http://ijsm.org Plan B? We're still working on Plan A! Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 5 reasons I won't be getting on the open id train - Warpspire Some valid criticism of OpenID. (tags: openid criticism) WP Geo - Maps for WordPress Plugin (tags: gfmorris_comment) Score One for Librarians « Live Granades (tags: gfmorris_comment) Also, Some Simple Math Regarding Delegates Might Be In Order « Live Granades (tags: gfmorris_comment) http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/05/09/links-for-2008-05-09/ uahballoon_099pan_flickr on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (tags: gfmorris_comment) There Is A Reason at [caedmonscall.net] (tags: gfmorris_comment) WP Geo - Maps for WordPress Plugin (tags: gfmorris_comment) http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/05/08/links-for-2008-05-08/ The View From the Top « Live Granades (tags: gfmorris_comment) Ron Davis - moreron.com » Gullahorns in Atlanta (tags: gfmorris_comment) The View From the Top « Live Granades (tags: gfmorris_comment) Ben Shive record available for pre-order @ SquarePegAlliance.net: Helping bang the Square Pegs into place (tags: gfmorris_comment) Through a Glass, Darkly » Some of us don’t get to ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/05/07/links-for-2008-05-07/ I pose this question to my loyal readership: Do you have a GPS unit? If so, would you recommend one like it to me? Let me explain my expected use case so you can use that to tinge your suggestion: I wish to have geodata for content generation, largely photography. ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/05/06/seeking-gps-suggestions/ Through a Glass, Darkly » Exercise really does pay off! Mike must be so proud. :) (tags: gfmorris_comment) The View From the Top « Live Granades (tags: gfmorris_comment) andrew osenga | Reader Mailbag! (tags: gfmorris_comment) She Said Yes. @ Big Kid:Bigger City (tags: gfmorris_comment) Sandra McCracken on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (tags: gfmorris_comment) The Ampersand Tour | [derekwebb.net] (tags: gfmorris_comment) Moving to ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/05/06/links-for-2008-05-06/ Writings from the Dirt Road » Blog Archive » Andy Gullahorn and Jill Philips at Acoustic Jeremiah (tags: gfmorris_comment) Casa De Morrill » No New Superpowers…… Yet (tags: gfmorris_comment) NEW on DIME: Dave Brubeck - Burghausen 2001 DVD (PAL) (tags: dad_torrent dave_brubeck burghausen germany) http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/05/05/links-for-2008-05-05/ Deb Talan's Sincerely, a live album that's only available these days as a digital download. City and Colour's Bring Me Your Love, which I was introduced to by Adam. 4 Sep 1967 [West Hollywood, CA, USA] concert bootleg of Cream. 1967-09-04: Whiskey A Go-Go, West Hollywood, CA, USA ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/05/04/geofs-new-music-4-10-may-2008/ NEW on DIME: THE DELGADOS - legendary scotts band in 4-song acoustic in-store Yessssss! (tags: dad_torrent the_delgados portland oregon) Through a Glass, Darkly » 32:58 (tags: gfmorris_comment) http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/05/04/links-for-2008-05-04/ [amazonify]0758216599:right[/amazonify] Greg Knauss, among others, has written about his experiences in contributing to Things I Learned About My Dad (In Therapy), a book by parents about the experiences of fatherhood. I got my copy earlier this week and plowed through it in mostly two quick sessions [which is ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/05/03/things-i-learned-about-my-dad-in-therapy/ Addictomatic | alexking.org (tags: gfmorris_comment) ATPM 14.05 - Review: Apple Keyboard I love mine. I want like nine more. (tags: apple keyboard) Summer Scheduling « Live Granades (tags: gfmorris_comment) andrew osenga | First Week (tags: gfmorris_comment) Infovore » Consumption is also about choice A response to that Clay Shirky piece I posted the other day. (tags: consumption cognitive_heat_sink) http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/05/03/links-for-2008-05-03/ NEW on DIME: She and Him -- Vista Theatre 2008.04.28 Yessssssssssss! (tags: dad_torrent m._ward she_and_him los_angeles california) Mission Accomplished[citation needed] « Live Granades (tags: gfmorris_comment) www.dimeadozen.org :: EzTorrent v0.6.1 beta :: Torrent details for "Katie Herzig - Live On KCRW 2008" (tags: dad_torrent katie_herzig kcrw santa_monica california) www.dimeadozen.org :: EzTorrent v0.6.1 beta :: Torrent details for "Katie ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/05/02/links-for-2008-05-02/ andrew osenga | Two days (tags: gfmorris_comment) I’m a Confirmed Dragon*Con Guest « Live Granades (tags: gfmorris_comment) prayers for blowouts » Blog Archive » Billy Graham and the Bengals BAITING ME IS NOT COOL, BRYAN!!! (tags: gfmorris_comment) Misty Loses at Vomit Roulette Once Again « Live Granades (tags: gfmorris_comment) Explaining the Cognitive Surplus (by Jeremy Zawodny) Yeah, I've found that ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/05/01/links-for-2008-05-01/ I took some time at lunch and watched/listened to Clay Shirky's talk about the cognitive surplus, which I'd seen linked a lot of places, but today by Jeremy Zawodny. I was reminded of a pledge to use time-shifting for awesome. I then sent myself to the penalty box for a ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/30/i-am-my-own-worst-heat-sink/ Austrian engineer Josef F 'admits holding children in cellar' - Times Online The depravity of man knows few bounds. (tags: :shudder:) After a Facebook Scandal, Horace Mann Is Forced to Ask What Values It Should Teach -- New York Magazine Fascinating story about social networking, upper class values, prep school stuff, etc. Too ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/30/links-for-2008-04-30/ Bringing the Drama | untitled work drama (tags: gfmorris_comment) 4 Apr 2008 Bootleg at [caedmonscall.net] (tags: gfmorris_comment) 4 Apr 2008 Bootleg at [caedmonscall.net] (tags: gfmorris_comment) danger blog » Blog Archive » Feist (tags: gfmorris_comment) What My New Mac Will Be …? @ Geof F. Morris’s Indiana Jones School of Management (tags: gfmorris_comment) Through a Glass, Darkly » That which doesn’t ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/29/links-for-2008-04-29/ Until the speedier iMacs became available this morning, I was pretty well set on going for a Mac notebook---either a Macbook Pro or a Macbook Air. But I tell you ... that top-end iMac, buttressed with 4GB of RAM [that I'd buy third-party, natch], that's hard to pass up. ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/28/what-my-new-mac-will-be/ tecosystems » The Maine Plan (tags: gfmorris_comment) Through a Glass, Darkly » I want to go, but you won’t let me go. (tags: gfmorris_comment) Through a Glass, Darkly » I want to go, but you won’t let me go. (tags: gfmorris_comment) ROFLCon Bingo « Live Granades (tags: gfmorris_comment) http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/28/links-for-2008-04-28/ Surprisingly, I was able to hold out on listening to The Weepies' new record until this week, despite having it Tuesday. Discipline, or something. :) The Weepies' Hideaway. Carole King's Tapestry (Legacy Edition). You can blame this one on me watching lots of Gilmore Girls episodes. 18 Feb ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/27/geofs-new-music-27-apr-3-may-2008/ Zoe w/ Alli Rogers on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (tags: gfmorris_comment) Enhanced Voting user.js (tags: musicbrainz) riverdance #5 / c h r o m a s i a (tags: alli_rogers) Derek Webb 2 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (tags: gfmorris_comment) http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/27/links-for-2008-04-27/ Roblog » Batch Categories (tags: wordpress plugin management categories) The Kings of Huntsville » Blog Archive » Just in case… (tags: gfmorris_comment) The Kings of Huntsville » Blog Archive » Just in case… (tags: gfmorris_comment) The John Larroquette Project » The Dealbreaker List (tags: gfmorris_comment) Derek With Caedmon’s | [derekwebb.net] (tags: gfmorris_comment) Live Granades » Why Do People Miss Planes? (tags: ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/26/links-for-2008-04-26/ Wanna know what made me the happiest today? question! You've been doing such a fab photog job at shows, I was wondering what settings you were using? I'm giving it a shot at D+S's show tonight. call if you can. -- Michaela, whose photos I love (and use for desktop backgrounds) http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/25/this-was-my-ego-boost-of-the-day/ to a stranger she bares her soul » Movin’ On Up!` (tags: gfmorris_comment) Bryan Allain’s Blog » Blog Archive » A Good Man Has Passed (tags: gfmorris_comment) At Expense of All Others, Putin Picks a Church - New York Times This is one of a thousand things I want to discuss with my friend Willie, ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/25/links-for-2008-04-25/ bt.etree.org | Community Tracker - Details for torrent "Son Volt 2008-04-17 Antone's, Austin, Texas" (tags: etree_torrents son_volt austin texas) The Kings of Huntsville » Blog Archive » Na Na Na Nah, Na Na Na Nah, Hey Hey, Good Bye (tags: gfmorris_comment) http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/24/links-for-2008-04-24/ In honor of Stephen going to ROFLCon, where at least he can't come up with a dastardly plan to take down the server, I would like to present my favorite LOLCat of the moment: Thanks to Chris for pointing to this earlier today when Jeff was bored. [Yeah, I know, ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/23/roflcon/ andrew osenga | if they don’t win it’s a shame (tags: gfmorris_comment) DSC_0329 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (tags: gfmorris_comment) Writings from the Dirt Road » Blog Archive » Published! (tags: gfmorris_comment) Kevin Kelly -- The Technium Robert Rich on the reality of the "1000 True Fans" concept. Like many theories, the application is hard. ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/23/links-for-2008-04-23/ Blue Plate Cafe « Live Granades (tags: gfmorris_comment) andrew osenga | “When Will I Run” live (tags: gfmorris_comment) Can’t Look Away « Live Granades (tags: gfmorris_comment) Rands In Repose: Saving Seconds Ayuh. (tags: keyboard productivity +1000) prayers for blowouts » Blog Archive » Amy Grant and the Titans (tags: gfmorris_comment) New Madison high school to cost $65 million - Breaking News ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/22/links-for-2008-04-22/ Through a Glass, Darkly » Things that have happened. (tags: gfmorris_comment) Blue Plate Cafe « Live Granades (tags: gfmorris_comment) IMG_9488.JPG on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (tags: gfmorris_comment) http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/21/links-for-2008-04-21/ I've become aware over the last week or so that students at The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science are being asked to pay $500 a semester to cover room and board. I have exactly three reactions to this: It would have been worth $2,000 to my parents to send ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/20/msms-students-to-pay-fees-oh-hell-no/ Watching the comments on Andy Baio's post on Infocom is endlessly fascinating for me, as I'm the Web host for the Interactive Fiction Competition, which is organized by my good friend Stephen Granade. Just earlier this week [or was it last week? They're running together], I had been ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/20/andy-baio-is-likely-to-be-eaten-by-a-grue/ Avett Brothers 1 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (tags: gfmorris_comment) Through a Glass, Darkly » Why, yes, I am the granddaughter of a farmer. (tags: gfmorris_comment) Writings from the Dirt Road » Blog Archive (tags: gfmorris_comment) The Kings of Huntsville » Blog Archive » Letter from Grammy (tags: gfmorris_comment) “Restaurant at the End of the Universe” as a ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/20/links-for-2008-04-20/ In honor of The Weepies' Hideaway coming out this week, I'll finish my tour through Deb and Steve's solo catalogue this week: Deb Talan's Something Burning. Deb Talan's A Bird Flies Out. 11 Jan 1997 [Chicago, IL, USA] concert bootleg of Jeff Tweedy. 1997-01-11: Lounge Ax, Chicago, IL, USA ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/20/geofs-new-music-20-26-apr-2008/ IMG_0113.JPG Originally uploaded by Geof F. Morris My photos from the 4 Apr 2008 Caedmon's Call show in Dyersburg, TN are online. I'll work on the recording some tomorrow. This will be my first attempt at a matrix of a ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/19/dyersburg-photos-are-online/ Since I've been trying to figure out what's wrong with my setup, I've only listened to studio stuff this week. Steve Tannen's Big Señorita. Last week was similarly brief, as my computing woes took a couple weeks to sort through: Steve Tannen's Stopped at a Green Light. Sadly, I wasn't ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/19/geofs-new-music-13-19-apr-2008/ FAILBOAT! on Flickr, originally uploaded by mintytrina. So, last night, Amy, Stephen, and I went to Nashville to the Cannery Ballroom to go see The New Pornographers and Okkervil River. Early in the trip, Amy and Adam were talking on the phone [or maybe it was texting at ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/19/all-aboard-the-ss-failboat/ andrew osenga | “When Will I Run” live (tags: gfmorris_comment) heat then ice, then heat then ice. | the sympathetic vibration And this would be the first movie I've seen in theaters in ... three years? Four? (tags: gfmorris_comment) http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/19/links-for-2008-04-19/ WordPress › Mass Edit Pages for WordPress 2.3 « WordPress Plugins (tags: wordpress_plugin pages) Sonzea - Syncopation (tags: iTunes synchronization) Elsewhere in Dreams » Frankly, my good man, I agree. (tags: gfmorris_comment) WordPress › 1 Bit Audio Player « WordPress Plugins Wonder if this works any better than what I've been using ... (tags: flash wordpress_plugin mp3) Elsewhere in ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/18/links-for-2008-04-18/ Stephen has taken to calling John McCain "your candidate", to which I object. Yeah, I voted for him in the primary, but I said then: But John, just because you’ll get my vote today doesn’t mean you’ll get it in nine months. In that same entry, I listed three topics that ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/17/i-think-they-call-this-fair-and-balanced-in-some-circles/ on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (tags: gfmorris_comment) House votes to remove state sales tax from groceries - Breaking News from The Huntsville Times - al.com I will HAPPILY vote yes on this one. It's really inefficient and injurious to have sales tax on a necessity like that. (tags: taxes Alabama) William Wilkinson You know, I ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/17/links-for-2008-04-17/ The source of my mini's reboot problems? Nothing the folks at Mac Resource can find. They think it's a peripheral. I am inclined to agree; I had one of my two miniStacks up earlier, attached to the mini, and ... reboot. Since powering both off, no ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/16/more-diagnosis/ Dear Facebook: The People You May Know thing? Awesome. Leverage the power of network theory to show you people that you're likely to know. Here's the problem: I know that I don't know a lot of these people. [And some of these people, I know who they ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/16/a-minor-criticism-of-facebooks-people-you-may-know/ Happy US Tax Day! « Live Granades (tags: gfmorris_comment) http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/16/links-for-2008-04-16/ bt.etree.org | Community Tracker - Details for torrent "Wilco Ottawa Ontario Feb 18 1997" (tags: wilco etree_torrents ottawa ontario) Guitar Hero v Kidz Beats « Live Granades I love cluefucked idiots. (tags: gfmorris_comment) the glory and the horror » Just one of many? Tough. (tags: gfmorris_comment) Coming Clean » What Have I Done? Terribly, terribly familiar. (tags: gfmorris_comment) the glory and ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/15/links-for-2008-04-15/ bt.etree.org | Community Tracker - Details for torrent "Son Volt 2008-04-09 Louisville, KY - Schoeps mk21" (tags: son_volt louisville kentucky etree_torrents) http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/14/links-for-2008-04-14/ Vidal Sassoon Should Sue « Live Granades (tags: gfmorris_comment) http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/13/links-for-2008-04-13/ andrew osenga | A drive with old friends (tags: gfmorris_comment) Weather « Live Granades And, you know, my family was run over by the 1974 Outbreak. (tags: gfmorris_comment) http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/12/links-for-2008-04-12/ The New Cult Canon: Primer | The A.V. Club (tags: Primer to_read) WordPress › phpbb_recent_topics « WordPress Plugins (tags: wordpress_plugin phpBB) Children’s Music that Doesn’t Make Me Want to Puke « Live Granades (tags: gfmorris_comment) tecosystems » Clouds Rolling In: The Google App Engine Q&A Thanks, SOG. (tags: google app_engine) http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/11/links-for-2008-04-11/ Waxy.org Redesigns - Waxy.org Hooray for Waxy! Stephen, have you slurped this yet?! ;) (tags: +1) WordPress › flickrRSS « WordPress Plugins (tags: flickr RSS plugins WordPress) http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/10/links-for-2008-04-10/ www.dimeadozen.org :: EzTorrent v0.6.1 beta :: Torrent details for "Wilco @ Palace Theater, Melbourne, Australia 3/26/08 (last date of tour)" (tags: dad_torrent wilco melbourne australia) WordPress › Theme Tester « WordPress Plugins Excellent. (tags: wordpress_plugin theme) prayers for blowouts » Blog Archive » The PFB Sports Survey: Tony Jones (tags: gfmorris_comment) Isiah Thomas's New York Knicks Are ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/09/links-for-2008-04-09/ In the drive-thru line at Hardee's this morning [I know, I know], I was behind a large Toyota SUV with a "Paul Finley for Mayor" set of stickers. So I whipped out the iPhone and pulled up the URL to see if this was a Madison thing or not. ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/08/madison-mayor-mania/ With my Mac in the shop, my bootlegs will have to wait ... but I do have a new studio release to listen to, since it came in the mail yesterday: Steve Tannen's Stopped at a Green Light. Last week was pretty meh overall: Wilco's Kicking Television. So, what ... http://ijsm.org/archives/2008/04/08/geofs-new-music-6-12-apr-2008/