Today: looking back
This post was written by derek and filed under: personal
As I lay in bed tonight, seemingly incapable of attaining sleep; I got to thinking, as I often do. This past day that has now come and gone, was St. Valentine’s Day. A day for lovers.
This year marks the third year in a row that I have been single for said day. Now, the only reason I bring this up, is for the thoughts provoked by being alone in a world seemingly inundated by couples.
As part of my goals for this year, I am aiming to make this a year of memories and less about things. I want to give more of my time and energy to the things that drive me and make me feel whole. From activities I enjoy to spending time with the ones I love.
So I say, why do we need a day dedicated to love. Shouldn’t we all just love one another anyway? Just given the fact that we are trotting through the same messes day in and day out should link us in such a way as to evoke the emotive feelings of love.
A challenge to you, reader. What will you do this week, month, year, to better someone else’s situation or to make a lasting memory?
FOWA Miami 2009
This post was written by derek and filed under: Carsonified, Conferences, featured
In a blaze of glory and a whirlwind of a travel schedule I attended the Future of Web Apps conference in sunny Florida this week. As my schedule shows no signs of slowing right now, I will give you the short of it, with every hope of divulging full details in the near future! Read the rest »
Review: IntenseDebate
This post was written by derek and filed under: Wordpress, featured, introducing
Update: I just noticed that as of yesterday, 13 November 2008, that IntenseDebate is no longer restricted to invite-only registration! So head on over to their site and grab an account today!
Yesterday I finally got an invite code for IntenseDebate and promptly installed it right here on my Wordpress blog. Here are my initial thoughts.
Installation
The installation process for IntenseDebate was really quite straight forward and simple for Wordpress, seeing as they have made it a plugin. For those of you familiar with WP and the use of plugins will have no problems installing this system. you simply download the plugin zip file, unzip, upload to your plugins directory, and activate. Then it’s just a matter of modifying a few settings (I left everything pretty much stock) and taking a look on your site to see how it looks. Read the rest »
Testing: Pingie Widget
This post was written by derek and filed under: Plugin, introducing
I ‘borrowed’ this widget from the sidebar of Paul Stamatiou’s blog, changing the feed link of course and I want to see if it works for me. You’ll see now, in the sidebar to the right and near the bottom, that you can subscribe to this blog via SMS. This means, that if everything works the way I think it does, You’ll get a text message when I post this.
I Want a Golden Ticket
This post was written by derek and filed under: Carsonified, Dream, Golden Ticket, featured
Who can take a sunrise, Sprinkle it with dew…
Cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two? The Candyman of course, and in this case that Candyman is Carsonified. I’m writing this in response to a recent post by Ryan Carson over on the Carsonified blog about a contest they are having. This contest is HUGE! Read the rest »
