I have been using Radio from Userland software for years now. I really like it for numerous reasons, and if this works then I like it even more.
I have just installed a new tool - xManilaBloggerBridge - that ought to allow me to post to my blogspot blog from within Radio. This is my first test …
No TagsI have posted far too little about my son Sam, and his progress and
development. It is an amazing process to watch and be a part
of. Lately, Sam has really taken off with grammer and
sentences. They are crude, but he is learning to communicate
effectively.
I keep working with him on the pronunciation, there are still a lot of
letters that he leaves out. It’s fun to have him come up and
start talking to me … he is so committed to telling me something, and
quite often I just don’t know what he is saying. At the same
time, there are some things that he knows and says crystal clear.
Last night we were playing in the garage. I hung some nylon
webbing from the ceiling, and I showed him how to grab it up high and
swing from it. I then showed him how to sit in it and
swing. It was interesting to watch him learning how to put the
loop behind his back to sit in it … he couldn’t quite get it each
time … but try and try again … he started to get the concept.
They he said “Daddy … you turn. I sit.” He wanted me to
get up off the steps, and go swing. We switched places, and I
swung for a bit. Then he said “Daddy … me turn. You
sit.” What a kick.
He knows that we are going to see the ocean … we’re due to leave for
Hawaii this Friday. This will be his second trip … and I’m sure
a lot of fun!
My friend Todd Dailey just sent me a link to more applications similar to 10×10.
I have to warn that this one is very cool, however there are sometimes
images with nudity that some people would find offensive. It’s
not that it is designed to include these images … it’s just designed
not to discriminate.
As long as you are ok with a wide range of possible images, then you can go and look at WebCollage … an application developed by Jamie Zawinski.
Unlike 10×10 where the images are grabbed from news services,
WebCollage grabs images by doing random searches on various search
engines, and then finding the images on the resulting pages.
These images are then combined into a collage that updates about once a
minute.
Unlike visual collages, there are also the written collages … like DadaDodo. This project is creating text based on other text, in a format that is designed to “Exterminate All Rational Thought”. To see a sample you can click here.
I see this as a variation, at a lower level, to the concepts of
“multidisciplinary exposure” … something alluded to in the recent
book Medici Effect - Breakthrough Insights at the Intersection of Ideas, Concepts, and
Cultures.
Lastly, Jamie also refers to DriftNet … something I really want to install and play with! A version of EtherPeg for UNIX/Linux.
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