206- March 29, 2007 Hello, Plateau.It's been a terrific couple of weeks, including a tremendous trip to CA. I don't travel well, the security guards took my hair conditioner, but my spirit is completely revived. I am exercising every day, eating vegetables, working like a dog, it's all good. Even the bad parts.Anyway, still fatblogging, but expect to see this number for a while.Hope all is well with you!http://www.egrigg9000.com/mtpub/archives/1631.html NV3 pointless is the new black- March 19, 2007 In the Virtual Communities talk by Jeff Henshaw and Catherine Winters, 2 products were demoed: 2nd Life, and Xbox Live. Xbox Live is largely set up to give people a sense of accomplishment. Jeff said that there are a percentage of purely what he called “story gamers” who do not go online for the competitive aspect, and instead play the game out of the box with little interaction with other people online. These story gamers are in the minority in Xbox Live. To reward the majority,...http://www.egrigg9000.com/mtpub/archives/1630.html NV2 on the record- March 19, 2007 While listening to “How to be a Citizen Journalist” by Travis Smith, I vividly felt how little I know about reporting. His crisp slides on how to bring a seasoned profession into the topsy turvy world of the grassroots internet, left me wondering what that seasoned profession was all about in the first place. For a good example of how little I know about reporting, consider this example from my life around 1998 or so. My roommate had a friend who was a reporter, she would come over..http://www.egrigg9000.com/mtpub/archives/1629.html NV1 climate change and the intentional community- March 19, 2007 According to Jason Mogus, in the Northern Voice session “User Generated Contact and Activist Campaigns,” the tipping point for climate change occurred somewhere around Jan 2007. People are coming together in a cumulative way, there being as many as 50 local meetups organized for the Vancouver BC area in just one month. This begs the question of how this tipping point occurred.This winter was unusually harsh for illness around the pacific NW. In fact, some refer to the Moose Flu for..http://www.egrigg9000.com/mtpub/archives/1628.html finally - my northern voice notes- March 19, 2007 Yes, I went to Northern Voice last month - but so far no notes on the conference. Well all that is gonna change soon - next 3 posts. Enjoyhttp://www.egrigg9000.com/mtpub/archives/1627.html retreat tomorrow- March 16, 2007 I made it to CA and very happy to be staying with friends and going to the Solutions retreat tomorrow. Not sure what the day may hold but I hope it does not include getting lost driving there. Most attendees are going to be staying onsite. Me, last time I got a little ancy staying onsite, so I hope to have a more down to earth experience this time.It's 10pm, time for some sleep before the adventure continuing tomorrow.http://www.egrigg9000.com/mtpub/archives/1626.html responsibility- March 11, 2007 Earlier in the year, I wanted to be responsible regarding the stuff I was eating. A food journal is a tough undertaking. You can do quite a lot with a food journal if the monitoring in this specific way will actually help guide your choices. This was hard for me because at the end of the day, I want to know if I had done a good job. A good job is defined as, will eating in this way help me toward my goals, which is to better my health, without sacrificing my happiness. Ultimately a simple food..http://www.egrigg9000.com/mtpub/archives/1625.html all that is evil and dark in the world- March 7, 2007 Today I attacked the taxes, also the immediate family finances, and it is my second day of counting calories. Each of these fronts is threatening to splinter me into a thousand pieces. I remember the tagline of this blog, and how it has been a moving target for me personally during 2006 and through to today. I expect even more changes throughout 2007. I target the idea that I can craft the elusive fourth meal which will truly satisfy above and beyond the basics. But when under attack, the...http://www.egrigg9000.com/mtpub/archives/1624.html the house that eats you up- March 1, 2007 Of course you all know that our house is still slowly murdering us, right At this point it has transitioned from physical attacks to financial, which in fact is not any different after all. At one point in my childhood, I think it was when they tore down all those nice old houses on 15th Ave E across from volunteer park to make "condos" (first time I had heard the word), I decided that anyone who gives up on a house is lazy. Giving up on a house includes selling it or tearing it down,.http://www.egrigg9000.com/mtpub/archives/1623.html jokes- March 1, 2007 Realizing today that our old friend Jack Bauer might be great material for some jokes. Beyond making fun of the actor's name, that is. When your mom names you after a slavic yogurt drink you have to wonder what nicknames she had in mind. The big yogurt. Yo, man. Acid off of us. Go cover a raisin, why don't you, son. That's the way.At any rate.Q: How many Jack Bauers does it take to screw in a light bulb. (I'm still working on this one). A: A possibiity: One to torture the bulb, another to file..http://www.egrigg9000.com/mtpub/archives/1622.html |