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I meant to write this article about a month ago, but I've been too swamped to get it out.

Long story short: I'm done with AIM.

A part of me is amazed that the protocol has stuck around as long as it has, and another part is surprised I've stuck with it.

In truth, I hardly know ...

Hi folks!

I'm wrapping up my personal portfolio website, and have one piece that I really want to create, but need some awesome photos for. I'd love it if they came from my friends and family rather than stock photo sites!

Criteria:

• High-res (bonus points if you have a copy in RAW format)
• Color (no b&w)
• Landscape ...

The title of the post has a double meaning.

First off, I wanted to share the funniest error message I've ever gotten (from years ago). Its redundancy made me laugh so hard I actually to a screenshot of it. Click the image to see the full-size version of it.

Adobe Updater Fail

I hope you found that as funny ...

Eric's band Links (formerly a Zero Coordinate artist and always good friends of ours) is doing really well for themselves and down in LA.

Check out the review of their latest set (with videos and everything) here:

http://talesfromthepit.net/2009/05/21/links-prove-to-hollywood-why-its-better-to-be-a-knight-than-an-idol/

Leave 'em some love if you're so inclined!

In case it wasn't otherwise obvious, I'm taking this week (mostly) off from work.

Happy holidays and happy new year!

p.s. - for those of us with lots of websites we're responsible for, this is a nifty little tool to avoid problems: Are My Sites Up? Totally free and easy to use. Gives a quick visual check ...

Get it... "post"-Christmas...

Anyhow, only minor updates to the online realm today. Between family and another upcoming project I could only do so much.

However, I did do a couple things:

1. Planned out some content strategy* for the website. (*If you're wondering what that is, see: Content-tious Strategy on A List Apart)
2. Added a nice hCard header to ...

Working on Christmas: A change of name, IntenseDebate, OpenID, and BluePrint CSS to get the gabrielhurley.com up and running.

In the next 31 days, I'm going to find a job by telling a story. The story I'm going to tell is about me finding a job by creating a website about me finding a job and leveraging the power of social networks and communication. And I'm going to do all that in a time when the economy is collapsing and most people would be thankful just to be employed at all.

Last week my work raffled off a big screen HDTV in the process of closing up shop for, in some ways, the very last time. I was in charge of that raffle.

Despite the sadness that people felt; despite the importance of the closing; despite the inordinate amount of work that had to be done, over and over I heard ...

Here's a nice little recipe I came up with after hunting through my kitchen to see what leftover fruit I had:

In a blender, combine

• 1 cup fresh or frozen whole cranberries
• 3 oz Tequila
• 2 oz Grenadine
• 1/2 cup Sweet and Sour mix
• Fill with ice

Blend the whole thing on a low setting until the ice ...

Paul and I went out and filmed Tourettes Without Regrets last week. For those of you who don't know, Tourettes Without Regrets is a twisted vaudeville cabaret of performances that range from spoken word to freestyle rap battle to dirty haiku competition to comedy, acrobatics, music and burlesque. It takes place on the first Thursday of every month.

We ...

This is a call for opinions and knowledge.

I had a conversation with a friend last night who came to a sudden state of uncertainty and fear about the need to make changes in their life--a life which is overall pretty good, but which isn't necessarily fulfilling all their needs anymore. And what became clear as the conversation went ...