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Guarantees
I’ll be an entrepreneur … if you pay me to do it. I’ll paint the picture … if you will hang it. I’ll write the book … if you will sell it. I’ll take the test … if you promise to pass me. I’ll take the...
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Bowie
When I saw the news on Twitter that David Bowie had died, I started to cry. It was the middle of the night, but I couldn't sleep anymore. I tossed and turned with "Heroes" echoing in my head.Very sorry...
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Bother me less (or: I don't want your notification's nose under my attention...
The Apple Watch seems to be inspiring a lot of uninspired thinking. Things like all the news that fits on the wrist. I for one cannot imagine why I would spend hundreds of dollars so a device can annoy...
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Building a better superego
’Tis the season for New Year’s resolutions, a tradition floated by best hopes and intentions for the future … and grounded by the reality that most will fade long before Summer Solstice, some forgotten...
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Home on Lagrange
I first came across Lagrangian Points many years ago in Arthur C. Clarke’s novel A Fall of Moondust. It boggled my young mind, picturing satellites orbiting in seemingly static positions around the...
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Digital: ephemeral
What happens to this blog when I die, when I no longer pay the monthly bill? What happens to my emails when my card no longer covers the autopay on the account? What happens to the gigabytes of...
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Mahlerficent occasion
MahlerficentLast night, on impulse from a friend’s suggestion, I had the immense pleasure of attending the main concert for this year’s MalherFest. Historically I haven’t been the biggest Mahler...
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Nebula reading
If you're a science fiction fan like I am, here's a new reading list. NovelWinner: Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK) Nominees:We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler...
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Piggies for tomorrow
Piggies are for saving!My piggy is Instapaper, Pinboard and Evernote, where I bookmark all the things that my ADD head says, “Oh I’ll want to read this later.” But when does later come? I think it’s...
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Second screen
It's not that we need a second screen, it's that we have an inadequate first screen.If we're watching a great movie, we're engrossed, swept away. We're not even thinking about the phone in the pocket...
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Delivered overnight to your doorstep: Boxes, boxes and more boxes!
I confess, I’ve been sucked into the Amazon Subscribe and Save program. I hate having to battle parking lots and fight the crowds at Target just to buy toilet paper and tissues. It’s so much easier to...
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The view from space
This video struck me in a profound way.OVERVIEW from Planetary Collective on Vimeo.Only a few hundred people have been in space, but they share an experience that changed them, changed how they see the...
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"Binge viewing"? It's called "watching"
When Netflix published the entire first season of the Americanized “House of Cards”, it was considered a radical act. Netflix has recognized how people recently have been “indulging” in “binge viewing”...
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Why I'm voting for whom I'm voting for in the Drupal Association election
For those who don't know: I served on the DA Board in 2010-2011, and was on the Governance Committee that developed the new structures. Before that I was in the General Assembly. I'm currently on the...
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Regarding myself
Okay, so I have to say something about silly things people say, like "myself".Joe, Nancy and myself drove to the store.Doesn't that just sound weird? Yet I year people say crap like this all the time....
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7 essential elements to create amazing top 7 lists!
7 essential elements to create amazing top 7 lists!In my years as an interwebs information consumer, I've gleaned great insight into one of the mainstays of online content: The top (n) list.Here are...
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Recovering contrib Image module's content in upgrade to Drupal 7
Once upon a time in the Drupalsphere, there was the Image module, which was the preferred image solution for all Drupal sites. It dynamically resized images for display, so you could upload one image...
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responsive pattern
It was 2001 when I first started blogging. It would be a few years before I heard the word "blog", so maybe my early endeavor in online journaling wouldn't count for purists, but I was journaling...
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