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Aug. 14: #FollowFriday

For my seventh week of Twitter #FollowFriday recommendations, I thought I’d give a nod to some of my favorite websites on Twitter. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but it focuses on sites where I’ve gotten to know writers and editors, which is very cool, because they’re sites I truly admire.

For the uninitiated, I do my #FollowFriday this way because it doesn’t clutter up the Twitter stream too much and I get to explain why I think you should follow folks. I do five recs each week.

I’m always looking for more interesting people to add on Twitter, so please recommend at least one person in the comments. Would love to hear who you think is worth my time to follow.

So here’s this week’s #FollowFriday recs:

io9: Every sci-fi geek who’s not familiar with this site should re-examine his or her sci-fi geek credentials. I love this site, because it mixes an excellent amount of original writing, reviewing and listing with pickups of the best and most important sci-fi news out there – and gives credit where credit’s due. Plus, when they did their “10 Mall Massacres With Robots, Freaks and Monsters” post, I noticed they had left out a classic of the genre – Night of the Comet. When I left a comment to that effect, they not only added it in, but also gave me credit for suggesting it. That’s class.

PopMech: Yes, Popular Mechanics, the old-school magazine, has a killer website. All Lost fans know to go there the next day for the breakdown on whatever insane brain-twisting scientific concept they’ve thrown at us. They do lots of killer articles on the latest gadgets, science news and, frankly, cool stuff. Such as: A kit that turns any car into an autonomous robot. What???

EnviroGraffiti: The bio on Environmental Graffiti’s Twitter page says “For environmentalists who don’t take themselves too seriously.” Good description. They post lots of environmentally focused stuff, but also just interesting things in culture and nature. Like this: Amsterdam from Above. I mean, is that cool or what? But even more than that, site founder Chris Ingham Brooke is just a stand-up guy. Very cool, very nice, very smart.

BurbiaCentral: Many of you already know that I write for Burbia – funny (hopefully) personal essays on whatever strikes my fancy. But the site has lots of good writers and tons of funny content. Definitely a taste for the bizarre and funny. You may have been following the saga of the lawn chair war there? This site’s for everyone who knows that living in the suburbs doesn’t mean you escape the craziness of the city.

LemondropTweets: LemonDrop.com is a really fun website, where girls like me blog on whatever’s going on. They’re pretty much girl geeks, just like me. And they even have a halfway decent following among the guys, too, mostly of the geek variety. Witness this letter from a fan. Can you feel the love?

Anyway, that’s it for this week’s #FollowFriday recs. Again, please leave your recommendations in the comments for this post; I’d love to hear who you think I should be following.

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July 31, bacon for your iPhone & Snuggies for your dog

Jul 31 2009 Published by under Burbia, iSmashphone, TV Tyrant

There are not one, but two bacon apps for iPhone, and I reviewed them for iSmashPhone.

Then I ranted over at Burbia about the Snuggie for dogs. I kid you not. They have made a Snuggie for dogs. There is no hope for this world.

Oh, and Curb Your Enthusiasm has a return date, and the entire cast of Seinfeld’s along for the ride; read about it on TV Tyrant.

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July 13, infomercial heaven, a really secure flash drive and Entourage is back!

Jul 13 2009 Published by under Burbia, Hot Hardware, TV Tyrant

I’m in love. Its name is the Slap Chop. Find out why, on Burbia.com.

Need a place for those super-top-secret documents? How about a super-secure flash drive? Wrote about one for Hot Hardware.

And with Entourage back on the air, I dissect the first episode, on TV Tyrant, my first post there in more than a week, because, well, life’s been busy.

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June 22, a rant about children’s stories

Jun 22 2009 Published by under Burbia

Children’s stories sometimes confound me with their violence, so I wrote about it for Burbia.com.

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June 10, on turning 40, software security flaws & BSG

Jun 10 2009 Published by under Burbia, Hot Hardware, TV Tyrant

I’m turning 40 this month and just can’t get too wound up about it; so I did what any writer would do, and … wrote about it, for Burbia.

In other news, Microsoft and Adobe issued all sorts of security patches for some very serious issues, and I wrote about them on Hot Hardware.

And, finally, I took a look at Battlestar Galactica – Classic v. Re-imagined, point by point, and the Classic doesn’t come out as poorly as you’d expect. Check it out on TV Tyrant.

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May 18, why video telephony will never catch on

May 18 2009 Published by under Blogs4Bauer, Burbia, TV Tyrant

One word: Vanity. Read my thoughts about it on Burbia.com.

Also, I’ll be live-blogging the 24 finale tonight, as usual, over at Blogs.4Bauer.com – and I created a poll about whether Tony’s good or evil on TV Tyrant.

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May 11, on being a Gen Xer

May 11 2009 Published by under Burbia

Say It Loud, I’m Gen X and I’m Proud – that pretty much sums up the post I wrote for Burbia.

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April 30, weighing in on swine flu

Apr 30 2009 Published by under Burbia

Does swine flu scare you? Should it? Read my take on it on Burbia.

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April 28, regarding Twitter & HP releases new biz notebooks

Apr 28 2009 Published by under Burbia, Hot Hardware

Henry David Thoreau is a fan of mine; on Burbia.com.

Hewlett-Packard releases a new line of business-focused notebooks, on Hot Hardware.

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April 23, Home alone & Breaking Bad

Apr 23 2009 Published by under Burbia, TV Tyrant

Burbia published my essay about our three days without the boys – at least we got a lot of sleep.

On TV Tyrant, I wrote about how Breaking Bad continues to get bleaker – and better.

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