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The Balsamiq Blog is my third blog.
I started in 2003 with Peldi's Little Blog in which I shared sample applications and things that I learned at work about Flash Communication Server, and ran it for about 3 years.
In 2004 I started PatataMonkey, a pregnancy/daddy blog, which also ran for about 3 years.
In September 2007, long before telling anyone about my startup idea, I started this blog.
Each blog is different, but the motivation to start each of them was the same: I was entering a new phase of my life, jumping into the unknown, "having a new baby" if you will.
It was a stressful time, a time when I felt the need to process my thoughts by writing them down. I needed a diary.
Looking for advice on each new phase of my life, I googled and googled for a blog just like the one I wanted to read, one of someone who had gone through my same path before me or who was going through it at the same time as I was.
Each time I was looking for an established community, a support group: one about FCS development, one about "parenting in San Francisco in 2005" or one about a "programmer-turned-entrepreneur launching a bootstrapped micro-ISV in 2007".
After many years of using the World Wide Internet Webs I know now that no matter how small, the community you're looking for is already out there, hanging out in some corner of the Internet somewhere. You just have to find it.
Problem is, the Internet is a vast place, small communities are really hard to find. Each time I tried, my googling fell short.
So I decided to try and "get found" instead. Each time I decided to pinch my nose, jump in and publish my rants, in the hope that someone would google for my same kind of content one day and find me.
For PatataMonkey, I was desperate to find a new group of friends quickly: none of our "offline friends" at the time were even married, let alone expecting a child at that time. So as soon as I started the blog, I immediately put Google Adsense ads on it. The hope was that Google's all-powerful algorithms would be able to index and understand my content, returning me advertisements that would lead me to the people I was looking for. Oh mighty Google Spiders, what stores should I be going to? Which sites should I be reading? Is there a blog or forum I should look at?
Well, my nerdy scheme didn't really work out, but the blogging was a very effective therapy for me, so I kept at it.
Then, with time, as if by magic, a community started to emerge, organically, on its own. Someone would post a comment pointing me to a blog I should read, someone else would suggest a book.
All of a sudden blogging wasn't a lonely endeavor any more, I wasn't just speaking to the wind like a crazy person...I had...friends! People just like me, going through the same issues as I was! 🙂 Slowly but surely, a little community gathered around my blog, and I started hanging out at other blogs as well, starting to recognize the names of frequent commenters like me.
I realized then that the Internet is a galaxy of warm little communities held together by blogs, mailing lists and now Facebook and LinkedIn groups, Ning networks, Twitter cliques and StackExchange-powered sites.
I guess people call it social media...I call it life in 2010 and beyond.
I read maybe a dozen different blog posts every day, and most of them teach me something new. My favorite posts to read are those written from the heart, those where you can clearly see that the authors needed to get something off their chest.
That's how I want to write as well: it's therapy that helps me and helps others in the process. Talk about a win-win!
At this point I cannot imagine my life without blogging.
Blogs are essential for business. Largely because of this blog we got written up in the New York Times and Inc. Magazine (twice!), I get to travel the world speaking at conferences and our software went from zero to leader in just 18 months.
As Paul Hawken says in his awesome "Growing a Business" - one of my all-time favorite business books - in order to be successful you need to get permission of the market first.
I define "the market" as the community of people who are passionate about the problem your company or product is trying to solve. It includes customers, competitors, complementary products, free-loaders. Asking for permission means earning their respect...ideally you need to become a thought-leader in your community.
As you start your blog, ask yourself: which community do I want to try and become a leader of?
Choosing your target should be easy because it should be "people just like me", or rather "people just like the one I hope to become". If you succeed in your quest, great things will happen. If you don't, the high goal you set for yourself will have pushed you to do your best work, teaching you a ton and making you a better person in the process.
It doesn't have to be related to your product, you're not doing this to generate more sales. You're doing this for yourself: to vent, to grow as a person and to be a good citizen.
Sure, if you do a good job your company will benefit from the higher exposure and stuff...but that's a side-effect, not the end-goal!
Becoming a leader in an online community is done by providing value to its members, continuously, over time. It means listening carefully and genuinely caring for the success of your fellow community members, without ever talking down to them - you're no better than them, you're just trying to help. It's hard work, but very fulfilling work. Share what's relevant, but don't spam. Try to keep it short, everyone's busy. Retweet! Make a Twitter list! Make two! Help others find your community, help it grow! Support it by sponsoring the best blogs and events!
Just the simple act of being yourself, but "in public", can make a big difference in someone else's life. You'll be surprised.
One of my goals for the year is to encourage everyone at Balsamiq to blog, to try to become a leader of their chosen niche.
My dream is for each Balsamiq employee to be better known within their community for their blog rather than the company they work for.
I want Balsamiq to benefit from the "halo effect" of these blogs, not the other way around.
All of us are first-time members of a tech startup. We are all going through a new phase of our lives, learning a ton every day. What better time than this to share what we learn and find our communities in the process?
Starting today, everyone at Balsamiq blogs:
This will be challenging at first, this is a new experience for both Val and Marco. I am thrilled at how enthusiastically they both accepted the challenge, and wish them luck. You can read Val's first post here and Marco's first post here (in Italian).
This will also be a significant time-commitment for our little team. Blogging takes time. For instance, it's incredibly 2:15am already as I write this.
I believe the benefits of us all blogging are more than worth it: if you're hesitant, just consider each blog post to be like a product release, only one that doesn't involve coding. It's that important.
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I bet there are great resources out there by now to help people find communities online. I've sent people to this old Marshall Kirkpatrick post before, but I'd love to collect a few more links like it. Which do you recommend?
Another question: I am tempted to splinter off my posts into a new blog (/blogs/peldi perhaps), so that this blog could focus only on product-related news. What do you think? I like the idea of giving people more focused RSS feeds, but I fear that it would effectively mean "starting over" a bit. I don't know. What are your thoughts?
Thanks for reading this far! 🙂
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Balsamiq's Mockups worked very well for us. The product actually delivered more than it promised. Everyone to whom we showed our Mockups wanted to know about the development tool we used. Even though, as another commenter observed, the Mockups intentionally look like works in progress, the functionality of our Mockups was such that those to whom they were showed started confusing the Mockups with functioning software–we had to keep on reminded people that the Mockups are only sophisticated specifications. Additionally, the Balsamiq folks who make the product are some of the nicest people with whom I've ever worked. Though the retail price of the product is not free (sometimes free is not really economical), its cost is very reasonable and it will more than pay for itself by producing a solid, semi-functional, easily modified prototype very quickly.
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Everyone says this, but great blog! I personally come for the startup-related posts rather than the product news, so I would benefit from a split setup. At the same time, the overall brand of Balsamiq is definitely more approachable and sympathetic because of your personal posts – everyone likes underdogs and startups! So I do think there's a little bit of a tradeoff. As you grow, though, I would imagine more and more of your users will probably be interested primarily in the product stuff.
On a related note, how much of Balsamiq's success would you attribute to the blog? I'm starting a company myself and planning on blogging as a big way to drive SEO and customer acquisition, so I'd appreciate any insight.
Great post!
> I am tempted to splinter off my posts into a new blog (/blogs/peldi perhaps)
It seems like a good idea to split the product blog off on its own, but if you think there would be a lot of overlap between subscribers it may be better to label all your posts and have an RSS feed per label.
Peldi,first off, I want thank you for doing an exceptional job with this blog. You have inspired me to open up more in my blog. Also I have been benefited on different aspects of running my bootstrapped startup (as you call it "micro-ISV") ScrumPad.
As for your question whether you should splint off your own blog from the company blog, I would say yes. I don't think you have to "start over." You already have a loyal followers like myself…:-) I'll read both. It's just that it will be more work! I have both company, product, and my own blog. I think it is easier to keep a blog focus a specific topics and it is easier for readers to know what to expect. Again my two cents.
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Academia–Industry Relationships: how long a spoon to sup with the devil?
The Annals editors' argument (1) that physician–industry relationships can be managed by relying on authors' conflict of interest disclosures is inadequate, in part because they fail to acknowledge the many distorted claims arising from clinical trials and driven by career advancement or commercial interests.(2) Moreover, the editors might have answered their own question "if industry can't be trusted, why engage it in any manner?" if they had taken into account the staggering criminal record of the industry as a whole.(3)The fundamental tension between altruism and self-interest remains. There is, as yet, no reliable database for investigating conflict of interest. The US has made a step forward with the Sunshine Act but important exclusions from its scope are numerous. Small payments (e.g. for pizza) miss the larger problems.(4) The shabby story of Study 329 illuminates the solution. Le Noury et al re-analysed the primary data (5) and produced results contrasting sharply with Keller et al's original claim that "paroxetine is generally well tolerated and effective for major depression in adolescents."(6) Seven years ago, major concerns were raised about Study 329's ethics and validity.(7) In 2011, the Dean of Brown University's Medical School, responding to a letter suggesting that the flawed and misleading study be retracted, wrote that the University took such matters "seriously" with a "confidential" internal investigation. Four more years of silence and inaction followed.(www.healthyskepticism.org/global/soapbox/entry/to_brown, braillon.net/alain/media/fus.pdf) Similarly, the journal that published Keller's paper has failed to provide a rationale for refusing retraction.(8) GlaxoSmithKline, Brown University, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and its journal must each investigate its role in the Study 329 travesty, share responsibility to redress the damage caused, and take public steps to ensure there is no recurrence.It is clear that there is no spoon long enough to edulcorate industry control of clinical research. The solution is simple: access to primary data after genuine publication. In the field of medical discovery, claims of enduring property rights regarding patient data are unethical and unacceptable.1 The Editors. Walking the tightrope of Academia–Industry relationships. Ann Intern Med 2015;163:477-478.2 Sox HC, Rennie D. Research misconduct, retraction, and cleansing the medical literature: lessons from the Poehlman case. Ann Intern Med 2006;144:609-13.3 Braillon A. Drug industry is now biggest defrauder of US government. BMJ 2012 10;344:d8219.4 Morain SR, Flexner C, Kass NE, Sugarman J. Forecast for the Physician Payment Sunshine Act: partly to mostly cloudy? Ann Intern Med 2014;161:915-6.5 Le Noury J, Nardo JM, Healy D et al. Restoring Study 329: efficacy and harms of paroxetine and imipramine in treatment of major depression in adolescence. BMJ 2015;351:h4320.6 Keller MB, Ryan ND, Strober M, et al. Efficacy of paroxetine in the treatment of adolescent major depression: a randomized, controlled trial. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2001;40:762-72.7 Jureidini J, McHenry L, Mansfield P. Clinical trials and drug promotion: selective reporting of study 329. Int J Risk Saf Med 2008;20:73-81.8 Doshi P. No correction, no retraction, no apology, no comment: paroxetine trial reanalysis raises questions about institutional responsibility. BMJ 2015;351:h4629.
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Regarding the paper: "Walking the tightrope of academia-Industry relationships" (AIR) ( 1) it touch a point challenging the dogma of precluding publications from an author that may have ties with the Industry and I think that the considerations made in that paper are very proper In that sense I would like to comment a point that to the best of my knowledge it has not been attended before, that is The disclosure of information about relationship between the Editor of a journal and the industry, that I think it should be implemented as a routine piece of information the same way nowadays is the case for the authors. Going beyond, the same proposal should be exerted for the people selected as reviewers of the material in consideration for publication. This disclosure would be enforced only for paper that in some way have to do with the Industry.I wander whether the editors of major medical journal (yours, NEJM BMJ international committee of medical journals editors (ICMJE), etc) have periodic reunions to treat issues of your work because if that were the case it could be an appropriate forum to treat the aforementioned proposal.About 15 years ago We sent for publication to a prestigious journal in our country a paper titled "The medical student and the pharmaceutical industry" and it was rapidly rejected in less time than average for that particular journal. Neither letters from the reviewers giving explanation for the rejection were sent, which is a common practice in this matter. I realize that the rejection could be correct but suspicious can arouse about whether the relationship that the Editor may have with the industry (and apparently he did) had to do with the rejection. 1.-Ann of intern med.2015;163:477-478. Doi:10.7326/M15-1500
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what security software do i need to monitor hackers on my networks?
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what software can i use to monitor my network for hackers stealing and sniffing my packets??
anyone on my wi fi router access or network spying??
someone stole 100 pounds out of my account
at the nearest atm now here where it doesnt make sense my brother always covers his hand when putting in the pin at the atm i just found out that hackers can record your pin number by using a overpad relay keyboard!!! it seems they did it that way and had a gadget maybe clone my card in the machine??
or iam thinking someone in morrisons stole my pin number and card details using them pin and chip payment cards i dont know if it possible or not i would have thought they would turn off all the tills at the end of the night unless its programmed to send the details over the internet network somehow??
i read a new firmware update will block the tampering on the machines
i dont know maybe a few people in morrisons at night are corrupted to get the credit card details and pin i dont know
lastly i know if someone got on my network and pinched my packets or data or was spying on me but mayb e my neighbour or the local cninese chippy did it to steal my visa debit card details but i never ever put in my pin number that i used for the cashpoint which was 1115 my security number on back of card is 122 so i dont know how someone managed to steal my visadebitcard details and get my pin number and i told my brother in future to use the halifax inside cash machine call me paranoid they got my details somehow and i thought i had my pc secured enough??
i shopped online a few time but i cant figure it out how would they would guess my pin number to withdraw at the atm??
in future should i disable my addons in firefox when shopping??
i cant see it them that got it because then they would have to goto hyde and my local atm??
it doesnt make sense at all!!
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I don't think you have enough security software......but if you sit behind a good secure router with a long obfuscated password, then you are quite secure. Examine the router logs periodically for odd entries.
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Never post any private information on the internet
Your security code and pin you quoted could be read by the possible criminals that possibly scanned your card
If you have any worries with your bank cards of any kind, contact your bank immediately and arrange a face to face meeting In Branch to discuss options - Normally would start with a complete replacement of all cards and probably accounts.
Yes there are devices that are added by criminals to ATM devices to steal credentials and the use of Chip and Pin can actually make things easier than the older signature requirement.
Unless you are someone of national fame and fortune you are not likely to be the target of anything other than low level spying or packet sniffing, you will just not be worth enough to the criminals to spend their time and money setting you up - The scanners added to an ATM is aimed to steal a little from many "accidental" targets and not a specific target. don't enter your pin in view of anyone standing in the queue behind you, cover the keyboard when entering your pin (I used my wallet held in one hand when typing with the other. Quickly put any money and the wallet away after use, and do not walk around advertising the fact that you have just, or are just going to withdraw cash.
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maybe the hackers got software that can detect the pin number from the card details?? i changed my pin number last night i went to the bank this morning and nothing taken out so whoever managed to get my pin number somehow will have to go through alot of hoops to try n find my new pin number i changed to last night with 10,000 combinations i dont think they will bother i notified the morrisons supermarket about the incident but they got cameras on the atm outside but i dont think that would put the hackers n stealers after your money if they make 400 pounds a day that alot of money to make for a few hours work for nothing
the only places they could have got my pin is at a shop that sells second hand games in claredon shopping center the halifax indoor atm maybe a rogue employee is monitoring the atm somehow
morrison inside chip and pin machine rogue staff employees
hackers scammer attached devices to atm at supermarket morrison atm machine
someone local stole my debit card details and managed to get my pin somehow??
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to me i smell a rat on my network
or a rat putting devices on the atm
or a rat at the video gaming store
or maybe at the halifax branch lousy rat!!
so what software do i need to beef up my security thanks!!
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You already have too much software installed.....from where I am sitting you seem to have just grabbed anything and everything and installed that hoping it helps. Go to the source, your router and make sure it's secure. Go to the GRC site and run some tests so you know what the lay of the land is.
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From 1955 to 1970, a period sometimes refereed to as the modern Civil Rights era, massacres, like those experienced in the decades before, didn't happen. The worst by far was the murder of 4 innocent girls at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama in 1963. It is an amazing and frightening to realize that the massacre of 9 innocent Blacks in Charleston, South Carolina by some freak named Dylann Storm Roof was the worst attack on Blacks, in the name of White Supremacy, from the beginning of the modern Civil Rights era, around 1955. Let that sink in for a moment. And we, all of us, are breeding the hate, in one way or the other.
Sites like; Infowars.com, Fox News and The Blaze are the top 3 that incubate an outright horrible base of racists, mostly White against Black. On the other side; Twitter, Huffington Post and a few others spew reverse racism in the other direction just as vile. It is a stew of hate, racial and political intolerance on such a level it will, one day, motivate violence on a scale we have just experienced. I would not be surprised if it is revealed that Roof frequented one of the above mentioned Conservative domains.
The facts are that America is flirting with a race war. Not an apocalyptic battle front with tanks and cruise missiles but a continuous tit for tat type war more reminiscent of the gang influenced Black and Brown wars of the mid 1990's. That war lasted for a decade. Some of you are now scratching your heads, you've never heard of the Black and Brown violence that likely took hundreds of lives. The millennial Whites are a different breed. Like Roof they are multicultural within their social pecking order. It was reported that Roof had Black friends and probably listened to Hip-Hop on some level yet he donned the flag of Apartheid South Africa on his jacket and proudly displayed the Rebel Flag on the front bumper of his car. It's a gang mentality coupled with the misplaced pride of the racist South. A very dangerous brew.
Who knows Roof may have had a racist Father, Grandfather, we'll soon find out when the dissection of this monster begins. We will know every detail in a week or two, then we can examine the results of the social and family autopsy and try to determine if this sort of event will happen again. If so; what will trigger it? And it's not a simpleton political speech from the President that quickly delved into a discussion on gun control. The madness of this situation must be discussed, out loud, White, Black, Latino, Asian and Native American need to have a open discussion.
Many of the comments on the sites I mentioned before speak of the impending race war. Or they speak of false flag operations and government conspiracies. But the truly scary commenters speak on a more elemental racist level with violent undertones. Or they are totally overt racists that simply don't give a damn if you know it or not. Racism knows no race. Intolerance knows no religion. And until we admit that out loud, in public, all of us together, this will happen again and it will only get worse.
Maybe this so-called race war is starting but it's not front line type battle that's been glorified by militant White racists for going on 4 decades, it's a gangland guerrilla campaign that lasts for a decade, or longer. It is "hit us, we'll hit you" gang war.
Is this the new America? Did Roof just write the evil first chapter of something truly horrible. Well, history was made today and when history is made times change, in a hurry.


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A little confused when it comes to sorting out stone shapes and cuts? That's understandable. Sometimes people refer to stone shapes as cuts, although that's not quite accurate.
Looking at the topic a bit closer there's actually a pretty big difference. You might say that the shape of a stone is what you see when you look down on it: round, pear, marquis or heart along with a number of others. The cut goes beyond the surface, however, and actually defines the brilliance of the stone. And some of cuts sparkle more than others, especially with older diamonds.
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Rose Cut
The rose cut is a way of cutting gemstones, including diamonds, perfected in the 17th century by the Dutch. It has a flat base and 24 triangular facets rising to a point (when viewed sideways, the entire stone resembles a pyramid). They have a glassy, rather than a highly sparkling, appearance. And while foil was most often used on glass stones in later years, to improve their glitter, old rose-cut gems were sometimes augmented with a foil back before they were set into a ring, brooch or another article of jewelry.
Rose cut diamonds, which can look quite crude and rock-like compared to brilliant cuts, came in single and double cuts. Single rose cuts have a single layer of facets as the name implies. Double rose cuts have two layers of facets. Examples with two or three rows of high facets are referenced as Dutch rose cuts. No rose cut - whether single, double or Dutch - is completely round due to the way they were hand faceted. Finding a round diamond with rose cutting can be indicative of a newer machine cut stone made to resemble an older one.
Rose cut stones are found mainly in 18th to mid-19th-century pieces, though rose cutting continued into the late 1800s. This cut, often associated with Georgian jewelry, was gradually supplanted by more brilliant cuts as jewelry tastes changed moving toward the turn of the 20th century. Later use is often seen in smaller, semi-precious such as garnets, or inferior stones to hide inclusions and poor coloring.
Keep in mind, also, that the rose cut is not the earliest diamond cut you will find in antique jewelry. There is also the "point cut" in which the stone resembles a pyramid protruding from the setting but with only four facets. These, sometimes called a "writing" diamond, were used in jewelry for hundreds of years beginning in the 15th century. Another older cut is the "table cut" stone, in which there is a single facet on each of four sides and a flat top. These were used in jewelry in the 1600s moving into the early 1700s, according to GeorgianJewelry.com. Neither of these cuts is commonly found by jewelry collectors today, but getting to know them is beneficial so those rare pieces can be readily spotted.
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Old Mine Cut
This historic style of cutting and faceting a gemstone, one of the first types of brilliant cuts, enhances the reflection of light and amplifies sparkle. It is characterized by 56 facets, a small flat base, and a larger flat table-like surface (when viewed sideways, the entire stone is hexagonal in shape). It is sometimes referenced as a triple cut.
This cut was developed around 1730 (though the term dates from the late 1800s), it was used mainly in the second half of the 18th century through the end of the 19th century when it was supplanted by more precise and intricate brilliant cuts. In fact, compared to the fiery flash of contemporary brilliant-cut stones, old mine cut diamonds possess a more subtle sparkle.
Old mine cuts can sometimes be confused with modern cushion cut diamonds. Today, some cushion cut diamonds are actually certified as "old mine brilliants," according to diamond experts at Ritani.com. In fact, they describe old mine cut diamonds as basically cushion cuts with different proportions and fewer facets.
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French Cut
In spite of the name, this type of stone was not invented or cut in France although they have historically been in demand there. They were developed in the 1400s but really came into their own in the 17th century.
While French cut stones flourished in jewelry designed much earlier, they were also popular during Art Deco era of the 1920s and '30s when geometric shapes became all the rage. The square shaped versions (they can be rectangular as well) lent to their use in beautifully constructed line bracelets, in fact. In addition to diamonds, sapphires have often been French cut.
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Asscher Cut
This stone cut was created in 1902 by Joseph Asscher, so the oldest versions are true antiques. According to the Royal Asscher website, "The diamond is perfectly symmetrical, with proportions that fall within strict parameters; every facet is measured for absolute accuracy. The Royal Asscher Cut has a high crown and 74 facets – whereas the modern square-emerald cut, and the original Asscher both have 58 facets."
So, older Asscher cut diamonds with their larger corners and smaller tables (the flat top area of a stone), in addition to fewer facets, are quite beautiful but do not emphasize clarity and brilliance as well as modern ones produced more recently.
Special thanks to contributing writer Troy Segal for her assistance with this feature.


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I tend to have a bit of a problem with the all-too-common rants against "modern technology" and "today's society" or even "kids these days". For every major shift in how humans live their lives (and these shifts do seem to be coming faster and faster as the years go by), many of us become filled with an overwhelming desire to dig in our heels and try to keep things the same.
I don't think this resistance to change is necessarily part of human nature. I think it's something we've learned, something we've woven so completely into our collective culture that most of us can hardly imagine another way to think. And I think it has to do with one basic concept: that there must be One Right Way. It's true in politics, it's true in religion, it's true in business, it's true in just about every facet of life: everyone is looking for (or thinks they have already found) the only good way to think, to pray, to lead, to love, to live.
Of course, if there's only one right answer, one correct way of thinking, and we've already found that one right way, change must be bad. The internet has now connected us in ways we could hardly conceive several decades ago, and the negative reaction is as strong as ever. Some believe it is eroding spiritual commitment and devotion. It's much the same argument as you'll hear from anyone who thinks that the internet is actually making us less connected.
But really, all that's being said by all of those who lament the changes is that the more we embrace this new technology and the culture growing around it, the less we do things the old way. Whether that statement is delivered as a complaint or not depends on how much the speaker believes in the absolute superiority of the old way. If you believe the future is bound to bring us wonders we cannot begin to imagine, then the idea that things are changing is likely to be exciting and promising. If you believe that the current way or past ways of doing things are the only right way, then change is only destroying what is good.
This could easily become a diatribe on how we should all be optimistic and embrace the future because all our problems will be solved by technology someday, but that's absolutely not where I'm going with this. Honestly, I think faith in future perfection is as misguided as a commitment to preserving some imaginary perfect past.
But change comes whether we fight it or not.
One way or another, the future will come and it will be vastly different in some ways from everything we know and have known. It simply will happen, and our attitude towards the change can do nothing to prevent it.
So the question then becomes not whether change is good or bad, but how we use it for good or bad. Instead of lamenting the shift in culture brought on by the internet and social media, real concern for the future should have us asking what abilities this new connectedness gives us that we can use to create positive change? Perhaps we should be considering what our lives, the spiritual portion included, would look like if we accept the changes and adjust accordingly.
Most spiritual paths focus to a great extent on the future, but few embrace the inevitability of future changes in culture and way of life. Few encourage the kind of personal adaptability and flexibility which is necessary to smoothly navigate shifts and changes as they come. Instead we're taught "unchanging" truths and encouraged to remain unchanged though the world around us falls apart.
It's no wonder, then, that we fear change so much that we fight it. Spirituality in the form we know it best has failed to equip us to deal with it. I think it's imperative that we find or create and embrace a different way, a different mindset, which focuses our spirits on becoming more discerning rather than more correct, more purposeful rather than more pious.


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Episode 45 – "The Trouble with Templeton"
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
We were off on our 'new pants for Al' Safari this morning about 10 a.m. but we did not end up where we started out for. A TSC (Tractor Supply) store showed up along the way so figured we would stop in there first and have a look at their clothing line before heading on to Marks Work Warehouse. For sure the prices were going to be better than Mark's and what a piece of luck it was to stumble upon the last day of TSC's 40% off on selected pants sale. Groovy:))
I summoned up a big load of extra patience as we browsed through work pants, casual trousers and numerous brands of blue jeans. Cloistered myself in the tiny triangular shaped change room and proceeded to try on 7 different types of various sized pants. Had really hoped to wedge myself into some 38's but had to settle for size 40 again. Darn peanut butter and honey sandwiches!! The shortest leg length in most men's pants is 30 inches. My legs are about 28 inches….on a good day. Anyway, I ended up with 2 pairs of Wrangler Jeans and one pair of dressy work pants made by Dickies. But, that wasn't the end of our shopping. Noticed they had a great sale on long sleeved double pocketed warm flannel shirts (my fav) so I picked up 2 of them. They're perfect for warm, but sometimes cool Arizona days during the winter season. You might be interested in why I like shirts and if so, yep I did a post on that too >>>>>> I'M A BUTTON UP SHIRT KINDA GUY
I haven't had a good windbreaker for years but spotted a waterproof nylon wind resistant and lined 'North 49' squall jacket on the rack that had my name on it. Zippered pockets to secure a small camera and keep it dry in wet weather, draw string turtle neck collar for warmth and an elastic waist band to keep the wind out. Inside pocket and Velcro wrist fasteners. Figured this would be a great jacket for motorcycling, amongst other things. Kelly picked herself up a warm western flannel shirt and that was it for our shopping excursion. And Al never even had a tantrum or stamped his feet on the floor once:))
Our new Shaw satellite is all put together and mounted on it's new tri-pod. I understand the settings on the satellite dish no problem but it is the tri-pod I am having difficulty understanding. Unlike our previous tripod, the legs on our new pod are not adjustable so I'm not understanding the precise levelling process. Am also not understanding how to do a fluidly smooth pan of the horizon with this set up. Below I have some pics of the pod. You will see 6 tightening bolts with 3 at the top of the pod and 3 at the bottom. Seems totally illogical to me loosening all these bolts to slowly and smoothly swivel the dish horizontally in search of the satellite. What simple technique am I missing here??
Question from Donna about all the pine needles on the ground here at our place. Yes, we have this big dump of pine needles every Autumn. Same as leaves coming down except the Pine trees do not lose all their needles like a leafy tree. Only a small percent of the needles drop leaving the Pine tree with a full coat of green needles year round.
Ever notice that if you weigh yourself after a shower you will quite often be a pound lighter than when you weighed yourself before getting into the shower. Well, I've noticed that anyway and it begs the question....how do I gain a pound of dirt on myself every day? I have been keeping a record of my weight for 18 years now so when I loaded myself into the shower this morning at 209 pounds I fully expected to step out of the shower at 208. I stepped out at 210!! Does that mean I not only failed to wash that pound of dirt off myself but I also gained a pound of water.....probably in my ears. Well, I don't know what it means either but just thought I would throw it out there. Oh, and what was my weight in October of 1993…………….181 pounds:))
NOT SURE WHAT THESE TALL PINES ARE BUT THEY MIGHT BE CALLED WHITE PINES >>> Want to thank folks for taking the time to email in their ideas and suggestions not only about depression but about my suspected wheat allergy as well. I am following up on some of those thoughts and detailed instructions so we'll see how that affects my overall well being over this next little while. I hadn't realized there was a connection between the wheat allergy thing and depression. Thanks for those tips folks and I appreciate the interest and help from all our friends and readers.
IVAN has some great thoughts on BOON DOCKING in an interview with NATIONAL RV PARKS. As many long time readers know, Boon Docking is our much preferred way of RVing as well. And, for all the same reasons Ivan has stated in the interview.
THIS IS AN ORIENTAL ORNAMENT HANGING FROM OUR SUNBURST LOCUST TREE…THE BLURRED ORANGE BACKGROUND IS ACTUALLY OUR PINE NEEDLE COVERED ROAD OUT FRONT AND THE LIGHTER GREEN AT BOTTOM IS A SHRUB IN OUR FRONT YARD, BOTH BLURRED TOTALLY OUT OF FOCUS BY MY TELEPHOTO LENS (NIKON D40 AT 220mm USING A FILL IN FLASH)
As mentioned in Tuesday's post, October 19th is and always will be a special day in my life. In October of 2009 I was sober 30 years so wrote a post about attending my very first AA meeting in 1979. OCTOBER 19TH 1979....A NEW LIFE BEGINS.
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2) A lifestyle choice that can kill you...or at least try to!
3) An obsession that will land you in the Funny Farm...or a Campground in Yeehaw Junction, Florida!
4) An amusing distraction...but you don't smile that much!
5) A great way to spend your kids inheritance!
6) A potentially deadly disease for which there is no cure!
7) A terrific way to see the very best and worse in humanity, from your living room.
8) There are easier ways to squander a lot of money! Live and pay Taxes in California for example!
9) The only cheap way to take a vacation that leaves you broke!
10) A way of life that is guaranteed NOT to make a 'homeless guy pushing a shopping cart with all of his worldly belongings in it' jealous!
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White pines usually aren't so tall and spindly, although they do have that dumping of needles like you're experiencing. Hmm...ReplyDelete
I only step on the scale if my pants seem to be getting a little tight. Don't know about that pound of dirt a day. Maybe you have really dense soap? :)
I think your hair is probably getting longer and that extra weight of it is the pound you see on the scale.ReplyDelete
Glad the shopping ordeal went well - sounds like you found some good bargains.ReplyDelete
Love that photo of Kelly and Pheebs...that's love alrighty!
We have the pine needle problem, too. I rake them back under the trees. They work great for weed control. You actually sounded like you enjoyed your day of shopping - that's one of hubby's fav stores. Love the Morning Hugs pic - adorable!ReplyDelete
Glad to see you didn't need to see a shrink after the trauma of buying new pants.ReplyDelete
I hate clothes shopping, too. I admire your perseverance to get through that battle with your dignity intact! ;c)
Al, with the six bolts you mention tight, loosen the two bolts on the back of the dish that connect it to the pole and swivel dish. When you have a signal, tighten the two bolts.-DonReplyDelete
True story:ReplyDelete
The other day Craig weighed himself. He discovered he had lost five pounds. I weighed myself, I discovered I had gained three.
We eat almost the same amount only he eats a little more chocolate and cookies than I do.
I exercise, he doesn't.
He drinks soda, I drink water.
Life is not fair.
sure sounds to me like you embraced the shopping experience and came away with some good purchases!!..ReplyDelete
the groaner is pretty funny today...love Dave's top ten..
and as for the 'morning hug' photo?..absolutely precious!!!
Hey! October 19th is a special day isn't it? According to one of my brothers though, it was a tough day for our Mom. I told him I at least had the good sense to be born in the hospital. (he wasn't)ReplyDelete
Celiac disease can have many far reaching effects, including changing the way we feel mentally. You may very well start to feel heaps better by eliminating gluten.
Best of luck to you in that regard.
Your "weight issues" may very well be equipment related. We have a fussy electronic thing that CANNOT be moved before getting on, or it'll show a false reading.
Hummm--we have the same shaped changing room in our TSC in Pa--interesting!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing your story about AA. We have a nephew that quit drinking cold turkey and ended up in the hospital, but is doing fine now. Anyone who can beat ANY addiction is a hero in my book, ..alchohol, cigarettes, food, drugs...any!!ReplyDelete
What you weigh depends on when you shower..end of the day is more, first thing in the morning is less.
LOVE IT that you used the word "groovy"..takes me right back to the sixties.
I level my tripod (the same as yours) by using a stick to either scrape a little hole under one leg or to pile a bit of dirt under it. I level the tripod before I mount the dish on it and then the weight of the dish pulls it off level anyway!ReplyDelete
My son welded a short pipe onto the car dolly whose OD is the same as the ID of another pipe which I use to hold the dish. Provided we are on lever ground or at least ground I can make level, this is the best method I have found. There is no blowing over here! A hole drilled through everything and a nail through the hole keeps everything from spinning in the wind.
- AnonymousFriday, October 21, 2011
Is it now appropriate to call you SpongeAl Squarepants?ReplyDelete


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A muffin pan too! How cute! I will be putting them to the test to find out of they are truly non-stick. I also need to get rid of some baking and serving dishes to make some room for the new ones!
Have a fabulous day!
I want to know how they wear! So cute!
I Love Temptations. They always Tempt me. But I have to admit I have just one set that I was given last year by my husband.
They are the red polka dots and I love them but I have only what I can fit in my home.
That is amazing! I feel like I am perpetually on the search for the one does all cookware! xo!
Love those! It's nice to have pans to cook and serve in.
I love these! I'm a sucker for good bakeware and serving dishes.
SO BEAUTIFUL!!!! I loooove them!
Out with the old and in with the new... your new cookware is perfect! Wonder if it comes in other colours?..xo HHL
We just got satellite and I've been avoiding the shopping channel because you just know I'm going to want half of what they sell. This is making me think about heading over there to see what they've got for sale! So much nicer than serving mac and cheese out of pyrex!
I've been sucked in before as well. Before I knew it, I was placing an order. I have the oval bakers and love them ~ bought them about a year ago and well worth the money.
Your new cookware is gorgeous and so festive looking too! TYSM for the e-card too; so kind of you Sweets xx
Those dishes really are lovely. Old fashioned Corningware spoiled me with freezer-oven-stove top-table (and of course microwave). The new stuff can't go on the stove top last I looked. I still have three of Mom's white and blue pieces, which is plenty of non-non-stick cooking dishes for me! Love the iron racks as well...
They really are stunning. Love that they are able to be used in an oven too
I have some of those!!! My Mom gave me the rectangular casserole dishes (which also came with a quilted carrier for transporting to pot lucks and such. I love them and would love more for sure!
They have held up well and are so pretty!
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Festival of Frugality #62: Lazy Man and Money
Check out this week's Festival of Frugality hosted by Lazy Man and Money. He did a famous baseball player theme. My writing on onion peel post was included in the Mickey Mantle category. Mickey as we all know went on to be one of the greatest players of all time, but injuries slowed him down. I guess my post has potential but is limping a bit. Oh well. I'm just happy to be included in the festival. Thanks Lazy Man!
Here are the highlights from this week's festival.
- The Frugal Duchess reveals ways to save with your AAA card.
- Grad Money explains how Costco is a good value, but not frugal.
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The OPM200 amplifier employs high quality photodiodes and precision transimpedance input stages to provide for low offset and high linearity throughout the full dynamic range.
These optical power monitors are particularly useful for the measurement of rapidly changing optical signals. These units have a particularly high bandwidth of 10MHz allowing monitoring of high frequency noise components of many light sources. The output is a voltage linearly proportional to input power. The fast response time at high signal-noise-ratio makes the OPM200 series particularly useful in systems control feedback loops.
The OPM200 series is insensitive to electromagnetic interference by design, an important factor when working in "dirty" industrial environments. These units are provided in OEM-style enclosures. The case wings provide for mounting on standard 25mm and 1" optical table tops and for OEM applications.
• Detector: UV-Si, Ge, visible enhanced InGaAs, IR extended-InGaAs
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What are xInGaAs and V-InGaAs detectors?
These are two variations on the standard InGaAs (Indium-Gallium-Arsenide) photodiode.
The xInGaAs type has extended IR sensitivity out to 2100nm useful wavelength range. The short wavelength cut-off is the same as standard InGaAs.
The V-InGaAs type has extended visible range sensitivity down to 400nm useful wavelength range. The long wavelength cut-off is the same as standard InGaAs.
What is a "free beam" input receptacle?
By "free beam", we mean that the photodiode is openly mounted on the front plate of the unit. This is to allow measurement of free beams (not fibre coupled). This configuration may be inconvenient since the amplifier must be mounted directly in the beam path. If you wish to have a remote detector head then use the TZA200 (transimpedance amplifier) instead to measure the current from the remote photodiode.
What does an output impedance of 50Ω mean?
The output impedance of an amplifier is an important factor when dealing with fast signals. The speed of the OPM200 is fast enough for this parameter to be relevant. Essentially, the output of the amplifier is a 50Ω resistance in series with the output. This allows you to terminate the signal line with a 50Ω resistance to prevent back reflections. The result is a clean signal transient without overshoot. The disadvantage is that the signal voltage is halved by doing this. The amplifier may be used without the 50Ω termination resistance, but then there will be overshoot when amplifying fast transients.


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Born in 1988 in France, from 1997 to 2002 he trained at the Ballet du Nord (P. Minam Barier) and between 2002 and 2006 gained professional education at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP) under D. Agésilas. He possesses a diploma as a classical dancer and actor from the CNSMDP. He trained in various techniques: classical ballet (S. Soloviev, C. Atanassoff), pas de deux (A. Debrus), contemporary ballet (S. Alexander, A. Lafonta), composition/improvisation (C. Gérard), jazz (C. Bisson), character dance (R. Barbacaru). In 2006 he obtained the French BAC in Literature and Arts and in the same year he joined the CNSMDP, where he danced under the tutelage of the ballet master Muriel Belmondo. In 2007 he was engaged at the Ballet Biarritz (Artistic Director: Thierry Malandain) and in 2008 at West Australian Ballet in Perth (Artistic Director: Ivan Cavallari). In 2010 he became a member of the National Theatre Ballet in Prague, where he has performed in the ballets Cinderella (choreography: Jean-Christophe Maillot) in the roles of the Prince's Friend and Organiser, The Rite of Spring (choreography: Petr Zuska) and Swan Lake (choreography: Kenneth Greve after M. Petipa). Moreover, he has danced in the ballets Don Quixote (Gamache), Suite No.2 (choreography: Uwe Scholz), The Games We Play (choreography: Timothy O'Donnell), Romeo and Juliet (choreography: Youri Vamos), Giselle, Lickety Split (choreography: Alejandro Cerrudo), It Is (choreography: Cass Mortimer-Eipper), Papillon (choreography: David Mack), Casse Noisette (choreography: Ivan Cavallari), Lacrimosa (choreography: Nathalie Weir), Bolero (choreography: Petr Zuska), The Taming of the Shrew (choreography: John Cranko). He has also appeared in works by Thierry Malandain, Philipe Tréhet, José Martinez, August Bournonville, George Balanchine, Harold Lander and Andy Degroat.


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Lost has garnered one more accolade for its final season, though I'm not sure if this is one that it's creators would relish. According to TorrentFreak, people are still illegally downloading TV shows instead of watching them on live TV. In fact, two of 2010's most-pirated shows -- Heroes and Dexter -- outnumbered their live Nielsen ratings. Anyhoo, here's the ten most … [Read more...]
Battlestar Galactica and Lost Wins Saturn Awards
The Saturn Awards were given away last week and we all know that the "Dark Knight" dominated the awards show, at least for the movie awards categories. When it comes to the TV awards "Battlestar Galactica" still rules, managing to get back its title of being the Best Cable TV Series, which it has won 2005 but was snatched away by "Dexter" last year. Below's a list of this TV … [Read more...]
10 Best TV Shows Of 2008
Here it is again – another one of those lists which eventually crop up at the end of each year. This time, this is a list of the best TV shows that we had in the past year. This list was compiled by the people at The Connecticut Post and I do have to disagree with some items so I am merely noting down the ones I think should really be part of anyone's list. Call me biased … [Read more...]
Moral Issues Spark Debate Over TV Shows
Lines such as "everyone's favorite serial killer" would not have been uttered by the average person a few years ago. However, with the popularity that Dexter has reached, this tag line is well known all over the world. This has sparked a certain amount of interest in those who believe that there is a correlation between real life happenings and what is portrayed in TV … [Read more...]
Dexter renewed for two seasons
Dexter, Showtime's hit drama, looks like it has enough staying power. It has recently been renewed for two more seasons. Showtime has ordered 12 episodes for both Season 4 and 5. The fourth season is set to begin production this spring. For those who still haven't seen it, Dexter (played by Michael C. Hall) is an expert of the Miami police department who at night is also … [Read more...]


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Michelle Williams Had a Perfect Birthday with Kids, Cooking, and Dogs
Michelle Williams had a perfect birthday when her neighbor and her neighbor's two daughters cooked a beautiful meal with Michelle's daughter. The top highlight came when one of the kids spilled soup on the floor so the dogs could have some. As Williams put it, the experience was messy and real, just like life.


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Lock Your Doors: A Purge Prequel And TV Series Are Coming
The answer to the question 'Could any human possibly survive a marathon of all three Purge movies screened back to back?' is something even fans (hi!) of the ultra-violent franchise aren't sure of. But what if we told you that even more Purging is coming soon—and on multiple platforms.
There are people that would argue that three Purges are more than enough Purges (plus, trilogy is so much easier to say than quadrilogy), but those people aren't in charge at whatever studio it is that makes the cheques out to Purge writer/director James DeMonaco (go figure—it's Universal).
And so there will be a fourth Purge… and a Purge TV series, too.
While this summer's Purge: Election Year definitely left the door open for a continuation of the story (something along the lines of an NRA-style revolt against the newly elected US president's Purge ban maybe?), DeMonaco has decided to turn back the clock and make Purge 4 a prequel.
"I would actually go back and I would try to talk about how it all started. That seems the natural next chapter in this, is to say, 'Alright, we've done this trilogy. We see how it got to this point of someone trying to end it. Now let's go back and see how the f@#k all this came about. How did this country get to a place where we were now accepting this kind of atrocity, this terrible thing, each year?' I think there's something interesting in that," he told Cinemablend in a recent interview. "I don't think I'll direct… [but] I'm thinking of maybe writing or at least producing it, to make sure it stays true to what I like about the movies."
And while the people in the Purge movie universe only get to Purge once a year, it seems likely that Purge fans will get to enjoy a weekly dose of highly contrived mass killing once the TV series DeMonaco has in development comes out.
"My idea is that you do six or seven storylines. And I would kind of intercut them, use flashbacks," DeMonaco told Cinemablend. "What might be interesting in a TV show is with a flashback narrative, if you start on Purge Night but you go back to show how people have gotten to where they are… It will be interesting to show those arcs, those dramatic and complex arcs that get people to where they pick up a gun or a knife and kill someone else. I think there's something cool that we can do with the real estate of TV."
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Chatter is swallowed by iodine laced wind.
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- Let family and friends know that you are unavailable during your scheduled study time.
- Take care of yourself. Good nutrition, exercise, and adequate sleep are important for you to work effectively.
- Reward yourself when you have completed your task successfully.
- Recharge your intellectual batteries. Take time for a movie. Read something not related to your studies.
- Create a social network for support.
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This was written starting on my flight home to MNL then continued at different places (i.e. public transpo, on my table etc. lol)
I am writing this while on the plane and sort of experiencing a turbulent flight but interestingly the seatbelt sign is still not on. And at last, I had a meal that actually has taste (very tasty roast beef, bell pepper, sauce, onions and more pepper comparable to our local beef steak) after four days of eating bland food.
The topic of how I developed a picky attitude over British food though is not what I intend to write in this 15-hr trip, because hey, the fish and chips I had was nice.
I am flying back home from the city that has a special place in my heart (nope that is not because of my MozFest crush but well, ok yes it is a factor lol) because it is the venue of my awesome weekend with people that I admire and most importantly, people that keep on inspiring me. The wonderful, most anticipated Mozilla event every year that is MozFest.
Last year I came to this event to participate. My goal was to learn from people globally and bring home with me ideas (and community gossip, yes) that our community can make use of. Most importantly, it gave me an idea that served as the opportunity to make a dream of mine come true. That dream was to spearhead the first, biggest public-facing event for the Mozilla Philippines Community. It is a little dream, yes. But at least it is a dream that actually happened, all because of how this event showed me that it can.
This year I challenged myself. I want to be part of the group that leads the generation of new ideas at MozFest. Wow much high level such words wow.
I am now here at MozFest as a community builder. I used to be a student leader back in college and I still have this liking for it (guess it is really hard to get over this student-to-workforce transition) so I proposed a session at MozFest where we talk about how students can get into this opportunity to become young leaders of Mozilla communities. And because I am part of the FSA Eboard lol I am biased! :-p


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