"Snowmageddon" Snowball Fight at DC's Dupont Circle (video)

What do thousands of Washingtonians do to shake off cabin fever during the worst snowstorm in recent memory? They do just what they did as kids, go out and play in it. Except, this is the 21st century. You don't just venture out into your snowbound neighborhood in the hopes of meeting up with your buddies any more. That would be an inefficient use of your time. You use social media to plan out every detail out in advance, including the "spontaneity".

That's exactly what happened Saturday in DC's Dupont Circle. The Washington Post reported up to 2000 participants, who showed up in response to two days of Twitter and Facebook updates promoting the event. Although there was a police presence, DC's finest remained on the perimeter and there were no reports of trouble.

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What's the deal with these weird links?

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Okay, I'm trying something new. I found some software that I thought I'd try out. It's called Zemanta and it's a tool for blogging that suggests links and graphics about your subject matter and supposedly makes your blog more searchable. It seems to be working, as traffic has been up slightly over the last few days. But that could also be due to the end of summer vacations with folks returning to their usual interweb viewing habits.

It also makes it easier for other bloggers to repost and link to your content, which is sort of how it all works in the blogosphere.

The downside is it that it puts these annoying little icons next to each link, which can be distracting. I'm still getting the hang of it, but I'll try to keep it to a minimum.