Twelve Black Code MonkeysTech, gadgets, healt, nutrition, and other interests expounded upon or just quickly commented on with links to an interesting article or blog entry.Is Digg's strength its downfall- October 25, 2006 It was only maybe a year ago when I first started looking at Digg.com, a "social bookmarking site" which lets users submit links to articles of interest that then get "dugg" (rated) by others. The idea was that if your story were very interesting, it would get dugg by many other Digg users, and then become more visible by getting on Digg&39;s "front page." This seemed to work well for the most part. In the last few months, however, there have been..http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.blog-city.com/diggdupes.htm Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim- October 23, 2006 David Sedaris is a humorous writer and speaker who got his start on the radio. He really gained recognition with his reciting of his writing on the public radio show This American Life. He subsequently has come out with a number of books and also writes articles for The New Yorker.Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is Sedaris&39;s penultimate book (his latest being Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules). I listened to an unabridged audio version of it via Audible.com,...http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.blog-city.com/dressyourfamily.htm My Losing Season- October 22, 2006 This was the first book I&39;ve read of Pat Conroy&39;s, author of numerous books made into movies, such as Prince of Tides, the Great Santini, and Beach Music. Unlike those books, which were either mostly fictional with big chunks of Conroy&39;s persona thrown in to thinly veiled autobiographical works, My Losing Season is straight autobiography. It was largely an entertaining read. It covers Conroy&39;s history as a basketball athlete fromthe first time he handles a ball (at 10 or..http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.blog-city.com/mylosingseason.htm Mountains Beyond Mountains- October 20, 2006 I listened to this book via my subscription to the online audio book service, Audible.com, which has various plans allowing you to purchase full, unabridged versions of a huge-selection of books (many best-sellers) for as little as $6 each, and download them for immediate listening either on your computer or onto a large selection of compatible players (including iPods). The book is available in print as well, of course. For those who enjoy non-fiction, Mountains Beyond Mountains is..http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.blog-city.com/mountainsbeyondmountains.htm Podcast Burnout- October 19, 2006 I know the entries haven&39;t exactly been spilling out lately. Chock that up to parenthood I guess, which tends to take up most of the free time at home I used to devote to blogging, and the time that is left over is just an opportunity to catch up on sleep! However, I have been up to some other things besides parenting, specifically as it relates to what I am listening to these days vis-à-vis digital audio. First a quick bit of history: I got involved with audio...http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.blog-city.com/podcast_burnout.htm |