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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

    somethingthathappened.com
    		stories by harold j. johnson, in various formats - including text, audio, video, and podcasts
     
     
    Monday, August 14, 2006  

    Tom Simpson posted a particularly interesting video on his site yesterday. My advice: Watch the video first, read the comments after.

    Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,     8/14/2006 09:20:00 AM (3) comments





    Wednesday, August 09, 2006  

    It's a good thing I withdrew from my Intro to Client/Server course today, because it's about time I spend some time with my mother. (That's not why I withdrew; I'll have to tell you that story later, as it's quite dramatic and involves the following statement: "I think you're a bad student.") I'll still be attending my other course, which I am thoroughly enjoying.

    On the way to visit mom, I'll probably be studying my new Ruby Cookbook, having decided to plunge headfirst into the purely object-oriented scripting language. A number of factors have led me to Ruby, so I can't blame any one factor in particular, but I offer thanks to Scott Johnson for pointing out pluses and minuses of learning PHP versus learning Ruby. Through his podcast, Scott may have not been intending to steer me (or anyone else) toward Ruby, but I've decided to chase after the ol' girl anyway. Perhaps I'll learn PHP a bit later in life. Again, Scott's not to blame for this choice; he's simply one current in the river of influences which seem to be guiding me toward Ruby.

    Tags: , , , , , , , ,     8/09/2006 01:51:00 PM (0) comments





    Tuesday, August 08, 2006  

    Okay you silly clowns (as you must be if you're reading this blog), I've got something new for you. Though I won't say it's all that exciting. Still: I've been having alot of fun producing my BlogTalkRadio programs, so head on over to my other site, the Podcaster Herald, to find out more about the project. (Podcaster Herald is the persona that's currently engaging with the BlogTalkRadio technology.) It's like this, basically: It's fun and it's kinda like talk radio. So be sure to call in whenever I'm "on the air"!!!

    Speaking of performance, today I participated in a web conference with a bunch of self-professed vloggers. (That's videobloggers for you, the lamer relatives who have no inkling about what I'm talking about. Get yerself acquainted with Wikipedia, fer cryin' out loud! Anyone, you can watch and vomit at my inanity by clicking here to access a recording of the conference. Clowns like Michael "The Devil" Verdi, Bill E. Streeter, Enric the Gallant, and that crazy kid Andreas made appearances during the conference. (Sorry for not naming you all, but I'll lose my audience of dim-witted relatives if I have to post every last one of your names here. Hey, I'm not a mean person, and I don't really mean they're all dim-witted. They're just a bit obtuse once in awhile. Except for my grandma, who's fair, has got a big heart, and doesn't seem to hold a grudge.)

    Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,     8/08/2006 09:37:00 PM (0) comments





    Wednesday, August 02, 2006  

    Way over in Edinburgh, Scotland, it's raining. According to Ewan Spence, that marks the start of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival...

    Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,     8/02/2006 06:10:00 PM (0) comments





     
     

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