Archive for the ‘ internets ’ Category

my music business

So my friend Jessi asked me the other day if I could answer a few questions about the music biz and artist management to help her out with a college project she’s doing. There are certainly more qualified people out there to answer these questions, but I appreciate that she asked and so I’m happy [ READ MORE ]

twittle-dee, twittle-dum

I finally signed up for Twitter. If you care to hear my random thoughts as the day progresses you can find me at twitter.com/burnshead[ READ MORE ]

accepting failure

After a little more than a year, last night I decided it was time to call it quits on my website. A business that was set up to make money and generate income just wasn’t doing that, and it was costing me too much to keep it going. It’s frustrating when you have in your [ READ MORE ]

cloudy day

I finally upgraded my blog to Blogger version 2.whatever, mainly because I went through my entire history and created ‘labels’ for all my previous posts and I wanted a Label Cloud to show off my organizational skills. So now I’m set with a Label Cloud (see bottom right) and hopefully a more navigable blog. Say [ READ MORE ]

the google mapping

Two posts regarding Google in two days… I’m sorry. But this is amazingly fascinating. Of course everyone knows that Google Maps is the preferred way to view streets and avenues in the online world. A while back Google rolled out a “My Maps” function, a capability allowing users to overlay makers, lines and polygons on [ READ MORE ]

blogger hack

A while back I did an internet-practice overhaul… I switched to Firefox as the browser of choice, and drank the Google cool kool-aid, which has had a profound impact on my life and productivity. Got myself a gmail address – burnsie512 {at} gmail.com – and I’m off and running… Well, when I started blogging back [ READ MORE ]

the problem with wikipedia

If you’re a reader of this blog you know I have a fascination with Wikipedia. Perhaps a little off color, but I thought this was remarkably insightful (not to mention hilarious)… thanks for the find Jon[ READ MORE ]

uber-nerd

I’ve officially crossed the line. I’m an internet nerd. Not only do I casually observe the happenings on the marvelous interwebs, I am now one who actually contributes to this massive chaotic giant of tubes, webs, and bits and bats. I’m speaking of Wikipedia, my favorite website. I love it for it’s random wealth of [ READ MORE ]