Of Twitter and Asteroids
The Twitter bot lowflyingrocks reports on any near earth object that passes within 0.2AU of earth. For example:
2008 YG30 just passed the Earth at 12km/s, approximately one million, three hundred and ninety thousand km away.
Is this a cool (and unexpected) use of Twitter or what?
Do I have too much time on my hands? Maybe. You can help waste I mean use my time more productively by sending me a Tweet. I’m RonKJeffries on Twitter.
Don’t be a stranger.
[via Tim O'Reilly]