• 2 weeks ago I thought the neighborhood raccoon had been killed by a car but tonight I saw him again. Some other neighborhood lost theirs :-( #
• http://altdotnet.org/ won’t grant me access even though my OpenID provides an email address. Lame. #
• @bnpositive I just catch up in reverse chronological order. Usually just reading back to the point where I last made an update. #
• Finally finished my ALT.NET post. http://redbitbluebit.com/default.aspx #
• @gregorlove I once read a fictional story where voters were put into 3 groups and could only vote once every 12 years. Improved turnout. #
• A mid-week #Indy #Tweetup doesn’t matter to me, I know someone else had tweeted that a midweek might be better for them. Just crowd pleasing #
• @Hockeyskates Nothing in particular. Day doesn’t matter to me for a #tweetup. #
• Still on a hunt for vintage magazines (1975 or older). Just got back from McCordsville Mercantile. Not much in terms of books and magazines. #
• @hoosierplew Not yet, but thanks for the tip. #
• At my son’s D.A.R.E. graduation. I get the idea, but it seems like propaganda to me. I also hate getting a lecture with ever glass of wine. #

• Crap. Just realized I need to vote, but haven’t been here long enough to know anything but the presidential candidates. #
• @hoosierplew 104th and Olio Road. I vote right next door at the school, but I don’t have a clue on local issues. #
• I was planning on registering to vote anyway, but you can do it the same time you get a driver’s license. (BMV good for one thing, at least) #
• @hoosierplew Thanks for trying :-) #
• Voted. But not for very much. #
• @gregorlove The government does not force you to take a Christian or even "In God We Trust" license plate. To me, that’s still separation. #
• @stevillama I don’t either. I just don’t think there’s a problem with offering them to people who want them. #
• @gregorlove Good point. #
• Having a PB&J addition flare-up. #
• @MzHartz Take the <nb> out and replace it with &nbsp;. BTW, the background doesn’t work right in Firefox when the window is very n … #
• @MzHartz heh. Stupid Twitter. Replace it with & nbsp; (without the space). #
• @MzHartz Hmm… I only have IE7 and the background seems right to me (except the 1 pixel shift up). #
• @MzHartz Not when replacing the <nb> with a non-breaking space. #
• @footndale Corporate or CEO blogs aren’t that effective, but employee blogs are. Employees don’t blog in marketing-speak. #
• Don’t blame me, I voted for Ron Paul (too). #
• What are those light tan, construction worker boots preferred by 90s college preppies called? #
• Nubuck leather work boots, btw. #
• @pamslim http://www.engraveyourbook.com/index.html #

• What happened to the button for older Tweets? I need to catch up on what I missed. This "feature": EPIC FAIL. #
• @drthomasho the older buttons have returned. #
• If enclosed nickel can help save a child’s life, why did you mail it to me instead. That was dumb, I’m using it to buy gum. #
• @Lestat lol. How dumb can computers be, eh? #
• @hoosierplew That’s too bad. Those developers give the rest of us .NET developers a bad name. #
• I’m looking for bookshops or antique stores in #Indianapolis where I might find a good supply of vintage magazines. #
• Giving twhirl a try. #
• @Jaxidian I was using IM since GTalk can sit in the Google dock, but mostly just the website. So far I like it #
• @footndale Didn’t like twitterfox. Very bad things happened to Firefox when I installed it. Uninstalled and they went away. #
• At the pool with the kids. Yes, an OUTDOOR pool. I’m not in, though, I’m not crazy! #
• now at son’s soccer practice. Overcast and about 10 degrees colder than when we were at the pool. Retarded weather here. #

• @Doug_Vann Wisconsin Dells is a big vacation spot. My family used to go there every summer when I lived in Wisconsin. #

• Watching LOST season 3 on DVD. #
• Enjoying our new cardinal friend who likes hanging out on our patio. #
• At son’s soccer game. Holy freakin’ wind! #
• Opposing team has no subs. May be a win for our team. #
• Is there a JHEAD-style command-line utility to batch rename video files as jhead does with jpegs? #
• The Wife: He likes to be skin-to-skin and I don’t like rodent feet. (re: Rufus the guinea pig). #
• @ScottWilder PC #

• Zombies have feelings too. Brain eating feelings, that is. #
• Nothing sucks more than doing something to make things better and having somebody react to it all wrong. #
• Depressing: Just realized I’ve lost a bunch of digital photos, probably when I upgraded to the last computer. #
• @footndale No, they are long gone from a PC I rebuilt 2 years ago. #
• @stevillama I used to burn to DVD and had my wife take the copy to her office. #
• @bnpositive Try http://tinyurl.com/dzgd4 #
• Every give something to Him and then take it back again? I’m driving myself crazy with that one! #
• @cbreier You should start an alternative fuels blog. #
• I haven’t been able to shake something troubling me all day long. That’s getting old. #
• My main WP blog at WH4L isn’t the speediest, but the other blogs at other domains (on the same account) are SO slow. Don’t know why. #
• @alxconn The slower ones have less plugins than my main one. #
• @Lestat Yes, shared server, but I would assume all my sites are on the same server as they are subfolders of the main site (from FTP POV). #
• @bnpositive They are not gzip compressed as far as I know. #

• @noahwesley Hey, thanks for catching me in a better mood this time! #blogIN #
• Correct me if I’m wrong, but YouTube doesn’t have a "guest pass" option like Flickr. How can I share with family/friends but protect? #
• Are there other video sharing sites that provide this? Flickr video may not be long enough. #
• Giving viddler a go… thanks @alxconn #
• @jtimothyking I just started a secret blog to keep family in the loop. It’s a tumblelog, so it’s fun to update. #
• I’ve been having a lot of messed up dreams lately. Yes, @mzhartz, they have been about blogging. #
• @MzHartz Somebody let me off this crazy, mixed-up carousel! #
• @gregorlove Digital zoom is crap, but otherwise I love it. So easy to use and fits in a pocket. #
• Quick review of the flip video camera: http://tinyurl.com/5wlezm #
• @stevillama I’ve been archiving my tweets to my blog. I think it distracts from real content, though. I’d make the main feed without tweets. #
• @bnpositive I use the twitter tools plugin for wordpress. #

I bought a Flip Video Ultra 60-minute handheld camera after seeing a bunch of reviews for it. Turns out, my son had been looking at them in January but opted for a digital camera instead. I picked mine up at a local big-box retailer just before the BlogIN conference. I wanted to try my hand at video blogging. With the Flip, it’s fun and easy!

Here’s the video I shot:

Built into the side of the Flip is a pop-out USB hub (hence the name “Flip”). Copying files is as easy as using Windows Explorer. My only problem with the camera is that the digital zoom isn’t very good. It just makes the images fuzzy. This camera is rugged, too. I dropped it in a parking lot: the face got scuffed, but it didn’t scratch the lens and it still works great!

Here are the product links on Amazon: