raena.net: the olden days tag:heyraena.com,2008-10-27:/oldendays/1 2008-10-06T00:31:31Z ...no soap, radio!? Movable Type 4.21-en Silly flickr meme tag:heyraena.com,2008://1.590 2008-10-02T06:16:25Z 2008-10-06T00:31:31Z I've not been blogging again. Naughty Raena. Here's a flickr meme to keep you entertained in the meantime, courtesy monnie, alegrya and fifi! 1. @fulltimecasual and @raena, 2. My first strawberries of this season..., 3. Untitled, 4. Summer Berries Red... Raena I've not been blogging again. Naughty Raena.

Here's a flickr meme to keep you entertained in the meantime, courtesy monnie, alegrya and fifi!

1. @fulltimecasual and @raena, 2. My first strawberries of this season..., 3. Untitled, 4. Summer Berries Red Current01, 5. Daniel Craig, BAFTA 2007, 6. hotter than a Georgia July, 7. Iceberg Graveyard in Antarctica, 8. A symphony of desserts, 9. chiba_woman_tattoo_by_boost_samurai, 10. Dream a little dream of me, 11. FGR: Gettin freaky with the geeky., 12. 128-2852_IMG


  1. What is your first name? Raena, and look, that's me and fulltimecasual!

  2. What is your favorite food? Love me the strawberries.

  3. What high school did you go to? Sacred Heart College, New Town

  4. What is your favorite color? Red

  5. Who is your celebrity crush? Oh, don't make me choose. I picked Daniel Craig.

  6. Favorite drink? A delicious mint julep

  7. Dream vacation? Antarctica

  8. Favorite dessert? I like things involving mint and/or chocolate

  9. What you want to be when you grow up? Big in Japan

  10. What do you love most in life? Sleeping!

  11. One Word to describe you? geeky

  12. Look up your flickr name (that's raena) and find something/someone dedicated to you - I got nothing, but here is a picture of a baby named Raena.

]]> Linkage: September 21st tag:heyraena.com,2008://1.589 2008-09-20T17:00:06Z 2008-10-03T00:00:43Z Raena
  • Linux.com :: Today’s Linux screen capture technology - "I'd like you to help me find out about video screen captures," said one of my editors a while back. "Sure, let me see what's available," I replied. He pointed me to a couple of Web sites to get me started, and here I am a few weeks later ready to share my findings. I'll discuss ways that you can make video clips in Linux, talk about their applications and shortcomings. I'll also cover suitable ways to view your masterpieces once they're recorded. (none)
    • ]]>     Linkage: August 26th tag:heyraena.com,2008://1.588 2008-08-26T14:00:07Z 2008-10-03T00:00:43Z Revealed: Why So Many Web Sites Are Lousy « Web 2.Oh…really? - well, that's an interesting report (none) YouTube Comment Snob - That might actually make Youtube tolerable. (none)... Raena
  • Revealed: Why So Many Web Sites Are Lousy « Web 2.Oh…really? - well, that's an interesting report (none)
  • YouTube Comment Snob - That might actually make Youtube tolerable. (none)
    • ]]>     About “Spot Us” « Spot.Us - Community Funded Reporting tag:heyraena.com,2008://1.587 2008-08-26T06:30:08Z 2008-10-03T00:00:43Z How Spot Us Works 1. Anyone can create a “story idea.” Example: “I would like to see somebody do an investigation into the quality of our water in San Jose.” 2. Journalists create pitches that can be inspired by your... Raena How Spot Us Works 1. Anyone can create a “story idea.” Example: “I would like to see somebody do an investigation into the quality of our water in San Jose.” 2. Journalists create pitches that can be inspired by your ideas. 3. We get pledge donations - but nobody’s credit cards are charged until we reach our goal. This way you know your pledge will play a meaningful role and won’t be squandered. 4. The finished content is licensed under a Creative Commons license and Spot Us will try and get it published in as many places as possible. 5. If any news organization wants exclusive rights to the story, they will have to refund a percentage of the original donations - so you will get your money back to invest in a new story. 6. Democracy flourishes, you feel good. About “Spot Us” « Spot.Us - Community Funded Reporting

    So, basically they’ll cover only the stories that:

    • The crowd can afford? So, just the stuff that wealthy individuals in the crowd are interested in?
    • The crowd think is worth paying for? So what happens to the necessary, if not-so-entertaining, stories? If you had five bucks to throw at a story would it be one you’d enjoy reading, or one that was challenging?

    The crowd is a moron. I would be happy to be proved wrong, however.

    ]]>     Linkage: August 25th tag:heyraena.com,2008://1.586 2008-08-25T14:00:14Z 2008-10-03T00:00:43Z Australian pastor, musician fakes illness to get money (OneNewsNow.com) - About two years ago, Pastor Michael Guglielmucci announced to his congregation that he had terminal cancer. Today, he is cancer-free. To the shock of many church members and fellow... Raena
  • Australian pastor, musician fakes illness to get money (OneNewsNow.com) - About two years ago, Pastor Michael Guglielmucci announced to his congregation that he had terminal cancer. Today, he is cancer-free. To the shock of many church members and fellow pastors, at a recent Australian Christian Churches (ACC) – formerly named The Assemblies of God – national executive meeting, the pastor admitted to having a lied about his battle with cancer. The Advertiser stated that the ACC was going to audit Mr. Guglielmucci's bank accounts, which were filled with donations he willingly accepted from people who prayed for his plight. (none)
    • ]]>     Linkage: August 24th tag:heyraena.com,2008://1.575 2008-08-24T14:00:01Z 2008-08-25T01:38:07Z Penny Arcade! - A Life Of Service - Oh, you know... uh... A wookiee. (none)... Raena
  • Penny Arcade! - A Life Of Service - Oh, you know... uh... A wookiee. (none)
    • ]]>     Linkage: August 23rd tag:heyraena.com,2008://1.574 2008-08-23T13:01:36Z 2008-08-25T01:38:07Z Nigerian scam victims should be locked up - The INQUIRER - VICTIMS OF THE NIGERIAN SCAM should be locked up and not pitied according to a Nigerian diplomat. The Nigerian high commissioner to Australia, Olu Agbi has made the... Raena
  • Nigerian scam victims should be locked up - The INQUIRER - VICTIMS OF THE NIGERIAN SCAM should be locked up and not pitied according to a Nigerian diplomat. The Nigerian high commissioner to Australia, Olu Agbi has made the point that people who are ripped off by the scams are just as guilty as the fraudsters and should be jailed. (none)
    • ]]>     Jumping ship again...? tag:heyraena.com,2008://1.573 2008-08-23T12:45:04Z 2008-08-25T01:38:07Z I am thinking about moving back to Movable Type, for some of the following reasons: They set it free :) I initially moved away from MT around the same time that Six Apart kind of fucked us all over. Now... Raena I am thinking about moving back to Movable Type, for some of the following reasons:

    They set it free :)

    I initially moved away from MT around the same time that Six Apart kind of fucked us all over. Now that they're back into releasing a version under the GPL, it's worth supporting that.

    Kick in the bum

    I am sort of blogging more now, I guess. I think having a project to do (getting migrated, etc) will give me more incentive to concentrate on it and make it quality.

    Multiple blogs

    I know you can run several blogs off one Wordpress install in theory. In practice it is still, in my opinion, kludgey and horrid. A system that can do this properly out of the box is, in principle, a better solution.

    The interface is fucking amazing

    Seriously. So is WP's new interface, but MT4's is hella nice.

    More intuitive templating

    I've never loved Wordpress' templating the way I loved MT's. It doesn't hurt that MT's template tags are much like Matrix's design elements.

    Less hassle for serving

    Not that I have a massive amount of readership to be pushing files to, but in principle it is nicer to write static files when you can.

    So, you know. There it is.

    ]]>     Dave Winer for CTO of the United States...? tag:heyraena.com,2008://1.572 2008-08-23T05:57:54Z 2008-08-25T01:38:07Z I won’t be able to vote, but given most of you reading this live in the United States, you may have influence. Dave Winer would make a most excellent US CTO, and we now give him our full support should... Raena I won’t be able to vote, but given most of you reading this live in the United States, you may have influence. Dave Winer would make a most excellent US CTO, and we now give him our full support should he decide to officially put his name forward. Winer knows RSS, he knows blogging, and he isn’t shy is sharing his opinions. Spread the word: Winer for CTO. Dave Winer for CTO of the United States

    Dave Winer, renowned sulkypants?

    ]]>     Bookmarks for August 22nd from 15:35 to 15:35 tag:heyraena.com,2008://1.571 2008-08-22T06:00:37Z 2008-08-25T01:38:07Z Shifting Mind » Postalicious - Postalicious is a WordPress plugin that automatically posts your delicious, ma.gnolia, Google Reader, Reddit, or Yahoo Pipes bookmarks to your blog. (none)... Raena
  • Shifting Mind » Postalicious - Postalicious is a WordPress plugin that automatically posts your delicious, ma.gnolia, Google Reader, Reddit, or Yahoo Pipes bookmarks to your blog. (none)
    • ]]>     Objectified: A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit tag:heyraena.com,2008://1.570 2008-08-21T12:51:36Z 2008-08-25T01:38:07Z Bad design is where the customer thinks it’s their fault that something doesn’t work. So if you can’t make your GPS device work in your car — I mean, there should be a riot because they’re so poorly designed! Instead,... Raena Bad design is where the customer thinks it’s their fault that something doesn’t work. So if you can’t make your GPS device work in your car — I mean, there should be a riot because they’re so poorly designed! Instead, the user thinks, ‘Oh, I’m not very smart, I can’t make this GPS thing work.’ People should demand more from the things they own, they need to demand that things work.

    David Kelley, IDEO (from Objectified: A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit)

    Objectified is an upcoming indie doco about industrial design.

    ]]>     YouTube - Tiger Woods 09 - Walk on Water tag:heyraena.com,2008://1.569 2008-08-21T12:22:16Z 2008-08-25T01:38:07Z YouTube - Tiger Woods 09 - Walk on Water.... Raena Get flash player to play to this file

    YouTube - Tiger Woods 09 - Walk on Water.

    ]]>     Wait, what? tag:heyraena.com,2008://1.568 2008-08-15T13:18:52Z 2008-08-25T01:38:07Z I used Metlink's journey planner to tell me how best to reach the airport tomorrow morning, should I wish not to catch a cab.  Here's one of the options it told me. I am seriously not making this up. Starting... Raena I used Metlink's journey planner to tell me how best to reach the airport tomorrow morning, should I wish not to catch a cab.  Here's one of the options it told me. I am seriously not making this up.

    • Starting at my usual train station at 2.48am, walk to the Night Rider stop.
    • At 2.56am, take the Night Rider bus to Craigieburn.
    • At 3.26am get out of the bus and wait for the 3.30 Night Rider bus towards the city. (This is probably the same bus.)
    • At 4.26, when the bus arrives at Swanston Street, get out and walk to Flinders Street.
    • Wait for the 5.14 train towards Glen Waverley.
    • Get out at Southern Cross Station (the very next stop) and take the 5.30am Skybus. (Apparently this is better than if you'd just walked to Southern Cross from Flinders Street.)
    • Arrive at the airport about 5.54am.

    That is: depart 2.48am and arrive 5.54am, for a total of 3h 6m.

    If you're not familiar with Melbourne, this map should make everything clearer.

    ]]>     links for 2008-08-12 [delicious.com] tag:heyraena.com,2008://1.567 2008-08-13T01:30:46Z 2008-08-25T01:38:07Z A List Apart: Articles: Deafness and the User Experience Like with most things, there isn’t a single, fix-all solution to the issue. However, as socially-conscious designers, we’ve worked to understand the issues. Now, we can make an honest attempt... Raena
  • A List Apart: Articles: Deafness and the User Experience
    Like with most things, there isn’t a single, fix-all solution to the issue. However, as socially-conscious designers, we’ve worked to understand the issues. Now, we can make an honest attempt at addressing them.
    (tags: deaf accessibility language web)
    • ]]>     Y'all don't know what it's like, being male, middle-class, and white! tag:heyraena.com,2008://1.566 2008-08-08T08:16:56Z 2008-08-25T01:38:06Z I now have this song in my head thanks to some poorly-thought-out twitters. Enjoy. Ben Folds - Rockin the Suburbs... Raena I now have this song in my head thanks to some poorly-thought-out twitters. Enjoy.

    Ben Folds - Rockin the Suburbs

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