I’m considering doing NaNoWriMo this year. oh, heck, I’m going to…I’ll let ya’ll know how far I get. Or, check out my profile. Now that the winemaking season is over, I have all sorts of free time. I’m also writing a new blog/column thing over at Internet Evolution. My first post will go up on …
Workin Man Blues!
This Wednesday night (that’s tomorrow) at 7:30, KVIE (channel 6) here in Sacramento will be airing a show produced by my good friend Mark Johnson: Workin’ Man Blues. Watch it! Here’s the description: Workin’ Man Blues is based partially upon author (and Oildale native) Gerald Haslam’s authoritative 1999 book Workin’ Man Blues: Country Music in …
My “Shop Local” Dilemma.
We have 3 places to buy hardware near our house: an independent “mom and pop” sort of hardware store, a small Ace Hardware (chain), and a Home Depot. I always try to go to the independent place, because it’s the right thing to do, but I regret going there every single time. Today, for example, …
Sweatshops of the future
When the renowned computer scientist Jim Gray went missing at sea last week, the internet community rose up to help in the search in any way that they could. One of the more ingenious, although unfortunately not successful, methods employed was to upload thousands of satellite photos of the area where he disappeared to the …
NINJAM – One more reason not to leave the house!
As I mentioned earlier, the Gangster Fun reunion show completely re-ignited my interest in performing music. When I got back home, however, all of my musician friends were too busy with jobs, kids, commuting, and the rest of their lives to want to jam on a regular basis. I started looking for a technological remedy …
Where is Web 3.0 going? To Monaco, of course
While searching the Web recently to find out what other pundits believe Web 3.0 will come to mean, I found a blog post by Stephen Baker on BusinessWeek.com in which he says that his “assignment in Monaco was to lead a panel in defining Web 3.0.” After summarizing the ideas that his panel came up …
Looking for safe work…like boxing, for instance
Alternative computer interfaces (i.e. other than keyboard and mouse) have become a bit of an obsession of mine lately. The primary reason for this new obsession is the recurring tendonitis in my right (mouse) wrist. As far as my wrist health is concerned, the last two years have looked like this: months of pain, followed …
Gangster Fun is Back!
Friday was the Gangster Fun reunion show! It was insane! We were really good. The only bad thing about the night was that the show was sold out before the doors opened, and so a lot of people (including some of my friends) who didn’t buy tickets in advance were turned away. If you were …