On the 10th anniversary of my move to California, give or take a few days, I was in St. Petersburg for a writing seminar. This was the third in what I've come to think of as three different trips chained together, each to a different city.

This October will mark the 10th anniversary of the Halloween party where I first met (or at least, was first in the same room with) a lot of the people who've been part of my life here. That party led directly to working for Critical Path, going to Burning Man, and all sorts of other good social things.

This is how California became my home. And it's still my home, the home of a lifetime. But I can reasonably expect another sixty years in this lifetime, so I might as well explore a bit more, right?

There's a short list of places I think I could really enjoy living, besides here. San Diego, sometimes. Portland. Seattle. London, if I could find a job that pays in pounds. And -- ever since I visited last October -- Boulder, Colorado.

Previously, I described how I get music from podcasts into my ears. But I haven't yet described which music podcasts I subscribe to, or why.

I started with Salon.com's Audiofile column, which they have now discontinued. With the new setup, I added The Hype Machine, which collates what's popular from dozens of music blogs. Unfortunately, much of what's popular doesn't appeal to me. So, I started focusing on individual music blogs -- often subscribing from The Hype Machine's list so that Juice will recognize & automatically download the mp3 files. Here's my current list of subscriptions, in alphabetical order:

In May, I wrote about my iTunes/Juice setup. It's evolved a bit since then, so I've been meaning to post an update.

I'm still using iTunes to pull down news podcasts, and Juice for "song of the day" (or week, or whatever) podcasts, exactly as described previously. The playlists, however, have gotten more complicated.