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A friend and I were reminiscing about the good old days of Xanga - a blog/journal hosting service that we used (along with many of our friends) to chronicle our lives and our thoughts.  As we moved from high school to college, our Xangas started to become less and less frequently updated until, finally, we [...]

Well, the new Facebook layout is here - that is, if you want it to be.  It is accessible by visiting www.new.facebook.com and logging in.  I personally have been looking forward to the upgrade to see what features Facebook would implement to take on Twitter and FriendFeed.  They had a real opportunity to turn the [...]

I’m getting really fed up with all the FriendFeed evangelists who insist Twitter is on its way out. I can’t go one day without reading a blog post, a FriendFeed comment or a tweet (the irony) suggesting that the takeover of FriendFeed is imminent.
Let me tell you what is going on in my FriendFeed right [...]

A few days ago I wrote a post about why I’d rather be here than in Silicon Valley.  While people there are more apt to become early adopters, Central Pennsylvania’s rate of adoption for new technology is much slower.  This basically makes those of us blogging, tweeting and FriendFeeding here the Robert Scobles, Louis Grays [...]

Since Twitter has once again bitten the dust, a lot of discussion has taken place on FriendFeed as to whether or not Twitter is running out of chances. Some believe that FriendFeed will ultimately replace Twitter. Personally, I feel that the two services have two very different aims. I don’t think I [...]

Of course, a lot of me wants to say yes.  Scobleizer interviews some pretty high-profile people in the world of technology.  He also gets to fly all over creation.  He has a multitude of eyes and ears hanging on his every word.
Unfortunately, I feel that being fully immersed in the startup world and the ever-changing landscape of [...]

Guess who’s back?
I’ve scrapped my earlier plans of taking a course on campus at IUP in favor of taking an online class and coming home early.  Not only does this mean I get to enjoy nightly volleyball, I also get to start work immediately on my various projects.  I’ll get to start posting more heavily [...]

To start off, the food court on campus here (Folger) has the most terrible sushi on earth.  After having decent sushi over the weekend, Folger’s just doesn’t cut it.  One thing I noticed is that their rice is really, really wet, and they use a lot of it.  A lot of rice and very little [...]