Craig Talbert's blog Vox 2008-05-17T17:28:45Z Craig Talbert http://craigtalbert.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2251d3a66604a/ How NOT To Use Powerpoint tag:vox.com,2008-05-17:asset-6a00c2251d3a66604a00fad688b7b90004 2008-05-17T17:28:45Z 2008-05-17T17:28:45Z Craig Talbert http://craigtalbert.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full
How NOT To Use Powerpoint By Comedian Don McMillan
How NOT To Use Powerpoint By Comedian Don McMillan
I recommend paying attention.

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]]> I'm plazing again tag:vox.com,2008-03-08:asset-6a00c2251d3a66604a00f48ce259230002 2008-03-08T20:18:53Z 2008-03-08T20:18:53Z Craig Talbert http://craigtalbert.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

I hadn't fired up plazes since over a year ago.  But, I think I'm going to again. Here I am:

http://plazes.com/users/29310/

Add me.

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]]> Celestial Seasonings Tour 100 tag:vox.com,2007-12-23:asset-6a00c2251d3a66604a00e398cac4b80001 2007-12-23T05:53:34Z 2007-12-24T09:07:43Z Craig Talbert http://craigtalbert.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full
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My sister and I went to take the Celestial Seasonings tour today. The top picture is a glimpse of the actual factory where the tea is packaged. The bottom is just from the outside of the building.

I was impressed with the amount of product such an incredibly small factory turns out.  Not only that, but just operating five days a week -- the factory is closed on weekends. They go out of their way to sell you on the "Celestial Seasonings was started by hippies" story, and for all of the talk the operation still doesn't feel as corporate as I thought it would.

People had always told me about how hardcore the peppermint/spearmint room was -- the room where they keep all of the not yet packaged mint tea -- it's minty all right, but not to the eye-watering or hard-to-breathe level.

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]]> My ZSpace tag:vox.com,2007-12-15:asset-6a00c2251d3a66604a00e398c877400001 2007-12-15T18:49:55Z 2007-12-17T02:21:27Z Craig Talbert http://craigtalbert.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

Z Communications just upgraded their site and it now includes glorious social networking features. So, well, here I am:

http://zcommunications.org/zspace/craigtalbert

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]]> Pronetos tag:vox.com,2007-11-13:asset-6a00c2251d3a66604a00e398bd25920005 2007-11-13T11:33:04Z 2007-11-15T17:40:45Z Craig Talbert http://craigtalbert.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

I just signed up on Pronetos, it is a new social networking community for academics and researchers. This is me:

http://pronetos.com/profiles/craigtalbert/

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]]> I made my 4000th wikipedia edit today 100 tag:vox.com,2007-10-18:asset-6a00c2251d3a66604a00e398b4414d0003 2007-10-18T16:15:35Z 2008-06-27T17:11:36Z Craig Talbert http://craigtalbert.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

w00t!

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]]> My Cousin's Band, The Vultures, Best Garage Band in St. Louis of 2007!!! tag:vox.com,2007-10-07:asset-6a00c2251d3a66604a00e398b02d0f0005 2007-10-07T03:41:03Z 2007-10-08T00:39:51Z Craig Talbert http://craigtalbert.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

From the River Front Times:

In a few short years, the Vultures have grown from three scrappy, underage rock & roll acolytes into one of the leading lights of this city's garage-band community. The trio's sets have moved from charmingly shambolic to drum-tight, plying audiences with primal screams, twangy guitar runs and a soulful, rubbery backbeat. The Vultures keep the needle moving by touching on rockabilly, swamp rock and gritty blues with little nuggets of pop bliss thrown in for sweetening. What's more, bassist and singer/shrieker Trashley spreads the dirt-rock love on her radio show, Talkin' Trash, on KDHX (88.1 FM) from midnight till 2 a.m. on Tuesday nights, playing first-generation punk, blue-eyed soul and rockabilly into the wee small hours. The Vultures are a band whose mission is the music, and the trio aims to win converts by any means necessary.

Add them in MySpace: www.myspace.com/thevulturesmusic

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]]> Just rediscovered my Twitter tag:vox.com,2007-09-09:asset-6a00c2251d3a66604a00e398a664760003 2007-09-09T01:31:18Z 2007-09-17T18:09:57Z Craig Talbert http://craigtalbert.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

No, that's no a euphemism. I mean, this Twitter. If you want to follow me, I'm here:

http://twitter.com/craigtalbert

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]]> Shambhala Mountain Center Trip tag:vox.com,2007-08-20:asset-6a00c2251d3a66604a00e3989f92390002 2007-08-20T18:44:52Z 2007-08-21T19:43:58Z Craig Talbert http://craigtalbert.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full
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I took a trip with some Buddhist Meditation peeps to the Shambhala Mountain Center. There is a Stupa that's kind of the central attraction, but there is also a full retreat facility with offices, hotel- dorm- and tent-style lodging, a dining hall, rooms for meditation and teaching, Buddhist rock gardens, etc.

 


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]]> An eBay window in to my upbrining... tag:vox.com,2007-07-25:asset-6a00c2251d3a66604a00e3989702890002 2007-07-25T05:11:49Z 2007-07-25T22:08:41Z Craig Talbert http://craigtalbert.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

I'm selling some stuff on ebay that's been in my dad's basement for years/decades and seemed like it might be valuable to someone.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZthesupercraig

I've had my eBay account since 2000. That's scary.

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Ohh, and good to see Vox back up.

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