Uplifter Waning
It seems like the meeting is winding down. There are ostensibly 45 more minutes left, but everyone left a little bit ago so I think it is effectively over. It was a really good meeting, a number of people of various levels of experience and question. People were helped, questions asked and answered about blogs [...]
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Tags: uplifterHere in Charleston
I’m at the Uplifter meeting in Charleston, although I think I’m preceding it by some. My stuff is mostly still in the car and I just realized that I didn’t bring my CVS camcorder cable. Damn it!
Dan just showed up, so the nerding begins. I’ll try to flickr some photos throughout the day.
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Tags: uplifterChange of Address
Whoa, I’ve been on this same cable modem system for almost two years, and today I got a different IP address. Previously, I’d had the same one for the entire life of this service. Freaky. If I weren’t spasticly taking a glance at AmigoFish server logs, I’d not have known it and then tomorrow if [...]
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Tags: amigofish, uplifterCommunication Backlog
It’s been a really busy couple of days at the day job, so I haven’t been able to blog or podcast. I get really agitated when I can’t, I feel like something is missing. It’s like trying to get by for a day only hopping on one foot or using your off hand - it [...]
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Boomed
Yesterday I was mentioned on Rocketboom! That’s always fun. Thank you, Amanda and Andrew!
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Tags: rocketboomUplifter Charleston
Don’t forget, if you are in south coastal South Carolina or north coastal Georgia, there will be an Uplifter meeting this Saturday in Charleston. I’m planning on being there, so if you can (even if you aren’t close but willing to drive) please come and talk to me. We’re there to teach, learn and increase [...]
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Tags: uplifterEGC Clambake For April 24, 2006
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for April 24, 2006.
I play a song by Mutandina; I let slip a hidden secret about “streaming only” URLs; I tell the story of the worst days I have experienced with the AmigoFish project; I play a song I lifted from Bob’s [...]
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Tags: amigofish, bobsslacktimefunhouse, evolutioncontrolcommittee, magnatune, mutandina, subgeniusFrappr Spam
I guess it was bound to happen eventually. I had 8 or so people join my Frappr map all at once, and when you look at them, they have links to pharaceutical spam URLs. These scumbags are the fire ants of the online world - eventually they get into everything and when they do it’s [...]
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Tags: frapprBad Days
These have been a really tough couple of days. Here’s hoping to better ones shortly.
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Tags: amigofishAkismet
I have previously given the Akismet Wordpress plugin glowing praise for almost completely eliminating my comment spam problems. While that is true, in the last month or so, I’ve had more of a false positive problem. In fact, it has now caught my own comments several times.
I wonder if there isn’t some kind of [...]
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Tags: akismetLife in Conway
Between my house and Port City Java are two stoplights - one around halfway and one downtown one block from the shop. The other day I was stopped at the latter around 5 PM on a weekday, and there were five or six cars in front of me at the light. In all seriousness I [...]
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Bob Burden Hospitalized
Bob Burden and Dave Slusher Mutually Mesmerized
Originally uploaded by evilgenius.
Bob Burden, creator of Flaming Carrot and the Mystery Men, has been hospitalized. Apparently this is related to a virus he contracted while visiting New Orleans. Get well wishes and cards can be sent to:
Desperado Studios
c/o [...]
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Tags: bobbNeologisms Abound
Earlier today, I found myself using the word “ajaxification.” Now I see Eric Rice using the comparative “trainwreckier”. Are these spontaneous neologisms or is there an overarching strategery?
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Future of Work
I heard an interesting talk on IT Conversations, Thomas Malone on the future of work. The basic thesis is that democracy is a function of the cost of communication, and that as communication costs dropped in society democracy emerged in governance. He posits that we will see democracy in business governance in the same sort [...]
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Tags: itconversationsDoctor Who
I’m watching episode #4 of the 2005 Doctor Who series. I’ve heard good things about this, and for the umpteenth time I take the contrarian view. Either I or everyone else has gone crazy. I’ve stuck it out for four episodes, but I don’t think I can take any more. I liked the character as [...]
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Beachy Keen
Late last evening we took our first trip to the beach this spring. I think around Christmas was the last time we took a stroll on the sand, this is the first one warm enough to kick off shoes since last fall. It was fun and I took some video of the dog frolicking about. [...]
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AmigoFish Upgrades
Over the weekend I made some upgrades to AmigoFish. Well, to be technically correct I rolled into production a bunch of stuff from the last month. The site should be faster and more stable as I’m using a different webserver now, one that is better than Apache for running Ruby on Rails sites. Also, the [...]
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Tags: amigofishEGC Clambake For April 13, 2006
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for April 13, 2006.
Hurry up offense, I get right to it by playing a Jonathan Coulton song; I discuss Videoblogging Week 2006 and my Converge South video; I talk about seeing David Sedaris in Charleson; I profess my love for the Penn [...]
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Tags: chrisbliss, convergesouth, damonyoung, dannyschmidt, davidsedaris, dianaobscura, emmabull, islandpodcasting, jasongarfield, jonathancoulton, pennjillette, videobloggingweek2006Converge South Video (for real)
Had I known it would be five days before it was actually available, I would not have made my previous post announcing this. Sorry, folks. I thought it would be at most an hour or three when I posted that. I guess I can no longer pretend like I had anything to do with Videoblogging [...]
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Tags: convergesouthVegetarian
Without much fuss, at the beginning of this week I made the switch to vegetarianism. This may shock some, who know me as a guy who can put away a big steak. At those restaurants where they have a “eat this giant thing and it’s free” contest, I’m your go-to guy to get that done. [...]
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