ReCAPTCHA Me

Here's a weird kind of fame. Brady Redfearn sent me this reCAPTCHA he got recently when logging into his Live Journal page.

I use reCAPTCHA myself on the Contact me page. It's a cool project from CMU that uses user-power to type in unrecognizable words from scanned texts while discouraging robots and spammers. I think I remember a Laporte in Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers. Maybe they're scanning that?

Wassup 2008

Even if you're for McCain, you have to admit Obama's got better user generated content...

Opie's For Obama

Ayyyyy.

Liana Is In Trouble

Liana Lehua, a podcaster and friend who has appeared on many of our shows, fell seriously ill several weeks ago and her studio in San Francisco is about to be closed because of it. This is the first I've heard of it and I'm shocked and saddened. I'm not sure what we can do right now, but I'll let you know if I learn anything. Meanwhile, I'm sending good thoughts her way. UPDATE: While I think the attempt to buy the Podango studios is probably a worthwhile effort, it's important to decouple it from Liana's condition. They're two entirely separate issues. I'm focusing my attention on her right now. If a fund to help Liana becomes necessary, I'll be the first to donate and encourage you to do so, too. I know she is guaranteed employment regardless of what happens to the former Podango studio.

Are You A Qwitter?

Thanks to Qwitter, now I'll know when people stop following me on Twitter. Of course, Gruber stopped following me years ago.