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Time To Get This File Off My Desktop

Chuck — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:54:37 +0000

I’ve had this Word file on my desktop for at least two years called “Blog Stream of Consciousness.” I decided it had to go. It was one of those things you leave thinking “I’ll get to that someday,” but you never do. So, I opened it to see if there was anything worth saving. I was surprised that it didn’t contain what I thought it did. At one time it, was a list of topics I jotted down that I thought I’d write about later. I guess I must have edited it since, because it contained only this passage:

Sitting here at the Lake House, where there is just barely any cell phone coverage and certainly not any Internet service, I’m reminded how our computers have really become nothing more than Internet terminals. Without the network, I’m relegated to using my computer as a media center for movies and music, doing some writing as I’m doing right now, and…

I’ve now deleted the file, and I guess it did serve its purpose, as it did make it into a blog post. The previous sentence contains many occurrences of the word “it.”

By the way, happy Rush day: 2/1/12.

This Is A Placeholder Post

Chuck — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:12:36 +0000

Yes, I know that placeholder posts are lame, but I’m tired, it’s late…and I’ll have to get to all this later this week. Topics to possibly include: The end of the Predators 2009-2010 season (and how that means “closure”), the trip to Vegas (wait, what?), the start of spring and possibly the start of some other new things–we’ll see how much I feel like letting out of the bag later on.

Pull Quotes?

Chuck — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:12:05 +0000

I see there’s a pull quotes plugin available for WordPress. Just what I need to REALLY send the egomania over the top. You’ll know I’ve lost it when I start pull quoting myself.

I Need a New Blog Title

Chuck — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:52:05 +0000

Hive mind, I need your help here. I have determined that the title of this blog: “Chuck Milam’s Musings – Random Thoughts From a Not-So Random Dude,” is hideous, weak, and lame.

I’m now taking suggestions for a new blog title from those of you that are better with the creative than I. Leave it in the comments below. Thanks.

Disclaimer, as Required by…Policy?

Chuck — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:51:22 +0000

Ah, what a difference a few years makes. After being away from the then-wild-and-new blogging scene for a few years in order to finish my master’s degree, I return to a world where employers (who used to not even know what the term “blog” meant) now have formal policies regarding personal blogging by their employees.

As a result of my enjoying the benefit of a regular paycheck from one such employer, and given my desire to continue to receive this bi-monthly benefit in the form of direct deposits to my bank account, I present to you, dear reader, the following required verbiage:

“The thoughts and opinions expressed in this blog’s posts are Chuck Milam’s alone and are not representative, unless clearly and unequivocally stated, of those of any past, present, or future client or employer.”

Actually, that’s not half-bad. I might keep that disclaimer around even after I move on to greener pastures.

It’s Been A While

Chuck — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:12:18 +0000

It’s been quite some time–maybe two years or more–since this web space has held any more than a simple stub placeholder that I hacked up in about five minutes using vi directly on the web host via an SSH connection (yes, that means something to my technical readers). After a long hiatus, I’ve decided to bring the blog back for a number of reasons:

Sometimes I want to share stuff with the world at large, and I don’t always want to subject people to signing up for facebook or the social network du jour just to read what I have to say (Hi there, Uncle Bernie!)
I noticed on my web log reports that people were getting referred here from twitter, so I figured I should give them something to look at beyond the “under construction” disappointment page.
I hear that blogging gets you noticed by employers or something. Sometimes this is not a good thing. We will see.

The discerning and technical readers out there will notice that I’ve switched content management systems again. I chose WordPress mostly because it has a iPhone app that lets me post and manage things remotely. No kidding, that was my main decision point. Seriously folks, if you’re not developing mobile clients for your systems, you stand to lose out.

I am considering converting my posts from back in the day (2003-2005 time frame), but that’s a project for another day and will require some SQL geekery to make the import from Geeklog to WordPress happen.