• RIP William Safire - “Nattering Nabobs of Negativism.” He was one of a kind. #
• First gymnastics meet of the season http://yfrog.com/16ryqpj #
• New on Flickr: Hemaris Moth http://bit.ly/91tEE #
• New on Flickr: Pastrami and Corned Beef http://bit.ly/4ion6J #
• New on Flickr: Phillips Corn Maze http://bit.ly/10UmK5 #
• rated When You are Engulfed in Flames 3.5 stars - http://bit.ly/1CsLeg #
• New on Flickr: GHHS Varsity Cheer http://bit.ly/VjFHq #
• RT: @TreyRatcliff: The new photo is up “Alone in Qatar” at http://bit.ly/16nYLA #hdr Stuck in Customs strikes photographic gold once again. #
• Building Successful Apps - 12 Keys http://bit.ly/sKfMK Great stuff this morning from Ad Age. HT @jonahbloom #

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• has read Wife to Mr. Milton by Robert Graves - http://bit.ly/pPkxs #
• RT gatewood5000@hal990 OK, you are a judge. But the real question is, will you also be singing? Me: dancing. You coming? #
• RT @communitygirl Confirmed judges for #PPTKaraoke 10/1 at Hilton RDU include @hal990 and @GinnySkal. Me: Angela, you a judge too? #
• RT @hal990 and @GinnySkal confirmed as judges for #PPTKaraoke Oct 1 from 6-9pm Hilton RTP. http://pptkrdu.com. Me: Yep, I’m judging. #
• RT Knight Foundation is looking for a social media person: http://ow.ly/pFm5 #
• RT: @McKQuarterly: Survey: For the 1st time in a year, more execs expect company profits to rise (42%) than fall (40%). http://bit.ly/fk76o #
• The N&O has a new website in beta test http://pubsys2.newsobserver.com/ What do you think? #
• Facebook in the Black http://bit.ly/2EnXo Adds 50 million users in 2 months, turns a profit. #
• First case of rabies confirmed in Cary http://bit.ly/C3DcK #
• See all six interviews with candidates for Cary Town Council http://bit.ly/18KkAK #

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• New on Flickr: A Fifth of Blues at the Aviator http://bit.ly/2XrPMQ #
• Here’s our interview with Jack Smith, candidate for a sixth term on Cary Town Council http://bit.ly/VUVuO #
• CaryCitizen video interview with candidate for Town Council Catherine Evangelista http://bit.ly/2zYkEQ #

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• My favorite pic from USA Baseball vs Canada last night http://bit.ly/pmkpX #
• New on Flickr: Signing Autographs http://bit.ly/4d9C0M #
• New on Flickr: Hi Fives for a Victory http://bit.ly/jrIVd #
• USA Baseball vs Canada at Coleman Field in Cary http://yfrog.com/5hot3yj #
• Photographing farms today in Nash County NC http://yfrog.com/0hs0dj http://yfrog.com/5iakaqrtj #
• Having a great meeting about @ReBarCampRDU http://yfrog.com/3za07j #
• Early release Wednesdays in Wake County schools means = detention for student-athletes http://bit.ly/11cl4C CaryCitizen Op Ed. #

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• New on Flickr: N&O Tour http://bit.ly/164YP8 #
• Got questions for Cary Town Council Candidates? http://bit.ly/U7ykJ CaryCitizen is videotaping interviews with them this Thursday. #

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• RT @jayrosen_nyu At meeting of major players in Aspen, @steveouting sensed a climb down from paywall http://tr.im/wPjD Me: Aspen? Of course. #
• Reading to Dogs, this Sat at Western Wake Regional Library http://bit.ly/XBc25 From CaryCitizen. #
• What if the founder of the world’s largest open source blog platform started a bank? http://ma.tt/2009/08/starting-a-bank/ RT @photomatt #
• Deutsche Bank Brings 319 Jobs to Cary http://bit.ly/ORQWq In today’s CaryCitizen. #
• Cary’s Strange Sign Ordinance http://bit.ly/1ziP9P New Vox Populi by Brent Miller on CaryCitizen. #
• Sinfully delicious: Pink & Chocolate Cupcakes http://bit.ly/2mr9O From my shoot earlier this week. Oy, does this look good! #
• Have a Cupcake http://bit.ly/NtTBV From my bakery shoot yesterday. #
• New on Flickr: Bread http://bit.ly/13qSXx #
• Still at the donut shop. Gonna miss #rebcrdu meeting http://yfrog.com/0×39mcj @isellmoney #
• Cool pic from the shoot in Wilmington NC last week http://yfrog.com/0xz1nmj DP Kenny Wilson #
• Coincidentally, read this to find out where to get the Best Donuts in Cary http://bit.ly/9lao3 Who doesn’t like donuts? #
• Going to shoot some doughnuts and cakes. Then on to ReBarCampRDU planning meeting #rebcrdu #

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• Hair & makeup with actress Scarlett Futch http://yfrog.com/05342dcjj #
• Directing a TV commercial today. I’ll be in my trailer. #
• Find out lots of interesting data about the community in your zip code http://zipskinny.com/ #
• New on Flickr: Portrait of Another Musician http://bit.ly/30MOLk #
• Just discovered my picture about over-development in Cary was Explored on May 25 http://bit.ly/RHThJ #
• Are you going to ReBarCampRDU? New website is up http://www.rebarcamprdu.com/ #REBCRDU #
• New on Flickr: DSC_0010.JPG http://bit.ly/v9wcY #

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• On Language: How Fail Came to Succeed http://bit.ly/3YNy54 From the Sunday NY Times #failsuccess #
• CaryCitizen: Editor’s Journal http://bit.ly/z8Lpi It’s been a good two weeks, people. #
• Beer Bourbon & BBQ Festival in Cary http://bit.ly/11rznD Via CaryCitizen. #
• More road construction ahead for Cary http://bit.ly/12z1zD #
• Some awesome live jazz going on at Barnes & Noble in Cary. http://yfrog.com/0v4z8j #
• Cary Biofuel Plan 1st in Nation http://bit.ly/udxUs From today’s CaryCitizen. #
• Go Local - Goodberry’s http://bit.ly/429zL. Today on Cary Citizen. Thanks to Wellstone for the picture. Yum! #
• Now On YouTube: Local News http://bit.ly/jDjp0 HT @wheresspot @psbx #

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Launched a new blog last week called CaryCitizen. Twitter stream through August 2.

• Homeless Men in Poland Dream of an Odyssey at Sea http://bit.ly/ysP67 From the Sunday NY Times. #
• My first Op-Ed for CaryCitizen http://bit.ly/gyWbM #
• Working blues band seeks Harmonica Player http://bit.ly/msOXq Know someone? Send ‘em our way. Get your mojo working! #
• CaryCitizen: Development Continues to Spark Controversy http://bit.ly/giRBb #
• RT: @onechicmama: Wearing Dad jeans? Get help and hip up: http://bit.ly/ijKEx Thank you Michelle! #
• Alpha Bits to Yuban: 1000’s of TV commercials from the 1950s -80s by agency Benton & Bowles now online http://bit.ly/NgS63 #
• Email Your Phone Carrier: Stop Pointless Voicemail Instructions http://bit.ly/QFlUZ. Nothing like a good David (@Pogue) vs. Goliath battle. #
• 1000’s of old TV commercials from Benton & Bowles now available from Duke University & iTunes http://tinyurl.com/mcaeya #
• RT @garnercitizen Our exec editor is at Broughton now to cover President’s speech. We’ll be sharing his updates. #Obama #Raleigh #
• Just launched http://www.carycitizen.com over the weekend. Had 1526 page views yesterday and a trackback from the NY Times. #
• NY Times credits CaryCitizen with uncovering jihadist’s FB page http://tinyurl.com/kqqafk #
• CaryCitizen: Raleigh Terrorist on Facebook http://bit.ly/jIzCR #

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Short review of an obscure book and a few pix from my travels.

• Hal has reviewed the book They hanged my saintly Billy (Robert Graves) - http://bit.ly/BYJRu #weread
• The handstand contest lasted over 2 mintues http://yfrog.com/455olj #
• NC State Gymnastics Camp http://yfrog.com/5wpvoj #
• Ice Cream Dreams http://bit.ly/o2WXJ New on Flickr. #
• Asymmetrical Composition: How to Shoot a Portrait of 2 People. New on Flickr: http://bit.ly/7oBJs #

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Too busy the week of 7/19 to tweet much.

• Just finished at Hollywood East in Wilmington casting a TV commercial #
• Driving to Wilmington shortly for a casting session all day tomorrow. #
• Follow A Fifth of Blues on Facebook http://bit.ly/jTbnq HT @thebeancast #
• Ag Show at the Fairgrounds was great. Off to band practice in a few. #
• At the JocoPlants show, NC Fairgrounds, demo-ing Web 2.0 for farmers http://yfrog.com/7bjmkj #
• BHO throwing out the first pitch was awesome #
• Setting up at the State Fairgrounds for the Johnston County Ag Show http://yfrog.com/58ip5j #

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Spent most of last week on the beach :)

• Last day on Cape Hatteras http://bit.ly/pxHtX #
• New on Flickr: Demi Monde :: 2 http://bit.ly/fncoX #
• RT: @THEHOTELCHELSEA: Great work! We love it! RT @hal990 America’s iconic hotel http://bit.ly/OvccQ Me: Thx y’all :) #

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Twitter stream from the week ending July 5.

• RDU Abstraction http://www.flickr.com/photos/hal990/3690736148/ For all you fans of photographic minimalism. #
• New on Flickr: RDU :: Stairs http://bit.ly/kCmWV #
• Happy Fourth to all my fellow New Yorkers! http://bit.ly/CdEGW. Wow, I have a lot of flag pictures. #
• Another American flag photo, this one taken at the NC Vietnam Veterans Memorial http://bit.ly/SuL1s In respectful memory. #
• Here’s an American flag picture for y’all (reposted from last night) http://bit.ly/OvccQ. Happy Independence Day! #
• New YouTube beta layouts rock http://www.youtube.com/hal990 #

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Twitter stream from the week ending June 28:

• New on Flickr: Perry in Soho http://bit.ly/g9Zfk #
• New on Flickr: Demi Monde - NYC 09 http://bit.ly/w2SU3 #
• New on Flickr: Empire State #108 http://bit.ly/1hON59 #
• A Fifth of Blues today at the Aviator Brewery in Fuquay, 4-8. Bring a lawn chair. Fan us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/yWVQw #

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Since January, I’ve had the pleasure of serving on the N&O Community Panel. It’s been enlightening, exciting and occasionally maddening.

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• Just finished recording @TheBeanCast with @awolk @jonahbloom and @themshow. Best marketing & ad discussion on the web http://beancast.us/ #
• My girls are taking me to the beach for Fathers Day. Hopefully bringing me home as well. #
• I’m a guest on @TheBeanCast tonight w/ @jonahbloom @themshow and @awolk. Any questions for the ad punditry? #
• has reviewed the book The Plague - http://bit.ly/6wJnQ #
• has read The Plague by Albert Camus and rated it 5 stars - http://bit.ly/6wJnQ #
• New on Flickr: N&O Community Panel #559 http://bit.ly/115kRv #
• RT: @minunianda: #FollowFriday #wcrdu @damondnollan @ldbaldwin @mrender @hal990 @waynesutton @dgtlpapercuts @lewayotte @brettbum Thx Minu! #
• Off to meet Rachel Healy, the web editor for the Garner Citizen. Hoping to learn a few of her secrets about community journalism. #
• Yes, I’m green #iranelection #
• Follow Friday: @leeclowsbeard. Legendary adman rivals @badbanana as a twitter-wit. #followfriday #
• Gonna eat breakfast and read @newsobserver. And WSJ, of course. #
• Thanks for all the clicks on my Rock & Roll pic from the 70’s http://bit.ly/yi902 Lotta people twittering on the East Coast already today. #
• The 70’s in a Nutshell http://bit.ly/yi902 My iconic rock & roll photo keeps falling on & off Flickr Explore. Give it a look :) #
• Goodnight tweeps #
• RT: @hrheingold: .@tbeckett The dot before reply makes it visible to people other than the one you’re RTing due to Twitter’s change 2 reply #
• New on Flickr: Shep Lassiter http://bit.ly/cC0aV #
• RT: @georgegumpert: Hot day, perfect for some Johnny Cash and a bottle of Johnnie Walker. Me: No. And no. To both. in reply to georgegumpert #
• Editing pictures today; going to NYC next week. Very busy, tweeps. #
• New on Flickr: 1941 Farmall Tractor http://bit.ly/huTeC #
• New on Flickr: 1941 Farmall Tractor http://bit.ly/G2WlD Like a hot rod for agriculture. Farms guys drool over this baby. Off to lunch now. #
• Just got back from the @newsobserver Community Panel. http://bit.ly/kRwTp Interesting discussion - will blog it later. #
• New on Flickr: Felicia Gressette & Dan Barkin http://bit.ly/kOKyT #
• RT: @mwalters: Don’t forget to support WordPress theme/plugin developers, they give a lot of time: http://snipit.me/u/3a #
• RT: @mashable: Reading: “Q&A with Clay Shirky on Twitter and Iran” (TED) - http://bit.ly/UWaav #
• New on Flickr: Propagation House http://bit.ly/141Los #
• New on Flickr: Modern Farmer http://bit.ly/ToOqH #
• RT: @dgtlpapercuts: RT @smalljones: “Craigs List” Weird Al’s homage to The Doors, featuring Ray Manzarek on keyboards. http://is.gd/13oxh #
• RT @leeclowsbeard Eighty-seven percent of mustache wearers have commitment issues. This applies to both sexes. #
• Some very cool pix in the WordCampRDU Flickr group http://bit.ly/7cJay #
• New on Flickr: Portrait of the Entrepreneur as a Young Man http://bit.ly/4qPtX2 #
• RT: @TheBeanCast: @hal990 Your co-panelists next week on The BeanCast are @jonahbloom @awolk and @themshow. Me: I’m in deep trouble. #
• RT: @TheBeanCast: @hal990 Your co-panelists next week on The BeanCast are @jonahbloom @awolk and @themshow. But I think you’re up to them. #
• I’m going to be on @TheBeanCast again next week. Probably futile to hope the other guests aren’t a lot smarter than me. #
• RT: @exectweets: Twitter rescheds critical network upgrade because of the role it’s playing in Iran http://bit.ly/s7ZOo #Iranelection #
• Started a Flickr group for @WordCampRDU pictures: http://bit.ly/wcrduflickr. Please post your pix and RT. #wcrdu #
• New on Flickr: Phillip Barron http://bit.ly/16oQqi #
• New on Flickr: Modern Media http://bit.ly/mJZHv #
• Flickr: Sleek & Modern Architecture http://bit.ly/Z5hyR. This was the venue for @WordCampRDU, held at NCCU School of Ed. in Durham. #

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NCCU School of Education, originally uploaded by hal990.

Very sleek, very modern, very impressive facility. NC Central School of Education hosted WordCampRDU over the weekend.

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Notes from my videoblogging presentation at WordCampRDU.

1. WORDPRESS & VIDEO

The most basic question about video blogging might be: how do I get my video content into my blog? We recommend:

Video   —>   YouTube —>  WordPress

Upload your video to YouTube, grab the embed code and paste it into your blog. Make sure you paste it in “HTML” view in your WP blog.

Why not upload your video directly to WP? The answer is Search.

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Long Branch Farm, originally uploaded by hal990.

We’re working on an assignment that includes photographing 27 farms in Eastern NC. This is the first photo from my shoot yesterday of three plant nurseries near the town of Four Oaks.