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Written September 2, 2008 in Journal
There are many things that the iPhone is, but there were a few nagging things that the iPhone wasn’t. This holiday weekend, while helping my father set up his iPhone, I found a few of the missing pieces.
First and foremost is a decent and FREE ebook reader. I wanted one that would permit me to [...]
I just watched a video which covered many of the things I’ve been contemplating lately. I’ve always been an identity protection freak. I have been guilty of making a scene in public when someone tried to demand my social security number (when I knew it wasn’t necessary) before offering me a service or looking up [...]
While putting the polishing touches on my brand new website, I played with the cool wordcloud tool over at Wordle.net. If you want a “search engine” view of your website, with a little more organization and a lot more visual appeal, go make a wordle of your own.
Life is full of transitions of late.
I made the leap to a new iMac! So far, I’m loving it. I do, however, find that I’m pretty busy right now between getting all my old info backed up and transferred to the new machine, settling into my new “small is beautiful” apartment, and working to transition [...]
Ok, I’m 42 now.
(…Geeze what a HUGE number. How’d that happen, anyway?)
At this ripe (a nicer way of saying gray and saggy) old age, I’ve finally learned some long-overdue lessons. Even though one of the things I’ve learned is that you can’t tell people anything (they have to figure it out on their own), I [...]
This little physics-based puzzle game is amazing. See for yourself:
AquaForest Game for iPhone
Now, you go buy it too. My daughter loves it so much, I may have to send her to bed early on a Friday night, just to get it back so I can play.
The concert yesterday was a great way to spend July 4th. My daughter got to experience her first concert (she’s been clamoring for that) and she saw a line up of great country-rock artists. I think I was expecting pure country, so the rock covers threw me a bit, but it was a nice surprise.
The [...]
The last month has been a time of stretching and growing for me. (Or maybe it’s been a time of feeling incredibly old and I’m just looking for a silver lining.) My youngest son graduated high school and moved to begin his new life in the city, with college and new friends and pursuits. My [...]
I located instructions on how to dissect a chicken heart online (because we are studying the circulatory system in Alex’s homeschool lessons). This was the result of innocently preaparing to cook a whole chicken for dinner the other day and thinking “here’s an opportunity” as I dug the innards out of the chicken before washing [...]
My blog is ALL OVER the place lately. I look at the topics and hang my head. Yes, I should have more control. I’d fuss at any client that was doing what I’m doing. Yes, I’m losing marketing opportunities and my brand isn’t obvious. I think I’m practicing “Do as I say, not as I [...]
Ok, my office “situation” was beyond unbearable. I had actually started queuing up the Flickr slideshow of Uncluttered Office Spaces to try to inspire myself. My “borrowed” desk was supposed to be temporary, but it had become way too permanent. It was too tall, which meant that my feet were dangling from my deskchair and [...]
I’m told (by my father) that this is not the best time to make huge, sweeping decisions. He says I should give it a couple months. He says things will look different as I “settle in” to my new life.
There has been so much change of late, and yesterday my youngest son graduated and left [...]
Bear with me as I work around WickedBlog to make it a bit more “clean” in appearance and function. I’ve always gone dark with graphics and the visual impact of my blog, but I think it’s time to let a little light shine in.
As I’m struggling to simplify my physical, psychological and personal surroundings, I’m [...]
This weekend, Alex and I went to the farm. It was to be a nice quiet weekend, wherein I sorted through some boxes of stuff I have stored there in my new push to simplify my life. Extreme simplification.
So I attacked several of my personal sacred cows… my photographs and letters and sentimental boxes.
Several years [...]
It’s been days since I’ve written. It’s not that there’s nothing interesting… it’s that there is too much!
I’ve been studying pretty hard to determine where the portable applications options are falling these days. I still can’t find a cross-platform option I like, so I’m looking at those options I need to work on Windows machines [...]
You know, my parents should be given a medal. Other people in my life have to tolerate my moods, my latest kicks and my never-ending jabbering when I’m worried, excited or “all stoked up” about something. My parents endure it — regularly.
I’m all about the getting rid of stuff right now. I’ve renewed the fevor [...]
My favorite scent, my “signature” scent is Satsuma. It’s a perfume oil from the same-named fruit (mixed with goodness knows what to make it sell). It’s not expensive, it’s not flowery, it’s just simply perfect.
I’ve tried more “grown up” scents over the years and, honestly, most of the “designer” fragrances give me a headache. I [...]
My father offered me the following story yesterday. I found it both shocking and worth sharing:
A man and his faithful hunting dog get lost in the woods. They travel for several days trying to find their way home, without success. They are getting really hungry and are in danger of starving. So, this hunter lops [...]
It’s spring time on the farm! And Daffodil Hill is in full glory (pictures courtesy of my mother):
Beautiful, aren’t they?
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