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Author's details

Name: Stephen Payton
Date registered: January 23, 2006
URL: http://stephen.paytonplace.us/
AIM: Vistarama
Jabber / Google Talk: stephen.payton@gmail.com
Yahoo! IM: vistarama@sbcglobal.net

Biography

Once upon a time . . . updating personal web pages was a piece of cake. Now that love, marriage, children, extended families, and increased responsibilities in the workplace consume more of my time; more expedient methods for site updates are warranted. Enter the social network. Now there isn't just one personal web page, there are dozens of locations that service one aspect of my varied interests. Little pieces of me exist all over cyberspace and this profile is written on just one of them. Perhaps one day these comments will morph into a single universal "idea of me" to leverage everywhere? Sounds like a good idea to me! My personal interests are: 1: Listening to High Quality Audio Playback (regardless of delivery method). 2: Reading Fictional Literature (SciFi is #1 genre ~ most viewing accomplished in eBook form within my iPod Touch or Droid Incredible Phone) 3: Enjoying AudioBooks & Podcasts on my mobile devices to avoid the radio commercials I can no longer tolerate. 4: Watching movies of all genres. 5: Viewing Digital Video Recorder output to defeat the ever present commercial messaging of network Television. 6: Wishing for the ever elusive "Universal Remote" with Mute/Pause/Rewind/FastForward functions for when things get a little too hectic at home or don't go quite as planned.

Latest posts

  1. Wikipedia Begs Gracefully — December 28, 2011
  2. Mortgage This! — November 15, 2011
  3. At the Speed of Thought — October 6, 2011
  4. Think You’re Too Old for School? Think Again — May 6, 2011
  5. It’s all fun and games . . . — April 15, 2011

Author's posts listings

Dec 28

Wikipedia Begs Gracefully

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It’s one thing to encounter prominent banners at Wikipedia soliciting donations during a fund drive. Such things are understandable and I can easily dismiss them with a single click. But it’s another thing to receive direct e-mail solicitation messages asking me to pester my friends to donate too! Today I received my first such e-mail …

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