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    dear reader/listener/viewer/enjoyer/co-conspirator:
    lest i be judged for it, i inform you now that this project continues to be a scratch pad, a space for experimentation

    in other words, enjoy what you find here, and feel free to participate, but try not to take anything personal, and don't believe that this project presents an accurate view of me or my life

    this is a window, certainly, but one that hasn't been cleaned in quite some time

    your view may be foggy, obscure...you may see things that aren't really there...

    --harold

    want some background music?
    please consider downloading my most recent music podcast.

    and yes, i love my mom and my dad;
    they've always been good to me, no matter what impression you may have received here

    they never locked me in a cellar or anything
     
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    musicpodcasting.org

    along with these fine music podcasters:

    all florida indies - bing futch
    audio gumshoe - rich palmer
    audio popcorn - krash coarse
    aural icebergs music cast - tiffany rapplean
    capital rock show - bucket aka jason
    darkhorse radio - alan carr
    ears to hear - jill lawton
    eclectic mix - george l smyth
    homegrown podcast - nic treadwell
    indiefeed - chris macdonald
    le jazz affair - sal calfa
    rubyfruit radio - heather smith
    sober cafe podcast - gracie hollombe
    sundown lounge - larry winfield
    tempo of the down - harold (that's me!)
    the darkcompass podcast - rowland cutler
    the fabrications podcast - matt macfarlane
    the phill(er) - phill ramey
    the radiozoom podcast - john bollwitt
    thepillarcast.com - jon tucker
    uc radio podshow - michael yusi
    zaldor's world - les zaldor

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    something that happened

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    		stories by harold j. johnson, in various formats - including text, audio, video, and podcasts
     
     
    Saturday, February 26, 2005  

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    "Today I took a little bit longer leaving mom. I just stared at her; I sat on my haunches just kind of staring at her face..."     2/26/2005 12:16:00 AM (0) comments





     

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    "Hanging out with mom tends to slow me down, and that's a good thing..."     2/26/2005 12:06:00 AM (0) comments





    Friday, February 25, 2005  

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    Thoughts on a NY Times article [registration may be required] about Odeo, a start-up company planning to monetize podcasting.     2/25/2005 09:33:00 AM (0) comments





    Thursday, February 24, 2005  

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    (Continuing from previous post) Assessing my goals for future audioworks.     2/24/2005 05:09:00 PM (0) comments





     

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    (Continuing from previous post) My worries over the quality of my recent audio output.     2/24/2005 04:58:00 PM (0) comments





     

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    My thoughts while standing on the bridge over L.A.'s busiest freeway, "The 405"; collaborating on a podcast with an established radio producer.     2/24/2005 04:48:00 PM (0) comments





    Tuesday, February 22, 2005  

    How's this for a rainy-day theme? First, Sunday night's audio post as a direct download or stream [4.9MB MP3]. Previously it was only obtainable via BitTorrent. The post will not be included in the Something that Happened podcast feed; for an explanation as to why this and many other audio posts will not be included in the podcast, please read this post or listen to this audio post [6.8MB MP3].

    As promised in Sunday night's audio post, here is also a recording of the rain [9MB MP3], as heard from my home in L.A. Now why on Earth would anyone want to hear that? Beats me - I just enjoy the sound of rain. Perhaps somebody'll want to use it as sound effects for their own podcast, or play it in the background while you're making love. If so, here's a link to the same audio at a higher quality. (You'll need a BitTorrent application to download the torrent.)

    I promise to begin producing better podcasts in the near future; I'm currently devoting alot of my time to seeking employment. If you'd like to help me earn a new Mac to help me in producing podcasts faster, please consider signing up for the free Mac mini deal. It's completely legit and it won't cost you a direct cent (email me and I'll explain), though you may get spammed the hell out of if you sign up. Just make sure to use an email account you don't mind having spammed. (If you need a Gmail account, which handles spam quite well, let me know if you need one and I'll send you an invite. Gmail accounts are currently only available by invite.)     2/22/2005 11:07:00 AM (0) comments





    Sunday, February 20, 2005  

    A quick audio post before I retire to bed; you'll have to download it as a torrent since I haven't had the time to encode it to a lower bitrate and upload it to my webhosting server yet. Here's the torrent: "Rain and Dying in Los Angeles".

    The title is a tribute to Hunter S. Thompson, who today has died, as the sound of thunder overwhelms and houses slide down the hills on this rainiest of days in Los Angeles.     2/20/2005 10:59:00 PM (0) comments





     

    "I'm a Strange Angel" (6.8MB MP3 download/stream)

    In today's audio post I introduce you to a book I'm reading, Strange Angel by George Pendle. The biography details the life of John Whiteside Parson, a rocket scientist living in Los Angeles until his untimely death in 1952.

    Today's post will probably only be available via download here. I don't include every last audio post I make to this blog in my podcast feed, as I fear they may bore you to death, but you'll always be able to download any of my posts here at SomethingthatHappened.com. You may also join the torrent to receive the original and higher-quality MP3 of this audio post, including the five short audio posts made to this blog a few days ago.     2/20/2005 03:21:00 PM (0) comments





    Thursday, February 17, 2005  

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    Monday, February 14, 2005  

    If you get a kick out of using BitTorrent, you may get the torrented version of the podcast recording "Arriving at SCALE" by accessing its torrent file. The torrented version has also been encoded at a higher bitrate; consider it your gift for helping preserve bandwidth by joining the torrent. (Don't worry about joining the torrent just to preserve my bandwidth, though - I'm using a service called Liberated Syndication which provides me with unmetered bandwidth. If you really want to help me out, consider taking advantage of this offer for a free Mac mini.) 2/14/2005 12:46:00 PM (0) comments





    Sunday, February 13, 2005  

    "Arriving at SCALE" (5.7MB MP3, stream or download)

    A ridiculous podcast in which I describe the experience of arriving at SCALE, the Southern California Linux Expo. The song "The Chase" used with permission of Baby Grand. Interviews from SCALE may soon be available at SomethingthatHappened.com, including interviews with the FlightGear crew, the LinuxChix, a Wikipedia developer, the Linux Astronomy collaboration, the LAMPSIG group, and SCALE's media representative.     2/13/2005 11:04:00 AM (0) comments





     

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    Thursday, February 03, 2005  

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