Testing

Testing the new Windows LiveWriter (Beta) program for blog posting.

It's supposed to be able to automatically upload pics along with the post... I'm trying out that option here.

If you see a pic of Rubi with her arm around me, it worked. If you don't. I'm uninstalling the program!

Well... turns out I can't auto-post pics directly to blogger. I have to set the program to ftp the pic to a different storage website...

Testing

PodCasts

A recent thread on one of the forums I frequent asked "what podcasts you listen to".

 

Here's my list:

 

These are the ones I listen to, or at least try to listen to, on a regular basis.

Around The World With AIG's Ken Ham

Disasters: Are You Ready?

Firefly Talk

Managers Tools

MouseTunes: Disney talk, For Disney Fans

NPR: Shuffle

NPR: Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

PID Radio

Slacker Astronomy

Stargate Louisville

Tales From The 'Verse

The Book and The Spade

The PodCulture Network

The Signal

 

These are the ‘casts I download but haven’t listened to yet.

CBC Radio: Quirks & Quarks Segmented Show

COMM 435 BoilerCast

EarthCore: a Podiobooks.com Production

Flight To Eden - Free Audio Book

I Should Be Writing

Infection: A Scott Sigler Podcast Novel

Management Visions Weekly Internet Radio Broadcast

Managers Tools Members Cast

Mashup of the Week

Michael A. Stackpole related podcasts

OLS274 Boilercast

Out There

Pastor Dan's Blog

Science @ NASA Feature Stories

Search the Scriptures Daily

Skepticality - Science and Skeptic Thought

Slacker Astronomy Bonus Features

Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy

The Splendid Table: Kitchen Questions

TREKs in SCiFi

Writing for Christians

 

The complete list, including some I've listened to but don't listen to regularly:

Anomaly Archives eNews  Hasn’t had new ep in awhile.

Around The World With AIG's Ken Ham Creation Science radio show.

CBC Radio: Quirks & Quarks Segmented Show

COMM 435 BoilerCast Purdue college course podcast. Completed, has a new feed address each semester.

Disasters: Are You Ready?  Emergency Management podcast

EarthCore: a Podiobooks.com Production  The feed is finished, but you can still download the book.

Firefly Talk  Excellent fancast about Joss Whedon’s Firefly and Serenity.

Flight To Eden - Free Audio Book The feed is finished, but I think you can still grab the files.

I Should Be Writing

Infection: A Scott Sigler Podcast Novel

Management Visions Weekly Internet Radio Broadcast

Managers Tools

Managers Tools Members Cast

Mashup of the Week

Michael A. Stackpole related podcasts

MouseTunes: Disney talk, For Disney Fans interesting trivia about Disney.

NPR: Shuffle  The daily Best Of NPR

NPR: Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! Fun Current Events/News Game Show

OLS274 Boilercast

Out There

Pastor Dan's Blog

PID Radio Christian observations on the news, plus lots of conspiracy theory.

Science @ NASA Feature Stories

SciFi and Fantasy Podcast

Search the Scriptures Daily

Skepticality - Science and Skeptic Thought

Slacker Astronomy  Funny and irreverent astronomy news.

Slacker Astronomy Bonus Features Interviews and such.

Stan Deyo Show  Only had four shows on the feed.

Stargate Louisville From the same crew that brings us PodCulture.

Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy

Tales From The 'Verse Fanfiction from Joss Whedon’s Firefly and Serenity.

The BBC's In Our Time

The Book and The Spade Biblical Archaeology. They only keep the latest episode on their feed.

The PodCulture Network Scifi geekiness, from the same crew that brings us Stargate Louisville.

The Secrets of Star Wars Only 4 episodes. A Catholic Father from the Netherlands anticipates and attends the opening of Star Wars episode 2.

The Signal another excellent fancast about Joss Whedon’s Firefly and Serenity.

The Splendid Table: Kitchen Questions mmmm…. Food.

TheForce.net Haven’t actually had any new eps in a long time.

TREKs in SCiFI about Star Trek, and scifi.

Walt Disney World Resort: Plugged In Haven’t had a new podcast in awhile.

Writing for Christians

 

 

PodCasts

Vulnerable Data

Another interesting tidbit, this time from Government Technology magazine from govtech.net, about the types of data stored on personal computers which is vulnerable to loss if not backed up.

 

71% Digital Pictures

58% Personal Contact information

43% Work-related files and documents

41% Music or mp3 files

41% Personal financial files or documents

35% tasks and to-do lists

20% Movies and videos

14% Other

 

Personally, our main Bayer Family PC is mostly digital pictures, mp3 files, and video files. I don't have much work-related stuff on our computer, we don't keep financial records with the computer, tasks and to-do lists are in a handful of documents that could easily be rebuilt if the computer crashed...

 

I've got most of the files backed up. Not all - most though.

 

 

 

 

Vulnerable Data

What do you want in a cell phone?

A recent issue of Mobile Government from govtech.net had a blurb on features that cell phone owners wanted in their phones.

 

The list was:

27% Printer/Scanner/Fax

17% Thermometer

15% Money/Business Card holder

15% Credit Card

13% Keychain

7% Mirror

 

I can see a cell-phone having built-in scanner and fax capabilities, maybe for that business card further down the list... I can't envision printing from a cell-phone though - unless you have one of those cell-phones that is also a mobile computer.  I can also see the convenience of having your credit card built-in to your cell-phone - basically serving the same convenience as those "new fangled" swipe-and-go credit cards.

Also, I'm guessing by "thermometer" they really mean an air temperature meter that gives you the current temperature and maybe some other weather-related readings.

But why a mirror?  Why a keychain? You want the keys hitting you upside the head when you answer the phone?

 

"Hello-OWW!"

 

 

 

What do you want in a cell phone?

Three Meme

Pet Peeves:
Talking on the cell phone while driving.
Cursing when there's no call for it.
Memes that ask you to list your Pet Peeves.

Favorite Sounds:
Thunderstorms
Silence
Rubi's laugh

Favorite Candy:
Smarties.
Chewy sweettarts.
Lemonheads.

Biggest Fears:
Losing my family.
My family losing me.
Turning in to my dad (it's inevitable, and already happening).

Biggest Challenges:
Being patient with my kids.
Being patient with anyone.
Making it to the gym.

Favorite Department Stores:
Wal-mart.
Don't really like anywhere else, unless B&N can be considered a department store.

Most Used Words:
I love you.
Stop that!
"Dispatch, Kevin" when answering the phone at work.

Favorite Pizza Toppings:
Pepperoni
Chicken
Bacon

Favorite Cartoon Characters:
Transformers
Gargoyles
???

Movies Recently Watched:
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (at home).
Failure to Launch (at home).
The Lake House (at the theater).

Favorite Fruits:
Bananas
Apples
White grapes

Favorite Vegetables:
Really? People have favorite vegetables?
Okay, I'll try: Ketchup.

 

 

taken from Mommybrain.

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Three Meme

Alas, poor Pluto, We Hardly Knew You

Smug scientists around the world: "Let's kick Pluto out of the club!"

Alas, poor Pluto, We Hardly Knew You

Hahahahahahahahaheeehahahahahahahaha!

Again: Hahahahahahahahaheeehahahahahahahaha!

I know it's an expressionless mask - but can't you just see him saying "What?! Did the the 501st mess with my suit and mask again while I was napping the hyperbaric chamber?"

Hahahahahahahahaheeehahahahahahahaha!