Chris Collins :: a personal journal » purge http://cj69collins.com world traveler :: lost everywhere Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:00:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 the 2009 purge http://cj69collins.com/2009/01/17/the-2009-purge/ http://cj69collins.com/2009/01/17/the-2009-purge/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:28:40 +0000 cj69collins http://cj69collins.com/?p=519 I have to hand it to social not-working devs. they always seem to try to come-up with new ways of doing the same things as the popular sites. the problem with that is that they never really live up to the expectation set by those popular sites. what is worse, even popular sites that do not improve with the times can fall victim to the effect. eventually, as quickly as things grow, they decline. pownce, jaiku and others fade into oblivion.
I am one to try just about anything. eventually, though, I get overhelmed by the numbers or bored by the offering. to that end, purged a number of links I felt were not offering me much of anything. Friendfeed, hi5, myspace, tumblr, livejournal accounts were all canceled in the last fortnight, along with the accounts of a number of smaller services. I never connected at myspace like I do at facebook; I connected even less at hi5, which seemed predominantly hispanics; I connected even less with friendfeed; livejournal and tumblr were repeats of this blog or twitter, which seemed a waste. Most of the smaller twitter wannabes just never cut it. What profiles I could not close, I simply walked away from. tagged made the cut, since there is some interaction. plurk made the cut, just barely, for the same reason. Both socialvibe and realjock have purpose beyond social not-working. the hookup sites entice me, yet scare me still. all in all, the purge was good, since I know predominantly focus on two site, facebook and twitter. I am even using twitter clients Syinx on Mac and PockeTwit on Blackjack. I will be less enticed to try the new service when the old seems to do the trick.

]]> http://cj69collins.com/2009/01/17/the-2009-purge/feed/ 3 urge, purge, merge, surge http://cj69collins.com/2008/06/21/urge-purge-merge-surge/ http://cj69collins.com/2008/06/21/urge-purge-merge-surge/#comments Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:37:35 +0000 cj69collins http://cj69collins.com/?p=95 About every twelve months, I get the urge to go some ‘spring cleaning’. This involves either eliminating from the wardrobe or cleaning-out the bottom of the closet, tossing packaging for products I purchased more than a year ago. This years closet cleaning was special, other than it was on the first weekend in Summer.

At one time, I used to keep all my CDs in CD cases. Often holding 48 CDs, I could carry one to the car and listen to what I want. Or, not. The not had become more frequent. The iPod became the listening device, followed by the device I did not use. For the past couple of years, I wanted to get to the back of the closet, where the CD cases and emptied ‘jewel boxes’ were stored. Today was that day. Two large boxes filled with the emptied CD JBs, along with the ten CD ‘books’ were removed. I moved them into the spare bedroom. I need to reassumble the JCs, see which CDs are in iTunes, determine which need to be, and segregate which need to be offered to new listeners.

While cleaning the closet, I also came across a collection I stored in the back of the closet for some time :: my Billy doll collection. I completely forgot about them. At one time, I was really into them. Now, I see them as a ‘fierce tranny hot mess’, a campy joke told way too often to be funny anymore. Someone may appreciate them. I may take pictures of them, assess condition, and see if someone is willing to offer for them.To add to the joke I also had a small ‘lightning plate’, a ‘mirror ball kit’, and a small strobe light, none of which I have used practically.

After the closet was cleaned, I was amazed how much room was wasted by all the crap I had in there. Such is the power of the urge, the urge to purge, merge and surge.

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