Archive for February, 2008

Driving in the Slow-Carb Lane

Table of contents for slow-carb challenge

  1. Slow-Carb Challenge
  2. First Impressions
  3. Driving in the Slow-Carb Lane

I am overdue for an update on this subject. So that’s just what this is: an update to my slow-carb diet challenge. I can tell you, the experiment/challenge has led to some interesting observations and some disappointing disappointments [was that literarily legal?]. I should point out, the challenge was not actually to lose weight or get in shape, but to stick to the diet and document my progress. For the most part, this challenge has been a success. I mean, I stuck to the diet as much as a high-carb junkie could be expected to (we’re talking generalities here, you and me - this is the hypothetical high-carb junkie that is not necessarily me - still, I wouldn’t give myself anything higher than a grade of C), and my documentation of caloric intake and daily weigh-ins have earned for me a grade of at least a B+. Read more »

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linkto: zamzar

zamzar-logo-email.jpgHere’s an interesting and useful website to bookmark. Zamzar.com (I guess all the normal web 2.0 website names were taken?) Zamzar is an online file conversion website. You upload a file, Zamzar converts it to whatever format you would prefer. Many image formats, document formats, video formats, music formats, and other compressed formats are supported. It doesn’t support everything, but what do you expect, it’s free. That’s it. Awesome.

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Classic Literature on MP3

I finally finished H.G. Wells The Time Machine on audiobook. I was able to download it, free and legally, from this great online resource which I highly recommend: Project Gutenberg. Another great resource for audiobooks in the public domain is at The Internet Archive. And here’s another: Librivox. Read more »

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robot graveyard episode 12

Posted a new episode of Robot Graveyard, called “Storage-Cube.” Not much happens in this episode, but it’s a necessary scene, nonetheless, for the somewhat sketchy storyline to come.

Robot Graveyard is a robot/rocketship episodic fiction story written by myself with the help of a few friends and family. New episodes will probably be appearing on a strictly haphazard release cycle known only to the little creativity-fairy that lives in my keyboard (and he or she is not talkin’) - please leave a comment here or on the Robot Graveyard blog. Thanks!

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Weakness of Bones

This is a short short story that I finished last night. Mostly it is an exercise in narrative voice, images and symbolism.

Weakness of Bones

Dan sat in his well built home with so many strangers grouped like clouds. Like clouds they swept through the many rooms and dropped their multiplying drips of “sorry for your loss” and “in a better place” upon his condolence drenched family. It was an emotional flood not unlike any other. Read more »

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Favorite Podcasts?

Podcasts - or Netcasts or Vidcasts or whatever name by which they wish to be known - are basically audio or video shows with an RSS feed attached to them. This RSS feed gives a person the mechanism to have each successive show in a feed automatically download to their computer, without having to return each time to that show’s website. If that’s unclear, or if you need more info, here’s a link to the wikipedia article on podcasts: link. And here’s the previous article I did explaining RSS feeds: link.

I’ve been a big fan of podcasts for some time now, and every so often I like to refresh my list of podcasts, dropping off the ones I’ve grown tired of and discovering new ones with which to replace them. Here are the podcasts I am subscribed to, in decending order from favorite to least favorite (the audio and video feeds are direct links to the RSS feeds - if you want to subscribe to any of them, copy and paste the link into any podcast aggregator):

  1. The Totally Rad Show (video feed)
  2. The Linux Action Show (audio feed)
  3. Never Not Funny (audio feed)
  4. Radio Leo (audio feed)
  5. The Wood Whisperer (video feed)
  6. Filmspotting (audio feed)
  7. Jordan, Jesse GO! (audio feed)
  8. Buzz Out Loud (audio feed)
  9. Wood Talk Online (audio feed)
  10. The Dave Ramsey Show (audio feed)
  11. Ask a Ninja (video feed)
  12. Diggnation

Here’s where your help is needed. It is time once again for me to freshen up my list. So let me know what you listen to. Also, if you’ve never listened to podcasts before but are curious, I encourage you to dig right in - it’s great fun!

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