A photo of Jason Clarke from the waist up, smiling at the camera wearing a brown corduroy sport coat and blue sweater

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

General updates

  • Coudal’s “Copy Goes Here” short film released

    If you have 11 spare minutes, I highly recommend you click over to Coudal Partners site to view their new short film, Copy Goes Here. It’s pretty darn good!

  • Mobile phone stats

    I’ve owned my current mobile phone for just over 1 year. Some stats: Total calls: 3,205 Total talk time: 125 hours, 0 minutes, 13 seconds (or 7,500 minutes, or 5.2 straight days on the phone) Calls per day: 8.7 Minutes per day: An average of 20 minutes per day on the phone

  • Web developers: help unite hurricane survivors with their families

    Are you a web developer proficient in either PHP/MySQL or Google Maps API/Ajax development? Are you looking for a way to help the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts besides just donating some cash? Then please check out the Katrina Caravan Rescue’s call for web developer volunteers. They need help getting their website & database up to…

  • Give to hurricane relief efforts

    Today, Instapundit is hosting a massive blog fundraiser for the areas and people affected by Hurricane Katrina. The response is overwhelming- countless people have chimed in with a host of charities that deserve our support. Rather than link to a larger charity though, I thought I might add to the fundraiser by linking to an…

  • Music recommendation

    Check out Billy Bragg’s album, Don’t Try This At Home. It’s amazing.

  • What I’m listening to lately

    I’ve been enjoying John Hiatt’s new album, Master of Disaster, lately. In particular, the title track, “Master of Disaster,” is classic Hiatt- great lyrics and and an unmistakable sound. Hiatt’s personal site is here (though its painfully Flash-ishized). If you want to check it out, Amazon is offering a free download of the song “When…

  • Help yourself figure out who owns the fish!

    The other day I noticed this article on Coudal Partners. The article concerns a classic brain teaser that may or may not have been created by Albert Einstein. Here’s the gist: There are five houses in a row in different colors. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The five owners drink…

  • Support the MDA when you “post bail”

    My friend Marion is participating in the MDA (Muscular Distrophy Association) “Lock-Up” fundraiser, where a volunteer is taken to a local jail and then “bailed out” via donations from friends and family members. If you’d like to “bail out” Marion and support a worthy cause at the same time, you can donate online right here.

  • Don’t steal gasoline from this guy

    From my local paper: Brian Mitchell of Mitchell’s Sheet Metal estimated that about 300 gallons of gasoline had been stolen from his company’s trucks in the last few weeks, so he decided to do something about it. On Monday, Mitchell set up an alert system in his parking lot and waited, gun by his side,…

  • Ode

    Writer’s block, writer’s block, writer’s block, writer’s block, writer’s block, writer’s block, writer’s block, unoriginal thoughts, writer’s block, writer’s block. Wriiiiiiterrrrrrr’s block.