In general, I am not easily distractable. I have been known to get so focused on a project that I lose track of all time. On more than one occasion, David has told me he is going off to do something for an hour or so. Without him around, to distract me I put my head …
Category Archives: Business
Today I achieved an important milestone
I know I have been unreasonably quiet for a while. I did accomplish my goal of being home for the entire month of March, which was awesome. Followed shortly thereafter by a 10 day trip back to the east coast for Passover. That came with all of the accompanying jet lag and required catch up …
Be Careful What You Wish For
That picture you see? That’s the picture I took with my phone of the view from the table on the lanai where I was working while we were in Hawaii. Yes, you should be jealous. It was awesome. In fact, now that I am home, I am in serious withdrawal from Hawaii. It has been way to …
Please Stand By
You may have noticed that my site looks different now. I am sorry to admit that the change was involuntary. Recently, between new projects coming in (Yay!) and the emotional strain of dealing with the situation with my parents, I have been crazy busy. My primary commitment is to my customers, which means my own …
Destination Unknown
A few months ago I was contacted by the Freelancers Union, an organization based out of Brooklyn, NY. They were planning on setting up a satellite here and wanted to get a lay of the land. This week a small group of them arrived in town to host a couple of events (including one tonight, …
Focus, Focus
It has been a whirlwind kind of a day so far. Last night I chose the wrong setting on my alarm clock, so I woke up later than I intended. Not only did I get some unintended extra sleep, but I was woken by my cat who very rarely deigns to come upstairs to the …
Who am I and what am I doing here?
Last night before I fell asleep I had a brilliant idea for a post. I failed to record it and this morning I am finding myself without any clue of what it was. To make matters worse, I am uploading a huge number of files to a site I am working on, and that gives …
Warming Up From a Cold Start
Our current car is a diesel VW Jetta. We almost always fill it with biodiesel. B99 (99% biodiesel/1% petroleum) in the summer and B50 (50% biodiesel/50% petroleum) in the winter. The transition to autumn is always a little tricky. On warm days, the car works just fine. On cooler days, the biodisel can get a …
Inspiration over Aspiration
This afternoon I was driving from point A to Point B when the title for this blog post popped into my mind. I usually write the post first and then try to find a suitable title, but every once in a while, I do the inverse. It took me a while to figure out what …
Arbitrariness
Lately I have been musing on the nature of the word arbitrary. In my mind, the Venn diagram of the word encompasses both whimsical and verging-on-random decision-making. I looked up the definition in my favourite dictionary (the Oxford English Dictionary) and found that my sense of the definitions is very close to right: 1. To …