On January 1, 2009, Rich and I launched our tribute to technology evangelism and Miso Soup, hoping to one day be a valuable branch of the blogging tree as well as possibly build our very own Death Star. Imagine how cool a TechMiso Death Star would be, serving up fresh Miso Soup concoctions daily! Seriously though, TechMiso is written by a couple of passionate geeks who enjoy tech conversation, tech criticism, insightful tech commentary and acute analysis of the technology realm. Was the word "technology" used enough in that statement?

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The Future of Music Is In The Clouds
HTTPS Aloof On Gmail, Facebook And Other Major Websites
Desktop Twitter Clients Are Pointless
Why is Whitelisting Absent from Telephones?

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I am quite disappointed that the administration opted to censor my film based on the fact that it contained "copyrighted music," and offered no further clarification other than to point me to the FAQ entry that lists some URL's to online spots for music that is considered acceptable. What makes no sense about the explanation is that all published music is copyrighted. The following is the entire note that I received from the site administration:

"I had to remove your videos from the gallery this morning as they both contain copyrighted music and we can't allow that on the site. I really enjoyed both of them and would welcome you to repost them without sound or using a source we've listed in FAQ #852"

Notice the clearly worded "they both contain copyrighted music" statement that offers no clarification other than to say that copyrighted music is not allowed on the site? This makes absolutely no sense to me as, like I said, all published music is copyrighted.

Music from bands that are signed with the big labels, indie bands, bands that publish solely online, and whatever else, is all copyrighted. The only difference between these groups is that some are backed by the monolithic recording industry whereas the others are small bands with little, to no, money in their pockets. Regardless, they are all afforded the protections that copyright law offers, especially if they took the time to physically register their copyrights on paper and file with the copyright office.

I am not writing this out of some perverse desire to start any upheaval. Sometimes, writing about a situation is healing, and helps me better comprehend the situation itself. In this case, I am truly confused about this situation because the offered explanation makes absolutely no sense.

But I digress. I do not care any longer.

I have not posted here in over a year so it probably does not matter, but this is more than likely the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back. I will most certainly not post here again, which is sad if you really take a step back and think about it.

So anyhow, enough of that crap; just had to get that off my chest before I post the link to where the video is now located. I seriously hope that everyone does get a chance to check the deviantART Summit video out. Like I said before, the summit was a lot of fun, and finally turning the video in to a digital creation was a lot of fun as well.



Check out the deviantART Never Before Seen Footage over at YouTube: [link]

If you would like to download the full, higher-than-YouTube-quality version then grab a copy of it from here while supplies last: [link]

Sports Day 2007, if you care to see my son Anthony running around the track at school during Undokai, then check it out here: [link]

Thanks to all. Enjoy!



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Check out the never before seen footage from the deviantART Summit, taken by yours truly when I attended the Summit in June 2005, at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles CA.

Slapping the very limited number of clips that I have together has been something I have been wanting to do for quite some time. Since I was playing around with iMovie '08, which comes with iLife '08, I finally decided to get off my lazy ass and put something together, no matter how unexciting the final product turned out.

Admittedly there is not much footage here. I was too busy meeting deviants, talking to deviants and enjoying the festivities, however lame those festivities were in retrospect. The absolute best part of the event was meeting the many deviants whom I interacted with on a daily basis.

If I somehow managed to get your name wrong then I apologize. Methinks I got everyone right, even though there is a very limited number of appearances in the footage. But like I said, if I screwed up your name then please let me know and I will be more than happy to fix0r.

The best part of the footage is the quick conversation with $lolly. When you see it you will know immediately what I am referring to.

On a side note, I guess embedding the embed code in a journal is not possible. Would be nice to be able to embed film, much like YouTube offers such embedding options. But I digress.



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It is my understanding that a UFO has been spotted above Los Angeles, CA. Has anyone witnessed any random anal probings from the armada of aliens that are sure to attack ostensibly innocent bystanders? Although information about the UFO is spotty and unreliable, it has been overheard by fairly reliable sources that the current invasion is expected to last weeks.

If anyone does manage to catch a glimpse of the surreptitious aliens that are sure to be probing the citizens of Los Angeles throughout the next few weeks then let me know, as I am cataloging all encounters and abductions.

Interested in more information on this subject matter then feel free to ask. Only serious inquiries will be entertained.



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Do you Twit? Perhaps you Pownce? Prefer Jaiku?

Have you bothered to use any of these services? Have a preference? Why?




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