Like most people with Internet site these days, I get a lot of spam. People attempt to pass-off spammy comments on my posts all of the time (nothing new there) and I even address the topic directly in my rules; nonetheless they still try, even using the user registration form's required comment field to attempt and further their cause:

I actually wanted to compose a simple comment so as to appreciate you for some of the amazing on this site.  Click here to Read More »

Perspective or purpose?

Aric shared this with the note “Good for folks who might be interested or that need some marketing persuasion.”, but I prefer the simple lead-in accompanying the video's post which says “You use Linux daily – but do you know how it’s built? The Linux Foundation explain in this slick 3-minute video.”… either way, this is a great overview of the collaborative process from one of the most successful examples in production today:

I share a few attributes with Mr. Shilo: I seldom read business books, often work with my hands, keep old cameras (both stereoscopic and plane) and have my “one day I'll release this” inventions like he …whom, I suspect, would also wince at being called Mister.

I did read his Fast Company (one of the few magazines we pay to subscribe to) blog entry (also one of the few sites visited regularly) titled "8 Essential Business Rules For Those Who Don't Believe In Rules" a while back, revisiting again it through my own ‘note-to-self’ to comment on the same. How is it?

Honest. Refreshingly so. Bordering on inspirational.…

But still: honest. Read it.

Mr. Shilo: Thank you.

The Letters of Note site picked up on a theme based on this simple question: "If you had the opportunity to write to your 16-year-old self, what would you say?" The Dear Sixteen-Year-Old Me idea was first voiced through the David Cornfield Melanoma Fund which I wrote about back on Saturday, May 7, 2011. Both are great messages about the things we learn over time, and our wish that we had learned them — or, rather, listened to them — earlier…

The food stamp program, part of the Department of Agriculture, is pleased to be distributing the greatest amount of food stamps ever.

Meanwhile, the Park Service, also part of the Department of Agriculture, asks us to "Please Do Not Feed the Animals" because the animals may grow dependent and not learn to take care of themselves.

Everybody is into Infographics lately, which is understandable because they are! For example, a friend recently sent me this one detailing President Obama's progress:  Click here to Read More »

That is: if you can afford the price tag at the end of the checkout line. Can whole countries get food stamps? Maybe we should ask the Greeks…

This video was presented me after watching something equally interesting; that prior video was not, however, so nationally poignant and in the current election cycle I'm thinking that We The People will need a whole lot of reminding…

Helping us relax over the Christmas holiday is the older daughter Melissa. Conversation is always interesting when she calls or comes to visit, and often she'll share various musings that she either created or wandered across in her daily ventures. This morning over breakfast she told Linda and me that we have an issue with kipple.

Sounds serious. Are there shots involved?  Click here to Read More »