On January 1, 2014 I will release an album. As in music. There will  be 12 tracks. I will perform the vocals, play the instruments, compose the music, write the lyrics, and mix the audio.

I don’t know how to do any of those things…yet.

The purpose of this project is to force myself out of my comfort zone and require me to use learning techniques and self-discipline to acquire new skills and knowledge in an area where I have no natural talent or, if I’m being honest, interest.

I know this is 13 months ahead of time but I want to use December to make plans and organize, so that planning the project doesn’t become an excuse not to start in January.

*EDIT: The album will appear here – http://craftmike.bandcamp.com/

Hey everybody, go look at Geek And Sundry and The Nerdist, two new “channels” on YouTube. Channels like these are going to be the final nail in TV broadcasting’s coffin. Networks and cable are finally ready to be retired. Celebrate with something new!

Okay, viewing the site in the new location reveals some things I need to work on. Expect visual improvements in the future.

Okay, I finally worked out what I did wrong when I set up my domain forwarding from Blogger to Hover. Now, the website is once again functioning.

First order of business will be to put the webcomics I did in the interim in this space. Enjoy!

So I deleted almost all of my personal profile info from my Facebook account, including the list of all my previous employers (which I put up mostly as a reminder next time I have to update my resume).

Got that? Deleted all the information from MY account profile, not just the visibility settings. I can no longer access that information, because I deleted it.

Or so I thought.

Today Facebook offered to suggest potential friends for me based on ALL of the deleted entries in my employment history. It is actually using private information about ME which even I do not have access to.

Is Diaspora ready yet? Sigh.

This is a placeholder post to shame me into finishing a full post to publish. Stay tuned!