8 Good Reasons to Work Alone

At some point in our lives, we endure working in a cubicle environment. It's during this time that we discover why working as a solo proprietor is the popular choice for many people who purchase and run small-businesses. Here are eight reasons I have observed from many years working between fibrecore petitions. Noise: Why do... Continue Reading →

June 23, 2009

Creating Your Life’s Story

A rabbit is in a forest typing his life story. A fox comes along and says, "What are you doing, rabbit?" The rabbit says that he's typing his life story. The fox doesn't believe it, so the rabbit says, "Come in here to the cave, and I'll show you the beginning of it." So the... Continue Reading →

April 21, 2009

Will You Be Worm’d on April 1st?

Reposting Richard Pascoe's article. It's good information for those who rely on Windows to run their lives, oops, I mean computers! Are you about to be infected on April 1st 2009? In the New York Times they discuss the Conficker Worm which will activate itself on April 1st. Should you be concerned? Well, Only if... Continue Reading →

March 29, 2009

History: March 2008

A year ago I was writing a lot more regularly. I'd like to return to that much writing per day and week. I do enjoy both typing and pencilling articles or stories, yet I rarely get to the stage of typing them up. Other interests have taken over that time slot. There were a few... Continue Reading →

March 14, 2009

Discovering More of One’s Self

I have a new word in my diet: Parsimony. It is essentially the implementation of Occam’s razor . Thanks to Shelley’s response upon a Plurk conversation , I’ve discovered something important about my personality that defines the way I respond, react, appear and often act. Despite the fact that my wife and I hoard so... Continue Reading →

March 14, 2009

Prepare the Cooking Area

I have a special saying: "Prepare the area." I use it a lot, particularly when cooking, gardening, landscaping and photo editing, but mostly when cooking. Basically what I am saying is that every job needs a clean work space. When you cook, you clean the kitchen first. You either wash the dishes or put them... Continue Reading →

March 1, 2009

Stephen Needs…

I always enjoy a meme that involves honesty, truth and the human brain. Found via another Steve, I hereby list my 'needs': Stephen needs nothing more than a new direction. Because he has his health, a brain, the ability to breathe and a roof over his head. Stephen needs to clean out the clutter, metaphorically,... Continue Reading →

February 22, 2009

Surviving the Australian Heat

For those who don't know, the weather this week in Australia has reached the mid forties. That's 44 degrees Celsius! Each of us know the basics of surviving in this temperature, but few of us actually apply any extra measures to decrease the heat. At a cellular level, our body heats up, causing premature aging... Continue Reading →

January 29, 2009

He Jumps, He Shoots, He Scores!

I've been tagged to complete five main projects before the end of January 2009. Almost scares me to think that I would complete a project or two within the next few weeks, but I feel sure it is possible. 1. Create new logo for a new web friend. A little project that was given to... Continue Reading →

January 3, 2009

Finding Happiness Every Day of the Week

Is your daily activity influenced by the name of the day? The reason I ask is because I continuously tell friends that the worst way to die is to live only on the weekends. To me there is no weekend, just week days. Monday to Sunday. I don't restrict the way I have fun, the... Continue Reading →

December 9, 2008