I’ve mentioned it before, but Episode 79 of Radio Clash is the best podcast ever. Tim’s put together a retrospective of early mashup/bootleg remixes, and it’s priceless. If you’ve ever been interested in what mashups are all about, this single podcast will turn you on and blow you away. Owner of a Lonely Butt will make you shake it and laugh it off all at the same time (and enya vs. prodigy is great too… I remember listening to that a long time ago, nice to have it back).\
Bravo, Mr. Bearcub, bravo.
Author: Kevin Lawver
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Best Podcast Ever
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Revenge Of The Coolest AIM Pages Feature Ever
The web page as service thing I talked about before is live now, and I’ve built my first module that uses it. If you go to my profile, you’ll see a little module in the left-hand column called shared buddies (if you want to see the source) that, if you’re logged in and have a profile, will grab the buddy gallery and see which buddies we share. Isn’t that cool?\
I’m looking for other ideas for modules to mash up people’s pages, so be on the lookout for other cool stuff. If you’ve got ideas, please post a comment! -
Searching For The AOL Blogfather
For a while, I thought that I might have been the first AOL employee to have a blog. I know that can’t be true, but I’m curious as to who the AOL Blogfather is (term stolen gracelessly from Reid, who is one of my blogfathers).\
If you’re an AOL or Netscape current or former employee and you have a blog whose first post is older than 7/20/2000, please let me know (you know, post a comment). It would be nice if the blog was still active.\
Why do this today? Well, another great AOLer has started a blog, Jacob Rosenberg. Jacob’s a great guy and one of my favorite operations folks. His second post is a short history of the many web servers that have come out of AOL. I’ve used all of them at some point, and remember them (mostly) fondly.\
Only nine days until this blog’s sixth birthday. I still haven’t decided what to get it yet. -
Guess what?
You have to actually open your e-mail program to see if your wonderful-but-traveling husband sent you something before he went to bed. It’s true. ::Nods sagely::
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Doctor Who?
I love my doctor! He called in an antibiotic prescription for me without making me come in for an exam! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee.
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Mash It Up
Hello from sunny and sleepy Northern California. I’m here for Mashup Camp, and presenting tomorrow on AIM Pages and ModuleT. My presentation’s done, I’m wearing a screaming pink shirt and I got four hours of sleep (thanks, United – delayed flights are awesome). I’m ready to mash it up!\
I rented a car, and was expecting to get to drive another G6. What did Avis have available? I ultra-awesome. Chevy HHR! It looks like an almost-butch PT Cruiser and drives like a brick. It feels like I’m sitting in a submarine. The pillars on either side of the windshield are so wide that it looks like a small porthole, not a windshield, and it’s almost at 90 degrees (as is everything on the dash), so it’s a very strange driving experience. I don’t recommend it.\
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A thought:
I have never had a boyfriend.\
Hmmm.\
Kevin needs to come home and be my boyfriend.\
Yea, I guess since we’re married with children, that isn’t quite going to work.\
Speaking of Kevin, while I was at the store today, I bought Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey, which I had never had before. It is awesome! Banana ice cream, with fudge pieces and walnuts. Yum! Kevin hates bananas though, which is probably why I have never tried it. But while the cat’s away, the mice’ll play. And eat lots of ‘nanas! -
My body went on strike
My body went on strike Friday morning, but we all managed to make it through the weekend. On the way back from taking Kevin to the airport today, I stopped and got some specialty medicine, so management is hoping that the body will be back on the job soon. It will have to work overtime, with no pay of course, to make up for the days it took off.
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Why I Love Mr. Smokler
He’s on stage, and he owns it. Not in costume, not in character, but he owns that stage. Kevin, you’re a star.
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WTF?
NY Supreme Court rules against same-sex marriage. This decision just boggles me. While not affecting me personally, gay rights are very important to me. Lately my church has taken a more active role against gay rights, urging its members to write their politicians in favor of the Gay Marriage Ban. I can’t support that at all. I am even thinking about leaving the church over it.