TWiF 31: Tech Is Hard. Let's Go Shopping! - Mindless Twitter babble, gamers are old and fat, briefcase toilet, old man attacks bad drivers with bricks, and more.

Summary: <p>Mindless Twitter babble, gamers are old and fat, briefcase toilet, old man attacks bad drivers with bricks, and more.</p><ul> <li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090818/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_twitter_jerusalem" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tweet Your Prayers</a></li> <li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090817/od_afp/usitcompanyinternettwitter_20090817183314" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">40 percent of Twitter messages 'pointless babble': study</a></li> <li><a href="http://docs.google.com/Edit?docid=ddj8b4x2_29d249s8g2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Briefcase Toilet</a></li> <li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090820/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_diaper_man_scam" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Man Pretends to be Disabled to Get Diaper Changed</a></li> <li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_boomers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Woodstock Generation Still Getting High. A Lot.</a></li> <li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090817/od_afp/britainmilitarydefenceufospaceoffbeat_20090817141405" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UK UFO Sightings Spiked When Blockbusters Released</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/08/21/brick-wielding-grandpa-attacks-redlight-runners/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brick-weilding old man attacks traffic violators with bricks</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2009-08-16-cupcake-record_N.htm?csp=34" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">World's largest cupcake, another one for the dumb record books</a></li> <li><a href="http://newslite.tv/2009/08/21/lovecheat-buys-wife-jewellery.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brit bought wife jewelry every time he cheated, added up to 300k pounds, daughter sold at auction</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahlane" target="_blank">Sarah Lane</a> and <a href="http://www.martinsargent.com/" target="_blank">Martin Sargent</a></p> <p>We invite you to read or add to our <a href="http://wiki.twit.tv/wiki/This_WEEK_in_FUN">show notes</a> in the TWiT Wiki.</p> <p>Thanks to <a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" target="_blank">Cachefly</a> for the bandwidth for this show.</p>