Category Archives: Crowdsourcing

Why do tweets about alcohol always get the most replies?

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Cat

Surely it would indicate that most of my followers may have too much! Here’s the previous time a tweet about alcohol got quite a few and this is what I got yesterday. . How long does a screwtop bottle of … Continue reading →

Posted in Community and Games, Crowdsourcing, Funny Stuff, Knitting, KotOR, Life in general, Personal, Star Wars, Twitter, Twitter Favourites | 4 Comments

It’s almost like something unusual happened in Reading!

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Cat

10 hours. 81 tweets. The Reading hashtag. Most of them about the same thing: asilon: Please don’t rain in #rdg; I have a lot of washing to get dry today. # parent2: @asilon Sorry! RT @getreading: Flash warning of heavy … Continue reading →

Posted in #rdg, Crowdsourcing, Twitter, Twitter Favourites | 1 Comment

Gamer Banter: Cover art? No, thanks!

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Cat

Gamer Banter is a monthly gaming discussion of multiple bloggers. More info is here and please contact Terry from Game Couch if you wish to take part. July’s topic is set by Terry from Game Couch: How important is cover … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Banter, Community and Games, Crowdsourcing, GTA, Twitter, Twitter Favourites | 14 Comments

Yes, I still write letters!

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Cat

Back in the day [oh how I hate that phrase!] I used to write and receive a lot of letters, especially when I went to school in England for a year and later moved back here. It was pretty much … Continue reading →

Posted in Crowdsourcing, English, Life in general, NaNoWriMo, Twitter | 5 Comments

Ong-Quack

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Cat

It was a beautiful day; I was walking along the rather idyllic lake on the Reading University campus with two of my friend’s kids when the unthinkable happened: Chased by approximately 80 ducks and geese at the Reading Uni lake! … Continue reading →

Posted in Crowdsourcing, Funny Stuff, Life in general, Random, Twitter, Twitter Favourites | 2 Comments

And it continues..

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Cat

My attempts at being ill this year continues well. Since my last post on the subject in February I’ve had countless colds lasting about a week each time, pulled muscles and back pain. The only positive side effect is that … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Crowdsourcing, Life in general, Personal, Twitter, Twitter Favourites | 1 Comment

Reason #1328* I love Twitter

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Cat

*Number may not be accurate. Good start to a day that ended badly, mainly with my own annoyance at things! Going home to no internet but wine and latest #Lost episode! # Alcohol *does* solve all problems, correct? #

Posted in Crowdsourcing, Funny Stuff, Life in general, Twitter, Twitter Favourites | 2 Comments

On game completion

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Cat

A while back I’ve had a conversation on Twitter with @PCurd and @jamesbmarshall: PCurd: @craigyd I bought Torchlight in it off your recommendation :) Also Kotor as I’ve lost my pc copy. # carocat: @PCurd KotOR again?! Aren’t your saves … Continue reading →

Posted in Community and Games, Crowdsourcing, Films and TV, PlayStation3, TV Shows, Twitter, Twitter Favourites, Xbox, Xbox Live, Xbox360 | 4 Comments

Thanks, Twitter!

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Cat

I had a problem with my iPod earlier and, after being unable to find anything helpful on the Apple site, I decided to turn to Twitter for help: carocat: My iPod classic [80GB] crashed and is now unresponsive, but screen … Continue reading →

Posted in Crowdsourcing, iPod, Twitter, Twitter Favourites | 9 Comments

Sometimes Twitter worries me!

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Cat

Sometimes Twitter conversations take worrying turns. Actually, it’s probably more than sometimes. . embee Happiness is fresh strawberries dipped in Nutellaabout 1 hour ago from TweetDeck wolfgang @embee argh how can you spoil the nutella with strawberries!?32 minutes ago from … Continue reading →

Posted in Crowdsourcing, Funny Stuff, Twitter, Twitter Favourites | 10 Comments