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Recent Posts
- An Early Spring
- Pivoting
- What Makes a Good Programmer?
- Halfway There
- Defensiveness is not a Virtue
- I Have an Itch
- Embracing My Square Peg
- And So It Begins
- Network’s Antonym: Separate
- Chicago in December
- Got Symptoms?
- I Took those Photographs in a Mirror
- Out with the Old, In with the New!
- Let’s Play Pretend
- Thoughts on Work-Life Balance
Category Archives: Nonsense
Embracing My Square Peg
I’m just over two weeks into my Code Academy experience and it’s come to my attention that being a geek is cool now. I have some catching up to do. As you all know, I left the geek world ten … Continue reading
Posted in Image, Nonsense, Software Development, Status
Tagged code academy, computer, cool, education, geek, learning, Mac, PC, programming, ruby on rails, software development, square peg
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Network’s Antonym: Separate
My son watched a show called “101 Gadgets That Changed the World” on the television (which is purportedly world-changing gadget #3) around the time my brood left for their father’s house today. As I settled down in the same room … Continue reading
Posted in I Have Questions, Nonsense, Social Networking, Uncategorized
Tagged air conditioning, facebook, gadgets, google+, groups, kids, linkedin, networking, photography, radio, smartphone, social, television, tv, twitpic, twitter, waves, wifi, yfrog
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Out with the Old, In with the New!
I am in housekeeping mode. “Out with the old and in with the new,” I say. I decided to change my WordPress theme from TwentyTen (yes, that missing blank was intended) to the Scherzo theme. Both are “responsive” themes, TwentyTen … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Nonsense, Photography
Tagged photography portfolio, responsive, theme, trial and error, web design, web development, wordpress
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The Minute You Think You’re Cool, You’re Not
This blog post title is a quote from the son of a friend. He made that statement to his younger brother around the time that the younger one was entering high school. I think the older brother was spot on with … Continue reading
Posted in Image, Nonsense, Self-Management
Tagged coolness, elitism, hip, putting on airs, smart, snobbish, special, too cool, trendy
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Character Builders
Illness. Liars (cowards). So-called experts. Elitists and their reverse-snobbery counterparts. Economic downturns. Abuse. Those who think the law doesn’t apply to them. Narcissists (epidemic). Neighbors who vandalize. Religious hypocrites. People who don’t pay their legal obligations. Greed. Unethical “consulting firms” who … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Nonsense, Uncategorized, Understanding
Tagged adversity, character, happiness, kindness, love, strength, values
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Blank Slate
Do you ever wish you could start over with a blank slate? What is a blank slate anyway? Where did that expression come from? I know. I read the Wikipedia. The slate is a blank chalkboard. A blank chalkboard with … Continue reading
Not Everything in Moderation
I once knew a person, an Unnamed Source, who was very self-involved and not a particularly good communicator. Thus, this Unnamed Source, when it was more than a little bit too late, turned out to be not very good at … Continue reading
Posted in Nonsense
Tagged everything in moderation, whatever, you did the best you could
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How to Write a Blog Post in 30 Minutes.
That’s easy…I’ll tell you some dirty little secrets… My life is speedier at home (as in, time flies) and much slower on the job this week. Such is the transition from home office to corporate cubicle. Being as I planned to blog … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Career, Nonsense
Tagged babysitter, blog, blogging advice, caregiver, dirty little secret, divorce, european men
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Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Cognitive Function, and Walking
Is this Science or am I having a Bad Dream? There is good science and bad. I have great respect for diligent, intelligent, unbiased research. But good science seems to be shrinking in comparison to the assumed correlations based on inadequate attempts … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Healing, Health, Nonsense, Uncategorized
Tagged alzheimers, brain, cognitive function, dementia, kirk erickson, mri, neurology, prevention, shrinkage, study, walking
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Is Time Moving Faster or Am I Getting Slower?
I went to my regular sundries store. I was sort of in a hurry. I needed three things. I ran into the store and after spending about five minutes instead of the normal ten seconds trying to find the first … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Business, Marketing, Nonsense
Tagged marketing, restocking, restocking stores, shelves
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