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Hi, I’m Jason Clarke. I’m a family guy, writer, and digital strategist based in Orono, Maine. More about me →

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  • Robert E. Hayden’s ‘Those Winter Sundays’

    The Poetry Foundation has a beautiful, feature-rich website that includes a nifty tool called their Poetry Tool, which lets you browse their extensive collection of hosted poems based on a variety of criteria such as first line, subject matter, author, etc. I was recently browsing the Poetry Tool and found this beautiful poem by Robert…

  • ‘My Life, My Card’ campaign launches mesmerizing short film

    Checking out Jason Calacanis’ site, I noticed a link to an amazing commercial that aired during this past Sunday’s Oscar telecast. I meant to post about the ad myself but it was lost in the shuffle, before I found it again. When I first caught this spot during the Oscars, I was simply mesmerized- for…

  • For sale: Beautiful, like-new Empire propane fireplace

    We’re selling a beautiful Empire propane fireplace with a full-featured remote control. It’s very much like new- it was only barely-used for one season by the people we bought our house from, and we’ve kept it in great shape since then (just a few months). It’s a top of the line, sturdy, stand-alone, steel unit…

  • Just found a great set of quotes by a person I’d never heard of, Franklin P. Jones. One of my favorites: “Originality is the art of concealing your source.” -Franklin P. Jones

  • What I’ve been reading…

    A few books I’ve read in the past couple weeks: Son of Fletch, Gregory McDonald – Fletch returns, this time to help his newly discovered son. Pretty good stuff. B- Fletch Reflected, Gregory McDonald – Fletch is back again, or actually, Fletch’s son Jack Faoni is, but it’s hard to tell the difference in this…

  • I humbly predict…

    That the new version of video-viewing software Fireant will become the standard desktop-based video viewing tool.

  • Win ‘Cinderalla Man’ on DVD!

    Want a chance to win a free DVD of this past summer’s critically-acclaimed Cinderella Man? Then head over to Network Landscape, the TV/DVD blog I publish, and read Henry’s instructions for entering the contest! Shameless shilling: Network Landscape covers TV, DVD, digital video, and other interesections of content. Thanks to the site’s head writer, Henry,…

  • Keeping the Christmas tree

    This may anger or distress some people, but I have to make a quick mention of the fact. You can call yours whatever you like, but in my home we’re going to keep calling it the Christmas Tree, not the “Holiday tree” that unfortunately appears to be sweeping the nation. At the right is a…

  • Congrats to two of my co-workers, Ron and Jeremy, for becoming Zend Certified PHP developers. They’re now two of less than 300 PHP programmers nationwide with that distinction, and they both work for our company.

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