for it. I think off a Beck album. The third is a trailer for the music video.