Twitter TMI may be paying off after all. Researchers from the Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Sciences and from Harvard Medical School have been analyzing tweets to gauge when we're feeling our best and worst. More specifically, which day of the week and at what time.

The project — called the Pulse of the Nation: U.S. Mood Throughout the Day Inferred From Twitter — has looked at more than 300 million tweets that were sent between September 2006 and August 2009, creating maps to visualize the data. The sizes of the states reflect how many tweets are coming from them, and the color reflects the mood of the tweet. Green areas on the map are the most happy, and red indicates unhappiness. And while some of the findings have been a little expected — on weekdays, people are happiest when they're not at work — others were a bit more revealing. Find out more after the jump.

Money Magazine just released its list of the 100 best places to live in the US, and although my home base of San Francisco didn't make the cut, one of my other favorite geeky cities did: Bellevue, WA.

Bellevue comes in fourth on the list for a reason: it's just a hop, skip, and jump away from Seattle metro (which has a distinct sci-fi connection) and hosts a ton of tech companies within its borders — Microsoft, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Expedia to name a few — making this city a hotbed for geeky activities. You'd probably run into Bill Gates while cruising the upscale Bellevue Mall (he lives minutes away from downtown) or find a group of programmers chilling in one of the city's many parks. Desk-bound geeks gotta get out of their cubes at some point, right?

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When you're faced with a mound of chores and mile-long to-do lists, it's not uncommon to want to run and hide. Who actually wants to take time out of their nice Summer day to pay bills and do laundry, when there's so much other fun stuff you could be doing!? Thankfully, there's a new iPhone app that not only helps you get productive, it makes chores fun.

Called Epic Win, this app helps motivate you to tick off your to-do items by challenging you in role playing game format. Choose a character to play, add in your nasty chores that must be done, then play on! You earn points and experience for every chore finished, which allows you to move ahead on your "quest" to dominate your to-do lists, level up your character, and even win in-game items. I can't think of a better way to wean myself off of my gaming console on a Saturday morning than to take a new game along with me while I grocery shop, hit the gym, and yes, even wash my socks. Epic Win isn't quite ready to be unleashed yet, but look out for it in the iTunes store soon.

While you're waiting, the trailer for Epic Win is pretty much a big WIN on its own. Check it out after the jump.