Entries Tagged as 'to-be-filed'

Gaming Resolutions

So, as many others, I have my list of resolutions. Some are modest, some not so modest, all plausible. And I am going to use this interesting site called Joe’s Goals to help out, it is like a do-to list, but with points, so you’re “playing” against yourself. Not sure if it will help, but we’ll see.

The List
Write Everyday: Getting better at this, but it’s tough at times.
Yoga: On Mon. Wen. Fri. at night before bed for flexibility.
Tai Chi: On Tue, Thur, Sat. at night, for many benefits.
Healthier: yeah, I know, kind of general
Complete Thesis: yes, finally, this year is it, or not at all.
Practice Harmonica: Already started, but I have a ways to go.
Publish in a major magazine: Sure I can get at least one in a year ; )

Well, that’s ambitious enough for now.

[tags] resolutions, do-to, tai chi, yoga, harmonica, writing [/tags]

Video killed the radio star

Ok, so I have joined the youTube generation. I have been playing with movie editing and uploading the amatuer results to youtube. Even have our own youtube page now, http://youtube.com/globaltrickster

So far there is only a few videos of my own, one of Tanya with the pet snakes, and my little genius reading at age five. (only a few more years to global domination…so proud)

Also there are videos that I have “bookmarked” for mutual enjoyment. I will start using this more, adding funny videos, etc. as time goes on. If I did this right, videos I produce should appear as blog posts as well…we’ll see.

[tags] video youtube [/tags]

test post

testing

blogger

so I updated and played around with my blogger blog today. It is neat, much better than it used to be, I still have more functionality here, but you need to know wordpress to do these things, with blogger its all ajax’d and simple. Mostly I use it to reference this site. Kind of like the theme I am using though.

[tags] blogger, wordpress [/tags]

power’s back

So, we finally got our power back the other day. I have never been so happy to see light, or feel heat. Was getting a little worried there. And yes, I missed you too Internet.

[tags]  seattle, power+outage [/tags]

Carnivale

I am refering here to the HBO series, Carnivale. This is an amazing show, it is well written, has mystery, religion, paranormal powers and carnivale freaks, what more could you ask for? I don’t even want to try to explain or go into details about the show for fear of not doing it justice. Just go get the first and second series from Netflix, or someplace. Yes, I said two seasons, because they canceled it, as they cancel all good shows. I will be waiting for all of these executives in a special place in hell when their time comes. I will make them pay for John Doe, Enterprise, Carnivale, and many others.

[tags] televisions+series, carnivale, enterprise, john+doe, cancelation [/tags]

Getting Paid

Well, I was paid for that small article, not much, but its a start. I also was asked to write another, on some odd subjects dealing with job recruiting, will take some research. Just thought I’d update.

Male Pregnancy

http://www.malepregnancy.com/science/

Umm…well….yeah, how did this get missed by the popular media? Or maybe I just missed it. I am all for science, genetics, etc. Mankind’s intellect will develop his evolution for good or bad, only time will tell. However, I honestly am a little stuck on this one, not sure what to think. You could say its unnatural, but then I found an article about seahorse males giving birth in place of the females. It’s a strange world we live in, wouldn’t have it any other way.

[tags] male-pregnancy, weird+science [/tags]

Homepage Portals

Used to be that your homepage (the page that loads when your browser opens) was maybe your favorite site, maybe it was email, a news portal, whatever. But over the last few years, more and more companies are creating homepage portals, combining all of your needs with widgets onto one page. Google started it I believe, and it was impressive, used by many including myself, with hundreds of widgets to crowd up the page, email, webcams, weather, games, etc. But Google lacked what a few startups where offering, tabs. Their are so many widgets, that people wanted tabs to organize them. Eventually Google caught up, but each portal has its own little pluses and minuses.

Google
Pros: The most widgets of them all, thousands for all sorts of needs and wants.
Design, it is done in typical Google cleanness, with ajax love.
Finally has tabs, and integrates other Google apps well, such as Notebook, Reader, Calendar.

Cons: (as perceived by me) Cannot share the page, even a tab. This is something I and others would like.
Search widgets are limited and not well implemented.
Initial load is oddly slow and laggy.

Protopages
Pros: Same as above, however, it also allows you to share tabs of your choice.
Even better control over design

Cons: Limited widgets
Shared tabs cannot be edited by others/guests

Netvibes
Pros: Sames as above, except for one big bonus, it has the best implementation of search I have seen, a double click on Enter will put you search term into 20 engines and give you the results, in clean preview windows. I am using Netvibes right now for this feature alone.

Cons: Design is blockier than I would like. And I don’t have as much access to other Google apps. Has an import for rss feeds, but you cannot combine them.

Pageflakes
Pros: Still learning this one, has most of the same features as above, including being able to share pages, and let others edit those shared pages, but they do need to sign in.

Cons: Still needs many more widgets to meet the same functionality of netvibes.

There are other portals, and more that can be said about these. But I am tired….good night.

[tags] netvibes, portals, pageflakes, google+personalized+home, protopages [/tags]

Its a start…

Well, I have completed my first article for money since…well…it has been awhile. There are some parts of it that I liked, others that I did not. It was short, but the required length. It lacked the sources that I am more comfortable with, quotes/statistics, etc. but it was on a subject that I am new too. I am not as concerned as I normally would be as it only pays about .08 cents a word, less than most magazines. But I am hoping that it is a start, the start I need. It is copywriting, not journalism, so I am not sure if I will get attribution, if I do, or if I learn where it will be, I’ll link to it. Is this a first baby step, or a dead end, I’ll admit I am a little worried it is the latter.

[tags] writing, copywriting [/tags]