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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
     
     
    Thursday, July 27, 2006  

    I just stumbled upon this videorecording of a web conference I participated in with some fellow videobloggers/podcasters last year. Watching it again presents mixed emotions for me; it is somewhat pleasureable, yet somewhat painful. Pleasureable, because I felt I had expressed my views well, and because I'm glad I took the opportunity to get to know some of my fellow 'casters a bit. Painful, because I can recall the emotional misgivings I had over whether or not to voice my opinions at all, and how they would be received.

    To make up for giving you something old, here is something new.

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    Tuesday, July 18, 2006  

    Adam Carolla rules. I haven't listened to his morning radio show yet, but I agree with Avatar; Carolla has the best comedic timing and punchline delivery.

    I was first exposed to Adam Carolla through his co-hosting of the long-running nightly radio broadcast, Loveline, a love/sex/relationships phone-in show transmitted from L.A.'s FM radio station KROQ. The show has had a variety of hosts over the years, including the infamous Poorman, but none have been nearly as funny as Carolla. His comedy is simply brilliant, and the perfect complement to the sobering medical advice typically delivered by his co-host, Dr. Drew.

    I don't believe Adam Carolla is as well known as the more trendy foulmouths who come and go in the comedic landscape -- and don't get me wrong, I enjoy the foulmouths just as much as the next person -- but he certainly has been getting his name out there, slowly but surely. Though he's certainly capable of going for the quick below-the-belt laugh, his comedy seems much more witty (and perhaps more sophisticated, though I'm nearly certain Adam wouldn't agree). Perhaps the very nature of his wit has enabled Carolla to outlast many of the comedic talents that have come and gone over the past decade or so.

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    Friday, July 14, 2006  

    Clown school is going very well. Professor Dush E. Bagg (he makes us call him that) gave me a Golden Apple for my efforts. I was so excited I lost my nose, and then stepped on it by mistake. I'll have to head to the Commedia dell'Arte Boutique to pick up a new one. I've been meaning to get a new one, anyway. One that's less imposing. I think the one I'd been using was a bit too large. And red. Nobody wears red noses anymore, only amateurs.

    Shirley Seal has been really getting on my nerves, though. I don't know why that broad's got to keep barking all the time. Do seals really bark like that every aching moment? I thought seals were supposed to be cute. I don't believe her concept of a seal clown is going to work, anyway; she's just trying to copy that penguin dude. (Who seems to think he's Chaplin. Can't anyone be original? They probably all grew up reading too many books or something.)

    Those clowns aside, it's been a great experience, overall. I can already sense that I'm going to make the best clown. I just wish those stinkin' kids would leave me alone when I'm walking to class. If one more little brat grabs my pants and asks me to squeeze my nose, I swear I'm going to clobber him with my Floppy Bat. Their littly grubby hands always get my nicely-pressed knickers dirty. I can't stand them little bitches.

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    Wednesday, July 12, 2006  

    I just recently finished building my first PC. Well, okay -- truth be told, it's not the first time I've built a PC. This time it really works, though, and has all-new parts. None of those old they-might-work-if-you're-lucky parts acquired from the Goodwill Store.

    Anyway, I first installed Windows XP on the system's main drive. Then I installed Windows Vista (beta 2) on another drive, from that fancy DVD I purchased from Microsoft a couple of months ago. Now, I'm ready to install Tiger. Though I will be using this PC to run Windows applications, for the most part, I've been secretly hoping I would be able to use Apple's iMovie and GarageBand applications on the system, and for that I need Mac OS X.

    This fellow says that there are relatively few problems running Tiger on a generic PC, but is that truly the case with running Apple's iLife suite of applications (GarageBand, iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto, etc.)? How is performance typically on one of these setups?

    I suppose some of the answer depends on my particular hardware. I'm currently running a Pentium 4, 533MHz FSB on an ECS P4M800PRO-M motherboard. The RAM is PNY Technologies' 1GB DDR2-533 Optima Memory; I'm certainly going to need to add another one of these to my system if I'm to do any audio or video editing work. The graphics card is an EVGA e-GeForce FX 5200, basically a low-end 128MB NVIDIA AGP deal. With this setup, can I anticipate any problems running iMovie and/or GarageBand?

    Tags: , , , , , , , , ,     7/12/2006 10:36:00 AM (1) comments





    Monday, July 10, 2006  

    Chris and Ponzi are seriously considering taking the next Gnomedex to Hollywood to engage traditional media with "new" media; wouldn't it be great if the event were to take place way up on Mt. Hollywood, in the newly-renovated Griffith Observatory? Talk about seeing stars!


    Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,     7/10/2006 02:37:00 PM (0) comments





    Sunday, July 09, 2006  

    Don't forget to share your OPML, you stingy bastages!

    If it's not clear what I'm talking about, don't worry, you're just a few years behind the curve. OPML provides a way to share stuff...and don't you just love sharing? Sure you do! As do I, which is why I'm sharing this information with you!

    So ask me about OPML, and I'll give you a layman's explanation. In other words, I'll explain what I can, as clearly as I can. Sometimes it's easier for someone like me, the people person that I am (ha ha), to explain a technology which may seem confusing as hell when you encounter information about it on Wikipedia or elsewhere. (Don't know Wikipedia? Well, ask me about that, too!) Just don't mistake me for an expert; I'm no expert on OPML. I've been tinkering with the technology a bit, though, and perhaps more than you. I have alot more to learn about it myself. But still, I can help get you going.

    Again, why do you want to learn about OPML? Because it's all about sharing. And that's a general good. So don't be a Grinch; ask me about OPML, or share your OPML, if you already have it. If you don't trust me, or if you're ready to bypass my wisdom and dive right in to learn about this new and interesting sharing technology, visit OPML.org.

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    Thursday, July 06, 2006  

    In the interest of promoting open formats, Creative Commons and the Fedora project are sponsoring an open video contest...

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    Wednesday, July 05, 2006  

    Have Money Will Vlog

    If he has some money (from you), he will vlog (what you choose for him to vlog). Click the link above to get him started.

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