A Rediculously Huge Update

by Joe on July 28th, 2007

If you’ve been paying close attention, you may have noticed a few additions, subtractions, and multiplications and maybe even perhaps a division or two within joegall.com over the past few weeks. And well, if you haven’t noticed anything new…well, that’s probably the healthier of the two situations you could find yourself in.

I have a new header - the Joe Gall silhouette of old, with short hair and more rounded look, is gone, replaced by a much updated version of my head. Judge as you will.

The last.fm section has been deleted, to my dismay, really, but I was trying to get the last.fm widgets into my sidebar, but that didn’t work, and then I tried putting them onto their own page, but that did not work either, so instead of investigating the matter further, I just trashed the idea completely.

What else…some new files are in the US History AP section for you sophomores and juniors who may come across this site to use.

Ah right, the photos section of my site…well, I’ve updated that a bit. You can browse my Facebook photos right from my site, and I have linked to my Gallery, my flickr photos, and my Facebook photos. So check that out when you can.

My iTunes Library is now updated as of late July, so be sure to browse through that and see if I have anything you might be looking for but have had a tough time finding.

I also now have a tumblr blog. My tumblr is just a site where I can post YouTube videos, pictures, quotes, or links that I find on the internet, and think other people would get a kick out of seeing too. There’s some funny stuff on that, so be sure to check that out as well. Tumblr is free, so I recommend anyone to give it a try too.

And, oh, of course! My podcast! Or podcasts, as I should be saying now. Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. First things first - I have TWO new episodes of the Our Man Bendzick podcast up and running for your listening - and viewing - enjoyment. (That’s right, folks - another video edition!). The first new episode is Part 1 in a series consisting of an interview with the one and only Mr. Bendzick. The second new episode is available in two flavors - iPod video format or Full Resolution format. Both will play on an iPod, but the Full Resolution version is about 5 times the size of the iPod video one. Download both, though, since you’ll want a higher quality version to watch on your computer. And, if I may add - I think this episode (Episode 10) is the best OMB episode since Episode 1. I think you’ll enjoy it very much and am really happy I was able to produce it.

Visit the podcast section of my site for more details, and a link to subscribe to the Our Man Bendzick podcast.

And, in addition to the OMB podcast, I also have begun producing a brand-new music podcast, called “Joe Gall’s Music Podcast.” I know, the name is lacking, but whatever. Subscribe to it and listen to my mullings and masterworks that I’ve created using GarageBand.

And, once again, visit the podcast section of my site for more details and a link to subscribe to my music podcast.

And I think that about wraps it up for Site Updates.

Now…life…well…I’m working for Apple now. Well, sort of. TCNJ Apple Campus Rep. I’m supposed to be getting a MacBook at some point, and an iPod too, so I can show them off to people on campus, which will in turn convince them to buy Macs and iPods. Which is good for me. I’ve made a site using iWeb, so check that out too if you are ever so curious.

I want to go back to the beach at some point…I spent a week down on Long Beach Island, which was nice, but I’d like to go back for like a day or something. And go back to Seaside for some pizza…mmm. But alas! Summer is slowly withering away. It’s almost August. Which is a bad sign of something looming overhead…

I’ve gotten used to summer, and the summer schedule, and I like it. It’s a different summer break than before though…more driving around, more going out to eat, more bowling, more spending money, more reading…which, overall, sounds pretty good. I’m not complaining. I’m doing a lot of things that school’s going to prevent me from doing, and that’s what summer is all about (not studying in the library…you know who you are).

And well, yeah. My leg hurts from intense bowling tonight. Six games. And I kinda sucked. But oh well, I’m slowly improving and becoming more consistent with those scores. Straight 60s, woo! Well, okay, no. I’m a bit better than that.

I’m going to Louisville, Kentucky for a few days with my dad for the National Street Rod Association National Car Show. Should be exciting and colorful. And possibly extremely hot. Which matters a lot when you are outside walking around in a gigantic parking lot full of street rods for 12 hours every day.

I wish this weekend’s forecast wasn’t so threatening. I’m looking down at my web browser, which has a weather report bar thing on the bottom bar, and all the icons are these terrible gray clouds with strikes of yellow lightening on them. Oh well.

Talking about the weather is the best indication that one has run out of things to say, so I am going to stop now.

One last thing, I’ve made some new iTunes Signatures that I want to share, so here they are for your listening pleasure…

One of the best ones I’ve made:

And another:

DQs and iTunes

by Joe on December 1st, 2006

Two updates today: The first, I have put up all the DQs for Chapters 17-33 of the Alan Brinkley textbook used for the US History AP class. So, have at it. Don’t cheat!
Also, the iTunes Catalog has been updated once again.

I’m also planning on working on a new podcast episode (I always say this but it never happens) but stay tuned anyway.

–Site Update–

by Joe on July 2nd, 2006

I figured that I needed to redo my site sometime or another, so here’s the result of…wow actually only two days of tearing it down and rebuilding it with a new theme and layout.
That’s what you get for staying up till 3 AM I guess.
Anyway, the site has a new look, and the links at the top and in the sidebar are now much more organized and navigatable. My favorite addition to the site that was never there before is the last.fm page, which automatically posts what I am currently listening to and what my most played tracks and artists are for the week etc etc, it’s pretty cool.
And of course, the iTunes library has been updated as well.
No new OMB podcast episode yet! But I promise that sometime soon I’ll have something. It’s been a while since I’ve done anything with that.
Speaking of which, the OMB podcast page is no longer password-protected.
So I think the site has undergone a nice revision, and should appear nicely in your web browser of choice (except for you people still using Internet Explorer, however I think the site will behave itself in that browser). It looks nice using Firefox or Safari, so avoid IE if you can (and not just to be able to see my site, but to avoid getting infected with spyware, ok!).

Introducing Gallery, iTunes Catalog v2.0

by Joe on April 10th, 2006

I have updated the site substantially with two parts. Well, one isn’t really new, just updated. The Gallery is sort of like my very own Webshots, without the 250-picture limit. I currently have pictures and videos from the Senior Trip To Disney World, in their “full-resolution glory” for all of you who hate downsized photos.
In addition to the Gallery, I have also updated my iTunes Catalog with a new version of the software that creates the Catalog. Now the site actually looks and behaves like iTunes, minus the music-playing ability.
As an extra bonus, Episode 6 of the OMB Podcast is now up and ready for your listening displeasure.

Reintroducing joegall.com

by Joe on March 4th, 2006

after a month-long haitus…

::edit:: for some reason the sidebar items are severely offset to the right when you view this site with Firefox. When viewing it with Safari or Opera, the site looks fine. I’m not sure why this is.