Kristi Barrow Ramblings

Twitter - yes I am finally using it!

I never really understood the point of twitter. Until I started using facebook and became addicted to updating my status. And then…. I final understood the meaning of Twitter! One of the great geek epiphanies.

But since I am not going to update both, so I set up a feed to automatically update Twitter from my Facebook status using Twitterfeed. It was very straightforward to set it up:

How to update Twitter with your Facebook Status

1. Set up an account on Twitterfeed. It uses the OpenID system so you can use an existing login from sites like Flickr, Blogger,Technorati and more, or just set up a new one.

2. Click “go to my twitter feeds (or create a new one)”.

3. Click “Creat a new twitter feed”.

4. Grab your Facebook Status RSS feed location. The easiest way to do this on the new facebook is to login and go to this link - http://www.new.facebook.com/minifeed.php?filter=11 and then right click on My Status from the Subscribe to these Stories: menu and click copy link location.

4. Go back to Twitterfeed and enter your twitter uesername and passowrd. Paste you RSS URL you just copied from facebook. Uncheck “Include item link (if unchecked, sends tweet without the link)”. There are a few other options you can play with.

5. Finally click “Create” and you are done! Twitterfeed will check for updates every hour (you can change to 30mins if you want). Be patient, I did find it took over an hour for the first tweet to happen.

Twitter Followers

Download some great Twitter follow me badges here by Limeshot, just like the one below:

What could be more Australian than Movember.  Every year, a few of my guy friends brave ridicule, fear and the police (yes a guy with a moustahce hanging around a playground with his kids looks suss….) to raise money for some worthy causes.

This year, a team from the AGSM class of 2009 (battling against MBS to see who can raise the most money!) and my friend Tom Gleeson (ex fighter pilot and all round family man) are growing Mos!

Please support Movember via the following links:

• AGSM class of 2009 - Sponsor them!
• Tom Gleeson - Sponsor him!

Your money will go towards the following causes:

Prostate Cancer: because every year 2,900 Australian men die from prostate cancer and over 18,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. [ FIND OUT MORE ].

Depression in Men: because one in six men experience depression at any given time but most don’t seek help.[ FIND OUT MORE ].

The Google My Maps Australia Awards are now on.  Grand prize is a 13″ 2.1 GHz Macbook (I don’t have one of those) and Google Maps glory and bragging rights Read the rest of this entry »

My Outback Adventure Tour

Maguk, Kakadu

In September 2008, I travelled from Darwin to Adelaide through the Centre of Australia, 3200km on the Stuart Highway. Read the rest of this entry »

Desktop - Kristi, originally uploaded by krustyfries.

I recently added my laptop desktop to the Lifehacker Show and Tell Pool. There are some very cool desktops on show Read the rest of this entry »

I love the internet, I type in “How to cook Chinese Brocolli” and up comes the most informative step-by-step instructions ever!  If you have ever passed by the greens aisle at Norton St Grocer and wondered about Chinese Brocolli, Read the rest of this entry »

Continuing on from Useful Gadgets for travelling, here is my list of useful stuff for travelling. All this stuff should fit easily into a purse or bag so there is no excuse for not being prepared! Read the rest of this entry »

The view from one of the lookouts on Dutchmans Stern.

Driving through the Clare with pit stop at Knappstein wines.

And finally we arrive in Adelaide; the view from the Hilton!

Our accommodation in Quorn, a converted Mill!

The view from the Lookout, over Wilpena Pound

Leaving Coober Pedy…

The military base Woomera, previously used to test atomic bombs.

One of Australia’s salt lakes, yum!