MNTWIDFLSMAEPBTWIDTAWitis (for short)

I'm glum. I've been thinking of redesigning this site for awhile, but every time I sit down to do it, I get a bad case of Maybe Next Time When I Don't Feel Like Sitting on My Arse and Eating a Pretzel Because That's What I Do on Tuesdays After Work- itis. You know, MNTWIDFLSMAEPBTWIDTAWitis, for short. Sadly, the condition is treatable, but incurable.

Oh well. Hey, check out this TED talk on ants if you wanna procrastinate too. Crazy bugs.




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Spartan Blog Author

Well, they've finally done it - at the risk of losing all credibility and alienating countless readers, as well as endangering their new presence on the web - the Spartan Daily just gave me authorship previlages to post on Spartan Daily Blogs.

Don't worry all you Soapbox readers out there, I'll still be blogging here. In fact, the new traffic will probably ensure I blog here even more.

Andrew Venegas , San Jose , SJSU , Soapbox Prophet , Spartan Blog

When the Story is a Story

It was brought to my attention today by Steve Sloan that the Skype ban story is a story in and of itself.


The mere fact that it has been driven largely by students and teachers blogging online is a first for Silicon Valley.

I am unaware of another policy in San Jose's history that has been challenged and received such link-love on technorati as the proposed Skype ban.

Hmmm.

Andrew Venegas
San Jose
SJSU
Soapbox Prophet
Skype
Steve Sloan

Shield Laws

There's been several journalists jailed as of late for not revealing their sources to grand juries.

I found this post from John Eggerton at Broadcasting and Cable interesting. It's worth a look, even if you're not a journalist. Vlogger's and freelance journalists are at risk too; just ask Josh Wolf.

Andrew Venegas
San Jose
SJSU
Soapbox Prophet
shield laws
San Jose

Blogger Beta Blues

Well, I've finally gone and done it. There's no turning back now - I've gone to Blogger Beta.


For all of you out there that have known the deep pang of havings your post destroyed by the "publishing dial monster" (see picture above), you'll appreciate the beauty of instant publishing.
It is by far the best feature to be added to the site.

Here's another kicker; you can customize your RSS feeds in beta, so that you receive feeds on individual sections, posts, anything!

Also, beta put out a plethera of new templates, including new functionality and html code. This isn't as impressive as instant publishing or custom RSS, hence the reason I'm sticking to my old code.

If it ain't broke...

Andrew Venegas
San Jose
SJSU
Soapbox Prophet
Blogger Beta
RSS

San Jose Mercury takes Interest in Proposed Skype Ban at SJSU

Elise Ackerman, an online reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, called me today for a piece she is doing on the proposed Skype ban at SJSU by the University.


Ackerman asked me if I knew any international students that use Skype that would be willing to speak with her, and since I don't personally know any, I thought I'd post here and see if any of you are or know of any.

If you do, her email address is eackerman@mercurynews.com.

Ask around too. The more publicity this story has, the harder it will be for the school to shut Skype down without addressing the students.

Andrew Venegas
San Jose
SJSU
Soapbox Prophet
Skype
Elise Ackerman