Posts Categorized: Journal

The Blogging Monk

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This was going to be a post about how I got away from blogging for the weekend to get back to writing. And that part’s true. I started writing it yesterday and that part’s true. And then I was going to explain that I was going to try to continue the practice of writing in internet isolation. That part, is not so true.

Google in 1998I am writing this post in Dark Room. But I have been sitting at the computer for the last hour. I have downloaded SweetCron, which I may use, and Google Chrome, which is proof that Google should stick to search engines.  Read more... (564 words, 4 images, estimated 2:15 mins reading time)

How to Get a Tech Job with a G.E.D

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DiplomaI have never been one to hold a job for long. I don’t have a degree. About two years was my limit. It has not been the pay as much as the boredom. Once I could do the job in my sleep, there was not much keeping me there. The internet has been the only thing that has held my interest for this long.

And the degree thing. I am still sure to this day that if I would have had a degree, it would have been the same. I would have spent four or more years to get a job writing obituaries for the local news or writing the same algorithm over and over in my cubicle. But I would have been paid more and been stuck longer because of it.  Read more... (555 words, 3 images, estimated 2:13 mins reading time)

Writing Every Day

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I do work in a lot of different areas on teh internets. And each job I do has different effects on my mind. I have to enter that job’s mind mode for a short or long period of time. I like writing mode but it is one of the hardest to come back to. Not sure why. It always has been.

When I was around 14, I picked up "Writing Down the Bones" by Natalie Goldberg. It’s a book on writing practice. A musician will play hundreds of songs in practice for every one he plays on stage. A boxer will spar with lots and lots of other boxers before he gets to fight for real. Writing is the same or should be.  Read more... (556 words, estimated 2:13 mins reading time)

Single Tasking is Hard To Do

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Doing one thing at a time. It’s a nice concept and may seem easy, but I guess it depends on how you handle things. I know it works. I know the sense of accomplishment that comes with actually finishing something. But that does not stop me from getting caught in the whirlwind of multitasking.

The computer is a mind trapping machine. I bounce from thought to thought, task to task, until I get about 50 things half done and nothing completed. When I do a lot at once, I make myself look like I am getting a lot of work done. Until I’m done. And then it looks like I delegated to a crack head.  Read more... (499 words, estimated 2:0 mins reading time)

No More Banners Here

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I decided to take the banners off the site. They didn’t help with the view. And unless my traffic increases exponentially here soon, I am not going to lose any money by doing it. What I am going to do is not look so much like a walking billboard.

Some clothes make you look like a billboard. And you pay a premium.

Cars don’t come without the car maker’s logo.

But no one owns this blog, but me. So, no ads.  Read more... (229 words, estimated 55 secs reading time)

On Getting Advice

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It is good to live with someone you trust to tell you that you are being stupid. Of course, part of the deal is actually listening when that person says you are.

I am not good as hearing that I am wrong. I do not take it well. In fact, it usually is fuel for me to go in the opposite direction.

But for a lot of the stuff I do, I can only trust my opinion and experience. I can pick up a few pointers here and there from forums and blogs. But when I am done there, it is only me here to tell me what to do.  Read more... (554 words, estimated 2:13 mins reading time)