It's a little early for a Friday Funny but, I thought this was worth an early mention. Especially, with the release of the new X-Files movie coming up on July, 25 2008.
Rhett and Link, you know them? Well you should, they are hilarious!! Well, they have created a new song to go with the release of this blockbuster film!
Tale a second and check this out!!
Well, several months back I decided I wanted a Zune 80gig. So, I got online, found out who carried them locally and went and got one. I will have to say it has been a great investment. It is much better than my wife's 80gig video IPOD. Bigger screen, more vibrant colors, etc..
But, today I started the Zune software to update my Podcasts and found that they would not download. Each podcast showing this error:
Various Google searches did not return any helpful suggestions. One said: clear the Zune and Re-Sync. That didn't work. One said: uninstall the Zune software and reinstall. That didn't work either.
Then I made a startling discovery. One I'm almost ashamed to admit. Um, see I store all my Zune content on an external hard drive. And, um, I noticed that that drive was not showing up in "My Computer". So, I turned it off and back on, it came back. And, then my Zune software started downloading podcasts again. It seems like it wants to actually be able to access the drive where it is supposed to store it's content. How insane is that?? Why couldn't it just say: Destination drive not found. That would have been better than: error C00D1316.
So, if you are getting error C00D1316. Try checking your storage location and make sure it is accessible to the Zune software. That may be all you need to do to fix the problem. Let my stupidity guide you.
A good thing about working for yourself can be the independence that it provides. But, some of the bad things about working for yourself can be the solitude and the lose of the ability to bounce ideas off others. Well, my wife was looking around Facebook a few weeks back and ran across a Group called CoWorking Knoxville and thought it would be up my alley.
Here's how Coworking Knoxville describes themselves:
We're a group of free-lancers, Web programmers, self-employed professionals, self-unemployed entrepreneurs, and various independent types who meet once a week in West Knoxville.Rather than work out of home or solo out of a coffee shop, when we get together we share ideas, connections, resources, and strategies that help everyone grow their businesses and free up their time. We also introduce each other to new contacts and friends.
Coworking is one of the fastest-growing movements redefining the way we work across the country and has been featured in the past few months in Mother Jones magazine and The New York Times.
I decided to see what they were about so I joined the group on facebook and was invited to their weekly "meet up". Since they don't have their own meeting place they borrow space at a local Panera Bread. (If you've ever been to a Panera at lunch time then you know it's a mad house!) I'll have to say, I hate being "the new guy" in anything. Especially in something where you know no one and are meeting in a crazy restaurant. But I found them and all was well.
Although I didn't get any work done (Although I did notice they would not bother you if you had work to do during this time), I did learn quite a bit about the coworking movement and met a good group of people. The group has plans plans to rent a space downtown in the future to use as an "office" for it's members. They are calling this Knoxville Overground Ground and it sounds very exciting.
I don't know what else I could say but that you should really check this organization out for yourself. The Coworking Knoxville Group meets every Wednesday from 12:00 to 4:00 at the Panera Bread at 4485 Kingston Pike Knoxville, Tennessee. This could truly be a great resource for any self-employed person.
Oh, and I can't forget to point you to the website of one of the members, his passion for Fight Club has motivated him into creating some "Rules for Coworking". That whole site is well worth a read!
Got a new site officially in progress now. This is a site that came about from one long night in the Opera Pit. As another horn player and I were talking, about internet needs none the less, HornSpit.com was born.
This site is planned to be a repository of all things irreverent about the French Horn (or properly known as: Horn). Funnies, how tos, How to-nots, etc. So if there are any would be Horn players out there that would like to contribute to, what I am sure will be history in the making, please feel free to let me know. The site is still in the preliminary stages but should be functional soon.
So, keep a watch out, HornSpit.com is coming soon!
Watch your shoes:
If you are a web social butterfly with your facebook, plurk, twitter, friendfeed, brightkite, etc accounts then the ping.fm service is your you!
Ping.fm is a simple and reliable service that makes updating your social networks a snap. You simply log in, set-up the services you want to update and you're done! Type your message and hit submit! All your social accounts are updated in one fail swoop! nothing easier! Now ping.fm is still in beta. But, if you want to give them a try hop over to their site and use the code:
Have fun pinging!
Here's a current list of the services ping works with:
I hope everyone has a Happy and SAFE 4th of July. Although it would be a tremendous honor, I would hate for anyone to be added to the Fireworks Hall of Fame this year!!
Heard about this little ditty from the June 20 edition of Windows Weekly.
If you use FireFox you know you can type:
