tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429072011-12-14T20:00:23.254-07:00a glimpse into the addled vacuum that is my brainJodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1140837933047253892006-02-24T20:23:00.000-07:002006-02-24T20:25:33.080-07:00

This is me trying it out from my dashboard now.  Its pretty cool, it only gives italics and bold as it stands, I don't think it automatically links... but heck let me try.  Lets point to Google's new page...http://www.google.com/macwidgets/Guess that didn't work, here is me using HTML now:Google Widgets

Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1134580571200322282005-12-14T07:34:00.000-07:002005-12-14T10:16:11.243-07:00

I recently started exercising again recently, after months of dust collection on my weight bench, and I just had an interesting bit of brain map reaction. This is going to sound bad, I'm sure. When I work out, we have this cheesy little stair stepper (that is at least better than me just running in place on the concrete floor in the basement) that I spend the first 10 minutes on, a simple way

Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1132382835135579322005-11-18T23:47:00.000-07:002005-11-18T23:55:28.673-07:00

So, am I the only one thinking this MIT $100 computer is going to be great for kids everywhere, but also the uber PDA we've all been waiting for as well? If it has the features they are going for then it will definitely push the Clie, the Visors, and the Palms into a ditch and bury them. I don't want to see the world's children miss out because they are a commercial success, but I do hope they

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Its amazing what this 5 letter word holds within. So much of our lives revolves around trust, for good or for bad. With trust, you're strong and feel that you can accomplish whatever you want or need to do. Without it, you feel weak and crippled. It is an overlooked value that can affect just about any aspect of your life. I would like to see some power returned to it, especially in the

Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1130863905894013912005-11-01T09:51:00.000-07:002005-11-01T12:20:07.230-07:00

A subject that I feel needs attention is the process of all things to break down to their elements. Everything ages. While the timeline may vary from a fast decay in things like fruits, or slow like the erosion of a mountain, there is no denying the effects of aging on all things. This is something that has always fascinated me, though I have more interest in how USE causes these things.My

Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1130617910469373782005-10-29T14:31:00.000-06:002005-11-01T12:23:07.200-07:00

I was talking to a friend yesterday about fasting, something I used to be quite regular at years ago, but I somehow fell into that ol' eating habit and stopped doing it. Anyway, I got to thinking about it and skimming old books I had read and I was remembering just how much a good fast will do ya. I plan to start fasting once a week again, as the rewards run the gamut from one less day of food to

Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1129810467667975272005-10-20T06:05:00.000-06:002005-10-20T06:21:52.006-06:00

So, I have been mildly intrigued by Flock, a browser that was being simultaneously developed for several platforms. I'm on the Mac right now, so haven't seen hot it looks in others, but I like the feel of the UI (its a browser, don't get your hopes up). The buttons feel nice n Mac'y to me. Anyway, it is designed to be a social browser (flock, you know like a group of birds). That means, it uses

Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1129686751358556602005-10-18T19:51:00.000-06:002005-10-18T19:55:41.710-06:00

So, I'm workin on this 'baby steps' kind of thing right now. Last week I kicked the coffee... at least as far as detoxing it out of my system (yay headaches.) Its all part of little master plan, details to unfold as they happen.Its a very loose plan.This weekend I was reading a post on lifehack.org talking about "sleep cyclies" which pointed to this guy, Glen Rhodes. He is a game developer (

Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1128022527403814852005-09-29T13:35:00.000-06:002005-09-29T13:37:46.826-06:00

So... I work for a software company (@Last Software - SketchUp software) that added Ruby as a scripting language in the previous version. I remember at the time thinking, "What the heck is Ruby, why not Python?", since I work in technical support I have seen that question come up many times. In the past few months I'm slowly trying to find or make time to learn more about Ruby so I can create

Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1127485897891839032005-09-23T08:26:00.000-06:002005-09-23T09:09:58.413-06:00

In the spirit of National Talk Like a Pirate Day, we have a Pirate friendly phrase:"Shiver me timbers"Remember that most English words have several meanings, so get creative, grab the thesaurus and Show me a Metaphor!

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Ok... not all of them I admit, but there sure are a handful out there that really give the rest a bad rep.Case in point, my wife has been increasingly upset that her old friends, who are obviously of a different mind, can be so mean and petty to her. Trying to watch as a semiobjective third party, I don't get it. My wife has a blog (you don't have to be clever to find the connection) and has

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Here is the maiden posting of the newly created Metaphoric Monday. The theme was: "Eat One's Words" and this is my attempt at being clever. Metaphoric Monday works like this, I give you a phrase and you are then to find a way to convey that digitally to me, probably with a digital photograph (as displayed here.) Get clever in your results, just make the phrase into a picture.I'll post next

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Google Help : Cheat Sheet: ""Sweet, dunno why I didn't have it before, but I'm happy to have found the appropriate syntax form for doing google searching. There is one item in there where you add elipses between numbers to search with a range... they example they have is putting a min/max price range for an item. That will make Froogle so much more usable from one entry point. (c:Incidentally,

Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1127005149371908062005-09-17T18:58:00.000-06:002005-09-17T18:59:33.103-06:00

Oh gee, we are so lucky, very lucky. Fuckin Comcast changed the lineup for their channels in the different packages. Whereas before I could get things like TNT and have some entertainment, or Bravo, or the Discovery channel for god's sake. They just yanked the 3 channels I actually watched out of basic cable. WTF? Can they just change shit around like that? Obviously I can cancel, though I

Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1126880892413477702005-09-16T08:26:00.000-06:002005-09-16T13:34:55.283-06:00

I have this little book titled 'Think On', more of a pamphlet really, and it just has a quote on each page. Looking through it the other night, I noticed a general trend to what its saying. The phrase that stuck in (and keeps bobbing to the top of) my brain."What you Think about, you Bring about."A lot of the phrases mimic that sentiment, maybe all, maybe I was just seeing what I wanted to see

Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1126640350968065952005-09-13T13:39:00.000-06:002005-09-13T13:42:48.776-06:00

I guess, since it might be a bit cerebral, that today is a good day to pose my topic for next week. My "what to do today" concept is to take something, and symbolize it in metaphor. You can take a picture, doodle somethin up in MS Paint, make a model, write a poem, or haiku... sure any of those. I give you a phrase, you give me something to fit it... Topic for NEXT Monday - Eat one's words

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I admit, I was a cynic when I thought 'somehow we will link this to terrorism'. I'm quite jaded when I think of the Bush (and Co.) agenda to see everything I do, censor any dissent I offer, and make me more secure at the cost of my freedoms. I figured it would be a bit less intelligent than to point out the poor response time in dealing with a national disaster, but thats where its surfaced.

Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1126315976722224862005-09-09T19:32:00.000-06:002005-09-09T19:32:56.766-06:00

man ... so while i admit i'm a blog newb (or at least highly flakey in getting posts up), my wife has been regularly posting for about 6 months now. she keeps coming across more and more 'take a picture of this stuff this day' type programs. i'm thinkin thats fun and all, but she is constantly taking pictures for this or that. so... i'm got an idea for one... gonna have to see if i can get her

Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1126149179329512172005-09-07T21:12:00.000-06:002005-09-07T21:12:59.333-06:00

So I just went and grabbed ecto for creating blog entries, dumped my blogger info in there and bling... i got sweet new tools for doin blog entries. Most notably, i could do it on the bus tween work n home (of course I can't publish at that time). Anyway... cool.If you blog and use one of the big uns (blogger and typepad bein the biggest) then you should try it out. Here is the URL:http://

Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1126139922912212882005-09-07T18:33:00.003-06:002005-09-07T18:55:43.046-06:00

So... I was watching this interesting movie last night (didn't watch all, seems nigh impossible to get a full feature in one setting these days). The movie is "What the *&^% do we know", also known as "What the bleep" in many circles. It seems to do the same thing that Mindwalk did about 15 years ago. I'd like to find that on DVD and would like to get this one on disk as well now. They are

Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1109813912730842282005-03-02T18:32:00.000-07:002005-03-02T21:40:09.823-07:00

Babies are amazing. I honestly can't remember what my life was like without my Ava. My wife makes fun of me because I get all sappy and misty eyed when I look at her pictures at work. I seriously had my doubts when people told me about how much they loved their children, I just couldn't conceive of that much love. I love my wife, but Ava... this little brown eyed girl, could not be a greater

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So, what is it w/ society today anyway? I am getting pretty TO'd that many (most?) people are perfectly content to just accept the information that is spoonfed to them by the media and advertising juggernauts of America. What happened to free thinking, world changing, radical thought? What happened to researching and trying to make your own informed decision? Are people just too lazy? Are

Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1108842268624661212005-02-19T12:39:00.000-07:002005-02-19T12:44:28.626-07:00

In an effort to keep the pistons all firing and not lose my ability to communicate... I'm gonna have a go at this. If I hit the basics, I have a baby girl in my life that has given a fair amount of perspective in recent months. I am realizing that if I don't do my writing now (or schooling or whatever), when exactly will I do it? Its incredibly easy to put off til tomorrow what I could be doing

Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1108534047364136272005-02-15T23:05:00.000-07:002005-02-15T23:07:27.366-07:00

Its been, wow something like 15 months since I posted/created this blog. What a major slacker.Needless to day... those 9 weeks ago since finding out turned into almost 8 mos ago since little Ava was actually born.Anyway... more details on that later. The short story is, Ava Elizabeth is here and healthy and has been for a little while now.

Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538781191304796018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542907.post-1070391914708755032003-12-02T12:05:00.000-07:002003-12-02T12:06:08.653-07:00

And so it begins... A brief intro: This is the journalling efforts of your basic new parents. It's been 2 yrs since I have even visited a blog, let alone posted to one, so this will be rusty, but hopefully will encourage me to start journalling again more regularly. (c: As of about 9 weeks ago, I'm an expectant father... thats a hoot. As of about 3 mos ago I'm self-employed, again... hoot.

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