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Experience Syndication: Powered by ZapposBy Joshua-Michele Ross
September 12, 2008
I have been thinking a lot about the new Powered by Zappos service. According to Zappos: Powered by Zappos (PBZ) is a feature Zappos.com offers to its partners where we design, host, fulfill and own a partners web site. Our goal is to provide Zappos customers as well as our partner's customers with the best possible service experience. By building...
The U.S. iTunes App StoreBy Ben Lorica
August 15, 2008
With the iTunes App store now over a month old, I decided to look closely at data from the U.S. store over the last three weeks. While sales numbers are not publicly available, Apple publishes overall as well as category-level rankings. There are currently just over 1,800 (paid and free) applications in the App store, double what it was three...
Kaminsky DNS Patch VisualizationBy Jesse Robbins
August 7, 2008
Dan Kaminsky has posted the details of the widespread DNS vulnerability. Clarified Networks created this visualization of DNS patch deployment over the past month: Red = Unpatched Yellow = Patched, "but NAT is screwing things up" Green = OK...
Facebook Growth By Country and the Slowdown in App UsageBy Ben Lorica
July 21, 2008
With the Facebook Developers conference slated for later this week, I thought it would be a good time to give a brief update of a previous post on Facebook demographics. What follows are recently published number of users by country and region, along with growth rates for select regions and countries. Over the last four weeks, the fastest growing regions were South America, Central America and the Carribean:
An ESB for the Web?By Jim Stogdill
July 11, 2008
Gnip seems to be to the web what the ESB is for the Enterprise.
Nokia to buy and open source SymbianBy Nat Torkington
June 25, 2008
Nokia have announced their intentions to buy Symbian and open source it. It's being seen widely as a response to Google's Android, also an open source mobile operating system. I think it's easy to confuse "open source operating system" for something that will provide all the benefits of the Linux development model. As always, "open source" covers a wide range...
Video of Rich Wolski's incredible EUCALYPTUS talk at VelocityBy Jesse Robbins
June 24, 2008
Rich Wolski gave a truly impressive talk at Velocity about an open-source software infrastructure for cloud computing called EUCALYPTUS . The API is compatible with Amazon's EC2 interface, and the underlying infrastructure is designed to support multiple client-side interfaces. EUCALYPTUS is implemented using commonly-available Linux tools and basic Web-service technologies making it easy to install and maintain. Watch and learn......
Hyperic CloudStatus service dashboard launches at Velocity!By Jesse Robbins
June 23, 2008
Javier Soltero just launched CloudStatus during his Hyperic sponsor session today at Velocity. CloudStatus is a public health dashboard for web services like Amazon's EC2/S3, and Google's App Engine. Javier called to tell me about this last week after I declared that "Service Monitoring Dashboards are mandatory". This comes right after Amazon and Google had visible outages, and couldn't have...
Service Monitoring Dashboards are mandatory for production services!By Jesse Robbins
June 18, 2008
Google App Engine went down earlier today. GAE is still a developer preview release, and currently lacks a public monitoring dashboard. Unfortunately this means that many people either found out from their app and/or admin consoles being unavailable or from Mike Arrington's post on TechCrunch. Google has a strong Web Operations culture, and there are numerous internal monitoring tools in...
Two new open source projects at VelocityBy Jesse Robbins
June 17, 2008
At Velocity next week there will be two significant open source projects debuting. The first is the Jiffy: Open Source Performance Measurement and Instrumentation tool created by Scott Ruthfield and his team at Whitepages.com. Most tools for measuring web performance come in two flavors: Developer-installed tools (Firebug, Fiddler, etc.) that allow individuals to closely trace single sessions Third-party performance monitoring...
Bill Coleman to keynote VelocityBy Jesse Robbins
June 11, 2008
Bill Coleman has twice transformed our industry, and I'm excited to announce that he will keynote Velocity later this month. Bill is most famous for being the "B" in BEA and for leading the creation of Solaris while at Sun. He is now the CEO of his new startup, Cassatt, which "makes Data Centers more efficient". Bill is awesome and...
Myspace/Facebook App Platforms & Total InstallsBy Ben Lorica
May 19, 2008
Within a few months, Myspace has quietly built an application platform with over twelve hundred applications. I previously posted a graph for Facebook app categories, in which I compared the categories using the number of active users. Unlike the older Facebook platform, Myspace only provides the number of installs: It took a few months before Facebook started publishing active usage...
Structure and VelocityBy Jesse Robbins
May 10, 2008
Several people have asked me about the differences between Om Malik's Structure conference and our Velocity Web Performance & Operations conference. Velocity is on June 23 & 24th at the SFO Mariott, and Structure follows on June 25th in San Francisco. The conferences are complimentary: Structure discusses what is changing in internet infrastructure, and Velocity teaches how to make...
MySpace's Data Availability is not Data PortabilityBy David Recordon
May 9, 2008
Arguably vaporware, yesterday MySpace, Yahoo!, eBay, Photobucket (also owned by News Corp), and Twitter announced the Data Availability Initiative. While I could write at length about how this shows the big companies have already realized how to diminish the DataPortability group's brand by linking anything they do "data portability", that isn't the point of this post. The crux of the...
The battle for the cloudBy Tim O'Reilly
May 6, 2008
Andy Kessler has a great op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, The War for the Web: Microsoft was smart to walk away (for now) from its $44 billion bid for Yahoo. It's never good to overpay. But the software giant - whose stock has flatlined for eight years - was onto the right strategy in looking to the Web...
Velocity preview at Web2.0 ExpoBy Jesse Robbins
April 11, 2008
At the Web2.0 Expo this month we have a small preview of some of the topics and speakers at the Velocity Web Performance & Operations conference. (Radar readers get a 20% discount by using "vel08js" as a discount code... and yes it works with the $300 early registration discount!). Failure HappensFriday @ 11:00 am, Room 2009 Artur Bergman and I...
What is Web Operations?By Jesse Robbins
March 30, 2008
Theo Schlossnagle wrote a brilliant summary of one of the biggest challenges we discussed at the Velocity Summit in January:What is this Velocity Summit thing? It was a bunch of web architects from highly trafficked sites sitting around talkin' smack. It was operated in Foo style. However, one thing that made me really appreciate this meet-up was the lack of...
Amazon improves EC2 (by embracing failure)By Jesse Robbins
March 27, 2008
Amazon just announced two big improvements to EC2: Multiple LocationsAmazon EC2 now provides the ability to place instances in multiple locations. Amazon EC2 locations are composed of regions and Availability Zones. Regions are geographically dispersed and will be in separate geographic areas or countries. Currently, Amazon EC2 exposes only a single region. Availability Zones are distinct locations that are engineered...
How Technology Almost Lost the War, but Should Do BetterBy Jim Stogdill
March 22, 2008
Technology almost lost the war, but can't we make it better?
Sneaking Around With Other People's Platforms ... and a Countdown to Graphing Social Patterns WestBy Dave McClure
February 27, 2008
Multiple Platforms, One Geek. What's a man to do?
US Judge censors WikiLeaks.org by ordering DNS records removedBy Jesse Robbins
February 19, 2008
The BBC and many others report that the international whistle-blower website WikiLeaks.org has been taken down as of this morning. Judge Jeffery White ordered that the WikiLeaks.org domain be removed at the request of Julius Baer Bank & Trust. Not...
Amazon S3 / EC2 / AWS outage this morning...By Jesse Robbins
February 16, 2008
Many of Amazon.com's Web Services were down this morning with some customers reporting outages lasting over three hours. Sites that depend on services that depend on EC2 or S3 are down as well. Failures like this happen in every system,...
Understanding the undersea cable cuts... (updated: "fifth cable cut")By Jesse Robbins
February 6, 2008
The Fiber Cuts in the Middle East are getting a lot of attention. The economic damage is real and the geopolitical issues are extremely complex (which is why I edited my earlier post). From an operations perspective these kinds of...
Failure Happens: Transcontinental fiber-optic submarine cablesBy Jesse Robbins
February 3, 2008
The Guardian published a summary of the ongoing impact from the transcontinental fiber-optic submarine cable cuts along with a map from Telegeography.com: According to reports, the internet blackout, which has left 75 million people with only limited access, was caused...
One Laptop Per Child will succeed even if it "fails"By Jimmy Guterman
January 13, 2008
The way people are dismissing the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project this week reminds me of how people were treating Hillary Clinton during the five days between her Iowa defeat and her New Hampshire comeback. To many observers, the...
'Computing in the Cloud' workshop hosted by Princeton University - January 14-15By Jesse Robbins
December 22, 2007
Marc Hedlund and I will be speaking at the 'Computing in the Cloud' workshop hosted by the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton on January 14-15. The sessions look very interesting and registration is free. Panel 1: Possession and...
Static on the Dream PhoneBy Tim O'Reilly
December 16, 2007
This morning, the New York Times published my op-ed about the need for an open phone ecosystem under the title Static on the Dream Phone. I had originally titled it Openness is not a fig leaf. In it, I argue...
O'Reilly launches Velocity Web Performance and Operations ConferenceBy Jesse Robbins
November 16, 2007
* Maximizing database performance and efficiency * Optimizing production code * Capacity planning and load testing * Configuration management * Monitoring and Instrumentation * Incident Management and business continuity planning * Virtualization in production * Policy / Process / Compliance in distributed environments Velocity is changing that by providing the best information on building and operating web sites that are fast, reliable, and always up.... Velocity is the place to obtain the crucial skills and knowledge to build successful web sites that are fast, scalable, resilient, and highly available.Velocity is changing that by providing the best information on building and operating web sites that are fast, reliable, and always up. people building Web2.0 face similar challenges: Our sites must be faster, the infrastructure needs to scale, and everything must be available all the time.... We're bringing together people from around the world who are doing the best performance work, to improve the experience of web users worldwide.
Mark Cuban, Facebook, and OpenSocialBy Tim O'Reilly
November 5, 2007
Mark Cuban is, as usual, insightful when he describes the potential of Facebook profiles to be used as the basis for smarter social applications outside of Facebook. His call for a truly open Facebook API is a must-read for anyone...
Web2Summit: Complexity + Tight Coupling = CatastropheBy Jesse Robbins
October 20, 2007
Paul Kedrosky and Tim O'Reilly just talked about the "Quant Fund Meltdown" and how complex interactions between computer systems and people resulted in unprecedented hedge fund losses. I spend a lot of time thinking about risk and failure in...
Web2Summit: Cisco announces the Eos open media platformBy Jesse Robbins
October 18, 2007
Dan Scheinman just announced Eos, Cisco's community media platform currently powering NASCAR and the NHL (see Dan's NHL profile). He said that the "Entertainment Operating System" would be generally available in 2008 and open to developers with APIs. The...
Web2Summit: Apple announces iPhone SDK... Will third-party media apps be welcome?By Jesse Robbins
October 17, 2007
Steve Jobs just announced that the iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) will be released in February. This wasn't a Web2.0 Summit announcement, but may be good news for everybody hoping to bring technology to Apple's platform. His announcement provides...
[Web2Summit] Apple announces iPhone SDK... Will third-party media apps be welcome?By Jesse Robbins
October 17, 2007
Steve Jobs just announced that the iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) will be released in February. This wasn't a Web2.0 Summit announcement, but is good news for everybody hoping to bring technology to Apple's platform. His announcement provides no...
Threadless Is No Longer Placeless With Retail StoreBy Brady Forrest
October 3, 2007
Skinnycorp, the company behind the community-driven t-shirt site Threadless (Radar post), has opened a companion retail store in Chicago. Unsurprisingly, the physical instantiation of their service is just as well-designed as the virtual one. If you own a website...
Adobe Thermo: Building Flex's RIAs Gets EasyBy Brady Forrest
October 2, 2007
Adobe gave a preview of their new RIA-Builder, Thermo, today at MAX. The live, onstage demo showed how to take a Photoshop-generated screenshot and transform it into an interactive Flex UI that can be edited in FlexBuilder. This new...
You Become what You DisruptBy Jesse Robbins
October 2, 2007
An idea we've been exploring in advance of the Web2.0 Summit is "You become what you disrupt": What changes occur when you win a platform play, when you go from disruptive technology to a public utility? Where are the opportunities...
Nokia Buys NAVTEQ; Where does that leave MS, Garmin and Google?By Brady Forrest
October 1, 2007
Nokia, mobile phone handset manufacturer and designer, has announced plans to acquire NAVTEQ, the largest mapping data provider. NAVTEQ's purchase is not surprising; their largest competitor, Tele Atlas was just bought by TomTom earlier this year (Radar post). This...
Disaster Telecom after the earthquake in PeruBy Jesse Robbins
August 18, 2007
The BBC is reporting that over 500 people were killed and thousands of people left injured and homeless after the earthquakes in Peru earlier this week. The 24 hour Skype outage started shortly after the earthquake and contributed to the...
Opening up the Social Network GraphBy Artur Bergman
August 17, 2007
LiveJournal founder Brad Fitzpatrick and Open Source Awards winner David Recordon just posted a manifesto titled "Thoughts on the Social Graph". Brad and David presented their work at Foo Camp and have been sharing it with interested parties over the...
Update: Firefox vs. IE in O'Reilly Network LogsBy Tim O'Reilly
July 5, 2007
In April of 2005, I posted an entry on Firefox vs. IE in O'Reilly Network Logs, in which I noted that Firefox represented 35% of access, up from 19% the year before, and that IE was down from 75 to...
XULRunner for the iPhoneBy Marc Hedlund
June 13, 2007
There are two current conversations about development platforms that I think deserve a little merging. First, there's a lot of interest in so-called "rich Internet applications" platforms, like Adobe's AIR and XULRunner. Second, there's much debate over the meaning of...
Google releases open source toolkit for offline web apps.By Artur Bergman
May 31, 2007
Google joins the group of companies trying solve the offline web application problem with Google Gears. Released as an developer oriented open source technology, under a BSD license, as a new browser extension. It provides 3 significant components to the...
Six Basic Truths of Free APIsBy Nat Torkington
April 27, 2007
Amazon and Google have recently shattered a common misconception: that free APIs are a commons of goodies to be built on top of for fun and profit, like open source software. If you think that, then here are six...
Better GmailBy Tim O'Reilly
April 21, 2007
Lifehacker's Better Gmail extension shows how open source is winning the browser wars.
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Tales and Trails with Randy Allen
Your life in minutes.
A professor of biostatistics wants you to start thinking about your life in 30-minute windows.
Break the numbers down and you'll see just how binge drinking cuts years from your life: After the first one, which increases your lifespan by 30 minutes, every alcoholic drink that you down today brings you 15 minutes closer to death.
(That means the standard advice of "no more than two drinks a day" still stands, since you're still 15 minutes ahead after two drinks.)
Here's how the good and bad habits you have are either adding extra hours to your clock, or stealing them away:

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Cure for fat fingers.
Yes there is a cure for fat fingers and a keypad!
Smart phone users can place a new 'tip' on their finger to end texting typos.
Tech Tips come in different sizes to fit on to fingertips of any width and even over thick gloves.
The tips make using your touchscreen on your smartphone and tablet much easier to use.
The tips cost $9.99 for a pack of four and can be purchased on www.usetechtips.com.
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Myths that are true!
Here is a list of Myths that are actually true!
If it's raining, run through it. This one is actually true - if you bolt through a downpour, you'll avoid getting soaked.
• Don't go in the pool after you eat. Don't let the lifeguards fool you - this is false. The worst that can happen is a little stomach cramp.
• Your Halloween candy might have a razor in it. False - come on people. There are rarely incidents of candy being tampered with.
• Never run with scissors. This is true. I mean, pointy instruments in your hand...you running...it's just not a good idea.
• Put on sunblock even though it's cloudy. The sun doesn't have to be blazing for you to get an unsafe sun burn - you can damage your skin under grey skies too - this one is true.
• Double dipping spreads germs. True! Don't double dip at a party - you never know where your friends have been.
• The five second rule. This is false - whether it's been one second or five, your food is going to be full of germs.
• Wear a hat to keep your body heat inside. This has been debunked by recent investigations, which found children only let about 10% of their heat out through their uncovered heads.
• Gum stays in your stomach for seven years. Not true. We doubt the FDA would allow gum to be sold to consumers if it could stay in our stomachs for years on end, so it's no surprise this urban legend turns out to be a total myth.
• Dropping a coin from a skyscraper could kill someone. Not true. It won't kill a pedestrian, but it could cause him/her some discomfort. Air resistance slows the coin down as it falls, but it could still give an innocent person a bruise if it hit them on the head.
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Do you know what today is?
Ladies, do you know what today is:
Americans are being asked to wear crimson, scarlet or apple-red today in support of the American Heart Association's annual Go Red for Women campaign.
National Wear Red Day is now in its 10th year. It's aimed at raising awareness of heart disease, which is the leading killer of women.
Across the country, landmarks and buildings will be dressed in the color, starting with the Macy's Herald Square building in New York City, which went "red" last night.
** 43 million women in the U.S. are affected by heart disease, but only one in five women believe heart disease is her greatest health threat.
** One woman dies from heart disease each minute and 9 out of 10 women now have one or more risk factors for heart disease.
Name this fish!
The worst Super Bowl Guest.
With the big football game this Sunday, I though your'd like to see who is the worst Super Bowl Guest to have in your home!
Tthe worst Super Bowl party guest is the "know-it-all", or the person who claims to know all there is to know on football, food and commercials.
A survey (by CouponCabin.com) found that 52 percent of adults said the know-it-all was the worst party guest, but there were other types of annoying party guests.
The survey also found:
-- 41 percent said the remote dominator was the most annoying. This is the person who won't stop controlling the volume, changing the settings and flipping channels.
-- 38 percent said the worst guest was the social butterfly. Someone who doesn't watch the game and doesn't stop talking.
-- 21 percent said they didn't like the super fan, who doesn't let anyone forget by being decked out in his/her favorite team's gear and team colors.
-- 18 percent said the dieter, who counts calories on one of the most celebrated days of junk food and snacks.
-- 13 percent said the commercial watcher, who only pays attention during the commercials.
Stick shift corvette
An Orlando man was almost carjacked at gunpoint -- but the crooks couldn't figure out how to drive a stick shift.
He was sitting in his corvette waiting for his wife to get done with work when two men came up behind him and opened his door. They dragged him out, forced him face down on the ground, pointed a gun at his head, and asked him how to start the car.
He had to tell them four different times to push in the clutch because it's a manual transmission but they just couldn't get it started.
They eventually gave up and took off with his phone and his wallet.
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Solo Life at Home: Using TV Shows for a Little Bit of Background Noise
Even when I was little, I was flummoxed by friends and relatives that would keep the TV on in the background: are you watching or not? Why add noise to the world? I held onto that point of view for decades, but now, after three years of living alone, I find myself soothed by the sounds of Liz Lemon's misadventures unfolding in the next room...
I didn't grow up with much television. Sesame Street, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, and nature documentaries when I was little and I Love Lucy and Dr. Quinn when I got a bit older, all watched with my parents or grandma. Oh, and PeeWee's Playhouse, which my dad loved. It's not like we were an anti-TV family, it was just a small part of how we spent our time, enjoyed in discreet, intentional chunks. By high school I'd discovered the joys of watching NewsRadio and Seinfeld while eating dinner- I had tons of extracurriculars so would often get home too late to eat with my parents and much-younger brother- a combination I love to this day. In college, the only thing my delightful roommates did that confused me was to keep the television on while studying. My brain simply doesn't work that way, I guess. Until about age 30, TV was something you watched, and then you stopped watching.
And then I lived alone for a few years. The walls of my studio apartment are thin, so I often had the cozy sounds of my neighbors' family life to keep me company. They speak predominantly in Spanish, and though I was near-fluent in high school, I've forgotten enough so that I can just enjoy the sound of their conversations, without knowing all their business. But still, there are long stretches of quiet, and while I love peace and quiet, sometimes I want more of that coziness.
That is where the wonder of commercial-free television-watching options comes in. I can put on 30 Rock, Parks & Recreation, or my beloved NewsRadio on Netflix, and let the sweet sounds of Jimmy James soothe me as I cook dinner or clean my closet. I've watched all the episodes so I know what's going on without having to concentrate, and without commercials, there's nothing to jar me out of my meditative state. I recently stayed with a friend and tried this trick with regular TV (did you know that Friends and Sex & The City are basically on round-the-clock?!) and it did not go well. The frequent commercial interruptions made me feel all twitchy, like mental motion sickness. I was never able to relax into the task at hand, and of course all the commercials were astoundingly loud and brash, after years of commercial-free viewing. (You can often catch commercial-free episodes of Seinfeld on Crackle, Gilmore Girls on WB, and Hulu sometimes puts just one longer commercial at the beginning to ignore while you're gathering your drinks and snacks. Please share your other favorite viewing options!) I ended up turning off the television, and pulling up an old favorite on my laptop. Kneading pizza dough, with G.O.B. growling in the background, and no commercials to interrupt the mood? Modern bliss, for a moment.
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I always have the TV on as background noise and my place is actually not a loud building. I do it more because I live alone and when I first started living alone I wasn't use to it. Now I'm just use to having that background noise.
I also live alone and instead of having the TV on I always have an audiobook playing. Typically, unless I am going to be sitting in one place for a while, I listen to something I have heard before .
I don't do this at all - I like quiet, and if I do want background noise I listen to music. I can go an entire weekend without turning the TV on if I'm at home alone. But my teenage daughter does it all the time and her dad did too, so I'm guessing that I'm probably the weird one. :)
I work at home alone (well with two officemates if one includes the dogs)....I find the background noise of the TV to actually be conducive to better concentration because I kind of block it out ...and the dogs like Divorce Court.
I will come home from work, cook dinner, read, hang out, whatever, with no background noise whatsoever. But sure enough when I go to bed I pop a dvd in, put on the sleep timer, and hit the hay. Even better, I usually wear earplugs to bed!
Its interesting that you mentioned how disconcerting the commercials are - we don't have a TV per se, in that our TV is hooked up to the media computer my boyfriend built, so we only watch what's on Hulu or Netflix and when I was home recently, even with the regularity of Hulu's commercials, I found the commercials on the regular television to be so much more anxiety production to the point that I simply stopped watching.
I work from home and I use Food Network as my background noise. Since there's no plot, I can "tune in" and "tune out" as needed. I've become interested in cooking as a result, and it's now one of my favorite hobbies (thank you, "Chopped"!).
For me it depends. Much of the time I like the silence. Especially if I'm reading. Sometimes I can tune out the TV if my partner is watching and I'm reading or focused on something else. But I might have the sound on if I'm cleaning house or putting up the Christmas tree, for instance. And I have been known to drop right off to sleep when trying to listen to perfectly interesting talk shows, if I'm tired... I love Rachel Maddow, but something about her voice is a soporific to me! (Don't tell her!!)
I've also lived alone for a while and find TV noise as comforting. There are more voices, it blocks out disconcerting odd sounds from neighbors (I live in the middle unit condo), and makes my place seem less empty. In the morning I keep my place as silent as possible, but in the evening when prepping dinner I love having something on.
Oh my goodness, I'm so glad to know other people do this, too (and with the same TV shows, it seems)! I've watched the entire series of 30 Rock probably 15 times (not even exaggerating), mostly because I just bring my laptop with me around the house and set it in the corner while I do dishes or cook dinner. I'm living alone for the first time ever, and I find noise is just nice to have.
I've considered getting a radio so I can turn on NPR or something (especially on Saturdays and Sundays), but for now, I'll enjoy reoccurring Netflix episodes with my favorite comediennes!
I'm almost just like you. I like the TV on for background noise and I will put something on I've seen before if I don't want it to distract me (Everybody Loves Raymond...). The only difference is I actually like the commercials. For some strange reason, they make me feel connected. When I'm watching on Netflix, I feel like I'm alone watching. When I watch live TV, I feel like I'm part of the collective of TV viewers. Sounds stupid, but there you go. I tried to ditch cable and I found that in addition to missing the commercials, I missed that I could come home and just turn on the TV and leave whatever was on. With Netflix, you have to consciously choose something to watch. I found myself watching too much (marathons!) instead of having it in the background.
In my first solo place, and last year when my husband was working far away for 11 months, I also let the TV play, or I'd turn on Pandora. Just having the noise made me feel better. A stark quiet house made me jumpy. That being said, I usually only did that in the evening. During the day, I can handle much more quiet while I am working.
Radio is my background noise in the evenings. I have a wireless speaker (Sonos - love it!) and I tune into either music or NPR stations. I work from home - during the day, I usually have silence because I'm on and off the phone.
I have the TV on from when I get home to when I go to bed, no matter what I'm actually doing. I like noise even when I'm trying to sleep, so having voices and music keep my company is just second nature to me. I never really gave it a thought - but still, nice to know I'm not the only one! :)
If I'm alone, I almost always have music or TV going. It helps me get things done (laundry, dishes, studying).
In fact, I am almost incapable of just sitting down to watch a show on the television. I have to be doing something at the same time.
I catch up on podcasts and turn on episodes of 30 Rock or something I've already watched before. I'm in a house but I hear a lot of birds and the neighborhood kids are always playing outside, so the combination is really nice.
I'd love for a psychiatrist or social scientist to weigh in on this discussion! I've not owned a television for years and while I do love music and NPR, I am happy with silence. I don't understand the need for background noise or distraction.
Sometimes I like quiet -- usually when it's nice out and I can throw the windows open to hear kids on the nearby playground and birds chirping.
But more often, I prefer some music or a TV show. If I'm walking around the house cleaning or cooking, it's great to put on a show I've seen a hundred times already because I don't have to pay attention. I can hear the setup to a joke, and walk out of the room remembering what comes next and laughing to myself about it.
It passes the time more pleasantly, or sometimes, it's nice to cover the sounds of my neighbors loudly watching a baseball game or having a conversation on their deck.
And okay okay, I'll admit it: sometimes it's because it's dark out and I'm creeped out when I can hear every creak in my old building.
Ah another spin on the virtuous non-tv watchers verses the morally corrupt tv watchers....
It seems that my television is on most of the day and I am not watching it; it's sometimes used for background noise but mainly to keep my pug entertained. Doing housework and school work leaves limited time for viewing television during the day; and unless my pug is out for his walks (we live in an apartment building); he prefers the television on; when he isn't playing his famous game of tossing his toys around the apartment.
Mainly, the tv is watched for a couple of shows on the weekend, possibly a movie here and there; otherwise it's a great dust catcher.....
Our tv is off unless we're watching it (mostly just in the evening, and yes we do watch TV, and no I'm not ashamed of it). Sometimes on the weekend I'll turn on music if I'm cleaning the house, but I often enjoy the peace and quiet. We have family friends who still sleep with the TV on for white noise in the background and have ever since law school. It's pretty amusing when they come to visit...
Tess, I could have written your post for you ... eerie! (Are you sure we didn't grow up together?) Only in the past 2 years, since I've moved into my home, have I settled enough to appreciate background noise. I absolutely can't sleep with it, but if I'm doing a project indoors that doesn't involve power tools, I will either listenwatch a program, or utilize the XM radio channels on my DirecTV.
I turn on the TV when it's time for me to go to bed. It helps me to sleep. I have trouble sleeping in a stiflingly quiet house. However, sometimes when I come home (during the day, of course) and there's work to be done, I don't necessarily have to have it on.
What the hell is G.O.B.? I see no reference to it earlier in the article.
Add me to the TV off when not watching; don't need the noise or wasting electricity. But, the music/sound from the movie "The Artist" I could easily listen to as background TV.
For me it's music. If I'm home, there's music playing. It's always weird to go to a friends and NOT hear music. TV though - it makes me twitchy in general. I might sit down to watch something and get up an walk out half way through. Thank goodness for Hulu!
The TV is definitely not my noise box of choice.
In reference to sleeping noise: my husband recently generated 8 hours of grey noise to distract himself from my snoring at night, [well soooooooory! ; ) ] and I see there are several recordings available on YouTube. Might just be what some of you are looking for.
I only do this when I work at my computer, and only as something I can "tune out" while I do it. So documentaries (without subtitles...) and sometimes reality TV are about it. Anything we watch, we do as a sit down and pay attention experience. Usually at meals.
I am fortunate living in a semi on a tiny dead-end lane so am not plagued by autos roaring past as there are only 3 doors on the lane & NO parking (this is England after all). I love quiet & my neighbour upstairs is an older man who does not make much noise at all. I often have BBC Radio 3 on (classical) and have some cds that I put on in the bedroom when I cannot sleep ... oddly enough I find ones with people speaking very useful for falling asleep ... ??? Philip Larkin reading his poems, a BBC box set of Bloomsbury people speaking (including the voice of Virginia) and the giddy Stevie Smith.
I do not have a television ... I have stacks of bought books to read!
I'm in the "on-all-the-time" camp. I don't watch all the time, it is just noise while I work, clean, cook, etc. I also grew up watching very little TV, and when it was on, you WATCHED it. But in college I developed severe depression and I discovered the that TV quieted the voices in my head. I have NPR on in the car for an hour commute every day, too. I am not sure how much of it now is habit?
I have recently tried to turn off the sound and just be, but at this point I have developed tinnitus so I need noise to cover the ringing.
Also, I agree with SherryBinNH about Rachel Maddow!
I come from a big loud Italian family, where shouting is the norm. So when I moved to a place by myself, it took time getting use to all the stillness. Instead of blaring the TV round the clock, I listen to music. Sometimes.. at night, I still get spooked. But now I have a dog. :)
Lately I have been using my wall unit on fan mode and it seems to make a nice white noise for me and also refreshes the air.
I definitely do this when I have a long task. I stick to shows I've seen a billion times and also find commercials irritating and takes me out of my zone. I like knowing that I can look up and get a quick break but focus back on the task at hand without worrying I've missed an important scene.


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No he isn't difficult at all, I think I am sometimes haha.
Thanks, the distance is really a big problem. That's nice to know, and sorry for leaving so soon earlier.
bye for now.
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hahah yeah me and brother watching twilight over again we watched twilight 1 on thrus and new moon sat night yeah we still watching the moives he picking on me to about falling asleep of a few on thrusday
yeah boys doing goo and everything
Hi heather, I'm good how are you doing? hahha yes she has calmed down. I know when I was about to tell him who sent me the pic he was like NO! don't tell me! hahaha
yes it is great! I'll be busy but I'll reply to your mails and comments as soon as i can. I will miss you too, and charley.. i don't know how I'll be able not to chat with him haha
yes mom seems to be ok with it. the dads are always like that I think. hahah yes 9 girls. bye :)
heather.. manley saya, it's okay!! :0 lets have some conversation via video chat sometime. :)
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hi sis seeing as you are right here beside me you know i have arrived hahah
I hope she gets on here soon hahah. Don't worry I talk to you two equally hahah
I don't think I have yours, the one that charley sent me was written Carmin on it, don't know who she is haha.
yes I happen to have dark hair and dark eyes hahaha I'm 5' 2 :( too short!!
hahhaa yes it was a lot, i do hope it works between Charley and me :)
hello heather! im not that hundred sure if that's you.. it's named "CARMIN" not heather.. uhm.. im not that busy heather// ive been so lazy to open my account... hahaha. sorry for that.. it would be nice if we can call each other like video call someday
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I used to be afraid of running. I thought that running was something you were innately blessed with the ability to do and all those people who said they enjoyed running were just freaks of nature. Last summer, my fear of running grew so great that it started affecting my sleep. I had dreams that my legs were weighed down with lead and I couldnt run away from the little gremlins that were chasing me. Then it progressed to the point where I was dreaming that Murdoc, MacGyvers arch-nemesis, was chasing me with a flaming welding torch and I couldnt escape because I had no feet. I know, I have some messed up dreams. That had to end, so I figured the best way to overcome my anxiety was to face my fear head on I went for a run. And you know what? It wasnt that bad. Pretty soon, I was running on a daily basis, and while I wouldnt exactly say I enjoyed it, I did enjoy the refreshing and satisfying feeling of accomplishment I felt afterwards. I believe I was experiencing what they call runners high. I started to crave that feeling so much that when I would visit friends over the summer, I would run there too. I even ran the hills of Iowa. It surprised me too Iowa does have some hills. Who knew? When I got back on campus and classes started up again this past fall, I found it difficult to find the time to squeeze a run in during daylight hours, so I started running at night. That presented a whole new set of obstacles. One evening, as I was cutting across the grass, I ran into the netting they put up everywhere to keep us out of the mud. The netting acted like a slingshot and propelled me into the steps by the chapel. I think I need to invest in some night vision goggles to avoid such mishaps. I also had issues with losing my balance and twisting my ankle when I mistakenly ran on the soft, squishy, freshly-sodded grass the grounds crew lays early each fall. That is a mistake you dont make twice, because completely wiping out in public is a little damaging to the ego. Despite these minor setbacks, I started practicing to build my endurance to run a 5-K race. 3.1-something miles isnt that far, but I had never run a race before and it sounded cool when I said I was in training. I registered for some charity races where the purpose was to raise money for the organization and not solely for competition. Now I wasnt just running to overcome my fear, I was running with an end-goal in mind. I was going to be a do-gooder. However, my attempt at being a do-gooder was short-lived. I slept through both of the 5-K races in which I planned on running. They really shouldnt hold those things so early in the morning. I should have known better when I signed up to run a 7 a.m. race the Saturday fall break started. I missed that race by a long shot I woke up a little past one in the afternoon. I hate it when you accidentally set your alarm for p.m. instead of a.m. Now that spring is once again fully upon us, the atmosphere for outdoor running is most inviting. Just watch out for that one pine tree as youre going down Ole Ave. No matter how prepared I am for it, it gets me every time.
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Today, another school years begins for my friends at McNally Smith, and it is a sad day to not be with them. Despite the several reasons it makes sense to not go back I still miss it, and seeing everyone else starting classes there again.
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Also, I finally got a photo shoot taken care of with my lovely girlfriend, Laura. She agreed to take some promo pictures of me to put up on my music websites. Should have some good ones up after this weekend when she'll have time to edit them. I'm excited to see how they turn out!
Speaking of school, I have been tinkering around with the idea of going to school at the U of M next year to finally finish up a B.A. in music. More credits from UMD will transfer there and I can finish up the degree much faster and cheaper there than at McNally. That gives me a full year between now and then to learn and master everything I can about music so that I can fly through classes at the U. Then with a degree it will be easier to get some more professional gigs. Theater pits, teaching lessons, etc… So despite the melancholy I feel now, I look forward to shaping my future and in the meantime I get to perfect my craft!
I arrived in Denver, CO yesterday afternoon, and already the thin air and hot weather is taking it out of me! As long as I stay in air conditioning though I think my bandmate and I can get some real work done. Wish us luck!
I just got a call to play guitar in the pit for a musical for the Chameleon Theatre Circle in Burnsville. Looks like just the cheesy 50's sci-fi show I never knew I wanted! Looking at the song list, I already know about half the songs even. What a fun project to spend the last few months of the year on!
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Adding "My Profile" and "My Messages" to main menu
I want to add the links in topic title to my main menu. Now, I have figured out this is not entirely straightforward to do. (This puzzles me by the way, that it is not available out of the box)
Anyways, I have found out thet `echo bp_loggedin_user_domain();` returns profile link, and `echo bp_loggedin_user_domain().'messages/';` returns link to messages.
My plan was to just create a couple files that use these snippets to redirect directly to the profile/messages page and link to these in menu, and quickly made profileredirect.php and just added the first snippet as a test, something that just ended up with a "Call to undefined function" error message.
I guess the file needs more stuff to be "connected" to Buddypress, but have no idea what.
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George Whitefield (1714-1770), the famous evangelical preacher, obtained a lease of the site for his Chapel in Tottenham Court Road in 1756.
Whitefield had been driven to seek a place where he would be free from the opposition encountered from the vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields at the Long Acre Chapel where he had been a minister. The Chapel, built and probably designed by Matthew Pearce, was opened for public worship in 1756 and was enlarged in the winter of 1759 to 1760. Whitefield died in Boston, America in 1770 and his memorial sermon was preached in the Chapel by John Wesley.
When the original lease expired in 1827, the freehold was purchased by Trustees, who reconditioned the Chapel which was reopened for services in October 1831.
In 1853 the burial ground which had been in use since 1756 with an interval of eight years, 1823-1831, was closed. There was a dispute when in 1856 the Reverend J.W. Richardson endeavoured to use part of it for building purposes, and owners of the graves applied for an injunction against the disturbance of the ground. However, in 1895 it was laid out and opened as a public garden.
In 1856 the Chapel was repaired, only to be almost wholly destroyed by fire in February 1857. The property was then bought up by the London Congregational Building Society who erected a new building designed by John Tarring. However, in 1889 the foundations began to give way, probably because of the numerous burials within the building which disturbed the filling to the pond underneath.
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Jon Mayer currently serves as the president or Chair of the Academic Practice Assembly (APA), one of the largest (over 1,500 members) and most active assemblies of the Medical Group Management Association. The Academic Practice Assembly (APA) of MGMA is a unique subset of medical group practice managers. The distinctive role that academic practice managers play in the support of group practice administration, institutional administration, community service, internal and external research activities and medical education, make APA membership unique. The mission of the Academic Practice Assembly is to promote excellence in health care delivery and management of the academic medical practice group through a broad range of group practice leadership and professional development experiences, education, information, communication, an advocacy network, teaching and research activities.
MGMA: The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), founded in 1926, is the nation's principal voice for medical group practice. MGMA's 21,000 members manage and lead some 11,500 health care organizations in which 237,000 physicians practice.
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Are you sick of how ridiculous some of the burgers out there have become? Does the idea of a $200 burger made with Kobe beef and an array of stupidly expensive toppings make your blood boil?
If so, you aren't alone. Enter New York's 666 Burger's "Douche Burger".
For a mere $666, the NYC food truck will prepare a burger with the following fixins:
- Foie gras stuffed Kobe beef patty wrapped in gold leaf
- Gruyere cheese melted in champagne steam
- Lobster
- Truffles
- Caviar
- BBQ sauce made with Kopi Luwak coffee beans, which have been ingested and defacated back out by an Asian palm civet, a small cat like mammal native to Southeast Asia
- Pentagram branded bun served in a wrapper of three $100 bills that you keep when you are done
Of course, this burger is more of a joke than anything else. Owner Franz Aliquo created the monstrosity as a satirical jab at all of the other totally unnecessary "status" burgers out there, like the $295 Serendipity Burger or Hubert Keller's $5,000 "Fleurburger" in Las Vegas. The real draw is to get folks to come to the truck just to see or discuss the D-burger, and then actually purchase one of their $6.66 burgers they usually sell.
Of course, as Aliquo tells Bloomberg Businessweek, if someone wants to come up and actually buy the $666 burger, "I'll tell you that you're an a-hole, but I'm still going to take your money."
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Sounds TERRIBLE!!
July 19th, 2012
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Should be "defecated" not defacate. Either way I'd hate to have the job of harvesting those coffee beans.
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Pretty funny, but also a REALLLLY long way to go for a joke. I mean, that means he has to actually have all that stuff on hand, right?
July 19th, 2012
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Doesn't Mitt Romney feed those to his dogs?
July 19th, 2012
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Yes Edward, Rommey does feed his dogs (6) these. It may be something we need to talk to our next president about.
July 20th, 2012
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"Douche Burger" … really? A less appetizing name would be hard to find, I think.
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It's the Satan burger!!
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To really be called a "Douche Burger" they need to require ordering it via iPhone, the official Douche telecommunications device.


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Dr. Armstrong earned a bachelor's degree in biblical literature from Malone University (Ohio), a master's degree in sports science from Ashland University (Ohio) and a Ph.D. is in higher education administration from Kent State University (Ohio). He currently serves as Olivet's Chair of the Department of Exercise and Sports Science, as well as Associate Director of Athletics. He teaches Kinesiology and courses in Sport Management.With 36 years of experience in higher education, Dr. Armstrong previously served at Malone University (Ohio), Northwest Nazarene University (Idaho) and Baldwin-Wallace University (Ohio). His past duties have included: professor, department chair, head women's cross country and track coach, athletic director and sports information director. A former long and triple jumper, Armstrong was inducted into the Malone University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991. He now participates in track and field from the other end of the starter's pistol, as a registered IHSA and TAFUSA official.His wife, Rev. Dr. Susan Armstrong, serves as worship pastor at the Manteno Church of the Nazarene. Their son, Brendon, and his wife, Aleah, have one son, Ethan, and one daughter, Sienna, and live in Columbus, Ohio.
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821cc, 110bhp, 125mph, Insurance group 14
This is the touring version of Ducati's revamped 2013-model Hypermotard. It gives you all the thrills of a supermoto with real-world touring capability – much like KTM's successful 990 SMT. The Hyperstrada will happily cope with trackday action (as long as the circuit isn't too big), cross-continental riding holidays, B-road scratching, skids and wheelies. There's plenty of power from its ...
1215cc, 132bhp, 130mph, Insurance group 17
Like the preceding Explorer adventure bike, Triumph's new tourer, the Trophy, has probably swept to the top of its class first time out by, if not being shiningly the best at anything, then certainly being the best tourer overall. It has a fabulous powertrain, decent handling, glorious comfort and more gizmos than you can shake a hefty stick at.
1050cc, 133bhp, 155mph, Insurance group 14
Based on the Speed Triple launched at the beginning of 2011, this high-spec R version has Ohlins suspension, lightweight wheels, Brembo monobloc brakes, cosmetic changes, a brand new gearbox and a 2kg reduction in weight. It's added a dynamic new dimension to the hugely popular Speed Triple, turning Triumph's feisty street-fighter into to a hugely competent trackday tool.
349cc, 46bhp, mph, Insurance group
The Austrian off-road experts revolutionised 450cc motocross in 2010 with the 350 and have extended the same treatment to the enduro 350 EXC-F, which combines the handling of a 250 and the performance of a 450.
278cc, 22bhp, 85mph, Insurance group 7
Via Montenapoleone is no longer just a trendy shopping district in Milan (we all knew that, right?) – It's also a limited-edition trendy 278cc scooter from Vespa that offers performance, practicality and style. It's a beautiful machine that will undoubtedly prove popular with fashion-conscious commuters, especially since it has the go to match its show.
449cc, 50bhp, 93mph, Insurance group
Unless you're enduro god David Knight who prefers the extra grunt of the 530, the 450 EXC is everything you could want in an enduro bike. Light, more power than most of us know what to do with and it's fitted with some of the best quality suspension fitted to any motorcycle.
1078cc, 142bhp, 165mph, Insurance group 17
MV's new range-topping Brutale 1090RR, the first of the new-generation of machines built under Harley Davidson ownership, might not look very different to the old one, but it's a revelation. It's 85% new, boasts a dual power map, an eight-stage traction control system and is 4kg lighter than the out-going 1078RR. But most importantly it's night-and-day friendlier and easier to ...
998cc, 139bhp, 165mph, Insurance group 17
Replacing the old Brutale 989R, the new 139bhp 990R has a sleeved-down version of the new 1090RR engine. It's slightly lower spec, so has non-adjustable footpegs, more durable Pirelli Diablo Rosso tyres (not Dunlop Qualifier RRs), forged aluminium wheels, no steering damper or slipper clutch, but still has a two-way engine map and eight-position traction control. Like its big brother, ...
839cc, 76bhp, 120mph, Insurance group 13
The £6999 Mana 850 GT ABS is a clever bike and so much more than just a motorcycle with a big scooter engine. The new fairing and ABS add an extra layer of practicality and safety to a package which seems ordinary on paper, and a bit dull to look at, admittedly, but the Mana 850 GT ABS is absolutely ...
1078cc, 95bhp, 145mph, Insurance group 17
This exotic, hand-built Italian masterpiece of a motorcycle is assembled with such attention to detail, using top-shelf components that it gives you a funny feeling in your trousers just looking at it. It goes like stink too, as its grunt-laden, air-cooled 1078cc, V-twin Ducati engine has hardly any weight to push along. Think BMX push bike with a motorcycle engine ...
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Hi, im new here. I own a krav Maga self defense gym in new Orleans, and am thinking about getting an ffl to be able to offer small arms/self defense weapons to our students as well as the surrounding community. I have the cash, store front, and customer base. I'm not expecting to make a fortune, or even a strong profit, mainly just something to supplement my other business, and cash flow. I've read all about the licenses and permits, but am curious as to how to get everything started, local authorities mainly. Any insight would be great. Thanks
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Welcome to FTF. Town hall is the best place to start. Most people run into issues with town ordinances and zoning laws. After that you need to look into state laws. Then worry about the federal paperwork etc.
I don't need No stinking signature.
Class 3/NFA is for short barrelled rifles/shotguns, suppressors and full auto/select fire.
That's $3000/yr more than a standard ffl.
Call the city and county courthouses for local regulations and restrictions.
I could make a list of a bunch of guns i have, or "have", or wish I had. Why would one feel compelled to provide that infornation freely? Do you feel the need to show off? Is it some immature game of oneupsmanship?
Why do you feel it necessary to list your guns?
So, best advice is to just go in to city hall and start asking questions then? I don't mind doing it, im there all the time anyway for my other business, most people even know me by name, lol. Thanks for the help guys, and should apply for a class 3, and ffl under the corporation, or personal?
Never put the business under your birth name.
Should a problem arise, then you have 2 entities. One the business (LLC), one as yourself.
Amendment II:
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I have 2 businesses, I am president, and majority shareholder in both. I'm trying to get the ffl under the business name.Is that what your getting at, that last one confused me.


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My name is Nick (a.k.a. sparky) and I live in the Bancroft, Ontario area. I have started this web site to help inform other hunters about the great sport of waterfowling!! I have been hunting since the age of 14, but began hunting waterfowl in 1996 and more seriously in 1998. I found it hard to find others in my area other than an old friend, who has now moved to another province.
Thus, this page will, I hope, help connect other hunters together. Within this page there will be links to others who have home pages of the same interest as well as links to other web sites such as information sites and online magazines who have our concerns at heart.... learning about the hobbies we enjoy the most.
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On Being an Alternate Reality Newb (or: "So what are they doing all day?"): Lauren Whalen
Our daily development blog series for The Source continues with the perspective of Lauren Whalen, the Communications Manager for the Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health (Ci3). Lauren writes about her introduction to Alternate Reality Games (ARGs).
I've been part of Ci3/Game Changer for a little over a month, and this was the first question I had about The Source. Everyone's been friendly and welcoming, answering my hundreds of questions about alternate reality games.
When I started here, I knew exactly nothing.
Gradually, thanks to the extraordinarily patient staff and design fellows, I learned about ARGs. First, I grasped on the things I could comprehend based on my previous experience. Summer program for kids: okay, I got that, having worked at a summer camp for three years. A learning experience that would help them in school and in life: yes, I could get on board with that. But what constituted "alternate reality"? Weren't those games exclusively online? And in that case, what would we do with 140 teenagers three days a week?
When I'm not working at U of C, I moonlight as a theater critic. I've been a performer in one way or another since age four. Many people told me that majoring in theater was nothing more than a sure path to unemployment. Yet theater is what helped me understand The Source.
After I saw the first webisode at program orientation, I was drawn in to the story of Adia. My teenage years are a thing of the past, but I remember the uncertainty very well. It's such an odd time in life: you don't know exactly who you are, and it seems like all adults rush to give you a label. Like every teen, Adia's searching for identity, for answers – and in her case, that search comes in the form of a game bequeathed by her long-lost father.
As The Source unfolds, I see 140 high school students drawn into this story as well. They pick up on the tiniest of details. They grill guest instructors who are characters in the game. They do research without being asked, wanting to know everything about Adia, her family, and her history. Adia is a fictional character portrayed by a gifted young actress, but to these teenagers, she is real.
The best plays I've seen have a certain pull. The characters are nuanced, the plot compelling, the overall production at once an escape from day-to-day life and a world all its own. Basically, the strongest theater is a form of alternate reality.
My initial question was answered: The Source participants do a lot. They map out neighborhoods and figure out ways to economically distribute resources. They calculate the spread of diseases, plan prevention centers, and make pitches for funding. They crack codes, use police procedure to evaluate evidence, and explore the various sides to a story. It's a fictional world, but the skills they hone are real.
And they engage. They care. These teens want to help a girl they've never met, only seen on a computer screen. For five weeks, her world is theirs. The Source is their reality.
Of course, I don't believe the characters and action on stage are part of my world, just as The Source participants know (and have been reminded) that Adia is not part of theirs. But the story isn't fake, either. It's simply a different world. And just as the best plays pull me into their world, so does The Source for these teens. For an ARG newbie-slash-theater geek, it's simply amazing to watch.


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Asked to compare herself at 15 to where she is now, at age 20, Selena tells Glamour, "I was so scared and so shy back then. I mean, I grew up in one of the biggest high schools in the world, and that's the Disney Channel. Everybody was falling in love with each other or not liking each other, and it was exhausting...and I was the shy one in the corner."
So how is she different now? "Now I'm so opinionated, and I don't have time for the cattiness," says Selena. "I have good people around me, and I'm glad I'm at the place I'm in. I wish I was there back then."
Speaking about keeping connected with both Justin and Taylor when they all have such busy lives, Selena says they text constantly. "I actually did talk to Taylor last week," she says. "And we were like, 'I don't even remember the last time I saw you,' which is really unfortunate. But if it gets too dire, I fly to Taylor or I fly home or I fly to Justin."
Selena also says that she "adores" Justin's fans, even though early on in their relationship, some of them targeted her with death threats and hate speech. "I would never, ever want to disrespect them," she explains. "You know, I get it: I was obsessed with Jesse McCartney growing up! He was my world. My high school crush. So I respect it, and if anything, I admire it."
As for the haters, Selena says, "If I had let all of the negative stuff affect me, I don't think I would be satisfied with the person I am now....My mom always told me, 'Just turn the other cheek and keep moving forward.' That's something I've always done, and now I look back and I have no regrets."
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Some insight on Penguin from Search Metrics.
Google, by way of Matt Cutts, announced some weeks ago that a special SEO over optimization update will come. Now it's live with its first iteration. Yesterday evening Google also published the article "Another step to reward high-quality sites" with some more insights into the update. Interesting stuff that every SEO should read. The official goal was "to take care" over-optimized websites, containing too many unnatural links, automated content (spinning), keyword stuffing etc. Google tries to kill webspam altogether. The impact on all keywords queries is about 3.1%, which compared to Panda (with around 12%) is much less. But Google said more short-head/visible keywords should be affected.
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Search engine optimization — SEO — may seem like alchemy to the uninitiated. But there is a science to it. Search engines reward pages with the right combination of ranking factors, or "signals." SEO is about ensuring your content generates the right type of signals. Our chart below summarizes the major factors to focus on for search engine ranking success.
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Councilwoman Cheri Bryant Hamilton today announced two upcoming events for District 5.
Councilwoman Hamilton will hold a community meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 22 at the Shawnee Golf Course Clubhouse, 460 Northwestern Pkwy. Representatives from various Louisville Metro departments will be in attendance to answer questions and hear concerns from residents. Refreshments will be served.
In addition, District 5 will take part in the communitywide cleanup on Saturday, March 26. Residents interested in volunteering should contact Hamilton's office at 574-1105 or 574-3905, so she can help coordinate cleanup sites and times.
Cheri Bryant Hamilton (D) 5