21 May 08
Accepting PayPal Payments As I prepare to bring my teaching website, Your Online Life, online, I’ve been fiddling with PayPal. I plan to use it to accept credit card payments, and I got lost within their documentation. But I managed to pull together what I need, and here’s what I found. First, log in to […]
20 May 08
I heard this in a recentl Manager Tools podcast: Until you’ve got something, you’ve got nothing. It struck a powerful chord. As I chat with folks via Twitter and follow others’ blogs, I realize that I have little to offer. A bit here and there: a few written stories, some credits. But precious little accomplished, […]
20 May 08
I heard this in a recentl Manager Tools podcast: Until you’ve got something, you’ve got nothing. It struck a powerful chord. As I chat with folks via Twitter and follow others’ blogs, I realize that I have little to offer. A bit here and there: a few written stories, some credits. But precious little accomplished, […]
19 May 08
Why I Have a Productivity System When I look around at friends and family who don’t seem to be accomplishing that which they want to, I notice a trend. They’re smart. They even know what they want, if vaguely. But they don’t have a way of breaking down those goals into actionable steps. Now, you […]
16 May 08
Just finished a busy time in the kitchen. Made some icebox cookie dough (with lemon!), some udon noodles from a new recipe, and wine. Sort of ghetto wine, actually. The recipes are from Instructables, a cool website with lots of offbeat how-tos, from How to Make an Easy Inverted Planter to Making realistic Steampunk Airship […]
15 May 08
It’s late evening. I really need to write more articles for Your Online Life. But I don’t want to, and if history is any indication I won’t do any more work tonight. I’m used to winding down in the evenings. However. My new mantra is “Evolve. And let the chips fall where they may.” (from […]
Coffee
Brennen writes: Coffee is a thing you drink when it’s not the right time of day to drink bourbon. — His excellent May 14 entry
14 May 08
Brennen writes: Coffee is a thing you drink when it’s not the right time of day to drink bourbon. — His excellent May 14 entry
13 May 08
Just finished watching several episodes of Alton Brown’s Feasting on Asphalt, where he and a small crew travel America, off the highways, eating only locally made food (that is, nothing corporately processed or prepared). It’s amazing, watching someone passionately committed to a concept—real, carefully-prepared food—delivering on it. It’s quirky and risky; you never know how […]
11 May 08
Back from a weekend retreat with some church high schoolers. I won’t bore you with the details, and will instead go straight to the conclusions: I learned that efforts to meet new people are usually worthwhile. And when they aren’t, it’s very clear and you can move right along. I learned not to trust second-hand […]