Writing About My Life, Work, Creativity, and the Daily Effort to Learn, Grow, and Live Better.
If images tell a thousand words, here is a 44,000-word story of our one week on Kangaroo Island in mid July 2007. It's so much easier than typing all the words. To read more, follow the link on each image to read my quick blurb beneath each. For seven days we spent time on Kangaroo... Continue Reading →
I am an ardent anti-smoker. Why is that we can be jailed/gaoled for carrying explosives, chemicals, hair-spray and other potential life-killing devices onto aircraft ... yet we can purchase cigarettes duty free at the airport and carry them in our carry-on luggage?! Doesn't anyone read the packaging - not even Airport security?I'll leave you all... Continue Reading →
A lot of people from all corners of our world are going to assemble as a collective body of energy to meditate simultaneously for 1 hour (60 minutes) on July 17 at 11:11 GMT — 20:41 (8:41 PM). Why? Apparently our planet is slowly being killed by the habits of the human inhabitants. Nothing new for... Continue Reading →
Yes, you read correctly: DPReview has been acquired by the worlds leading online retailer, Amazon.com. DPReview began in 1998 as hobby site, growing steadily to become the number one destination for everyone learning about digital cameras & photography. With seven million unique visitors (over 22 million sessions) every month, reading over 120 million pages, it's... Continue Reading →
I photographed this amazing series of shots last month whilst on a street-walk in the Adelaide CBD. The images displayed below are only a third of the size on display at my flickr.com photography. You are welcome to visit and view my photography. When I saw all this artwork, I thought I'd stepped through a... Continue Reading →
This is the consequence of discovering how to combine a good sturdy tripod, a vivid and colorful imagination, F22, ISO-100 and a two-dollar pack of colored pencils: Then I got a bit more creative. Note where the pencils point to in Digital Photography, a book I recently purchased though cannot recall where from! These were... Continue Reading →
I sent a stern email to the Adelaide City Lord Mayor Michael Harbison this evening. Quit Smoking to Save Just One Life - Yours. Being an ardent anti-smoker, and a photographer of all things that "get on my bloody nerves", I took the time to compile a message that not only asked for a solution, but... Continue Reading →
Here a dozen ways you can save money for your future - without spending anymore than you do now! In fact, more often they cost you nothing at all. 1. Simply keep four extra coins to make a full dollar. [Found via getrichslowly.org] How often do you get asked "Have you got twenty cents?" ?.... Continue Reading →
You know you’ve taken leave of absence of your senses when you let a teenage son designs a "basic" web page for your business! But the real insult is when they figure they can whip one up in five seconds! People, here this now: "Designing a website is not a five-second thing." Getting someone’s teenage... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 