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Link roundup: this week's tweets with links

New post theme! Just thought I'd share my tweets containing links from this past week. Hey, maybe I'll do this every week. We'll see. :) First, a...

Glossary

#someword

Called a "hashtag" in twitterland, this can be a way to add a tweet to a common (or uncommon) topic, or a snarky way to add commentary or disclaimer language to a tweet, among other things.

RT

ReTweet. This is a way to pass a tweet along to my followers, with or without comment.

bit.ly

bit.ly is a web address shortening service. The bit.ly link will redirect to the actual link. Used to keep URLs short and sweet and clickable. Additionally, if you sign up with bit.ly, you can track how many people click on the links you shortened. (The ".ly" is basically equivalent to ".com" It's used instead of ".com" to be clever, taking advantage of special country coded domain name postfixes.)

Tweeted Links!

• I wanna learn Spanish just so I can read Tormentas Severas En Argentina. Cool pics, tho. http://bit.ly/84wq5E #weather #tornadoes #argentina
• An "olde" but it still makes me smile. Happy Friday. ::: Blind Date ::: http://bit.ly/8Zc5U8
• Diggin' those GirlsWhoWearGlasses.com fonts... RT @sitepointdotcom: 16 High Quality Retro And Vintage Fonts http://bit.ly/8wg35n
• So if the State is in the black, recession is "over"?? :/ RT @oregonian: Oregon state economist declares recession over http://bit.ly/uCwYG
• Not understanding the shock. @BarackObama is a brand, not the man. RT @GuyKawasaki: Shocker: Obama has never used Twitter http://om.ly/cCwQ
• Nice. RT @nobleviola: Thanks Badbeard's Microroastery! Symphony Blend in support of the Oregon Symphony Orchestra http://bit.ly/2WZyTd
• How awesome is this? :: Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging Certification :: http://bit.ly/3lEIir
• Photography outing turns into cart rescue mission :: http://bit.ly/4FVyFB :: (Luckily the Sports Authority store was only 2 blocks away.)
• RT @dsouzajds: 100 Million Missing Women? http://tinyurl.com/y9hujdr
• Love! RT @google: http://twitpic.com/oz3dh - Happy 40th birthday Sesame Street! http://bit.ly/2LnRCb

Ok, the last two weeks. Oh well, you get the picture. Happy clicking.