Neil Gaiman just made several people very happy on twitter by asking for help in translating a few Latin phrases. The top prize would seem to go to Tim Spalding of Librarything fame (a little site we reviewed many moons ago).
I was behind the game doing some necessary housework and having phone problems, so didn’t have much luck in impressing my hero with my mad Latin skills, but it was still a very cool experience and one that would have been impossible without twitter.
And to think I’d twice before tried twitter and written it off.
I’m still on the fence about Twitter… I’m glad you’ve decided you like it, though. Also, nice to hear it has Latin applications!