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• Digging out of Blizzard 2009… We got 28 inches of snow! http://dailybooth.com/u/1bigi #
• Exhausted and freezing after shoveling snow for hours. #nosnow http://dailybooth.com/u/1bigp #
• Left extra early because of the icy roads so of course there's an overturned car and fuel spill on the Expressway… #

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• Exactly! Come on now! RT @daevone10: Lackey needs to stop flirting with every team in baseball and sign with the #mets already #mets #
• I'm really getting pissed because 2 AT&T stores I went to said they can't do anything for my phone! Meanwhile, I'm still paying daily.. #att #
• Whoa, BEN FOLDS is a judge on NBC's sing-off?!? Now that's a deal-maker for me! Awesome! Bennnnn! #benfolds #singoff #
• Phils reach three-team deal to get Halladay, send Lee to Mariners http://tr.im/HDGh Not the news I wanted to read… #mets #phillies #
• RT @hockeymandad Ben Folds is the most musically intelligent person on the panel. I learn when he speaks. Great job @BenjaminFolds #singoff #
• NylonMag is giving away 27 FREE songs from their favorite albums of the year via iTunes http://tr.im/HEir Incl Grizzly Bear, Boxer Rebellion #
• Stephen Colbert: "Clearly [Senator] Lieberman has gone from have "Joe-mentum" to having "Joe-mentia"…" #colbertreport #comedycentral #
• Ryota Igarashi from the Tokyo Swallows as a setup man for Frankie RT @mlbnewstoday: Mets near deal w/ Japanese reliever http://bit.ly/4XxT63 #
• Watching episode 2 of The Sing-off on NBC. Still trying to figure out who the non-Ben Folds judges are.. And that's enough Nick Lachey! #nbc #
• Well the first step is actually wrapping them, lol. RT @justonemiss: I hate wrapping presents. #
• LOL exactly. RT @zedarius: If you say "Swan Song" one more time I'm going to punch you in the face, Nick Lachey. #singoff #
• House votes to turn down volume of noisy TV ads http://tr.im/HOdo Its amazing that legislation is needed, we're paying for cable afterall… #
• WNBC anchor Sue Simmons: "Tonight some top politicians told us that Doomsday is not here yet.." That's when I turned the TV off. #nbc #news #
• The Sing-Off's 3rd Night Opening Number- Early Leak! http://tr.im/HOz8 #singoff #benfolds #
• Glee will return, don't worry. For now, I give u Nick Lachey. RT @mariacreilly: Missing Glee and watching Singoff instead. Just not the same #
• Home. Still freezing. Have to go out and finish the rest of my weekly errands. Please no snow tomorrow, please no snow! #nosnow #
• Checking out Twitter from my HTC Pure! #
• Continuing my NO SNOW campaign for New York. The new says 6-12" blizzard warning in effect. Nooooo! #nosnow #
• .@lilpecan The HTC Pure is great! Its like all the good parts of the Tilt but upgraded with TouchFlo 3D and a 5 megapixel camera! #att in reply to LilPecan #
• Guess I got my replacement phone just in time for the impending snow storm. #nosnow #
• Twitter outage was cyber attack by Shiite group http://tr.im/I5eH Twitter was hacked briefly by a group calling itself Iranian Cyber Army #
• 10 inches of snow here in New York. Just took my 2 hours to get home from work. Got stuck 4 times… #nosnow #
• Still shoveling… We got 28" of snow! Stupid global warming! #nosnow #
• RIP Brittany Murphy… Died of cardiac arrest at age 32, reports TMZ. #

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• Ray Romano AND Scott Bakula. Sounds funny! RT @shyonelung: Watch #MenofACertainA\ge tonight on TNT. Great show, well written. #
• Ray Romano AND Scott Bakula. Sounds funny! RT @shyonelung: Watch #MenofACertainAge tonight on TNT. Great show, well written. #
• Tonight on EXTRA, "Elliott Spitzer's call girl sounds off on Tiger's mistresses"… Whew, they finally someone credible on that show… #tv #
• Brian Bruney is finally going to a team that matches his talents.. the Washington Nationals. There is some right in this world afterall #mlb #
• Working on a cool way to meetup with fellow Mets fans at Citi Field for games during the 2010 season Let me know if you want in #metstweetup #
• Bought my first Wii game last night. Now all I need is a Wii to go with it… Well it was on sale, so… #outoforder #
• CBS Cancels ‘As the World Turns' http://tr.im/H59D Procter & Gamble, which invented the soap opera is no longer in the soap opera business #
• Given a choice, more people would vote for a Tea Party candidate than a Republican candidate http://tr.im/H5jJ Tea baggers unite? LOL #
• I'm totally there! RT @headie123: @DAVEMATTHEWSBAND @GOGOLBORDELLO @BENHARPER in 3D! 1 week only in theaters! Dec 11-17 @inconcert3D. #
• So NBC is marketing new reality singing show "Sing Off" as half of FOX's Glee and half of FOXs American Idol. So FOX + FOX = NBC ripoff! #tv #
• RT @metsnews: Mets deal Rule 5 selection to Dodgers http://is.gd/5i8Ao #mets #dodgers #
• Home. Finally. Now food. :) #
• First absolutely freezing day of the winter. Says 27, feels like 9 degrees. #freezing #cold #
• Forget Tiger, I'm taking an indefinite break from work for the weekend. #tigerweekend #
• Why not both!!! RT @nytimessports: Analysis: Mets to Focus on Bay or Lackey, Not Both http://bit.ly/7PKhOG #
• RT @alternet: RT @billmaher: What's really f ed up is that u can become a billionaire playing a dumb sport like golf #
• Was all excited to see A Christmas Carol at Theatre Three in Port Jefferson tonight, but was just told my dad bought the wrong tickets. :( #
• SantaCon strikes again! RT @newyorkology: RT @MelleHNYC: Hundreds of santas in front of Brooklyn Brewery!! Dangit no camera on this bberry. #
• Having trouble with my phone, errr. #
• Getting ready for work. My phone still won't turn back on. Guess I gotta go bring it somewhere tomorrow, sigh. :( #

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• ABC has How the Grinch Stole Christmas AND Shrek the Halls at 8pm tonight, Christmas program viewers! #
• “Tiger Woods may not want to talk to police, CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin says, because something embarrassing might come to light.” LOL #
• So then-Arkansas Gov. Huckabee apparently pardoned the guy suspected of murdering those 4 cops in a diner in Seattle? Oh that’s wonderful… #
• When Not Watching NBC at 10 p.m., Audiences Aren’t Watching NBC Rivals Either http://tr.im/Gdw7 Jay Leno just makes people watch their DVRs #
• “Twitter” is the most used word of the year — beats out “vampire,” “swine flu” and “Obama” http://tr.im/Geqn #
• Hey why not? Keep those fingers unbroken tho please. RT @fantasyalarm: Mets IF Alex Cora will re-sign with the team for one year. #Mets #MLB #
• Any thoughts, Mets fans? RT @bobsblitz: Chris Coste: Report: Mets sign catcher Chris Coste – http://bit.ly/8Nljq4 Not a game-changer? #
• Deepak Chopra is really convincing. Maybe I should start paying attention to what he has to say. #
• December 1 is World AIDS Day. Please help create awareness by blogging, tweeting, or talking about AIDS prevention and information. #aidsday #
• Alec Baldwin Will Quit 30 Rock, Acting When Contract Expires http://tr.im/GgOw #
• Scrubs to Return as Scrubs: Med School Tomorrow http://tr.im/GgP8 More of a spin-off than a 9th season #scrubs #abc #nyt #
• Iconic journalist Carl Bernstein is on Craig Ferguson right now. Makes me wish journalism was closer today to All The Pres. Men than TMZ… #
• The Salahis speak out on Today Show, say they were invited to White House http://tr.im/GiIR Okay, so where’s your invitation then? Right… #

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• Yeah sounds pretty good :) RT @adamjackson: Love Ben Folds Music. Perfect Sunday night. Wine, food and smiles. #
• Or just shake her? RT @ryan_ender: How do you wake up Lady GaGa when she’s asleep? Poke her face. :/ #
• Checking out Bobby’s Burger Palace (Bobby Flay’s place) on Long Island. Great setup, I ordered the Dallas burger, hold the coleslaw. #
• Just saw A Christmas Carol in IMAX 3D. Soooo good! #movies #3d #jimcarrey #
• Jack’s Mannequin on The Daily Show FTW! Two awesome likes on one awesome show! :) #dailyshow #jacksmannequin #
• Weezer on Conan. Wow, great musical acts on late night shows tonight! Pick up Weezer’s new album if you get a chance, it’s awesome! #nbc #
• Just listened to Weezer’s new album… It rocks! #weezer #music #
• This is a very typo morning. That is all. #
• Remember when you used to do your Christmas shopping at Circuit City, Linens & Things, and Blockbuster? Yeah, me either. #christmas #retail #
• Damn, just missed a Eye-Fi Wireless Share Video 4GB SDHC Memory Card for $30. Too slow! #
• Jimmy Fallon and the Roots will be in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade tomorrow, singing a medley of holiday songs around 11am. #latenight #
• Watching the 86th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade! A Thanksgiving tradition, this year on TiVo delay! #
• Cool to see Joel Goddard announcing the parade on NBC. Miss him since Conan moved to LA. #nbc #latenight #tonightshow #parade #
• Just got to talk to @justonemiss before she makes her 7 hour Thanksgiving Day drive to San Francisco. Now that I’m thanksful for! <# #

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• Feeling pretty miserable. Tough day. Sigh. #
• As A.L.-N.L. Gap Widens, General Managers Tread Cautiously http://tr.im/F576 So are AL teams just better than NL teams? What do you think? #
• People would upgrade their TiVos if TiVo allowed them to transfer their lifetime service plans. Otherwise, we’re sticking with what we have! #
• RT @mlbbloggers: New York Mets hire Wally Backman to manage Brooklyn Cyclones http://bit.ly/QLfHC The ‘86 Mets continue their re-invasion! #
• RT @metsgrrl: also of interest: who has access to which clubs. guess what, promenade: still no acela club for you! http://bit.ly/S7wrr #mets #
• Fox sets Fringe campaign http://tr.im/F5kz Will send briefcase carrying bald men with tabasco sauce to NY, LA, Chicago, and to NFL game. #
• Subway Sandwich Shop To Be Built Atop WTC Crane http://tr.im/F5sU Store will rise floor-by-floor as building is built Only in NY! #nyc #
• Regis Philbin to Anderson Cooper: “What did you do to Lou Dobbs over there? Come on Anderson, I know you!” LOL #abc #cnn #
• I don’t care what Jared says… Quiznos is 1000x more delicious than Subway, hands down. #sandwichwars #
• Which is the worst idea: a Sarah Palin talk show OR a Heidi and Spencer talk show? And why? #talkshowhell #palin #tcot #tlot #teabagyourself #

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• LOL, nice. RT @elifrombrooklyn: Mets have a $5 million club option on Mr. Met. Cowbell Man was released: "Wrist related." #
• Man attends own funeral http://tr.im/EzTK The sight of Ademir Goncalves alive shocked relatives, some whom tried to jump out of the windows #
• 20 Years of D'oh! Starting today through Friday every primetime show on FOX will include a hidden reference or tribute to The Simpsons! #fox #
• Thinking maybe I should extend my design skills to creating custom cakes… Would be delicious! #design #cake #
• Just overheard that this IHOP goes thru "at least 500 eggs" on a typical Saturday. How many dozen eggs is that? #ihopmath #ihop #
• Rice-a-Roni does not belong down the ethnice food aisle. #noway #
• Carrie Prejean just compared herself to Sonia Sotomayor and Michelle Obama on the Today Show. Keep dreaming honey, keep dreaming… #
• Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has cancer http://tr.im/EFCL 62-year-old legend is diagnosed with leukemia #nba #news #
• I tried something different on my blog post tonight but I'm not sure if it worked… #
• RT @justonemiss It worked http://bit.ly/11TBe2 RT @citycynic I tried something different on my blog post 2night but I'm not sure it worked #

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• What was that terrible Avatar movie tie-in to the FOX Game 4 introduction last night? Talk about crappy and annoying product placement. #mlb #
• Ed Norton, Anthony Edwards and Alanis Morissette all finished the NYC Marathon for charity yesterday. http://tr.im/DWkl #
• 24 is bringing back Gregory Itzin’s Charles Logan character for season 8 on Jan 17. The bad news? They’re also adding Freddie Prinze Jr. #24 #
• Don’t expect the Melk-man to deliver tonight, Cabrera has been replaced by Ramiro Pena for the remainder of World Series http://tr.im/DXKr #
• Has anyone / does anyone use Gimp for image mainpulation? I just tried it and it just feels foreign to me. Anyone rely on it? #gimp #images #
• If I get anything out of watching this World Series its the comedy of seeing CC Sabathia trying to bat last night. Oh CC! #yankees #phillies #
• So in tonights World Series lesson we learned that AJ Burnett CANNOT perform on short rest, whereas CC Sabathia can. 5-1 Phillies in the 3rd #
• RT @joeandevan: I stand by Girardi on going with AJ on 3 days…AJ can implode at anytime, can’t just say he sucked b/c of rest #worldseries #
• Happy Election Day… make sure you take 15 minutes to vote! #
• Wow beats my sugggestion of Paulie Shore and Vanilla Ice! RT @shyonelung: Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin to co-host Academy Awards. #
• Working on my third post as part of NaBloPoMo and watching Mayor Bloomberg’s acceptance speech, which is running like a U2 concert. Whoa. #
• NYU news: Another student commits suicide in Bobst Library http://tr.im/E5ij Somehow this never dies. So sad. Whats with that place? #nyu #
• Just woke up and it’s 30-something degrees out. Brrrrrr! #

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The TwitterPeek by Peek, Inc.

The TwitterPeek is here, just in time for Christmas!

The first mobile device devoted exclusively to tweeting and reading tweets is now on the market and whether or not it will be a hit remains to be seen:

Clad in “Twitter blue,” the TwitterPeek allows all the same functionality of a desktop Twitter client – reading tweets, sending tweets, replying, retweeting and direct messaging – only it gives users that access on the go. [...]

Sarva said the TwitterPeek is built for consumers looking for an affordable alternative to expensive smartphones with higher monthly fees. The TwitterPeek sells for $99 with a $7.95 monthly fee or $199 with a lifetime of service.

But with Internet-ready smartphones that can handle many tasks and completely free iPhone Twitter apps out there, it just leaves me wondering where the market is for a $100/$200 device that only does one thing.

I think you’d have to be really devoted to tweeting to invest that much money in a device that does nothing else.

Mobile devices devoted to only one thing aren’t new, however.

There are several devices devoted solely to IMing, like the Radica IM Me Wireless Handheld Device for instance. And there are email-only devices like the Pocketmail.

Don’t you think that someone who is so into tweeting that they’d be interested in purchasing the TwitterPeak would also be someone that chats online or uses email?

Why not combine the tweeting functionality with IMing and email? Sure, that’s what a smartphone is (plus calling), but maybe what these companies are missing is a way to combine the Internet features of a smartphone, into a lifetime service-ready device that excludes phone service (or even better, offers VoIP Internet calling as part of the package).

All technology evolves, but the TwitterPeak seems to be just one of the features of a device that many people could find useful. A little too devoted, if you ask me.

That, or we can all wait until laptops are the size of phones. That’s probably only years down the road as well…

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• .@justonemiss No, the Pirates officially went out of business this season after upgrading all the remaining fans seating to Cleveland… :P in reply to JustOneMiss #
• .@adamjackson The doctor with the limp from TV? I know a few ppl who would be jealous! in reply to adamjackson #
• U2 is streaming live from the Rose Bowl in 5 minutes! #u2webcast http://www.youtube.com/u2?feature=ticker #
• Yankees return to the World Series, Angels go back to LA to work on throwing to first base properly. Phillies-Yankees WS? I'm gonna be sick! #
• Yeah its really awesome! RT @tjblessme: #u2webcast great perfomance, great new technology #
• I'd say a tie! RT @pinkfreezie: i'm not sure what's more cool watching the live stream or seeing tweets from around the world #u2webcast #
• And tweeting about it! <# RT @justonemiss: Eating ice cream at the U2 concert with my honey, with 3,000 miles between us. #ilovetechnology #
• Ahahaha, now THAT'S funny! RT @samelaanderson: Love this Facebok status: "Mike is growing weed in Farmville to sell in MafiaWars" #
• CSI: Trilogy is coming Nov 9th… Its a CSI crossover, crossover, crossover… from Miami to NY to Las Vegas! Cool idea! #csi #tv #
• Late Show with David Letterman is back this week with Tom Hanks and Regis Philbin and TWO NIGHTS of WEEZER! #tv #lateshow #weezer #
• NBC picks up 'Community,' 'Parks and Recreation' and 'Mercy' for season http://tr.im/D6RY Okay, but not Trauma? #nbc #
• Former Mets GM Steve Phillips Is Fired by ESPN After Affair http://tr.im/D6Ua Man, this guy just cannot win, huh? ;) #mets #espn #
• CNN.com's new website is definitely a step in the right direction! Love the photo-heavy emphasis and easier navigation. #cnn #tv #news #

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