Between projects 

My ebook has been handed in and the podcast jam is over. Work work isn't super busy. I feel lost without an online hobby or moonlighting project to dig into. I'm going to work on the OPML Editor 1.0 site a little, but it's not something that can be finished anytime right away, so it won't be completely satisfying.

Maybe I should take a break. I think I'll try, knowing I'll probably end up finding something I want to drown myself in. More likely it will find me.

I ain't fraid a no ghost 

I've been thinking about the Ghostbusters theme all day.

Soft cone of silence 

I had a crazy idea about a podcasting booth. You know how echo-y a lot of podcasts sound when they are recorded in big open rooms? And you know how professional audio studios have a lot of acoustic tile and carpet and hangings to absorb the sound? What if you made a soft cone of silence just for podcasters. It would be part tent, part roman shade, suspended from the ceiling on hooks and folddownable. Made of fabric. Is a fabric good at absorbing water also good at absorbing sound?

Good going, Anne Zelenka 

Brava Anne for pulling off the Office 2.0 Podcast Jam this week. Good concept, good execution. I know she put her soul and what had to be at least a hundred hours into it.

My little Ender Wiggin 

I overhear things that interest me when my little guy is playing WOW. Our computers are 6-8 feet from each other, so I hear what he says when he's speaking into the mic to players in TeamSpeak, or whatever it is they're using now. Vox? I don't know.

- It impresses me to hear my kid commanding people with a lot confidence when he's leading a raid, and I wonder if it's an ability that can be transferred to some productive real-life setting. It reminds me a little of Ender Wiggin keeping track of starship fleets and making quick command decisions from his microphone.

- Last night he was in a conversation with players about young women in their guild. Apparently they tend not to speak at all in voicechat for an average of about three months when first joining. I'd like to learn why. I have an idea.

- Real-life girls are revered. Aaron can say, "My girlfriend is getting annoyed that I haven't called her tonight," and the others will gladly release him, saying, "Well, you'd better go."

This and that life 

In telling about a story in the Philadelphia Enquirer about Second Life addiction, Second Life Insider blogger Akela Talamasca asks:

Are you addicted to SL? When you walk down the street in RL, do you find yourself trying to right-click people to see their details? Do you walk in RL at all? Do you say out loud things like 'LOL' or 'AFK'? Do you yearn for teleportation?

I won't let myself get too interested in Second Life. I know myself. I've spent maybe an hour total in there to see what it is. I know I'd get hooked and that's the last anybody would see of me.

Rocketboom today has a piece on a modeler who is creating in SL a virtual copy of her surroundings from a store window in New York this weekend. RB is using SL for an adjunct to the campaign for their new advertiser. Sounds like the client, a battery recycler, is getting a lot for the investment.