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The Mic is ON in Philadelphia!

July 4, 2006 by Liz

It’s Like Open Mike Only Different

Here’s how it works.

open mike night

The rules are simple — be nice.

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.

Some things we might talk about could include

  • personal declarations of independence.
  • coolest fireworks stories — real and metaphorical.
  • urban legends about fireworks.
  • parades, marching bands, and drum corps.
  • your invisible pet. We know you have one.

AND THE EVER POPULAR,

What are the code-writing donkey and the drinking moose doing tonight?

A link anyone to was a member of the DCI related to one of the points above.

Fireworks

Thanks to gophila.com for this Fourth of July Fireworks over the Philadelphia Museum of Art Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC. Thanks to Joe for finding this great photo of his lovely city.

Enjoy the fireworks!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Open Mic at 7pm Chicago Time

July 4, 2006 by Liz

4th of July Tuesday Open Comment Night

Personal Branding logo

YES, the mike will be open again tonight. So start collecting your thoughts. Remember, you get to bring what you want to talk about.

The rules are simple — be nice.

We met lots of new friends last week as we always do. If you missed it, stop by this week, and we’ll meet you.

Some things we might talk about could include

  • personal declarations of independence.
  • coolest fireworks stories — real and metaphorical.
  • urban legends about fireworks.
  • parades, marching bands, and drum corps.
  • your invisible pet. We know you have one.

AND THE EVER POPULAR,

What are the code-writing donkey and the drinking moose doing tonight?

A link to anyone was a member of the DCI related to one of the points above.

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.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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The Mic is ON. It’s Thassos Island, Greece!

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Link Leak Virus in Greek Cooking

June 28, 2006 by Liz

The Link Virus Epidemic

Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes. On Open Comments Night the virus was released when a cooking contest was held on Thassos Island, Greece. Here are some cool links that were shared:

  • Cat Morely came back especially to leave this one. Internet public library
  • Hart offered THIS PLUGIN
  • and this one HART’s Famous Chili Recipe .

The Cooking Contest that Went Viral

Ben came early and in his typical fun-loving way. The donkey was cooking up some viral marketing techno baubles. Then he started the night with a contest. Finish this sentence. “I cook like . . .” Ben said. Next thing you know it’s a contest.

Ben even said that there would be prizes, and that I would be happy to donate them. As the night went the prizes became Ben’s idea again. A free complete set of the DVDs of Fawlty Towers, starring John Cleese. He left for a while to post-it on his blog. I went over to add it to Reddit — that could be how the virus spread so quickly.

Starbucker said I cook like I golf – I’m not very good at either, and probably never will be.

Joe said I cook like a Clam in a Casino.

Chris said I cook like . . . Basil the Donkey.

Things were sort of slow in the contest mode, so I decided to raise the bar a bit.

I said “Okay then, now I have to get serious about this cooking contest.

I cook like a cavewoman who hasn’t yet discovered fire and just found out that her caveman is having an affair with a wild turkey that isn’t really a turkey because cave people didn’t live anywhere near wild turkeys . . . wild turkeys hadn’t evolved yet. So in fact, he has been having his fun with a bird-like wild boar and now she not only has to set the idiot straight, but also has to find him food, before she kicks his butt out of the cave. And that hurts her very deeply. So she gives up eating . . . ”

Ben threatened to take that one viral with a YouTube video.

Starbucker came back with I cook like I exercise; very infrequently and when I do, I can’t do it very long or very well because of the fact that I do it infrequently, and because of the infrequency the net results of the exercise is very unsatisfactory, and because its unsatisfactory I only do it infrequently.

Chris, not to be outdone, offered
I cook like an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Good amount of beefsteak, lots of spice, and top it all off with a just bit of cheese.

All Trisha said was that My cooking and singing are kind of on the same level – I think it would be cruel to do to the plants.

Cat chimed in with I cook like a I dance (both of which I love). So at times it may be slow and easy. Others, fast, fast, fast.

HART I cook like my wife cleans .. when it comes to Stir Fry and HART’s Famous Chili Recipe.

Christine said she liked to listen to music while cooking, but never said how she cooked. I never said I was listening to her music through the whole comments night conversation. Gosh, she really is worth listening to.

The code-writing donkey and moose cooking up trouble with the swill sipping pig last I heard.

This Week’s Comment Quiz

One question, one answer for one link. Post the answer on your blog and leave a link to the post with the answer in the comments below. I’ll link your post when I announce you as winner. If we do it this way, I can take three winners.

The question is:

What did Kean want to add to his blog?

Until next week, I hope you’ll be here!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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The Mic is ON. It’s Thassos Island, Greece!

June 27, 2006 by Liz

It’s Like Open Mike Only Different

Here’s how it works.

The rules are simple — be nice.

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.

Some things we might talk about could include

  • our favorite words.
  • whether anyone’s putting email on their blog(s).
  • whether you’ll ever do a podcast.
  • what your biggest blogging problem is.
  • why Liz had to find her own photograph.

AND THE EVER POPULAR,

What are the code-writing donkey and the drinking moose doing tonight?

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Open Mic Tonight 7pm Chicago Time

June 27, 2006 by Liz

Tuesday Open Comment Night

Personal Branding logo

YES, the mike will be open again tonight. So start collecting your thoughts. Remember, you get to bring what you want to talk about.

The rules are simple — be nice.

We met lots of new friends last week as we always do. If you missed it, stop by this week, and we’ll meet you.

Some things we might talk about could include

  • our favorite words.
  • whether anyone’s putting email on their blog(s).
  • whether you’ll ever do a podcast.
  • what your biggest blogging problem is.
  • why Liz had to find her own photograph.

AND THE EVER POPULAR,

What are the code-writing donkey and the drinking moose doing tonight?

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.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Great Find: 2 Standalone Trackback Tools

June 24, 2006 by Liz

Trackback Troubles

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A few months ago, I was having a problem with trackbacks. It occurred right after a server move. Everything seemed to be working, yet the trackbacks weren’t appearing. I found the situation somewhat distressing. What I was writing was important and incredibly cool — as everything we write is.

This week I am having a problem with my trackbacks again. It just started happening for apparent reason. I haven’t had the time to play detective, but I know the value of well-placed trackbacks.

Trackbacks show other writers that I’ve thought about what they’ve written. They offer my work on the same sujbect to another conversation. People notice trackbacks. Sometimes they even follow one home.

Being without my trackbacks is a lot like being without. [Read more…]

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