Archive for May, 2008
Monday, May 26th, 2008
a random picture i took
I'd Rather Be Lucky than Good -- Lefty Gomez
This quote came to mind as I was reading through John P Schaefer's 'Basic Techniques of Photography'. He writes:
It is easy to slip into the habit of taking a picture of anything that catches your ...
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Saturday, May 24th, 2008
I've recieved some feedback that has convinced me that turning off comments right now for my blog doesn't make sense. Here's a refresher collage image of my last posts in case anyone had a comment about them:
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Good decisions comes from having experience. Getting experience comes from making bad decisions.
I don't know who originally said this, but I love this quote and I find it to be very true. When I started my career as an engineer, I really floundered for a while. I ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
This past weekend, I attended a talk by a guy named Dylan Wilk (that's a picture of him). He had everything the world could offer. Forget luxury cars, he went to work in a helicopter. We wasn't even 30 years old. As he was ...
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
this really is my wallet. and this is about the amount of cash that I typically carry with me.
If all I did was write posts pointing to great 'This American Life' episodes, I'd have a new post every week. The urge to do this is so great because ...
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
my son and me in the fountain. we had a scorcher yesterday.
Quitting The Deferred-Life Plan
Similar to 'Getting Things Done', I feel the author saved the best message for last. At the end of 'Four Hour Work Week', he gives a poem 'Slow Dance' (written by David L Weatherford, a ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Ever since I got my D40, it seems like nearly all my spare time has gone towards learning about it and photography in general. I've noticed a direct correlation in time lost for doing other things (e.g. writing more thoughtful posts). I promise I will write some thoughtful ...
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
I just posted DOHE#004 in theDoHE.
Happy Mother's Day to all.
What Happened:
For the ump-teenth time in a row, I have waited to the last day to send my mom a mothers day gift. I sent it yesterday (Friday) and there ain't no way it's getting there in 24 hours
Root Cause:
Failure to ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
I went for a bike ride to downtown yesterday. Words can't describe the beauty and energy that was in the air in Portland yesterday.
I did my part to jump start the economy and bought a nice camera. I've always loved taking pictures with my point-and-click ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
I raced through reading GTD. I knew that when I had gotten to the last chapter, entitled 'The Core Principles' - I had wisely moved quickly to the end of the book. In my opinion, the first and last chapters are 99% of the book.
Here's ...
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