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5 O'Clock Shadows

Five O’Clock Shadow 100

June 13, 2008

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Five O’Clock Shadow 100

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

Hey, it’s been a while. Maybe we’ll do this again for a time.
I turned 40 a few days ago, and it seems the universe has decided it’s time for me to deal with some grown up stuff. Thanks, universe.
Negative: [...]

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99 Seems like a good stopping point

December 29, 2007

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Five O’Clock Shadow 99

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

Well kids, here you have it. The final “Five O’Clock Shadow” post. It was fun doing this, and I got a lot more familiar with Flickr. Sort of resurrected the account, you might say.
I’ve got a new idea, partly [...]

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Cleaning out

December 28, 2007

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Five O’Clock Shadow 98

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

As the year winds down, I find it once again time to re-examine and restate my assumptions. For the remaining days of my vacation, I’ll be doing the following:

Paying close attention to anything that comes in over RSS. Pictures, [...]

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We’re painting this Xmas

December 24, 2007

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Five O’Clock Shadow 97

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

It’s a tradition: the Lovely Wife gets the itch to paint this time every year. Started with NJ’s bathroom and has spilled over into my office. Which is a good thing, as I was starting to not enjoy working [...]

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Good parts of Xmas

December 20, 2007

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Five O’Clock Shadow 96

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

Anyone know who knows me knows that I’m not one for the Holiday spirit. Part of it is a general aversion to anything that is too popular, a significant amount comes from my internal conflicts with over-commercialization of society [...]

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Five O’Clock Shadow 95

December 2, 2007

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Five O’Clock Shadow 95

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

Listening to: Various tunes by Soul Coughing
While sitting at: Mama Java’s coffee shop in Phoenix
Accomplishing: Some Podiobooks.com updates and general information housekeeping
When I should be: Nothing. This is Sunday.
But I’m really looking forward: To making dinner tonight. Salmon and [...]

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Evo is on Seesmic

November 27, 2007

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Five O’Clock Shadow 94

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

Yeah yeah… I know I just said I was giving these things up. But I also said some time ago that I wanted to get into video, so deal.
It’s true, I managed to squeeze a Seesmic invite from [...]

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Restating my assumptions

November 14, 2007

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Five O’Clock Shadow 93

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

Assumption #1: We live in a world where it is impossible to create time. Therefore, I need to spend my discretionary time in the most productive channels possible.
Assumption #2 My definition of ‘productive’ may be — and probably is [...]

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Getting through the fog

November 7, 2007

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Five O’Clock Shadow 92

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

I’ll admit it — things have looked a bit cloudy for the last several months. I think I’ve figured out why, and what I’m going to do about it. But I’m not quite ready to announce it just yet, [...]

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What do I want to be when I grow up?

November 5, 2007

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What do I want to be when I grow up?

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

I had a fantastic time at PodcampAZ on Saturday. Good people, good discussion, and a good deal more activity in this town than I had ever imagined. I’ve made quite a few new [...]

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Jazzed

November 1, 2007

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Five O’Clock Shadow 90

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

A couple of things have me jazzed today:

Google’s OpenSocial movement.
No, it’s not a new social media site you need to make a profile for. Rather, it’s a set of open APIs that will (in theory) allow for interoperability between [...]

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All podiobooks, all the time

October 31, 2007

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Five O’Clock Shadow 89

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

Cripes, people. I mean I dig the fact that you creative types are going to town on your stuff and all, but do you have to do it all at once?

Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty is now live. [...]

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Masking yourself

October 30, 2007

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Five O’Clock Shadow 88

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

I’m what you’d call a moderate reader of Laughing Squid. It comes in my RSS feed, and I’d say about 30-40% of the articles interest me. That’s actually fairly good, as I tend to blow through news items only [...]

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Five O’Clock Shadow 87

October 29, 2007

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Five O’Clock Shadow 87

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

A list of things on my mind. Won’t make a lot of sense to all of you, so feel free to move along:

I’m liking Utterz. But I’m hesitant to stick it here on the blog. I just got the [...]

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Five O’Clock Shadow 86

October 26, 2007

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Five O’Clock Shadow 86

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

So… I’m not so sure this is working out. Well, for one thing, I know that I’m not working out. That’s probably part of the problem.
So I’ve fired up the Traineo profile, hoping that some of you may have [...]

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Didja miss me?

October 24, 2007

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Five O’Clocks Shadow 85

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

Sorry for the longer-than-anticipated hiatus.
When I returned from the trip to NYC, I spent my time hanging out with Philip from Australia and my father. I wasn’t sure how that paring would go, but it turned out rather [...]

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See you next week

October 15, 2007

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Five O’Clock Shadow 84

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

I’m going incommunicado for the next several days. I have another trip to NYC coming up, and I don’t know when I’ll update.
So you know the drill: play nice.
Oh, and I updated the Theme for my blog. Perfect time [...]

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Strange days, indeed

October 10, 2007

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Five O’Clock Shadlow 83

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

Not a lot of time to update tonight. A very strange day work-wise. I have a huge project that was due last week — and I still haven’t finished it.
Yeah, I procrastinate.
My mom is in town, plus there are [...]

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Scheming up new media ideas

October 9, 2007

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Five O’Clock Shadow 82

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

Today the value of social media came up in a few conversational threads I’m following. I’m not here to justify your usage of one social media site over another. Nor am I here to try and convince you that [...]

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The spreading of social media

October 8, 2007

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Five O’Clock Shadow 81

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

Heard today that a new social media site, ViewPoints.com, has just come on line. Like all good new social media sites, this one has a focus and is breaking into relatively new territory: Social Reviews.
The concept is simple to [...]

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