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Whimsical

Something to be proud of

September 22, 2008

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Damn skippy.

From xkcd.

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Suicide Girls on Comic Con

July 26, 2008

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I so badly wanted to tweet this sentence from a Suicide Girls report on the first impressions of Comic Con , but it was well over the 140 character limit.
On the train to SD, I saw a gentleman reading a novel with a dragon on the front and immediately understood that he was probably [...]

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The struggle of hope over experience

July 25, 2008

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There’s a new movie in the theaters this week: THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE.
Interesting title. I WANT TO BELIEVE that this movie won’t suck, but prior experience leads me to believe otherwise. The final three seasons were a huge let down over the brilliance that was the first few seasons, and the prior movie [...]

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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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Unintentional consequences of social media

May 8, 2008

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Yesterday I tweeted about an incident involving one of my favorite food establishment and an unfortunate outbreak of Hep A. It wasn’t a store in my local area. I had no immediate connection to the happenings and I’m honestly not at all concerned it can/will happen to me, though it certainly could. No, I tweeted [...]

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Things I Don’t Care About #1

April 29, 2008

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Upon examining my role in the community, I’ve noticed that some seek out my opinion on purported “Big Deals” in the space. But what I’m really finding is that most of the Big Deals don’t mean a hill of beans to me. So I’ll begin an ad-hoc new category of posts: Things I Don’t Care [...]

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On zombies, praise and the Easter Chicken.

March 23, 2008

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First, happy Zombie Day. Don’t get offended. It’s not like I’m walking around town with a clapboard. And you chose to come here, so you should be used to it by now.
Major props go out to JC Hutchins, the man, the myth, the fucker that owes me a beer for his unsolicited praise of me [...]

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Markteing is for assholes

March 15, 2008

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Seriously. Why bother posting anything to this website when Hugh MacLeod has all the insights?

So says a person guilty of being an asshole. But I’m trying to change. Not from being an asshole. Just from doing asshole marketing.

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Reflection on the future

February 26, 2008

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It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me. Today I leave you with this small exception:

A Softer World is my most favoritest web-comic. It speaks to me. Some days more than others.

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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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Seriously considering ROFLCon

December 21, 2007

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I’ve decided to approach my 2008 convention schedule with significantly more thought and care than previously. On the top of my list of I CAN HAZ is ROFLCon. Teh funny, to be sure!
I reached out to the organizers today to see if the whole podiobook movement is worthy of inclusion or not. As I told [...]

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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?

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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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