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Monthly Archives: November 2008
For WordPress Bloggers: Customize Thesis Theme Functions
Chris Pearson’s Thesis Theme, which I currently use on this site, is rapidly gaining popularity. One of the reasons for this is that its appearance is so easily customizable. For example, just compare the difference in appearance of the following, … Continue reading
Sharing the Beauty
Included in Steve Rubel’s recent recommended links is a link to compfight, an incredible search tool for Flickr. Steve’s mention of it was the first I’d heard of it, but I quickly added it to my bookmarks. The above photo … Continue reading
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Take Advantage of Amazon’s Black Friday
I will be keeping a close eye on Amazon’s Black Friday Specials this coming Friday, and thought you might want to as well. If you use the link in the preceding sentence, you will help support this site (I chose … Continue reading
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Book Review: Holding Fast
When the publishing company Thomas Nelson asked if I would like to review Karen James’ Holding Fast: The Untold Story of the Mount Hood Tragedy, I agreed to do so: after my wife passed away, I became interested in how … Continue reading
Using Text Files for Handy Reference
Thomas shared a Matthew Cornell blog post with me recently: My Big-Arse Text File – a Poor Man’s Wiki+Blog+PIM. It motivated me to start using a text file for logging my daily activities. I used such a file for several … Continue reading
Remembering John Kennedy
Forty-five years ago today, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas Texas. I still remember it clearly. A freshman in high school, going through initiation day, it was the first time hearing a news event made me sick at … Continue reading
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A Book the Big 3 Need to Read
Every once in a while I have to remind myself of the mantra of the 37signals team, as expressed so well in their book Getting Real. They focus on simplicity and on getting started (as with Nike’s “Just Do It”). … Continue reading
Some Wisdom for Our Times
In reading Anne Lamott’s Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith, I came across this: “It’s funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox, full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, … Continue reading
Useful Reading 20 Nov 2008
Some interesting reading for you: a royal rant about GTD Lots of good points in this airing-it-all-out post making Gmail your gateway to the web An interesting write-up by an executive who is also a very clever geek … how … Continue reading
Parallel Universes (and This One)
A heads-up that TV’s History Channel will have a show this evening on Parallel Universes. The blog Not Even Wrong suggests that the show’s producers might be leaving out some qualifiers. The blog emphasizes that the concept of parallel universes … Continue reading