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PDD on KUWS
Listen to Final Edition this Friday, March 13 to hear a discussion with Mike Simonson about the current state of blogging and journalism.
Guests:
Barrett Chase of Perfect Duluth Day (that’s me!)
Beth Jett of Fox 21 (their website launched today)
Aaron Brown of Minnesota Brown (who also teaches journalism at Hibbing Community College)
When/Where:
KUWS 91.3 FM
Friday, March 13
5pm
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In the shower this morning I was thinking about how the digital lifestyle is taking over my old analog self. I rarely play LP’s or CD’s anymore, Pandora and Podcasts are replacing radio, I read books on my iPhone, get recipes online and communicate with Facebook and Twitter. Many of these tools replace things I used to spend money on which is good for me but I wonder where this will all lead? Papers are going under, bands can’t sell nearly as many CD’s and I’m sure Publishers will see a loss in sales of books now that they are going digital.
I’m not sure what my point is but I am curious how others have adapted/adopted to the digital lifestyle. Is digital good for the human race?
Sorry for PDD down time!
We are having some issues with our hosting provider and we are working on the issues. We may be moving to a new provider in the near future to insure more stability, better performance and hopefully leave me with a little hair. Thanks 🙂
Attn Duluth Bloggers
…and other folks creatively using e-technologies.
The Blandin Foundation and E-Democracy.Org are bringing an “unconference” to Duluth, April 3-4, 2009.
The unconference is supported through an online discussion for people using new media technologies to build community across Greater Minnesota.
Learn more and join from https://e-democracy.org/mnvoices
Party Like It’s 1234567890!
At 5:23:30 pm today (about 6 hours from now), the Unix time will be “1234567890” (Epoch Time). Geeky Sweet!
What the heck is Unix Time?
When can I raise a toast to the Unix clock?
Duluth’s Rear Ends
Whenever I’m out on the roads, I always seem to find myself behind people who are expressing themselves. If I’m at a stoplight, or in the passenger seat, or on foot, I always try to take a photo. After the jump are some of the best shots I’ve taken of this sort.
[Potentially NSFW due to language! Consider yourself warned.]
Why I still love the DNT
From today’s Swap Shop:
SWAP: My knowledge and advice for oral Yiddish lessons. Kurt 218-xxx-xxxx Posted: 02/05/2009
SWAP: Briggs & Stratton push lawn mower. Will trade for 20 lbs of ham. 218-xxx-xxxx. Posted: 02/03/2009
Where in Duluth?
Where in Duluth is this?
From the Big Box of Photos in My Basement | 1989
Neck injury
It seems like a lifetime ago that I was in Paramedic school. Our last project before graduation was a mock disaster that was held in the White Bear Lake Middle School. I had forgotten how all out we went in preparations for the drill. Moulage and fake smoke were used with great effect.The day after the drill we flew to Colorado Springs for our exams which we all failed over a technicality. We had to wait a month to take them over. (more…)
Things are tidying up nicely around here
If you haven’t visited Perfect Duluth Day all weekend, you must be just noticing that the site has changed. It looks different and it works different. Here are the basic things you need to know:
- The comments work the same as they did before, except they upload faster.
- PDD is using a new publishing platform, WordPress, so creating posts is a little different now. It also requires registering for a new account to log in. All accounts from the old site are closed.
If you are confused, see the help page. We’re working on adding more topics to it, so please be patient.
The only glitch so far, that we’re aware of, is that the archives from the old site are a little messed up. We’ll keep working on that. Let us know if you see anything else haywire.
Thank you for your patronage. Go blog yourself.
From the Fortress of Solitude…or Duluth
Taken on Park Point today for your viewing pleasure
Posting from my phone is awesome.
WordPress has an app for the iPhone and iPod touch. It is free and will be updated soon with more functionality.
I was gone for a while
trees! st. john v.i.
Congratulations, you’re a virgin again
Attention PDD Bloggers:
Because of the switch to WordPress, you can no longer log in with your old account to create posts. You have to register for a new account. (more…)