I don't actually know much of anything about science and technology. I've done some "things" to get my thoughts published, but if you still think pride is part of the journalism game you’ve obviously never had to deal with explaining an awkwardly callused right hand to your grandmother before.You might think that I'm this clever chick who spends afternoons in the park, scribbling furiously in a Moleskin while sipping coffee, just answering all of life's questions regarding the Internet and robots. And I hate to ruin such a glamorous image, but I'm not. I spend my afternoons either waiting tables in Manhattan or watching television until nap time. Why would I ever sit outside when there is HBO on Demand at my house? Talk about a no-brainer.The point is, sometimes I have trouble finding things to write about, but until I find a website interested in paying me to write about my love for basset hounds and The X-Files, I'll have to keep plugging away. One thing I do love however, is social media, because it's OK not to have friends in real life as long as you have a bunch on the Internet. I think the people at Klout.com would tend to agree.The San Francisco-based company, with only ten employees, uses a constantly evolving algorithm that measures the influence you have across the Internet by using data points from Twitter and Facebook. There are cool-looking charts and graphs, which depict your score: a number between 0 and 100 that represents your strongest areas of influence online. In case you're wondering, mine are Motherboard, moms, and food. In that order. Personally, I feel as though I offer a little more than that trio, but who am I to argue with a matrix of computer tricks.Plus, I love the idea of sorting through peoples’ information and summing up their credibility in a single paragraph. Honestly, I think Klout could step it up a little and start rating people more harshly. I’ve got the balls. And at the end of the day, I’d rather have a more thorough understanding of what kind of influence I have on the world.I'm pretty biased when it comes to this kind of thing though, because if I don't have everything around me neatly sorted and organized, I tend to suck down fistfuls of anxiety pills, so Klout has provided me with some major relief. Now, if they would just be willing to come into my house and sort out all of my X-Files DVDs in order from favorite to least favorite episode (good luck switching episodes from one disc to another), that would really be the icing on the cake.