Fang's Blog-O-Rama

This thing is still on [upgraded]

2007-02-20T10:23:00.000+10:30

Im looking for the rss feed for my old www.blogger.com blog.
Used to login as mikese/slackpwd - had to upgrade via gmail login.

Lets see if it still works:

Go to your Blogger Dashboard and enjoy the new Blogger!

Remember:
You will sign in to New Blogger with your Google Account email address, mike.seyfang@gmail.com, from now on.

Fang - Mike Seyfang

Sample post for stephdoust

2006-05-04T22:52:00.000+09:30

To publish audio as a podcast you need to write a blog post that links to your mp3 file (only one per post, near the beginning). Your 'Another sad song' concert has two parts 'SD001.mp3 and SD002.mp3). The URL required by the link dialog box will look like this - "http://homepage.mac.com/mseyfang/audio/SD001.mp3" You will need to write a separate post for each part.

The rest of the post can contain as much descriptive text photos etc as you like.

I would suggest you end each 'podcast' post with a call to subscribe to your feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/stephdoust

And finally a signature that incorporates your brand:

StephDoust

noccundra innamincka montecollina bore lyndhurst

2005-10-11T12:27:00.000+09:30

noccundra innamincka montecollina bore lyndhurst
Mikeseyfang [mikeseyfang@yahoo.com.au]

broken hill
-31.94266, 141.48407

tibooburra
? where did we stay between broken hill and noccundra? - not far from tibooburra

noccundra
-27.36, 142.98
-27.36773295183349, 142.9949523726147
geotagged geo:lat-27.36773295183349 geo:long=142.9949523726147

innamincka
-27.74622, 140.73618

montecollina bore
-29.40126 139.98927

lyndhurst

2005-05-26T11:46:00.000+09:30

Workin the Gherkin

What happens when you put a lot of electricity into a gherkin?

According to Dr Karl, Dr Simon Singh knows the answer and includes a graphic demonstration in his entertaining physics shows. A quick google search reveals:

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/alumni/news/displayFullArticle.asp?id=263
QUOTE: The lecture went with a ‘bang’ as Dr Singh demonstrated how wavelengths produce different colours depending on their energy levels by sending a 240v current through a gherkin – turning it yellow in the process! The lecture ended with a question and answer session where the more esoteric audience members asked complex questions.

2005-05-19T20:13:00.000+09:30

Hello from mars (edit)

2005-05-03T13:10:00.000+09:30

From the OLDaily...

Useful advice and even included a couple of
tips new to me. The author describes (in lavish detail,
complete with screenshots) how to use services like
Bloglines and Feedster to scan and absorb content from a
large number of websites. This is very similar to how I do
it - and no, no miracles are required, just some good
organization on the part of the reader. Via a number of
sources. By Preetam Rai, betterdays, April 25, 2005
[href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/website/refer.cgi?item=1115080141&sender=SENDER"
class="Troll">Refer][href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/website/research.cgi?item=1115080141"
class="Troll">Research][href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/clist/clist.cgi?topic=1115080141&db=Link&key=1115080141&reply=new"
class="Troll">Reflect] [OLDaily]

2 howto: create trackback to MSN space from blogger?

2005-04-26T15:36:00.000+09:30

Fang's Blog-O-Rama
howto: create trackback to MSN space from blogger?
This time I hit 'BlogThis' at the top of a blogger.com page, then overwrote the title, url (pasted .trak from space) and put the trackback.trak in a a link HERE:Fang's Blog-O-Rama
howto: create trackback to MSN space from blogger?
This time I hit 'BlogThis' at the top of a blogger.com page, then overwrote the title, url (pasted .trak from space) and put the trackback.trak in a a link HERE:Fang's Blog-O-Rama
howto: create trackback to MSN space from blogger?
This time I hit 'BlogThis' at the top of a blogger.com page, then overwrote the title, url (pasted .trak from space) and put the trackback.trak in a a link HERE:

howto: create trackback to MSN space from blogger?

2005-04-26T15:29:00.000+09:30

Logged into blogger.com
New Post

Paste Trackback Url HERE: http://spaces.msn.com/members/mikese/blog/cns!1p6t4igVZ5-R-npCeqnrN2MA!318.trak

2005-04-21T10:19:00.000+09:30

This is really interesting...
I tuned in to the live show at http://weblogs.upei.ca/radio and first thing I heard was the Cat Empire then other aussie music, followed by some dude having his crack waxed!

This 'media exchange' in the context of a learning institution clearly has impact for LearnDog - I will subscribe to some of their stuff and check it out.

Short item pointing to Radio@UPEI, "a new
type of media exchange where anyone can learn about rich
media, where anyone can contribute and enjoy a diverse
range of music, where anyone can contribute as well as
listen to independently produced 'shows'." Rock and
roll! By James Farmer, incorporated subversion, April 19,
2005
[href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/website/refer.cgi?item=1114044825&sender=SENDER"
class="Troll">Refer][href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/website/research.cgi?item=1114044825"
class="Troll">Research][href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/clist/clist.cgi?topic=1114044825&db=Link&key=1114044825&reply=new"
class="Troll">Reflect] [OLDaily]

Second day with ecto - getting the hang of it now

2005-04-08T12:35:00.000+09:30

OK, So composing blog entries while offline works real nice.
This is my second day of it.
i like

BlogThis! (trackback?) Declans: Initial Posting

2005-04-08T12:29:00.000+09:30

Declans: Initial Posting

Ok, Im at blogspot.com, logged in as mikese. Im reading declans first post (to which I posted a comment earlier). Now I hit 'BlogThis!' at the top of the screen and a little window appears with title and url.

Will it create a trackback?

EctoPost2

2005-04-07T22:47:00.000+09:30

Here Tis

Ref to Camerons post - Giving Away 10%

2005-04-07T22:34:00.000+09:30

Here is what Cam wrote the other day:

Giving Away 10%:
Talk about coincidences.
For the last few weeks I've been thinking and talking a lot about how I can use my time and TPN to "do good" this year. I've been conscious for the last few years that I need to do something "worthwhile" with my time, something that isn't motivated by earning filthy lucre. I'm no fucking hippie, I am a capitalist, don't get me wrong, but I still think I need to put some of my energy, intelligence, contacts, etc, into something that might be able to make a difference.
So anyway. I was chatting with a few people about this yesterday and I decided I would put 10% of my time this year into such work. Some of the stuff I want to work on is related to teenage suicide, depression, addiction, and the pressure kids get to get a tertiary education these days. I know lots of people, yours truly included, who didn't go to university, out of choice, and yet have gone on to do interesting things and lead productive lives.
So, the coincidence part, is that in The Age today, Daniel Petre, a former PBL director (PBL is the media company owned by Australia's wealthiest individual, Kerry Packer) and ex-vice-president
of Microsoft and ex-MD of Microsoft Australia, wrote an opinion piece chastising Australia's wealthiest people on not being more generous with their wealth. He suggests that they should give away at least 10% of their net worth.
Well I'm not wealthy in a financial sense, but I have managed to free myself up in ways that does allow me to contribute more this year than I ever have before. I'm really excited about that. I'm genuinely excited about how we can take The Podcast Network's infrastructure and momentum and vision this year and "ring fence" a portion of it, as well as my time, to contribute to worthwhile, non-commercial initiatives. Splatt's on board as well, which is important, obviously.
Another old Microsoft colleague, Mike Seyfang, is involved in a new start-up called LearnDog. He's got a vision I'm excited about and can hopefully assist.  Keep an eye on them.
I'm just listening to Dave Slusher on the latest Evil Genius Chronicles podcast talking about his father's suicide and how his family dealt with it openly. I think this issue of depression and suicide needs more open dialogue and conversation and what is a better medium for that than podcasting?
Maybe this all has a bigger purpose.

Dr Karl 07/04/2005

2005-04-07T22:26:00.000+09:30

Dr Karl 07/04/2005:
Dr Karl last Thurs talks about all sorts of stuff
Hey ho, look at this. Dr Karl is podcasting. Thats lucky cos the dudes at jaba let me prattle on too long this morning and I missed the show.

First post from ecto

2005-04-07T14:20:00.000+09:30

Hey Mr Clise,
Methinks you gotta get this ecto thing.
It works real nice as an offline editor for our 'blogger' blogs
The Fang

What is this Trackback thing called love?

2005-02-17T19:01:00.000+10:30

javascript:OpenSection('permalink','cns!1p6t4igVZ5-R-npCeqnrN2MA!115');
orhttp://spaces.msn.com/members/mikese/Blog/cns!1p6t4igVZ5-R-npCeqnrN2MA!115.entry

In customize, settings I had to allow trackbacks from outside MSN!
Try the 'BlogIt!' button goose.
(Thanks Blakey)

Scoble first Microsoft Dollar (RedCouch TOC)

2005-02-17T17:31:00.000+10:30

From:
http://redcouch.typepad.com/weblog/2005/01/blog_or_dietoc.html

1. Scoble’s First Microsoft Dollar
In 2002, Robert Scoble attended a Microsoft “Most-Valued Partners” event at Microsoft’s headquarters, representing his employer at that time. In keynote remarks, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer challenged participants for ideas; "Give me a good one and I‘ll give you a buck. I’ll even sign it.” Scoble suggested Microsoft speak in “a more human voice,” and thus, Ballmer awarded Scoble his first Microsoft dollar.
Six months later, Scoble would join Microsoft as one of the company's 300 technology evangelists. Placed in the mid-level of the 57,000-person organization, seven tiers beneath the company’s chairman, neither Scoble nor Microsoft had any idea of how each were about to transform the other. A year later, Scoble would be the best-known voice of the new “more human” Microsoft. By day, he’d walk around the Redmond campus, armed with a camcorder, interviewing company technologists on myriad software projects, posting the video interviews on the new Channel 9 developer’s blog. At night, Scoble would prolifically blog on any technology-related subject. At times, he championed his employer. At others, he’d be among Redmond’s harshest critics. Sometimes, he advised readers to visit competitors’ sites or even to download or buy competing products. He had no idea how his superiors would respond, but they did nothing to stop it, so he just kept on, posting as many as 40 times a day. He knew that Microsoft’s PR agency and in-house marketing technicians wanted to muzzle—or at least filter him—but they never received the authority to do so.

The result was twofold: (1) the unfettered Scoble emerged to become one of the best-known and most highly regarded members of Microsoft’s organization. (2) Microsoft, a company whose public image was among the worst of any company, started to see public hostility diminish. Just the fact that Microsoft’s senior powers allowed Scoble to continue helped moved theneedle toward favorability. As of today, there are over 1,300 Microsoft blogging employees, each giving outsiders insight into the internal workings of this huge, controversial company.

Mike is here too -> http://spaces.msn.com/members/mikese

2005-02-17T17:15:00.000+10:30

http://spaces.msn.com/members/mikese
Where he talks about interesting stuff...
Like
Fifteen Word Definition of BLOG.

2005-02-11T20:49:00.000+10:30

Mike Christmas Beard

I went to ricks shed today

2005-02-11T17:35:00.000+10:30

http://www.rickclise.com has an excellent shed where he makes funky metal art.
he blogs here at: http://ricks-rambles.blogspot.com/
Ill tell U more about the visit later and maybe even post a picture if I can figure out how.

I hope to use ecto inside shrook to do that...

Bye

Form factory - Mike takes the hi road John takes the low road

2005-01-11T09:41:00.000+10:30

Fang's Blog-O-Rama: In search of the corporate smart spot

Mike and Johns Excellent Adventure - lessons

2005-01-11T09:37:00.000+10:30

Fang's Blog-O-Rama

In search of the corporate smart spot

2005-01-11T09:34:00.000+10:30

Fang's Blog-O-Rama

No Matter

2004-12-21T22:15:00.000+10:30

No matter where you go, there you are.