tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955982011-07-07T18:43:43.378-04:00The blog that can't decide whether to be professional or personal.Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.comBlogger601100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-7723586067667591962010-07-26T17:09:00.005-04:002010-07-26T18:12:34.503-04:00

Just popping in for a rare visit to my blog. Taking a few minutes to catch up (read: I'm having an epic battle with procrastination on an actual project.). I've removed the Podcamp Ohio 2 badge from the sidebar, now that Podcamp Ohio 3 has passed (in my defense, I was going to at least switch it to an badge for Podcamp Ohio 3, but there weren't any for this year).Glancing at my most "recent"

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-32945749931375466772009-10-02T23:22:00.021-04:002009-10-03T14:38:47.122-04:00

By now you've probably heard at least some mention of the latest buzz washing over the Internet: Google Wave. If you haven't heard, then my blog has a purpose! Rather than bore you with puns about catching the wave, surfing the Web, getting on the same wavelength, and so forth, I'll try to get right to the point.I've been hearing about Wave for weeks or months now. It sounded useful, but I

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-91700748200432051732009-08-10T08:49:00.004-04:002009-08-10T10:21:23.880-04:00

It's been almost two months since the iPhone 3.0 OS update was released. At the time, I recorded my initial reaction to the update. Since that time, I've noticed several things that are having a huge negative impact on my iPhone experience. To be fair, I've also discovered a few more things I really like, but I'll add those as an update to my original post.Odd problems on my iPhone 3G since the

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-82026087855148101332009-06-17T19:58:00.009-04:002009-08-10T10:23:04.838-04:00

NOTE: I wrote this partially for those who haven't been keeping up with iPhone news. If you just want a quick overview of my thoughts on the release, mostly keep to the bolded words. :)iPhone OS 3.0--the latest version of the iPhone's software--was released today. On Friday the new iPhone 3G S will be released and will include the OS 3.0 and many new features, some of which I'd been banking on

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-87339583108444037522009-06-17T19:51:00.002-04:002009-06-17T19:58:34.371-04:00

I think it is overwhelmingly obvious by now that if I try to produce nothing but high-quality blog posts, I'll never produce any at all. While you're busy laughing at the idea that any of my blog posts have been high in quality, let me sum up what I've just realized. Twitter filled a void for me--a place to say the small, quick things that didn't require a full blog post or even a post to my

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-89886052345573616622009-02-15T01:49:00.006-05:002009-02-15T02:40:06.405-05:00

So, like I was saying, Podcamp Ohio '08. Oh, wait, it's been so long since my last post that we're already getting ready for '09! I've just changed the banner currently on the right-hand side from last year's un-conference to this year's. I have a feeling that I'll enjoy this year even more than last year, if for no other reason than that I now have an iPhone and a new unibody Macbook, so I'll be

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-46176511231217417582008-06-28T10:10:00.005-04:002008-06-28T10:24:04.059-04:00

Today I'm at Podcamp Ohio in Hilliard, OH, near Columbus. I may do some broadcasting on ustream.tv, but throughout the day I'll be here sharing notes on what I'm learning, as well as pictures and videos of what's going on.Feel free to send comments as you follow along!

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-35853773587685641542008-04-09T23:02:00.005-04:002008-04-10T00:08:44.941-04:00

This is a blog. Blogs are for writing. I like to write. There are many things I want to write about. So why, then, do I not write more often?The possible answers to this question are many. Sometimes I don't feel like writing. Sometimes the things I want to write about are too personal for this blog. Sometimes maybe I just think something is too personal, when the reality is that I should share it

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-75167264089994965182008-03-24T17:57:00.006-04:002008-04-08T23:00:15.848-04:00

Just a small taste of the hilarity that is my brother and sister-in-law's ferrets. The video could probably use same zany animals-being-funny music, but I don't have time to find any.

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-11286613602520773272008-01-28T18:05:00.000-05:002008-01-28T18:46:00.293-05:00

The Internet radio site Last.fm announced last week that songs and albums may now be played on demand for free. Until now, most songs could only be played in their entirety when they were part of a randomized playlist. According to the Last.fm blog:Something we’ve wanted for years—for people who visit Last.fm to be able to play any track for free—is now possible. With the support of the folks

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-50190000455021450292008-01-22T14:08:00.000-05:002008-01-22T14:44:31.097-05:00

As you may or may not know, the Macworld conference was last week. The Interwebs were all atwitter with anticipation over Steve Jobs' keynote—so much so that our dearly beloved Twitter crashed, along with several other tech-related websites.It was a festive time, but as it turns out I didn't need to spend all that time trying to get news about Steve's announcements as he made them (

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-63539522652469059372008-01-04T18:30:00.000-05:002008-01-04T18:48:47.005-05:00

Ok, so Line Rider didn't really go anywhere, but I haven't paid much attention to it for a long time.My first post last year was a Line Rider video. So, though this isn't my first post of 2008, I thought I would continue the tradition and highlight another impressive Line Rider video.In case you don't know what Line Rider is, essentially you draw a track, with optional decorative markings, and

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-10996870699955358312008-01-01T23:28:00.000-05:002008-01-04T18:36:57.491-05:00

It strikes me as odd that in my part of the world the new year comes under the cover of winter. It's as if something new has begun, full of potential and promise, but the world around me doesn't seem to know it yet.2008 finds me sick for the first time this winter, though not severely so. Very little in my life is as I had hoped it would be by this time, and I have been discouraged. Yet, I still

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-12868145668653102662007-12-29T00:33:00.000-05:002007-12-29T19:47:45.362-05:00

I recently came across CoverItLive.com, which provides live-blogging software for free. By embedding their software in a blog, website, etc.—as I have done below—the live-blogger can communicate with readers instantly, with no page refreshing needed on the part of the readers. This is useful when covering conferences, political events, etc., in real time. It could also be used for teaching online

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-43755869212578619632007-12-16T02:17:00.000-05:002007-12-16T02:49:50.406-05:00

Recently I renewed my quest to discover coffee shops in the Greater Cincinnati area, visit them, and post reviews here. On a tip from my uncle, I visited a coffee shop called Java Joint in Edgewood/Crestview Hills, KY, near Thomas More College.Normally I like to write my review of a coffee shop while I'm there or shortly thereafter, but this time it's taken me nearly three weeks. I visited in the

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-84555920256357125842007-12-15T23:43:00.000-05:002007-12-16T00:13:42.252-05:00

Yes, I do remember that I have a blog, and to answer those of you who have mentioned it to me, yes I do know that it's been a long time since I posted anything. Of course, I answered you all at the time that you made those comments, but I thought I'd answer you here too as an excuse to highlight the fact that I do actually have more than two readers, and that more than one person has actually

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-1899197467804003372007-09-14T00:28:00.000-04:002007-09-14T00:38:48.922-04:00

Since I last posted, a lot has changed in my life, and in the world around me. There is much that I need to write about. But instead, for now, here are some photos I took during a recent trip to Jungle Jim's International Market! For better images and more time to read the tags, click on the slideshow at any time.I actually wish that I had documented the trip a little bit better. It's a little

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-25592260168238799822007-08-21T19:18:00.000-04:002007-08-21T19:49:02.123-04:00

In my last post I wrote about the recent Skype outage. The service was back in full swing shortly thereafter, however I found the cause of the outage to be noteworthy.In their blog post explaining what happened, Skype's Villu Arak wrote:On Thursday, 16th August 2007, the Skype peer-to-peer network became unstable and suffered a critical disruption. The disruption was triggered by a massive

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-52990536453708724262007-08-17T13:59:00.000-04:002007-08-18T11:01:57.659-04:00

If you're like me and work in an office, when you noticed yesterday that you couldn't connect to Skype, you assumed that IT had changed something in your firewall's configuration that was preventing the connection, despite the fact that Skype is able to overcome almost any such issues. Since I didn't try to use Skype from home, this assumption that the problem was local continued for me when I

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-87068521482246649772007-08-07T23:12:00.000-04:002007-08-07T23:22:22.730-04:00

Ok, so I guess it's been a while since my last post. I've been a crazy month+, but I've continued tumblelogging most of that time! Yes, The Tumblelog of Phlegon—this blog's spoiled little brother—is doing quite well. In case you don't follow it, I've added an RSS feed box in the upper right of the side bar on this blog. So, I guess even this post is being dominated by the tumblelog. But never

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-21874564556407354642007-07-01T22:30:00.000-04:002007-07-01T22:48:22.908-04:00

Have you seen the relatively newly rebuilt YouTube user interface? With its smooth animations and OSX-dock-like display of related videos, it's fun to use, and I'm far more likely to watch a related video. In fact, while I was browsing through my previous blog entires for this year, and decided to watch the Bad Day music video again. When it was finished, I clicked on a related video, and it

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-67633122695095203212007-06-30T10:04:00.000-04:002007-06-30T10:31:18.602-04:00

No, the wedding bells referred to in the title are not for me. My brother and his fiancé of two years are getting married one week from today, on July 7, 2007. Get it? 7/7/07. They're not the only ones getting married on this day. According to TheKnot.com:. . . while a typical Saturday in July sees 12,000 weddings from TheKnot.com community, an estimated 38,000 Knotties are set to wed on 7/7/07.

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-35954502381158229552007-06-30T09:42:00.000-04:002007-06-30T10:03:52.042-04:00

Wow, it's been more than a month since my last blog entry. The Blog of Phlegon definitely has reason to feel like a jealous older sibling since The Tumblelog of Phlegon came along. Tumblr has been an excellent way for me to keep posting things I find interesting, but without spending a lot of time witting during this very busy time in my life. But, on to the reason for today's post.SputtrFor a

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-38712086215365149992007-05-23T20:43:00.000-04:002007-05-23T23:53:31.980-04:00

I've been promising for nearly a month now that I would write about the day my brother moved out, because a few odd things happened that day. So here, finally, is the story.Packing up ... and a medical emergency?My younger brother, Chris, is getting married in July. In preparation he has moved into an apartment of his own. He finished moving out on Sunday, April 30. We went to the early service

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-56751540891063411802007-05-05T00:02:00.000-04:002007-05-05T00:44:11.438-04:00

So, I came across this video recently, but I turned it off after the first few seconds, slightly disturbed. However, the words "Numa Numa" must have stuck with me enough to recognize them when I heard them mentioned on net@nite. Apparently, it has become quite a big deal, so I went back and watched it. It's fairly amusing, but to me it's really just the foundation for quite a bit more fun from

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-603810043717731812007-05-04T23:30:00.000-04:002007-05-18T23:31:14.942-04:00

Google Calendar enhancementsGoogle has quietly added some new reminder features to Google Calendar. It has always been possible to set a reminder on Calendar appointments, however you may now set multiple reminders. Also new is the ability to specify the delivery method of each reminder. Delivery methods include email, pop-up (which work when you are logged into Google Calendar), and SMS (if

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-41575142540941493392007-05-02T09:46:00.001-04:002009-10-04T13:05:57.338-04:00

Michael Arrington of TechCrunch made a post today about Microsoft Silverlight and the announcements made at the Mix conference, and it caught my attention. I've been seeing and hearing bits of information about Silverlight for a while now, and I even installed it for my browsers yesterday. However, this is the first time I've seen such earth-shattering statements made about it.The announcements

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-40077026201319972882007-05-01T22:39:00.000-04:002007-05-01T22:57:48.586-04:00

What is a tumblelog? To answer that question, here is a quote from the FAQ page of Tumblr:To make a simple analogy: If blogs are journals, tumblelogs are scrapbooks.You can also look at tumblelogs as slightly more structured blogs that make it easier, faster, and more fun to post and share stuff you find or create.You can find more information on Wikipedia.Tumblr is the host of my new tumblelog.

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-65017488323541107932007-04-23T11:20:00.001-04:002009-02-15T02:49:15.491-05:00

I'm having a bad day, but in this case that's good. Let me explain.Recently, while testing out Joost (more to come on that later), I came accross the music video "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter, and I loved it. I've wanted to share it, but only today—inspired by my own bad day—did I think to look for the video on YouTube. I found it there, so I'll let it speak for itself.UPDATE 2/15/2009It looks like

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-28380927790489417172007-04-16T11:05:00.000-04:002007-04-16T11:19:07.720-04:00

Procrastinating tax-filers, take heart! Despite what your tax forms and booklets may say, today is not Tax Day—tomorrow is. The reason for the late due-date—and the misprints in the tax literature—is explained on the IRS website:Taxpayers will have extra time to file and pay because April 15 falls on a Sunday in 2007, and the following day, Monday, April 16, is Emancipation Day, a legal holiday

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-59477570308480044092007-04-11T23:11:00.000-04:002007-04-11T23:46:10.004-04:00

Jott is a free, simple note-taking service with some very cool features. What makes Jott unique is its voice-recognition technology. Once you have registered for a free account, simply call the toll-free number, say the name of the person in your contacts to whom you want to send a message—or say "myself"—and speak your message. When you hear "got it" you know your message has been received, and

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-33705803939819384742007-04-06T22:34:00.000-04:002007-04-06T23:01:32.393-04:00

Since I last made a Personal Log update, the freelance project fell through. My friend, Kevin, had another friend who owed him a favor suddenly show up and offer to do the website for free. So ... that kinda stinks. I am, however, able to focus on some other important things now, so that's good.Kevin is going to be busier than ever now. The promo video has been extremely well-received by both the

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-27044680237018862242007-04-01T21:10:00.000-04:002007-04-01T21:33:11.404-04:00

Today Google announced the launch of a free broadband internet service: Google TiSP. According to Google, TiSP is:Free, fast and highly reliableEasy to install -- takes just minutesVacuum-sealed to prevent water damageThe speeds claimed by Google are much faster than standard broadband connections, even at the free level; there are two higher-speed tiers available for monthly fees. As is the case

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-86862745716408964582007-03-29T22:39:00.000-04:002007-03-29T22:50:55.356-04:00

It looks like March is the boring month for my blog, if you don't like the personal stuff. I guess there really hasn't been much of that either. I'm still working on Kevin's website, and I need to have a temp up by the end of the week.Sadly, I'm still using Photoshop 6. Adobe software is just too expensive. Maybe I'll save up if I do freelance work a lot, but there are alternatives for many

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-49435043829879203972007-03-18T01:40:00.000-04:002007-03-18T01:57:44.162-04:00

So, I just glanced over my last blog entry and noticed a rather unfortunate typo, which I have corrected.In a completely unrelated topic, I thought I would share with everyone that when you need to describe the act of determining "the importance, size, or value of"1 something, a good word to use would be "assess." With two s's at the end.Other than typos, not much that I mentioned last week has

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-17234097431313406492007-03-10T09:04:00.000-05:002007-03-18T01:40:25.749-04:00

A couple of days ago, my friend Kevin in Oregon contacted me to tell me about a very big opportunity he has before him through his video production company. He may get to make the next music video for a well-known Christian musician. Because of this opportunity, he is expecting that his company's website will be getting quite a large amount of traffic in about a month, so it needs some sprucing

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-6585357872055626272007-02-26T22:56:00.000-05:002007-02-26T23:28:39.910-05:00

Disclaimer: This is not meant as an Apple-bashing post, so please don't leave me nasty comments, refuse to speak to me, or leave flaming bags of dog poop on my front step.There's been some buzz over the first iPhone commercial, which aired during the Oscars. I saw the commercial for the first time tonight while watching 24 with my parents. Here's the commercial:So the commercial ends and my mom

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-23582614084024999052007-02-24T00:21:00.000-05:002007-02-24T01:26:07.516-05:00

Last Monday I was off work for President's Day, so I decided to seek out a new Cincinnati area coffee shop to review. I decided on Kaldi’s Coffee House & Bookstore on Main Street in Cincinnati. I was happy to have had no trouble finding it, although I can't say that it stood out. I guess I've finally navigated the city enough to be somewhat better at spotting what I'm looking for. I was also

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-49489642633662963982007-02-23T23:44:00.000-05:002007-02-24T00:18:34.746-05:00

The new movie Amazing Grace opened in theaters today in the US (it will open in the UK on March 23, 2007). It is about the life of William Wilberforce, a gifted British orator and politician who was instrumental in ending the slave trade. Wilberforce was a Christian, and was also a friend of John Newton. For a good and somewhat expert review, see Answers—Once lost, but now found.I'm planning to

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-73626583961408813972007-02-22T22:24:00.000-05:002007-02-22T22:34:10.128-05:00

I've finally posted some new photos—some from the ice that recently came to us as freezing rain and then stuck around for several days, and some from my recent visit to Kaldi’s Coffee House & Bookstore. I'll be posting my review of Kaldi’s soon.

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-44232381882504630142007-02-18T14:30:00.000-05:002007-02-18T14:43:56.010-05:00

This is a first for me—I'm making this post via IM*. I just signed up for a service called (and now for an HTML-via-IM experiment) IMified. To quote the website: Imified is an instant messenger buddy that works across all major IM networks and offers access to a growing number of web applications, as well as productivity tools like notes, reminders, and todo's. Imified helps you get things done

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-37528290616578815512007-02-17T23:07:00.000-05:002007-02-18T14:36:01.501-05:00

I've removed the WengoVisio widget for the time being. I just discovered that when I resized my browser window, the widget would end up overlapping other page elements. Besides, it wasn't proving useful at this point, and it was cramping my style. Maybe I'll try it again some other time.

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-4299561482718473262007-02-13T23:10:00.000-05:002007-02-18T14:35:39.644-05:00

As you may have noticed in the sidebar, I'm trying out WengoVisio. Apparently, when I'm logged in it will allow visitors to my blog to video chat with me, and when I'm not logged in you can leave me a video message. I haven't yet figured out how to adjust the widget's position in the sidebar, so for now it's a bit off-centered. This bothers me, but my drive to experiment with yet another web Beta

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-91818274305320570772007-02-02T14:41:00.000-05:002007-02-12T00:36:14.054-05:00

I don't have too many moments in life that actually make me feel like I've seen everything, but that's exactly how I felt just now when I saw a cat scuba diving. Yeah. And right after that I see his best friend, a dog, doing the same thing, which actually goes to show that I hadn't seen everything just yet. You can see the video and story in the Crave blog. If you visit Crave, be sure to check

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-46030069885408927242007-01-29T23:30:00.000-05:002007-01-30T00:02:53.912-05:00

Who better to build your family tree than your family? At www.Geni.com, that's exactly what can happen. The site is simple and fun to use. When you first arrive, you enter your name. Next, enter the names of your parents. From there you can start entering all sorts of relatives, all through the simple and fun-to-use interface. Entering my family and watching the tree grow was almost addictive.

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-73681116707776110772007-01-26T13:18:00.000-05:002007-01-26T13:39:04.565-05:00

As you may know, for most of last year SkypeOut—Skype’s service allowing you to call regular telephones—was free to any phone in the US or Canada. The free service ended December 31, 2006, However, you can sign up for the same Unlimited Calling plan for $14.95—through January 31, 2007. After that, the plan will cost $29.95 for a year. To get this introductory 50% off price, go to www.skype.com.

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And now for the post that I originally set out to make when I ended up writing Deter, Detect, Defend. After hearing about the Staples MAILMATE™ Junk Mail Shredder on The Daily Giz Wiz podcast, I decided to try it out. It's a sleek, small, powerful shredder that can live wherever you like to open—or destroy—your mail. Staples is one of those store brands that you actually want because they know

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Last week I was discussing the shredding of junk mail with a friend. As I explained the risk of identity theft through discarded mail, he asked—with a slight tone of sarcasm—something to the effect "So what, everyone has to buy their own shredder?" This told me that despite the many efforts of society to raise awareness of identity theft issues, there are some who still do not fully understand

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I was just wondering what my first post of 2007 would be. I have some ideas of things to actually write about, but I just saw this Line Rider video. I know, I know, another Line Rider video. But this is by the same guy who did the Jagged Peaks video and I posted a few weeks ago, and this time he's taken a different approach—an urban setting rather than the snowy mountainside that we all

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It's been a while since my last post, due largely to two illnesses in the last three weeks. So, let me take this opportunity to say a late "Merry Christmas" to all of you.I'm busily working on a few different projects right now, as well as spending as much time as possible with family, having lost a lot of time to being sick. As we move through the last few hours (EST) of 2006 I'm trying to bring

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Line Rider has been updated. My favorite new feature? The eraser! Check it out!Update 12/20/06:As you may have noticed in the comments, my friend Adam has posted a clever Line Rider run—using the new version—on YouTube.com. Very nice Adam! Good use of flips as well as an entertaining and characteristically sadistic ending. Here it is!

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Last Friday night my friend John and I attended the Ellery concert that I wrote about on December 1. I wanted not only to attend the concert, but also to review a second coffee shop in the process. Using directions from Google maps and my prior knowledge of the area, we were able to arrive when I had intended to, however finding a parking spot was a bit interesting. I really need to practice

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I know a lot of people who are really into movie trailers—not only movies, but the actual trailers themselves. Well, here's a new trailer for the classic, Mary Poppins. No really, you should watch it.

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Husband-wife duo Ellery (a.k.a Justin and Tasha Golden) will be performing at Rohs Street Café in Cincinnati, OH on December 8. Having missed any recent concerts in our area, I was quite excited to hear that this show had been added to their schedule at the "last minute." Rohs, a very cool little coffeehouse in the Clifton area near UC, is one of Ellery's favorite venues when performing at home,

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I've been wanting to post something about Line Rider for a while now. It's one of the coolest web toys I've ever seen! To give a very basic summary, you draw lines on the screen which, when you are finished, become the mountains down which a little sledder guy sleds, or tumbles, if you're just starting out and you make his slopes too steep. It's kind of like a game, but you can be artistic too.

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In an effort to get going on the coffee shop review idea, I decided today to pay a visit to ... Mammoth Café again. I ended up signing up with the trainer that I mentioned the other day (although I can work with any of the trainers in the company that operates within Fitworks both in Newport and in Florence, and possibly other locations), so I was in Newport today anyway and I thought I would

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Today I came across a Firefox add-on called "Stylish." It allows you to write or download new stylesheets and specify which website(s) they should be applied to automatically every time you visit. This can come in handy for use with websites that you use frequently, whether a site is ugly or you just want a change. Some changes can even make the site more usable or more comfortable for you, such

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That's right, I have the day off. It's only a little after noon, and I already have a lot to say.For once I decided to get up early even though I didn't have to and get out of the house. I went to a gym that I don't usually go to but that is another franchise of the gym of which I am a member. I ended up being there longer than I otherwise would have been because one of the personal trainers that

Phlegonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026367616764910000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37295598.post-33110892119697125082006-11-07T17:24:00.000-05:002006-11-07T17:31:14.950-05:00

This entry is being made for the sole purpose of giving my blog a second entry. There are things that I could comment on, I suppose, such as my concern over electronic voting, but maybe I'll get more into that later—I'm supposed to be working late to make up for the time I spent setting up my blog earlier in the day. :DAlso, since my first entry I've converted to the Blogger Beta, which now

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Welcome to my new blog! It's not my first blog—I actually started one a while back, however the climate wasn't quite as blog-friendly at that time as it is now, and I never felt like anyone else would actually want to read what I had to say. But lately there has been a lot I've wanted to blog about, both because the topics have been more interesting and because there are more of you that I think

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