Tag Archives: Ideas

Gleaned: HD Cameras to Bad History to Idea Execution

Glean: (verb) to col­lect or gather any­thing lit­tle by lit­tle or slowly. I glean the web, gath­er­ing bits of infor­ma­tion, links, pho­tos and quotes. Here are some bits that I gleaned on September 11th. Enjoy!
- The 99 Percent
- Idea Paint
- Brevard Neely Consulting
- A History of the Past
- 50 jobs that pay $50,000
- Cool Tools: Creative Labs Vado HD

Goodness on The Net

It’s Friday (yipee) and time for Internet link goodness. Except, to my dismay, when I opened my “gleaned” folder I found it empty. However, the Internet has been kind today and I have found several good things to share.
The Mayfly Project
Found through Kinkish The Mayfly Project 2007, proposes that you sum up your 2007 in [...]

Internet Glee in Honor of Buy Nothing Day

Instead of shopping today, how about just snuggling in at home with a loved one and checking out cool stuff on the Internet?

Photos Not Taken

Unphotographable is a catalog of exceptional mistakes. Photos never taken that weren’t meant to be forgotten. Opportunities missed. Simple failures. Occasions when I wished I’d taken the picture, or not forgotten the camera, or had been brave enough to click the shutter.
And more…
In October 2004, I traveled to Ethiopia for a two-week trip. I’d been [...]

Stichomancy

Stichomancy: A form of divination by randomly choosing a word or verse and interpreting an oracular meaning from it to answer an inquirer’s question usually concerning a course for future action.
I was inspired by Caterina. Decided to go see what the books had to tell me today.
Today’s reading
After a few moments of shame, a strange [...]

The bookshelf – Lullaby

I recently read Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk (Pala…wha? I have no idea how to pronounce this name.) Mr. P is also the author of Fight Club. I figured since I was so fond of the movie his book Fight Club was based on, that I may like to check out some of his other [...]

Syd's movie weekend recap

Friday
Basketball Diaries — Three stars
This has been on my list to of movies to see for some time. I finally got around to watching it and I thought was good. Leonardo did a very fine job of playing a junkie. I guess. Not that I know any junkies or have ever watched one of them [...]

Enlightenment

Everyone has his or her own personal journey to follow. As a friend or relative, you can be there for them, offer advice and caution them when you see danger, but in the end, each person has to make a choice about how to live their lives. Only something inside of you will make a [...]