The Quest For Originality
Tumblr is different than most blogging platforms in that it encourages sharing of content through the “reblog” featureI’m guessing the designers never envisa...
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The Big Lebowski
After years of reading movie critics fawned essays piling ever more platitudes over “The Big Lebowski”, I finally sat down and watched it last night. I’m not...
On Being Discovered
I swapped war stories recently with a great friend online who had their blog “discovered” by their family. I have been there, done that, got the t-shirt.
Headhunted
A Google recruiter just emailed me. I wrote a terse reply back, relating the last time this happened to meessentially telling him that unless Google want me,...
Having A Case Of The Wednesdays
I’m not really sure if this should be called a case of the “Mondays”, “Wednesdays”, or “Can’t be bothereds”. Needless to say, I’m totally up for some distrac...
Five French Movies To See Before You Die
I’ve always had something of a love affair with French cinemathey seem to take far more risks than other countriesresulting in original and enthralling movie...
Bravery
Mrs. Darling: There are many different kinds of bravery. There’s the bravery of thinking of others before one’s self. Now, your father has never brandished a...
Truthful Tuesday Cats And Toilets
When I was about five years old I tried to flush our cat down the toilet.
Surrounded By Mayhem
After leaving work an hour early so my other half could escape to a chiropractor appointment, I walked in the door to a kitchen to clean up, washing up to do...
Minimal Editor Awesome Writing
One of the applications I grew to love in Ubuntu Linux was a simple text editor called “PyRoom”a full screen editor designed to provide minimal distractions.