Twitter is now known for going down without warning, leaving Twitter-addicts moaning that they feel disconnected and the world is coming to an end.

But the complaining brings up an issue that bugs me - it’s modus operandi for new web services to be free, initially. Free drives early user adoption, which is great.

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As a Mac user I’m overly familiar with the eye candy depicted in this video, but not as much with the musical artist, Bird and the Bee. The song “Again and Again” is decent as well, if a bit repetitive. The video was made by Dennis Liu.

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For obvious reasons, I’ve been keeping tabs on all the movies available for rent via iTunes. It’s actually not super straight-forward to get a comprehensive list, so I’ve documented some methods that use iTunes and a few website resources.

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A bit bored on my day off, so I recorded a podcast or “Webomaticast” as I prefer. Perhaps I’ll revive this idea as a once a week thing.

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Old news at this point, but on Saturday Microsoft pulled their offer to purchase Yahoo!. The offer is rumored to have gone a few dollars higher than the original $31 per share, but Yahoo! wanted $37. Feeling that valuation was too hight, Microsoft took its balls and went home.

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Went to the Maker Faire on Saturday, it was an entertainingly nerdy experience as last year. In only its third go ’round, I was pleasantly surprised to see a lot of new stuff I hadn’t seen before.

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Interesting thought floating around whether these social aggregators like FriendFeed will ever go “mainstream.” Of course, that begs the question - what is “mainstream,” exactly?

I personally have a pretty high bar for “mainstream.” Here’s some of my criteria:

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Apple just announced the availability of more movies in the Apple iTunes Store, many on the same day as the DVD release. It shows the studios may finally be loosening their grip on digital downloads. But despite this great news, I won’t be handing Apple any more money than before.

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This is another post documenting my blog refocus. After reducing the time spent in Google Reader, I decided I was spending way too much time tracking website statistics.

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Rumor has it that Twitter raised yet another round of funding, putting its valuation anywhere from $60 to $150 million. Is it worth that much?

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