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BlogHer '08 - was it filmed?

2008-07-20T12:47:06-05:00

Unfortunately, I was not able to attend BlogHer '08 :-(
However like last year, I tried to attend via Second Life, though thanks to computer problems and network issues, this year was very difficult. Was BlogHer '08 filmed? In other words, was there a camera rolling for each speaker/event and if so, can that be posted to YouTube or some other video site so that those of us who weren't able to physically get to the conference, can see it?

Thanks!
-Bob
http://www.fluteplayer.net/

iPhone 3G - lines still strong

2008-07-17T15:32:46-05:00

The lines for the iPhone 3G at the Apple Store here in Santa Rosa continue to be strong nearly one week after launch. It's 1:30PM and I estimate the line at around fifty people waiting their turn - wow!

-Bob
http://www.fluteplayer.net/

Will you be buying the new iPhone?

2008-06-06T10:56:17-05:00

With the highly anticipated announcement of a 3G iPhone just three days from now, I'm curious how many current iPhone owners are planning to buy the new model (and what your plans are for the 'old' one -- put it on eBay? give it to a family member or friend?). At this point, I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy since I use my iPhone a lot! Anything to make it faster would be welcome. You?

-Bob
http://www.fluteplayer.net/

Ubuntu anyone? :-)

2007-09-20T10:22:10-05:00

I've just successfully got going using Ubuntu on an old PC that was given to me a few weeks ago. Because the OS was a non-validating version of XP, I decided to try Ubuntu. I downloaded and installed Ubuntu, bought a WiFi card off of eBay and then set about to see if I could make it a WiFi machine. After many, MANY hours of failed attempts, this morning it works! If you're interested, here's the back and forth on the Ubuntu forum for how we set it up:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=553862

-Bob
http://www.bobafifi.com
http://www.blogher.com/user/bobafifi/track

The connection has timed out...

2007-09-17T09:42:25-05:00

The connection has timed out
The server at blogher.org is taking too long to respond.

//
Anybody else having problems?
Thanks,

-Bob
http://www.bobafifi.com
http://www.blogher.com/user/bobafifi/track

BlogHer on Wikipedia - anybody maintaining this??

2007-08-19T17:57:20-05:00

Of late I've been interested in Wikis (thanks Virginia!) http://www.webteacher.ws/2007/08/in-plain-english.html .

So what's happening with the Wiki for BlogHer?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlogHer

Thanks,

-Bob
http://www.bobafifi.com
http://www.blogher.com/user/bobafifi/track

Are you a BlogHer Contributing Editor?

2007-08-15T19:12:23-05:00

If so, can you please check that I've got your name included and spelled right in the following Yahoo! Pipes link?
http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.edit?_id=WixmXhwL3BG_jnQGouNLYQ

Many thanks in advance,

-Bob
email: blogher.pipes@bobafifi.com

http://www.bobafifi.com
http://www.blogher.com/user/bobafifi/track

Finding a member's profile?

2007-08-15T10:26:37-05:00

As I learned again yesterday (http://www.blogher.com/spam-link-posts), clicking on the link next to a member's thumbnail does NOT take me to the profile page that I expect to be there - i.e., the one with a contact link! Instead it takes me to the new 'read only' haystack page which in all honesty, is not particularly helpful (what's_with_all_the_underscores??) or useful (where are the hyperlinks?) - difficult to grasp why, especially considering the ever expanding social network aspect of BlogHer.

-Bob
http://www.bobafifi.com
http://www.blogher.com/user/bobafifi/track

Spam link for posts?

2007-08-14T22:39:58-05:00

I know there's a "report as spam" link for comments - is there one for posts?

Thanks,

-Bob
http://www.bobafifi.com
http://www.blogher.com/user/bobafifi/track

RSS feed for comments - context??

2007-08-14T08:33:09-05:00

Any idea when/if there's going to be context added to the RSS feed for comments?

Thanks,

-Bob
http://www.bobafifi.com
http://www.blogher.com/user/bobafifi/track

Stardust the movie

2007-08-11T11:28:38-05:00

I saw Stardust yesterday (after walking out of Rush Hour 3 ten minutes into it and getting my money back - the tired "who's on first" routine was the last straw for that film!). Overall, I really liked Stardust and judging from the collective laughs from a fairly full house that watched it with me, others did too. Worth seeing on the 'big screen' - the special effects are stunning.
http://movies.yahoo.com/mvc/drv?mid=1809426615&s=&st=0&tot=157&ys=JSrdZ9...

-Bob
http://www.bobafifi.com
http://www.blogher.com/user/bobafifi/track

Waiting for BlogHer.org...

2007-08-11T09:28:58-05:00

I'd been trying for several minutes to see Virginia DeBolt's profile to find a post that she made, but the link http://www.blogher.com/haystackprofile/viewprofile/Virginia+DeBolt just would not resolve. Now it has, but unfortunately she doesn't have her link posted. I tried hacking mine (http://www.blogher.com/user/bobafifi/track) but just got a 403 - access denied page for:
http://www.blogher.com/user/Virginia+DeBolt/track

Thanks,

-Bob
http://www.bobafifi.com
http://www.blogher.com/user/bobafifi/track

GIG: Sausalito, CA, USA: Chuck Sher's "One World Band"

2007-08-10T07:38:46-05:00

Saturday, August 11, 2007
9:00 PM

No Name Bar
757 Bridgeway
Sausalito, California 94965-2102

Chuck Sher, bass (http://www.shermusic.com)
Randy Vincent, guitar (http://www.randyvincent.com)
Dave MacNab, guitar (http://www.davemacnab.com)
Kendrick Freeman, drums
Bob Afifi, flute (http://www.bobafifi.com)

Listen:
http://host.server20061.net/~winecoun/one_world/

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=No+Name+Bar%2C+757+Bridgeway%2C+Sausalito%...

What's in a name? Blog entry vs. Forum topic

2007-08-09T05:31:04-05:00

As a test, I just posted using the Blog entry link and bingo, the post shows up in the All posts section! Geesh. So if you want your post to actually show up on BlogHer like it used to, this is how you post now - NOT by using the Forum topic link.

-Bob
http://www.bobafifi.com
http://www.blogher.com/user/bobafifi/track