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Rex Hammock’s RexBlog.com
The blog of Rex Hammock, founder/ceo of Hammock Inc., the content marketing, strategy and media company founded in 1991 in Nashville, Tenn. Rex is also founder/helper-in-chief of the wiki, SmallBusiness.com.
RexBlog.com was created in August, 2000.
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Monthly Archives: August 2006
Chris Thile mini-review
Chris Thile mini-review: I could have written a review in advance of last night’s concert by Chris Thile’s and his “new” band at the Belcourt theatre in Nashville. All the superlatives I anticipated that I’d use are, sure enough, the … Continue reading
Second Life virtual state delegates up for grab
Second Life virtual state delegates up for grab: Forget Iowa. Now potential presidential candidates are heading to Second Life to campaign. I think campaigning on Second Life is right up there with doing an interview with Steven Colbert. High risk, … Continue reading
Pushed Flash 2.0, or what the heck is MySI?
Pushed Flash 2.0, or what the heck is MySI? Is SI.com‘s new screensaver thing any good? I wouldn’t know. It doesn’t work on a Mac. From their FAQ: Q. What operating system do I need to run mySI? A. mySI … Continue reading
Virgin 2.0
Virgin 2.0: Tim O’Reilly is trying to put toothpaste back in the tube with this blog post: “In conjunction with the announcement of the new Web 2.0 Expo and technical conference, I’m also pleased to report that CMP has agreed … Continue reading
Free public domain book PDFs
Free public domain book PDFs: If you’re interested in a source for over 19,000 public domain books that you can access for free in several different formats, hundreds of volunteers have been working for a few decades on Project Gutenberg. … Continue reading
Clarification – All those Mini Coopers are not Jim Cooper
Clarification – All those Mini Coopers are not Jim Cooper: This morning, my son and I were driving on West End in Nashville and passed by a couple dozen Mini Coopers heading in the other direction. “I wonder what that’s … Continue reading
How people get to rexblog.com
How people get to rexblog.com: Last night, I looked on a free service from statcounter.com to see what keyword searches landed people on this blog and discovered that a Google search for “pacman jones arrest record” has a post I … Continue reading
What makes the media check their brains at the door when the story is about dead celebrities and psychos?
What makes the media check their brains at the door when the story is about dead celebrities and psychos? What Jeff Jarvis said: “Anyone who has spent more than six months reporting, editing, or watching the news could have guessed … Continue reading
Nickel Creek says no more recording, touring
Nickel Creek says no more recording, touring after 2007: Nickel Creek, the innovative and influential bluegrass-folk-Americana (hard-to-niche) group has announced they will no longer be recording together and that a tour scheduled for 2007 will be their last for an … Continue reading
A year of Katrina blog posts
Photo: One year after Katrina, a house in New Orleans’ 9th Ward. [Credit: K. Hammock, August 20, 2006.] A year of Katrina blog posts: One year ago, at 8:45 a.m. on August 28, 2005, I made my first Katrina-related post: … Continue reading
What is New Orleans’ future?
What is New Orleans’ future? The Sunday NY Times has a story that captures that confusing place where debates often lead. Quote: “At one edge of this city’s future are the extravagant visions of its boosters…At the other extreme are … Continue reading
The Nashville Congressman Jim Cooper isn’t named Jerry
The Nashville Congressman Jim Cooper isn’t named Jerry: I took that picture back in April. It’s a shot of a friend of mine, Jim Cooper, and his son, along with my son (with the cool charcoal under his eyes) and … Continue reading
Travelling fool
Travelling fool: I bookmarked this “states visited” doo-dad a few weeks ago, but just got around to clicking over to it. On the left are all the states I’ve ever visited. (I’m now looking for excuses to go to Alaska, … Continue reading
Can one actually BitTorrent a ‘magazine’?
Can one actually BitTorrent a ‘magazine’? While one (including me) can debate* whether or not a PDF of a magazine is “the magazine,” Dylan Stableford at FishBowl NY has discovered (again) a new service that is offering free downloads of … Continue reading
An amazing 26 seconds on YouTube
An amazing 26 seconds on YouTube: Okay, so maybe it’s not up there with Diet Coke and Mentos clips, but below is a short video on YouTube of a rehersal of Nickel Creek’s mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile’s new band preparing … Continue reading
