I found a very interesting classified advertisement in my daily paper today. They are looking for a “User-Generated Content Specialist.”Here is the advertisement:Do you want to play a key, multimedia role in our newsroom, contributing in a strategic way to our news Web site, weekly newspapers and daily print operation? Are you an MVP candidate?The…
Scammers Flip House Paid for by Church
In Mephis TN a local church was scammed by a “Katrina victim” into buying her a house, that she later sold without having ever moved in! A church tried to do a good deed from some Katrina victims and was burned in the proccess.Using a vetting system they decided to buy a house for Joshua…
Did You Read the Article First? Some Thoughts on Social Bookmarking
That’s a common question on the social bookmarking/news voting websites Digg and Netscape. It’s also a very interesting question as these site specifically used the term “social bookmarking” in their early press releases.In defense of both of those sites, neither one still uses the term “social bookmarking” on their sites now. Both are trying to…
Digg’s “bury” system
One of the big gripes on Digg is the bury system used by the community to moderate submissions. A lot of people complain about it and I’m going to take a few minutes to talk about it.Digg uses a system know as the “bury” system to allow users to moderate stories. Unlike Digging, the bury…
How $2.8M Cost Kevin Rose His $60M
Near the end of TWiT 77 Leo made a few candid comments about the failed Digg acquisition by News Corp. I know Jay Adelson has said that Digg is not for sale on forbes.com but…Leo: The thing about digg, which is really sad, is that uh, you know Murdoch offered well over a hundred million…
HMTK is up for Ransom!
No, I’m not being held hostage by Russian web hackers!For the past few years I’ve been “selling” some character generation software for the HackMaster RPG from Kenzer & Company.I’ve recently become more involved in other things, one of which is building an addition to my home.Because of this, I no longer have the time to…
New iTunes Podcast Problem
There is a new problem with iTunes+iPod+Podcasts.The other day I went to fill my iPod with new podcasts for my long drive to work. I do this about every three or four days but this morning something went wrong.I’m using iTunes 7.0.1.8 and about a month ago I gave in and “restored” my iPod to…
Movie Review: Happy Feet
I took my family to see the new movie “Happy Feet” this past Sunday.Let me start out by saying the CG animation was excellent. There were only a few portions in the movie where I noticed some bad artifacting in regards to the animation.There are a few scenes with “real” people in them and they…
Movie Theatre Etiquette
This came up today as my Wife, daughter and myself went to see “Happy Feet”…We arrived a half-hour early to insure we got good seats.We were first in to the theatre and took center seats right above the handicap area. This insures no ones head will be in your way. It’s not much of an…
Warhammer 40K: Lt. Varas
I’ve been working on painting the miniatures that came with the WarHammer 40K: The Battle For Macragge set. Today I’m going to show you how Lt. Varas came out.The boxed game comes with a good assortment of miniatures.You get 10 Termagants, 6 Genestealers, 8 Spore Mines, 10 Space Marines, an Imperial Pilot, and a set…
Why God Made Moms
The answers came from second grade school children.Why did God make mothers? She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.Mostly to clean the house.To help us out of there when we were getting born.How did God make mothers?He used dirt, just like the rest of us.Magic plus super powers and a lot…
Mononucleosis, Infectious
I spent most of last week on my couch with a 102 fever. A few days into my sickness I went to my doctor’s for some tests and had a confirmed diagnosis of mono.As a public service I’m posting the information my doctor gave me.Basic InformationDescription: An infectious viral disease that affects the respiratory system,…