Category: Weblogging

I may try Radio 8.0 myself. There’s been a lot of *hooplah on this product:

Karl Martino Radio UserLand – The Lotus 123 of weblogging

Dan Shafer – Radio UserLand 8 changes that equation forever. It is the Great Democratizer of Web Publishing.

SJL – Radio 8.0 – It’s My Secret Weapon

and so on…

Amidst the hyperbole, there have been posts that are very intriguing, particularly to someone with my interest and background in emerging technologies. Posts such as those from David Davis dicussing weblog updates through his phone using SMS; or from Dane Carlson, posting via email. It is the non-traditional communication capabilities of Radio 8.0 that intrigue me.

Since the Userland folks are kind enough to provide the product for a 30 day free trial, I’ll check it out. Join the party. Give into the momentum. Glow with the flow, or some such thing. Don’t be surprised to see a Burning Bird Radio Weblog. I want to see this beastie in action, for myself.

However, I have work on the RDF book that must be finished today for the editors tomorrow, so no more weblogging for me today.

On Another Note: Check out the title graphics that Sharon created, and vote for your favorite (top to bottom, post in comments or send email). So far, the top title is the unanimous choice. Sharon also found a lava light and other graphics with a more 60’s tone.

50’s: turqoise and flamingo pink, black and white, chrome, plastic, and the space age (Jetson’s type of thing). Duck and cover.

60’s: advocado green, autumn orange, harvest gold, lava lights, flower power, mother nature. Give peace a chance.

Can these two co-exist? You tell me.

The decision now is whether to stay a straight 50’s look, or go for a blended 50’s/60’s type of look. Call it: When the Formica meets the Flower

*hooplah — hype when the word hype has been too hyped

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Dave Winer talks about how people are complaining that Scripting News is focusing way too much on Radio 8.0.

Dave has a point — Scripting News is his weblog, he wants to write about what interests him, and now, and probably for long into the future, his focus will be on Radio 8.0.

It will be up to individuals, then, to decide if they want to continue checking out Scripting News or not. Personally, I’ll miss the comments about issues that generate a lot of weblog buzz — such as open source. And I’ll miss the fun postings such as the one about Madge. However, I’ll be cutting back views of Scripting News, at least for the next few weeks until the release of Radio 8.0 “settles in” so to speak.

And I can always work on a filter for “…Radio Weblog” if I want to view a cleaned up weblogs.com.

P.S. Don’t forget to check out the title graphics that Sharon created, and vote for your favorite (top to bottom, post in comments or send email).

Ladies, Gentlemen – it’s my great honor to say that The Lord of the Fishes, otherwise known as Fishrush has bestowed on me….

….drum roll now….

 

………dum da da da dummmm!!!!

 

The incredibly prestigious . I am humbled. Honored. Confused.

Whyforhowcome am I confused, you ask?

In the awards letter, Fishrush announced that I’m the only person to win the award twice. Twice, I say? Twice it says. Heck if I can remember the first one…hmmm…must be the drugs I took when I was younger…you mean I was sucking up for an award I had already won?

Yes.

Bummer.

Anyhoo, regardless, I want to thank (___fill in the blank ___) and the Fishy One for this honor. I’ll try to live up to the honor from this day hence. Henceforth. This calls for a rousing course of the Burningbird theme song.

P.S. I was just joking about the drugs. Really. Honest. No Foolin. Cross my heart. And it’s nice to find people with such GSOH on the web…

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With appreciation to The Official Jon Sullivan weblog for naming me the Link of the Day.

Kind sir, you do me honor! And the Steak and mushrooms looks really good right now.

Really, really, really good right now.

Really. (Whimpering, cutting into eggs fried up to the consistency of rubber, *choking on too much pepper – darn shaker. Whimper.)

*choking — sound president makes when he eats a pretzel too fast and the piece lodges in his esophogas and the flow of blood to his brain is cut off and he passes out and falls down and scrapes his face but then recovers and tells everyone that it’s okay, he’s really not drunk or stoned.

Not to be confused with chocking — A block or wedge placed under something else, such as a wheel, to keep it from moving

Come to think of it, though, both definitions are quite similar.

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Fishrush caught the new Blogicon term….

 

The Fishrush Technique:

Getting buzz or blogrolling via an award
A rousing tune of Roll me over in the clover. Roll me over lay me down and do it again for the Lords of the Fish for catching it so quickly!

(do you think i’ll get a five fish for this? me want fish. me want fish. fish. fish. have to have fish. nice fishies. Gollum want fishies.)

 

Absolute Sharon is helping me with a new look for my weblog. Something 50’s, wonderfully tacky, incredibly fun!

She created some great title graphics — 50’s turquoise, martini glass and all. All we need, is a pink flamingo.

Sharon’s way too talented, and terrific to help. And we can all agree when it comes to web design, I can use all the help I can get.

Ok, folks — which title do you like? Numbered from the top.

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This just has to be shared: One of the Plutonians received an email with the story behind the saying Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey..

However, a quick trip to Urban Legends shows that this particular legend is false. Kill joys.

Possible new blogsticker: Cold enough to freeze the blogs off a brass monkey

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A new Blogicon entry:

Flow: weblog linking to weblog linking to weblog – a magic river of discovery

Kind of a pretty one, don’t you think?

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New Jersey Meryl did her very first Radio 8.0 post.

All these people trying out new toys and tools — I must get my butt in gear and move to my new weblogging tool. I’ll miss Blogger, though. I like Blogger.

Recovered from the Wayback Machine.

Okay, here you go — the permalink reference to the Blogicon.

Contributions welcome, otherwise I’ll have to scrounge through the weblogs, stealing new entries.

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More new entries into the Blogicon (Blog Lexicon):

blog fart: old fart who blogs; really bad blog blurb

buzz: links or references to a specific blog posting; web site stats; hits; Daypop or Blogdex rating

Fishrush technique: Getting buzz or blogrolling via an award

permalink: Permanent hypertext link to a specific Blog Blurb, posting, or blog content

There’s a reason why I’m screwing around so much with my weblog this week and not working on taxes or books as I should. I’m in a very hyper mood — manic. Can’t focus on work, so I’ll weblog instead! And since I’m my own boss, what am I going to do, fire myself?

Still, weblogging does NOT pay the bills. I’ll be good…after Friday…

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Okay, so I’m getting into this Blogsticker thing. I checked through ALL the entries (I think) and so far haven’t found the following:

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Blog, and you blog alone

•  (though I did find “Blog, and the whole world blogs with you.”)

Give me blogging, or give me death!

To blog, or not to blog; that is the question.

Zen, and the art of weblogging

This is your blog; this is your blog on drugs
As soon as I have time (time, what’s that?) I’ll download the template and make up my blogstickers.

I love the little I “heart” blogsticker from Meryl. However, I’ve noticed something — no one is sticking the blogstickers at their sites? I don’t see one anywhere. Why aren’t you people posting these little babies?

I bet I know the reason why — it’s the same reason none of you will get a lava lamp, isn’t it? Or put magnets on your fridge, right? Or use avocado green, harvest gold, turqoise, and orange in your place. Or cover your couch with plastic! Too 50’s, right? Ruin your weblogging decor, right? Too, too, pink flamingo, right?

Well, as soon as I can I’m going to put a sticker on my site. And I’m going to change my weblog site colors to purple, orange, rose pink, and mint green! And, you know something else? I have both lava lamps(several) AND Marvin the Martian stuff all over my living room. Ha!

Bad taste is nothing more than good taste that has the guts to be different! Remember this! This is your new mantra! Go forth, now, and spread Bad Taste wherever you may, wherever you can!

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Another entry for the Blogger Lexicon:

k-log or klog: employer sponsored knowledge management weblog, usually behind a firewall

This came from Phil Wolff, who also asked about a permalink to the Lexicon. Thanks for the new entry and the suggestion, Phil. I’m working on pulling the Blogger Lexicon into it’s own page as we speak.

In addition, I’m now annotating each entry with the origination of the term, whether found or sent in. I want to give credit where credit is due when I steal…urh…incorporate weblogging terms into the Lexicon. Those that aren’t annotated come from my own evil, twisty mind, or are in such general use that no one person can be credited with the start of the term (corrections are welcome).