Out of the House

I’m getting ready to go to my first day of my new job. It will be the first time I’ve had to get up and leave the house to go to work in two years. It will be the first time I’ve had to get up and drive a car to work in three years. [...]

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R.I.P., Jim Baen

Science fiction publisher Jim Baen has died. I didn’t know him personally, but I’ve always been impressed by the way he handled the e-book portion of Baen’s business. He was the only print publisher who treated electronic distribution like another valid revenue stream and not some kind of rattlesnake in a crib. The field is [...]

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Nacho Libre

I’m actually a fan of lucha libre to the point I’ve considered getting the Spanish language tier on our cable so that I can watch it on Galavision on Saturdays. I own on VHS and DVD El Santo movies. I have my own mask, boots and tights. I also really like Jack Black. Basically, you [...]

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My Enthusiasm is Curbed

As much as I enjoyed Seinfeld, having now watched a number of the episodes there is no doubt in my mind that Curb Your Enthusiasm is a far funnier show. The chef with Tourette’s episode with the “I am Spartacus” swearing moment might be the funniest scene of TV I’ve ever seen. Forget Lucy shoving [...]

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In Between Days

I don’t think I blogged this in text, although I talked about it in the recent podcasts. I was in Raleigh last week wrapping up my current job. At the end of this week, I start on the new one. I wanted to have a few days buffer for transition issues, and also to recharge [...]

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Grilled Okra

I made this recipe for grilled okra tonight, and man was it good. We happened to have the World Ark magazine lying around, and I read the article on “Grub”, which is all about local and sustainable food, urban gardening and such. This recipe was a sidebar and I’m glad I saw it. Before this [...]

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Spam Poetry of the Day

Here are the texts of some comment spams that were trapped in my Akismet spam filter.
The located orbital filters Jessie into the declared radar. Personal loans awaits Jessie. Jessie tosses the feat sod before the breathing limb. Jessie forests personal loans.

USA and UK targets payday advances. Why does an unpleasant nature grant a deadly physics? [...]

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Ann Coulter vs. Hitler Quiz

Here’s a quiz where given actual statements each as made, you can guess whether the statement was made by Ann Coulter or Adolf Hitler. I got 9 right and 5 wrong. My strategy to get above random was that if it sounded at all eloquent I assumed it was Hitler and if it was just [...]

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Mytle Beach Craigslist

Hey, Myrtle Beach is in Craiglist! When the hell did that happen? I don’t see anything older than the 15th, and only one thing older than last Sunday so maybe it just went live this week. Right on!
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EGC Clambake For June 20, 2006

Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for June 20, 2006.
A spontaneous show! I play a song by the Decemberists; I play two snippets from the Web 2.0 conference panel on “Future of Entertainment” and throw in my commentary; I play a song by the Magnetic Fields; I discuss [...]

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Goodbye, Podcasting News

I’ve been subscribed to the RSS feed for Podcasting News, probably since right around the time the site started. Today I unsubscribed because I just hit my limit. Their stories with no links are pretty much useless in a web context. It’s pretty damn frustrating to consistently be forced to Google after reading one of [...]

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This American Life Doesn’t Get It

Jon Udell posts this very disappointing exchange between himself and the webmaster at This American Life. In a nutshell, TAL is asserting that Jon is violating their copyright by publishing an RSS feed that points to MP3s that they themselves host. This is exactly the same thing I’m doing with the WREK feeds I host. [...]

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EGC Clambake For June 18, 2006

Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for June 18, 2006.
I talk about a very important change in my life; I play a song by the Sharp Things; I discuss net neutrality and market forces; I play a net neutrality protest song by The Broad Band; I play a [...]

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PJ in Rails Day

EGC friend PJ Cabrera is competing in Rails Day 2006. Good luck PJ! The prizes are nice, including a MacBook Pro, but I wasn’t going to do it. The funny thing is that pretty much everyone in the contest, if they did 24 hours of paying work for a customer, could buy themselves a MacBook [...]

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How To Tell You Are Old

We’re watching yesterday’s Letterman and Widespread Panic is the musical guest. Doing a little ciphering in my head I realized that I first saw them at a club in Atlanta about 18 years ago. These things just don’t seem possible.
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RIP, Mr. Popplewell

Georgia Popplewell’s father died today. Deep sympathies to her and her family.
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Macally Charger

Thank god, my new iBook AC adapter is here. I’ve never been happier to see the UPS man in my life. I’m once again careening back in my chair at ergonomically unfriendly angles whilst plugged up and charging. The Apple charger was getting distressingly hot at the tip, so I’m glad to decommission it before [...]

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My Favorite Bill

I’ve been doing Where’s George for over six years now, and have over 1700 bills with hits. Of all of them, this one is my favorite. It left Conway last year, went to West Virginia and eventually came back to Conway. If you look at the Google map available from the above link, you see [...]

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Stress Relief

Here’s a bit of advice for you Apple laptop users. If the little bit of stress relief rubber at the charging tip ever breaks off or comes loose, fix it immediately. I did not, and I’m paying the price. In a few weeks, the charger went from perfect to barely usable. I have to fiddle [...]

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Good Earwig

Ever since I did the last show, I’ve had that Blowoff song “Hormone Love” stuck in my head. That’s a pretty benign invasion since it is a fantastic song. Although I like Mould when he is dissonant and angry and bleak, between Blowoff and Sugar you have to admit that he can craft some amazing [...]

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