Category Archives: Opinion

Book Ends

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Lloyd

“Stop starting with hardcovers” eloquently argues Pat Holt. Many people respond on BoingBoing how much they love hardcovers. I don’t care if with the few years publishers have left that they keep starting with hardcovers, as long as they start … Continue reading →

Also posted in Learning | Tagged Books, education, Resources, Self-Help, Training | 4 Comments

BC 2009, No Election In My Riding, Swan Lake

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Lloyd

Advanced voting started today in the BC Provincial Election. I hope to get my vote in tomorrow. There is no contest in my riding Swan Lake. NDP candidate Rob Fleming’s election will be a land slide!
Liberal candidate Jesse McClinton, like … Continue reading →

| Tagged BC Elections 2009, BC Liberals, BC NDP, BC Politics, British Columbia, Elections, Gordon Campbell, Jesse McClinton, Provincial Elections, Rob Fleming, Swan Lake, Voting | Leave a comment

BC Elections 2009, the Political Dance Is Over, the Political Circus Begins

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Lloyd

British Columbia, the Canadian province where I live, is in the final weeks of elections. The general election is May 12th.
Everyone can vote in advance on their own schedule — which is pretty cool — from May 6th through 9th.
There … Continue reading →

| Tagged BC Elections 2009, BC Politics, British Columbia, Elections, Provincial Elections, Voting | Leave a comment

Starting my New Year’s Resolution in February

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Lloyd

Foolish people know to wait to start their New Year’s Resolutions till February. Save yourself from the lines, and packed January gyms. Most important, most New Year’s Resolutions fail in January.

| Tagged Goals, GTD, New Year's Resolutions, Resolutions | 1 Comment

Today is a gift

Posted on November 7, 2008 by Lloyd

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.

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First step in theming A Fool’s Wisdom blog?

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Lloyd

Inspired by the incredible time I had at An Event Apart San Francisco, I’ve decided to learn a little bit of CSS to actually theme this blog. What should I do first?
The last couple of years I’ve had no real … Continue reading →

| Tagged CSS, Sandbox Theme, WordPress Theming | 18 Comments

WordCamp Kicking Ass Passionate Video

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Lloyd

Any way I put together the title it was this long monstrosity, so I just removed the filler words and then some.
So, one of the WordCamp SF sessions that I was eagerly awaiting the video being available to share is … Continue reading →

| Tagged Kathy Seirra, WordCamp, WordCamp SF, WordCamp SF 2008, WordPress | 3 Comments

Movable Type Pro, Setting Social Networking Free, Vaporware, WordPress, BuddyPress

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Lloyd

Six Apart VP Anil’s response today on the official Six Apart blog to my Movable Type Pro Introduction video parody doesn’t surprise me, but where is the link love?

Also posted in WordPress | Tagged Anil Dash, Automattic, BuddyPress, CMS, GPL, Movable Type, Movable Type Pro, Open Source, Parody, Performance, Plugins, Product Stories, Scalability, Six Apart, Social Graph, social networking, Web Security, WordPress, WordPress Security | 7 Comments

Do, do, do

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Lloyd

Read, read, read
Filter, filter, filter
Focus, focus, focus
Do, do, do
Measure, measure, measure
Refine, refine, refine

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20 Couples, All Different, All the Same

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Lloyd

Rannie Turingan created this beautiful video slide show of 20 couples on twenty couches. He is an incredible Canadian photographer, who I previously heard about through mutual friends across the border in San Francisco.
20 x 2 : What’s The … Continue reading →

Also posted in Humanity | Tagged Companionship, Couples, Gay, Love, Partners, photography, Rannie Turingan, Relationship | 1 Comment