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Quick Test
I am trying to sort out how to not only post these quick notes in a different format but to also have them show up all on one page. Think Twitter/X but as an experiment. Check out more on the Notes page.
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Regarding Reading
I will make lists of books I want to read for the upcoming year as a guide and promptly ignore it in favor of following wherever my heart and brain take me instead. The books on the nightstand and shelf will eventually be read, if only I…
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Stereo Denbow
For the past few months I have been slowly acquiring digital music files cheaply either through small purchases at record stores or through local libraries. The idea being is to minimize subscriptions and future costs. The feeling of taking old media and converting it into…
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Thirst Quencher
“Everything we’re forced to learn at school we quickly forget, but the things we set out to learn ourselves — to quench a thirst — are never forgotten, and inevitably become an important part of our existence.”—Werner Herzog
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The Art Of Un-Noticing
One of my favorite writers, Rob Walker, has a brilliant book on my shelves (thanks, Mom) titled “The Art Of Noticing: 131 ways to spark creativity, find inspiration and discover joy in the everyday.” He also has an excellent weekly newsletter I subscribe to in…
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Human Feeders
I think it was Kleon who used the phrase “human bird feeders” to describe those places that attract and feed us. A Little Free Library certainly counts as a feeding place. We ventured out for some geocaching after lunch today and had a 2-for-1 special…
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50/365
My photo-a-day project is going so far so good with 50 days in a row using my Hipstamatic camera. Check them out on the photography portfolio website, Photo Denbow.com 50/365
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You’ve Been Served
Now that I am back home for a bit I can finally play around and setup the Mac Mini desktop computer as a standalone file server. “Minnie” is all setup to host and share any number of photos, music, videos and documents to any of…
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Death Before Inadequacy
“Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.” — Bertolt Brecht “Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long.” – Cesare Pavese
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Two Essential Apps
Day One- Over the previous ten years I have enjoyed using this journaling app and just re-subscribed. I appreciate the attention to logging every detail that may be used in context with, well, the text I input. Details such as the music I was listening…