Yesterday I finished my script for "Palaver" Episode #2. Now I need to
record it. That may have to be done in fits and starts, which is not my
preference at all, but there might not be time otherwise. Seems like it
might morph into a busy day...at least until the afternoon, and I might
be exhausted by then. The afternoons are becoming a real problem for
me, as I get dizzy and tired around early afternoon almost daily.
Strange. I'd suspect blood sugar or something, except that it's so
reliably timed. Maybe I'm just getting old, and need to take naps; most
days, I just need a siesta of a half-hour or so, but other days, much
more.
Anyway, I'm borrowing trouble right now. It's still morning, and the
day has yet to start. I'm enjoying a cup of truly horrendous coffee, so
that ought to tell you how serious I am about getting my day started.
And if I can choke that down, maybe I can wrap my head around
Gnewbook.org.
Sorry, shitty segue there. Anyway, Gnewbook.org is a FOSS answer to
Facebook, with community-run policies and management. Seems interesting
to me. Supposedly it can do much of what Facebook can do,
communication-wise. I didn't see any provision for games and such, but
that seems minor. It might not be so for others, perhaps, but if
someone is so motivated by the concept of FOSS that they are interested
in trying this sort of thing, they might not be so stuck on the whole
gaming issue anyway.
Anyway, I signed up for an account last night, but I never got an
activation email, which, as I recall from their site, ought to have
only taken a few minutes. I suspect it has something to do with them
wanting my "real" name to be associated with the account. See, if
that's the case, then they suck, because it wasn't stated anywhere on
the site that that's a requirement. I dunno. Maybe they're just
activating these manually as a shield against spambots. If I don't hear
anything from them in a day or so, I'll write and inquire. Maybe I did
seem like a spammer when I signed up, and got the bum's rush
accordingly. I don't have too much motivation for wanting an account
right now, besides curiosity, but even that's worth a little effort.
They have a very small user base at the moment, the majority of which
seems to be centered in Chile, where the project started. There's
almost no purpose for me to have the damn thing, truth be told, but
again, I'm curious. I've never had a Facebook or Myspace account, so I
don't really understand what people get out of such things. This might
be a low-impact way of my finding out. Or not. We'll see if I can even
get an account. Maybe I'm destined to spend my days down the gopher
hole.
