A real blogging gig that pays!

Do you read Engadget and Engadget Mobile like, a hundred times a day? Do you live and breathe gadgets? Good. Now, can you write about all this stuff with wit, concision, and authority? If so, Engadget needs you -- we're looking for someone to help us cover the world of wireless over at Engadget Mobile, and for a weekend writer to steer the ship while some of us try and catch up on some sleep. You don't have to be a professional journalist, but you do have to be able to commit to blogging for us daily or on the weekend, depending on what you're looking for. And yes, you will get paid -- this is a real job, believe it or not.

More details here: I-want-to-write-for-engadget

Friday Flashback "The Golden Path"

Thanks to YouTUBE, I'm going to post a music video every Friday... just for kicks.

Here's The Chemical Brothers - "The Golden Path"



The Chemical Brothers are an English electronic music duo, comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Initially they called themselves "The Dust Brothers", after the noted US production duo of the same name, but their burgeoning popularity and the threat of legal action from the originals led them to change their name in 1995. Along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method and a few other lesser-known acts they were pioneers of the big beat electronic dance genre, and are known for high-quality live sets.

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The Chemical Brothers

The Chemical Brothers Web Site

Nobel Prize in Marketing ? ! ?

A mindreading seminar coming soon to your area !

Coming soon to a prom near you...

In less then 8 weeks, Exotic Coach and Learmousine are about to revolutionize the Limo industry once again. What you are about to see is the world's first Lear Jet limousine. We've taken a $7,000,000 Lear Jet fuselage and have converted into a fully functional and street legal Limosuite. Not Vegas, Hollywood or even Miami...Chicago will reign as the launching site for the very first of its kind.

My Grandpa's iPod

Worth100.com has a new challenge:

In this contest your challenge is to take modern products and display them in a vintage light, through advertisements, packaging or even the product itself. You can also reverse the challenge and take vintage products and display them in a modern way (i.e. make gas-lamp headlights for your Porsche or a cellular telegraph).

The rules of this game are thus: Take modern products and display them in a vintage way, or take vintage products and display them in a modern way.

1000 songs for your pocket

Apple has a new ad - 1,000 songs in your pocket.

If memory serves me correct, I saw this on last Monday's episode of 24.

The 20 Most Important Tools Ever

David M. Ewalt writes:

From dawn to dusk, humans rely on tools to get us through the day. And from the beginning of civilization, we've used them to build and shape our world. In order to celebrate these devices, and so we might reflect upon the ways that we are the tools we use, Forbes.com decided to compile a list of the 20 most important tools of all time. These are the tools that have most impacted human civilization and helped move the course of history.

As for me, I need my eyeglasses. I flown from Nashville to Lousiana without my wallet; but I will never leave the house without my eyeglasses. Now if Honda could only make a prescription windshield for an Element (covered by insurance), that would be cool and help me move the course of history (at least through the streets of Nashville).

Friday Flashback "Luka"

Thanks to YouTUBE, I'm going to post a music video every Friday... just for kicks.

Here's Suzanne Vega - "Luka"

Suzanne Vega is an American songwriter and singer known for her poetic lyrics and eclectic folk inspired music.

On a 1987 Swedish television special, Suzanne Vega said this about the song "Luka" :

A few years ago, I used to see this group of children playing in front of my building, and there was one of them, whose name was Luka, who seemed a little bit distinctive from the other children. I always remembered his name, and I always remembered his face, and I didn't know much about him, but he just seemed set apart from these other children that I would see playing. And his character is what I based the song Luka on. In the song, the boy Luka is an abused child -- In real life I don't think he was. I think he was just different.

Also, in an ASCAP interview, she responded to a question about "Luka":

Interviewer: When you can touch so many people with songs like "Luka," it must be pretty rewarding.

Vega: Yeah. It's an amazing feeling. Especially since that particular song is a very special song. It's a song about child abuse, so therefore it does touch a lot of people in a different way than if it were, say, a love song or some other kind of song.



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Suzanne Vega website

One Year of Blogging

Holy dooley! (An Australian exclamation of surprise = "Good heavens!", "My goodness!" "Good grief!" or similar)... I forgot that March 11th was my 1 year anniversary of blogging. Below was my very first post on March 11th 2005.

I learned to add links, photos, visited over 600 blogs for my visiting 100 blogs in 100 days project, made some great friends along the way, guest blogged at Nashville Is Talking, picked up a couple hundred dollars along the way and actually posted over 600 entries.

Thanks everybody for stopping by. I guess today was the day as I'm getting a Palm LifeDrive in the mail (the two aren't connected, but I do like how the Good Lord works!) See ya next year!

xxx


Welcome to my blog - I guess I better say something! Should I rant, rave or simply encourage and speak life? The Wonder of it all!

This is my first attempt at blogging or even writing publicly, but over the coming days, my desire is to capture thoughts, pictures or provide links that inspire, affirm, encourage, build up and speak life - one could say use technology for a redemptive purpose.

So after reading many blogs, being a junkie for useful information, fascinated by wisdom in quotes, proverbs, biblical principles, great literature, wonderful godly mentors in my life and even the humourous way that life unfolds that cracks a smile or even generate a belly laugh, I say why not start writing a blog?

At the same time, I want to see life through heaven's eyes. Am I talking about prayer? Most likely - I'll dig into this on another posting...

Gordon McDonald in his book

Ordering Your Private World

has a masterful section of capturing thoughts in a journal. He writes, "Journal Keeping--A Way to Listen to God"

"When I studied some of the mystic and contemplative Christians, I found that one practical way to learn to listen to God speak in the garden of my private world was to keep a journal. With a pencil in hand ready to write, I found that there was an expectancy, a readiness to hear anything God might wish to whisper through my reading and reflection."

So I guess this blog is just an extension what I can share publicly; do I dare share my hurts, pain and challenges publicly on a blog? Probably not - those are best done in a context of a covenant friendship sharing coffee sitting at a kitchen table.

But going back to why even do this thing called blogging, I'm going to share what I am passionate about! I trust that I'll connect with others that are passionate about the same things I am engage in - but at the same time be ready to enter into a dialogue, read, understand and listen, really listen and see life speak all around me. As a Christian, I want to be sensitized to hear God when He speaks -

And along the way, I'll learn to write, craft sentence structures, use proper grammer, HTML and other byproducts of being disciplined to content this blog.

So here goes - I got my hands on the plow; no looking back!Welcome to my blog - I guess I better say something! Should I rant, rave or simply encourage and speak life? The Wonder of it all!

Earl's Guide to Karma

One of my favorite shows is My Name Is Earl - although it takes place in a beer-and-trailer-park world, those in the corporate world could gain from Earl's Guide to Karma... hey, I wouldn't be surprised if a business book came out of this Guide. Yes, simplicity and innocence rules! (and feeling good about yourself rules over how you look in the eyes of others...)

Earl sez:

As I go through life, fixing my mistakes one at a time, I've learned a thing or two about Karma, and part of keeping good Karma is sharing it with others. I hope these notions help you as much as they've helped me.

Do good things and good things will happen to you. Do bad things and it will come back and bite you in the ass.

If you want a better life, you need to be a better person.

Bad luck might be contagious. It wouldn't be fair to bring someone into your life until you clean yours up.

Never underestimate the power of confidence. And never underestimate fifteen beers, a little enlightenment, and the power of Rob Base and DJ Easy Rock.

A person needs a little rest after having his moustache tickled at a gay bar.

You have to do the hard things in life sooner or later.

If you want the reward, you have to do the work.

The secret to life is fixing all the bad things that you've done.

Whether picking up trash, returning stolen merchandise, or helping a homosexual find love, it always has the same reward... feeling good about yourself.

Karma. You got to love it.



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