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Daryl and Mike and I met back on March 22 for the first Flock Meetup here in Knoxville.  Last night we were joined at the second Meetup by Dave and Gabriel, so our numbers are growing. For about 2 hours we discussed where Flock is now and where it is headed.  The new direction seems to be one that leads back to Flock's roots.  As Daryl explained it, originally there was a focus on correlating what you and your friends were doing online, what sites you were finding interesting and sharing links and news with each other.  The metaphor, apparently, was that as people aggregated their interests, they would all «flock» to the same areas of interest.  I've posted a picture of the group on my Flickr site.  As an aside, I might point out that I was with four young men who ranged in age from one half to almost one third my age, but despite that I didn't feel out of place at all. 

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I've just received notice from Daryl that due to some scheduling issues, he has had to change the date of the Flock meetup from Thursday to Wednesday, July 26, 2006.  It will be at the same place and time, however.

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Daryl has finalized the plans for next week's Flock Meetup.  Unless some unforeseen circumstance prevents it, we will meet at Barnes and Noble at 7:00 PM on Thursday, July 27, 2006.  There is a Starbuck's in the bookstore that has coffee and things to eat, so if you are hungry and/or thirsty bring money.  Otherwise, it won't cost you anything to attend.  I plan to be there and I'd like to invite you to come too.  If you have a laptop, you are welcome to bring it along because wifi is available.  And if you are also lucky enough to have a friend too, you are welcome to bring him or her with you.  You can get the most recent version (0.7.3) of the Flock beta at the Flock download site.  The whole event will be informal so it should be fun as well as educational.  I hope to see you there.

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The day before yesterday, Google Videos added a feature that I like a lot. They've now made it possible for you to specify an exact location inside a video that you'd like to reference if you send a link to the video. By adding a time marker that points to the spot in the video that you want your friend to see when they follow the link, the video will start at that point. They say ...

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Today Daryl announced his tentative plans for the next Knoxville area Flock users meetup one night next week when he said:

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On May 9, 1961, Newton Minnow, John F Kennedy's appointee to the Chairmanship of the Federal Communications Commission, delivered his now-famous «Vast Wasteland» speech to the National Association of Broadcasters and described the state of television at that time thusly ...

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This past weekend, I rode with Mike and Cheryl, Kaitlin and Connor, down to Georgia to visit Carole. The trip takes about 4 hours, and on the way down, after Cheryl and Mike got off from work on Friday, things were a bit stressful because everyone was tired and hungry. However, when we came home on Sunday, we left at 2:00 P.M. after having eaten a nice lunch with Carole before we left. As we rode, both of the children drifted off to sleep, giving us adults a nice opportunity to talk without interruption. I am very pleased we took that opportunity and made good use of it, apparently without any pre-planning on anyone's part to do so.

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The Barbershop Harmony Society (formerly known as the S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., Inc.) holds its annual convention each year during the week of the Fourth of July.  This year that convention is being held in Indianapolis, IN. 

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