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Re: HowTo: Rebooting the RSS cloud

thingles — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:55:11 -0000

Question for everyone: Is there any reason why RSS Cloud and PubSubHubbub could not live on the same feed at the same time? I have had the PubSubHubbub WordPress plugin for a while, and just added the RSS Cloud one. I see this in my feed.

<atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com"/><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://superfeedr.com/hubbub"/><cloud domain='things.thingelstad.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />

Now, I'm thinking that cloud servers will see their part and ignore the PubSubHubbub stuff and vice versa. Make sense?

Or, does this thematically just not make sense? Is it one or the other? I see no reason why that would be the case. Comments?

Re: Google Reader Updates: Share News on Twitter, Facebook, and More

thingles — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:35:56 -0000

If you want to use this feature with WordPress you can see my quick writeup at

http://thingelstad.com/using-google-reader-send...

Re: HowTo: OPML for Twitter subscription lists

thingles — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:51:37 -0000

This is great! Thanks for making it available!

Re: Yonder Mountain String Band at Tarrytown Music Hall

hadar — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:39:02 -0000

I really like this idea!

We're regulars at the CMA Songwriters Series at Joe's Pub. (CMA == Country Music Association).

Just seeing the word SERIES in the title, makes you realize that you can find out details about the point of the show, especially if there has already been one.

Re: Yonder Mountain String Band at Tarrytown Music Hall

hadar — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:34:28 -0000

Basically, #2 is my only real complaint. I intend to be much more careful personally in the future, so I'll really only have myself to blame. :-)

Re: Yonder Mountain String Band at Tarrytown Music Hall

thingles — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:24:55 -0000

I have no idea why this comment appeared twice, other than Disqus took a LONG time to complete the posting process for it. Perhaps it errored but not really and retried in the javascript loop. :-\

Re: Yonder Mountain String Band at Tarrytown Music Hall

thingles — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:24:00 -0000

Bjorn,

Per your goal of getting some different kind of music in your venue with a slightly different target audience. One suggestion would be to create a "series" that you can align concerts with. You are right that you invite the fans of any artist, but concert goers do rely on a venue as a form of editor in it's selection. When you, as editor, choose a different target you should let your customers (particularly regulars) know that.

A common version of this is doing children's concerts. In addition to being in the morning, they often have a series name. For example sake, Tarry Town Music Hall Children's Series. You see where this goes.

Just a thought...

Re: Yonder Mountain String Band at Tarrytown Music Hall

thingles — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:20:30 -0000

Wow -- I read this post in Google Reader and specifically came back to the website to leave a comment like this:

1) do all bands that have the word "String" in their title become (or start as) weed bands? String Cheese Incident is my 2nd data point.

2) sometimes I like to have a "party" time at a show, other times I want to listen in my chair. I'm equally annoyed when I expect one and get the other. Totally get it.

But, having come out of my reader I was amazed at the volume of comments. Wow!!

Re: Yonder Mountain String Band at Tarrytown Music Hall

thingles — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:19:30 -0000

Re: Thank You ABC

thingles — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:55:09 -0000

I been doing a similar thing watching through the seasons of The Wire, which aired a while ago on HBO. I missed the first couple of seasons and tried to watch it a bit in the 3rd season but just couldn't engage with it. I bought all five seasons and just finished the 2nd. It's an amazing show. Personally, I don't mind buying ala carte for this content. That's why I happily cancelled satellite TV and simply have an HD antennae for broadcast shows.

Re: things.thingelstad.com

thingles — Sun, 24 May 2009 00:03:28 -0000

A great time was had by all!

Re: things.thingelstad.com

thingles — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:39:26 -0000

Ha! Well, it's "Sea", not "sed". :-)

Re: things.thingelstad.com

thingles — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:05:03 -0000

Yes! Happily those 7 minutes of being removed from the family are over. :-)

Re: things.thingelstad.com

thingles — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:35:56 -0000

My grave mistake was to state firmly, on the third try, that she should not fling her mostly empty yogurt around while demanding that Mom come to her immediately!

Horrible, I know. :-)

Re: Spark View Engine : Simpable

thingles — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:52:00 -0000

Very cool. I've followed your blog for a long time (old-time .Text user) and Lou, the guy that wrote Spark, is a former co-worker of mine here in the Minneapolis area. Small world moment.

Re: Entrepreneurs to End the Crisis? : Simpable

thingles — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:15:37 -0000

Entrepreneurs would be helped out hugely by changes to health care as well. Taxes are important, but even more important is being able to take risks without having to put your ability to get healthcare at risk. How many people are stuck in jobs because they have no other health coverage? A lot...

Re: things.thingelstad.com

thingles — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:27:07 -0000

Wait until you see some of the video. :-)

Re: things.thingelstad.com

thingles — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:25:29 -0000

Tammy of course is a pro -- she did several runs of all degrees of difficulty. I successfully navigated the easiest green routes only falling down once.

Re: things.thingelstad.com

thingles — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:13:35 -0000

These were so ridiculously good!

Re: Vista speech recognition

thingles — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:14:16 -0000

I hate to acknowledge the fact that we are all getting older, but your #2 is an important reality.

Re: Vista speech recognition

hadar — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:59:16 -0000

Obviously, I don't disagree with you. That said, there are a few obvious reasons why I want it to work, and why I will continue to play with it (now more aggressively than I used to!).

1) There are times when I have no hands free, or just one, but I'm available to type an email or respond to an IM. Perfect application for this.

2) I can imagine a time when I am injured, or have advanced arthritis, etc., where it could absolutely be a godsend. While I could start then, being comfortable with the process, commands, limitations, workarounds, etc., would make the transition easier.

3) Perhaps the most practical one is faster dictation. I type pretty darn fast, and reasonably accurate too. But, I can certainly speak faster than I can type. If the computer could understand it as well as my current typing skills, that would be a huge win for long documents or emails.

:-)

Re: Vista speech recognition

thingles — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:10:10 -0000

This is the use case where I think voice could be workable and cool. Google Voice Search on the iPhone is already pretty impressive. I could see it being nice to be able to speak since the keyboard options are limited by size.

Plus, it doesn't feel odd to talk into a phone. It's natural.

Re: Vista speech recognition

thingles — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:09:09 -0000

You are definitely applying. :-)

Re: Vista speech recognition

thingles — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:07:40 -0000

I'm sure most people would agree with me describing myself as an aggressive and early adopter of technology. With that said, I find that I can't bring myself to talk at my computer.

I wonder when that will change. It just feels so odd.

Re: Moneyball

loupaglia — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:25:16 -0000

i can see that, I know I'll be looking at how guys get on base and I know I'll never look at Kevin Youkalis the same way again. Did you notice that the Yankees just acquired Nick Swisher? The other thing I know is that I will always compare a steal attempt as putting money down on the Field at the craps table.