Category: Status

Since I made my monumental switch to Ubuntu back in October, I’ve also attempted to move my email, feed reading and calendaring off the web as well.  I’ve been using Linux info manager Evolution for mail and calendar, which is a nice product.  It’s almost Outlook-lite.  For my feed reading, I’ve been using Liferea, which is also a simple and easy to use program, but lacks the speed and flexibility of Google Reader.

So, I just haven’t been able to accomplish that goal of going offline since I’m constantly on the road.  I miss my GMail interface, I miss the fly-through-feed reading of Google Reader and I certainly missed my 30Boxes.

So, I’ve decided to put everything back up on these platforms and get back to what I’m comfortable with in terms of usage.

Ugh…

Yet another “tag meme”.

Please.  Stop.

This one is about workspaces.

Here’s my workspace…

One computer is running Ubuntu, one is running Kubuntu and one is running Mac OSX.

I’ll tag… whoever would like to respond.

Lots of snow today… around 2-4 inches.

See my Flickr page for pics.

Classes start back for me tomorrow at Gardner-Webb.

On Thursday, I start my two sections of Intro to Old Testament, which should be a blast.

You can follow along with the course at www.harrelsonreligion.com

Let me know if you have any suggestions or comments!

I could listen to her all night.

Greatest female voice ever.

I fell in love with her while Rion, Jon and I were watching the movie Magnolia in a NYC theater on 42nd St around this time back in Y2K.

Watch out, Anna.

http://www.getgnulinux.org/windows/

If you need help let me know.

Ubuntu has changed my life, and I’m spreadin’ the good news of Linux and open source in general.

A few people have written to me and said they are getting bounce backs on the me@samharrelson.com email address.

It’s been gone since October. Please DON’T email me there!

You can reach me through anything on the “Contact Tab” button above. Here are my email addresses (they all go to the same place):

sam@harrelson.com

sharrels@gardner-webb.edu

sam@costpernews.com

sharrelson@gmail.com

Thanks!

So with my recent adoption (and love) of Ubuntu, I’ve decided as part of my resolutions for 2007 that I will attempt to “open source” as much of my life as possible.

The technology part is easy.

Going open source in terms of transportation, clothing, food, etc is going to be the difficult part.

You can keep up with my progress here.

The new Weekly Insight podcast that we recorded on Friday is now up. The show is getting better and better every week, and I’d definitely suggest checking out this new episode if you haven’t done so already. We grill affiliate educators, grill Wayne on ReveNews and have a great debate on the state of affiliate marketing (you can only imagine what Jeff, Amanda and I came up with!).

Thanks to Carsten for the plug on ReveNews as well!

Weekly Insight – 11/03/06 (83 MINUTES)

This Week’s Gossip and News:

– MonkeyPhonecall to Scoble
– Affiliates: To Educate Them or Not?
– A Critical Look at Revenews, Gurus, Conferences
– Is Our Industry Looking Backward?
– Deep Thoughts: Search, Memetics & Affiliates

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