It was a good little run, this thing we call Twitter, but alas it's run is up. On Thursday millions of panicked celebrities,unbusy people, and the rest of us normal people woke up to a world without Twitter. The universe however did not end, and we all realized that maybe, just maybe our world was a little too focused on celebrity. This moment is a precious one, for it is the first moment in the last year that everyone was feverishly checking out the latest Tweet. It's a return to a time before life was cluttered with random 140 word clips about our favorite celebs... a time when knowledge was precious, and not readily shared... a time when magic reigned the-
Wait a minute... whats this? Is that a tweet from Captain Tightpants? Please Nathan tell us how great season 2 of Castle will be!!
No... Still down.
Where was I?
Oh thats right. Twitter is an awesome toy destined to one day rule the internet toy box. Inevitably people will tire of the new 'shiny' and it will become the old 'shiny' (see 'Myspace.com, Compuserve.com, and ColorchangingtshirtsMChammerpa
nts.com) For now lets just all revel in a moment without the constant streaming updates, and enjoy a hacker funded moment of silence. I for one will welcome the familiar wave of sarcastic comments about it's downtime, and bade farewell to the Fail Whale.
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