Archive for May, 2009

What Am I Worth?

What am I worth? What is the value of a life? On this day, Memorial Day in the U.S., we remember those who have fallen in our armed forces. We remember what was sacrificed so that our nation could be safe. I pray that it is worth it. A scene in Saving Private Ryan stirs [...]

HOW TO: Make Your Mistakes

So, here’s one for all of us who tend to act before we think. Sometimes, we make an assumption that is incorrect. Others, we go on ahead without full knowledge. Still others, we just plain do something stupid. Now that you’ve done something, you can’t go back and do it over again. Ok, now what? [...]

Catalysts: The Web is Changing the Music Business

Was on ChurchCrunch and I saw this post on the Catalyst Music Project. I got all excited about it. [ Catalyst Music Project | Aaron Keyes from Catalyst on Vimeo ]. So here’s the deal. The music industry is changing. No, it already has changed. Not everyone knows it yet. The Web is empowering the [...]

Consuming vs Producing

Here’s a quickie for the start of the week. I’ve taken a little break from tweeting and blogging for the last week. Part was for vacation. Dusty and I went to Pigeon Forge, TN for a few days. We had a great time! No computers, no Twitter, just us. Wonderful. But it did cause me [...]

Patience is a Virtue

Saw this on a post from Ragamuffin Soul the other day. First off, I used to have a dominoes set. I could never get much done, because I didn’t have enough patience (and my steadiness of hand was usually off). This is an awesome set up! Second, as you watch, think of the patience that [...]

Turning the Internal Analyze Switch Off

Ok. You’re going about your usual day. You see something related to your work, and all of a sudden, you’re analyzing the heck out of something and you jump into work mode. Ahh! This happens to me with music all of the time! I’m listening to my iPod, just enjoying the tune, when I hear [...]

Building Blocks for a WordPress Theme

As a new theme builder myself, I had to ask around on what I needed to know to build a WordPress theme. So, I made a short list. Here are the basic things you need to build yourself a WordPress theme. CSS Cascading Style Sheets are awesome. They make your whole site look great (and [...]