As Promised...

Though I'm not entirely sure I'm supposed to be posting actual substance aside from school work on this, I figure I'll go with my "Hey I'm finished with today's work!" instinct. As promised from before, I will be providing the small amount of readers or surfers with some 'interesting' music and music videos. As I'm a true nerd at heart, go ahead and take a gander at this one:



Now, as I said: I am a true nerd at heart. A Renn Fest employee, D&D player, Bladesmith and overall heathen. This just so happens to be my favorite band of all time--even topping bands like the Beatles and the Stones, which I was raised on. This band, as you may have noticed, is none other than Ensiferum. Hailing from Finland (part of my heritage) and quickly progressing through a genre known as Viking Metal. Amazing, if you don't ask me--it's one of those types of metal that you normally won't see those jerky kids at shows. It's a distinct type of person who takes a liking to it's sweet melodies, harsh vocals and nearly ancient insturmental tracks. I'm feeling light headed just thinking about it.

RSS? I'll buy that for a dollar.

First things first, I've had a good amount of experience with RSS. From following updates from Indymedia (http://www.twincities.indymedia.org : a site nearly everyone should add to their feed, if they have one) to simply assisting in writing forum and chat clients that use it for extracurricular purposes. It's one of those things you'd take for granted if you didn't go without it before.

Personally, I'm a fan of FeedforAll (www.feedforall.com). While not used for enlisting to feeds, it's much easier to create them and have things work out to your advantage. I'd even go as far as calling it "The Dreamweaver of RSS." I've never messed with RSS inside dreamweaver, however, so I don't even remember if they have one or even how good it is or not. What's cool is some sites have toolbars that you can download that have RSS feeds in them already. I know one of my preferred nerd PBBG sites Gal-Com has developed one recently, along with established news sites and search engines like Google and Yahoo have them like it's their job. It is.

The excellent thing about RSS is it reminds people about the information they're putting out. Whether it's through a toolbar, desktop widget or whatever way they chose to do it; it's keeping the information or updates they're supplying in the reader's or user's head. Whether it be news, forum updates or.. just whatever, it's keeping the customer or user in constant contact with the information they're putting on the web. Kind of like a smoker and nicotine; they've always got some reminder or it's always in the back of their mind.

Although I feel like I don't have to say anything more than this video, because believe me; you'll be somewhat speechless by either amusement or how appalled you are. But, never fear for I won't judge you. Perhaps I'll randomly post videos from a ridiculous variety of bands that you would have some similar reaction to in the middle of actually doing the "16 Things" assignment. I mean, we can have some sort of fun with this.. right?

How about this? How about we start over, with an entirely new impression. Hello, I'm Andrew--commonly referred to as Orcbane by my nerdy league of friends that have followed me for years. I work in the bicycle industry for a little company called Quality Bicycle Products. Perhaps you've heard of us? Surly, Salsa and All-City bicycles. We're kind of a big deal. People know us. We have many leather bound books and our facility smells of "green" cleaners. Oh, that's one of my big things. I'm a fan of the Earth, 'cause I came out've her. You know how that goes.

I'm trying to consider if I want to make this blog something respectable or something ridiculous. I don't know, maybe I can find some crazy blend of both. I guess I'll see wherever me rambling takes me. Some instructors would call this mindless babble and thought vomit brainstorming, so maybe I'll keep it up--do 'em proud!