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Junkies vs. Lupus
Okay, Junkies, we don’t bang on the charity drum very often (this is the first time), but when Hardcore Junkie Brian Thomas contacted me asking for some fundraising help, it was a no-brainer. Brian is running some ungodly marathon-thingee to raise money for Lupus research. He asked me to sponsor his effort, so the great folks at Shirts By Mail hooked us up with a custom silk-screened Junkies vs. Lupus shirt. Clink on the movie link above to see the shirt, and to be tricked into hearing Brian’s pitch for support. That’s right, we trick you - don’t tell me you’re surprised. Donate if you like, if you don’t just check out the sweet one-off shirt.
-Scott-
Scott Sigler: Playa's Ball info: Dragon*Con,. 8pm-ish till I'm arrested. Friday, Aug. 31, Hyatt Regency, room # TBD. Costume: Pimps, ho's, playas, Run DMC
Scott Sigler: Who's going to Dragon*Con? Who's coming to my Podcast Playa's Ball party on Friday of Dragon*Con?
Scott Sigler: Sunscreen, you all say? I'm looking for an SPF 200. I want to blaze like a mirror, reflecting every last ray, blinding those around me.
Scott Sigler: Back at work, tanned, rested, and ready to rule. Well, not tanned - Siglers don't "tan." We fry.
monday morning update
Posted by mobile phone:
I am going into this post havinmg no idea what I am going to say. I do know that whatever I say it is goping to have a plenty of misspellings, missing commas and capitalization irregularities.
The spelling is nobodies fault but my own (and maybe the blqackberry for having such a small keyboard, no I don’t use predictive text.) The lack of commas is due to thj fact that a comma is a two-key command. When I am in one-hand mode like I am right now, I can’t be bothered to move my right hand up to the keyboard.
I have forgotten what the third problem I had with mobile blogging was, but I guess the fact that it does take longer than nmorm$al to type means that you have to formulate your thoughts differently.
Have a great monday.
Bloodcast #9: KISSYMAN - posted
BloodCast #9:Kissyman
KISSYMAN is a story I was inspired to write after reading “Devil in a Blue Dress” by Walter Mosley. This is not the hard-science horror stuff that is my bread and butter, but rather a hard-boiled detective style take on an illegal immigrant from another era in America’s history. No science (unless you count psychology), but it does, indeed, get us back on the “lots and lots of violence” tip.
Click here to download Kissyman.
SCREENPLAY CONTEST WINNERS
- Shua Mullikin
- Paul Crowe
- Anne Kelsey
- Paul Anderson
PROMOS PLAYED IN THIS EPISODE
Aaron Wormus: Pentax w20 Olympus stylus 770sw
Scott Sigler: at "midnight mass" with wife: tranny rendition of "mommy dearest" starting. san fran: go figure.
Aaron Wormus: With 2 whiney kids at the checkout line
Aaron Wormus: @Calevans: http://tinyurl.com/2eausz
Aaron Wormus: Just walked by sbux and there was some moron there pretending he was talking to someone on his jesusphone.
vote on the issues
Posted by mobile phone:
I am walking to work and thinking about politics.
Wouldn’t it be great if instead of voting for a person you would vote for or against a number of issues?
On the screen you would see a list of issues and you would have a slider which indicated how important the issue is to you and if you agree with it and then the computer would choose the candidate who is most likely to give you what you want.
OK arrived. Time to end my utopian dreams and get to work.
New Social Network Idea
Posted by mobile phone:
I am sitting in the Hyundai waiting room waiting for the first service to be completed. Since my blogging is no longer shackled to my computer, I figured this would be a good time to share my latest great idea ™ with you my faithful reader.
Before I start with what my new social networking site does let’s talk about the existing networks I am currently a member of.
Advogato: Probably the first network I joined. This site has not changed since I joined in 2003. I still enjoy reading the news there, and blog once a year.
Orcut: This bastard stepchild of google was popular right after its launch in mid 2004. It quickly got boring, although I hear it is quite the rage in india and brazil.
Flickr: While not a traditional social network, flickr has grown into a focused social networking site. Because of the great funtionality that flickr provides, everyone I know is a paid premium member. Flickr is a true social networking success story. The obvious reason is the content the site generates, as well as the community of photography enthusiasts.
Linkedin: I have been a member for the last few years but my use of the platform has only gone as far as accepting friend requests from existing friends.
Xing (formerly OpenBC): Xing is a business networking site which is most popular in Europe. For anyone doing business in Europe, a premium Xing membership is a Must. Unfortunately, since leaving germany I haven’t used it much.
Oreilly radar: Signed up, banged around a bit for 20 minutes and then forgot about it.
Livejornal: I am not sure if this one really counts as a social networking site. Livejournal is a weird beast, its a community which has grown around friends, emotion indicators and journals (not to be confused with blogs). LJ has had its moments, such as during Hurricane Katrina when lj users posted images out of the only operating ISP in New Orleans. In general LJ is pretty dull.
MySpace: MySpace is the Bart Simpson of social networks. At its core it is a very simple framework which allows its users to insert arbitrary html to change the look of the site. The result looks like the internet in 1997 on acid. Blinking lights and onload() music. Myspace is also available to children 13 years and older, and because of this they have an overwhelmingly young audience.
Facebook: Facebook is a platform built by smart people for smart people. Where MySpace chose to expand by allowing their users to modify the look of their pages by copy and pasting html code, FaceBook allows developers to modify the platform with third-party addons which they can then share with their friends. Of all the social networking platforms, facebook was the platform that I was slowest to become involved in (social networking burn-out?) But since in the last 2 months I have been very impressed with the functionality as well as the comunity that has grown up around the platform.
This is the end of part one. In part 2 I will be explaining what all these platforms are missing (and its not data export/sharing)
