I'm a Agent of Change, Consultant, Subversive Writer, Freelancer, Web Publisher-Architect-Developer-Designer, Neo Marketer, SEO phile, Social Media Masher, Joomla CMS Wonk, Open Source Hog, MacAddict,Daddyx5, Grandadx1, Hubbyx1, who believes in publishing for the greater good, and in the continuing power of the web community to change the world for the better.
You are awakened in the middle of the night by a story that insists you tell it RIGHT NOW...and you do.
You have to think things over...by writing them down.
You got books for your birthday...or gift cards to buy books.
You've belonged to writers groups...plural.
The people who most influenced your life...are fictional characters.
You have notebooks, scraps of paper, bits of paper napkin...with writing on them.
You can't remember all the stuff you've written or published...and are pleasantly surprised when you rediscover it.
You often use words in stories...that you've never spoken or used in conversation.
when autographed books by your admired writers are your most cherished possessions.
You invent words such as 'liminous' (splice of liminal and luminous) and actually live such words. (Susana Short).
Someone asks you to close your eyes and imagine paradise you see yourself in a secluded place (beach, forest, etc.) penning or keyboarding 'paradise' away. (Susana Short)
You realize you're still learning how to do it right and constantly work to hone your craft. (Arnie Bernstein)
Oh, and you're getting paid diddly-squat for a lot of hard work. (Arnie Bernstein)
Your sentences finish themselves. (Robert C. Carroll)
I'm going to add more to this list, but please feel free to add more in the comments below! I'll add them and credit you.
Update: 4/21/08 I've been forced to turn off the image display in the module, because other "customized" avatars are not being shrunk down. Not as pretty in my layout, and I don't feel like messing with the code, so I'll be on the lookout for other module solutions. Free (software) is as free (software) does.
Update: 4/3/09 I noticed last night, that the 2.0 extension is still glitching, presenting certain images non-thumbnailed (doesn't seem to matter if they are giif, jpeg or png). The software might need an adjustment to the php? No idea right now. I suspect it has something to do with Tweets who upload large "custom" images. Hmmm.
Here's an excellent video that my son Christian Eusebio did, for his Maine South H.S. broadcasting class, of Beck's song Lost Cause. The actor is another talented son, Noah Eusebio, who has probably powned you in WOW.
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Note: This video is imbedded using the free Joomla multimedia component AllVideos Reloaded.
AllVideos Reloaded is a multimedia plugin for Joomla 1.5. I'm testing out live how it works with local and remotely hosted videos.
Remote video source test
Here's one of my favorites from the Vimeo website, famous for their high-def free video hosting. Test 1- Success (Always nice when a free application works the first time! The add "AVR Media" button auto-determined video file type, auto-filled fields, and was intuitive to use. )
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My blog was loading very slowly this morning, so I popped open the Joomla! CMS administrators hood to investigate any tweeks I could make to the "engine".
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