So earlier in the month Shannon floated the idea of a Bend Blogger Christmas party. Not too many people responded, but since then we at least decided on a date if we’re going to do it: Saturday, December 10th. Would there be any interest to this among our local bloggers? I’d emailed a few to… Continue reading Christmas with the bloggers?
Month: November 2005
Bend snow!
Snow! It’s coming down pretty good, as I’m sure all the Bendites know by now—though I think Rhys will be especially pleased. It’s coming down pretty good; I’m downtown, and looking out the window I’m seeing an inch or so, I think. Driving is pretty awful right now; normally I go home for lunch but… Continue reading Bend snow!
Ten rules for web startups
Evan Williams has posted Ten Rules for Web Startups that’s sure to generate a lot of linkage and conversation. (He’s the guy that created Blogger.) Very good stuff. And laced with irony; like so: Get a good, non-generic name. Easier said than done, granted. But the most common mistake in naming is trying to be… Continue reading Ten rules for web startups
The TechCrunch wishlist
TechCrunch lists some companies they’d like to see move into the online space, kind of a wishlist of Web 2.0 technologies. The list is making the rounds on various tech blogs like it’s the Second Coming (which I can’t figure out, it’s not that revolutionary a list), and while overall it’s a decent read, I… Continue reading The TechCrunch wishlist
The Brew Site is a source for Topix.net news
This is very cool: The Brew Site is being used as a news source for Topix.net, a news aggregator site that pulls news from sources all over the web—and just added blogs recently as a source. I saw my Stone Age Beer article show up on the Topix.net Beer News page (screen grabbed below). I… Continue reading The Brew Site is a source for Topix.net news
New cell phone
One of the things we did over the weekend (Friday night, actually) was get new cell phones. I had but one criteria: a camera phone. So I ended up getting a Motorola V330, camera and all. Sweet! Now I need to dust off that Flickr account and figure out how to email pictures to it,… Continue reading New cell phone
Testing blog services
I see today that the new WordPress.com free blog service went live. It’s a hosted setup, just like Blogger. Interesting, so I decided, what the hell, I’ve got a few minutes before I leave for lunch, so I just set up free blogs on both WordPress and Blogger. Why? Well, to test out the various… Continue reading Testing blog services
Scooby, again
Interactive fiction
Every once in awhile, I duck into the world of interactive fiction (IF; also known as the world of “text adventures,” for those of you who are appropriately old-school), one of my all-time favorite computer game genres, to get an idea of what’s new in the field and what’s been happening. (If you don’t know… Continue reading Interactive fiction
Dumbing down literature
Does this sound like a good idea? Woe un2mnkind! The text message is trying to summarise the great poet John Milton and a respected academic thinks this may be a smart new way to teach literature. A company offering mobile phones to students has hired Professor John Sutherland, professor emeritus of English Literature at University… Continue reading Dumbing down literature