May 2006

Quote of the day:

Everyone wants to feel like a winner. And feeling like a winner requires that you win. You get a feeling of the winner by completing a task 100 percent. When you do this repeatedly, eventually you develop a habit of completing the tasks that you begin. When this habit of task completion locks in, your life will begin to improve in ways you cannot today imagine.

In psychology, the reverse is always true. The “incomplete action” is a major source of stress and anxiety. In fact, much of the unhappiness that people experience is because they have not been able to discipline themselves to follow through and complete an important task or responsibility.

Nifty: Apple Store – Simi Valley Grand Opening May 13

I noticed it just 9 days ago, and here it is opening up in two!

Kewl.

All is full of love.

based on Hacking MySpace Layouts.

And yes, I have a MySpace.

Like a Prayer: Madonna

Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home

When you call my name it’s like a little prayer
I’m down on my knees, I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer you know I’ll take you there

I hear your voice, it’s like an angel sighing
I have no choice, I hear your voice
Feels like flying
I close my eyes, oh God I think I’m falling
Out of the sky, I close my eyes
Heaven help me

When you call my name it’s like a little prayer
I’m down on my knees, I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer you know I’ll take you there

Like a child you whisper softly to me
You’re in control just like a child
Now I’m dancing
It’s like a dream, no end and no beginning
You’re here with me, it’s like a dream
Let the choir sing

Out with the green, and in with the new:

Leah and I use Flickr quite a bit—in this post to FlickrBlog they indicate several changes that sound pretty great. I’m looking forward to seeing them roll out. I particularly am looking forward to improved search capabilities.

via waxy 

A new day, again. Lessons and centering and learning.

So today I got two offers or employment—well, specific interest in me for jobs for which I’m quite qualified.

The first was a job in Respiratory Therapy in San Diego. The problem? I no longer live there, and I no longer do that. And yes, the offerer had been to see my resume for Respiratory Care. And I did point out that it says right on there that I don’t do that anymore.

The second was for a ColdFusion job located in the Inland Empire. That’s fine, but I am working as part of Crawberts, and I live nowhere near the Inland Empire. Still, it’s only slightly closer than San Diego.
I’m flattered to be wanted for jobs, I just wish they were a little better targeted.

What Leah and I really need are some tasty web applications we can build for folks. That’s what we’re good at. Websites too, and flash animations, and navigation systems. All things web, as we say.

kirupa.com – Fixing the Flash/Embed Issue:

This script worked on a project that may actually launch sometime soon.

See also: “Click to activate and use this control”

I kinda like Flash. I kinda dislike it too.

Like all programming environments and languages, it sucks, but can also do cool stuff.