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Thursday, September 11, 2003
I've had a few.
But then again,
Too few to mention!
written by Paul Anka
This is not to replace your love for your God, or your spouse, or your family. I'm simply saying that we all need to give ourselves a bit more self-love at this time of year. (No, not that type of self-love !) Too many of us beat up on ourselves throughout the year, and then nearly destroy ourselves at year's end. No wonder there are so many suicides during the Holidays; the messages bombarding us are to Buy Buy Buy and to Give Give Give -- but what if you have nothing to give but love? If you have a dearth of that good stuff, then you'll have a bitch of a time spreading it around to your neighbors.
So be good to yourself, whether you're Christian, Pagan, Wiccan, Athiest, Hindu, Islamic, Mormon, Podcastin, or otherwise. Don't take the pills, they won't do you or anyone else any good; you'll simply miss out on the Next Big Thing (which may turn out to be Your Next Big Thing). Just do things your own way, singing that little hymn as you do so:
What has he got?
If not himself,
Then he has naught.
To say the things,
He truly feels,
And not the words,
Of one who kneels.
The record shows,
I took the blows
And did it my way!
Saturday, February 26, 2005
"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..."
"Hanging out with mom tends to slow me down, and that's a good thing..."
Friday, February 25, 2005
Thoughts on a NY Times article [registration may be required] about Odeo, a start-up company planning to monetize podcasting.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
(Continuing from previous post) Assessing my goals for future audioworks.
(Continuing from previous post) My worries over the quality of my recent audio output.
My thoughts while standing on the bridge over L.A.'s busiest freeway, "The 405"; collaborating on a podcast with an established radio producer.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
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.)
Monday, February 21, 2005
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.
Sunday, February 20, 2005
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.
Monday, February 14, 2005
Sunday, February 13, 2005
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.
Businesses in Huntsville, Alabama
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I once posted, in this space (this right column), the following:
If I had friends they would be listed here
That particular bit o' text, that silly and idiotic phrase, was repeated a dozen or two dozen or so times and was intended to be temporary. I had been working on a project -- a new layout for this blog -- and had intended for that text to be placeholder content. That is, the text was supposed to temporarily replace the content that had previously occupied this column (which was a list of links to friends -- that is, other blogs and web sites I linked to). I didn't know what content I was going to place into that (this) space, so I placed a bunch of duplicate phrases here as a placeholder so that I would remember to fill in this space again later.
At the same time, I thought I was being cute with the heading:
NEW & IMPROVED FRIENDS!
The fact remains: I still don't know what content to put here,
in this column. Links again? Pictures? Video? Audio? Ads? Oh, hell no! It hasn't come to me yet, but I'm sure it will eventually, and when it does it'll come quick and (as usual) with consequences.
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