Normalized Happiness

Comet's new name: actually a U2 reference?

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Wed, 31 May 2006 10:11:05 -0700

When U2 first started, the leader singer (whose real name was Paul Hewson) originally went by the name "Bono Vox." Later he shortened it to "Bono" and the rest, as they say, is history.

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What's your favorite song of 2006?

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Thu, 25 May 2006 15:07:06 -0700

Hmmm... a chance to show off the new audio features? Except you can't insert assets from the QotD field on the Comet home page, thus necessitating a cumbersome double edit. Here are some of mine: And yet more: It would be nice if Comet could...

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How unbelievably epic is Comet

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Wed, 24 May 2006 16:08:26 -0700

now that you can post mp3s. Renders all previously features comletely irrelevant. Some more recent songs of note. I wish my mp3 files had album covers embedded in them, but that's not something that iTunes seems to do.

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First mp3!

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Wed, 24 May 2006 15:48:49 -0700

Built To Spill: "Conventional Wisdom" So kickass.

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Word 2007 Integrated Blogging?

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Fri, 12 May 2006 20:57:45 -0700

Ars Technica is reporting that Word 2007 is going to feature integrated blogging . Microsoft Word is legendary for producing for inefficient and ugly html, but it seems that maybe they've fixed that, according to the lead engineer (with the oddly ...

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Google AdWords seems to be working

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Wed, 10 May 2006 11:43:59 -0700

I just visited a bunch of my posts and looked to see what Google ads would appear. They did seem to be displaying based on the content of my posts (like TV, or Veronica Mars, or music) so that's good. Now we just sit back and start collecting ch...

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Massachusetts AG seeks changes in MySpace

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Thu, 04 May 2006 19:17:23 -0700

Something to keep an eye in regards to Comet-the government may soon mandate restrictions on social networking sites due to the problem of kids getting preyed on by unscrupulous employees from the Department of Homeland Security. In this CNN arti...

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What does adding someone as just a contact mean

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Mon, 01 May 2006 12:56:28 -0700

in Comet? Until recently I didn't realize that you could "connect" to someone in Comet, but not be their friend or family. I think this concept makes sense, but what does it actually do for me, the user? Making someone a friend or family means th...

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My Comet home page is busted

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:08:38 -0700

Has been since about 9:30pm last night. By "Comet home page" I mean the page you get when click on the Comet logo, or on the Comet link in the light blue navbar. This page: http://www.notcomet.com/home When I go there, I get the nav at the top, ...

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New version? Yes, new version, featuring in-line editing... boo.yeah

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:37:55 -0700

Suddenly Comet was breaking right and left, an event unprecedented in my experience so far in the alpha-test. It seems, though, that it was a new version being rolled out. I see a new (giznankerosly Windows XP only) photo upload tool link, and a ...

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