Filed under: Time-Wasters
Stuck for a Status? Try Generatus - Time Waster

Enter a couple of particulars [namely, your name and select 'Boy or Girl'], hit generate and before your very eyes a status suitable for Twitter or Facebook is made for you. There's also the ability to filter by tag [for example 'Monty Python' or 'Movies' or 'Manias'] and an absolute bucketload of hilarious, ironic and generally very excellent phrases that you could be assigned, should you have the urge to press refresh a few [dozen] times.
The only oversight with Generatus seems to be that, unlike most webservices, it lacks an API. Twuffer, combined with the hilarity of Generatus would make for an epic all-singing, all-dancing autonomous Twitter bot that would allow you to never once tweet into awkward, unfunny silence again.
OK, so maybe I'm kidding when I say I'd prefer to read tweets from Generatus all-day: but very seriously, if you're looking for a little bit of laughter, and want to lose a few minutes of your day, Generatus is an excellent Time Waster.


There's a new feature in town for Gmail Chat, but it's actually not all that new. It's been possible for some time now to go into "invisible" mode via AIM and other chat protocols, but Gmail Chat is finally joining the invisible party.




been out, many people have just simply stopped using iChatStatus. iChat 3.0 comes with the option of displaying your iTunes music track while you're chatting. Plus, iChatStatus hasn't been updated in quite awhile. Sorry iChatStatus. You were good to us before you got mauled to death. We salute you!
After spending the better part of an hour on 