Robert Owen — Technology Leader & Musician
Technology leadership, music, and the space where they overlap
So Sorry for the lame post… Again… But I need to test a new feature that has been added to BlogCFC. BlogCFC now includes… Podcast support! Not that I have a podcast… but it is a neat feature none the less. So, this test should provide a little player below to play my sample file. *** Update: First attempt= FAIL, … Read more
So much for Tech, huh. Here's another story I just couldn't pass on. While at lunch today I saw a CNN news report flash by about… BIGFOOT! He's been out of the spot light for a while so I thought I'd see what it was about. Full article can be read at: www.cnn.com. Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, a pair … Read more
I saw this tweet come across over at Twitter and my inner GEEK couldn't help but re-post. Invisibility cloak 'step closer' For now, the invisibility cloak remains a thing of science fiction Scientists in the US say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people invisible. Researchers at the University of California in Berkeley have developed … Read more
I forgot to mention… I've added a new function to the blog. The Odiogo reader. You may have noticed this little icon just above each post: You can click that icon and a player will (should) start and read the entry to you. Instant Podcast! Well, kind of. I'll have to say, it makes my lame attempts at humor in … Read more
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 … Read more
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: … Read more
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 … Read more