Tech

Tech-focused ramblings. Computers, blogs, and whatever else fits.

How do I do this?

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Okay, so I’ve got this new toy to play with, and I do need to make sure to play with it. I just need to figure out how to play with it.

Possible options:

  • Duplicate my posts: Copy and paste so that what I’m posting here also shows up on The Long Letter, and vice versa.
  • Keep both blogs active: Put some posts over here, and some posts over there. But which ones where?
  • Move over here: Put The Long Letter on hiatus for a bit, and just use this as my primary blog.

There’s pros and cons to each of the options, of course. Hmmmm…

TypePad beta testing!

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I got a surprisingly cool e-mail when I got home today — I’m a TypePad beta tester!

I can’t really say much more than that, as is to be expected with something such as this, but one thing I can do is point you to my TypePad weblog: Eclecticism! There’s not a whole lot there yet, I’m still more or less randomly poking around and getting the hang of the new digs, but more will appear before too terribly long.

Now I just need to figure out how I’m going to manage keeping two weblogs current and up to date, without letting either one languish too much. Should be interesting. We’ll see how I do. ;)

They Might Be Monitors

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Help raise money for Amnesty International and sponsor me for Blogathon 2003! Looks like TMBM is going to be keeping an eye out on all the various Blogathon participants, compiling a live-as-we-go “best of” list. Should be interesting to see what pops up as things progress!

They’ve already found a few ‘concept’ projects: one site will be focusing on Harry Potter, and another will be posting in haiku. I’m thinking about focusing on some of the music I listen to that isn’t overly well known, especially now that I can let people listen in, but I’m not entirely sure yet. Still have a couple weeks to plan!

BlogShares (what's the point?)

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I just got an e-mail from Blogshares telling me that I’d been given 50 shares of The Book of FSCK as Jonas empties his portfolio. This gives me a cash balance of \$1,106.43, and my portfolio totals \$152,415.64 with shares in four blogs (two of which are mine). The funny thing is, I really haven’t got the faintest clue what all that means.

I signed up for BlogShares a few months ago, when it first appeared on the weblog scene. At the time, I didn’t bother making any sort of announcement about it — I just added the BlogShares button to my site, figuring that I’d come back to it later and figure it all out. The thing is, since then, I’ve more or less just ignored it — I’ve stopped in a time or two and poked around at my statistics, but little to none of them ever made much sense to me. So, I just kept ignoring it.

End result? Not the foggiest! My share price seems to have been fairly stable, though my valuation has been bouncing up and down drastically. Why? Beats me. It’s all voodoo, as far as I can tell. Kirsten and D have both given me a bit of advice from time to time, but none of it ever really sunk into my head. Guess it’s a good thing I don’t try to play the real stock market, huh? ;)

Jonas seems to be pulling out due to the introduction of artefacts. What they are or what they do to the game, though, I can’t tell you, the explanation made just as much sense to me as the rest of this whole thing.

I guess for now, I’ll just keep ignoring it. It doesn’t seem to be helping or hurting me — it’s all funny money, anyway — and it gives me something to poke at when I’m bored.

Hm.

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Nope. Still clueless.

Blogathon 2003

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After being prompted by D, I’ve signed up for Blogathon 2003. 24 hours of weblogging, raising money for charity (in my case, Amnesty International)! Of course, I won’t raise any money if I’m not sponsored…so won’t you be so kind as to sponsor me?

So what exactly is a “blogathon”?

First some terminology: “blog” is a shortened version of “weblog” which is a frequently updated personal website. Most blogs have date stamps on the entries, and consist of links and commentary.

Now, remember when you were in school and you would bowl for charity? And for every pin you knocked down you got, say, ten cents? Or run for a dollar a mile? During the Blogathon, people update their websites every 30 minutes for 24 hours straight. For this, they collect sponsorships. Pledges can be a flat donation, or a certain amount for every hour the blogger manages to stay awake.

So how exactly does this work?

Easy: you sign up to sponsor a blogger. On July 26th, watch your blogger go for 24 hours straight. When the event is over, you’ll receive an email asking you to donate directly to the charity for which your participant was blogging.

Now, to see if I can pull an all-nighter — I haven’t done that in years…

Declaration of Independence from OS 9

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Seeing as how I honestly can’t remember the last time I had to run a Classic (pre-OS X) application on my box, the Declaration of Indepence from OS 9 is right up my alley.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that Classic and OSX are not created equal, that they are drastically different in so many ways, that among these are file sharing, system crashes, software compatibility, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, we should banish Classic from our computers.

(via Brent Simmons)