Monthly Archives: April 2009

A Wonderful Old Tune by Someone I Admire

I had such a nice surprise today while visiting the ChetBoard Audio/Visual Page. There was a link to a recent recording by one of my favorite guitarists of all time, Paul Yandell. Paul played with Jerry Reed for 5 years, … Continue reading

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Palm Wants Reviewers for its Palm Pre

In case you haven’t heard, Palm is actively seeking reviewers of its Palm-Pre device. Selected reviewers will get a Palm-Pre and free service for 6 months. I applied to be a reviewer this morning, and if selected will provide several … Continue reading

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Waking Up

When you wake up, which of the following is typically your first thought? What do I have to do today? I’ve got to get to the bathroom. I am so grateful for life. What if I call in sick? Time … Continue reading

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Combine Single and Double Sidebars on Your Blog [Thesis]

As I noted in the previous post, many visitors and subscribers of this blog are fellow bloggers and fellow users of the Thesis Theme for WordPress. This is a tutorial for the fellow Thesis users. What we cover today is … Continue reading

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Leaving the Dates Out of Your URLs [Blogging Tip]

For the past couple of years, my blog has used a URL structure of http://www.domain.com/2009/03/19/article-title/ I recently learned that such a URL is less about 10% (or more) less likely to get clicked than the following one, which is the … Continue reading

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A Few Changes That Need Your Testing

I’ve given the site what I think is a fresh new look, and one I’d like to stick with for a long, long while. It is still the same Thesis framework that has been my main design for almost a … Continue reading

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Visions, Apparitions, Hallucinations: What is Normal?

If you have ever lost a close loved one or friend, have you ever seen them in a vision, as an apparition, or in what you think was an hallucination? I ask because I never have, and that makes me … Continue reading

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Cleaning Up Your Task Lists

If you are well-practiced at using GTD or another time management system, you have no doubt seen how easy it is to add new actions to your task lists. Good thing, too, because new actions keep coming at us in … Continue reading

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Ask The Readers: Recording to YouTube [Music]

Several musicians have emailed me asking if I have written tabs for the music I’ve recorded, and I’ve had to tell them “no.” When a musician asks this, what he or she wants to know is how you are playing … Continue reading

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Victoria

I was thinking a little while ago of Buster B Jones, and was remembering our last conversation, which occurred a couple of weeks before he passed away. I had sent him a few tunes, some of which I had composed, … Continue reading

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