2013: In Tweets

It wouldn’t be the last day in 2013 without some kind of recap, now would it? Sometimes I wonder about some of the things that pass me by in the fire hose of information on the Internet these days, so maybe you missed something here! (Some techy, some not!)
January:

WIRED ‏@WIRED – Jonathan Coulton explains how Glee ripped off his cover song — and why he’s not alone. http://oak.ctx.ly/r/21k1

February:

Safer Online by MSFT ‏@Safer_Online – Looking for a great way to teach your toddler #OnlineSafety? Look no further than “Digiduck’s Big Decision.” http://bit.ly/XpCfNX #PDF
Elecia White ‏@logicalelegance – Why is the best book I’ve read lately about Rabies? Good book, neater subject than I expected. http://www.amazon.com/Rabid-Cultural-History-Worlds-Diabolical/dp/0670023736/

March:

Ben Goodman ‏@benontech – Boxes sealed with ATHEIST tape lost by USPS 10X more often than controls – This will make @samj ‘s head explode http://bgis.me/16YcUSI
Stephen Foskett ‏@SFoskett – Good read: The truth about the TSA’s pointless knife fight http://bit.ly/XuPPjy

April:

Leaping Woman ‏@leapingwoman – Today my kid sister sent me the link to @zefrank’s chillout song. Her timing couldn’t have been better http://j.mp/ZTRHlA

May:

BuzzFeed ‏@BuzzFeed – 19 photos you’ll have to explain to your kids one day http://bzfd.it/YFQTH4 pic.twitter.com/Eb3saRW7dA

June:

Hans Vredevoort ‏@hvredevoort – New blog on how to use Boot from VHDX to quickly take advantage of #WinServ #12R2 and Windows 8.1: http://www.hyper-v.nu/archives/hvredevoort/2013/06/windows-server-2012-r2-and-windows-8-1-boot-from-vhdx/ … #TEE13 #teched

July:

mars_seven ‏@mars_seven – The Pixar Theory: Every Character Lives in the Same Universe http://zite.to/12tJJG0 via @zite
Marques Lyons ‏@tromboneforhire – RT @MSFTnews: Kinect connects sign-language users with their computers http://spr.ly/6016Znuu

August:

In the Cloud ‏@InTheCloudMSFT – IT Pros, trust me on this: it’s well worth your time to read this post about apps, dev tools, & how to lead. http://aka.ms/og659z
Melody Bliss ‏@melodybliss – Don’t text & drive – From One Second To The Next – Texting While Driving Documentary – Werner Herzog http://youtu.be/Xk1vCqfYpos

September:

laen ‏@laen – http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/05/government-betrayed-internet-nsa-spying … <– The US Government has betrayed the Internet. We need to take it back, an essay by @Bruce_Schneier

October:

The Doctor ‏@virtadpt – Male #knitting in a coffee shop questioned by #police, turns out very differently than expected: https://madmanknitting.wordpress.com/2013/10/19/i-was-questioned-by-the-police/ …
Heather Akers-Healy ‏@abbynormative – Extremely interesting read: Acquiring Forensic Evidence from Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud Computing http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~dykstra/DFRWS_Dykstra.pdf … #NSA

November:

WIRED ‏@WIRED – Bye bye. These are tech sounds you’ll never hear again. http://wrd.cm/1iVJisc #WIREDclassic
Bill Oakley ‏@thatbilloakley – Describing today to someone from 1953: Every six seconds all your friends send you a telegram and a brand new LIFE magazine is thrown at you

December:

WIRED ‏@WIRED – The IT department is dead. Long live the IT department http://wrd.cm/1feuZyy
Daniel Donda ‏@DanielDonda – How to Install Hyper-V on a Virtual Machine in Hyper-V – Gilson Banin – Microsoft Premier Field… http://fb.me/6ASPg6REU
Dane Jasper ‏@dane – “This 100-year-old deal birthed the modern phone system. And it’s all about to end.” http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/12/19/this-100-year-old-deal-birthed-the-modern-phone-system-and-its-all-about-to-end/