Yazan: admin | 23 June 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Creativity, Family, Gadgets and Tech
The Reuseum held an awesome workshop back in April based on Make’s Joule Thief weekend project. There were over a dozen people in there using space on 5 workbenches, plenty of soldering irons, and plenty of knowledge being passed around. It was nice to see a complete range of skill levels there, from people [...]
Yazan: admin | 06 February 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Creativity, Entertainment, Gadgets and Tech, Software
Its almost that time of year again. Boise Code Camp! Always a good time, and a great learning experience. I’ve met many new friends there, and I’ve also run into friends I haven’t seen in a while. This year it falls on Saturday, March 28th, and will be held at Boise State University. This is [...]
Yazan: admin | 21 January 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Books, Creativity, Family, Finance, Health & Fitness
Three weeks in, 49 more to go. I’m doing awesome! I think the weekly accountability is helpful, so I’m considering continuing with the weekly updates. I’d mentioned dropping back to monthly after kicking it off, but I think I’ve changed my mind on that point. This week is another success!
Yazan: admin | 24 December 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Creativity, Wreck this Journal
The first activity I did when I got my copy of Wreck this Journal was to crack the spine. Gillian helped me with this one and had a blast doing it. She was so shocked that I was helping her actually do damage to a book that she was giddy. I had opened the book [...]
Yazan: admin | 22 December 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Creativity, Wreck this Journal
I made an order from Amazon the other day for a Christmas gift, and was $10 short of the $25 free “super saver” shipping. I’d seen a reference to Wreck This Journal by Keri Smith and it looked interesting. Since I had some Amazon credit built up anyway, I decided to order it to put [...]
Yazan: admin | 24 July 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Creativity, Gadgets and Tech, Software
I finished reading Cory Doctorow’s “Little Brother” (you can download and read it for free) over the weekend, and its put my mind cranking on security and privacy again. This is a topic that is near and dear to me, yet it seems as I get busy I don’t think much about it. Reading this [...]