Sometimes you have to break the rules
May 12th, 2008
Check out the entire collection of stunning photos at http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/04/28/really-stunning-pictures-and-photos/
Thoughts and expressions from Chris
Check out the entire collection of stunning photos at http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/04/28/really-stunning-pictures-and-photos/
Every so often you find something Japanese that you just scratch your head. This is one of them. A video of a Japanese traditional band playing Smoke on the Water. (Found on Japundit.com)
A few months back my niece came to visit me in LA. She was going to a concert by a band called Mêlée. She played it for me and I enjoyed the music but didn’t get too excited by it.
Now, I ran across their Myspace page and found that they did a cover of Oingo Boingo’s Dead Man’s Party. As that is my number one song of all time, I was excited. So now I am a fan. You can check it out on their Myspace page. In the meanwhile here is their top video: “Built to Last”. You probably will enjoy it.
Currently in Japan. Here is a picture I took of Mount Fuji with the Cherry Blossoms.
Tags: MountFuji, Japan, Sakara, Cherry Blossoms
Here is a cute video touting linux…
So many funny videos on everything from animals to politics…
You will enjoy this site…
For those of you that haven’t yet seen this, I found this on You Tube tonight.
Found a great music video site. Search on your favorite music videos.
http://music-videos-free.com
Enjoy…
I ran across a new web browser. I believe it is based on Firefox, but the cool thing about this browser is that it is designed around social networking. It is called Flock.
http://www.flock.com
I am just starting to get into it, but it is really cool if you use Facebook, Youtube, etc. It captures your login to a social networking site and saves it to the sidebar. It then allows you to see and click on the side bar on all of your friends across all of the sites.
It has a media bar, so if you are a member of Flickr, Photobucket, or Picasa, then you can see all of your photos in a browsable media bar across the top of the page.
It links with blogs, so if you are using Wordpress, you can blog right from Flock. Kind of cool if you want to blog a web page.
Lastly, it integrates with Social Bookmarking pages such as Del.icio.us so that you can have all of your bookmarks at the touch of a button.
There is probably a ton more that I haven’t discovered, but so far I am impressed. Impressed enough to let Firefox lose its position as the preferred browser on my computer…
Tags: flock, browser, social networking
This is an ebook that I purchased this evening and I enjoyed reading it so much that I wanted to share it with our readers.
It is the Zen Habits Handbook for Life by Leo Babauta. Some of it crosses over into Feng Shui, such as decluttering, but a lot of it are valuable life habits that we should all strive to adopt. I am still rereading it and have found it to be quite valuable in refocusing my priorities in life.
If you are looking to make improvements in your life and take the small steps necessary to improve, then I recommend you purchase this inexpensive life guide. At $6.95 it is worth every cent.
Zen Habits Handbook for Life by Leo Babauta
$6.95
Here’s the table of contents:
Introduction 
Section 1: Simplicity
* Decluttering
* Single-tasking
* Edit Your Commitments
* Eiminate All But the Essentials
* Don’t Do Everything on Your To-do List
* The Art of Doing Nothing
* Declutter Your Mind
* 72 Simplicity Tips
* Eat Slower
Section 2: Productivity
* Purpose Your Day: Most Important Tasks
* Focus on the Big Rocks
* Clear Out Your Inbox
* Clear Your Desk
* Become an Early Riser
* Become Motivated When You’re in a Slump
* Make the Most of Your Laziest Days
* Decompress After High Stress
Section 3: Happiness
* Cultivate Compassion in Your Life
* Escape Materialism
* Practical Tips for Living the Golden Rule
* Accept Criticism With Grace and Appreciation
* Have Faith in Humanity, and Restore Kindness
* Boost Your Self-Confidence
* Live Your Life Consciously
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Zen Habits Handbook for Life by Leo Babauta
$6.95