[Web] Spot the Space Station: Twitter Tells You When


	[Web] Spot the Space Station: Twitter Tells You When

Laxon

6-27-2009 1:52 PM

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Laxon says:

Heh interesting use for twitter.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1e8b4cc1-7f18-4015-9f92-e71f78359eb0/44B73C28-64BD-4930-9605-0D52123EFC8A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090626/sc_space/spotthespacestationtwittertellsyouwhen" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090626/sc_space/spotthespacestationtwittertellsyouwhen" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090626/sc_space/spotthespacestationtwittertellsyouwhen"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.yahoo.com/img/575A6271-8BEA-49F4-ACD6-ACD1452760FE" alt="SPACE.com" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090626/sc_space/spotthespacestationtwittertellsyouwhen"><P>The  International <A class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink0"><FONT color="#000000" class="klinkFont"><SPAN class="kLink">Space</SPAN><SPAN class="kLink"> Station</SPAN></FONT></A> (ISS) is easy to spot with the naked eye if you know when and where to look. A new notification service on <A class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink1"><FONT color="#000000" class="klinkFont"><SPAN class="kLink">Twitter</SPAN></FONT></A> will tell you exactly when to go out and look up.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090626/sc_space/spotthespacestationtwittertellsyouwhen"><P>As with many data services and applications (or apps, as developers call them) these days, this one was created by a couple guys who were interested in the topic.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090626/sc_space/spotthespacestationtwittertellsyouwhen"><P>Dutch <A class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink2"><FONT color="#000000" class="klinkFont"><SPAN class="kLink">science</SPAN></FONT></A> reporter Govert Schilling and journalist/web developer Jaap Meijers created @twisst, a Twitter service that will tell you when the <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/space/sc_space/storytext/spotthespacestationtwittertellsyouwhen/32505841/SIG=11ujp7kcs/*http://www.space.com/common/media/show/player.php?show_id=26">space station</A> will fly over your location.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090626/sc_space/spotthespacestationtwittertellsyouwhen"><P>There are <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/space/sc_space/storytext/spotthespacestationtwittertellsyouwhen/32505841/SIG=124trrnd5/*http://www.space.com/spacewatch/090619-how-to-find-satellites.html">other online sites</A> that provide spotting information. 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