I've never been a huge fan of Moby Dick.
But, I have to admit, the idea of mashing Moby Dick with Apocalypse Now seems like a pretty killer idea to me. And, that, dear readers, is just what Apocalypse Moby is; an amazing mashup of these two very different stories that comes out amazingly well. In fact, it almost had a science-fiction feeling to it. Or maybe that was just my personal experience leaking through, but, either way, it was pretty...
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And, while that IS true, it's not what this post is about, exactly.
When you have cancer, or have survived cancer, you feel alone. You feel like there isn't anyone in the world who understands you or your life or what you went through or are going through now. But, at the same time, you know there are others. You've seen them in waiting rooms and lines and shuffling in and out of hospital rooms and doctor's offices. They are out...
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I may, or may not, have cancer.
Now, before all my regular readers and, due to my automated update configurations, my Twitter and Facebook friends who might read this, get too excited, nothing has changed in my recent medical status. However, Wednesday, I go in for a scan. A regular scan, nothing special, nothing new. My scheduled, nine-month scan, per the standard protocol. Or so I have been lead to believe.
The scan, however routine it may be, will not decide if...
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Do you have a lot of music?
I'm not a huge music person, really. At least, not in the pop-music on the radio all the time kind of way. But, I am sort of a digital pack-rat, which means I've actually got a surprising collection of MP3 files. And, of course, moving those from computer to computer means I've ended up with a surprising number of duplicates. So, what to do?
Well, now there's DupeGuru, music edition. Pretty much what it says;...
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I love free!
So, most everyone in my business has heard of Adobe. Mainly because they're the top design and graphics software publisher in business right now. Well, they've released a FREE program called Muse that lets you layout and publish webpages without having to write code. Now, myself, personally, I'm okay writing the HTML code behind simple webpages, but, frankly, it's a lot faster to do it in a nice graphical user interface that's filled with point-and-click tools. Also, since...
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No, not some new chick I'm dating.
Sadly, it's Linux software.  Okay, well, not so sad, because it's Linux-based software to help you track your personal library.
Yeah, yeah, I know, what kind of geek has a personal library that's worth cataloging, right? Yeah, well, as it turns out, me. I probably have a couple thousand books of one kind or another spread all over my house. I'm pretty sure virtually every room in my house has a stack of books in...
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But, sadly, not for the software Kindle apps.
Okay so these two tools I'm going to share only work for the Kindle, and mostly rely on the ability to e-mail documents to your Kindle, but SendtoReader works with a Manual Delivery option, too. SendtoReader is a web app that lets you send any webpage to your Kindle for later perusal. Though, as I mentioned, you need to have an actual Kindle if you want to update it without synching via a...
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Another one for the photography geeks.
Some of you may have guessed that I enjoy photography just a little bit. You may have deduced that from all the photography related links I share on Fridays. Or possibly because I tell you am obsessed by it virtually every chance I get. Either way, it's true. I find myself staring into portraits of people in magazines trying to figure out the lighting setup based on the reflections in their eyes. When I see...
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Personally, I find both to be delicious!
But, that has nothing at all to do with this post.
I've been thinking about a lot of stuff this week. Mostly, though, I've been thinking about creativity and photography. So, instead of just bringing you one link today, I'm bringing you two.
First, a little about creativity. Some time ago now, Paul Zii wrote 29 Ways to Stay Creative on his Tumblr. It's worth reading. I can't promise you that it will fix your creative...
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You may have seen this already...
If you travel in the same tech circles on-line that I do, you probably have seen a lot of the same things I link to here on Fridays. So, why do I still do it? Well, for a couple reasons.
First, because maybe you missed it. Or it didn't seem like it was what it is so you didn't actually look at it.
Secondly, because, well, I liked it, so I want to link to it so...
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