I’ve just added some new features to the Stash blog that will put you right in the thick of NORML’s public events and give you a peek behind the scenes.

For quite some time I’ve been using Twitter, the service that allows me to send 140-character “tweets” (i.e., “text messages”) into cyberspace where you can easily retrieve them. My latest tweet appears in the header graphic in that cloud of smoke coming off the Oregon NORML joint and the last five appear along the right sidebar. I use this to announce the latest blog posts on stash.norml.org and whenever there is an important website or breaking news to deliver.  The service uses bit.ly to compress long website addresses that you can click to follow for more information.  To catch up on all my tweets and learn how to subscribe to them for delivery on your cellphone, visit http://twitter.com/radicalruss.

Then I added TwitPic, the service that allows me to post pictures from my BlackBerry camera onto the net instantaneously.  At first I could only post the tweet of the picture’s web address, but now I’ve found code that allows me to actually display the last three pics in the right sidebar.  Click those pics to visit the full size version on TwitPic.  To follow the entire portfolio of my TwitPics, visit http://twitpic.com/photos/radicalruss.

Next with the advent of NORML SHOW LIVE I got signed up for their Cinch live audio service.  This feature lets me call in on my BlackBerry and record whatever I say or record on the speakerphone, which then becomes an MP3 file that you can receive via RSS feed.  At first, like TwitPic, the service would only allow me to display web addresses for the MP3s so you had to download the file first in order to play it.  But now I have hacked into the TwitPic display code to fix it to display Windows Media Players for the MP3s, allowing you to play the audio directly from the right sidebar.  To follow all of my Cinch Live Audio, visit http://cinch.blogtalkradio.com/norml.

Finally, to complete the circle of geek, I have signed up for TwitVid.  Like TwitPic, it allows me to take video from my Blackberry and post it to the web.  The folks at TwitVid even made a handy widget for the service so I don’t have to hack away at code like I did for TwitPic and Cinch.  To follow all of my TwitVids, visit http://www.twitvid.com/videos/radicalruss.

So remember, wherever I go with my BlackBerry, I’m ready to post the next website, picture, audio, and video live on the spot and it will appear here at the Stash almost immediately.  Keep that in mind if you are a superstar Olympic athlete who wants to share a bong rip…