I liked playing with Vox but now I am done. I have a blog of my own over at http://jessamyn.com/journal (rss, atom) and I encourage you to read it if this is the sort of thing that interests you. I have photos at Flickr, a professional blog of sorts and I'm even sometimes on Facebook. I'll still be reading here, I just won't be writing here.
I don't ever want to have to unclick a box that says "This may be offensive or otherwise not for the public." again. I do not want to read the Welcome to Vox Design thread anymore. I want to size my pictures more than four different ways. I do not want to see a lock next to a "viewable by anyone" indicator. I want to copy and paste without copying line height and font faces and hyperlinks. I want to see a cursor. I want styles of my own devising. I would like more friends and neighbors, and fewer "friends" and "neighbors." Those of you who are both know where to find me, and I know where to find you.
More to the point, it's Spring and I want to type less and walk by the river more. This is part of that. Thanks for your kind attentions. Come visit if you're ever in Vermont.
I posted this over on MetaFilter, but I wanted to add a little and copy it over here. Right now I'm in the DC/Baltimore area. One of the things I like about DC is how you always see people signing on the subway. This is probably because Gallaudet is nearby. When I gave my talk at Computers in Libraries on Monday I had an ASL interpreter.
I've always liked cover songs on YouTube. It's fun to see people's performances. I've become really fascinated lately with ASL (and sign languages from other countries; yes, they are different) cover songs. Some of these are done by Deaf people and some are done by kids in their sign language classes or just signing hobbyists. Texting and videoblogging have really changed the way that Deaf people interact both with each other and also the hearing community. For many folks who signed before they learned English, having a way to speak their native language on the Internet is sort of a big deal. Here are a few signing songs that I liked.
Popular: It's Like That, Humble Neighborhood, Son of a Preacher Man, Beautiful, Barbi Girl, Truly Madly Deeply, I'm Alive, Hips Don't Lie
Indie: Blister in the Sun, Across the Sea, Tom's Diner, Zombie;
Classics: The Rose (more, also without lyrics), Revolution, Hotel California
Rap/Hip Hop (some comedic): Baby Got Back, Ice Ice Baby, Music (more), Paul Revere, Grillz, White and Nerdy, Where'd You Go, Hey Ya
Non-English songs: Film Dust, Comme Elle Vient; Pseudosign: Torn (again), Sweet Home Alabama
Instructions: general tips, religious songs, and how to sign "rock & roll"
On-the-phone banker: So can I ask you a few security questions before we proceed?
Me: If I say no this conversation is pretty much over, isn't it?
Banker (laughs): Yeah, I guess it is.
Me: Well okay then, fire away.
Sometime in 1999 there was an episode of 0sil8 where Jason had people call his voicemail
at work and leave him messages. Then he published them on a little timewasting page.
I can't get them to play through the interface but all the .rm files are still there. I liked having
an audiorecording of a story I liked, so I made a little web page with the text, and a
nice looking picture and linked the story. Then I forgot about it for a long time.Now that I've been making some little movies, I'm digging through some old folders labelled
storage/ancient/reallyreallyold/misc crap/todo and finding things like this. I got a copy of
Audio Hijack and made an aiff out of the story. Then I converted it to an MP3 with iTunes.
Then I put it here.
...because it is going to be on my "recent activity" page forever. And, unlike other sites with recent comments type pages, Vox always shows all the comments since your comment, 79 in my case, so happy scrolling! My comment -- a minor bug that I noticed -- was in January. Someone has commented in the post or added it to their favorites once every few days since then. No you can not delete your comments on other people's posts, I tried that. maybe I can get Vox Design to block me. Seems like they haven't posted to their own blog since January either.
Usually I just skip over the pestier interface design choices I see here -- stuff mostly works and that makes me happy -- but this one is harshing my post-AFD mellow.
I've always stretched myself to the brink. I thrive under pressure, I love learning, and mostly love challenges.
Tonight, I went with 3 girl friends to see the play "Man of LaMancha" in Providence, RI. It's a bit embarrassing to say I've never read or learned about Don Quixote. The story, music, and performances were wonderful. I learned quite a lot and it feels good.
On Monday, I begin an 8-week course at Brown University - Egyptian Hieroglyphics. I know it must sound weird but I've always been intrigued by mummies, pyramids, and anything Egyptian. Hope it's a fun time.
I changed the design style of my page today. I chose this one because it reminds me of the ocean which I love. We live about a mile from the beach and time spent there is so relaxing.
In anticipation of a new grandchild and my niece's fall wedding we bought a video camera last week. Need to practice now before all the happenings. It's fun to take videos and now I have to figure out what to do with them. Post on website? Burn dvds? Email to friends and family? Or...maybe all of these. More projects!
...but file under "why I enjoy Wikipedia"
Someone should censor all the genitals in the pictures in this article
It's just disgusting. We should really draw the line at bestiality.
Excuse me, but I would like to remind people offended by this of one little detail;
IT IS A BLUE FROG WITH TEETH, WEARING A LEATHER FLYING HELMET AND LEATHER JACKET, RIDING AN INVISIBLE MOTORBIKE!!!
