Selection of My Twitter Favorites, Edition 18

Twitter is a microblogging service where people answer the question "What are you doing?" via 140-character messages from their cellphone, laptop or desktop. You can select the messages you find useful, amusing, or both. Here is the 18th edition of My Twitter Favorites (the oldest post is at the bottom, the newest at the top):

	steverubel IWantSandy is closing. This is why I don't use free services from small cos. I consolidate with Google. http://ping.fm/iZkj9 5:37 AM Nov 26th from Ping.fm
	pkedrosky the average american watched record 142 hrs of tv in october. that's 4.8h a day. we have a tv crisis and a credit crisis. 6:08 PM Nov 25th from TweetDeck
	TechCrunch Notify.me Offers Instant Updates On Your Favorite Topics Across The Web http://tinyurl.com/5grkov 6:07 PM Nov 25th from twitterfeed
	ColonelTribune Here's one problem with the educational system: Teachers are just one chapter ahead of students. http://zi.ma/876da6 4:18 PM Nov 25th from web
	jeffjarvis Today in faculty training at CUNY, we'll explore uses of Flickr, YouTube & Google Docs & Forms in journalism. The discussion's always fun. 7:37 AM Nov 25th from web
	sandnsurf Lots of countries now in Alltop Philippines.alltopc.com, Vietnam.alltop.com, Spain.alltop.com, Taiwan.alltop.com, Kuwait.alltop.com 5:01 AM Nov 25th from alltop
	JasonCalacanis what?!?!? wikipedia is NOT a trusted resource for drug information?!?!? you're kidding?!?!?! : http://tinyurl.com/6batt6 8:08 PM Nov 24th from Mahalo Follow
	JasonCalacanis if government bailout is 7.7trillion and there are 300m americans we are each on the hook for $25,666. at 25b auto bailout is $83 per person 7:05 PM Nov 24th from web
	pkedrosky just read a study that in most years in most countries there are more suicides than homicides. i shouldn't be surprised, but still... 2:26 PM Nov 24th from TweetDeck
	scanman @doctoranonymous I'm with u on Second Life. Still can't get a handle on my first :( 1:02 PM Nov 24th from mobile web in reply to doctoranonymous
	doctoranonymous Second Life kind of frightens me. I have enough problems with this Life. 12:54 PM Nov 24th from web
	THE_REAL_SHAQ Characther is what u have left , when u have lost everything u can lose Evan esar (1899-1995) 11:16 PM Nov 23rd from txt
	davewiner After a few days trying out different themes in GMail, I'm back to "classic." Turns out I don't want my email program to look interesting. 10:30 AM Nov 23rd from web
	jeffjarvis Saying there are too many blogs=saying there are too many voices in a democracy. That's the old voice of control speaking http://bit.ly/DDMA 10:05 AM Nov 23rd from web
	steverubel Michael Kinsley asks "How many blogs does the world need?" http://ping.fm/cCXgf 9:23 AM Nov 23rd from Ping.fm

Micro-blogging on Twitter is easy, fun and can be very useful and educational if you follow/subscribe to interesting people.

You can read more here: A Doctor's Opinion: Why I Started Microblogging on Twitter and
visit my account at Twitter/AllergyNotes.