The lifestream is created by the RSS Stream plugin. I have tweaked the CSS a bit and added some of my own feeds as well as using two feeds created by Yahoo Pipes. I have also added some of my own icons. I will send you a separate email. Also, I plan to write an article very soon about how to use RSS Stream.

I like your livestream. Im not a big coding nose, so my question is: I want embed a livestream like yours in mine blog. How can i do that ? Is this RSS Stream Plugin “enough” or does i need that RSS Stream plugin + another one ?

Maybee you find some time to answer my question and drop me a line via email, so i can find your blog again.

best wishes – salut

Thank you so much for sharing. I’m glad to know that I’m not the only one that has been doing this for years. I especially enjoyed your anecdote about the waiter’s name – I have been able to do similar things because of the notebooks I have kept.

On your blog there are photos of your “library”. Are you a librarian? I went to library school but have never formally worked as a librarian. Perhaps this offline streaming is common to those drawn to the profession – the need to organize and catalog data.

I’ve also thought about the complete online stream of personal data – it’s seems that we currently have tools for pieces of the concept but not yet a complete solution.

On a more morbid note, I have recently been wondering what will happen to our online streams when we die … the internet and “lifestreaming” is still so new that the first users have not yet passed and there doesn’t yet seem to be a system in place to preserve the data. Does it fall to our families as our personal belongings do? Will anyone even care to preserve it if we aren’t someone famous? What if I were to die unexpectedly – no one would know my passwords or even the web host that I use. I’ve also wondered if these morbid thoughts may be the start of a business idea.

Oh, my ex-husband is a huge Star Wars fan. And we both love science fiction, although I have never been to a convention. I did, however, attend Wizard World last weekend in Philadelphia and got my picture taken with Boba Fett :-)

Thank you so much for commenting!

I’ve kept a journal off and on since high school. In college I started organizing my time with paper calendars; I later moved on to paper-based day planners and, in the mid-80s, electronic organizers. I used these tools not only for appointments and such, but also to jot down some of the same miscellaneous minutiae you write about. And you’re so right, most of it would be deadly dull to anyone but me, so I have no need to share it online.

As I’ve approached age 50, I’ve been converting all that paper stuff into electronic form (currently a Palm organizer and iCal on my laptop). I love being able to find trivia (and not-so-trivia) from my past.

Recently at dinner with friends, I put forth the following question: “Two years ago most of us ate at this restaurant, and we had a really wacky waiter. Does anyone remember his name?” Of course, no one did, but some people were close — and since I had notes about the whole event, I was able to help folks relive the previous dinner.

Nothing earth-shattering, but it killed some time while we were waiting for the food.

Anyway, I have a vision of an ultimate diary/journal/lifestream that would contain not only all my past notes and things, but also pictures, audio and video, relevant text (letters, emails, etc) — all searchable and readily available. I thought you might appreciate the concept.

You can always start now … it is hard to keep up with though. That’s why I only record the events of the day and don’t do any major writing. As it is, I still need to make it part of my morning routine in order to actually do it.

Thanks for commenting. Do you mean that you were using your journal as a lifestream? That you had an offline lifestream? Or do you have one online? If so, I would love to see it.