by David Lee King on December 30, 2006
According to Andy Carvin, DOPA has just died in the Senate. From his blog – “The end of 2006 also marks the end of the current congressional session
in the House and Senate, closing the door on the Deleting Online
Predators Act.”
I don’t know a whole lot about politics – is this true? I certainly hope so!
by David Lee King on December 30, 2006
This is sorta funny… I’m the Green Lantern!
Your results:
You are Green Lantern
| Green Lantern |
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70% |
| Hulk |
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70% |
| Spider-Man |
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60% |
| Superman |
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60% |
| Robin |
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50% |
| The Flash |
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45% |
| Supergirl |
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40% |
| Catwoman |
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40% |
| Wonder Woman |
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35% |
| Batman |
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30% |
| Iron Man |
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15% |
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Hot-headed. You have strong will power and a good imagination.

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Click here to take the “Which Superhero am I?” quiz…
by David Lee King on December 28, 2006
Check this out – John Edwards is using YouTube to announce his presidency. And if that’s not enough, he’s also “invited” some webbish 2.0 types down to New Orleans with him to, well, do their thing (ie., Robert Scoble has been blogging about it and plans to shoot video, and the Rocketboom folks actually filmed the YouTube video for Edwards).
So – whatever you think of John Edwards, web 2.0, web video, and politics in general… get ready for Election 2.0!
by David Lee King on December 22, 2006
I’m already starting to get busy! Here’s what/where I’m speaking as of now for 2007 (more is sure to be added):
- January 8 – February 9: Website Management 6-week online course. Education Institute
- January 18: Social Networking: Best Practices for Libraries (I’m on a panel with others). ALA Midwinter
- February 19 – staff day
- April 16: Planning and Implementing Library 2.0. Computers in Libraries 2007
- April 17: Guiding Libraries & Info Pros Through Change. Computers in Libraries 2007
- April 19: Podcasting and Videocasting Bootcamp (postconference session with David Free). Computers in Libraries 2007
- June 22 – Videocasting for Public Libraries (preconference), ALA 2007
by David Lee King on December 21, 2006
Alrightie then… Michael Stephens tagged me on this 5 things blog meme / tag game going around right now. So upward and onward – 5 things you don’t know about me:
- I’m an extreme creative and an extreme white collar worker (ie., no real “skills”)… so it’s particularly odd that I worked one summer on a paint/construction crew. Maybe even funnier that they kept me on that long.
- My wife and I have kids every time we move to another state. When we moved from Missouri to Tennessee, we had a kid. When we moved from Tennessee to Mississippi, we had a kid. When we moved from Mississippi back to Missouri, we had a kid. And guess what? We just moved from Missouri to Kansas. <note to self: find out how much “that operation” costs>
- In 1983, I might have been seen wearing those break-dancer, black with white side leg zippers, parachute pants. And a neon orange sweatshirt that said “jump.” At the same time. I wonder why I was picked on?
- Sandwiches have a right-side-up and an upside-down, and MUST be eaten right-side-up.
- Streetlights have a tendency to turn off when I walk or drive underneath them. This happens at least twice a month.
So there we have it! And now, I’m tagging: Aaron Schmidt, Nicole Engard, Michael Porter, David Free, and Chad Boeninger.
by David Lee King on December 20, 2006
by David Lee King on December 20, 2006
This is my first attempt at making a movie using the Second Life movie tools, and it came out ok. In the video, I’m sitting down and chatting with Stephen Mandelbrot in Cybrary City. Take a peek!I have to admit – I felt kinda odd doing that! The chair had a movement sim thing attached to it (both chairs did), so we were both doing the same movements at the same time… spooky! And of course, there’s that albino elf thing I have going on, too…
But at the same time – wow! I’ll also admit that the visual part of Second Life added a whole new dimension to chatting (Second Life has a chat/IM feature, which you can barely make out in the video).Now if only Second Life allowed voice chatting… THAT would be cool. And I suppose you CAN do that via Skype or some other similar tool. But an in-world type of voice chat would be even better. Why? It would make the whole experience a bit more seamless and easy-to-use, just like IM’ing in-world rather than having to use a normal IM service while being in-world. Just a thought.
by David Lee King on December 20, 2006
I was just getting ready to dump the ALA District Dispatch feed into iTunes and/or just download their podcast… but I can’t.
Why? Well – first of all, there’s no direct link to the audio file in the post. And second – because it’s not a podcast (see Greg Schwartz’s way cool Podcasting: An Introduction for an in-depth explanation). A true podcast has an enclosure thingie embedded within the RSS feed that makes audio (and video) files recognizable to feed readers. This is especially useful with podcast aggregators like iTunes or Fireant – those podcast readers will automatically dump the podcast into your mp3 player of choice.
ALA – thank you, thank you, thank you for recording audio and sending it out on your blog. Now – go one tiny little extra step, and make that podcast available for download!
Thanks
by David Lee King on December 15, 2006
My feeds have been having “issues” the last few days. Can some of you do something for me, pretty please with sugar on top? When you see this post, can you:
1. leave a comment saying you saw my post
2. tell me what rss reader you’re using
Thanks!
David
by David Lee King on December 14, 2006