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the new gig

my15minutes (http://my15minutes.videosift.com) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:47:18 -0700

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this is the new gig:

http://www.damncompanies.com/index.htm

think of it as a small, privately-run, for-profit Better Business Bureau.

if a company screws you, and you can attach a reasonable dollar value to your losses, you post a complaint article here. the people behind this site will arbitrate on your behalf, with that company, in exchange for like 15% of what they were able to recover for you.

don't try using it yet. still in the process of building it. and please don't make me regret posting it here, by having you all create Heywood Jablome and Amanda Hugginkiss as clients. ok?

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my new avatar pic

my15minutes (http://my15minutes.videosift.com) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:32:30 -0800

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click below, and you can watch me, drawing it:

http://apps.facebook.com/graffitiwall/show_replay.php?rn=23a9a3f48032c149ceb83861c54c0456

i doodled it today, on a friend's Facebook page.

her name's Larissa, and it's her birthday. so i scrolled through her pics, and saw a bunch of shots of her cats. one is named Athena, and has a warrior reputation to suit her namesake.

the tough part was that the app is completely stripped-down.

you have 1 brush. it's round. 7 or 8, stepped sizes, from 1 to 25 pixels. that's slider #1.

256 colors. slider #2 controls transparency. and that's it.

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happy super tuesday

my15minutes (http://my15minutes.videosift.com) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:34:38 -0800

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thanks for voting, caucasing, whatever you're doing.

today, and for the next 9 months.

it's going to be a painful delivery, at times. just remember our breathing exercises.

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zomg. probie donations. :D tyvm.

my15minutes (http://my15minutes.videosift.com) — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:13:09 -0800

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just thought it was pretty cool, that while scanning the honor roll of donors, i came across some probationary and unstarred members.

not entirely unexpected, but thought i'd send a little extra thank you, since they can't *invoke, etc. shout-outs to:

ObsidianStorm - http://www.videosift.com/member/ObsidianStorm
schma - http://www.videosift.com/member/schma
ilt - http://www.videosift.com/member/ilt
noumenon - http://www.videosift.com/member/noumenon
dplint - http://www.videosift.com/member/dplint
FNORDcinco - http://www.videosift.com/member/FNORDcinco
nibiyabi - http://www.videosift.com/member/nibiyabi
LeadingZero - http://www.videosift.com/member/LeadingZero
Kluz - http://www.videosift.com/member/Kluz
spoco2 - http://www.videosift.com/member/spoco2
sanderbos - http://www.videosift.com/member/sanderbos
adamwsmith6580 - http://www.videosift.com/member/adamwsmith6580
mijijim - http://www.videosift.com/member/mijijim
snailwich - http://www.videosift.com/member/snailwich
Tiver - http://www.videosift.com/member/Tiver
JTZ - http://www.videosift.com/member/JTZ
ElessarJD - http://www.videosift.com/member/ElessarJD
Ryjkyj - http://www.videosift.com/member/Ryjkyj
bareboards - http://www.videosift.com/member/bareboards
Mekanical - http://www.videosift.com/member/Mekanikal
rex84 - http://www.videosift.com/member/rex84
econnally - http://www.videosift.com/member/econnally
kingmob - http://www.videosift.com/member/kingmob
Tallguy - http://www.videosift.com/member/Tallguy
Octopussy - http://www.videosift.com/member/Octopussy
L-J - http://www.videosift.com/member/L-J
flipper - http://www.videosift.com/member/flipper
slafleur - http://www.videosift.com/member/slafleur
Lendl - http://www.videosift.com/member/Lendl
Hanns - http://www.videosift.com/member/Hanns
sdswingr - http://www.videosift.com/member/sdswingr
ameetdesh - http://www.videosift.com/member/ameetdesh
buzz - http://www.videosift.com/member/buzz
uhohzombies - http://uhohzombies.videosift.com
ShakaUVM - http://www.videosift.com/member/ShakaUVM
Gunter - http://www.videosift.com/member/Gunter
Duffman - http://www.videosift.com/member/Duffman
mooreman - http://www.videosift.com/member/mooreman
raddishs - http://www.videosift.com/member/raddishs
NicoleBee - http://www.videosift.com/member/NicoleBee
gbfunk - http://www.videosift.com/member/gbfunk
robpongi - http://www.videosift.com/member/robpongi
poolcleaner - http://www.videosift.com/member/poolcleaner
phoeniciansailor - http://www.videosift.com/member/phoeniciansailor
eff - http://www.videosift.com/member/eff
Lann - http://www.videosift.com/member/Lann
mickd1337 - http://www.videosift.com/member/mickd1337

as well as 6 non-members:

Paul Hyman, Timo Kujanuu, Mark Orr, Dave Anderson, Roger Wheeler, & Janice Johnson.

i'll update this list as i catch 'em, or as updated by comments from others here.

tyvm, all

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my hard drivez essploded

my15minutes (http://my15minutes.videosift.com) — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:15:40 -0800

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yeah. yesterday.

woke to the sound of chattering chipmunks, scraping away at my hard drive for information that was no longer there.

something corrupted, something lost, chipmunks search to no avail.

i lost a lot of work, on that hard drive.

i'm trying to think of it as an unintentional, and poorly timed, spring cleaning.

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i have a dream, today. ty, MLK.

my15minutes (http://my15minutes.videosift.com) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:51:31 -0800

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via videosift.com

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hello, friend.

my15minutes (http://my15minutes.videosift.com) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:43:03 -0800

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yes, you.

for if you can read this, then you are that. do you like music?
wanna' be me, for the next 5 minutes? open this, in a window or tab, at 1/3 volume:

http://www.videosift.com/video/TATU-Cosmos-Outer-Space

...and then, in another, open this at full volume:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Carl-Sagan-Cosmos-Intro

and hit play on both. and know that i am in awe of us all, and few more so, than most of the people i've met at this site.

that's why i just upvote or pass. you're all way too smart, too observant, and trying too hard, to ever be downvoted, in my humble opinion.

i'm home.

- opie

(owen paul)
rochester, ny, usa
pale blue dot
unfashionable western spiral arm, milky way

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