Last Sunday, a young woman known to the local twitter network as @megapixel, Meg Porter, died in a car accident. Her blog was Mind of Meg, hosted with Blogger. She was known in particular for vlogging, video blogging, in which she spoke to the computer screen as if it were a casual friend, and gave her thoughts on some subject, such as changing her hair. She was just 24 years old.

The news story:  Burleson Woman Killed in Head-On Collision. And also there is a short obituary with a guestbook signed by many, including friends from twitter.

On You Tube, she sang an a capela rendition of “Killing me Softly.” Danny Brown wrote a reflection on his blog about her passing.

Her last twitter update spoke only of an irritating case of strep throat. As the news leaked out over the twitterspere, ourpourings of sympathy rebounded. The shock was palpable — if you’re on twitter, you can read the thread on the topic by searching for @megapixel.

May she rest in peace — and be remembered. Truly we know not the day nor the hour.