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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
     
    highlighted post from the archives: me rambling about a new job (from two years ago)
    i recently messed with the archives, so they may not work correctly, but you may take your chances:
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    i once was an active member of the

    association of music podcasting

    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

    ¡the text on this blog wants to leap out of its borders!

    this is...

    something that happened

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    		stories by harold j. johnson, in various formats - including text, audio, video, and podcasts
     
     
    Friday, July 29, 2005  

    "Please hold while we connect you to the next available representative..."

    I have now been on a phonecall with Earthlink for over two hours, and I have yet to speak with a representative about my issue. I have been transferred from one department to another, at least ten times, maybe more, in the following order:
      From

    1. the Wireless Support line listed on Earthlink's Wireless homepage at (888) 304-2773

      2. to

    2. Wifi Sales at (888) 303-3843

      3. to

    3. Handheld Devices and Laptop Cards at (888) 304-2773

      4. back to

    4. Wifi Sales at (888) 303-3843

      5. to

    5. Earthlink's Main line (apparently) at (888) 327-8454

      6. to

    6. ??? at ??? (Perhaps I'm in the Twilight Zone at this point; the representative told me I could reach the Zone again by dialing [800] 890-5128)

      7. to

    7. Wireless Tech Support/Home Networking Dept. at (800) 895-0620

      8. to

    8. Wi-Fi Sales (again) at (888) 304-2773

      9. to

    9. W

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    Wednesday, July 20, 2005  

    Record-breaking heat in Los Angeles today; the newscast mentioned something about 1974 or 1976 being the previous record holder for the date of July the 20th. With no air conditioning, it was unlikely I was going to be staying in the oven all day, so it was out in the big house, where hardwood floors and multiple stories buffer the heat some. Also a few electric fans to produce a breeze. With my head in a borrowed computer programming book, I coded a few minor programs - the simple examples in the book - to resume my education in the programming arts.

    The day passed swiftly, the girl reading Potter on the couch behind my armchair, me fighting off the nap induced by the heat, ultimately losing the battle. I slept, and it was good, until awakened by her voice, "Don't sleep, let's go to the pool..." The tiniest pang of resentment at being pulled from my comfortable laziness, then the struggle to get up - I wanted her to be happy, it's her day off.

    What did you learn today? I learned how to write small programs again. Again? Yes, it was many years ago that I had my first taste of programming, at John M____'s house, using his Apple ][e (c?). So long ago...I must have been 11 or 12. Perhaps younger. Those were some of the best times, my Dungeons & Dragons days.     7/20/2005 11:11:00 PM (0) comments





    Tuesday, July 19, 2005  

    The feeling of entering a post via the Links browser using xterm on a very old PowerBook running Ubuntu, the Linux distribution...ah, to be geeky in 2005...the magic of learning how to transform a 1998 machine running an obsolete operating system into a 1998 machine running a modern OS, without performance issues...(well, as long as you stay in text mode until you get more RAM)...like suping up an old bug, my version of Herbie...learning how to compile...beginning self-study of C++...learning, yearning for knowledge, for the tools to build...space and rockets and shuttles to the moon...looking at the larger-than-usual Moon on a hot July evening...the sound of leftover fireworks in the distance, not far away at all...the neighbors chatting on the "porch"...having to pee but too shy or lazy to go outside and down the way to the restroom...watching the flashing lights of the Wi-Fi card, wondering whether it's going to pick up an open network...the girlfriend on the bed, reading Harry Potter's latest adventures...thoughts of mom, and sadness at the situation...recollections of the morning session with one who is paid to listen...a phrase, "The Dog Days of Summer" -- what does it mean again?...needing to pee real bad...licking the film on your teeth...ready to post...posting. 7/19/2005 09:44:00 PM (0) comments





    Monday, July 18, 2005  

    The good news is that I've relocated my iRiver. The bad news is that I am unable to afford batteries. I still can't quite remember how to blog. 7/18/2005 12:30:00 PM (0) comments





    Sunday, July 17, 2005  

    I may have misplaced my iRiver recorder. 7/17/2005 08:54:00 PM (0) comments





     

    I forgot how to blog. 7/17/2005 09:26:00 AM (0) comments





     
     

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