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welcome home
Now that is a sight for sore eyes. Weclome home, Smug, and congratulations Leslie!
{ 8:59am }
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fd6: many pieces make the whole
It all started with those wood type blocks. They're for sale in the little store downstairs from me. Every day I walked by them and stopped to stare. They just captivated me for some reason. Something about the cacophony of shapes, styles, and colors, coming together to make something seamless and complete.
Then it hit me.
{ 6:51pm }
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chester can't stop
SXSW Interactive - The Tech Report Interview with Ben Brown:
What I'd really like to see is a book about how to STOP blogging. With twelve steps. I'd really like to see groups of bloggers all over the country getting together, drinking lots of coffee and smoking lots of cigarettes while taking turns to say, "Hi, My name is Chester Phillips and I JUST CAN'T STOP BLOGGING."
{ 12:48pm }
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things to WRITE about
Having trouble with that {fray} submission? The Topics Blog is a weblog entirely devoted to squashing writer's block by proposing inspirational topics to spark the ol' inspiration machine. If only they had comments. Imagine the posts!
{ 11:10am }
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speaking of the b-word
I was having a conversation elsewhere when the subject of weblogs came up. The question was, when was your first blog-like contribution to the web? I went digging around in the ol' archives and found this: T is for thoughts from June, 1997. Does this mean I can say I've been blogging for five years?
{ 10:35am }
and they still won't leave me alone
 I'm extremely pleased to have contributed an essay to We've Got Blog: How Weblogs Are Changing Our Culture. The folks at Perseus reprinted my essay, "What the hell is a weblog and why won't they leave me alone?", as the first essay in the book. The first one! I have to wonder what it says about weblog culture when the first essay originally came with this pained expression.
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grr ... arg....
It lives! WHEDONesque : blogging the JossVerse. Congrats to Caz and Milo and all my fellow beta testers.
{ 9:33am }
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hooray for sony
At last! Remember that idea for a tivo for radio (aka rivo)? Well, it's finally here, thanks to Sony. And, oh yeah, it'll also store the audio from the last 300 CDs you listened to, too.
The unit's ability to save audio onto its hard drive is not limited to CD's, either. It can just as easily store the music on your tapes or even vinyl records, thanks to the analog and digital audio inputs on the back, or even from the built-in radio.
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coming soon
WHEDONesque - your one stop shop for news and discussion about Joss Whedon's creations (Buffy, Angel, and that other Fray), brought to you by the mightily talented Caz and Milo. Launching on Monday! Be there!
{ 10:01pm }
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moo
Free Will Astrology : Taurus Horoscope:
I've got a visualization exercise for you. Close your eyes and picture yourself at the zoo. Imagine that you go to the habitat where the lions are usually kept, but you find they're not there. In their place are three cows wearing orange prison jump suits. A ball and chain is handcuffed to each of their hind legs. I'd like to propose, Taurus, that this scene bears a resemblance to your current state. It seems that the overly tame and compliant aspects of yourself are on the verge of becoming even more hemmed-in and docile. I exhort you to liberate them.
{ 11:57pm }
blatant self-promotion
Hey Sara, nice mug!
{ 10:04pm }
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dmp in tmp
Three shots from a July 4 trip to the Exploratorium: 1, 2, 3.
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new in sf stories
"I've been watching fireworks there for years, but last night was different. And not just because it was clear." Meditations on the the slow glimmering descent in San Francisco Stories.
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I learned the truth at 17
Oh, wow. I grew up listening to Janis Ian. And now here she is talking about MP3s. Freaky.
I'm glad someone is finally saying this: MP3 is the new radio. Since radio has become so over-commercialized, artists had to go somewhere to connect with listeners in a free and easy way. The internet is just the place, and p2p makes it easy. Anyone who's ever discovered a new favorite musician from an MP3 knows that file trading creates CD sales. It's cool that Janis Ian is talking about it, too. The more the artists talk back to the RIAA, the more likely they'll get the message.
[ via Boing Boing ]
{ 11:01am }
dmp in inkblots
I'm thrilled to have a story in the new issue of Inkblots Magazine. Check out Muni Magic Trick, a classic San Francisco Story in a swanky new home. Shout outs to Geoffrey for producing an excellent web zine, uploaded with love, one file at a time.
{ 10:22am }
that's my baby
SXSW: Reflections on the Web with Heather Champ
Well, roosters tend to get more attention than hens, don't they? And while they strut around announcing the break of day (all day), it's really the hens that get down to business.
{ 10:13am }
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journalists are not bloggers
If there's anyone out there who's still suffering under the delusion that bloggers are journalists, read this: Candor Costs Journalist Her Job. What's the difference between a blogger and a journalist? Easy: A blogger can afford to say what they really think, a journalist has to keep up the appearance of impartiality.
And that is a good thing! I've said it before, and I'll say it again: If the web was constrained by the same rules as mainstream journalism, it would lose all its joy. The democracy, the personality, the rage. We have newspapers, people. The web can be so much more.
Let's all hope Rosemary Armao starts a weblog.
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