Posts Tagged ‘ ideas ’

If you’re trying to launch any sort of online service, take a look at the WordPress terms of service and privacy policy. Both are good examples of such documents and, best of all, they have been released under Creative Commons license. Nothing worse than getting sued for plagiarizing a document meant to define the...
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This was a great 3 day weekend. Too short, but very good. In summary: Saturday: new garden. visit parents. lots of work done on blog and ideas. made and canned mulberry jelly for the first time ever, and it was awesome. Sunday: more work done in writing. ate amazing jelly and home made bread....
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Title: The Caryatids Author: Bruce Sterling Media: Audiobook Date: January-February, 2010 Rating: ???????????? WTF, mate? I don’t know if I should give this book a rating of 7/10 for being a flawed but deeply atmospheric and visionary depiction of a hyper-post-modern-apocalyptic-regenerative-ultra-hyphenated world, or a flat out 0/10 for being a complete mess. On one...
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Tomorrow the wife and I are going to play a little game… No, you sick little puppy, nothing like that. We are just both going to do a little music library challenge. It will go something like this: Come up with a playlist in which the order of songs makes as many intelligible statements...
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It’s really been far to long since I posted. I mean, really posted. There have been a few little updates here and there, mostly in the form of books read, but I have been silent for far too long. That sounded like the opening of a manifesto. Perhaps a bit too dramatic for a...
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The return to school (be it as a teacher or a student) tends to dull the brain. If you, like me, need some good old fashioned intellectual stimulation to kick start your brain, check out the Nerd Forum for some thoughtful articles and debates.
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So I just ordered a new domain (not giving away the name yet) and am putting together some ideas for podcasting and publishing. (This all relates to one of my new-year’s resolutions, see a post to come out some time this weekend). Now I need to begin getting my little quirky, ugly, maladroit, skilled,...
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Al always I am splitting my attention in too many directions. I’ve just started a new project that may, or may not, prove to be useful. This time I am venturing into the world of textbooks and literary guides. There is a large market out there of homeschoolers seeking SOL-aligned units and teachers seeking...
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Book Binding notes, ideas, and links. Ars Obscura Bookbinding & Restoration
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This post is a list of books that I am considering getting. If I get any I will post a review of the book and switch it over to a list of books that I have finished. Watch and Clockmakers’ Handbook Dictionary and Guide Clock Repairing as a Hobby: An Illustrated How-To Guide for...
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Ahhhh, Saturday. It’s hard to believe that I haven’t written here for about 4 days. That’s  bit of a failing. Half the reason for keeping this site is to keep writing and thinking… and writing. I need to keep up with posting every day. Saturdays are nice. We went for a bit of a...
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