I attended WordCamp Portland 2010, a conference about blogging and WordPress. There were two sessions tracks and an unconference track. At a couple of the session times, none of the track offerings looked interesting, but I picked one anyway. Without… Continue Reading →
The book called Different gets pretty good reviews at Amazon though I haven’t read it. This promotional video for the book moved me. It reminded me of my friend Robin and her desire to make soap in a way that is… Continue Reading →
In addition to chickens and bees, our friends are raising goats. The little guys jumping around in the clip below are only 3 days old! I was completely taken by their energy and zeal–amazed that something so young could be… Continue Reading →
This is the honey dispenser at a local grocery store. It cracks me up every time I see it. It reminds me of a gag gift my father had when I was young called “The Invisible Shark.” It was a… Continue Reading →
I Don’t Feel Like it by Seth Godin–I recently had the same thought. You can kill a couple of hours starting your day in search of the right feeling or you can force yourself to jump in and start working… Continue Reading →
I received a letter from Comcast shortly before Christmas explaining that they were tripling my internet speed without changing the price. The link below is really interesting and confirmed my suspicion that Comcast didn’t triple my internet speed simply because… Continue Reading →
Of late I’ve been trying to get more involved in the local tech scene where I live. On Saturday I went to check out Startupalooza and had no idea what to expect. It was superb in every respect. The facilities… Continue Reading →
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