Back to the Future

Hard to believe it was 2 years ago (almost to the day) that I posted about signing up for Twitter. After the first few test tweets, I decided that it would be fun to tweet in haiku only. Made for some fun and interesting tweets (sample: At a conference/ on physician leadership/ bad coffee, free pen!) but I went through long lulls in my creativity that limited my efforts. With the arrival of my new phone and the ease of tweeting and texting from it, I'm back on the Twitterwagon.

As with this old rag, there will no doubt be spells of inactivity in my Twitter entries as well. If you're in the Twitterverse, come follow along at @finkfpdoc. Or just read along on the newly re-established Twitter feed on the right. Not waxing poetic anymore, but can't rule out the occasional haiku if the mood strikes.

New Look!

Still haven't gone that extra yard and learned to write the code necessary to truly customize this blog. But I have found a new template that I like, and I think you'll agree makes the posts much easier to read.

You'll also notice I returned the Twitter updates to the sidebar, but to a different Twitter account- the @finkbowl one I created for the countdown. Now even those not among the Twitterati can embrace the excitement of FinkBowl advent!

And, I deleted the "finkipedia-endorsed blogs" list. I've still got nuthin' but love for all y'all, but most of them, like my own "finkathon" blog, weren't active anymore. (Life (and blogging) still goes on at The Funny Farm, so if you'd still like to stop there and visit sometimes, be sure to bookmark it.)

Thanks for reading- hope your eyes don't suffer as much with the new layout as with the old. Would love to hear (or read) what you think.

here, there, and everywhere

if it seems like finkipedia is taking an extra few seconds to load up now, it's probably because of a new widget i set up. over on the right side just under the blog listing is my new link to twitter. for the unaware, twitter is a new message board-style website that encourages users to post short bits about what they're doing at that very moment. can be used by sending e-mails or instant messages to twitter, but at its best when used via text messaging.

at twitter.com, you can select a member and "follow" them by receiving e-mail, instant message, or text message updates when that member posts something new. i thought it would be fun to link my new twitter account to this page, so i can occasionally send text messages and essentially update the blog from afar.

i just discovered this whole thing yesterday and have no idea where i'll go with it, but even if i do nothing more than the occasional text posting, i think it's pretty cool.