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What's the simplest way for me to grab a daily digest of my twitter output?

cortex — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:10:05 -0800

What's the simplest way for me to grab a daily digest of my twitter output? I'm planning to do a bunch of writing via twitter next month, and I'd like to be able to easily grab my output on a regular output -- once a day, probably.

I'm aware of TweetDumpr but had no luck with a test run (other reservations aside). The idea -- export data as CSV -- is more or less exactly what I'd want, though. Being able to deal with the data in a parsed-out manner is definitely key.

Are there other existing solutions that would make this easy to do? Has anyone experimented with this?

I have heard that the twitter API is pretty approachable, but I've never dug into it; if the best way to get a clean dump is to go that route with some perl, I can do so and would love pointers on how to get going on that.

Can humans digest hair?

holympus — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:12:50 -0800

Can humans digest hair? Precipitating fact: cats seem unable to digest their own.

Spanish email discussion list?

mcarthey — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:57:45 -0800

I'm looking for a Spanish email discussion list. I realize there are a lot of forums that exist in various languages, but I'm looking for a digest email list that I can subscribe to in Spanish. I am an advanced beginner, so it would be great if it catered to my level.
I have searched but have only been able to find forums. Any of the lists I have located are essentially "dead".
Thanks!

How many calories can you eat in a day?

christonabike — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:53:34 -0800

What's the maximum number of calories a human can digest in a day? Is there a limit to how many calories the human body can digest in a day? If so, what is it? What happens if you eat more than this limit?

This is to settle a bet with a friend.

Recommend a mailorder book club with no extra to buy?

vanoakenfold — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:45:56 -0800

I greatly enjoy the Writers' Digest new-member offers I get every so often. Are there any other book-club (or CD, etc) memberships that don't have a processing charge? With Writers' Digest Book Club, you can buy all of the required purchases at the very start, and you know what to pay at the very beginning including shipping (like 4 books for ~$20) without nothing else to buy ever. I always let the membership expire so I can get a new membership in 9 months or whatever the limit is until you can do it again. What other clubs are like this?

BMG usually has a mysterious processing charge and you don't get the bill until later down the line -- I'm not looking for those.