RSS Alerts to IM: immedi.at
Never been much for actually using RSS readers. What I really wanted was a way of knowing when new posts had been added to blogs I read. So - I looked, and I found!
Simple bookmarklet which will send you instant messages whenever monitored urls are updated. Very cool.
Chuck - another good reason for sorting your domain out to actually point directly to your own blog (as in DNS, not web forwarding): this will not discover your RSS feeds off the domain forwarding frameset page (but I've subscribed using http://themojowire.blogspot.com). Speaking of which, I just noticed my blogroll has disappeared with this template. I will add it back in later.
Geoff - if you never wanted to see the boring stuff, you could always just subscribe to the rss feeds for the categories you're interested in (e.g. http://www.edgillett.com/blog/category/fun/feed/) See. WordPress is useful!
Beer – The Buffalo Theory
One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was explaining the Buffalo Theory to his buddy Norm.
Here's how it went:
"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."
State your intentions!
I will start a page on the blog, called "State your intentions". Or something similar. We'll see what creative energies are flowing nearer the time.
Anywho - the gist is that it will be a list of things I intend to do. As well as the progress I'm making towards achieving them.
That way I might actually achieve my goals.
Anywho - gotta rush. Off to dinner
Better not file this under the procrastination category just yet. Only just came to me.
Inspired in part by coming across Wil Wheaton's Wish List (yes, Wesley from STNG. He's got an awesome blog actually - I feel bad for complaining about his previous character. All is forgiven.)
Anywho - to start the ball rolling:
- I will add a del.icio.us link here
- I will add a link to what I'm reading
- I will add a link to what I'm listening
- I will state long term life goals and indicate expected timeframes with countdowns. It'll be scary to see my life slipping away before my eyes.
- I will blog important events from last year in retrospect (Wedding, Honeymoon!). Oops.
- I will give back to the Open Source community - I can learn PHP and produce plug ins for WordPress and also work on some themes (some of the ones out there are bugly. I'm sure I can do better.)
This is a "Good Thing" to do. I encourage others to do the same.
Laters!
Doughnut Logic
As you go about through life, whatever be your goal: keeps your eyes upon the doughnut, and not upon the hole.
Freddy Teddy Is Home!!
At long last, Freddy Teddy has returned home, safe and sound. True to their word, the TeddyNappers had not harmed Freddy and delivered him back home safe and sound tonight.
I came home to find him in a bag in my hallway (they had keys apparently), wrapped in bubble wrap (including a bubble wrap hat).
No indication as to his whereabouts over the past 5 months over the photos emailed across thus far. Maybe they'll blog ...
Hmm … old photos …
Seems I posted quite a few of the old photos on this site directly to Blogger, and you can't access those externally. Will migrate all the old photos across to Flickr and reindex the old blog posts soon. Cos I know you all enjoy reading the old stuff.
I also promise to correctly categorise all the old posts. Because I'm boring.
Freddy Teddy with Little Britain waxworks.
Yes, my teddy bear is still missing, and being forced to travel around with the TeddyNappers against his will.
His return is promised shortly. We'll just have to wait and see.
retrievr: more fun with flickr
http://labs.systemone.at/retrievr/
Very cool - sketch something, pick colours and this experimental tool will return you all the photos from flickr which it thinks match your entry. Very interesting results - clever stuff.
I like Flickr Lots of people all over the globe having fun with it!
All my photos on Flickr: http://photos.edgillett.com