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- November 13th, 2009
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ahynes1 has posted a new entry on: Orient Lodge
Follow Friday #NaNoWriMo Author @renegadegenius
The sound of heavy wind outside only adds to my desire to stay warm and comfortable under the bed covers. It is five in the morning and dark outside. Is the wind and rain are the remnant of Hurrican…
- November 12th, 2009
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ahynes1 has posted a new entry on: Orient Lodge
#newbiz Open Collaborative Coverage System
There were many interesting topics covered at the NewBizNews HyperCamp at City University of New York yesterday. Much of the focus was on business models for a new news ecosphere where online hyper l…
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- November 11th, 2009
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#NewBiz NewBizNews HyperCamp CoverItLife
I'm at NewBizNews HyperCamp. We will be using the hash tag #NewBiz. So, expect a lot of traffic here. In addition, if I can juggle it, I'll also have a Google Wave with some of the same information…
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- November 10th, 2009
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ahynes1 has posted a new entry on: Orient Lodge
Hard Cider Update
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve provided an update on the cider making, but there isn’t a lot to update. Last Saturday, we racked off our latest batch of hard cider. This cider had slowly fer…
- November 9th, 2009
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ahynes1 has posted a new entry on: Orient Lodge
Reactions to Rell Not Running for Re-election
I must admit that the first news I received that Gov. Rell had decided not to run for re-election came in a press release from Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy. I thank the Governor for her years of publi…
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Filing FCC Comments Online: Cablevision Encryption Follow Up
Last month, I wrote a blog post about Cablevision seeking to encrypt basic cable in New York City. I wrote about submitting a comment to the FCC about this a couple weeks later, and a review of some…
- November 8th, 2009
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ahynes1 has posted a new entry on: Orient Lodge
#NaNoWriMo Scamming the Nigerian Scammers
Today, I received an email from Flora Abed, a twenty year old girl living with her younger brother alone for fear of being found by the people that killed her father. There is $9.5 million dollars in…
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Righting the System
A few weeks ago, I went to a pig roast in New Hampshire organized for bloggers to get to know Rep. Paul Hodes who is running for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire. As part of the gathering, Rep. Hodes gav…
- November 7th, 2009
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ahynes1 has posted a new entry on: Orient Lodge
Understanding Google Wave Preview Hype and Testing
My blog post yesterday Looking for Google Wave Invites? generated about three times as much traffic as a typical blog post does for me on its first day. It appears as if everyone is searching for Goo…
- November 6th, 2009
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ahynes1 has posted a new entry on: Orient Lodge
Final FTC Comment How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?
Today is the last day to submit comments to the FTC for their Public Workshops and Roundtables, “From Town Crier to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?”. When I had written a…
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Looking for Google Wave Invites?
It seems like everywhere I turn, there is someone looking for a Google Wave Invite. On the other hand, I now have Wave accounts on so many different machines, it is hard to keep track of them. How i…
- November 5th, 2009
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ahynes1 has posted a new entry on: Orient Lodge
Google Wave Federation Update
My Orient Lodge Google Wave Server has now successfully federated with several different servers, including the Google Wave Sandbox server. I’ve hit various bumps and curves along the way and hopef…
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ahynes1 has posted a new entry on: Orient Lodge
Chasing Hares
Fiona is at home, sick again. This time, it sure seems like the flu, with a fever of a hundred and two. Taking care of Fiona will be a top priority, and may cut into a bit of my other time. My testi…
- November 4th, 2009
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ahynes1 has posted a new entry on: Orient Lodge
Preparing a comment to the FTC on the Future of Journalism
Friday is the deadline to submit comments to the FTC public workshops and roundtables, “From Town Crier to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?”. As of Wednesday afternoon only…
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ahynes1 has posted a new entry on: Orient Lodge
- November 3rd, 2009
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ahynes1 has posted a new entry on: Orient Lodge
Federated Google Wave Server Update
Today, I did continued testing on my Federated Google Wave server. As a starting point, I received an email with a test id for the WaveSandbox server. This is the server to test federation against a…
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#NaNoWriMo Update, November 3rd
I remember years ago someone talking about how their teeth were never as clean as when they work trying to write something. I know what they mean. I pace, I try to find other things to do, while I…
- November 2nd, 2009
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Latest Explorations in Google Wave
During a few moments of free time today, I did some more explorations into Google Wave. Much of the explorations my friends are doing are using Google’s Wave interface connected to Google’s Wave…
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Refurbished Ubuntu Laptops
Over the weekend, I updated an old laptop that I have to the latest version of Ubuntu, Karmic Koala. For those who don’t know Ubuntu, it is a very nice version of Linux that you can download and in…
- November 1st, 2009
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Google Wave - Naysaying the Naysayers
I just read a tweet pointing to CogDog's recent thoughts on Google Wave. He complains about mostly seeing Google Waves talking about Google Wave and sums up his thoughts saying "I am not seeing any v…
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Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit
#NaNoWriMo, Google Voice, StatusNet, Karmic Koala, Matlab in Joomla, Portfolio Analytics, Ad:Tech, Citizen Journalism conference, Trip to Virginia and to Cape Cod, proceedings in the Cablevision reque…
- October 31st, 2009
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ahynes1 has posted a new entry on: Orient Lodge
Google Wave Federation on Ubuntu – Openfire XMPP, StatusNet, Asterisk and Beyond
Last night, I spent more time exploring Google Wave, and find there are so many more areas that I need to explore. I am especially interested in Google Wave Federation. On the GoogleCode blog, they t…
- October 30th, 2009
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Social Influence and Coffee
Today, I received a review copy of Social Media Marketing For Dummies by Shiv Singh. I had heard Shiv speak at Digiday Social and was very impressed, so when his publisher asked if I wanted to review…
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Geek Day
Yesterday, I spent much of my day playing with new technology in the pipeline as well as some older technology that is new to me, and it looks like today may be a bit similar. With that, I want to sh…
- October 29th, 2009
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Debunking Digital Publishing and Advertising Myths
Many great speakers presented many great ideas at the Digital Publishing and Advertising Conference in New York City earlier this week. However, some of these great ideas are myths that need to be de…
- October 28th, 2009
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ahynes1 has posted a new entry on: Orient Lodge
Random Updates, #DPAC4, Balloon Boy, Swine Flu, the Coast Guard, Google Wave
In case anyone didn’t notice, yesterday, I attended DPAC 4. I sent out about 140 tweets from the conference. I received around 30 replies, many of them retweets of what I had sent out. A lot of t…
- October 27th, 2009
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#dpac4 - Cover It Live Stream
Today is DPAC 4. I am liveblogging using the hash tag #dpac4. I've set up CoverItLive to pick up any tweets with that hashtag. Note: My horoscope for today reads Today, while working in a team envir…
- October 26th, 2009
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The Battle for Digital Cable
Back in September, Cablevision petitioned the FCC to be able to encrypt basic cable in New York City. I submitted my comment to the FCC and have been reading other comments ever since. A wide collect…
- October 25th, 2009
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ahynes1 has posted a new entry on: Orient Lodge
#NaNoWriMo - Liza’s Party
Next Sunday brings the beginning of National Novel Writing Month, (NaNoWriMo). Two years ago, I wrote my first novel as part of NaNoWriMo. Last year, I gave it another try, but got off track. This…
- October 24th, 2009
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Representative and Participatory Democracy
Today, we drove up to New Hampshire for a pig-roast with Representative Paul Hodes, who is running for U.S. Senate. It was a special pig roast and jamfest, or perhaps a Hodes-down for bloggers. We l…
- October 23rd, 2009
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First Reports from Obama and Dodd Visit to Eastern Land Management
This afternoon, President Obama and Connecticut’s Senior U.S. Senator Chris Dodd made a brief tour of Eastern Land Management. Veteran political reporter Ted Mann of TheDay has already filed severa…
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The Patrick Scully and Joan Hartley Affair
Today, I received an instant message from a friend pointing out a rumor that appears to have been started by Patrick Scully. For those who do not know Patrick Scully, his website states He recently…
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Being a Blogger in 2009
When I first set up Orient Lodge back in 2004, I wanted a central place where I could gather material I was writing for a couple years on various blogs and in other online discussions. I didn’t rea…
- October 22nd, 2009
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Informational Hearing on the Citizens\' Election Program
Below is the live tweetingof the Connecticut General Assembly's Government Administration and Elections Committee's Informational Hearing on the Citizens' Election Program. It has used the #CTCEP hash…
- October 21st, 2009
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Submitting a Comment to the FCC
Today, I filed my first comment on a petition before the FCC. For years, I’ve been blogging, working on campaigns, and speaking with legislators about proposed laws but this is the first time that…
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- October 20th, 2009
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ahynes1 has posted a new entry on: Orient Lodge
Hard Cider: Thinking about Yeasts
On Sunday, we stopped at Maltose Express in Monroe to pick up some yeast for our next batch of hard cider. It was a rainy day and the store was fairly quiet. Another shopper was picking up some yeas…
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Thinking about the FTC’s Public Workshops and Roundtables: From Town Crier to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive ...
On December 1st and 2nd, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is holding “Workshops and Roundtables: From Town Crier to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?“ In the…
- October 19th, 2009
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Could Changing My Drinking Habits Change My Carbon Footprint?
I watch the fermentation lock on my large carboy of cider sitting on my dining room table. Blurp. Blurp. Every few seconds a little more carbon dioxide escapes into the atmosphere as the yeast turn…
- October 18th, 2009
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Bonehead
Bonehead is an online outlet, a clearing house for the random, unsorted thoughts and views of the occasionally witty, yet always controversial J Giddy. Born deep in the bowels of New Jersey nearly a half century ago, J has spent the vast majority of -
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Blogger’s Notebook
It is a rainy Sunday morning about two weeks before municipal elections in Connecticut. My inbox has piled up with various notices and it seems like a good time for another Blogger’s Notebook post,…
- October 17th, 2009
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Perry – Hard Pear Cider, and Beyond
Today, we bottled our first batch of perry, or hard pear cider. We started it back on October 3rd. We used six gallons of pear cider from High Hill Orchard in Meriden. We got the cider straight fro…
- October 16th, 2009
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Follow Friday
#cttu @SuziCraig @lisadavenport @ljwaks @jobtutors @kparlin @PicSeshu @MyCaricaturecom @AgentMurphy @cellularchloe @EnzaDandeneau @derekbeere On Fridays, I attempt to put up a Follow Friday post rel…
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Adgitizing\'s Price Increase
Today, I received the latest eMarketer Daily which had an article, Ad Pricing Down Across the Board. It made me think of a blog post that the Blogster wrote last week, Adgitize: One Step Forward / Tw…
- October 15th, 2009
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#CTTU “I get my brand views on Twitter”
On December 1st and 2nd, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will hold Public Workshops and Roundtables: From Town Crier to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?. I am…
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#cttu CT Tweet Crawl - Brief Initial Reations.
Years ago, I read the book The Soul Of A New Machine by Tracy Kidder. I remember a section at the end of the book where he talks about the machine being transferred from the hands of the engineers to…
