A Digital Halloween
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 05:47PM Here are some high-tech tips for enjoying your Halloween:
Events:
Tweance: That's right. The first seance on Twitter is going to be happening Friday morning the 30th (the site doesn't say what time yet- but it's London time, I believe). Renowned psychic, Jayne Wallace is going to be asking questions to River Phoenix, Curt Cobain, William Shakespeare, and Michael Jackson. It's sponsored by a costume shop in London. You can follow at http://twitter.com/tweance.
Unicef : Unicef traditionally has trick-or-treat charities during Halloween, and this year, they make it easier than ever to make a donation. If you text "TOT" to Unicef- 864233, you will donate $5 to UNICEF.
Costume ideas:
iPhone: iPhone has a Halloween costume generator to help you out with ideas. You can put in general words like "witch" or "wizard" or filter by age, gender, occasion etc. It's $1.99
For the lazy: The Huffington post has some old-school masks that you can print out (the kind with dotted lines around the face and the eyes- tie to your head with string). Go as Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Kanye West, or Rod Blagojveck
For the Online Addict: Go as your Facebook profile. Get a picture of your profile blown up on posterbard and cut out the square for your face.
For the REAL Online addict: Go as a LOLcat. Don't know what a LOLcat is? Go here. Dress as a cat with a T-shirt that says LOL on the front, or hang a funny caption around your neck, such as "I can haz Halloween candy?" LOL speak has sort of evolved into its own language, so go to the site to see examples before you choose a "capshun."
Super-Tech:
If you are a Verizon customer, Verizon has a new service called Family Locator that uses the GPS locator in your child's cell phone to let you know where they are. It's 9.99 a month, you have to be enrolled in Verizon's Friends and Family plan, and you have to have compatible phones. If this is successful, I can see other companies following along.

Reader Comments (1)
Its interesting to see how many different ways there are now of picking and choosing your perfect costume. Not only that but the amount of online fancy dress stores is ever increasing.
I know it'll be really easy to get my Halloween costume this year! It's now just a case of deciding when to get it!
Great Post. Thanks!