Everyone can agree that today is 08 08 08 or 8/8/8. No arguments about US vs UK format, it's all the same. Which makes it a nice day to start the Olympics, cuz no confusion.
Twitter is trying to celebrate but I have to admit, I don't totally get twitter. I have an account, but it just doesn't do it for me. Maybe it's because I'm under 35--not being age-ist, but in my sampling of people who use it, the people most keen seem to be over 35. Perhaps because the under 35's use their Facebook profiles to update "what they're doing right now". Then again, Facebook doesn't do it for me either. As soon as it stopped being just for students, it lost its purpose. And I think unless social networks have a purpose, ultimately they will fail. It'll just take a while for that to happen.