June 5, 2007
The Mic Is On: The Pirates are Here . . . Again!
ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 6:59 pm
It’s Like Open Mic Only Different
Here’s how it works.
It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.
There’s only one rule — be nice.
There are always first timers and new things to talk about. It’s sort of half “Cheers” part “Friends” and part video game. You don’t know how much fun it is until you try it.
The Pirates Have Taken Over Again!
We had so much fun talking about pirates last year that we thought it was time to continue the discussion. Pirates are everywhere these days. Here’s a few ideas to get us started:
- Pirates in movies and books
- Pirates in sports
- Famous pirates
And, whatever else comes up, including THE EVER POPULAR, Basil the code-writing donkey.
Oh, and bring a link about pirates, if you have one to share.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Mike said
Aaargh! Ahoy, mateys!!
Pirate Timmy said
ARRRRRRG… Avast ye swabs… Aye Lizzie…. how’s me favorite blog wench? (Submitted respectfully, playfully and with the extreme hope you don’t make me walk the plank for calling you a blog wench)
Becky McCray said
Ahoy, Mike! Cap’n Liz, what orders ‘ave ye?
Rick Cockrum said
Drink up, me hearties! Yoho!
And the first link - the real Captain Jack Sparrow.
ME Strauss said
Hi Mike!
Ahoy there!
Marti said
Shiver me timbers!
Mike said
Those scurvy dogs appear to have been passable management consultants. That’s redundant, isn’t it? Avast!!
Becky McCray said
Aye, Cap’n Morgan is the true Cap’n!
Mike said
An extra round o’ grog for every commentin’ man-jack among ye!
Pirate Timmy said
Ahoy, Mike… is ye callin’ me a scurvy dog? Prepare for some swash-bucklin’!!!
Mike said
Ahoy, Keeper of the Keg! Yer link is busted.
Marti said
Pirates were just victims of their environment (snicker)
Actually, we watched a show on the history channel about pirates - they were originally contracted as “bodyguards” for other ships. When the contracts crumbled, they took to stealin’
Mike said
Sorry, Timmy, but the scurvy dog union dissolved over 100 years ago. Damn shame, that.
ME Strauss said
Ah Pirate Tinny,
You’ve been hanging with those dirty pig dog bastards, haven’t ya, matey?
Pirate Timmy said
Yup… damn shame…
Oh well… a bottle of rum on me (literally… love to shower in the stuff)
Marti said
Much like bloggers and management consultants, eh?
lol
Mike said
Marti,
As I recall, they started out as privateers, essentially contract mercenaries for France and England. When the governments stopped the sanctions, they went freelance.
Mike
ME Strauss said
Hi Marti!
Pirates stealing? No way!
Pirate Timmy said
Bloggers… management consultants… scurvy dogs… look ‘em up in the Pirates Thesaurus… all synonyms… everly last one of ‘em
Marti said
Aye, matey Mike
Captain Joe of the Good Ship Lollipop said
Ahoy me maties…
That’s how you say hey all in pirate, isn’t it?
Marti said
They were equal opportunity, tho. There were pirates of color and females a-plenty
Pirate Timmy said
OK ye lads and lassies… Pirate Timmy has to shove off (we actually have company over for dinner). I just wanted to get on early before all the “avasts” and “walk the planks” and “blog wench” comments were exhausted..
I will be back later… ye has me word on it!
Mike said
Off to the galley fer some libations. Why don’t cher raid the Klondike booty in Savannah whilst I’m gone…
Rick Cockrum said
Aye, mate! The Codex Piratica - Pirating for Fun and Profit.
The death of scurvy - just give me a lime to suck on. Course, I won’t have any teeth left.
Captain Joe of the Good Ship Lollipop said
There were only 2 female pirates that I know of and one bought her way out of jail and the other was hung after she had her baby.
Becky McCray said
Blast these complicated communication means! In my day, a simple jolly roger told you everything you needed!
Got a little Captain in you? Sail over to http://www.rum.com to meet up with the Cap’n.
Marti said
Avast, matey Timmy
Ahoy, cap’n joe
Captain Joe of the Good Ship Lollipop said
Ahoy Marti me Matey…
Marti said
(sending semifore signals to Becky in greeting)
ME Strauss said
Bye Tim!
Welcome Joe!
Three letters coming and going.
Marti said
Bit o’ pirate trivia:
The gold hoop earring associated with pirates was worn so they would always have money to be laid to rest with a proper burial.
Captain Joe of the Good Ship Lollipop said
Ruh Ro, me thinks me missed missy Liz.
Avast and Ahoy, Missy Liz…
Becky McCray said
Aye, Marti! That’s more to me likin’!
[sending semaphore signals back...]
ME Strauss said
Golly, Cap’n
I’m running around here swabbing the deck like crazy!!
Becky McCray said
What treasure it here is fit to be plundered? Speak up, lassie, or we’ll keel haul ye!
Marti said
anyone seen Pirates of the Caribbean 3?
I’m behind, we only rented “2″ last month
LOL
Marti said
I’ve been too busy training the flying monkeys to plunder
lol
Becky McCray said
Marti, we’re further behind, because we haven’t seen 2 yet!
Marti said
God bless ya, darlin’ Make an old woman feel a tad less crochety - lol
ME Strauss said
I’m still swabbing . . . I haven’t seen any of the Pirates movies at all.
ME Strauss said
Call me Pirate Cinderalla.
Marti said
The history channel show explained the meaning behind the skull and crossbones too, but dang if I can remember it now.
Rick Cockrum said
We showed it the last two weeks. Here are some of our customers who came to the midnight show we had.
Marti said
Me noggin is filled with wicked thoughts after doing battle with that demon of the deep {{shudders at the mere mention of the name}}
Vista
Captain Joe of the Good Ship Lollipop said
The sad thing is, the History Channel has be showing nothing but Pirate stuff since “3″ came out.
Talk about exploitation…
Marti said
Ahoy Pirate Rick! Showing those enchanted moving pictures, are ye?
Marti said
Aye, Cap’n Joe. Tis the name o the game. Aargh.
Marti said
Dressing up as a pirate for Halloween was the most fun costume I ever had….
Captain Joe of the Good Ship Lollipop said
Marti, you don’t want to know what they showed the week of April 14th… (you have to know a little about history to know that date)
Rick Cockrum said
Aye, mate Marti! I like movies. People will pay me to show movies! Where else can you get that kind of gig besides being a movie reviewer (gaa…a)?
Marti said
uh, wild guess, Titanic stuff?
Marti said
or farther back?
Marti said
Aye, Matey Rick, that’s a fine run, a fine run indeed
Service Untitled - Douglas said
I made it - hi everyone!
Marti said
Ahoy, Matey Douglas! Welcome aboard
Captain Joe of the Good Ship Lollipop said
Hint: WWII
Rick Cockrum said
Ahoy, Douglas, me hearty!
Captain Joe of the Good Ship Lollipop said
don’t forget boy’s and girls, f5 to refresh with only one movement. No need to keep playing with your mouse.
ME Strauss said
Set the Sails,
I feel a breeze comeing!
Marti said
(the gears in the brain go round and round)
does it involve nazi pirates? (they’re the worst kind)
Marti said
Cap’n Joe is a fountain of information. He’ll not be walkin’ the plank tonight.
Marti said
Did anyone watch the new Survivor-like reality show called “Pirate Master”?
I’d give it 3 of 5 jolly rogers
Service Untitled - Douglas said
Ahoy Rick and Marti! How are you guys doing?
Rick Cockrum said
Batten down the hatches or we’ll end up like the Dutchman!
Billy said
RRRRR me maties!!!!
Rick Cockrum said
Just spiffy, Douglas. (Whoops, not to piratey)
Rick Cockrum said
Aarrgh! It’s Cap’n Billy! You wouldn’t have a piece of eight, would you mat?
michael and derrick said
hi gang - still at work here, but wanted to pop in for a minute!
Marti said
My sanity is walking the plank
I have been teaching my 81 year old mother-in-law how to use her brand new laptop computer
Arrrgh This lassie has never used such dastardly equipment herself, so it’s the patch-covered eye leading the blind
LOL
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Is it Tuesday already?
Who wants a Klondike Bar?
ARRRRR…
Service Untitled - Douglas said
Not very piratey, no. I’m fidgeting with YamiPod.
michael and derrick said
question - ca I pose a group question - it’s not pirate related….
Billy said
Arrrgh why cant I bring y’all (The texas Pirate) to work with me… It would be so much fun
Marti said
I tried dozens of ways to explain the Internet to me elder. In desperation, I told her that tiny flying monkeys carry the words from her computer, through the phone line, to somebody else’s computer - LOL
Billy said
Havent evenr read it yet but I thought topic of this blog post I found was appropriate Everything I Know about Management I Learned from Pirates.
Marti said
Fire away matey michael and derrick
Captain Joe of the Good Ship Lollipop said
Go michael and derrick…
You have 5 seconds before ye hav to walk the plank
Rick Cockrum said
Hey Cap’n Derrick, Dread Pirate Christopher (you don’t have any rodents of unusual size, do you?)
Marti, the senior centers around here give computer computer. Do you have anything like that in your area?
Billy said
Rick you crack me up
michael and derrick said
we have a client, that we are helping to launch his blog - it’s very niche - kind of technical….he has some white papers he wants to sell. So we figured we would make that his banana. And probably link back to his website to do the selling of the papers…but I once read, to sell something like that, you need passwords, and encrypting…which is something we have no knowledge of - but willing to pay someone who does have the knowledge to help us…..any suggestions? or anyone have that knowledge?
Marti said
(Matey Marti tips over the hourglass)
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Good link ‘ere Billy!
Micheal-and-derrick, you’ll have to just heave your question out there. With this bunch of scalawags, there’s no telling who might stop for a moment for you to go off topic.
ME Strauss said
Oh Marti!
I just swabbed that deck!!
Marti said
Check out a website called “Payloadz” They let you upload stuff and sell it through them using PayPal. They handle all of the encryption and such for a very small percentage
michael and derrick said
it’s out there! Floating in the waters! Someone can always email us, with any ideas, advice, etc - we are willing to share the treasures we reap! - I guess this is kind of Pirate related! hehe
Marti said
Or you can set up a page with a weird URL and use PayPal as your payment method - they provide a free buy button, etc. I did that for e-books. I just made up a random URL, and after they go to the buy page Paypal sends them to the weird URL page to download the e-books
michael and derrick said
Marti - you rock! have we met you? How can we contact you? If this works out, you get a finders fee!
Captain Joe of the Good Ship Lollipop said
m&d,
I found the easiest way (at least in the beginning) is to open a PayPal account.
You can bill, receive and send payments etc.
People can pay with a CC or their own PP account.
They also have pro accounts for a fee for mass transactions. (over $500)
Marti said
Wow, I rock! And my wooden leg floats - lol
No, (extends hand in greeting) Nice to meet you!
Robert Hruzek said
Boy, this is sure one cliche’d comment night! Has anyone mentioned my favorite pirate of all, Harcort Fenton Mudd yet?
Captain Joe of the Good Ship Lollipop said
Aw, Marti beat me again with the same info.
Marti said
Yeah, I’m not real technical, but I’ve used both Payloadz, and you can see how the Paypal button looks if you visit my blog and click the “E-Books” link. It wasn’t hard. You just build the page with the weird URL, then tell Paypal that URL, and they handle everything else.
michael and derrick said
marti - just went to your site! very cool! nice to meet you. I will try to blog about your site in the coming week - I think my readers would enjoy it! (at OfficialLifeByDesign)
Captain Joe of the Good Ship Lollipop said
Robert, I was trying to stay away from S.T.
Marti said
Aye, Cap’n Joe, this lassie is a feisty one
lol
Dread Pirate Christopher said
So Marti. Does that mean you hang out on the porch at Cracker Barrel?
Marti said
Well shucks (oops, slipped outta pirate into my native hillbilly)
lol
That’d be grand - thank you!
Service Untitled - Douglas said
PayPal would work. If you want to accept credit cards easily, use 2Checkout. For the best security, just make it so you manually have to send them the files. And PDFs are better, especially if you can make it so you can put the purchaser’s name in the header and/or footer.
Robert Hruzek said
Cap’n Joe, there’s no way to stay away from S.T. - they’re in the culture now! Besides, whose more colorful that ol’ Mudd? Other than Quark and the whole Ferengi tribe, I guess…
Rick Cockrum said
The bell tolls time for me to say Avast, me hearties! ‘Tis time to seek the galley. ☠
Fare thee all well, and thank you, Cap’n Liz!
michael and derrick said
Thanks for all the tips! I knew someone from this group would offer some advice - I will be in touch Marti! - Liz, be well! We’ll talk soon. Have to get to work another hour
Marti said
Cracker Barrel is pretty upscale for my crowd - strictly Sunday dinner fare
Marti said
Fare thee well, matey. Safe journey, wind at your back
Service Untitled - Douglas said
michael and derrick, I have experience with e-commerce as well if you’d like any help.
Dread Pirate Christopher said
I guess Rick’s going to eat before bed. The galley is where they serve the food! (Gotta keep a weather eye on some of that nautical speak!
)
Marti said
Ahoy, Pirate Christopher!
Robert Hruzek said
Oh, and there’s also Gene Kelly as The Pirate.
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Speaking of pirates. When was the last time Basil made a Tuesday night appearance? I mean really.
Char said
Evening all! Hope you won’t make me walk the plank for being late…
ME Strauss said
Ah Tis Charlotee Doyle!
The lady pirate!
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Char! Design any piratey things lately?
Marti said
The parrot on my shoulder wants to know if anyone here is on Twitter? I just joined, and it’s a lonely ship o’ fools I’m a-sailin’, with few known ports o’ call
Marti said
Evenin’, Lady Char!
Robert Hruzek said
And let’s not forget the best pirate of all, Errol Flynn in Captain Blood!
Vernon Lun said
Here’s a pirate challenge…
If you had one sentence you could say as you walked the plank, what would it be?
Char said
Ooh Liz I love my pirate name!
Chris - the only pirate-y thing I have designed is for kids:
http://printables4kids.com/ahoy-matey-pirate-word-search/
Marti said
My one sentence would be, “Beam me up Scotty”
lol
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Arrr! Marti, Cast your fair eye in my direction and I’ll sail wid ‘ee.
Captain Joe of the Good Ship Lollipop said
Does anyone remember a TV show (I think it was on the Wonderful World of Disney) about Captain Francis Drake?
Or amy I just old?
Marti said
Arrgh, those scoundrels…
“Hey! We’re letting loose a new feature or tweaking the existing ones! One second and you’ll be back to your regularly scheduled Twitterin’.”
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Char, did you put together the word search yourself? How cool is that!
Char said
Hi Marti - I haven’t tried Twitter yet - I’m afraid it might be even one more distraction in my day…
Dread Pirate Christopher said
“One second” my arrrrr… Twitter’s been trying to load for over 4 minutes now.
Char said
Yes, Chris - I started that site this time last year and I have had a lot of fun creating cool printables for kids - I have 3 kids who were the inspiration and often give me topics, word lists , and test the puzzles.
Robert Hruzek said
Oh, Marti, that was incredibly funny! Vernon, I think mine would be something like, “Thanks, Mom, for the swimming lessons!”
And of course there’s always Captain Hook, of which the best one has to be Dustin Hoffman in Hook.
Marti said
LOL Char - great word search - you are amazing!
I haven’t had time to leave but a few blips at Twitter, but it seems like it could be fun, and it’s only a sentence or so, so it’s quick
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Char, the great thing about Twitter [looks around to make sure no one else is listening] is that you can turn it off (when it is working in the first place, that is).
Marti said
Cap’n Joe, ye be not old, ye be “well-seasoned”
Vernon Lun said
If I was Captain Jack Sparrow, I would say,
“Tis a far far better thing I do now, than the thing I just did that got me here in the first place.”
Char said
Well-seasoned - sounds like a steak!
Marti said
Mmm, steak. Fresh meat is hard to find out here on the open seas, lassie!
ME Strauss said
Joe’s a steak of guy! That’s what I always say!!
Service Untitled - Douglas said
It sure is. Finding it was impressive.
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Vernon, I think I’ll go for another Capt. Jack Sparrow quote.
Marti said
LOL w/ Liz
Captain Joe of the Good Ship Lollipop said
I’ve always been known as a meat and potatoes guy. Well seasoned, that is.
Marti said
Mately Marti quakes in wonderment at the blockquote of Pirate Christopher
Captain Joe of the Good Ship Lollipop said
Captain Joe of the Good Ship Lollipop said
It’s certainly easier than spelling.
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Aye there Marti. I’m working on a post series on Basic HTML that Every Blogger Should Have at His (or hers, mind you) Fingertips.
For the said mentioned morsel of HTML mystery simply enclose the desired text between the following tags:
<blockquote></blockquote>
And then you’ll set your text off nicely (provided the style sheet does something fun to blockquotes, that is)
Marti said
Ahoy, Cap’n Chris! I be boardin’ yer twitter ship!
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Actually I am putting together an ebook on the subject. Go figure.
Marti said
Color me clueless - lol
I’ve used bold and italic a time or two here, but I didn’t realize blockquote would work - it looks wonderful!
(Tosses a doubloon for the tip)
Char said
Chris - be sure to let me know when it is done - I know that many of my readers would find it useful.
Marti said
AH, having it delivered by the tiny flying monkeys, eh?
Dread Pirate Christopher said
OOh Doubloons go great with Klondike Bars!
Char, the project is on a front burner. I’ll give you a shout when it’s ready.
Marti said
Liz, you’ve assembled a hearty crew!
(Quaffs a bottle o’ rum, passes it to the rest of the gang)
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Marti, any of the monkeys named Jack?
Marti said
Who is the book geared towards? Bloggers just starting out? Or first mates getting their sea legs building websites?
Service Untitled - Douglas said
HTML is a pain, Chris.
I learned it through necessity years ago, but like any programming language, it’s a pain.
Dread Pirate Christopher said
And Marti I see you’re still cheating at bingo.
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Douglas, I think cooking food is a pain. But I do it because I like to eat.
Marti said
Aye, Pirate Chris! That’s what we pirates do!
Marti said
That’s what the galley slaves are for
….oh dear, will I offend anyone with that now-politically incorrect term, even though it was fitting for pirate times? Gee I hope not. Did I type that? I’m getting a bit loopy from the rum and klondikes….
ME Strauss said
Marti! You’re dropping those bingo markers! I’m swabbing the deak AGAIN!!
Hey Pirate Chrisopher, might as well pass out more of that Klondike booty. I’ll be washing up after you swashbuckers all night anyway.
Marti said
Aye, flying monkey jack is the most troublesome of the lot
Marti said
Beggin’ yer pardon, Pirate Lizzy
Marti said
When I start sticking my wooden leg in my mouth, it’s probably time for me to call it a night.
3 AM is barely six turns o’ the hourglass away
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Ahoy Christopher, be sure you teach people to use
for only quotes, not just to stylize text. Good luck with your ebook. Sounds good.
Marti said
A fine ship ye be runnin,
It was a pleasure scavenging with all of you
Char said
Chris - let me know if you need an extra set of eyes to review it before it goes out - I’ll gladly look it over for you.
And, I’ll take a Klondike while you are passing them out…
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
argh, that green line was “
“.
Captain Joe of the Good Ship Lollipop said
I’m still trying to perfect me pirate slang with a Philly accent.
BTW Jack I think was renamed to Basil.
Marti said
Avast, ye mateys! Fair sailing to all!
Char said
Hello Glenda! What’s your pirate name?
Vernon Lun said
This ship’s sailing… see you all at the end of the world.
ME Strauss said
Avast, Fair Pirate Marti!
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Char, I’ll take you up on that. Here. Have a Klondike. Hope you like Chocolate!
Mike said
Is the Dead Pirate Christopher any relation to the Amazing Christopher?
Service Untitled - Douglas said
OK guys. I got some work to do on my blog. Talk later!
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Glenda, try it this way:
<blockquote>”QUOTED TEXT HERE”</blockquote>
Dread Pirate Christopher said
That will give us
ME Strauss said
Dread Pirate Christpher,
You sure know your way around this ship!
Char said
So has anyone gone to see the latest Pirates movie? Did you like it? My son saw it and said it was good but too long.
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
yes, that is what I meant! Guess it didn’t like the raw html code
Dread Pirate Christopher said
@Liz - My mom is a teacher. What can I say?
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
hi Char! hmm, a pirate’s name? Pirate Red-Head!
Dread Pirate Christopher said
@Char Saw it. Wasn’t so keen on how they portrayed Capt. Jack in this one. I don’t want to tell you what I didn’t like because I don’t want to spoil it for you.
Char said
You can tell me - I probably won’t see it anyhow. I haven’t seen any of them - I’m not a big movie person. I did see Shrek 3 - that’s about all I could handle.
Char said
Glenda - Pirate Red sounds great! Have you seen the pirate movie?
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Char, you may not know this [looks around again] but you’re not the only one here.
Mike said
Sorry, DREAD Pirate Christopher…I’ll go in the corner and shiver me own timbers as attonement!
Rodney Rumford said
ahoy mates… Rodney is on deck.
Mike said
Sorry Christopher; the moon came out and we was all skeletons except Char for a few minutes.
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Mike you’re killin’ me!
Hey Rodney! How’s things?
Char said
oops! I don’t want to ruin it for others.
Char said
Pirate Rodney - cool rating stars on your site! I want to know how to do that. Is it a plugin? I have a site that I would like to add ratings to and was just looking for something earlier today.
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Mike, I stole my piratey name from The Princess Bride.
Gayla McCord said
Hi everyone — did I miss all the fun? We just got home from our local fair and parade — we had pirates in it, does that count?
Char said
Hey Gayla!! Glad to hear you made it back from the fair in one piece.
ME Strauss said
Hey Rodney and Gayla!
Don’t mind me. I’m swabbing the dedk.
Pirate Timmy said
ARRRRRR and Ahoy. Pirate Timmy has returned for his bloggy booty.
Is me favorite blog wench Lizzie still around?
Mike said
Ay, Christopher, I recognized it right off. That’s why I had to keel haul meself for messin’ it up!
Mike said
Pirate Timmy, did ye make yer guests walk the plank already?
ME Strauss said
What’s the quest? Pirate Timmy?
Gayla McCord said
Yep, one piece — but a much bigger piece that’s for sure! Gotta love that fair food. Such a guilty pleasure.
Of course it being in the small town I grew up in, it was kind of like a class reunion too. :O
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Pirate Timmy?
Somehow that doesn’t quite come across with the usual piratey demeanor…
Pirate Timmy said
ARRRR… ye got that right, me matey. Guests walked the plank and the kiddies were put in the brink.
Captain Joe of the Good Ship Lollipop said
Good night to all
Nothing left to say
Today’s been long
One heck of a day.
Pirates, it’s been said
Are long ago dead
But look to the high seas
And it’s only a tease
They storm cruise ships and tankers
And take what they hankers
They be live and well today no lie
Mess with them and you could surely die
Priates of old were the stuff of lore
Today they are all nothing but gore
Sorry for being a drag on the party
But that is the cold and hard reality.
Berma Shave
Nite Liz
Nite All
Mike said
Avast there Christopher! Or I shall have to taunt you a second time! Timmy’s dad were a Pirate Named Sue!
Pirate Timmy said
OK, OK, DPC, I’m comfortable in my piratey manhood that I don’t have to add the “dread” in front. It’s simplied “implied”
ME Strauss said
Aw Joe, you’re never a drag.
Good night, Joe.
Sleepy Swell.
Rodney Rumford said
chara the stars rating is a plugin from wordpress… hold on let me see what it is… it is very simple to use
i am also implementing another ajax user rating widget but it crashes wordpress… so i need to hack a little..
Pirate Timmy said
Hey Liz… been having treasure chests of fun with yer blogging metaphor assignment
Char said
Since I know Pirate Gayla won’t ask for it herself, if you have a chance, go vote for Gayla on the Blogger Face Off this week
ME Strauss said
Pirate Timmy,
You are a gem, but I’m afraid to ask what you mean . . .
Gayla McCord said
g’nite Joe
Rodney Rumford said
chara here is the wordpress star rating widget… super simple and has a few options.
http://www.channel-ai.com/blog/plugins/star-rating/
Pirate Timmy said
Just been having fun reading everyone else’s thoughts, Liz. The metaphor challenge was awesome. I’ve enjoyed reading others’ reactions to my humble submission as well. (Vroom, vroom)
Karen Putz said
:::Riding up on my jet ski::: Ahoy mates! Just got home from a baseball game but I thought I’d ride out to join you. Anyone left on the ship?
Gayla McCord said
Heyyyyyyy I like that! Pirate Gayla — or G for short will work
Did anyone happen to bring up my personal favorite Pirate Captain Morgan yet?
Dread Pirate Christopher said
[slowly regains composure after Mike/Timmy induced rolling on the floor]
So PT, you think I might be compensating for something?
Rodney Rumford said
hey all. i am not too proud to ask all my fellow sobconners… to take a look at a new blog that we just launched about facebook. http://www.facereviews.com
it has ratings and reviews of new facebook widgets with video…etc… so far the feedback is positive; but i would respect the feedback of anyone here immensely.
i thank all in advance.
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
before I go git me some grub [oh wait, that is cowboy talk. Wrong genre], may I ask for your support at http://blogforayear.com/profiles/glenda-watson-hyatt, fine mates!
Char said
Thanks so much Rodney!! I am going to put that on my Printables site (see earlier comment #117) - I think the non-tech audience will like it.
Tim - I like your metaphor, too!
Joe said
Nite again, I had to fix my name so I didn’t get confused tomorrow.
Pirate Timmy said
Yo ho ho, Chris, admitting it is the first step to recovery.
Karen Putz said
When you’re done voting for Glenda (who totally rocks, by the way!) then mosey on over to mine and click away.
GP said
okay i’m checking in late in the innkeeper paaaahlance. capt morgan??? I used to work for seagrams once upon a time… stuff flowed like h20. tho never past these lips
Doesnt go with Klondikes
GP in Montana
Gayla McCord said
I had no idea there was enough content to dedicate an entire blog to facebook. That’s pretty darn cool.
ME Strauss said
Pirate Timmy,
What exactly are you admitting?
Rodney Rumford said
char, that is a cool blog… the printable one.
Gayla McCord said
Nothing like The Captain Morgan and a good Pirates Bay to brighten up any party! Ends one pretty quick too
Pirate Timmy said
Me? Admit something? Please, Liz… I’m a youngest child. We never admit anything if we can pin it on an older sibling.
Troy Worman said
Ahoy! Arrr… Hey’all. I ain’t too proud to ask my fellow sobconners to take a peek at my most recent Meme Hijack at http://troyworman.com/wordpress/
It’s ridiculous.
Rodney Rumford said
gayla,
Facebook just opened up the platform and last week to the biggest fanfare silicon valley has seen all year. There are already hundreds of new applications and will be thousands soon.
call me crazy but you can quote me: “facebook is going to give google a run for it’s money in the ad serving space within the next 2 years.”
This is not about widgets and software… it is about a platform and connections and how people will start to use the internet much differently than they currently do.
Dread Pirate Christopher said
I tried 12 steps but it didn’t work for me, Timmy. Arrrr!
Troy Worman said
Pirate Timmy! I thought I recognized something about you. You have that same shxt-eating grin my youngest brother wears.
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
so voted, Karen! good luck.
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Rodney, I think that’s a sound strategy of yours. Highlight the platform while at the same time showing how VS works well with it.
Char said
Rodney - thanks! The printables blog used to be a traditional static site that I moved over to WP and the traffic has quadrupled.
I am going to have look into Facebook more. Is it being used for business purposes like LinkedIn, or am I way off base?
Pirate Timmy said
Guilty as charged, Troy. And with a little cheese thrown in, that grin doesn’t taste so bad.
Karen Putz said
Back at ya, Glenda!
ME Strauss said
Pirate Troy, Meme Jacker of the Blogosphere! I like the sound of that. Keep twisting them until they are unrecognizable. Mutant memes are the most interesting and have the power of survival.
Mike said
Avast Troy! I thought ye was challengin’ me to respond to Liz’s project!. My answer to your time capsule query would be this.
Well Liz, I think I’ve got the link market cornered in these parts!
Gayla McCord said
Rodney, thanks for the tip. I’ll be sure to keep my eye on that one!
Rodney Rumford said
chris…. there is a method to my madness and it is part of a long term strategy. I doesn’t hurt when you hear from the platform owners and they tell you to keep it up and that the whole company has seen it…
Mike said
I knew I should have trademarked “memejacking” when I thought of it two years ago!
Billy said
Arrrrr I am back what did i miss??
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Meme Jacker. I think that could be a great blog! Is that domain still available? [shuffles off to GoDaddy]
ME Strauss said
AW Mike, Troy trademarked it when you were a baby.
Mike said
Kudos, Rodney! (that didn’t sound very piratey, but I’m impressed)
Pirate Timmy said
Billy - you missed Rodney’s rise to platform god status, Troy’s meme-jacking, Chris and me exchanging manhood innuendo, and I’m still not sure what Mike is up to.
Mike said
Liz, you fibber! Writing, much less trademarking it, hadn’t been invented when I was a baby!
Billy said
Wow Thanks Timmy I am not quite sure what to say?
Dread Pirate Christopher said
It’s available. And my CC is maxed out today. Drat!
Oh, and Troy. As long as we are harassing Timmy on his less than manly pirate name… We need to talk about the pink flame favicon at your place. I’m just saying.
ME Strauss said
Nu-uh, Mike, I’m no fibber. Troy did too!! Did too!
Mike said
I’m doing the Dance of the Christophers! Arrrrr!
Rodney Rumford said
facebook is not being used like linkedin technically speaking… however, expect some very interesting new services that will challenge many traditional online models.
Facebook has the leverage to make new business models and companies with it’s 25 million users… not just kids.
smart business will be looking at how they can position their brands in a unique, valuable and useful way within the facebook platform.
we are building some major integrations as we speak…
actually the new pirates might just be facebook… their f8 (pronounced “FATE”) platform will facilitate market disruptions… i love disruptive technology.
Pirate Timmy said
Troy, pay no nevermind to DPC… he’s just trying to throw attention off of his own “deficiencies” You look good in pink, dude
Billy said
Rodney
Is anyone part of Facebook here? I am a member of both Facebook and LinkedIn and it is iteresting because my contact/friends are so different from each other.
ME Strauss said
[Which manly pirate has a picture of two cats on his blog?]
Pirate Timmy said
Billy brings up a good point. While your technology is very cool, Rodney, I guess I’ve always viewed facebook being to networking what myspace is to blogging, if you catch my drift.
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Must. Keep. Breathing. LOL!!!
Mike, That is too funny! {sigh…}
Karen Putz said
That would be Chris– the beautiful wifey is out of town and he’ll be popping Stouffers in the microwave.
Mike said
I have no cats on my blog, but there may be a picture of a young Liz in my latest post…
Billy said
Timmy
I always viewed Facebook as the better version classmates.com (I think it is classmates, I was thinking about the original site that reunites long lost classmates)
Dread Pirate Christopher said
And for the record, if you look at the picture closely, Liz, you will see two cat butts in that picture.
(Although I don’t think that fact actually helps my cause here. Hmmmm…)
Rodney Rumford said
billy i am on facebook and founder of the facebook widgets group… yes the friendships/connection are different… but not for long.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2548175922
timmy, thanks for the compliment (embarrassed)
thanks mike….
i have not slept in literally 10 days since the platform launch… i went to bed at 5:30 and was up at 8 this morning… and i will be up all nite as well… lol
Mike said
I think my kids would hoist me from the yardarm if they found me on Facebook.
Pirate Timmy said
Good point Billy… I consider myself better informed.
Mike said
Rodney,
Your link is asking for a login.
Mike
Rodney Rumford said
mike…. lmao
they will not accept your friend invitation…. lol
Pirate Timmy said
May, DPC, you could say that your blog is a CAT-ASS-TROPHY
ME Strauss said
Mike,
They all look so much like me, when I was younger and still had my charisma. 
What picture might you be referring to?
Rodney Rumford said
yea…. that link only works if you are a facebook member…. see…. doesn’t it make you want to join facebook… lol
Billy said
Thanks Rodney I just joined the group
Dread Pirate Christopher said
ROARING @ Timmy!!!
You guy are too funny tonight! Scared the boys right out of the office.
Gayla McCord said
Hey fellow plank walkers, I’ve had a pretty long day and this pirate is plum tuckered out.
Thanks for the entertainment. I’ve had fun reading back through all ye comments — but we old pirates have to get our beauty sleep.
I’ll be 40 next month and boy am I feelin it today!
G’nite
Pirate Timmy said
Chris… as if my blog post titles didn’t already give you fair warning of my love of word play???
ME Strauss said
Darren, Guy Kawasaki, and lots of folks are moving in at Facebook. Now that that platform’s open. The grownups are taking it over. You’d be surprised who’s in there.
Mike said
Dread Pirate Christopher, young master Timmy did come up with the one liner of the night!
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Gayla Congratulations! And I only say that because I’ll cross the same milestone next month as well! (Although these guys have me laughing too hard tonight to feel any ill affects of my advancing years.)
Billy said
It is interesting to see “non-college” students on Facebook, even though I graduated, because it has changed a lot since I joined. I like being able to integrate my college/high school friends with my blogging and work friends
Pirate Timmy said
DPC and Gayla… Crossed that milestone last October… and I’m still runnin’ laps around you young pups (or in Chris’ case, kittens)
Mike said
And yes, Rodney, it made me want to sign up. If only that confirmation e-mail would show up.
Rodney Rumford said
hey billy… thanks for joining the group… send me friend request dude…
yea! even liz is my friend on facebook….
Rodney Rumford said
mike, check your spam folder..
Mike said
You young whelps shouldn’t be crying uncle just yet! You’ll be needin’ to put yer pirate training peg legs back on!
Char said
My husband turns 40 this month - me, I get to cross that mark next year.
I am going to have to give Facebook a closer look. I have not done anything with MySpace - not interested, but Facebook sounds like it may be worth a look.
Goodnight Gayla!
Mike said
Rodney, no luck. I’m guessing the MIT mail server realizes how old I am and rejected the message as a public service! LOL
ME Strauss said
Good night, Gayla!
Sleep well.
Pirate Timmy said
Rodney, because you said so, I’ll give facebook a shot.
Billy said
I am not part of myspace but I love facebook.
Mike said
Billy,
Pray tell what you love about Facebook. (Miles out of pirate character on that one).
Mike
Rodney Rumford said
mike… i am cracking up… i am your age and it made it through the age discrimination filter on my machine… lol
timmy there is lot’s of neat stuff coming there… you will notice that all of my blog posts from several of my blogs show up in my facebook profile page…
enough to get anyone else interested?? lmao
Pirate Timmy said
Well, Rodney, I’ve been spending the past month ramping up on Linkedin (thanks to Derrick Sorles’ noble mentoring). I think my hesitancy was more of a time issue (as well as a perception about it). But I’d also rather be ahead of the curve than running to catch up.
Billy said
People’s pages are more organized, I like how you are part networks that prevent some people from seeing your profile and I like how facebook really cracks down on people creating fake accounts or spam accounts
Rodney Rumford said
myspace is anarchy and founded on the premie of music…. much different DNA than facebook…
facebook is much more structured, useful and even has applications like video, calenders, connections, groups… do you like mybloglog????… this is mybloglog X 1000.
think of this as a collaboration, connections, social environmnt that you can dicover and engage in many different way that matter to you..
There is already huge business value there and this will only magnify in the coming months.
oooooohhhhh… i really need to stop being an evangelist… lol
make me walk the plank!
Dread Pirate Christopher said
I’m about getting overloaded on all the social web sites. Facebook, LinkedIn, MyBlogLog, StumbleUpon, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Digg, Reddit, Blogger, Technorati, Feedburner, Google, Yahoo!
I’ve got profiles and logins all over the web and I’m not keeping up very well.
Timothy Johnson said
Avast, ye mateys… it’s time for Pirate Timmy to hang up his eye patch and his sword, cage his parrot, and become a regular fun-loving management consultant again.
Chris… you gave me way too much fun tonight. My only “dread” was from laughing too hard.
Liz… you let me refer to you as a “blog wench” twice and live to tell the tale… your Tuesday nights are as special as you are.
Rodney… keep creating, dude!! and keep inspiring the rest of us to join you on your journey. Get some sleep, though.
The rest of you… smooth sailing where’ere yer vessel may take ye.
ME Strauss said
facebook is MyBlogLog without the irritations.
And with . . . relationships and cool features like the marketplace.
Rodney Rumford said
nice points billy… very true… there are no “face personnas” on facebook. it is genuine.
Timmy. keep working linkedin… it is a great way to professionally network… do not be suprised to see linkedin integrated into myspace in the next 6 months… you heard it here first.
Billy said
Rodney
I wonder how long it will be before facebook turns into myspace.
Char said
Chris - I think you have to figure out which ones give you the most value and focus on them. I feel the same way some days. I have cut my list to StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, MyBlogLog, Technorati, Feedburner for now and I’ll try Facebook.
Mike said
Between Billy and Rodney, I can see I’ll be spending a fair amount of time figuring out facebook.
Rodney, I sent you a friend request. Liz, I ROFLMAO when confronted with the pantheon of “how I know Liz”, none of which qualified. So I said we are taking a “Blogging for SOBs” class together!
Rodney Rumford said
timmy… thanks for chatting tonite..
i love your blog dude. it is great!
Billy said
Char I know the feeling. I stayed away from myspace but blogging introduced me to linkedin, mybloglog, technorati. it can be a lot
ME Strauss said
Mike,
You could have made up some wild caper.
Mike said
Liz,
Trust me, it took every ounce of self-control I have NOT to! LOL
Mike
Billy said
Its bed time for. It was great talking to everyone if you want u can add me on your facebook, technorati, mybloglog, linkedin, and etc.
Hope everyone has wonderful night
Rodney Rumford said
billy,
facebook won’t turn into muspace… they have rule sets, structured page layouts and will never have autoplay music (which kills myspace for me).
plus the cultural DNA of the 25 million users on facebook is much different… once the community has momentum in a direction the ship can only be nudged and not change dramatic direction.
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Char, I think you’re right on that one. My list is about the same as yours although I’m in Twitter more than Technorati. I get some interesting links there.
Mike said
Billy,
The chances of finding you by searching for William, Bill or Billy Smith seem pretty remote…
Mike
Dread Pirate Christopher said
Ladies and Gentlemen, I’m outta here for the night. Thanks for the laughs and the learning.
Rodney, I can’t seem to figure out how you get your feeds to show in your Facebook profile. Have to look around some more, I guess.
‘Night all.
Rodney Rumford said
chris… there will be a review of that widget for blog feeds by weeks end. i am working with the developers…
ME Strauss said
Good night, Billy!
Goog night, Pirate Chris!
Char said
I’ve got to call it a night too - way busy day tomorrow! See you all next week - and hopefully around the blogosphere in the meantime.
Mike said
You’ll be leaving the Klondike booty, won’t ye, Chris?
ME Strauss said
Klondikes for everyone! Klondikes and grog!
Mike said
Rodney,
I’ll be looking for that one, too.
Good night, Char!
Mike
ME Strauss said
Good Night, Char!
Rodney Rumford said
nite char!
Rodney Rumford said
look at the adwords at the bottom of your blog:
ads for:
writing
Pirates 3
pirates
SAP
intersting what google thinks we are talking about… they are fairly spot on..
ME Strauss said
Yeah, I’ve looked down there a couple of times tonight.
Mike said
SAP? Now there’s a bunch of true pirates!
Rodney Rumford said
made you some money…sap can afford it with all that enterprise software and 5 million dollar implementations that they do.
Rodney Rumford said
liz, i like the metaphor idea… you truly are an educator… this helps people to understand…
“blogging is like having a podium, printing press, billboard, megaphone, AM radio, satellite station and tv tower all rolled into one for communicating to the masses that want to consume your meassage.”
mini murdoch… lol
Does this qualify?
Mike said
Rodney,
If my entry of “Dexter’s Memetic Laboratory” qualifies, you’re in high cotton!
Mike
ME Strauss said
Rodney,
Yeah that qualifies. As does a convention exhibit, free university, live tv of the mind, playing my backyard. . . .
ME Strauss said
Mike,
You’re no slouch . . . did you read the post on humility. Stars are supposed to shine. So get bright wouldja?
Mike said
Hey,
While waiting below decks for something interesting to happen, I’ve been doing just that, articulating the important difference between Random Acts of Kindness and Kind Acts of Randomness…
ME Strauss said
Kind Acts of Randomness . . . I could use some of those.
Rodney Rumford said
been a blast you guys… but i need to get a new video review edited & uploaded to youtube and into the blog… big 60 meg file…
so i will pop back in a little later… are there only 3 of us left… we need some west coasters on this … lol
Mike said
Okay, here goes: when playing any text-based RPG, always try “xyzzy”.
ME Strauss said
As I just made a major YAWN. Seems like a good time to let the air out of the sails.
Thanks you guys for a great time!
Sweet dreams to everyone.
ME Strauss said
xyzzy . . . ????
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
I’ve supped with Captain Morgan. Now I’m off to finish a post on independence inspired by a young millionairess who is currently in the brink.
I’ll have to check out facebook. I’ve been considering myspace as another way of promoting my autobiography - http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/ill-do-it-myself-the-book/, but perhaps facebook is a better option?
Mike said
The point of KAORs is that they are a test of what NOT to do when adding elements of surprise to an experience. Does the new thing fit in the context of everything else, or is it simply a kind act of randomness.
Classic RAOK example: paying the toll for the person behind you in line at the toll both. KAOR: leaving them a peanut butter cookie recipe with the toll agent. The person might really appreciate; they might have horrid peanut allergies and alert the highway patrol. Yet banks used to do the same thing by giving people toasters for opening a new checking account. WTF?
Rodney Rumford said
mike… i like the lab story.
most EVERYTHING in life is an experiment. We are always trying new things and pushing the envelope and seeing what does and does not work.
Mike said
A long story for another night, Liz. Trust me. A certain group of people will split a gut at reading that. Everyone else on the planet will have your reaction. No in between.
Mike said
Glenda,
I’m sure Rodney will return with an strong endorsement of Facebook, for all of the reasons he listed in comments 287, 290, and 303.
Mike
Mike said
Thanks, Rodney, and I’ll be exploring Facebook more all week.
Rodney Rumford said
facebook all the way… mike thanks for pointing out the post numbers for glenda… who i just voted for.
Mike said
All done according to The Pirate’s Code, Rodney!
ME Strauss said
I know how to pick my pirates!
Rodney Rumford said
man i love this group. it is so much fun… but i always get here around comment 200… lol
Mike said
Rodney,
You get here just as the sanity gets sapped from the troops…perfect timing!
Mike
Rodney Rumford said
lol. mike it has been a pleasure… but the work never stops and we need to get 2 more facebook reviews in the can soon. 1 by midnight deadline (still editing video audio tracks).
Nice chatting with you and everyone else here tonite.
Cheers!
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Thanks Mike. I’m developing a web accessibility training to be delivered mid-June, then my plan was to pick another marketing strategy for promoting my book and write an ebook on the lessons learned - tho I still need to write the one following my virtual book tour. So perhaps I’ll try facebook.
Thanks Rodney for your vote. I so want to win this competition so that I can get really serious about blogging and get off social assistance.
Mike said
Hi Glenda,
I’ve been using Facebook for about an hour now, but based on what Rodney says and what he’s planning on bringing out, I can see that it might be a really great way to promote your book. As I’m one of the myriad of people also writing a book, I’ll be glad to share any learning I do with you.
Mike
Mike said
Alright, I’m corkin’ the cask o’ rum and the lockin’ the ice chest o’ Klondikes.
Night all!
David Dalka said
Ahoy mate!
Better late than never, right?
Marti said
Aye! T’was a fine night of pirating fun, this past eve! Many thanks to our excellent hostess and to all ye in attendance!
ME Strauss said
All ye pirates are fine souls. No matter what the world writes in history!
Marti,
You are delightful always!
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