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The Seven Weird/Random Things Post

Kris Johnson and Jason Penney have tagged me. I must obey.

  1. Link to the person that tagged you, and post the rules on your blog.
  2. Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself.
  3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs
  4. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
Like Kris, I’m ignoring #4, as I dislike being a nag.  So…just the facts, ma’am:
  1. In the morning, I drink coffee without cream. In the evening, I have it with cream. 
  2. When I’m upset, I wash dishes and clean the kitchen.
  3. I’ve fought a long battle again sleep-eating. I’m not making this up. Instead of sleepwalking, I get out of bed and eat. I do not remember it in the morning, except for the sick feeling.
  4. I have burned my journals three times in my life.
  5. I never wanted to work in computers growing up. My original goal was to be a college professor, teaching Medieval Literature.
  6. I wish I had never seen the movie Event Horizon. Nothing has creeped me out more in my life.
  7. My favorite music for writing code is the soundtrack from Riven, given to me at my first technology job.
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Ask Chris: How Did You Get to Mahalo?

A week ago, I asked for people to submit some topics that they’d like to hear me write about. Some of my comrades in the Cleveland Programming Wasteland chimed in, wanting to know how I wound up working for Mahalo.

In a word, podcasting.

No, really.

Desperation, Quiet to Unquiet

When the podcasting community started to form in late 2004/early 2005, I was working for a small development firm in Medina. While I enjoyed the work, I wanted to do something more creative in my off time, and because of that, I got into podcasting. My first contact was with Evo Terra, who at that time was the co-host of The Dragonpage. He mentioned his idea for serialized audiobooks delivered via RSS, and dubbed them Podiobooks. At the time, Podiobooks.com was a simple site with five books on the front page.
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