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In investigating the possibility of doing my own podcast I had to figure out a way to converse with people in a vaguely standard way. I’m using Skype as it has the widest platform availability. Does anyone out there use it? I’d like to test it out a bit before I start trying to do interviews. Hit me with an IM or Email if you are interested in humoring me in testing it out. It seems to work well with built-in microphones if that’s all you have.

Thanks to the wonders of my new Shure 58M microphone and AudioHijack I can record the conversations and edit them down in GarageBand. I’m looking forward to putting together a 15 minutes segment here and there. Hopefully I can get a few other guys on board and help out with the segments so it doesn’t become a burden. Looks like I may be able to pull some of this off and make a decent podcast out of it. I’m not going to spill any of the beans yet on what my plans may be, but rest assured I will try to fill a hole in the podcast arena that hasn’t been attacked yet.

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Filed by AxsDeny at 11:25 am under General
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Today’s intrepid spammer has to employ odd techniques these days to outsmart spam filters. Here’s the first line of an email that was a phishing scam to get my credit card info:

“Sometimes about ruffian trembles, but movie theater living with ocean always find subtle faults with shadow behind!And give a pink slip to the dark side of her grain of sand.Now and then, from industrial complex bur living with food stamp.Hilary, although somewhat soothed by marzipan of and gypsy behind tripod.“

UPDATE: I got another weird one this afternoon…

“Dead Ringer. Clear Blue Water. There is a country in Europe where multiple-choice tests are illegal. - Rene Descartes (1596-1650), Discours de la Methode. Always do right- this will gratify some and astonish the rest. Break A Leg. Car service: If it ain’t broke, we’ll break it.. Mad As A Hatter. Paddle Your Own Canoe. Confusion not only reigns, it pours.. Love is friendship set on fire.. Last but not least. Basically, I no longer work for anything but the sensation I have while working.“

Wow.

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As you take notice of the picture that I have attached to this post, keep in mind that I am fine after The Incident. I was outside for most of the day yesterday doing some yard work. I also managed to get the crown molding done in the bathroom. Out in the yard, I had trimmed the crabapple tree, powerwashed the deck, stained the deck, and power washed most of the sidewalk. I was just finishing up the sidewalk when I tried to change the power washer setting from ’stream’ to ‘fan’ and I made a mistake. Apparently the nozzle was a little shorter than I anticipated. For some reason, I didn’t let go of the trigger or look down when I went to make the change. My hand slid over the end of the nozzle and the stream of 1750 psi water blasted a hole in my finger. On the left you can see where it burrowed its way from the wound up under the layers of skin across my finger. Good times. I’m just glad it wasn’t the circular saw or dremel. It could’ve been much worse.

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The fortune cookie has gone down hill in the past 20 years. They used to be actual fortunes. Now they are simply statements/proclamations.

Fortune: “You will find love on Arbor Day.”

Not a Fortune: “You have nice slacks.”

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Why does iChat insist on truncating the availability messages of people in my list? Has anyone else seen this? It doesn’t seem to do it to the away messages.

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