Twitter client for the Commodore 64!

[spihunter]

http://www.vandenbrande.com/wp/2009/06/breadbox64-a-twitter-client-for-the-c64/

Looks like I might have to fire up Vice and give this a try!

[Trev]

Twitter's API is just a simple web service, isn't it? Contiki and uIP are cool, but harnessing them to use Twitter (which was even deemed Slashdot worthy) doesn't seem like much of a stretch.

Twitter has a cute mascot, but unlike the rest of the world, I still don't see how text messaging--a sideband hack--is better than an actual voice conversation. Is it just me?

[redrumloa]

Neat, for those who like such a thing. Good to see people keeping the C64 up to date.

[spihunter]

@Trev,

I'm not saying that its any sort of techno masterpeice or anything. I just thought it was cool that someone did it for the C64!

[koaftder]

Anything that keeps interest in the platform is a good thing in my opinion.

[the_leander]

Twitter has a cute mascot, but unlike the rest of the world, I still don't see how text messaging--a sideband hack--is better than an actual voice conversation. Is it just me?

Right now I'm using twitter because it's the only way I can keep track of whats happening in Iran. None of the mainstream media is really touching it, and twitter offers a great way for people to use their voices in more or less realtime.

[Trev]

Right now I'm using twitter because it's the only way I can keep track of whats happening in Iran. None of the mainstream media is really touching it, and twitter offers a great way for people to use their voices in more or less realtime.

Now that's a valid use. I think the western world should just lob a few communications satellites above the middle east (and anywhere else a nation's leadership doesn't answer to its people), drop satellite phones instead of Hershey bars in their care packages, and see what happens. It's expensive, but once the revolution occurs, you can cancel everyone's "free" service and send in the telcos with their service contracts. Call the phones a subsidized loss leader. But, I'm not sure letting AT&T or BT control access to speech is any better than what some of those countries have today.

[AeroMan]

Nice!!!

The first reason I found to have an account on twitter. Now I just need an Ethernet adapter...

[orb85750]

Perhaps CNN is considered mainstream media only in the USA?

[koaftder]

Now that's a valid use. I think the western world should just lob a few communications satellites above the middle east (and anywhere else a nation's leadership doesn't answer to its people), drop satellite phones instead of Hershey bars in their care packages, and see what happens. It's expensive, but once the revolution occurs, you can cancel everyone's "free" service and send in the telcos with their service contracts. Call the phones a subsidized loss leader. But, I'm not sure letting AT&T or BT control access to speech is any better than what some of those countries have today.

Who's going to launch satellites over us?

[the_leander]

Perhaps CNN is considered mainstream media only in the USA?

Unless you've got Satalite TV (and not always even then) CNN is generally not available outside the US.

But regardless. Getting realtime updates from first hand accounts verses a condensed chopped and shaped versions once maybe every hour wins every time.

I have to say though that before this I'd never even considered Twitter to be more then a geek toy. Then you have NBC reading direct quotes from it...

[nicholas]

Right now I'm using twitter because it's the only way I can keep track of whats happening in Iran. None of the mainstream media is really touching it, and twitter offers a great way for people to use their voices in more or less realtime.

Correction Alan:

"Right now I'm using twitter because it's the only way I can keep track of whats happening in Iran."

Should be

"Right now I'm using twitter because it's the only way I can keep track of whats happening in the north of Tehran."

BIG DIFFERENCE! VERY BIG DIFFERENCE!

[nicholas]

Correction Alan:

"Right now I'm using twitter because it's the only way I can keep track of whats happening in Iran."

Should be

"Right now I'm using twitter because it's the only way I can keep track of whats happening in the north of Tehran."

BIG DIFFERENCE! VERY BIG DIFFERENCE!

Edit function no workee.

That should read "whats happening in central and north of Tehran."

Lanatullah bar Rafsanjani al-munafiqeen!

[spihunter]

Now that's a valid use. I think the western world should just lob a few communications satellites above the middle east (and anywhere else a nation's leadership doesn't answer to its people), drop satellite phones instead of Hershey bars in their care packages, and see what happens. It's expensive, but once the revolution occurs, you can cancel everyone's "free" service and send in the telcos with their service contracts. Call the phones a subsidized loss leader. But, I'm not sure letting AT&T or BT control access to speech is any better than what some of those countries have today.

Um, Good luck with that man!. I'm sure you would be happy if some folks from Iran decided to drop some communication devices down on Sacramento to free you from your phone plan!.

Seriously, Is it possible to talk about stuff around here without annoying politics leaking in like the banter reponse I just posted?

[Trev]

If I had an oppressive, faith-based government that limited freedom of speech and expression? You betcha. (Wait. Didn't we have one of those for the last eight years?)

But apart from the obvious benefits in places like Iran, I still don't get social networking, via Twitter or otherwise. EDIT: Unless it's to keep up with my BFFs Ashton and Demi. OMG, they are like so funny.