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"Forgetful Heart" First Live Performance

2 July 2009 Uncategorized

Wow. This performance is positively heart-wrenching. I find it very interesting that bobdylan.com posted this unofficial audience recording.

Tagged as: bob dylan, music

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Antediluvian Dylan Rocks On…But Toward What?

29 April 2009 Uncategorized

The release of a new Dylan album is always met with excitement here in my house. I have been a rather obsessive fan of the Bard from Hibbing since eighth grade when I discovered “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.” The way the young, croaky yet clear-throated Dylan sang those repetitive phrases (“it’s a hard, it’s [...]

Tagged as: blues, bob dylan, music, rock

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My Maps + My Tracks = Nifty

21 April 2009 Uncategorized

Some of you may be aware of the fact that I am one of those crazy people who dresses in spandex and rides a bike down busy thoroughfares. While my main goal has always been to tick off motorists, I have discovered that there is also a healthful benefit to be gleaned from this insane [...]

Tagged as: android, awesome, cycling, g1, google, google docs, google maps, maps, tracking

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Withering Fig is Back?

28 February 2009 Uncategorized

After an extremely long lay off, I have begun to post again on Withering Fig. This was my first blog endeavor. In some ways it still captures my attention. Because Scripture study is a part of my daily life, I’m hoping to use this as the jumping point for the “new” Fig. Previously, I had [...]

Tagged as: blogs, Withering Fig

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OmniOutliner — My Usage

19 January 2009 Uncategorized

Most who know me and know Macs, know that I love software put out by the “OmniGroup”:http://www.omnigroup.com/. Their applications are smart, sophisticated, totally Mac-ified, user-friendly, and a host of other descriptive but over-used adjectives as well. Specifically, “OmniOutliner”:http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnioutliner/ and “OmniGraffle”:http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/ are pretty much daily applications for me. In fact, OmniOutliner almost never closes. This article [...]

Tagged as: notes, omnioutliner, outlining, tools, writing

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Ma.gnolia: Recently Ma.rk'd

4 January 2009 Uncategorized

I spend time surfing the web everyday. I admit it. I am not ashamed. Here are the pages I marked recently on Ma.gnolia: Issues when working with AJAX | Mercurytide “This technical paper covers the main stumbling-blocks you’re likely to come across with AJAX: instantiating the necessary Javascript object, building the request, and using the [...]

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ThursNight: January Update

1 January 2009 Uncategorized

Back in October, I wrote a series of posts about my experience at the Austin Film Festival. The Festival was fantastic because it really kick-started the creative process for me. I spent several weeks in a good mode. However, all good things come to an end. The holidays began, and I was derailed. The creative [...]

Tagged as: creativity, short film, Thursday Night, writing

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Week One: Java Training

29 December 2008 Uncategorized

As I noted in a previous post, I have decided to start working on my Java skills. To this end, I have started working through an MIT OpenCourse to try and pick up some skills. The course (6.092: Introduction to Software Engineering in Java from January 2008) was designed as a four-week intro to the [...]

Tagged as: computers, java, object-oriented programming, programming, software development

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Interview #1: Software Developer (Java)

27 December 2008 Uncategorized

A little history: I received the news that I was being laid-off on December 16. It was lovely. I had driven my wife to a doctor’s appointment. We had expected her doctor to say that she was going to need surgery to cure her “minor digestive abnormalities.” Lucky for us, the doc decided not to [...]

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Oh, Heck No…Dreaded RIF

27 December 2008 Uncategorized

Been a while since I posted here. I’d like to say that it’s because I’ve been too darn busy for words. But that’s not really the case. No, quite the opposite. Due to the tough economic times, I’ve been forced to the bread lines, my friends. So, I am looking for work. Where will it [...]

Tagged as: economy, employment, RIF, unemployed, work

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