The Koerner Squint
Originally uploaded by Chris Koerner.
A classy act from the folks at Washington University. They had a ceremony today commemorating my Uncle and his dedication not only to his job, but to the people he worked with every day. I know is seems simple to say this but this man gives me inspiration to live my life honestly, with compassion for all those who I meet.
I use quite a few services to update friends and family about my life. I often use a combo of a few different tools.
Moodblast to update Facebook, Twitter, Pownce and Adium (for Gtalk/AIM status messages) all at the same time. Very hand free app that keeps me connected to friends as I work.
I use a ‘post to del.icio.us’ bookmarklet to share interesting sites and links. Which, when working properly also cross posts to this blog.
I use flickr to share photos as well.
iScrobbler to track my music playback on Last.fm.
Unfortunately not all updates go through all services. And you may not know where I’m updating and when.
Which brings me to my newest tool that hopefully will help coalesce these various tools.
I just signed up for FriendFeed. Which allows me to collect all my updates in one location. Now when I update one of the various services I use they are all aggregated to my FriendFeed. So, instead of trying to track me down all over the internet you can simply stalk me find my updates here!
I just upgraded the ol’ blog to WordPress 2.6. I used the WordPress Automatic upgrade plugin, which is a combination of witchcraft and standard parlor magic. Something of a steampunk 1920’s gentleman with the ability to pull mechanical rabbits out of an otherwise unsuspecting top hat. Truly remarkable stuff here folks.
Digg turned me on to a gentlemen named Jack Conte (myspace link). Unlike artist I see doing covers of other bands with weak original work I enjoy both ventures of Mr. Conte. Here’s a ‘VideoSong’ a self described remix/mashup in which the artist visually shows all sounds, both vocal and instrumental. This particular VideoSong is of Radiohead’s Exit Music for a Film matched with a prelude by Chopin, Op. 28, no. 4.
Via his YouTube channel I also stumbled upon Operation, a original song with a great music video.
His work sounds clean, but not too deleberate. I hope you enjoy!