http://jasone.squidtop.com Just another Squidtop.com weblog Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:24:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's time for me to hang the colorful plastic flag streamers, bring out the marching band and put the inflatable purple gorilla on the roof: The new map on the "Where Do You Squidoo?" lens is ready!  Please visit and add yourself to the map (if you haven't already).  If you ... http://jasone.squidtop.com/2008/06/29/the-new-and-improved-where-do-you-squidoo-map-is-ready/ The mapping website that I have used up to this point to host the "Where Do You Squidoo?" lensmaster map has been down (it appears to me) quite frequently lately, which is a real shame, because I had really been happy with its functionality and the way that it displayed ... http://jasone.squidtop.com/2008/06/26/coming-soon-a-new-where-do-you-squidoo-map/ You have probably seen the LOLcat pictures (like the one pictured below), in which the punchline is that cat appears to be operating some kind of cat-sized, invisible vehicle. I have two Squidoo lenses (about funny "LOST" parodies and bloopers and about food-loving comedian Jim Gaffigan) which I think are entertaining, ... http://jasone.squidtop.com/2008/05/17/two-funny-but-almost-invisible-lenses/ Mother Nature has apparently determined that my wife and I should have a new avocation.  We've had several thunderstorms here during the past few weeks, which I think has unfortunately contributed to the ejection (and sometimes injury) of several young birds from their nests.  We have found two such birds in our backyard during the ... http://jasone.squidtop.com/2008/05/15/tweets-version-10-the-real-life-feathered-kind/ Just re-reading my first post. Not exactly a tweet, huh? More like a tweee . . . (takes deep breath) . . .eeet! My second post will be shorter. See? Sounding my barbaric tweet, JasonE http://jasone.squidtop.com/2008/05/12/just-re-reading-my-first-post-not-exac/ Ping! You're it! On a computer network, (such as on the Web), a ping is a brief communication that you send to something (in particular) to find out whether or not it is out there and is responsive to the "Whasssup???" request that you have sent. The sending ... http://jasone.squidtop.com/2008/05/12/whats-a-squid-ping-from-jasone-and-should-i-have-that-looked-at-by-someone/