• New Blog Try and break it; it’s beta software.

• twitter I have joined the collective. My uniqueness and intelligence will be assimilated into their own.

That’s all for now; I’ll try and keep this post updated until I move WordPress over.

1. madcrasher.com
2. oddEvan.com
3. root -1 Podcasts
4. Recovering Pharisee Productions
5. Anticipation Records
6. whumf
7. kitsu.us
8. flash w/o Flash

As I said before, that’s too many for one guy to do. Heck, even two is too many. I’ve had people tell me that there hasn’t been much “madcrasher” stuff going on lately, and that’s mostly because I’ve been focusing on this site. Well, let the pruning begin.

As mentioned earlier, root -1 is no more. It’s redundant, hard to pronounce, and neglected. So long. Also, flash w/o Flash is for sale. The site itself says as much, and I also posted it on craigslist.

Where does that leave us?

1. madcrasher.com
2. oddEvan.com
3. Recovering Pharisee Productions
4. Anticipation Records
5. whumf
6. kitsu.us

Let’s see… kitsu.us is a domain I bought for the heck of it. I’m currently using it for my internal network, test servers, and other whatnot. It’s not serious, and it won’t be. Sort of like a non-oddEvan oddEvan. I’ll probably just give it to Ronyo and be done with it.

Whumf is a bit of a pickle. It was originally going to be a literary magazine, but the person currently slated to be editor-in-chief is considering backing out of the internet business. Honestly, I don’t blame him. But whumf is too good a name to not do anything with. Desisions, decisions… but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.

That leaves:

1. madcrasher.com
2. oddEvan.com
3. Recovering Pharisee Productions
4. Anticipation Records

Here’s where the fun begins.

oddEvan.com is in a sort of quasi-limbo. I’m going to seriously overhaul the theme once my job search is over and I have time. I’m going to try to turn this into more of a tumblelog than a normal blog. Or maybe have the two side-by-side? Similar to how John Gruber organizes his site: the short-form “linked list” that is posted throughout the day as well as the slightly-less-regular long-form posts. Either way, I want to be able to show all the craziness that’s out on the internet as well as post rough drafts of stuff I’m working on. The big question is whether I want to stay with WordPress which, with the new version 2.5, is veery niiice, or whether I want to switch to something like chyrp that, while is working okay in testing, is in its own state of flux. Comments?

Anticipation Records is… still being worked on. But I’m 90% I know the purpose now. Anticipation was started with 2 questions in mind: how can Christian music be made better, and what role does a record company play in the 21st century? The first question was simple: focus on the artist’s faith, not the content of the music. Don’t try to sound like everyone else but let God do his work in his own time. The second question has been more of a challenge. While I would love Anticipation to be the type of organization that provides all sorts of material and resources to its artists, it would never be able to grow beyond being an outlet for me and my friends. Currently, I’m leaning towards Anticipation being more of a membership organization than a traditional record company. Membership is by invitation only, mind you; applications are accepted, but not everyone is allowed in. The whole idea is to build the image that being in Anticipation means something, giving greater credibility to our artists. Good?

So what about the productions side? That’s where Recovering Pharisee Productions comes in. A brief talk with my business partner revealed a key weakness in the name: not everyone is a recovering pharisee. I’m also realizing that having a huge internet empire is not all its cracked up to be. Someday, maybe, but for now, I’m scaling this back down to an Evan-sized venture. So now Recovering Pharisee is my production company. David Letterman has Worldwide Pants, I’ve got Recovering Pharisee. …and it needs to be updated. Anyway, I’ll be doing freelance and production work through it, such as web designs, videos, and musical artists.

Musical artists like madcrasher. That’s right folks, he hasn’t gone anywhere. I’ll (God-willing) be finishing up production on the full-length album Identity by the end of the year as well as working on the next project, a 5-song EP tentatively titled Exile. After that, it’s anyone’s guess. But madcrasher.com will be getting the overhaul shortly. It’s being moved to a WordPress-powered site and given three sections: Blog and Updates, The WHAT?-cast, and Discography. Blog… is a blog. The WHAT?-cast is the new video version of my old podcast that has lots of outside help and should be released once a month starting in September. Hopefully. Discography is a list of songs, download links, and a little radio player so you can listen to it.

Confused? Then ask questions. Ideas? Say them. I would wrap this up in a neat little package, but look at the time, people; I need to get to bed!

...oh, crap, it’s April 1.

Hi, my name is Andrew W. King and I am the President of United American’s Branch Office Division.

I believe we have a winner for the “Most Obscure Yet Oddly Professionally Sounding Name Of A Company” award!

I found your resume online and wanted to contact you.

If this wasn’t an obvious form letter, I’d appreciate that. But it is, so I don’t.

We are now hiring applicants from a wide variety of backgrounds and we believe you are an outstanding match.

In other words, I have a pulse.

We have immediate openings for motivated individuals like you.

You could tell I was motivated just by my resume? Then you obviously didn’t catch that I’m living at my parents’ house.

First year earnings can range as high as $100,000 for new representatives and management positions are awarded for excellence, regardless of prior experience.

So, if I “award” you the award mentioned above, will you “award” me a management position?

If you are goal-oriented with good communication skills and have a desire to succeed within a company that has a well-known industry reputation for financial stability, quality products and streamlined services, then I would like to speak with you at your earliest convenience.

Rule Number One for Evan: NO SALES POSITIONS I’m sorry, but this is not negotiable. Unless you’re Apple.

We are a part of the Torchmark Corporation.

Found them. Do not want. I mean… really do not want.

Moral of the story: don’t spam. You’re wasting the time I could have spent trolling craigslist.

Locked the keys in the car. Found out the roadside assistance isn’t fully activated. Had to reschedule phone interview. Picked up by Mom. Took Mom’s car. Got a [bleep]ing speeding ticket. Drove through traffic. Finally got spare key. Drove through more traffic.

I’ll post more when I’m more coherent. Right now, I need a drink and sleep. And for these DVD’s to [bleep]ing burn correctly.

1. It’s hard to get across how you say it. It’s pronounced “Root Negative One,” not “Root One” or any crap like that.
2. The domain is hard to get across without text. I mean, seriously, there’s a reason people don’t put hyphens in their domains anymore. Throw a numeral in there and the whole thing’s gone to pot.
3. A podcasting network? Those mostly exist for advertising and marketing purposes, not for content purposes. Even the great Revision3 distributes third-party podcasts (like The Totally Rad Show). Content is my strength, not advertising.

1. I have too many things going on and I need to consolidate.

Honestly, while I love the name (it’s an imaginary number, people!), the sheer crookedness of the domain is killing it. I think I’m just going to use blip.tv to host the podcasts and let some other enterprising young sophomore grab what’s left of root -1.

Recovering Pharisee’s going to be changing soon, too. I had a brief talk with my business partner and agreed on some significant changes. That just leaves Anticipation as the big question mark.

...

Here it goes!

Brainstorm new Apple Rumors at 2PM? Somehow, I’m not really surprised.

[ edit: step 4 is always profit! ]

I may or may not have set off the smoke alarm.

The local fire department may or may not have been called.

This may or may not show up on my student account.

Maybe.

Update: I did. I did. I did. It won’t.

Let me say that one more time for emphasis: In one week I will no longer be a Furman student.

My last class was yesterday. My last exam is tomorrow. And a week from now I’ll be done with my internship (and hopefully the research paper that goes with it). So where does that leave my websites?

Yes, websites. With an ‘s’ on the end. There’s this one, then there’s my first one, my podcast network, my literary magazine, my record company, a JavaScript weblog that I have yet to start, and, finally, my production company. Did I forget anything?

I’ve been thinking of how to improve and run each of them. The biggest thing that’s happened is I’ve completely fallen in love with WordPress. So much so that I’ve gotten a few of my friends to run their web sites with it. And I’m going to be moving Anticipation and all related sites to it as well. I’m actually thinking of turning whumf into a blog network on top of the literary magazine and running the other blogs off of it…

That’s my problem. I come up with about 50 ideas in a given week, and my feeble attempts to link them together often just results in chaos. And the fact that I’m going to be entering the “real world” in the very near future is calling into question my ability to run all these websites effectively. I’ve already had to kill off bsod Magazine/bsodTV, and Flash w/o Flash is probably not going to be renewed, not to mention FUwiki. And that’s with me as a student. Once I’ve got an actual job that, while it won’t follow me home at the end of the day (I’m making sure of that!), will probably leave me emotionally and creatively drained, I’m probably not going to want to spend a lot of time on any of these sites. So where does that leave me?

You can probably tell my now that this is a very rambling post. Honestly, if I hadn’t spent the morning reading a blog post about blogging, I wouldn’t be doing this now. And I know that the two of you that actually read this probably know me in real life and are tired of me going on about my latest ideas. Or not. Honestly, I don’t know where I’m going from here other than my biggest priority is to find a job and upgrade my technology. After that, though, here’s my plan for oddEvan.com:

• Post once per week – I need to keep my writing muscle in good form. Whether it’s from some fanfic I’m working on or just something on life, I need to keep in practice. Not to mention that no matter where I end up, I’m going to be leaving friends behind, and this blog is the best way for them to keep up with me.
• Integrate the Pownce feed – This is a way for me to share links and brief random thoughts with you quickly. They’ve got an API, and I’m surprised there’s not really a good WordPress plugin yet.
• More links! – Besides the Pownce stuff. I mean seriously, there’s a wealth of good blogs and sites that I read on a regular basis, and that says as much about me as anything I write.

• Lifestream it – I’ve got something kinda-sorta at this page, but I’m 90% sure I can program something myself. The basic idea is to pull all the feeds from my different online pages and compile them into one feed similar to the infamous facebook News Feed. In other words, if I sneeze online, it’ll show up on this page. Any feature ideas (or know of a service better than soup)?

I’ll be posting more ideas here in the days to come. The idea is to consolidate my online presence and trim off any unnecessary fat. The less I have to worry about, the more time I can spend bringing back the WHAT?-cast. Which I am so totally doing. Maybe.

Cheers.