Archive for June, 2005
lines are blurring
I’m listening to podcasts on CD, because my PC won’t talk to my iPod. (as an aside, podcasting is the term for producing a podcast, what’s the verb for listening to podcasts?) First one that came up was Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code, where he was giving a keynote address at Gnomedex, which was his podcast. And this thought dawned on me: the lines between keynote speech and freely available podcast and videos and audios and blogs are blurring. Lines are blurring! This will be disturbing for those who like lines: those who want to know who’s in or out, what’s absolutely right or wrong, black or white, true or false, orthodox or heresy, paid or free, producer or consumer, individual or organization, ordered or random, allowed or forbidden.
Now, I’m going into seclusion for about 48 hours and will stay offline. During this conclave, I’ll be undergoing some Life Planning(tm). Then, off to a friend’s wedding for the long weekend. Happy 4th of July!
WordPress quit working
Unbelievable. This website was hacked into, around 8:38pm last night, by someone routed through an IP address in Amsterdam. (I’m here in metro Washington DC). After a desperate plea for help and searching the Web for answers and contacting technical support at my web host, we were able to return online. Special thanks to Matt Constantine!
[update] Looks like I was a victim of a security flaw. Now there’s WordPress 1.5.1.3. And thanks to Joel for catching a missing plugin; now installed.
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obituary of my mentor
BUGNON Robert O. “Buggs” retired Senior Chief, USN 64, entered the gates of Heaven on June 23, 2005 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born March 2nd, 1941 in Philadelphia, Penn. Served his country with great pride 29 1/2 years including the Vietnam War. Buggs was a devoted husband, loving father, an awesome Paw-Paw, and faithful friend. He truly will be missed. Predeceased by his parents Marc G. and Ann P. Bugnon, also his first wife Kathleen D. Bugnon. Survivors include his wife of 35 years and best friend Ann E. Bugnon. His children Debbie (Jack) Gwynes, Lynne (Todd) Searles, Jennifer Robertson, Randy (Tess) Bugnon, Renee (Will) Clemons. 12 Grandchildren 4 great-grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild to arrive in Dec., one cousin Jeff Burns of Georgia, several brother in laws and sister in laws and a host of friends. Per Buggs request burial will be by cremation. A memorial service has been planned to celebrate his life on Sunday, June 26, 2005 at 5 PM, at his church Westside Christian Family Chapel, 4541 Shirley Ave., Jacksonville, Fl with Pastor Ken Mitchell officiating. In lieu of flowers the family request contributions be made to the Community Hospice 4266 Sunbeam Rd. Jax., FL 32257. Arrangements by Hardage Giddens 5753 Blanding Blvd. Jax., Fl 32244. [from Jacksonville.com]
View/Sign His Guestbook [online until 7/27/05]
[update: online photo album, Remembering Buggs, with photos shown at his memorial service]
hangin’ out at Hard Times
We attempted to reconvene the Lynchburg Emergent Cohort today, at Hard Times Cafe in College Park, Maryland, and it wasn’t quite the same without Will, Nick, and Aaron “thevoiz”.
So this one was re-dubbed the Hard Times Emergent Cohort, with Tony Sheng, Anthony “PostmodernNegro” Smith, Rod Garvin, Steve Knight, and Stephen “emergesque” Shields & his wife Beth. Photo and show notes (a massive list of links to stuff we talked about) are courtesy of Emergesque. Stephen beat us to the punch & blogged about it first, but his blog doesn’t have trackback. 
The remnant (Steve, Anthony, and I) hung out the rest of the day, and took in a movie, which could have been called: Batman Redeemed! (or, as one of the guys put it: they’ve deconstructed it and put it back together!)
no more iPod and podcasting?
My Windows PC is not recognizing my iPod, like it has for over a year and a half. I’m connecting up the mini-dock via a FireWire cable like before. I’ve got iTunes 4.8. I’ve tried rebooting the PC. I’ve reset the iPod several times. I’ve started running diagnostic tests for my 10GB iPod. Is this the end of my podcasting listening days? Am I stuck with the songs on my iPod until I erase it?