Monday, December 27, 2004

The Write Stuff 20041227
The power of the poet.

Grants for Writers
http://www.usartsgrants.com/

What is RSS?
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/dive-into-xml.html
for a two page article. You can also go to wikipedia at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_%28protocol%29

Other feeds to make it easier to syndicate content.
Atom feeds at http://www.atomenabled.org/ and
http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/FrontPage

some feedreaders to read text RSS feeds are:

Thunderbird -- http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/
It is a mail client like Outlook Express. I don't get my mail this way because there is no way to transfer your mail, like in the Earthlink mail client where you can export out your mail in a .dat file (makes backing up your mail so much easier). Thunderbird, however, is a great RSS reader for text because it reads both RSS and Atom feeds.

For a list of feed readers to only read text is http://blogspace.com/rss/readers

To read feeds with mp3 enclosures, you can use:
Ipodder found at http://www.ipodder.org/directory/4/ipodderSoftware
Doppler 1.1.1.found at
http://www.dopplerradio.net/doppler/log.pma/viewentry?openpage&id=2
Doppler 2.0 found at
http://www.dopplerradio.net/doppler/log.pma/Home?OpenPage&D=&C=Download
Readers for the Mac xpodder found at http://sourceforge.net/search/
I also think iTunes can do this, but I'm not sure on this one as I use a Windows machine.
If anyone knows for sure, you can either post in the comments section of this blog or you
can email me at podcastbard@yahoo.com .

Poet's notebook
found at http://www.goodquotes.com/

" Look up for inspiration, down for concentration but don’t look side to side for information".

"When they put unknown at the end of a quote, that means they probably don't no how to spell anonymous" -unknown

"War does not determine who is right, war determine who is left."

"43% of all statistics are worthless."

"A bird in the hand is safer than one overhead."

Poetry Corner:

From my book, "A Soul's Journey Continues"

"Walking Home" by Robert G. Parent
"The Mystery of Night" by Robert G. Parent
"Notice Me" by Robert G. Parent

Today's Creative commons song ("Phone Book" by Dripht) is from www.garageband.com in the spoken word section:
http://www.garageband.com/song?|pe1|S8LTM0LdsaSkYVK-Z2o


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Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Show Notes for December 21, 2004

Thank you to "The Black New Yorker" and "Godcast" for posting comments on my blog. I love reading the comments that you all post. Some other Podcast that are about writing or the arts are "Strange Angels" and "The Theory of Everything" (he's from the Massachusetts another New England Podcast).

Email your suggestions, poems you wish to share with the Write Stuff audience, or writing tech and websites to podcastbard@yahoo.com

"Atlantis: Insights From a Lost Civilization" by Shirley Andrews
...Is a book that I've not read fully from cover to cover because it is one of those books that I read like a Reference book. I keep going back to it for information, and it is filled with a lot of interesting information about Atlantis.

The Power of ebooks. Your Personal LIbrary in the palm of your hand.

http://www.ebookwise.com/
They have books in many genres from Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Horror, Humor, Business, Children's Fiction, Classic History and more.

They also have the ebookwise-1150, an ebook reader.
Your Personal LIbrary in the palm of your hand.

Another ebook site is http://www.ebooks.com/
Where they also have ebooks, but in many different formats for your Palm, in PDF, in Microsoft Reader, in MobiPocket reader format.

Poet's Notebook

"Even he, to whom most things that most people would think were pretty smart were pretty dumb, thought it was pretty smart."
Douglas Adams ,The Salmon of Doubt, p. 205
English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)

"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space."
Douglas Adams ,The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words;
it is expressed in the choices one makes.
In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves.
The process never ends until we die.
And, the choices we make are ultimately
our own responsibility."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
Henry David Thoreau
US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862)

"To win without risk is to triumph without glory."
Pierre Corneille ,'The Cid,' 1636
French dramatist (1606 - 1684)

"Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy." George Carlin

An Idea: In commercials, change those sayings and create your own. Also, what would your dog or cat tell you if they could speak your native language.

"Lanuage is all about having fun." Robert G. Parent

Poems
"The Power of the Red Nosed Reindeer" by Robert G. Parent

"The Light Within" by Robert G. Parent

"A Magical NIght" by Robert G. Parent

"Commuter" by verysteve in the Spoken Word section
http://www.garageband.com/song?|pe1|S8LTM0LdsaSkY1m1YmE
http://www.garageband.com/artist/verysteve

"I am so tired" by Hardbass MX in the Dance section
http://www.garageband.com/song?|pe1|S8LTM0LdsaSkY1G3Y2s
http://www.garageband.com/artist/hardbassmx


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Saturday, December 18, 2004

Show Notes for December 18, 2004

"The Lost Key of the Buddha"
by JJ Dewey
http://freeread.com/BookIII/Promo.htm

article from storymind dot com
http://www.storymind.com/dramatica/character/9.htm
"Writing Characters of the Opposite Sex."

Also from storymind dot com, they have software to help writers develop story ideas, create scripts for movies and TV shows, and offering a 20 hour creative writing course on CD.

Poet's Notebook

I know you're out there. I can feel you now. I know that
you're afraid. You're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I
don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is
going to end. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin.
Neo - The Matrix

"We do a lot of quantitative stuff. But coupled with that is having an employee staff and culture that is inherently interested in what we do." - Tom Freston, MTV Networks

"Surround yourself with people you trust. You can't run a business over a certain size and sign off on everything." - Emily Woods, J. Crew

"There are poems in each moment,
lessons to be experienced,
possibilities to be contemplated."
-- Robert G. Parent

"The hunger that burns deep is that which gives us life."
-- Robert G. Parent

"Century's Child" by the Sleepwalker Project
you can get to their website from music download dot com
http://music.download.com/sleepwalkerproject/3600-8500_32-100093531.html


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Monday, December 13, 2004

Show Notes 20041213

Jingle Bells (Aussie style)
http://www.funnypoets.com/poems/jinglebellsaussiestyle.htm

The Christmas Beetle
http://oldpoetry.com/oprintall/Leon%20Gellert

Christmas In Killarney
http://www.irishclans.com/articles/irishxmassongs1.html

Celtic Origins of Christmas
http://www.tartans.com/articles/celtchristmas.html

Twelve days of Christmas
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

When Icicles Hang By The Wall
William Shakespeare
http://www.pddoc.com/poems

Poet's Notebook
quotes from http://www.christmas-quotes.com/

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

`Why, it isn't possible,' said Scrooge, `that I can have slept through a whole day and far into another night. It isn't possible that anything has happened to the sun, and this is twelve at noon.'
-- Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol"

Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world of the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years... Underneath all the bulging bundles is this beating Christmas heart.
--George Mathhew Adams

There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions.
--Bill McKibben, Author, Hundred Dollar Holiday: The Case For a More Joyful Christmas

What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus? Claustrophobic.
--Unknown
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
--Norman Vincent Peale

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.
--Mary Ellen Chase

Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home enjoyments, affections, and hopes; grouped everything and everyone round the Christmas fire, and make the little picture shining in our bright young eyes, complete.
--Charles Dickens

"A Visit From St. Nick"
by Clement Clark Moore

Brian Dolph Christmas songs from www.dmusic.com
Christmas Midi's from www.lockergnome.com


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Thursday, December 09, 2004

The 12 Days of Podcast
by Robert G. Parent your Podcast Bard

On the first day of Christmas, my ipodder gave to me
one Prince of the Pod with our Daily dose of Source Code

On the second day of Christmas, my ipodder gave to me,
two Wizards of Tech, and one Prince of the Pod with our Daily
Source Code.

On the third day of Christmas, my ipodder gave to me,
three Whole Wheat Radios, two Wizards of Tech, and one
Prince of the Pod with our Daily Source Code.

On the fourth day of Christmas, my ipodder gave to me,
four Useful Sounds, three Whole Wheat Radios, two Wizards of Tech,
and one Prince of the Pod with our Daily Source Code.

On the fifth day of Christmas, my ipodder gave to me,
five Godcast scriptures, four Useful Sounds, three Whole Wheat Radios,
two Wizards of Tech, and one Prince of the Pod with our Daily Source Code.

On the sixth day of Christmas, my ipodder gave to me,
six Eric Rice Podcast, five Godcast scriptures, four Useful Sounds,
three Whole Wheat Radios, two Wizards of Tech, and one Prince of
the Pod with our Daily Source Code.

On the seventh day of Christmas, my ipodder gave to me,
seven Linux Logs, six Eric Rice Podcast, five Godcast scriptures,
four Useful Sounds, three Whole Wheat Radios, two Wizards of Tech,
and one Prince of the Pod with our Daily Source Code.

On the eighth day of Christmas, my ipodder gave to me,
eight Dawn and Drew shows, seven Linux Logs, six Eric Rice Podcast,
five Godcast scriptures, four Useful Sounds, three Whole Wheat Radios,
two Wizards of Tech, and one Prince of the Pod with our Daily Source Code.

On the nineth day of Christmas, my ipodder gave to me,
nine IT Conversations, eight Dawn and Drew shows, seven Linux Logs,
six Eric Rice Podcast, five Godcast scriptures, four Useful Sounds,
three Whole Wheat Radios, two Wizards of Tech, and one Prince of the Pod
with our Daily Source Code.

On the tenth day of Christmas, my ipodder gave to me,
ten Slashdot Reviews, nine IT Conversations, eight Dawn and Drew shows,
seven Linux Logs, six Eric Rice Podcast, five Godcast scriptures,
four Useful Sounds, three Whole Wheat Radios, two Wizards of Tech,
and one Prince of the Pod with our Daily Source Code.


On the eleventh day of Christmas, my ipodder gave to me,
eleven Laporte Reports, ten Slashdot Reviews, nine IT Conversations,
eight Dawn and Drew show, seven Linux Logs, six Eric Rice Podcast,
five Godcast scriptures, four Useful Sounds, three Whole Wheat Radios,
two Wizards of Tech, and one Prince of the Pod with our Daily Source Code.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my ipodder gave to me,
twelve Megabits per sec of bandwidth, elevan Laporte Reports, ten Slashdot Reviews,
nine IT Conversations, eight Dawn and Drew shows, seven Linux Logs,
six Eric Rice Podcast, five Godcast scriptures, four Useful Sounds,
three Whole Wheat Radios, two Wizards of Tech, and one Prince of the Pod
with our Daily Source Code. bongggg.


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Tuesday, December 07, 2004

Show notes The Write Stuff 20041207

Links

Future Computing in the Past
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/44679/44679.html

Creative Writing Program Produces aspiring writers
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2004/12/06/news/11661.shtml

Publishing Industry News from Book Zone Pro
http://www.bookzonepro.com/newswire/

Poets News from Poetic Voices Magazine online
This is the one where they are looking for submissions.
http://poeticvoices.com/PoetsNews.htm

Site of the Week: Rhyme Zone -- rhyming dictionary and thesaurus
http://www.rhymezone.com/
The flashing banner is a turn off but the rest of the site is filled with usful stuff.

Poet's NoteBook:

"You have to get rewarded in the soul and in the wallet. The money isn't enough, but a plaque isn't enough either." - Jack Welch, General Electric Co.

"Lead by example. If you do that as a CEO, your style will filter down through your team." - John Chambers, Cisco Systems

But I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it.
Morpheus - The Matrix


You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged.
And many of them are so innerred, so hopelessly dependent on the system
that they will that they will fight to protect it. Are you listening to me,
Neo? Or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?
Morpheous - The Matrix


Now how did the machines know what Tasty Wheat tasted like, huh? Maybe they
got it wrong. Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted
like, uh...Oatmeal or Tuna fish. That makes you wonder about a lot of
things. You take chicken for example. Maybe they couldn't tell what to make
chicken taste like which is why chicken tastes like everything!
Mouse - The Matrix

"There are poems in each moment,
lessons to be experienced,
possibilities to be contemplated."
-- Robert G. Parent

"The hunger that burns deep is that which gives us life."
-- Robert G. Parent

My Poems: My Literary Angel, Where Poems Come From, Many of the One, What a Poet Must Do

"Christmas in my Mind", by Brian Dolph at http://www. dmusic.com in the country section

Free the Music, buy Independent


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Saturday, December 04, 2004

Becoming Show notes for December 3, 2004
May Your Light Shine

Music is from http://www.dmusic.com in the country section:
"Cedric the Christmas Elf" by Brian Dolph

Free the Music, buy independant

This weeks installment from the Christmas Encyclopedia found at http://www.santaschool.com/facts.htm

Some of my poetry from my book "A Special Christmas Message"
"Behind the Stress" , "Grey Christmas" , "Another Christmas Poem"

And the history of Chanukkah from http://www.ort.org/ort/hanukkah/index.html
and Kwanzaa from http://www.melanet.com/kwanzaa/whatis.html#whatis

Any Suggestions for future shows email them to maxlight33@yahoo.com and put "Suggestion" before the title of message.


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