Twitter Status Updates!
March 10, 2008

I finally got off my ass and implemented a Twitter status updater here on my page to the right over there. Notice that I didn't take the lazy way out, and it's actually included here on my blog. I wrote up a quick Ruby script that interfaces with the Twitter API in order to get my latest request. It uses SSL, so everything's encrypted and I don't have to worry too much. Additionally, I decided to actually implement it using Ajax instead of directly embedding it in my page. Why? I'm not sure that I want Google knowing about *everything* that I'm doing on the Intarwebs.

Anyway, you can download my script right here if you're interested. Just run it as a cron job outputting to a text file, then you can use Ajax to embed it or some sort of server-side processing to include it. You can look at this page's code if you're interested in how to do it with Prototype.

Ya, I did rip off the Twitterriffic icon. Twitter itself doesn't provide any decent graphics. :(


Draz 2008/03/12

Call Westwood College. They can tighten up those graphics for ya.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhzJTN5ytps&feature=related

phantomdata 2008/03/13

Not intended for residents of Massachusetts or Texas.

Draz 2008/03/15

Nom Nom Nom NOOO It are my burfday!

Andy 2008/03/15

Oh noes! It are Caturday and you has not posted

Andy 2008/03/15

o hai, I upgraded your RAMZ

Draz 2008/03/15

I has a bukkit

Andy 2008/03/15

I can has cheezeberger?

Draz 2008/03/15

Invisible Bike

Andy 2008/03/15

Invisible bike

Draz 2008/03/15

Do not want

Draz 2008/03/15

Visible bike

Andy 2008/03/15

I are serious cat, this are serious post

Draz 2008/03/15

i haz a flavor

Draz 2008/03/15

it can be hug timez now???

Andy 2008/03/15

Happy Cat has run out of happy

Draz 2008/03/15

Ceiling cat is watcing you masturbate

Andy 2008/03/15

I are dune cat. I controls the spice, I controls the universe

Draz 2008/03/15

Long cat is long

Andy 2008/03/15

can it be hugz tiem now plz?

Draz 2008/03/15

I herd you liek mudkips

Andy 2008/03/15

How did I get here. O god I'm not good with computers

Draz 2008/03/15

Monorail cat has derailed

Andy 2008/03/15

Let me show you my pokemanz

Draz 2008/03/15

I used to haz bukkit. Wuz it red? Wuz it blue? Some days I can't remember, and that scares me.

Andy 2008/03/15

im in your sink, strokin mah harble

Draz 2008/03/15

pew pew pew

Andy 2008/03/15

Buttsecks?

Draz 2008/03/15

Some fud haz toys inside, my toy haz fud inside.

Andy 2008/03/15

Kitten has reached critical mass!

Draz 2008/03/15

O rly?

Draz 2008/03/15

Srsly

Andy 2008/03/15

I ar zomby kitty. I eet your braaains

Draz 2008/03/15

This thread is relevant to my interests

Andy 2008/03/15

iz ok guyz. I are fine. Rly

Draz 2008/03/15

You're doing it wrong

Andy 2008/03/15

Longcat is loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong

Draz 2008/03/15

Im in ur blog spamming ur comments

Andy 2008/03/15

srsly guyz. This are not funny anymore

Draz 2008/03/15

Short cat is shrt

Andy 2008/03/15

spam cat has run out of spam

phantomdata 2008/03/15

oh, good god... lawl.

Draz 2008/03/15

Oh hai, I found your commentz

http://lifehacker.com/software/ram/hack-attack-how-to-install-ram-in-your-mac-and-save-big--198396.php

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