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My Three Words for 2012

2012-01-01T17:09:00.000-05:00

This morning I woke up, made the coffee, grabbed the laptop, and hit the slouchy chair and do some thinking about the new year ahead of me. Once I was online and into Google+ for my morning socializing and perusing, I noticed an article that Chris Brogan had shared about setting goals for the year and choosing your three words for the year to serve as light posts along the way. I immediately

Halloween Rewind: Catching up with Martin Sexton

2011-10-23T16:41:00.002-04:00

Last night a bunch of friends and I got together and went to the Haunted Farm in Hendersonville NC. Definitely one of the best haunted trails, hayrides, or houses I've ever visited. Keeping in the spirit of Halloween, which is only a few days away, I remembered this morning over breakfast interviewing Martin Sexton back in October 2002. Not only did we discuss music, Martin had a nice little

How to Make Cold Brew Coffee

2011-10-13T14:41:00.001-04:00

Last week I inured my right foot, spraining a ligament and also triggering a gout attack on the joint of my big toe. Crazy but true, painful and nearly debilitating, and I need for this to never happen again. My doctor took a blood sample and it came back that I have an abnormally high level of Uric Acid* in my blood, which is what causes attacks of gout. I also didn't know that for some odd

Ticket Vault #2: Tom Morello & Billy Bragg

2011-09-04T15:13:00.000-04:00

Tell Us The Truth Tour, Asheville NC 11.15.2003 This ticket was a birthday present that my wife Traci had bought for me in September. She and I were super excited about this tour, backed by the AFL-CIO, that was aimed at raising awareness around the USA about corporate globalization and media consolidation and the adverse effects it has on us all. On this tour were an amazing fist full of

A Word About the Ticket Vault

2011-09-04T12:03:00.002-04:00

Good morning and a happy Labor Day weekend to all. I'm loafing around the apartment and getting ready to make another post in my Ticket Vault series. While I was making breakfast I looked up above the sink and saw the tin can staring back at me. This is the Ticket Vault. This tin can that once held loose leaf tea was enlisted sometime in the early 90's to house all of my ticket stubs to

Ticket Vault #1: Suicidal Tendencies

2011-08-26T11:54:00.006-04:00

This morning I'm taking the time to launch a series of posts called the Ticket Vault. Since I was a teen, full of angst and daring nature, I have seen lots and lots of shows. I'm not sure when I started the tradition but after every show, when I get home, I take my ticket stub and put it in a tin can and shut the lid until the next venue. Over the years I've saved quite a stack of stubs and a few

Nook - Install it on Peppermint

2011-08-21T12:03:00.004-04:00

For the most part I am a purist. eBooks? I've denied them any part of my life for too long. My daughter bought herself a Nook Color this winter and loves it to death, she carries it around everywhere.... which, of course, makes me slightly jealous of the new shiny toy. And, it recently occurred to me how foolish a thought to not give eBooks a chance since I absorb almost all of my daily prose and

Google+ Circles as Vehicles of Intent

2011-08-05T09:21:00.002-04:00

Comedian, blogger, and fellow Google+ user Loren Feldman made it a point to ask folks what Circle they wanted to be grouped into on his Google+. I responded by asking him what Circle he wanted to be in on My Side. He answered with "People I Need to Work With" I think that we should all have a Circle just like this... People I Need to Work With, or call it whatever you want. Who are the people

Spotify for Linux. Think Again

2011-07-24T12:44:00.001-04:00

You know what it feels like to find out things the hard way, right? You have your answer but there is still the taste of dirt in your mouth and dull frustration mixed with anger lurking in your noodle. I would say that this accurately describes my first experience with Spotify USA Its no big secret that I am a devout Linux user or that my team and I produce the Peppermint operating system. So,

Virtual Grocery Shopping with QR Codes

2011-07-10T08:04:00.000-04:00

This is a brilliant idea and I'm super jealous !! I'd love to see a service like this in the Asheville NC area with an Organic and Local product twist. I think it would go over big. Big thanks to my friend, Meagan for sharing that over G+ this morning.... Point, Scan, Deliver... I'm ready

Google+ from the Hip

2011-07-04T13:18:00.001-04:00

Here's the skinny on Google+, from the hip, no bullshit.... I've been with the g+ from the get go and the most promising aspect of the Beta period, like many other Google Beta's I've been involved, is the level of involvement with Google the company itself. From the top and all levels thereof, they are a large presence on G+. Answering questions, probing for specifics, holding video "Hangouts"

I just had my first Cloud Date....

2011-04-26T23:49:00.001-04:00

You may have seen it or heard of it on Facebook or Mashable: CloudGirlfriend.com . I was fortunate enough to snag an invite code this evening and so I set out to see what this hotly speculated site is all about - and hopefully meet my new uber-hot Cloud Girlfriend Creating the profile was quick and painless. You just pick a picture that either a) Looks like you or b) someone you want to look

E-Waste: A Real Gobal Concern...

2011-04-24T13:14:00.000-04:00

Easter Sunday it is. Somehow my morning reading here at work began with a very informative article on the very serious global issue of E-Waste- Where it all comes from, the impact and what some businesses are doing to combat this global threat to the environment and ourselves. Unlike Jesus, the old cellphones and laptops and iPods that we toss aside for newer models will not magically come back

Addicted: Empire Avenue

2011-04-21T17:54:00.000-04:00

Empire Avenue is self described as the Social Media Exchange - "Buy and Sell shares in your friends and family, and meet new people in your town or who like the same things as you! I have to admit that when I read Scoble's article on the new social media game/network I was a little skeptical. However, after a few days of listing myself, buying and selling my Twitter friends and followers, I must

Moving Company Headquarters

2011-04-20T19:03:00.002-04:00

Its a sad day for the original Unblog that I started back in December 2010. I could never get the RSS feed to work after several attempts - and in this didn't really bother me as I came to realize that any Unblog worth its weight would shun the idea of RSS altogether. However, yesterday I was informed that my 'Free' digs, at some rat infested server farm buried deep in dark cave in Siberia, was

The Unblog at the End of the Universe

2011-04-20T19:01:00.003-04:00

Originally Posted December 2010"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move."My unblogging experiment is in full swing over here. Free domain name Shane.cz.cc [Czech, Shady, Short as Hell], Free Linux web server [Frugal, Tightwad, Awesome] and an Open Source CMS platform: OpenBlog. So far, so good. It has

The Unblogger's Guide to the Universe

2011-04-20T18:59:00.001-04:00

Original Post Date: December 19, 2010Good morning and welcome back to my Un-Blog, which will be the topic again today for no particular reason. I don’t need reasoning here on my unblog like most others. Everyone else is just dying to make sense, struggling for continuity, straining for your laughs, deep down inside hoping that you will in some way approve of your penmanship. Me? Outside of

Free is Good !!

2011-04-20T18:57:00.000-04:00

Original Post Date: December 18, 2010** Following the steps originally posted led to my unblog's demise. Free domain works. The free space did not work out so well **My business partner and good friend Kendall Weaver announced that he was on a quest to successfully obtain 1) a Free Domain Name 2) Free Web Hosting and 3) Launch a blog with Free / Open Source software . I laughed at him for a