• 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…

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  • Lunar New Year

    Last week I ventured out to celebrate the ancient “Chinese New Year”, and then realized that a majority of Asian nations also celebrate but collectively call it “Lunar New Year.” Parade on the Avenida de Americas in downtown Houston Dragon + Lion dances through the…

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  • Pause, Stop, Off.

    It is time for us to create a “television escape club” and it is past time to do whatever we want. During my work travels for the past 15 weeks, I rarely streamed any movies or shows. The hotel televisions gathered dust and I ignored…

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  • Issue #1

    2024-02-18 *Author’s Note: I have published this e-mailed newsletter here on the website as a preview/promotion of what to expect when you subscribe For a grand total of $0. Forever. Hello and welcome to the first edition of this newsletter. Every weekend I plan on…

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  • PhotoDenbow

    The restoration and rebranding of my portfolio website is now complete. Formerly known as “Silver Fox Photography” at silverfox.photography, it is back again to photodenbow.com. Now when you click on the Photography page at the top here, it will redirect you to the new website.…

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