dangerblog

Launchcast Plug-In

Yesterday, I got my first comment! Woo hoo!

Jeff Hicks invited me to check out his Launchcast plugin for blogs, which is available at http://jrhicks.net/CastInvite. I've tested it out -- it's very cool and has now earned a place on my right sidebar (see right, under "Six Great CDs"). The artist that is shown changes each time the page is loaded, and rotates between the bands I've rated a 90 or better on the Launchcast website. And all I had to do was enter my Yahoo ID into the input field on his form, and it spits out a short piece of code that I have added to my template. So if you've got a blog and a Launchcast channel of your own, this is something that is worth checking out!

Why Dangergirl?

You may be wondering, if my life really consists of programming, gardening, and playing with my cat, why I would name my site "dangergirl" and have the nerve to name my blog "dangerblog". Well, here is where my inner geekdom really gets its first exposure. You see, Dangerguy and I have these cell phone thingies marketed by T-Mobile as the Sidekick. They are made by a company called Danger. My sidekick is by far the greatest cell phone I've ever owned. In addition to being a cell phone, it does email, web browsing, AOL Instant Messenger, SMS, calendaring, even Telnet. I guess most cell phones do all of that now, but the thing that really distinguishes it is that it has a great keyboard, so no more of that "5-5-4-4-4-6-7-6....." crap just to spell out a single message. So anyway, we made up screen names to use on our sidekicks and mine is DangerGirl and his is DangerGuy. Aren't you glad you asked?