Look What I Found
I noticed that my feeds weren’t working correctly, and my last several posts were not published.
I upgraded to the newset WordPress which seems to fix the problem, however, you may have gotten another blast of my past feeds.
Sorry about that…so now lets move along.
Don’t forget that Free comic book day is Saturday. I am planning on taking my son again this year. It was a lot of fun seeing my son pick out a few books last year, and a big dusting off some old feelings walking back into the comic book shop.
It isn’t just about the free stuff…pick up a few books too while you are there! Kill a Tree!
How about a link to the closest thing to the “Guide” that we have today. Wikipedia.
Let see what the Wikipedia has to say about The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
If you haven’t seen googlesightseeing.com, basically he is posting pictures of landmarks and such that he is finding with Google Maps Satellite images.
Some of the pictures that this guy is finding are awesome…so I decided to find something of my own.
This is Carowinds. An amusment park that just about everyone that had been a teenager in this area has worked at some time or another.
Click on the image to see a full blown version.
Thinking of starting your own blog? Here is some good advice…
Working Smart: How to Start a Blog
After reading my new blog, a number of Nelson employees have told me they intend to start their own blog. Several have written to me, asking how to get started. So, rather than continuing to repeat myself, I will outline the process here. It’s actually easier than you may think.
Very Cool…Here are templates and forms for working your GTD or Franklin Covey system. Very Nice.
(Found this link on Chad Davis’ Site)
a million monkeys typing » D*I*Y Planner 2.0 Released
Well, it’s been a busy few months, but I’m happy to announce that the D*I*Y Planner version 2.0 has finally been released.
I updated my weblog to WordPress 1.5. So it seems that may have caused rss readers to read the entire feed once again.
I apologize for the problem, I tried to keep that from happening…..
I thought that it was time for a new look…I did opt for the Kubrick theme, just like a lot of others. Anyway, let me know what you think…I like the welder look. It has that industrial theme, but that isn’t exactly why I have it on here.
I put that up because when I see someone welding I think of “Making Something” and that is what I like to do. Getting my hands dirty and making something. Although I work with a keyboard and code…I wish I could weld, I guess I will just put that on my Someday list. 😉
Ok, I know that I am not the only one to call my Mac mini ..well.. minime. But hey, I did name my iPod “Escape Pod†so I get points there.
I wanted to share some impressions during my first month with the Mac mini. The form factory is a big plus. I have it on my desk right beside my monitor, and it takes up no space to speak of.
I purchased the 1.5g model with 512mb or ram. Performance seems to be very good. I have used it to burn DVDs and iMovie for editing, and it seems to just crank along. It is also very quiet. I have turned off my Linux box, and really only have the Mac on always. I can sit in my small windowless (in more ways than one) office at home, and I can think.
OSX is nice. Linux with Gnome is a lot like it in some ways, so I feel comfortable with it. I like how when I attach a new device to it, you don’t see balloons popping up telling me that there is a new device installed (Well Duh). For example, my DVcam, I hooked it up, couldn’t tell if it was recognized. I opened iMove and it was just there waiting for me. Now, Installing applications are a little different. Most of which you just drag the application into the applications folder. It is odd at first, but makes the machine very easy to manage.
I did install Gimp on it, and I wasn’t quite happy with that. It felt very “Tacked onto OSX”. I get that feeling with the Windows version too, like mouse focus was quirky or something with X. However native OSX apps are awesome. So unless Photoshop for OSX falls out of the sky, There are some things that I will just have to continue do on my Linux box.
So, I see me using it for really anything. I bought it for editing movies primarily, but it has proven to be a great general purpose machine. Very happy with it, and I would recommend it to anyone, especially family.
BTW: iLife is worth the price you paid for the whole machine, and consider a USB, and a Firewire hub.
The folks over at The Gimp are running a contest to pick the next splash screen that appears when you run the program. There are a ton of splash screens there, and some really good ones too.
I choose a homage to Norman Rockwell. Norman is one of my favorite painters, and it just seemed right to work up an image with him in mind.
Currently there is a voting process to pick everyones favorite, so if you feel so inclined: Please go and vote (Please vote for who you want really. You can vote for more than one too)
Previously, Blender, the opensource 3d, modeling package also held splash screen contest and there are a lot of interesting images there too.