The Power of Less
We are constantly barraged with advertising that says, more is better. Truth is, less has greater power than more. Commonly referred to as "less is more", this mantra of minimalism is a term that grew out of the art community in the late 60s and early 70s. The concept however is age old and is […]
That Place
That place I go to when life throws a curve ball that I don’t catch. Sometimes it just smacks. That place is a song I play on the guitar, strumming "Jamaica Farewell". It’s a cold mountain morning, it’s the summer sun on an island beach. That place is a shade covered road in the hills […]
Bloggers Getting Younger
My 12 year-old daughter has started a book review blog. She’s using Tumblr and posts reviews of the books she reads as part of her homeschool experience. She’s an avid reader and blogging is a great outlet for her to hone her writing skills. I won’t be surprised if she is a writer or editor […]
WordPress Plug-in Tips
WordPress, largely due to its huge user base has become a fairly robust blog app. Even for some sites it works well as a limited Content Managed System. As of late there has been an increased proliferation of Plug-ins that make it easy, even for the newbies to web publishing to custom configure their site. […]
An Unfinished Portrait
A while back I started this drawing in Illustrator from a photo of our family before we added our third off-spring to the fold. I never got around to drawing my lovely wife (sorry about that honey), but then again I could not do her justice as she really is a beauty. This was obviously […]
Is Web 2.0 Changing the World?
I have been thinking about where this integration of web mashup communication is heading. I asked myself the question, “OK does my life look any different than it did a year ago? How much time have I spent in new forms of communication and is it positive or negative? Does it all just go to […]
Meebo is for Me
Meebo.com enables users to setup an account that aggregates all of the popular IM services into one location. Services include: MSN, AIM, Yahoo, ICQ, GoogleTalk, and Jabber.
This site is convenient for several reasons:
It is more efficient CPU and bandwidth utilization which is important for power users.
It eliminates the need to install another program on your […]
Get Out and Live a Little
We took-off for a three-day camping trip with another family this past weekend at Inks Lake State Park. A little under an hour away, the wildflowers were absolutely breathtaking as they blanketed the ground like a spring snow of color. There is something almost surrealistic about traipsing through the follage of the landscape of the […]
Demotivators and what to do about them
As regular readers of ThoughtSparks may have noticed, I’ve had a gap in postings this past week. I don’t think I’m alone as I’ve noticed a number of folks in the blogosphere tapped-out as of late. Maybe it’s the month of May being so busy, but I’ve ran into a series of demotivating forces that […]
A Techie Looks at 40
Still a little over a year away, but it’s starting to hit me, I’m heading towards the big 4-0. There are meme’s about getting goals, unusual facts about oneself and so on. I guess in usual fashion I’m taking a different spin and concatenating those concepts into one post. I figure, hey a little narcissistic, […]
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