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Thursday, September 11, 2003

Regrets...
I've had a few.
But then again,
Too few to mention!
--"My Way",
written by Paul Anka
When I hear that song, I think of Frank Sinatra, and sometimes Elvis or Sid Vicious -- all of whom have been known to perform, in their own unique manner, that wonderful song. Wonderful because -- though I don't always enjoy hearing it, I've heard it so much -- the song is a wonderful personal anthem. That's something we all need: a personal anthem. A song that praises our individuality; a mark of devotion to oneself. After all, they say you're going to have a helluva time loving anyone else unless you've first learned to love yourself, right?

This is not to replace your love for your God, or your spouse, or your family. I'm simply saying that we all need to give ourselves a bit more self-love at this time of year. (No, not that type of self-love !) Too many of us beat up on ourselves throughout the year, and then nearly destroy ourselves at year's end. No wonder there are so many suicides during the Holidays; the messages bombarding us are to Buy Buy Buy and to Give Give Give -- but what if you have nothing to give but love? If you have a dearth of that good stuff, then you'll have a bitch of a time spreading it around to your neighbors.

So be good to yourself, whether you're Christian, Pagan, Wiccan, Athiest, Hindu, Islamic, Mormon, Podcastin, or otherwise. Don't take the pills, they won't do you or anyone else any good; you'll simply miss out on the Next Big Thing (which may turn out to be Your Next Big Thing). Just do things your own way, singing that little hymn as you do so:
For what is a man,
What has he got?
If not himself,
Then he has naught.
To say the things,
He truly feels,
And not the words,
Of one who kneels.
The record shows,
I took the blows
And did it my way!

Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Today I want to tell you about Podcasts 24/7, a service which provides podcasts as a continous webstream. Wait-a-minute, you may be thinking, isn't that ass-backwards? Isn't podcasting the antithesis of streaming?

Well, yes and no. Certainly the term podcasting was birthed to describe the medium's method of delivery, which was antithetical to streaming. Yet from the onset, many podcasters still made their 'casts available as streams as well. In fact, many podcasters began as webcasters, streaming their recordings rather than making them available as portable downloads. Podcasts247.com allows podcasters to become webcasters as well.

So why become a webcaster? Well, some listeners may not wish to fill their hard drive with podcasts, so they'd prefer to listen to webcasts, which don't usually consume hard drive space. Also, some podcast listeners at work, school, or the library may not be allowed to download files (podcasts) to their computers due to restrictions, yet they still may be able to listen to streams (webcasts).

To see what I mean, try tuning in at podcasts247.com to listen to a variety of podcasts being streamed, one after another.
posted by Harold  12/22/2004 12:59:00 PM
Comments:
Seeing these kind of posts reminds me of just how technology truly is ubiquitous in this day and age, and I am fairly certain that we have passed the point of no return in our relationship with technology.


I don't mean this in a bad way, of course! Societal concerns aside... I just hope that as technology further advances, the possibility of copying our memories onto a digital medium becomes a true reality. It's a fantasy that I dream about all the time.


(Posted on Nintendo DS running [url=http://knol.google.com/k/anonymous/-/9v7ff0hnkzef/1]R4i Card[/url] DS Qezv2)
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 8:19 AM
 
Interesting. I often wonder if we're already reliving our memories. Perhaps that's would explain that sense of deja vu we experience.
# posted by Blogger Harold : 12:35 PM
 
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I once posted, in this space (this right column), the following:

If I had friends they would be listed here

That particular bit o' text, that silly and idiotic phrase, was repeated a dozen or two dozen or so times and was intended to be temporary. I had been working on a project -- a new layout for this blog -- and had intended for that text to be placeholder content. That is, the text was supposed to temporarily replace the content that had previously occupied this column (which was a list of links to friends -- that is, other blogs and web sites I linked to). I didn't know what content I was going to place into that (this) space, so I placed a bunch of duplicate phrases here as a placeholder so that I would remember to fill in this space again later.

At the same time, I thought I was being cute with the heading:

NEW & IMPROVED FRIENDS!

The fact remains: I still don't know what content to put here, in this column. Links again? Pictures? Video? Audio? Ads? Oh, hell no! It hasn't come to me yet, but I'm sure it will eventually, and when it does it'll come quick and (as usual) with consequences.