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Out of energy, Odd Weekend, and So much more to tell

All things considered this should be a Mea Culpa edition of the Podcast. Its probably going to run short because i can’t talk too long, but i did this to myself, well Bud Selig, and My internal body clock conspired against me.

Beyond the lingering affects, or foreshadow, I can’t decide which. We culled the topics down to a more manageable level. I’ll try to talk a bit more on some of the fun that comes across the desk but the next show is going to be chock full of rapid fired content.

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• Back Channel: All the Cruft, non of the Chaff now with more fluff
• Where else can you find me? www.paulrjmuller.com
• Techpodcasts Network Weekly With Bwana this week

Geek Cruft

• My Costume
• Our Pumpkin. Evil Mike Wazowski
• White House goes open source for website
• Apple has some neat goodies for trick or treaters
• Seriously? Guy tries to get 1M Facebook Fans And hopes Girlfriend Will Let Him Turn House Into A Pirate Ship
• Scamville: The Social Gaming Ecosystem
• Facebook and Party Crashers, private events.
  • Foursquare / Britekite Concerns to boot
• Why us? Why Zombies A Brief History Of Zombies, Referred pain?

Food and Caffeinated Bits:

• Empire strikes back (with cake)
• BaristaOnDutY: Today In BODY News: Our sample is in and we’re reviewing as we speak
• A Zombie Wedding Cake
• Cartoon: Java-Enabled, from now on I order coffee in hexadecimal only

Want to contribute?

Feel free to send in any recipes, reviews or like minded articles and I’ll gladly post it with a link back to your lair!

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

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Tags: Cake, facebook, farmville, foursquare, Halloween, monsters inc, myspace, parents, Pumpkin, social networks, Star Wars, vampire, Zombies

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Today’s Topics: Sushi, Music, Politics, Myspace, Lego, Printing

• PodCamp Philly September 6 and 7
• Back Channel Links Tumblr Blog Grinds
• The Everything Feed: Friendfeed
• The RSS Feed for this Podcast
• Soundtrack ? Blip.fm

With podcamp looming in the next week, school starting up and plenty to do around the house this episode squeaked out despite the odds. Lots of interesting little tidbits of technical knowhow on this episode

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Tags: Lego, Music, myspace, Politics, printing, Sushi

I had a teacher in Middle school Mrs Harper, who tasked me with finding a quiet way to work out my nervous energy when working on a project. “Find or make a ‘fidget‘ ” she said. It has to be small, light, and silent. Now I just use whatever debris is handy. I have her to thank for the best productivity tip I ever received. Do you have a fidget?

I need to have busy hands. When I’m working on a problem or waiting to get something done I make things, i doodle, i draw constantly, not well mind you. The larger the product the more raw materials from the office landscape i seem to use. If I ever work on a huge project i might disassemble something important. For especially big projects keeping my hands busy is just enough of a distraction to clear my head and allow my mind to move forward. Think Lucky Bat from a Few Good Men.

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Tags: . twitxr, 2008, commoncraft, confluence, facebook, fidget, friendfeed, linkedin, myspace, Paul Rj Muller, plaxo, titxr, tiwtter, twitter

In the spirit of the Adopt a Newb Day 2008 celebration which is fast approaching I wanted to answer a frequent question I get asked . And I might ask the same of you. What do you get out of Social Media, and Social Networking sites, and how can they help my (insert podcast, blog, dairy farm)? It is a very valid question for the amount of time I spend on twitter, checking myspace, facebook and anything else where you can friend someone? It is a very valid question, and surprisingly it doesn’t have a simple answer. This article also sprung from a recent article by Chris Penn concerning the value of social networks when compared to choosing a school based on its name.

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Tags: facebook, myspace, pownce, social networking, stumblupon, twitter

Consider this a Public service announcement, and a thread starter.

You all should know these things but sometimes they are better off written, read aloud, and repeated. I’ve codified three basic rules you should follow when posting online, if you value a harmonious existence. And despite what you may think not all people do. It takes courage to be divisive, to polarize or to pick a side. And more often than not standing by those guns will win you both favor with some and loose the respect of others. Some people can not take advice nor information from people who think differently than they do. All that being said, if you are online for the fun, if your a student using Facebook for a hoot or a mild mannered accountant just looking to reach out this article is for you. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 3 rules, facebook, guides, harmony, help, myspace, new media, proper posting, social media, social networking, teenager, Web Etiquette