Design Tastes Good

I love eating waffles. They are by far my favorite breakfast food. After going through several waffle makers, we took the plunge a few years back and purchased this little model and could not be happier. It’s a Villaware we picked-up at Williams-Sonoma and we’ve been in breakfast heaven since. Constructed of heavy medal parts, […]

New Face on ThoughtSparks

If you are a regular reader, you’ll notice much has changed here at ThoughtSparks.net. The most obvious and encompassing aspect is the new template. There are several reasons that led me to apply a new design.

I’m a perfectionist and just wasn’t happy with the last one.
The old design had too many plug-ins and was becoming […]

Thought Sparks Logo Number 1 & 2

OK, so I’m still doing some design on the Thoughtsparks Logo. Number two and three are another Option. Any thoughts? I appreciate your feedback. Still working through look and feel for thoughtsparks.net. Which color scheme? is the question mark with "sparks" the way to go? Do I use a different mark for the icon?

Binary Conversion for Children

This evening for fun, I taught my nine and 11 year-old girls how to convert binary numbers to decimal and back to binary. They got the concept in about 20 minutes which shows what a little attention from a parent and enthusiasm of a youngster can do. It was fun to watch my oldest going […]

Occam’s Razor

Technology can seem so complex, but in truth the greatest challenge is to not over complicate the matter. Programming clean code, designing a sharp website, presenting a succinct marketing message can be accomplished with relatively straight forward creative development. Yes, that’s the challenge. The essentials, the bear necessities…William of Occam in the 14th century said […]

 

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