Tweet, Tweet! The TTZ Now Twitters

James Lileks, a columnist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, penned a very humorous story about Twitter recently. Per Lileks:

Twitter is an addictive message service that lets you find out what 2,026 strangers put in their coffee that morning.

So you know I had to find out if this was something I wanted to add to the TTZ blog. Since last weekend, I have been experimenting with it. You'll notice a Twitter widget on the right side navigation bar. Essentially, I can send in a short (140 characters or less) message via my laptop or my cell phone....whenever I want.

At first, I found it somewhat ridiculous but have decided to keep it for the time being. I'm planning to use it to just post my training plan for the day. That's mainly because I don't have a training plan until I:

1. Wake up and smell the coffee
2. See what the weather will be like
3. Will I have a child-related chore to attend to?
4. Is there something better on TV?

At any rate, if you have a Twitter badge....pass it along. Maybe we can all go nuts together.

Blog Enhancement Updates

I've added several new features and links to the blog. Of note -

For those fellow Tri-Talk Forum athletes, you can now see the latest posts to that forum. You will see this on the right hand sidebar under "Tri Talk Forum's Latest".

For people on Facebook, you can now access my own Facebook page via the badge found on the right hand sidebar.

I have added direct links to two fellow triathlete bloggers. One is "Steve in a Speedo?! Gross". His last entry, Half Marathon; no, Quarter Marathon; no, 10K; no 10.25K Race Report! Whew!, is a must read for southern type athletes who complain about training or racing in temperatures below 50F.

The second blog is fellow Tri-Talker MHMarks. His "Where You Finish" blog. His recent School will be Cancelled entry is, ahem, a direct correlation to the aforementioned freezing blog entry. Give both blogs a bookmark and check them out.

Finally, right below the top banner I have installed a custom HTML quote generator. If it works as planned, you should see a random pithy quote that I have pulled together from the seat of my pants.

Enjoy!

New Event Calendar

I have added a 2009 Events and Results calendar to the right side-bar. Here you can see my upcoming race schedule as well as my results. It is very easy to do. Should anyone have a question as to how to set up a race calendar for your own blog feel free to drop my a line.