Things to Do During a Fail Whale
September 5th, 2009
For all my NOLA Twitterheads out there, don’t you hate the days when Twitter decides to go down and the “infamous whale” decides to show himself/herself?
FYI…For those of you who have been fortunate enough to not have your life touched by the fail whale, here is a quick definition! When twitter gets overloaded it employs a period of downtime and leaves a message almost as vicious as the Blue Screen of Death! “Twitter is over capacity. Too many tweets! Please wait a moment and try again” Accompanying this dirty little message is a whale held up by a flock of birds, sent to mock those twitter addicts in the world.
I compiled a list of things you can do when the madness appears…
- Harpooning
- Switch to Facebook and aggravate your friends with constant updates
- Actually do some work (I know I’m pushing it with this one, specifically since everyone is a Bio-Social Media Engineer, just because they use twitter… Twitter is their job!)
- Scream “when will this madness stop!”
- Drive to the French Quarters for some beignets (Check your twitter application on your phone, once you licked all the powder off your fingers)
- Take a walk in City Park (Just hope you see someone from your Follow List)
- Go to your favorite bar and ask for the Fail Whale Martini (1 part Absolute, 1 part Cointreau, 1 part Blue Curacao, Lime Slice; Pour over ice and mix in a shaker, serve in martini glasses)
- Talk to all your Twitter friends via Blackberry Messenger
- Put @ in front every name you speak and RT things they say, out loud
- Make a list of genius things you will say when Twitter is back up
- Think of your next big #hastag (Who doesn’t want to be a Hashtag Superstar?; hashdump.com is the coolness , btw)
- Visit a snowball stand, when your tongue is completely red; hopefully Twitter will be back up!
- Check out some books at Borders on St. Charles (Hey! There is wifi you can always check to see if twitter is back up!)
- Maybe take the traditional route….. call someone that’s if you actually remember what a “phone number is”
- If all else fail…. Log onto MySpace (If you can actually remember your password)
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