Saturday, November 15, 2008

PHOTOS BY MORRIS THE CAT

Here is the first batch of photos by Morris the cat photographer. He took about 30 pictures with the camera. I have uploaded five photos at Flickr.

Morris 1(5)

I will ask Morris if he wants to take snapshots on a regular basis. The next step is to track his route by a GPS device.

Here is an excerpt from Chris Radcliff's article, Mr. Lee, the Three-Eyed Cat.

The success of the original Mr. Lee CatCam has spawned more feline tech accessories, like the CatTrack GPS tracker and the forthcoming CatCam Live, a CatCam with integrated antenna for broadcasting live TV feeds. Each has detailed (but accessible) technical specifications and build notes; it's obvious that Perthold is a real enthusiast. (Wired, October 7, 2008.)

Friday, November 14, 2008

CASSIA INTEL ENGINE

I have created a profile at a "credit-driven intelligence engine" called Cassia. I found out about this site via an Entrecard advertiser. Hat tip to: Cindy King, cross-cultural marketer and international sales specialist.

MORRIS CAT CAM

Morris the cat didn't like to wear the pet harness, so we have to wait with the GPS tracking system for now. He has to get used to this new kind of collar. Instead I attached the Mr. Lee cat cam to his regular collar. He started to bite on it and then he went to a chair in order to relax a bit after this traumatic incident... Here is the photo evidence!



Next time I hope to get some outdoor pictures and later on we will add the GPS tracking device.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

FUSION OF TALK AND LIVE VIDEO

I have now installed my Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 and created a new Talk Fusion video email message. Please send me an email to "Lyceum AT gmail DOT com" and we could start using Gmail voice and video chat. I will start to add videos to LiveVideo and also test to broadcast a liveshow as a compliment to my forthcoming new series of podcasting interviews.




Talking about broadcasting, The Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights has sent an email, informing that:

RadioAmerica’s G. Gordon Liddy is devoting a special broadcast of his nationally syndicated three-hour talk radio show to Ayn Rand, her philosophy, and understanding the current state of events through the lens of Objectivism.

The broadcast will air live on Monday, November 17, 2008, beginning at 10 AM, Eastern Standard Time.

The Ayn Rand Center’s Yaron Brook, Onkar Ghate, Elan Journo, Thomas Bowden and Eric Daniels will be the exclusive guests for this extended broadcast. They will discuss the financial crisis, Bush’s claimed defense of capitalism, today’s challenges to free speech, and the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan, among other topics.

The broadcast will air on 200 radio stations across the country as well as on XM satellite radio (on a delayed basis). Live streaming audio will be available at the RadioAmerica Web site. (Special Edition of G. Gordon Liddy Show on Ayn Rand, email from The Ayn Rand Institute.)

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

GTD WIDGET BY ALLTOP

I have added a GTD (Getting Things Done) widget by Alltop.

RANDEX

I have added a feed by Randex with "the latest news and commentary on Ayn Rand and Objectivism."

VETERANS DAY

Recommended reading on Veterans Day:

War And Liberty In American History by Wesley Allen Riddle.
What We Owe Our Soldiers by Alex Epstein.


Veterans Day

THINKING AND WRITING

I have been thinking on my future writing. I will continue to write my blog posts in a pundit style, mixed up with lighter entries, e.g., tracking Morris the cat, and coming up with good life stuff. I will try to follow some kind of weekly schedule, but now and then I will take a break from my EGO blog, concentrating on other assignments, for example writing pieces for other sites and preparing interviews for my podcasting show. I want to get into the right flow and start to microblog on a regular basis.

Do you have tips on literature on writing skills? Here is an excerpt from The Art of Nonfiction by Ayn Rand. The book is edited by Robert Mayhew.

The articles I most enjoy writing are in the middle range. Middle-range articles fall somewhere between theoretical and journalistic articles. They consist of the application of abstractions to concretes, which is what most intellectual magazines contain. Such articles deal neither with philosophical theory nor with concrete reporting. They accept a theoretical proposition and analyze some current event or some aspect of the culture from that viewpoint. (Chapter 1 - Preliminary Remarks, page 5.)




Recommended reading: Gus Van Horn Turns Three!

MARTIN NAME DAY NOVEMBER 10

I had my "nameday" yesterday. I have been thinking on how to spread the celebration of name days for a long time. I am interested in getting in touch with entrepreneurs who want to pluck the day and declare: Carpe Diem!