Oh, frabjous day. Lee Hopkins tapped me for the Four Things meme, which is a blog version of those “getting to know you” e-mails. It is, at least, a meme appropriate for a Favorites Blog.
I don’t mind answering the questions, but you have to figure that by the time something gets to me, it’s probably jumped the shark, and there may not be four more bloggers left to pass this on to.
Four Jobs I’ve Had
- Sales clerk at a children’s clothing store
- Proofreader for the Duke Digital Papyrus project
- University lecturer
- Caregiver for the elderly and disabled
Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over
I probably see four new movies in a year, so it’s not a particularly large pool I have to draw from.
- The Princess Bride (”Inconceivable!”)
- Anything by Miyazaki
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
- The first “Star Wars” trilogy (the second trilogy combined doesn’t add up to one good movie)
Four TV Shows I Love to Watch
Yeah, right. I stopped watching TV in my early teens.
Four Favorite Cities
Apart from San Francisco, where I live:
- Siena
- London
- Barcelona
- Boston
Four Favorite Dishes
- Bacon scallops (ask for the recipe)
- Butternut squash chips
- A good cut of rare steak
- Eggplant in garlic sauce
Four Websites I Visit Daily
Daily? Are you kidding? With 200+ unread items in Outlook/Newsgator? Besides, isn’t the point of RSS that you don’t have to visit the site? Sites visited most frequently are:
Four Places I’d Rather Be
- Enjoying the ministrations of Sven at the Podcast Institute
- In perfect health
- Caught up with everthing
- New England in Autumn
Four Bloggers I Am Tagging
And I hope this is less laborious for you than it was for me!
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General Remarks on Monday, February 20th, 2006.
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Yes, I’m back with more podcast recommendations. Since I seem to have evolved into the local podcasting expert (which I think is kind of funny since I’m not a podcaster myself, only an obsessive listener and serious researcher), people frequently ask me for recommendations, and one category I haven’t listed favorites in yet is podcasts produced by print media, radio, etc. So here they are.
Slate Magazine Podcasts
Witty, wacky, and provocative, with selections from Ad Report Card, The Human Guinea Pig, and others, as well as the weekly political gabfest.
NPR Business Story of the Day
The closest thing I do to keeping current. NPR has tons of other podcasts, for a variety of shows.
The Daily Telegraph Podcast
I wasn’t a Telegraph reader when I lived in Britain (I favored the Guardian and the Times), but the podcasts provide a non-American and more conservative perspective to balance that of the People’s Republic of Berkeley.
BusinessWeek
I get the Cover Story, Tech and You, and Cutting Edge (formerly “The Blog Elite”. I like them all, but have one complaint: there are no ID3 tags on the MP3 files, which means they all come up as “unknown” on my player.
Wired News
I just started listening to these. They’re short, opinionated pieces about new developments in technology, from games to cell phones and wilder things.
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Websites, Podcasts, and Blogs on Saturday, February 18th, 2006.
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Quick trackback test for SND.
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Websites, Podcasts, and Blogs on Saturday, February 18th, 2006.
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Linen Life Park Avenue (1375 Park Avenue in Emeryville) is more than an art gallery. It’s a car showroom, for one thing. It’s also a performance space. The gallery’s tagline is “An Artistic Space…A Spiritual Place,” and it’s appropriate.
Unfortunately, TLL doesn’t have a website just at the moment (they did for a little while, back when they were still on Hollis), but if you’re interested in holding your party, reception, wedding, business mixer, or other event there, you can contact development director Baylan Megino (that’s pronounced “by-lahn meh-hee-noh”) at 510-526-1575 or linenlifelounge@aol.com.
Baylan holds regular Wednesday morning networking events there, which are always a joy. I’ve also been to evening arts and business mixers, which combine live music, free chair massage, and a chance to hang out amidst wonderful contemporary art (predominantly African) and the artists who create it.
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Services on Saturday, February 4th, 2006.
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