The virtual tour of our house, for sale near Irvington, is online!

Sitting here at the Blog Indiana conference on IUPUI’s campus, in their new student center (nice!) Also set up a Twitter account. Like I was with blogging, I’m very skeptical of Twitter and its uses. There’s no way I’ll be fanatical like many Twitter users who update about everything they do (”I’m in the restroom right [...]

I had the good fortune to work on two stories — one podcast, one print/online — for the first Angie’s List magazine pet-themed issue, which is out now. The first story, “No-Kill shelters spur controversy”, was written by Amy Mastin (moving to South Carolina soon — I wish her the best of luck!) with some [...]

Last week while I was preparing to write a press release, I somehow came across a terrific website, Free Web P.R., run by fellow IU School of Informatics New Media alum and Hoosier media arts guru Neal Moore. Having grown up in central Indiana, I often saw him on Indianapolis CBS affiliate WISH-TV, my family’s [...]

I know we haven’t been in our house for very long, but April and I are moving to Broad Ripple soon. So we’re putting our beautiful beloved bungalow up for sale. The house is at 122 Wallace Ave., close to Irvington and Ellenberger Park. The home features: updated large kitchen and bathrooms with tile floors; [...]

Could plastic be the worst kind of petroleum-related disaster, even worse than the oil spills we’ve all grown to know and love? Take a trip with VBS.tv in the video above to visit the North Pacific Gyre, an area bigger than Texas where much of our trash ends up floating around, where it kills wildlife and [...]

As the administrator of a handful of websites, I’m often learning new techniques about SEO, or Search Engine Optimization. Basically, SEO is all about using web-savvy techniques to move your site’s ranking up in search engines like Google. So, for example, if I was starting a company to sell widgets (which I’m not, because - [...]

I’ve got yet another new project: Indy Animal Media. Check out the website and its first podcast at indyanimalmedia.org.

Though AdoptAnAnimal.org is still in its infancy, my calendar is gradually filling up with related happenings, and I’m realizing that this non-job is a lot of work! On Saturday, my wife and I attended the North Shore Animal League’s “Tour for Life” at the Indianapolis Animal Care and Control center. (Before I forget, check out Shakie [...]

<<UPDATE :: 4/17/08 :: I’ve just uploaded a slightly more refined version of the MP3 I put up yesterday. I added some compression to help the overall volume levels and adjusted the EQ so it doesn’t sound so muffled. Hopefully it’s more listenable.>> Seattle band Minus the Bear played a concert on their Spring 2008 tour [...]