C0rk.W0rdtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-33912006-09-06T06:59:55ZTypePadFeeding Frenzy (A different Take on Facebook's New FEED Feature)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-126205352006-09-05T23:59:55-07:002006-09-06T06:59:55ZSome of you may have read my cautionary tail about facebook being some kind of crazy CIA funded intelligence gathering tool, and despite my not being able to disprove that, I'm actually commenting on something different tonight. Regular users of facebook may have noticed the facelift the site received sometime today. A blog on facebook does a pretty good job of explaining the new feature, so I won't bore you with the details of what...C0rkhttp://c0rk.blogs.com/gr0undzer0/2006/09/feeding_frenzy__1.htmlThat's One Mighty Crock!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-125832932006-09-04T09:35:25-07:002006-09-04T16:35:25ZIt seems that a rather abrupt change in luck has taken the life of Steve Irwin (known to most as the crocodile hunter). While filming off the Australian coast for a new series ironically titled 'Ocean's Deadliest', Irwin's heart was punctured by a Stingray's bard. The fatal wound has been described as 'extremely unlucky' as the bard had to penetrate the rib cage in order to puncture the heart. "Is this guy out of his...C0rkhttp://c0rk.blogs.com/gr0undzer0/2006/09/thats_one_might.htmlSnooze bar phenomenontag:typepad.com,2003:post-125051062006-08-31T23:21:03-07:002006-09-01T06:21:03ZI was up pretty late last night, tweaking a playing around with this new blog design, so it should come as no surprise that I was a little groggy this morning. I had one of those blink moments where you feel like you've only been resting a minute, when in fact it has been an hour. I woke up with plenty of time to doze before heading to work, and put my head back down...C0rkhttp://c0rk.blogs.com/gr0undzer0/2006/09/snooze_bar_phen.htmlA new looktag:typepad.com,2003:post-124867342006-08-31T02:43:33-07:002006-08-31T09:43:33ZAs you may already be able to tell, I'm playing around with some new style ideas for c0rk.w0rd. Tweaking the style to be cross-browser compatible could take a little while, but I hope you can all appreciate the direction I'm taking things. I really think that this new look 'spruces up the place' -- for lack of a better description. As always, I'm open to your input when it comes to this new design. How...C0rkhttp://c0rk.blogs.com/gr0undzer0/2006/08/a_new_look.htmlMeeboMetag:typepad.com,2003:post-120021752006-08-02T22:09:29-07:002006-08-03T05:09:29ZI realize that this doesn't demonstrate a great deal of 'variety' in terms of the items I choose to address in this blog, but I think this is just too cool to overlook... The Web 2.0 application 'Meebo ' (which I mentioned a few posts back) has release a companion product called MeeboMe. MeeboMe allows users to embed a chat window within their webpage using a code snippet. When someone visits the website with the...C0rkhttp://c0rk.blogs.com/gr0undzer0/2006/08/meebome.htmlFDAtag:typepad.com,2003:post-119655152006-07-31T21:05:37-07:002006-08-01T04:05:37ZThe FDA is now recondiering an over the counter form of the 'morning after pill' classified as an "emergency contraceptive". In order to be approved, the FDA expects Barr Phramesidcals to supply a "sufficiently rigorous" plan for keeping the drug out of the hands of individuals under the age of 18. If taken within 72 hours after unprotected sex, the pill can reduce the risk of pregnancy by 89% by delivering a high-dose of a...C0rkhttp://c0rk.blogs.com/gr0undzer0/2006/08/fda.htmlDegrees of Mutilationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-118589942006-07-25T16:29:26-07:002006-07-25T23:29:26ZOk... So I just need to get something straight... The Israelis are killing UN forces with munitions supplied by the US. Well that's just super. -- I can't believe this stuff. ... Further comment is on the way.C0rkhttp://c0rk.blogs.com/gr0undzer0/2006/07/degrees_of_muti.htmlOf all the things going BOOM...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-114155602006-07-05T10:40:13-07:002006-07-05T17:40:13ZOh so many things to comment on… N. Korea, Ken Lay, Gaza… what should I touch on first. Easily one of the most devastating news items of the day: Amanda Congdon departs popular video podcast Rocketboom… I cannot tell you how upsetting this is to a loyal Rocketboom viewer. While I cannot be sure of the extent of Amanda’s contributions to the creative elements of Rocketboom, I do know that her on screen (big, small,...C0rkhttp://c0rk.blogs.com/gr0undzer0/2006/07/of_all_the_thin.htmlWelcome Back!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-113730802006-07-03T03:00:00-07:002006-07-03T10:00:00ZThis is a post written to inform the occasional readers of this blog about the changes that have been made in my life and what this means for the future of this blog. It breaks from my traditional post style to give a great deal of ‘life event’ information, but I feel that having additional information about some recent life events will lend some perspective to my future blogging. Having completed my Bachelors and Masters...C0rkhttp://c0rk.blogs.com/gr0undzer0/2006/07/welcome_back.htmlIrishman's Philosophytag:typepad.com,2003:post-113646552006-07-02T03:32:24-07:002006-07-02T10:32:24ZThere are only two things to worry about either you are well or you are sick. If you are well, then there is nothing to worry about. But if you are sick, there are two things to worry about Either you will get well or you will die. If you get well, there is nothing to worry about. If you die, there are only two things to worry about. Either you will go to heaven...C0rkhttp://c0rk.blogs.com/gr0undzer0/2006/07/irishmans_philo.htmlBreaking Windtag:typepad.com,2003:post-109843362006-06-10T22:55:35-07:002006-06-11T05:55:35ZAs a proponent of alternative energy, I was pleased to read this article discussing a recent for prinvestigation of 'wind power' feasability off US coasts. The result of the study was a framwork for powering america using offshore wind power. One of the most promising areas for this kind of development is the New England coast. The study concludes that a fully developed (off-shore) wind powered energy system could meet if not exceed current dometic...C0rkhttp://c0rk.blogs.com/gr0undzer0/2006/06/breaking_wind.htmlIs it W2 time already?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-85884162006-01-25T14:07:31-08:002006-01-25T22:07:31ZI don't know how many of my readers are hip to some of the Web 2.0 projects coming to the web. Having tried a number of these services and applications, I thought I would tell you about some of the more promising ones I've tried. I'm only going to talk about one per post, though, because if you're a regular reader, you know how long I can go on. As I've grown older, IM has...C0rkhttp://c0rk.blogs.com/gr0undzer0/2006/01/is_it_w2_time_a.htmlCan we get one of those Magna Carta things?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-85309702006-01-23T08:45:08-08:002006-01-23T16:45:08ZOne of the most troubling things to come out in the last few months, is the president's domestic spying program. This confirmed, for every paranoid citizen out there, that the government is in fact spying on you. According to reports, Bush authorized the NSA to spy on American citizens as a means to thwart terrorist plots to attack America. So what is significant? What this means is that Bush gave the NSA blanket permission to...C0rkhttp://c0rk.blogs.com/gr0undzer0/2006/01/can_we_get_one_.html