Now that my wife and I have smartphone's, the vocabulary in our household has actually expanded and increased! We now say 'connectivity' and 'functionality' at least twice a day. Which got me thinking: How many new words were added to our general conversation throughout 2012? Here goes, remembering that I had to compile this list... Continue Reading →
A Big Bang Christmas
Because I am Big Bang Theory fanatic, I felt this was the best episode to show you at this time of the year: Related articles Big Bang's Video Teaser for MAMA 2012 Released (cynsworkshop.wordpress.com)
Toys my Son Wants for Christmas!
All I want for Christmas for my six-month-old son are the following items: Traffic Play Rug This would be perfect for every other small toy in my son's small yet amazing collection. His few small cars and the pack of 20 green soldiers would be right at home parked around it. This rug with roads... Continue Reading →
Circular Photographs
I have soooo many photographs on my flickr account that I had to figure out a new way to show them off. So I went with 'circular'. It helps that my most recent photographs are of Christmas lanterns, light globes and buckets -- yes, all very circular objects. So here goes: Here are 12 photos... Continue Reading →
Be Prepared to make Mistakes!
Found this TED video, heard this quote within it, and had to tell everyone about it. Particularly you. "If you are not prepared to be wrong, you will never come up with anything original."- Sir Ken Robinson But don't just stop there. Listen to the whole video. It is hilarious ... and quite enlightening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY... Continue Reading →
Never Buy Cheap Camera Equipment
Seriously, when it comes to dSLR equipment, never go cheap! I bought a 67mm neutral density filter when I was on Kangaroo Island last time I was there. I cannot recall the brand, but I do recall that it was about $15. I should have stopped right there, but I wanted to test some ideas.... Continue Reading →
Twenty Dollars can buy you four hours of Motivation
Gotta thank the Coromandel Valley Rotary Club for having a plant sale yesterday afternoon (Sat 3rd November 2012). After buying five native plants for $19.50, both my wife and I were inspired to dig up the front yard. Four hours of digging up soil, raking it around and digging up weeds was painful. Here's how... Continue Reading →
More of Me, Myself, and I
I have dug up a few photographs of myself in better times. Ah, how I miss those times. There is a link within each image that takes you to a bigger version. See you if you can find the splicing faults! This first one is from when we renovated the backyard. For about 3 months... Continue Reading →
Using Pain to Focus on What Matters
Thanks to a comment one night on my Facebook status, I spent the previous night dreaming through what my life would be like without a job. It wasn't pretty, I did NOT like it. Whilst my brain might be a bit addled these days with 'Severe Vertigo', I still have the power to think, reason,... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 