dcinput daily for Thu 2nd Nov, 2006
Blogger’s block
Somehow over the last month I fell into a sort of bloggers block. It’s similar to writters block, though I imagine entirely different. You write most days and you enjoy it. Then suddenly something happens that makes you miss say a week. So then when you come to write again you end up thinking to yourself that you sure as hell better write something interesting. Of course in the time that you’ve been procrastinating, the world has kept on going and the conversations have moved on and though you’ve been reading them, you’re suddenly an outsider. And it’s just stupid. So there comes a time when you just have to draw a line under it all and move on, so this is that post.
This last month
Earlier this month I went to Steve Wozniak’s (a.k.a Woz) book launch. He’s a real intesting character. First thing you notice is that this guy is real smart. He’s also a propper geek. Most of all what comes accross though is an unbelievable enthusiasm for all things tech. It was totally inspiring.
Irina Slutsky of Geek Entertainment TV went to The Segwey Polo in the Park. I’ve heard that Woz organised such a thing, but always wanted to see it. Side note: Irina has the strangest way of speaking ever. Love it!
I’ve recently joined the videoblogging Yahoo mailing list. There’s around 2000 members worldwide. I don’t have any imediate plans to start a videoblog but I am really interested in the space. I just want to see what people are talking about, see if there is any way I can help. I’d love to build some tools.
This Saturday is The Vloggies: “The Vloggies honor the involvement of the videoblogging community of creators, toolsmiths, delivery platforms and viewers. Culminating in one real-time, real-world evening event, the awards will be announced on November 4th in San Francisco, California. The evening will be podcast for anytime-anywhere viewing through PodTech.net and iTunes”. Go and vote!
I was at a fantastic Halloween party on Tuesday night just gone. Lots of great costumes. We played all sorts of games including scarry sherades, murder mystery in the dark and apple bopping. Super low quality movie of my friend Will fighting with an apple. Just in case your wondering he’s dressed as Bender from Futurama.
Spam, spam, spam
I’ve noticed recently that I’m getting an unbelievable amount of comment spam on the blog. I hadn’t noticed because they tend to be on really old posts but I’ve deleted over 4000 of them in the last few days. Its pretty much all viagra and porn. I’ve tightened things up a little so I have to approve you once before you can start posting comments. Thing is that I’m now gettting gundreds of email a day. How do I stop this?